Essays about: "South Africa"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 730 essays containing the words South Africa.

1. 26. Demanding a Seat at The Table: Brazil’s and South Africa’s Role Conception in their Quest for Permanent Seats at the United Nations Security Council

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Betty Wehtje; [2023]
   Keywords : Brazil; South Africa; emerging middle power; UNSC Reforms; role conception; international society; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : In a changing world order, emerging middle powers from the global South may seek new positions in international societies. Using the United Nations as an international society, this thesis aims to investigate what roles the emerging middle powers, Brazil and South Africa, enact in pursuing permanent seats at the Security Council. READ MORE

3. 27. The shadow pandemic : a feminist institutional perspective on civil society's work on gender-based violence in post COVID -19 South Africa

   University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokrati

   Author : Louise Lindfors; [2023]
   Keywords : Gender-based violence; institutional feminism; CSO civil society organizations; grassroot activists; South Africa;

   Abstract : This field study is a thematic and feminist institutionalist analysis on how the civil society and grassroot activists in Gauteng province, South Africa, has been affected and mitigated during and after the COVID -19 pandemic in their work against gender-based violence. The data consist of five semi structured interviews with primary sources, divided in the two sub-groups of activists and formal NGO representatives. READ MORE

4. 28. Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem Nexus in the Inkomati-Usuthu Water Management Area, South Africa: A Systematic Review.

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Aaron Bryce Chawiya; [2023]
   Keywords : Cross-sector collaboration; Policy; Sustainable Development; Resource Management; Transboundary Resources; WEFE Nexus;

   Abstract : The growing importance to finding workable solutions to the problem of unsustainable and inefficient resource use cannot be overstated.  In the world facing one of its critical sustainability periods, efficient resource utilization to ensure sustainable development is a problem policymakers should grapple with at a loc, regional and local levels. READ MORE

5. 29. Unveiling the Impacts of the Covid-19 Crisis : Exploring the Experiences of Women in the South African Informal Economy.

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

   Author : Nora Hattar; [2023]
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   Abstract : The informal economy is an important source of income for many poor people living in South Africa. But with legacies from colonialism and apartheid still lingering in society and rising levels of xenophobia, people in the informal economy are marginalized and vulnerable. READ MORE

6. 30. How Has the Current Electricity Crisis in South Africa Affected the Development of Renewable Energy within the Independent Power Producer Procurement Programmes?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Sophie Jahns; [2023]
   Keywords : South Africa; Electricity Crisis; Energy Insecurity; Renewables; IPP; Eskom; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the effects of South Africa’s electricity crisis on the government-driven development of renewable energy from 2007 to 2023 by testing the applicability of the energy security framework. The electricity crisis presents itself through regular electricity cuts, extreme power tariff rises and a lack of long-term sustainability due to the high reliance on coal and Eskom, the monopolistic electricity utility. READ MORE