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The negotiated nation: Evaluation of nation building in the post-apartheid South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
The demise of apartheid presented South Africa with an opportunity to rebuild itself from its painful racist past to become a home to all those who live in it. This was done through a process of nation-building, which took ...
Intra-race identity formation in democratic South Africa: An investigation of the “coconut
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Post-apartheid South Africa has strived for change through the implementation of preferential procurement policy legislations such as the Black Economic Empowerment Act, Employment Equality Act, as well as the right to ...
The role of diplomatic protocol in constructing a foreign policy identity: The case study of South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Diplomatic protocol may come across as entailing red carpets, table settings and dress codes when diplomats come together. However, there is much more to it. This research study explores the role of diplomatic protocol in ...
Race, class and law in post-Apartheid South Africa: A Marxist critique of Black Economic Empowerment
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
With the advent of democracy, the ANC government was faced with the problem of addressing abject poverty, persistent unemployment and rank economic inequality that beset black South Africans under apartheid. To address ...
Terrorism and military intervention under the principle of the Responsibility to Protect: The case of Boko Haram.
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
Intervention is a controversial issue in international relations. In recent years, the issue of intervention has been further complicated by the attention given to terrorism following the 9/11 attacks on the United States ...
Gentrification: The case of property development in the inner-City of Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
This research focuses on property developments that are gentrifying the inner-city of Cape Town
and questions why and how the City of Cape Town (COCT) is gentrifying the inner-city. This
research examines the role of the ...
Voluntary associations, democracy and citizenship in the cities of Bulawayo and Cape Town.
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
This study sits at the intersection of two promises: that of cities providing fertile ground for
democratic politics and voluntary associations having positive effects on democratisation. It
examines voluntary associations’ ...
Understanding how vulnerable women engage the state through participation: Advocating for sex workers’ rights in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
In recent years, the unequal distribution of citizens’ rights and benefits for women in the sex
work industry has become a major political and social issue in South Africa. This mini-thesis
argues that women in this ...
The Arab spring and the politics of gender: Assessing campaigns for women’s rights in Egypt and Tunisia
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
The Arab Spring or, as some call it, Arab Awakening, started in December 2010. The reasons for
the Arab Spring were numerous and diverse. For some time, sections of Arab societies have
confronted the suppression of free ...
Informal settlement upgrading in Cape Town: Understanding participatory governance in Ramaphosa informal settlement
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
In recent years there has been a rise of informal settlements in Cape Town, and other parts of
the country. Informal settlements are not a new phenomenon in South Africa, due to apartheid
spatial planning and segregated ...