Politeia Pub Date : 2024-05-07 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6689/15182

D. Mlambo, M. H. Maserumule

{"title":"Interventions at the Local Spheres of Government in South Africa: An Assessment of Monitoring and Evaluation","authors":"D. Mlambo, M. H. Maserumule","doi":"10.25159/2663-6689/15182","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25159/2663-6689/15182","url":null,"abstract":"The post-1994 landscape in South Africa presented millions of individuals—especially the majority Black population who had been subjected to many apartheid policies—with renewed hope for better and improved development opportunities. This stemmed from the fact that the first democratically elected administration of the African National Congress (ANC) promised immense socioeconomic change when they assumed office. These promises became evident from the many socioeconomic policies and Chapter 9 institutions that came to the fore over the last two decades, as well as the mapping of new legislation and policies for local government as enshrined in the Constitution of 1996. These actions were viewed to further the envisioned development trajectories of government, especially as the local government is the government closest to the people. However, post-1994, some municipalities in South Africa have endured massive challenges that have needed numerous involvements from the government through various interventions. This has been a continuous phenomenon, irrespective of the many policies at play to oversee the smooth operation of municipalities. This article delves into the failure of some municipalities in South Africa and interventions of local government in post-apartheid South Africa by scrutinising what drives this phenomenon. Furthermore, it dwells on the impact and challenges of effective monitoring and evaluation (M&E) policies at the local government level.","PeriodicalId":32317,"journal":{"name":"Politeia","volume":"17 s24","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141003811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Performance of Women-led Political Parties in Lesotho’s 2022 National Elections 妇女领导的政党在莱索托 2022 年全国大选中的表现

Politeia Pub Date : 2024-03-06 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6689/14267

Litlhare Rabele

{"title":"Performance of Women-led Political Parties in Lesotho’s 2022 National Elections","authors":"Litlhare Rabele","doi":"10.25159/2663-6689/14267","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25159/2663-6689/14267","url":null,"abstract":"Since the dawn of multi-party democracy in Lesotho in 1993, few political parties have been formed and led by women, and they are not doing well. The main political parties lack the political will and commitment to nominate women as leaders. In the elections of 7 October 2022, none of the main political parties were led by women and none of them won a single constituency. While many women-led parties could not make it into parliament, a few women leaders got into parliament through Proportional Representation (PR). Four women-led political parties contested the election, all of them performing dismally. It is important to explore why women-led political parties did not perform well, as Lesotho has signed and ratified international protocols on women’s empowerment and equality in politics, among others, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution 1325, the African Union (AU) Maputo Protocol, and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) protocol on gender and development. All these urge member states to ensure meaningful participation of women in politics and elections, specifically as leaders. We assess the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 5) on gender equality and women empowerment to measure the progress Lesotho has made and the challenges yet to be addressed. This article explores factors that contributed to this poor performance and analyses the reasons for the poor performance by reviewing relevant documents regarding the performance of women-led political parties in Lesotho’s 2022 national elections.","PeriodicalId":32317,"journal":{"name":"Politeia","volume":"14 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140262113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Battle for the Bay Revisited: The 2021 South African Local Elections in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality 重温海湾之战：纳尔逊-曼德拉湾市 2021 年南非地方选举

Politeia Pub Date : 2024-03-04 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6689/15907

Gary Prevost, Janet Cherry, Patrick Brennan

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Autocratic Democracy and the Deficit of Human Rights in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic 尼日利亚第四共和国的专制民主与人权赤字

Politeia Pub Date : 2024-03-04 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6689/14650

Gbeke Adenuga, Adekunbi Johnson-Odusanya

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Main Predictor(s) of Good Corporate Governance in National Government Departments: A Decision-tree Classification and Prediction Analyses 国家政府部门良好公司治理的主要预测因素：决策树分类与预测分析

Politeia Pub Date : 2024-02-19 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6689/15335

L. Erasmus, Philna Coetzee

{"title":"Main Predictor(s) of Good Corporate Governance in National Government Departments: A Decision-tree Classification and Prediction Analyses","authors":"L. Erasmus, Philna Coetzee","doi":"10.25159/2663-6689/15335","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25159/2663-6689/15335","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: Good public sector corporate governance leads to good management, stewardship of public wealth, public engagement, and ultimately, better outcomes for citizens. As South Africa has one of the worst Gini coefficients in the world, its public sector should effectively address the challenges of inequality, poverty, and unemployment. Yet, almost 30% of national and provincial government departments obtain unfavourable audit outcomes.\u0000Methodology: Supporting the drive for clean audit outcomes that equate to good corporate governance, the research objective was to determine the predictors of national government departments’ corporate governance success. The study used CHAID (chi-squared automatic interaction detection) analyses, a decision-tree technique based on information reported over a 13-year period.\u0000Findings: The CHAID analyses indicated that national government departments’ corporate governance success is primarily explained by three factors, namely: a quality internal audit function (main predictor), the number of fraud incidents, and the number of internal control weaknesses.\u0000Implication: Even though all the variables in this study receive attention in literature and regulation, the problem of unfavourable audit outcomes persists. The question is where to focus on resolving the problem. Regulators may take note of where to focus their efforts in strengthening elements of good corporate governance.","PeriodicalId":32317,"journal":{"name":"Politeia","volume":"30 15","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140450412","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Investigating Small-scale Farmers and Barriers to Entry in Cannabis Cultivation in South Africa 调查南非大麻种植的小型农户和准入障碍

Politeia Pub Date : 2023-11-28 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6689/15002

Itumeleng Dube, Z. Makola, Nonceba Ntoyanto, Dipakiso Manamela

{"title":"Investigating Small-scale Farmers and Barriers to Entry in Cannabis Cultivation in South Africa","authors":"Itumeleng Dube, Z. Makola, Nonceba Ntoyanto, Dipakiso Manamela","doi":"10.25159/2663-6689/15002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25159/2663-6689/15002","url":null,"abstract":"The legalisation of the prodigal green crop has left the most vulnerable small-scale cannabis farmers high and dry. In 2018 the South African constitutional court legalised the use of cannabis for personal and medical use. The 2018 regulations on cannabis were welcomed and a new lifeline in the eradication of poverty. However, in the haste to join the global urgency in cultivating cannabis, small-scale farmers were left behind and prevented in the bid of the green-gold rush. The cannabis legislation and laws that were created to enable South Africans to participate in the lucrative cannabis market has done the opposite and has crafted barriers of entry. Using a desktop study, this article explores how the 2018 regulations on cannabis cultivation prevent small-scale farmers in participating in the l market in South Africa. The aim of this paper is to highlight the challenges that small-scale cannabis farmers face in South Africa and how their participation in the newly opened market would benefit the communities they live and operate in. The main findings of the research indicate the challenges for small-scale farmers of no support system and transformational issues persist even after the 24 years of democracy in South Africa.","PeriodicalId":32317,"journal":{"name":"Politeia","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139220905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Did Aid Promote Democracy in Africa? Critiquing Gibson, Hoffman, and Jablonski 援助促进了非洲的民主吗？批判吉布森、霍夫曼和雅布隆斯基

Politeia Pub Date : 2023-11-20 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6689/14339

Nnaemeka Ohamadike

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Class Dynamics, a Declining ANC and the Failure of Policy Implementation 阶级动态、非国大的衰落和政策执行的失败

Politeia Pub Date : 2023-11-20 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6689/10132

Peter Stewart

{"title":"Class Dynamics, a Declining ANC and the Failure of Policy Implementation","authors":"Peter Stewart","doi":"10.25159/2663-6689/10132","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25159/2663-6689/10132","url":null,"abstract":"While conditions for the majority in South Africa have worsened and delivery has become more important politically, the ANC is increasingly unable to deliver and address national issues. At the same time, the state is failing to resource, manage, coordinate and skill its departments, institutions and programmes. While the imperative of improving the state is recognised, and issues of skill and leadership are flagged, this article focuses on two interrelated causes of implementation failure: an ANC that is the site of dire struggles for state power while manifesting endemic corruption and a dangerously anti-public vision; and racialised elite and subaltern class dynamics that often escape state mediation. The limits of government in its overarching economic policy are considered as a brief case. The article concludes that given the problems in these areas, particularly in the management of the capitalist economy and class contradictions, a restructuring of the political field and a renewal of popular public involvement are necessary for improved welfare and development in the future. There are also imperatives of civil service reform. However, these changes will have no chance of taking root unless firm steps towards a dynamic and inclusive economy are taken.","PeriodicalId":32317,"journal":{"name":"Politeia","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139256988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Unravelling the US-ROK Alliance: Decoding North Korea’s Strategy within the Six-Party Talks 拆散美韩同盟:解读朝鲜在六方会谈中的战略

Politeia Pub Date : 2023-10-10 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6689/11801

Ian Fleming Zhou, Jo-Ansie Van Wyk

{"title":"Unravelling the US-ROK Alliance: Decoding North Korea’s Strategy within the Six-Party Talks","authors":"Ian Fleming Zhou, Jo-Ansie Van Wyk","doi":"10.25159/2663-6689/11801","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25159/2663-6689/11801","url":null,"abstract":"Alliance formation is a calculated decision by parties to determine and affect the outcome of negotiations. Its success depends on several factors, most notably alliance members’ cohesion and convergence of common interests, objectives, and tactics. The focus here is on the United States and South Korea’s alliance during the Six-Party Talks on North Korea’s nuclear programme. Despite early progress in the alliance’s favour, the internal cohesion of the US-South Korea alliance was disrupted due to divergent interests, approaches, and positions regarding North Korea. This research provides a comprehensive analysis of the US-ROK alliance’s impact on the Six-Party Talks. While previous studies have explored the negotiations, little attention has been given to the alliance’s role and how it evolved over time, especially in the context of North Korea’s manipulation and its consequences on negotiation outcomes. We assess the success of the alliance and its impact on the negotiation process, considering factors such as cohesion, common interests, objectives, and tactics. Our study adopts a qualitative research approach, utilising an extensive review of relevant literature, official documents, historical records, and primary sources from the Six-Party Talks. The findings underscore the importance of robust and well-coordinated alliances in addressing critical global security challenges. To achieve lasting success in future negotiations, it is imperative for allied parties to forge a shared understanding and strategic convergence in dealing with adversaries like North Korea. Moreover, this research calls for a re-evaluation of alliance dynamics and tactics to strengthen the collective resolve in pursuing international peace and security.","PeriodicalId":32317,"journal":{"name":"Politeia","volume":"115 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136359644","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Gerrymandering in Municipal Demarcation Processes in South Africa: Selected Cases of the Collins Chabane and JB Marks Local Municipalities 南非市政划界过程中的不公正选区划分:以柯林斯·沙巴纳和JB·马克斯地方市政为例

Politeia Pub Date : 2023-09-04 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6689/11332

Mpfareleni Mavis Netswera, Valiant Clapper

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