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Defence Diplomacy and National Security Strategy
0R315,00The post-cold war era presented security challenges that at one level are a continuation of the cold war era; at another level, these phenomena manifested in new forms. Whether the issues of economics and trade, transfer of technologies, challenges of intervention, or humanitarian crisis, the countries of the South (previously pejoratively labelled OThird WorldO or OdevelopingO countries) have continued to address these challenges within the framework of their capabilities and concerns. The volume explores defence diplomacies, national security challenges and strategies, dynamics of diplomatic manoeuvers and strategic resource management of Latin American, southern African and Asian countries.
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Delivering an Elusive Dream of Democracy
0R400,00This book analyses the decline of the ANC in Nelson Mandela Bay, the economic hub of the Eastern Cape, also known as the party’s heartland. Over the course of last twenty-four years, party dominant dilemmas have plagued the ANC in the Nelson Mandela Bay. This includes corruption, political factionalism, blurring the line between party and state, as well as engaging in spoils politics. While this metro had encapsulated the ‘Dream of 94’ since the inception of democracy in South Africa, weak quality of governance, lack of political efficacy, and mediocre, if not anorexic, service delivery effectively led to the ANC losing this symbolically important metropolitan municipality. With the loss of Nelson Mandela Bay, voters effectively demonstrated that they are no longer willing to accept the liberation narrative and elusive promise of a better tomorrow. The ANC can no longer rely on the political capital of the liberation struggle in securing and maintaining its electorally dominant position.
The loss of Nelson Mandela Bay, coupled with Johannesburg and Tshwane, could potentially signal the end of ANC electoral dominance. The author tracks the electoral decline of the ANC and analyses the dynamics that impact on its ability to potentially sustain its political and electoral dominant position in future elections.eBook: View eBook Version
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Delivering an Elusive Dream of Democracy
0R0,00This book analyses the decline of the ANC in Nelson Mandela Bay, the economic hub of the Eastern Cape, also known as the party’s heartland. Over the course of last twenty-four years, party dominant dilemmas have plagued the ANC in the Nelson Mandela Bay. This includes corruption, political factionalism, blurring the line between party and state, as well as engaging in spoils politics. While this metro had encapsulated the ‘Dream of ’94’ since the inception of democracy in South Africa, weak quality of governance, lack of political efficacy, and mediocre, if not anorexic, service delivery effectively led to the ANC losing this symbolically important metropolitan municipality. With the loss of Nelson Mandela Bay, voters effectively demonstrated that they are no longer willing to accept the liberation narrative and elusive promise of a better tomorrow. The ANC can no longer rely on the political capital of the liberation struggle in securing and maintaining its electorally dominant position. The loss of Nelson Mandela Bay, coupled with Johannesburg and Tshwane, could potentially signal the end of ANC electoral dominance. The author tracks the electoral decline of the ANC and analyses the dynamics that impact on its ability to potentially sustain its political and electoral dominant position in future elections.
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Democracy Under Stress
0R0,00DEMOCRACY UNDER STRESS focuses on the global financial crisis of 2008-2009 and its implications for democracy. Why and how did the crisis come about? Are there any instructive lessons to be drawn from comparisons with the Great Depression of the 1930s? What are the democratic response mechanisms to cope with serious crises? Do they work? Is China a new trend setter? Do values matter? Are global democratic rules a possibility? These are some of the key questions addressed in the volume.
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Democracy Under Stress
0R315,00DEMOCRACY UNDER STRESS focuses on the global financial crisis of 2008-2009 and its implications for democracy. Why and how did the crisis come about? Are there any instructive lessons to be drawn from comparisons with the Great Depression of the 1930s? What are the democratic response mechanisms to cope with serious crises? Do they work? Is China a new trend setter? Do values matter? Are global democratic rules a possibility? These are some of the key questions addressed in the volume.
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Deutsch Als Herausforderung
0R390,00ERainer Kussler hat mehr als dreiig Jahre lang die Abteilung Deutsch an der Universitt Stellenbosch geleitet. Er hat in Forschung und Lehre im Bereich der Fremdsprachen- und Literurdidaktik sowie der neuen Medien durch zahlreiche Vortrge und Verffentlichungen innovierend gewirkt und das Fach Deutsch an Schulen und Hochschulen im sdlichen Afrika entscheidend mit geprgt.
Die Festschrift enthlt Beitrge von Freunden und Kollegen aus Sdafrika, Namibia, der Bundes-republik Deutschland, Kanada und den Verenigten Staaten zu den Themen OFremdsprachenunterrichtO, OLehre und BildungO, OAfrika in der LiteraturO sowie OLiteratur und GeschichteO.
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Developing Teaching and Learning in Africa
0R375,00Developing Teaching and Learning in Africa is a collection of chapters that carry on the topical discussions on indigenous knowledges and western epistemologies. African societies still aspire towards knowledge that is liberatory, enhance critical thinking and decentre Eurocentrism. The contributors explore these decolonial debates as they navigate ways of moving towards epistemic freedom and cognitive justice.
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Developing Teaching and Learning in Africa
0R300,00Developing Teaching and Learning in Africa is a collection of chapters that carry on the topical discussions on indigenous knowledges and western epistemologies. African societies still aspire towards knowledge that is liberatory, enhance critical thinking and decentre Eurocentrism. The contributors explore these decolonial debates as they navigate ways of moving towards epistemic freedom and cognitive justice.
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Development: An Antidote For Poverty And Inequality?
0R280,00For more than a century, development discourse and practices have been central to initiatives to change and improve the human condition in response to poverty, deprivation, oppression and inequality. It has informed public policies and shaped the public institutions charged with its implementation and its relations with various forms of associational life. Development: An Antidote for Poverty and Inequality? Reflections on Governance, Planning, Impact and Accountability in South Africa circa 1994 to 2020, is an attempt to examine the extent to which this has occurred in South Africa, an environment that has been impregnated by burgeoning corruption since 1994, the 2008 global economic crises and most recently the COVID-19 pandemic. The pursuit of public policies such as the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP), the National Development Plan (NDP) as well as other related sectoral policies and legislation all envisaged the development of institutional capacity to facilitate planning and implementation. This institutional capacity and resource mobilisation would be enhanced by the formation of partnerships with the private sectorcivil society. However, challenges remain in ascertaining progress through the measurement of performance and the evaluation of impacts nationally and in selected regions and local areas. This book documents and outlines these challenges.
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Die Begin: God en Geloof in Fort De Goede Hoop 1652-1655
0R380,00Wat gebeur wanneer skepe die windverwaaide suidpunt van Afrika teen die helfte van die 17de eeu aandoen en hulle On maritieme diensstasie ontwikkel? Wat gebeur wanneer hierdie mense die Christelike geloof saamdra en aan Cabo de Bona Esperana beoefen en uitleef? Die boek vertel hierdie verhaal opnuut uit die oorspronklike bronne. Watter mense was dit wat die Bybel saamgebring het? Wat het hulle gesing, gebid, geglo? Aan watter weergawe van die Christendom is destyds voorkeur gegee? Die geskiedenis word dikwels beskryf asof God en geloof nie saak maak nie en eintlik weglaatbaar is. Die boek gee On ander perspektief. Die samehang van geskiedenis en godsdiens is opgespoor en beskryf. Vir almal wat vandag met die omstrede verlede en met mekaar saamleef.
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Die Houtbeen van St Sergius
0R390,00Chris van der Merwe vertel in hierdie boek die verhaal van sy eie omgang met die letterkunde ? ‘n persoonlike verhaal, maar ook ‘n stimulus vir lesers en navorsers wat belangstel in verbande tussen letterkunde en lewe.
Die opstelle wissel in styl. Sommige is geskryf as akademiese artikels, ander as resensies, ander as essays. Die resensies en essays is meer informeel in toon en bevat minder verwysings en bibliografiese besonderhede as die akademiese artikels. ‘n Paar opstelle is in Engels ? getuienis van die skrywer se verlange om die boeiende veld van die Afrikaanse letterkunde te deel met mense wat Afrikaans nie magtig is nie of nie genoegsaam van Afrikaans notisie neem nie.
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Die Kaapse Helpmekaar
0R440,00Die boek beoog om die verhaal van die Kaapse Helpmekaar as katalisator in die ekonomiese opheffing van Afrikaners in die vaarwater van die Rebellie van 1914-15 te vertel. In die proses was die Kaapse Helpmekaar, met sy fokus op opvoeding en onderwys, ‘n bemiddelaar in Afrikaner-opheffing, selfrespek en aansien. Dit was dus ‘n fasiliteerder van Afrikaner sosiale mobiliteit. As ‘n kredietverskaffer vir tersiere opleiding van Afrikaanse studente vir meer as ‘n honderd jaar, verteenwoordig die verhaal in ‘n sekere sin die verhaal van Afrikaners – van hul armblanke-status in die vroeg 20ste eeu tot vooruitstrewende burgers van die kapitalistiese verbruikerskultuur van die 21ste eeu. Die verhaal van die Kaapse Helpmekaar resoneer in die sin ook met die huidige debatte rondom die finansiering van tersiere onderrig. Dit verskaf ‘n Afrikaner-antwoord op ‘n 20ste eeuse #feesmustfall-uitdaging wat, ten spyte van die verskil in konteks, ‘n templaat en ‘n benadering voorhou waarby ‘n 21ste eeuse Suid-Afrika steeds baat kan vind.
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