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Browsing Political Science & Public Administration by Author "Asuelime, L.E"

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    An implementation assessment of South African public policy on migration and its alignment with the United Nations Organization Charter on Refugee and Asylum-seekers
    (University of Zululand, 2017) Moyosore, Odun-Ayo Adefunmilola; Asuelime, L.E
    There is now increase in the tide of refugees due mainly to wars and insurgent activities in their home countries. The need for international treaties and agreements such as the United Nations and African Union’s convention on refugees and asylum seekers to ensure their protection in the host countries comes handy. As a microcosm of globalized effort in this direction, South Africa has engaged with this problem and provides strong support for the work of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. However, certain factors and events seem to point to the fact that the initial levels of support seem to have nosedived in the South African case as host nation. This study seeks to shed light on the true state of events and establish what should be done in advocating and lobbying for necessary actions that needs to take place at national and regional levels of South Africa so that the South African government may enact new or amend existing legislations and policies that promote and protect the rights of refugees and asylum-seekers in the country. This study is based on desktop secondary data gleaned from international and local organisations that recognizes and keeps records on refugees and asylum-seekers in South Africa. Through the use of postmodern public administration and compliance based theories, this study argues that the government of a state, due to its support towards scientific discourse against other discourses, tends to marginalise a minority social group over another. Also, it argues however that South Africa though has pledged to maintain compliance with international and constitutional standards for refugee protection, the implementation of its supporting public policies leaves much to be desired.
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    South Africa’s management and investments in SADC: a strategy for the implementation of its national development
    (University of Zululand, 2017) Enaifoghe, Andrew Osehi; Asuelime, L.E; Adetiba, C.T
    South Africa’s management and investments in SADC: a strategy for the implementation of its national development Since South Africa’s acceptance to Southern African Development Community (SADC) membership in 1994 after the end of apartheid regime and becoming a more inclusive democratic state, it is observed that there has been a renewed interest in South Africa to create strong regional economic integration (REI) mechanisms, which promotes socio-economic growth. Regional integration became a necessity for southern Africa due to the imperatives of economic regional development. South Africa’s economy since 1994 has achieved both social and economic development within the last two decades of becoming a democratic state significantly. Nevertheless, South Africa is perceived to likely benefit more than neighbouring states in the Southern Africa integration. This study accesses South Africa’s management of regional integration objectives with its economic investment and political position in the sub-region fostered by the SADC factor. South Africa economic performances since 1994 are inextricably linked to its political and economic “tele guided” management of SADC through its various multinational companies. Through that use of neo-functionalism theory, the study takes a cursory look at how South Africa’s support and foreign policy for regional integration has seen transformation over the years with its benefits. The study argues that the dynamics of South Africa’s management and investment in SADC regional cooperation has considerable import for the country’s national development. The study recommends that fundamentals restraining the execution of infrastructural projects should be given adequate attention, keeping in mind the end goal to ensure that sanctioning of local infrastructural projects is enhanced. It is also recommended that the SADC through the instrumentality of South African influence should build realistic program of the deeds that would support issues and initiatives with pertinent import for structure of the Southern Africa integration and Africa as a continent, the African Unions’ Abuja Treaty remains the perfect structure for the unification of economies of the continent.
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