Ndwakhulu Tshishonga

Democratization of Africa and Its Impact on the Global Economy delves into the intricate relationship between democracy, governance, and development in Africa, shedding light on...

Political coalition formation is a global strategy employed by leaders and parties in their pursuit of power. This practice takes on particular significance in post-colonial...

This chapter is concerned with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and its trade potential to increase continental integration in Africa. The chapter argues that...

This chapter interrogates the concept of student entrepreneurship as one of the pathways towards uprooting economic marginalization and social exclusion. Young people as both...

This chapter assesses the effectiveness of the Professional Service Branch at the National Department of Public Works and Infrastructure in upgrading young, previously...

Corruption continues to bedevil both the public and private sector worldwide. In both developed and developing nations, public sector corruption is endemic with complex and...

Like other public institutions, universities and higher education sector in general suffer from endemic and chronic corruption including other unethical conduct. Society at large...

This chapter interrogates the role of opportunities and challenges of an academic mentoring program for undergraduate students at Howard College Campus in the University of...

This chapter explores the expectations and perceptions of lecturers and students pertaining to blended learning as an emerging model for teaching and learning. Blended learning...

This chapter explores the potential of home-based early childhood education in democratizing the sector especially for poor and disadvantaged children. Considering the huge...

This chapter interrogates the interplay between traditional and democratic leadership and their co-existence in African modern societies. The chapter uses an idiomatic expression...

Democratic local governance is fundamental towards enhancing political accountability and developmental transformation. The created formal mechanisms to promote public...

This chapter deliberates on the role and importance of parliamentary democracy in consolidating democratic governance at community level through the establishment of constituency...

The underlaying principles of democracy are central for political, socio-economic development. Democracy allows individuals to express themselves by participating in the...

This chapter used FeesMustFall movement, which engulfed South African universities in 2015 and 2016, to reflect on the funding options and challenges for sustaining South African...

This chapter revisits Freire's teaching and learning philosophy based on emancipatory and liberatory education. Accordingly, this philosophy is anchored on conscientisation...

Microfinancing is pleaded as the strategic intervention for uprooting poverty and underdevelopment especially in the developing nations. Women in particular have been targeted as...

The majority of poor people in Mozambique have been excluded from getting loans, even from traditional financial institutions, since they do not have valuable assets or credit...

This chapter interrogates the benefits that would accrue to and challenges faced by universities in their developmental transition from being an ivory tower to engaged and...

This chapter interrogates the notion of community engagement or service learning. The chapter argues that universities pay lip service to community engagement to the detriment of...

This chapter explores the role of street committees in retrenching and grounding community participatory governance at Cato Crest. The chapter is purposed to revitalise street...

This chapter interrogates the ward committee system as an instrument in an institutionalised local government level to advance direct participatory governance. The ward committee...

This chapter interrogates the notion of social capital and its potential impact on enhancing or undermining the socio-economic efforts by migrants in Durban, South Africa....

This chapter addresses graduate unemployment through student entrepreneurship in the context of South African higher education. The graduate unemployment rate of South Africa is...

This chapter addresses graduate unemployment through student entrepreneurship in the context of South African higher education. The graduate unemployment rate of South Africa is...

This chapter explores the potential benefits and opportunities for institutions of higher learning (HEIs) to advance human-centered intellectual scholarship through...

This chapter explores the complex and dynamic environment in which institutions of higher learning (HEIs) have to operate and the imperative for them to transform themselves into...

This chapter interrogates the notion of community engagement or service learning. The chapter argues that universities pay lip service to community engagement to the detriment of...

This chapter analyses democratic electoral systems and their impact on advancing democratic governance and development in Africa. This includes the dynamics and rationale for...

This chapter interrogates the traditional leadership system and its operation in advancing and/or undermining development in Africa. Although this chapter traces the history of...

This chapter traces the ascendancy of the dominant party system and its demise in South African politics. The chapter argues that internal instability within the ANC-ruling party...

This chapter interrogates the impact that immigration policies have on Africa intra-trade and development. Institutional foundations exist with well-intentional initiatives, such...

This chapter interrogates the notion of youth entrepreneurship and leadership as the pathway towards dealing with youth poverty and unemployment in the context of South Africa....

This chapter evaluates the youth entrepreneurship programmes aimed at upskilling and socialising both the graduates and young professionals in the world of work. Their...

This chapter explores community engagement within the higher education sector as a teaching and learning strategy. This chapter argues that community engagement (CE) is key in...

This chapter explores xenophobic or Afrophobic language and its effects in perpetuating violence, hatred, and fear on non-South Africans. For decades, South Africa was subjected...

This chapter interrogates the notion of violence within the context of Afrophobia that are prevalent in South Africa. Despite many factors contributing to Afrophobic-induced...

This chapter is framed within the broader context of the transformative agenda of higher education sector in post-apartheid South Africa. The #FeesMustFall campaign started late...

It is against student financial and skills-related challenges that this chapter profiles income entrepreneurial enterprises imitated and managed by students at Howard College...

This chapter interrogates the potential of women entrepreneurship as an economic strategy to address unemployment and job creation. The chapter focusses on creative industry to...

This chapter explores the notion of housing citizenship through the Federation of Urban Poor (FEDUP) among the poor and homeless in South African townships. Through the...

This chapter investigates the paradox of land reform programme and its quest to address challenges faced by the rural population in post-apartheid South Africa. Land reform was...

This chapter examines the relationship between the rural development and cooperative movement and the implications of such a relationship in terms of addressing socio-economic...

The demand for accountable and transparent government in post-apartheid is apparent as citizens and social movements are up in arms exercising their democratic citizenship for...

This chapter interrogates the notion of community engagement or service learning. The chapter argues that universities pay lip service to community engagement to the detriment of...

Proactive and reactionary social movements emerged throughout the world in response to inter-sectoral issues such as health, education, economy, environment. For managing and...

The developed nations compared to their counterparts (developing ones) have managed to invest in education and are able to benefit from the globalized economy and take advantage...

This chapter explores the potential of home-based early childhood education in democratizing the sector especially for poor and disadvantaged children. Considering the huge...

In the developing world alone, there are over 200 million children who are in need of immediate early childhood development interventions. Most affected by poor or lack of...

This chapter explores the emerging new social contract that connects government departments, communities, civil society, and the private sector through Operation Sukuma-Sakhe...

Young people throughout the world are an afterthought of policy and program interventions. In Africa, and particularly in third world nations, the irony of sloganizing youth as...

This chapter critically analyses the FeesMustFall (FMF) campaign led by tertiary students between 2015 and 2017 academic years and its impact in (de)activating student politics...

This chapter deliberates on youth participation and (mis)representation in community governance structures at South African townships. Youth participation entails active...

This chapter explores the complex and dynamic environment in which institutions of higher learning (HEIs) have to operate and the imperative for them to transform themselves into...

This chapter interrogates an ecological model of university as a framework to understanding evolving roles played by institutions of higher learning, particularly universities...

This chapter explores the potential benefits and opportunities for institutions of higher learning (HEIs) to advance human-centered intellectual scholarship through...

This chapter is framed within the broader context of the transformative agenda of higher education sector in post-apartheid South Africa. The #FeesMustFall campaign started late...

The FeesMustFall campaign since October 2015 has grown to be one of the biggest movements ever witnessed in the history of South African student politics. Similarly to the...

This chapter argues that IKS could be used as a framework upon which African scholarship could be claimed and advanced without overlooking the importance and relevance of other...

South Africa is premised on the democratic principles of local governance, decentralized service delivery, and development. Although ward committees do not have any executive...

This chapter deliberates on the role and importance of area-based management governance in forging and consolidating the developmental local government at eThekwini Municipality...

This chapter explores the notion of housing citizenship through the Federation of Urban Poor (FEDUP) among the poor and homeless in South African townships. Through the...

This chapter explores the emerging new social contract that connects government departments, communities, civil society, and the private sector through Operation Sukuma-Sakhe...