ABSTRACT This exploratory study looks at statelessness in Namibia, focusing on citizenship as a legal status. The study uses the theory of politics of citizenship to assess how the issue of statelessness fits into citizenship discourse in Namibian. It defines the problems presented by statelessness and highlights the urgency of addressing it. The study draws upon qualitative data like documentary analyses, books, journals and semi-structured interviews. Despite provisions on protection agains...
ABSTRACT The conduct of periodic free and fair elections is gradually becoming the norm rather than the exception in most developing parts of the world including Africa and Ghana. Ghana’s successful conduct of seven multiparty democratic elections resulting in three alternations of power has surpassed the two-turn over test espoused by Huntington. This has also recognised the country as a democratic torchbearer on the continent. In all these elections, the role of the media has been very p...
The role of Parliament in the policy making in Ghana has been found to be limited as the institution has suffered from the unstable political environment within which it operated especially from independence in 1957 to 1992. The lack of consistency and continuity of democratic governance undermined Parliament's ability to be properly institutionalized and benefit from path dependency.
bstract The colonial regime left Namibia with a fragmented education system characterised by factors such as racial and ethnic divisions, unequal access to education, unqualified and under-qualified teachers and lack of proper schools facilities and poor performance. After independence, the Government made a commitment to reform the education system. An education policy ‘Toward Education for All’ was put in place to guide the education reform process. As a result, the education sector rec...
ABSTRACT The Ghanaian state was ushered into multi-party democratic governance in 1992. Unlike its predecessors, the 1992 Constitution of Ghana which shepherded the democratic transition has so far survived seven successive competitive elections and three turnovers of power from one democratically elected government to another, surpassing Huntington’s “two turnover test” the criterion for democratic consolidation. However, fiscal policy management by successive elected governments sin...
ABSTRACT The menace of Political Insecurity is a major challenge in developing countries and more grave in the West Africa sub-region. This study sought to appraise two Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Protocols; the Protocol on Conflict Prevention (1999) and the Democracy and Good Governance Protocol (2001), and how they address the Political Security challenge in the sub-region. The study adopted the qualitative research approach. Both primary and secondary data were used...
ABSTRACT Corruption has been identified as an area of grave concern in most societies, including Namibia. For Namibia, the fight against corruption is not simple, but it is an economic and social issue. If allowed to persist, corruption has the potential to reverse the remarkable progress and successes recorded since independence in 1990. Also, it can contribute to a budget deficit, thereby fuelling inflation. Because of its negative effects, the GRN has introduced several anti-corruption me...
ABSTRACT The phenomenon of the increasing number of orphans and vulnerable children is not overlooked by Namibia. In fact, the situation is aggravated by the deaths of young adults as a result of the Human Immuno Virus (HIV) and the Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Subsequently, a huge number of children are left behind and forced to provide for themselves. Families have torn apart as parents, siblings, aunts, uncles and relatives die. Children are left alone and disadvantaged. T...
ABSTRACT The consequences of the United Nations’ partitioning of Palestine in 1948 have been recurrent wars and peace processes in the Middle East, as the conflict has remained intractable. While studies have been conducted on these wars and peace processes, there has been no systematic study on Nigeria’s policy and role in the Middle East crisis and peace process. This study therefore focused on Nigeria’s foreign policy and role in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. It examined the orig...
ABSTRACT The transport sector is the backbone of the development of all sectors of the economy and in the promotion of mobility. Soon after independence, the Ministry of Works and Transport, the custodian for the transport sector was tasked with a number of issues needing redressing. This includes the deregulation of the operators’ transport sub-sector. The Government of Namibia made a decision in 1995 to deregulate road transport, in particular, long-distance bus operation, bus operation ...
Abstarct Community Driven Development (CDD) approach is presently becoming popular due to its potential to develop projects that are responsive to local demands, empower local communities, and are better targeted at the poor. This study was conducted to assess the impact of Fadama II Critical Ecosystem Management Project, a CDD project on its beneficiaries. The Fadama II Critical Ecosystem Management project is a six year project whose specific objective include making sure that by project en...
ABSTRACT This analysis look at strategic planning as a component of strategic management, it therefore compares and contrasts the activities of strategic planning in some of the public institutions. The analysis starts on plan formulation and proceeds with the implementation of such plans in organizations such as Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NORED), Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF), the Municipal Council of Windhoek – Electricity Department and Rundu Town Council. ...
Abstract Finding decent work for young people to staunch the youth employment crisis is one of most significant challenges of our time. This research paper reports on the role of the Ministry of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture in combating youth unemployment in Namibia focusing on urban Khomas region. In the introduction section a comparative approach displays the global and sub-Saharan Africa features of youth unemployment as compared to the Namibian situation. This reflects that...
ABSTRACT Rebellion and diplomacy have played considerable roles in international politics in the last two decades. Both phenomena, however, have failed to resolve many crises and conflict of interests that have plagued the African continent. Studies have been done on the causes and effects of these conflicts. However, substantial attention has not been paid to the centrality of diplomacy in the conflict processes. By drawing the contours of successes and failures of diplomacy, this study inve...
ABSTRACT This study was an assessment of the oversight role of the Parliamentary Standing Committees on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security (PSCFDS) over the security sector in Namibia. The Namibian Parliament established parliamentary committees under the Standing Rules and Orders (SRO) or by resolution thereof for the duration of a parliament calendar. Every committee of the parliament established in terms of Sub-Article (1) of the Namibian Constitution shall have the power to subpoena p...