Papers by Cheryl Hendricks
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African Security Review, 2005
Extracted from text ... COMMENTARY ZIMBABWE: BEYOND THE DEMOCRATIC IMPASSE CHERYL HENDRICKS Few c... more Extracted from text ... COMMENTARY ZIMBABWE: BEYOND THE DEMOCRATIC IMPASSE CHERYL HENDRICKS Few countries in Africa attract sustained international media coverage without the presence of a civil war. Countries beyond the Limpopo rarely attract close scrutiny by the South African citizenry either, and their policies and practices seldom evoke domestic outbursts or mobilisation. Zimbabwe, since its 2000 general elections, has achieved this feat. Unfortunately, this particularity is derived from many of the factors that led to the disintegration of other post-colonial African states. The Zimbabwean government's resistance to democratisation, its reassertion of a narrow African nationalism, the government's repressive tactics, and ..
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Security Journal, Mar 13, 2018
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Agenda (Durban), Mar 1, 2012
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CODESRIA Bulletin
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Ethnicity and Democracy in Africa, Sep 23, 2004
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Scientific African
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This policy brief analyses South Africa’s post-conflict development and peacebuilding engagements... more This policy brief analyses South Africa’s post-conflict development and peacebuilding engagements in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It identifies lessons learnt that could inform the policy and programming development of the envisaged South African Development Partnership Agency (SADPA). South Africa has engaged substantively in peacemaking and peacekeeping, activities that are well documented. However, its post-conflict development and peacebuilding activities have yet to be systematically mapped and analysed. This analysis of the DRC highlights the need for better strategic planning, coherency and sustainability to increase impact and effectiveness.
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SUMMARY This policy brief analyses South Africa's post-conflict development and peacebuilding... more SUMMARY This policy brief analyses South Africa's post-conflict development and peacebuilding in South Sudan. South Africa has fraternal relations with South Sudan stemming from the ties of the liberation struggles of the African National Congress (ANC) and the South Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement (SPLA/M). Following the signing of Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in 2005, South Africa has also been instrumental in providing development and mediation assistance to South Sudan. Former South African President Thabo Mbeki, as chair of the African Union High Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP), plays a key mediating role between Sudan and South Sudan. Recently, the ANC committed itself to 'deepening and broadening its relationship with the SPLM' and the South African government signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for closer cooperation with the Government of South Sudan (GOSS). South Africa's long history with South Sudan provides it wit...
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Africa insight, 2020
The upswing in acts of violent extremism in Africa has added to the many peace and security chall... more The upswing in acts of violent extremism in Africa has added to the many peace and security challenges facing the continent. The rise in violent extremism has been particularly pronounced in the Sahel region. Military intervention has constituted a key component of a number of security responses to conflicts in the Sahel. These interventions have substantively increased the presence of foreign forces on the African continent. Although these forces undoubtedly assist in augmenting the capacity of states in the Sahel to provide security, they also generate other challenges, such as: competing agendas; dependence; buttressing fragile states; and increased militarisation. This article provides context on the rise in violent extremism and militarisation in the Sahel and highlights the complexity and multiplicity of actors and challenges. It contends that: development challenges in the largely fragile states of the Sahel have created the ‘opportunity structure’ for violent extremism to t...
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Agenda, 2012
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Choice Reviews Online, 2006
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Menschliche Sicherheit, 2008
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Race and racism continue to form a core part of the identification and experiences of South Afric... more Race and racism continue to form a core part of the identification and experiences of South Africans and the structural and ideological manifestations of a racialised order persist. Many South Africans believed that democratic rule would end racism and racialised interactions. Ten years later, these are ongoing. This chapter seeks to explain the persistence of racialisation and racism through an examination of the relationship between race and democracy. Over the past two decades there has been an abundance of theoretical literature on race and democracy and their linkages to other social categories and periods. For example, there are texts theorising the relations between race and gender, race and reason, race and modernity, race and capitalism and race and enlightenment. Few texts, however, interrogate the nexus between race and democracy, or between race and development for that matter. This is odd for liberation struggles in the Third World, particularly in Africa, were simultan...
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Journal of Asian and African Studies
Over the last 25 years, South Africa’s regional and global stature has been in flux. Although the... more Over the last 25 years, South Africa’s regional and global stature has been in flux. Although there is continuity in its foreign policy objectives, there have been changes in emphasis and application. These changes, together with shifts in the domestic political and economic landscape, have impacted negatively on South Africa’s international relations. President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his 2018 State of the Nation Address, boldly proclaimed a ‘new dawn’ for South Africa. A key aspect of the intended new dawn is the repositioning of South Africa regionally and globally. This paper examines the shifts and the continuity in South Africa’s foreign policy, and the reasons for its waning global and regional stature. The paper argues that South Africa is once again in a position to be a norm- and agenda-setter, especially in relation to peace and security, but that this will be a lost opportunity if there is a lack of the necessary reflection, visioning and redress needed for transformation.
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Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology
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