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Anthropology and Ethnology Open Access Journal

Asian Journal of Psychiatry, Dec 1, 2020

Apple Academic Press eBooks, Mar 23, 2022

Alternation eBooks, Nov 1, 2022

As sophisticated as colonization was, it was its own ouroborosthe gnostic symbol expressing the u... more As sophisticated as colonization was, it was its own ouroborosthe gnostic symbol expressing the unity of all things, material and spiritual, which changes form in an eternal cycle of destruction and recreation. Indian indenture entered into such a cycle, a cycle from near slavery to diaspora to global transmigration. The idea of Indian ubiquity is now real. Indian culture is a palimpsest. Old language and new reasoning appear in simultaneity. It purveys the brutalized Indian life-story mythically as the greatest of human adventures.

Exploring the Consequences of the Covid-19 Pandemic, 2022

Dutch Crossing: Journal of Low Countries Studies, 2016

Abstract: Local government has become the implementing agency for development in South Africa. Th... more Abstract: Local government has become the implementing agency for development in South Africa. The vision for local government encapsulates far more than its previous role of regulator and service deliverer. A recent policy review process reinforces the ...

Handbook of the Sociology of Youth in BRICS Countries, 2017

Your thesis is extremely well-written and has also been competently typed. Sentences are well-con... more Your thesis is extremely well-written and has also been competently typed. Sentences are well-constructed and lucid, and you will see that no actual reconstruction of text was necessary. I have used briefpencilled notes to explain any alterations, but please do not hesitate to phone me if anything has been altered that you wish to query. You quite frequently use what is called the "Oxford comma"; that is, using a comma between the last two items of a list or grouping. This is not widely used, but is nonetheless a correct optional grammatical usage Gust in case an examiner asks why a comma is used in this way). It is a mode favoured by Oxford University, hence the name. An aside: As a citizen of eThekwini, I found the content particularly enlightening at this time when citizens are becoming increasingly disenchanted with eThekwini Municipality as far as its frequent disregard for citizens' participatory rights is concerned, especially as it is widely felt that spokesmen put a spin on certain municipal actions in order to make it appear that citizens' views and rights are being fairly considered prior to decision-making when in fact they are not. I mention this because, speaking as an author, I think it would be a great service to the community if you could produce a short book on citizens' rights in the area of local government. The growing number of ratepayers' associations, as well as individual citizens, would fmd such a publication invaluable. A second book could contain the more formal detail for local and national government and function as a convenient handbook for them.

Africanus, 2007

The eThekwini Municipality is among the first in South Africa to experiment with participatory fo... more The eThekwini Municipality is among the first in South Africa to experiment with participatory forms of development planning. The Municipality is engaged in an ambitious project to involve the community and community organisations in the Integrated Development Planning process and the local budget. The paper draws on the ideals of the Reconstruction and Development Programme as an instrument to assess the role of community participation in local development planning in general, and the local budget process in particular. The paper firstly locates community participation within international development practice. This is followed by a descriptive analysis of the eThekwini Municipality's experiment with a unique participatory model. The overall assessment shows that the participatory model requires further adaptation to address the challenges of representivity as well as consolidating the participatory process for the future.

South Africa’s public policy approach since 1994 has been robust and forwardlooking. The policy p... more South Africa’s public policy approach since 1994 has been robust and forwardlooking. The policy process has been stretched over all areas of governance. Many policies have been translated into law, regulations and institutions which aimed explicitly as serving the public good. The key is narrowing the gap between the institutions of governance and people’s needs. However public dissatisfaction and mass protest in the local government sphere continue. Mass public protest consumes public capability and is therefore wasteful and counterproductive. The response of the authorities entering the contested space is usually reactionary and is hardly successful at addressing the core grievances of communities. Crucially, political representatives, i.e. ward and proportional representative councillors, are crowded out of resolution processes. Communities argue that mass protest and the appropriation of public space is an essential tactic of gaining the attention of the highest authorities. Mos...

Asian journal of psychiatry, 2020