It's undeniable that corruption is a worldwide phenomenon that is witnessed both in the
developed and developing world. Nevertheless, by narrowing this down to Africa, the …

Abstract From a South African perspective, xenophobia is not a new phenomenon.
Nonetheless, the escalating xenophobic violence that erupted in 2008 gave much impetus …

In the decades following the end of colonialism in Africa and predominantly after the end of
the cold war, there was unprecedented attention paid to Africa's development growth …

South Africa, once a pariah state as a result of the apartheid regime destabilization policies
in Southern Africa, became a full fledge democratic state following the victory of the African …

The study aimed at underscoring the benefits of post-apartheid regional integration, South
Africa's socio-economic and political efforts in Southern Africa post-1994 by using a largely …

After the 1960s, a period when some African states were about to gain political freedom from
European colonisers, regional integration became essential for most African states. Such …

Abstract This chapter assesses South Africa's quiet diplomacy in Zimbabwe during the
tenure of Thabo Mbeki as president. After the colonial era, hegemonic powers have always …

The liberal intergovernmentalist approach has been applied to numerous studies within the
European Union (EU) context in the past, and lately to studies within the African regional …

This article addresses the question of what drives the character and orientation of South
Africa's foreign policy post the apartheid era. The shift from apartheid to democracy in 1994 …

This paper attempts to conduct a comparative analysis between the integration processes of
two regional blocs of the Global South, one in Latin America, namely the 1991-founded …