TD: 2015 Volume 11 No 4 (Special Edition)
Contents
Vol. 11, No. 4, December 2015
Editorial comment- African societies, nation-states, governance, human migration, xenophobia and cultural contestations: Editorial framing / Sebola, MP & Tsheola, J
Articles
- International migration: The state-sovereignty-migration nexus / Chigudu, D
- Governance, 'sovereignty-state-territory triad', human population migration and xenophobia in (South) Africa / Tsheola, J & Segage, M
- Exploration of transnationalism as a concept and phenomenon in Public Administration / Hanyane, BR
- South Africa's foreign and migration policies missteps: fuels of xenophobic eruptions? / Madue, SM
- Anti-Afrophobia policy shortfall and dilemma in the New Partnership for Africa's Development and South Africa / Mbecke, P
- Afrophobia, moral and political disguises: Sepa leholo ke la moeti / Koenane, MLJ & Maphunye, KJ
- International movements, post-apartheid dispensations and illegal immigration into South Africa / Wotela, K & Letsiri, C
- Hallmarks of irresponsible and unresponsive governance: Internal xenophobic attacks in South Africa's municipalities / Makwembere, S
- Naming and exploring the causes of collective violence against African migrants in post-apartheid South Africa: Whither Ubuntu? / Dassah, MO
- Drivers of community xenophobic attacks in South Africa: poverty and unemployment / Mamabolo, MA
- Xenophobic attacks on foreign shop owners and street vendors in Louis Trichardt Central Business District, Limpopo Province / Mothibi, KA; Roelofse, CJ & Tshivhase, T
- The impact of xenophobia-Afrophobia on the informal economy in Durban CBD, South Africa / Tshishonga, N
- Scarce skills expatriates in South African universities: Rhetoric and realities of the "Messianic" academics / Sebola, MP
- Challenges faced by gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (glbt) students at a South African university / Sithole, S
- Approaches to "Xenophobia" interventions in Africa: Common narratives through community radio in South Africa / Muswede, T
- Xenophobic societal attitudes in a "new" South Africanism: Governance of public perceptions, national identities and citizenship / Tsheola, J; Ramoroka, T & Muzondi, L
Recent Submissions
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Xenophobic societal attitudes in a "new" South Africanism: Governance of public perceptions, national identities and citizenship
(2015)This article argues that xenophobia is not a natural state of being for any society; instead, it is a product of socialisation which becomes excessive with violent abuses of the outgroup immigrants where such conduct is ... -
Approaches to "Xenophobia" interventions in Africa: Common narratives through community radio in South Africa
(2015)The article explores the prospects of community radio programming in providing organic interventions against xenophobia in South Africa. In the context of mounting migrationrelated complexities globally, the media have ... -
Challenges faced by gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (glbt) students at a South African university
(2015)This article explores the academic and social challenges experienced by students from the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (glbt) community on campus at a South African university. A qualitative study to investigate ... -
Scarce skills expatriates in South African universities: Rhetoric and realities of the "Messianic" academics
(2015)This article investigates the reason for the continued scarce skills shortage, despite the recruitment of expatriates in academic institutions as an intervention measure. It argues that while the Human Resources Departments ... -
The impact of xenophobia-Afrophobia on the informal economy in Durban CBD, South Africa
(2015)The renewed incidents of xenophobia, which engulfed South Africa, dented this country’s image, continentally and internationally. These occurrences invoke an unresolved question, thus: Can xenophobic attacks be attributed ... -
Xenophobic attacks on foreign shop owners and street vendors in Louis Trichardt Central Business District, Limpopo Province
(2015)Xenophobic attacks in South Africa in 2008 and 2015 sent shockwaves through the country and the world. In these events, around 70 people were killed while thousands were displaced; and, property and products of street ... -
Drivers of community xenophobic attacks in South Africa: poverty and unemployment
(2015)This paper argues that attacks of foreign nationals in most local communities were sparked by desperation precipitated by high rates of poverty and unemployment in South Africa. Additionally, there is citizens’ frustrations ... -
Exploration of transnationalism as a concept and phenomenon in Public Administration
(2015)Transnationalism as both a phenomenon and a concept has received negligible attention in modern times in relation to the practice of public administration and its corresponding field of study. This article provides an ... -
Governance, 'sovereignty-state-territory triad', human population migration and xenophobia in (South) Africa
(2015)This article seeks to examine the association of the concept of governance of international relations and, by implication, human population migration, through the rigid practices of “sovereignty-state-territory triad” ... -
International migration: The state-sovereignty-migration nexus
(2015)Commonly, international human migration is blamed for corroding states sovereignty, especially stemming from policy circles, academic literature and citizens of the host countries. This has attracted the attention of the ... -
Naming and exploring the causes of collective violence against African migrants in post-apartheid South Africa: Whither Ubuntu?
(2015)In South Africa, attacks mainly directed at black non-South Africans, is a rampant, longstanding phenomenon notwithstanding the spirit of Ubuntu which is thought to permeate the social fabric. Assumptions have been made ... -
Hallmarks of irresponsible and unresponsive governance: Internal xenophobic attacks in South Africa’s municipalities
(2015)Municipalities face major pressures to demonstrate that they are responsible and responsive institutions. At present, different policies and institutions exist to guide local governance in pursuit of numerous ideals ... -
International movements, post-apartheid dispensations and illegal immigration into South Africa
(2015)Arising from the supposed negative impact of illegal immigration, including security threats as well as recent xenophobic violence, the South African Government would like to counter illegal immigration. To do this, it ... -
Afrophobia, moral and political disguises: Sepa leholo ke la moeti
(2015)Violent or other attacks on nationals from other African states are a reality we have come to expect time-after-time in post-apartheid South Africa. We are once confronted with the ugly reality of barbaric and cruel acts ... -
Anti-Afrophobia policy shortfall and dilemma in the New Partnership for Africa’s Development and South Africa
(2015)Since 1994, South Africa witnessed various xenophobic attacks, the two recent ones leaving over 60 Africans dead in 2008 and 17 in 2015. Xenophobia is an embarrassment to the new South African Government, which is ... -
South Africa’s foreign and migration policies missteps: fuels of xenophobic eruptions?
(2015)South Africa plays a crucial role in the development of the African continent, especially in the South African Development Community. Hence, South Africa’s foreign and migration policies shape the perceptions of both its ...
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