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Vision The indispensable African voice on African Affairs.

MissionTo produce relevant research products aimed informing

sustainable political & socio-economic development in Africa.

The Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA) was first established in 1960 as a non-profit organisation. Today it is a statutory body following the Africa Institute of South Africa Act (no 68 of 2001). Through the promulgation of this ACT AISA was brought into the fold of science councils in South Africa, and given the full support of the Department of Science and Technology. In this reporting year, AISA is celebrating its 50th Anniversary.

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AISA Annual Report 2009/2010

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A f r i c a I n s t i t u t e o f S o u t h A f r i c a - A n n u a l R e p o r t 2 0 0 9 / 2 0 1 0

The AfRIcA InSTITuTe of SouTh AfRIcA – AnnuAl

RepoRT 2009 / 2010

Table of contents

1. Foreword by the Chairperson of Council ........................................................................................................ 3

2. Report from the Chief Executive Officer ....................................................................................................... 11

3. Research Division ................................................................................................................................................ 17

4. Publications Division ........................................................................................................................................... 31

5. Library and Documentation Services (LDS) .................................................................................................. 37

6. Corporate Affairs, Outreach and International Liaison (OIL) ....................................................................47

7. Human Resources (HR) ..................................................................................................................................... 63

8. Finance, Administration and Information Technology .................................................................................71

9. Financial Statements ............................................................................................................................................ 82


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chairperson of councilDr Beki hlatshwayo

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foRewoRD By The chAIRpeRSon of councIlThe Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA) is a Science Council, which conducts socio-economic and political research in Africa. In line with AISA’s turnaround strategy, we reviewed our vision, mission, brand promise and values. This review process clarified AISA’s core ideology, providing better guidance towards the Institute’s pursuit of its mandate of knowledge production, dissemination, and training on African Affairs. Our endeavour is to be the first point of call on African affairs. This requires making every effort to improve the profile and visibility of AISA.

AISA is well positioned to contribute to the development of research products that support the National System of Innovation, the Depart-ment of Science and Technology Grand Challenge on Social Dynamics and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. AISA will continue to conduct research on continental integration to create increased awareness of developments in Africa, taking into consideration that AISA is celebrating five decades of existence with 17 African countries that achieved independence in 1960.

Apart from many interesting developments on a global and continental front, June 2010 heralds the first ever FIFA World Cup tournament to be held on the continent. Aside from uniting us as a nation and a continent, it will create instant branding of South Africa as a tourist destination to millions of potential visitors and a country where big events could be hosted successfully. As will be amply demonstrated during the 2010 FIFA World Cup, soccer has a unique ability of unifying nations and continents. It is thus incumbent on all nations to maintain this momentum in our quest for sustainable development, peace and democracy, and the promotion of tolerance for diversity. South Africa has shown in the preparations for the FIFA World Cup that a lot can be achieved through teamwork and focus. Hopefully the AISA team, amongst others, will have taken these lessons to heart and effect significant progress over the next few years.

To ensure that AISA survives the interesting challenges into the future, proper project planning, maintaining impeccable project records, improving the relevance and quality of research work conducted and effective dissemination of the research outputs are a must. This must be buoyed by a healthy team environment and the right talent to contribute to the objectives of AISA. To this end, Council will keep strict oversight on performance, governance issues and audit queries to ensure that AISA complies with all legislated requirements and that the control environment becomes sacrosanct.

AISA’s ever-increasing network of researchers on the continent served the institution well as it facilitated the exchange of information and collaboration on projects. This, as well as prudent management of resources, enabled AISA to increase internal efficiencies through the sharing of project costs and to continue building the Africana library holdings.

On behalf of AISA’s Council, I would also like to thank AISA staff for their dedication and willingness to accommodate change, PriceWater-

houseCoopers for their contributions to an improved control environment, the Auditor-General of South Africa, National Government, and the Department of Science and Technology for their unwavering support.

Thank you, Obrigado, Je vous remercie, Asante, Gracias, Shkrã,

Dr Beki Hlatshwayo


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council and council committee Meeting Attendance, April 2009 - December 2009

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Prof N. Bohler-Muller Research

Dr T. Auf der Heyde Research

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Prof Y. Sadie Research & Audit

Ms K. Gcabashe HRFin

Dr D.P. van der Nest External Audit Committee member

Dr M.P. Matlou (CEO) Audit, HRFin & Research

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Dr T. Sidzumo-Mazibuko Research

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Mr M. I. “Papi” Nkoli Research & HRFin

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Dr K.S. Kongwa Audit & HRFin

Dr N. Ramdhani HRFin & Research

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Dr M.P. Matlou (CEO) Audit, HRFin & Research

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notes to the above: 1. Council established 3 sub- Committees, Audit, HRFin and Research Committees, to review and discuss items and make recommenda-

tions to Council 2. For PFMA purposes, the contract of the external Audit Committee Member was extended, to co-incide with the term of the new

Council 3. As per the Africa Institute of South Africa’s Act, Council must meet at least thrice per year.4. As per the PFMA, the Audit Committee must meet at least twice per year.5. The CEO attends all Council and Committee meetings in an ex- officio capacity as stated in AISA’s Act. 6. AISA’s new Council was inaugurated by Minister Naledi Pandor on 26 February 2010.


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The AISA council up until December 2009

Dr Beki hlatshwayo prof n Bohler-Muller Ms S padayachy prof n Bohler-Muller Ms S padayachy prof J Daniel

prof n Biekpe prof T Auf der heyde prof y Sadie prof n Biekpe Dr n Ramdhani prof T Auf der heyde

Dr Beki hlatshwayo(chairperson)

Dr M Matlou (ceo)prof n ogude (chairperson)

Ms M l Gcabashe prof B c lategan Dr T Sidzumo-Mazibuko prof y Sadie Dr S KongwaDr M Matlou (ceo)

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The AISA council from January 2010

Dr Beki hlatshwayo prof n Bohler-Muller Ms S padayachy prof n Bohler-Muller Ms S padayachy prof J Daniel

prof n Biekpe prof T Auf der heyde prof y Sadie prof n Biekpe Dr n Ramdhani prof T Auf der heyde

Dr Beki hlatshwayo(chairperson)

Dr M Matlou (ceo)prof n ogude (chairperson)

Ms M l Gcabashe prof B c lategan Dr T Sidzumo-Mazibuko prof y Sadie Dr S KongwaDr M Matlou (ceo)


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RepoRT fRoM The chIef execuTIve offIceRIntroductionThe global socio-economic crisis that began in September 2008, which had its genesis in the North, eventually spread across the world and its after-effects were still being felt in 2009/2010. Millions of jobs were lost, tax and other revenues plummeted and social cohe-sion was unravelling in numerous countries. South Africa suffered a recession after 17 years of continuous growth. The 6% average annual growth across Africa for most of the past decade was abruptly halted. To this negative scenario the debilitating impacts of climate change, conflicts, poverty, epidemics and other factors manifested themselves, which are reversing progress in meeting the Millennium Development Goals and others under the African Peer Review Mechanism. The continental integration became a constrained agenda as many states adopted inward-oriented policies to deal with these crises. However, during the financial year of 2009/10 there were some improvements across Africa and recovery is becoming stronger. This is the context in which AISA conducted its research agenda of African continental integration, under the sub-themes of Peace and Security, Sustainable Development, Democracy and Governance and Science and Technol-ogy. The research was undertaken through our staff and jointly with external researchers and institutions. We continued to increase our networks nationally, continentally and globally. We increased both the latitude and depth of our coverage of issues, countries, regional eco-nomic communities and continental bodies.

During the year the strategic planning session of council undertook a review and refinement of our vision (‘An indispensable African voice on African Affairs’), our mission (‘To produce relevant research products aimed at informing sustainable political and socioeconomic development in Africa’), our brand promise (‘Africa’s knowledge re-source’), our logo and various other organisational development is-sues. We are now much clearer in defining ourselves and what we want to be and where we want to be. Council recognised the need to have spent substantial resources on stabilising AISA and firming up control issues. Now it was necessary to concentrate on the core business of research. It was in this regard that some members of the old council chose now to be available to serve further terms. The new council began operations in the last quarter of the year and this provided an opportunity for its inauguration where Minister Pandor outlined the need to improve performance, do less but outstanding work, concentrate some of our effort on researching South African specific issues, become more Africa-wide in our staff composition and be more visible. She also affirmed the need to more clearly define African affairs and studies and the need for a multi-disciplinary ap-proach in knowledge creation. This is very important considering that the social sciences and humanities have not always been integrated in

the work of our shareholder department of Science and Technology. This can only augur well for AISA and possibly mute the debate about our location in DST. We must take proper advantage of the policy space that has been created as we work into the future. The efforts of council and its committees have been very valuable in providing guidance and support to myself and the institution.

The management team started the year with a team-building exercise and then the whole of AISA followed suit. This improved the morale and created a positive vibe in the organisation very early in the year. Creating a united team was an ongoing exercise throughout the year. We also tried to improve the inter- and intra-divisional cooperation and collaboration.

overview of performanceWe continued in the financial year 2009/10 to build on the achieve-ments from the previous year. We sought to plan better, improve on implementation, tighten controls, ensure higher performance and de-velop a much more positive and united team.

The performance targets across AISA were substantially increased from January 2008. Of course we have the challenge that our strate-gic plan targets over the next three years are already outlined in the Estimates of National Expenditure, a document used by government to plan for the Mid Term Expenditure Framework; a planning and resource allocation tool. Nevertheless, we will have to evaluate how to create more realistic outputs, whilst ensuring that we have greater impact. Once we have revised targets these can be negotiated with the Department of Science and Technology.

The Research Division committed to producing 120 high-level outputs and achieved 115. However, we increased the scope and breadth of issues, countries and multilateral organisations we cov-ered. We continued to commission work and are gradually improving the management of this process. Increased numbers of partnerships were built in South Africa and internationally. This allowed a growth in our networks and footprint, opened opportunities for AISA securing commissioned work, development of joint research projects, greater visibility, capacity building for our staff and resource mobilisation. In-terestingly, we negotiated and signed a memorandum of understand-ing (MoU) with the Human Sciences Research Council, a sister sci-ence council. This is a sign of maturity and shows that without being complacent Africa as a field of study has space for many more!

We continued to build on the systems, processes and procedures for creating a more efficient work environment across AISA. The Re-search and Publications Committee (RPC) streamlined its operations and we agreed that all research-related work would need to be qual-ity assured by the RPC. We used commissioning to strenghten our networks, to collaborate with other researchers and institutions and to meet our targets.

Furthermore we utilised fellows in an innovative manner, insisting that we joint-develop projects and they assist us in implementing these. The projects conceptualised and implemented included over-seeing production of the State of Africa book, North Africa’s role in


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African continental integration, evaluating the Campus Lecture Series and benchmarking AISA with other research institutions. We will con-tinue to improve the fellowship programme to use it to meet some of our targets.

Our fundraising efforts led to over R1milion projects dealing with Women and Defence Forces; transnational communities in Africa; 10th year anniversary celebrations of the South Africa–Nigeria Bi-na-tional Commission and Standard Bank seminars on African countries. Through these projects we developed resources mobilisation and project management skills, partnerships, and increased knowledge about and visibility of AISA.

Attrition of staff, insufficient planning and implementation and pos-sibly over-ambitious targets are some of the challenges we faced.

The publications Division met most of its targets, even after starting the year with a backlog inherited from the previous year. A substantial number of publications were finalised and we maintained the quality of our publications and continued to produce our accred-ited journal in good time.We increased attempts to sell our publications, but our growing stock hardly moved. With South Africa suffering its first recession in 17 years and high rates of unemployment and poverty, buying books was not a priority.

The library and Documentation Services expanded our li-brary holdings to almost 100 000 publications. Furthermore, our GIS and Cartography Units assisted researchers to turn data into maps, collected and processed data; developed a geo-portal and provided products and services that we sold. AISA also commenced the digiti-sation of some of its documents. This is going to increase the global access to our holdings.

We grew the number of institutions we exchanged documents with. This is one way of increasing the scope of our holdings, while also reducing the inventory that we have. LDS was involved in capacity building in South Africa through our Campus Lecture Series, sector-specific seminars, participation in conferences and exhibitions and in the schools outreach programme. Internationally the division partici-pated in conferences in Africa and Europe.

This division led our records management project and we are learn-ing a lot in the process.

The outreach and International liaison two-person team was overstretched but they hosted numerous events, assisted in the de-velopment and implementation of memoranda of understanding with local and global partners and arranged media interactions for AISA

staff. We sought to improve the quality of our events by having plan-ning committees and evaluation mechanisms.

We invested substantial efforts in networking locally with various stakeholders, whilst internationally this included partners in Africa, Asia and Europe. Meanwhile we hosted visitors from across the world. We signed and implemented memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with both local and international partners.

Our media exposure was valued at about R900 000.00, which is free publicity that we procured. We will continue to build our media re-lations and ensure that we present the public with knowledge and information on African affairs. The wide array of media that we ap-peared in belies the argument that AISA is not visible; but there is room for improvement, especially in the print media and radio.

The human Resources Division continued the process of im-provement of the conditions of service by moving the few employ-ees on basic salary plus to the Total Cost to Company package. This makes it easier to manage one system and allows employees greater freedom in structuring their benefits. Grading of posts and notches was introduced and for the first time the performance bonus system was implemented. Much as we have improved remuneration, we are a small institute and cannot totally match the market. We lost some staff who found greener pastures elsewhere. We also tried to get the organisation better prepared for the era when the performance information is audited starting from the next financial year.

During the year some of the staff who left us had reached retire-ment age and two had been with AISA for more than 30 years each. We have conducted interviews with them for the 50th year anniver-sary of AISA and they provided us with interesting insights. Of the researchers we lost, one had reached retirement age, another was past retirement age and on contract and went for an international position.

Another returned home. All of them were non-South African and their loss robbed us of our Pan-African character.

We will need to explore extra commissioning of work, seeking part-nerships with other institutions to increase our publications and cov-erage.

We have benefited from resolving recognition and other issues with the appropriate SETA. This meant receiving a R171 000 refund for implementing our workplace skills plan. What we must improve on is ensuring better skills-gap analysis, project managing the training cycle and effective utilisation of the skills and knowledge obtained.

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We outsourced various human resource functions to a company, which required paying a monthly fee. They deal with matters as we present them, which is very cost effective. The only challenge is that internal capacity is not necessarily developed, which can be a disad-vantage where the Union and staff have become more assertive. We will work with our service provider on these issues, including educat-ing staff as well on their responsibilities.

Having developed numerous policies, the year was spent implement-ing these and noting gaps and areas for improvement. These would form the basis for revising our policies, which we submitted through the relevant committees for consideration and approval eventually by council.

A lot of effort was spent on controls and administration, meaning insufficient concentration on the core business of research. corporate Affairs continued to perform a secretariat service for Council and its committees; collating inputs for developing the stra-tegic and business plans; monitoring performance and reporting to stakeholders and shareholder. The new government which took office in May 2009 made service delivery and monitoring and evaluation of performance priorities. Part of this process requires regular report-ing, with an emphasis on both quantitative and qualitative indicators. Staff have been made aware of the importance of the commitments made in the shareholders compact and the requirements of various finance and labour legislation. We have put systems in place and will now concentrate on capturing performance and other information much more regularly.

The finance Division streamlined the process of budgeting and creating cost centres across each division. This meant that manag-ers were better able to determine their resources and monitor ex-penditure trends. Furthermore, the division assisted with monitoring implementation of the audit recovery plan and risk register, and led in reporting and servicing the Audit and Human Resources and Finance committees.

We finalised a five-year improved lease with our landlord which would save AISA resources and also committed the landlord to un-dertaking an upgrade to the building. We ensured that we had service level agreements with service providers, even though the auditors discovered gaps in our system. There have been vast improvements in our supply chain management and AISA is getting better value for its resources in this area.

Again, despite repeated requests during the year, through DST to Treasury, we only received permission to utilise our rollover funds in

February 2010. However, since we had undertaken proper planning, the use of the funds on various projects was smooth. After many years of having substantial rollover funds, these have virtually disap-peared.

There was improved knowledge about the need to adhere to control measures, supply-chain procedures and policies and an appreciation of audit exercises. Nevertheless, the high cost of and insufficient returns on investment from outsourcing internal audit eventually necessitated the need to in-source this function starting in the new financial year. This has required orienting the organisation to this change.

Focused implementation of the audit recovery plan and being guided by a risk register allowed us to concentrate on improving the control environment, even though there are some repeat findings in our audit reports. The efforts invested in improving the control environment and resource management are paying off and we will seek to clear out the existing negative findings. We need to educate staff on the new areas that audits in future will cover, especially performance manage-ment, which can easily lead us to adverse opinions.

conclusionThe management team continued to provide leadership in strength-ening AISA whilst seeking to meet the objectives of our strategic and business plan. This involved building the team, developing capacity of staff, improving the work environment, securing extra resources and monitoring and evaluating performance. Externally we had to manage relations with stakeholders, which included Council, the Department and Ministry of Science and Technology, Parliament, the Auditor-Gen-eral South Africa and the general public. We will utilise the goodwill built over the years to secure more support and resources for AISA.

AISA celebrates five decades of existence which has had its ups and downs. We must learn from this experience in order to better sur-vive the next 50 years, being stronger, more relevant and contributing to a united and developed Africa. Our vision of being ‘an indispen-sable voice on Africa affairs’ and our mission of producing ‘relevant research products aimed at informing sustainable political and socio-economic development in Africa’ plus our brand promise of being ‘Africa’s knowledge resource’ must be made living realities and be our road signs guiding us along this journey. Finally, we will continue to live and cherish our values of Participation, Responsibility, Integrity, Development and Excellence (PRIDE).

AISA’s achievements were a collective effort and we extend a warm thank you to the staff, Council and DST for the support and assist-ance during the year.


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Chief Executive OfficerMatlotleng Matlou

executive Director of Research

Monica Juma

Director of ResearchKorwa Adar

Director of publicationsSolani ngobeni

Director of library and Documentation Services

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Chief Financial Officerelsie Maritz

corporate Affairs Manager nadema Jainoo

human Resources ManagerIngrid canham

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IntroductionIn the financial year 2009–2010, the research division at AISA contin-ued to undertake research guided by its three-year research agenda that is defined within the rubric of African continental integration (2008–2011). At this point of the research cycle, we have generated a large body of research on various aspects of continental integra-tion. It is our hope that the knowledge generated adds value beyond academia, and informs and guides policy direction and implementa-tion processes that forge integration in the various key aspects of the continent’s political, social, economic and development agenda. To augment research produced internally, the division commissioned a range of journal articles, book chapters and policy briefs on various aspects of continental integration.

During the year under review the division also witnessed an expo-nential growth in activities relating to the transfer of skills to various stakeholders, both internally and externally. Within AISA, the intern-ship programme was strengthened by a growing partnership with the National Research Foundatio (NRF). We responded to a number of requests from government and private stakeholders at national and international levels, to transfer knowledge, skills and build capacity in various aspects of African affairs. Significant among the burgeon-ing partnerships established during the year was with the Standard Bank Group, in which AISA is contracted to generate research to in-form the development of service products for migratory populations across the continent. These activities have significantly improved the status of the Institute, strengthened our networks and added value to the stakeholders with and for whom we work.

The division continued to grow its networks through attendance and presentation of papers at national and international conferences. Among the highlights of these activities were the representation of AISA at the International World Social Science Symposium in Bergen, Norway in May 2009, and the mounting of an AISA panel at the 3rd Eu-ropean Conference on African Studies (ECAS), hosted by the Africa-Europe Group of Inter-disciplinary Studies (AEGIS), of which AISA is the only non-European member, in Leipzig, Germany in June 2009.

In recognition of the need to protect AISA research and related out-puts, the division led the process in forging partnership with one of the leading Intellectual Property Rights law firms, Adams and Adams in developing the institution’s policy on intellectual property right. Besides ensuring compliance with national legislation, this policy is well placed to protect AISA from any agencies that may wish to claim its diverse products.

Operationally, the division has come a long way in developing and im-plementing research systems that have streamlined the management

of research processes and related activities. A range of operating pro-cedures have been developed, in particular, the research guidelines, project matrix documents and terms of reference for the Research and Publications Committee, AISA’s premier quality assurance mech-anism. These have been grounded by the organisation’s strategic ses-sion that clarified the institute’s vision: to become an indispensable voice on African affairs, as well as its brand promise and objectives. Follow-ing on the strategic session, the division held its research retreat in November 2009, in which it reviewed progress made in the pursuit of the research agenda, and aligned its anticipated work for financial year 2010–2011 to the DST human and social dynamics grand chal-lenge and the national development priorities.

Summary of Research financial year 2009–2010In pursuit of the AISA mandate in terms of knowledge production, the division’s work was geared towards achieving and supporting the realisation of six strategic objectives, presented in the Business Plan 2009–2010, as follows: a) Implementing the AISA Research Policy and Research Agenda on

Continental Integrationb) Promoting knowledge and understanding of African Affairs

through leading experts in the Social Sciences, Humanities, Natu-ral Sciences and Technology

c) Increasing the awareness of AISA’s profiled) Increasing AISA’s revenuee) Positioning AISA as a platform for public debate and specialised

discourse on African Affairs, and f) Broadening research capacity building and training across Africa.

The targeted research output expected in the Business Plan was 120 research outputs, inclusive of journal articles, policy briefs, chapters in books, occasional papers and monographs. In addition, each research-er was expected to attend at least one international conference, one national conference and deliver a seminar at AISA on the subject of their research area/topic.

While the division commenced the year without a full research com-pliment, it suffered further attrition during the year dropping the number of researchers from 13 to 7 at the end of the financial year. In spite of this attrition, the division attained a total of 115 outputs and a meteoric expansion of its capacity-building activities in response to a growing demand from various stakeholders, as well as the intense networking that took place with key stakeholders.

publications number

Monographs / Occasional papers / Technical docu-ments

25

Journal articles 26

Policy briefs 26

Books / Book chapters 38

Conferences / Seminars / Workshops 45

Media interviews 42

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capacity building - internal Number of beneficiaries

Interns 7 (5 AISA, 2 from NRF)

Fellows 3

Department of Defence, South Africa 295

Department of Defence, Sierra Leone 65

SADC 60

AYGS / Youth Conference 220

AISA Campus Lecture Series 132

Universities 30

International Security Sector 30

Institute for Security Studies & Peace Mission Training (SA)

75

Total 867

Scope of Research and Related activities In line with our continental mandate research work undertaken spurned across Africa. In total, research was carried out in 10 African countries (Zimbabwe, Togo, Ghana, Côte de Ivoire, Nigeria, Botswana, South Africa, Namibia, Sierra Leone and Kenya) and three sub-region-al organisations: the East African Community (EAC), IGAD, and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Overall,

work was derived from the AISA research agenda and focused fur-ther by the unit niche documents that elaborate the specific project focus. The scope of work also discussed in various research fora, in-cluding the research retreat and all proposals were deliberated on by the Research and Publications Committee (RPC). In all, the AISA RPC considered a total of 20 proposals for fieldwork, research related ac-tivities, capacity building activities and attendance to, and networking at, international conferences.


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Annexure AList of journal articles, policy briefs, monographs, occasional papers and book chapters, produced during the 2009/2010 financial year:

Author(s) Title Type publication Stage

Monica Juma African Mediation of the Kenyan Post- Election Crisis

Journal Article Final manuscript submitted to the Journal of Contemporary African Studies (JCAS) – Pub-lished, July edition 2009.

Monica Juma Why is there local ownership prob-lems in peace building & what should be done about it

Journal Article NUPI, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oslo, Nor-way, 25 March 2010. Critical perspectives on contemporary peace building: Towards change in concepts and approaches.

Monica Juma Forced Displacement: Africa’s Achilles Heel in the 21st century

Occasional Paper Published, AISA, August 2009.

Korwa Adar Gender-Based Violence in Kenya’s Post 27 December General Elections: The Case of the Internally Displaced Persons

Journal Article External Peer Review (Forthcoming).

Korwa Adar, Katabaro Miti & Monica Juma

State of Africa Book Editor Book Final manuscript submitted to Publications, 12th February 2010 (Review of 15 chap-ters).

Check Achu Sovereignty and Economic rights: Revisiting aspects of (dis)integration in the CEMAC sub-region and implica-tions for a United Africa

Journal Article Submitted to Director Research, 14 May 2009.

Check Achu ECOWAS Conflict resolution initia-tives towards the Ivorian crisis: Chal-lenges and prospects

Journal Article Submitted to Publications, 14 May 2010.

Check Achu Forces Nouvelles (FN) and the search for Ivoriete: Interrogating Côte D’Ivoire National question


Check Achu France and the Linas-Marcous-sis Agreement for Côte D’Ivoire: Implications for African Continental Integration


Check Achu The Legal framework for civil society operations in Gabon

Book chapter Submitted for External Review, Forthcoming (Trust Africa).

Thokozani Simelane Unpacking the impacts of Intellectual Property rights from Publicly Financed Research Act on scholarly publishing

Book Chapter Published in Scholarly publishing in Africa – Opportunities and impediments.

Thokozani Simelane System dynamics approach of un-derstanding Africa’s evolving social systems: special reference to South Africa

Conference paper Published - System Dynamics Society con-ference proceedings.

Thokozani Simelane A system dynamics interpretation of the effects of policy on rural-urban migration in South Africa and the subsequent emergence of urban social system

Journal Article Submitted to the South African Journal of Industrial Engineering.

Thokozani Simelane Interpreting the transformation of the city centers of South Africa through system dynamics: How different it is to that of other African cities?

Journal Article Under Review.

Thokozani Simelane & Monica Juma

Desertec: Balkanising Africa again? Book chapter North Africa Book, Forthcoming.

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Sandile Zeka Challenges in community-based natu-ral resource management: the case of Dzemeni

Journal Article Under Review, Forthcoming.

Sandile Zeka Stratagems and Spoils: A critical analy-sis of informal trade on the Ghana/Togo border

Journal Article Forthcoming.

Sandile Zeka The role of mental models in public policy decision making process: The Case of Ghana

Monograph Presentation at ECAS Conference, June 2009, Monograph Forthcoming.

Walter Oyugi (Commissioned)

Electoral Democracy in Modern Afri-ca: The Case of Kenya and Zimbabwe

Journal Article Submitted to Publications,11 February 2010.

Yazini April Governance Legislative Implementa-tion and Economic Growth: In The Case of South Africa

Journal Article Accepted by Journal of Contemporary Affairs, UK.

Yazini April Assessing the nationalisation of miner-als debate from government interop-erability perspective

Journal Article Accepted by The Thinker, Publication forth-coming,

Yazini April South Africa’s governance challenges: assessing the South Africa-China mineral case

Journal Article Published in Contemporary Politics, Vol 15, No 4, December 2009.

Yazini April Africa Grappling with 21st Century Governance

Book Chapter (Contributed)

Building Good Governance in Africa Through Science and Technology. Accepted for publication, UNISA Press, Under Review, Forthcoming.

Yazini April Rethinking Africa’s Development through Science and Technology: Chal-lenges and Opportunities

Yazini April The status of e-governance in South Africa: strategic considerations from the United States

Yazini April Telephone access to government services: status and prospects

Book Chapter (Editing)

Yazini April TRIP’s, ICT and technology transfer: Promoting good governance in Africa with FLOSS

Yazini April Human language technologies for e-government in the developing world

Yazini April Pushing back the frontiers of igno-rance: rethinking the role of good governance, science and technology

Francis Nwonwu The place of infrastructure in Regional Integration: a Comparison of the ECOWAS and ECCAS regional Eco-nomic Communities

Journal Article Submitted to Publications, 14th October 2009.

Francis Nwonwu A comparative study of the Perfor-mance of the Economic Community of West Africa states (ECOWAS) and Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) on Poverty and Hunger Eradication


Francis Nwonwu The role of trade in Regional Integra-tion: a Comparison of the ECOWAS and ECCAS regional Economic Com-munities



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Francis Nwonwu The Challenges and Opportunities in Regional Integration in the East African Community (EAC)

Journal Article Forthcoming.

Francis Nwonwu Regional Integration in Africa: con-straining Issues and Implications for Economic Development


Sehlare Makgetlaneng The Role of South Africa in the Reconstruction and Development of Zimbabwe: The View of the Zimba-bwean State, Capital and Civil Society

Journal Article Submitted to Publications, 24th February 2010.

Sehlare Makgetlaneng Political, Economic and Security Challenges Faced by Zimbabwe in its Reconstruction and Development

Journal Article Submitted to Publications, 24th February 2010.

Sehlare Makgetlaneng The Implications of the Sustained Use of the South African Rand by Zimba-bwe for Integration in Southern Africa

Journal Article Submitted to Publications.

Sehlare Makgetlaneng South Africa’s Policy towards Zim-babwe and Africa: Against or for imperialism

Journal Article Submitted to Race and History, 15th March 2010.

Sehlare Makgetlaneng South Africa in Africa: messiah, Sub-imperialist or Imperialist?

Journal Article Submitted to Historical Materialism, 31st March 2010, Forthcoming.

Sehlare Makgetlaneng The Role of the United States of America and Britain in the Re-construction and Development of Zimbabwe

Journal Article Accepted by Journal of Developmental Studies, February 2010.

Sehlare Makgetlaneng Is the New Partnership for Africa’s Development Appropriate Programme Serving Africa to Achieve Integration?


Sehlare Makgetlaneng Imperialism in the Settler Colonial South Africa

Book Forthcoming.

Sehlare Makgetlaneng The National Question in the Settler Colonial South Africa

Book Forthcoming.

Rawia Tawfik North Africa: A research and policy agenda

Occasional Paper Forthcoming.

Phogole Mmafale South Africa – Nigeria Diplomatic Relations

Article Published in AISA Newsletter: Inside AISA, Volume 1, Issue 2, August 2009.

Francis Kornegay Campus Lecture Series Assessment Occasional Paper Adopted by the Research and Publications Committee, December 2009, Forthcoming.

Somadoda Fikeni Benchmarking Research Outputs Occasional Paper Forthcoming.

Dani Nabudere Archie Mafeje: The scholar and politi-cal activist

Monograph Inaugural Archie Mafeje Memorial Lecture. Published & discussed at lecture, Sheraton Hotel, Pretoria, 10th March 2010, Forth-coming.

Duncan Innes Mafeje vs UCT and the South African Apartheid State 1968: Reflections from the then UCT SRC President

Monograph Inaugural Archie Mafeje Memorial Lecture.Presented at lecture, Sheraton Hotel, Preto-ria, 10th March 2010, Forthcoming.

Dani Nabudere The United States Of Africa: Chal-lenges & Prospects

Monograph Forthcoming.

Dani Nabudere Research And African Traditional Knowledge Systems

Monograph Presented at AISA, 12th March 2009, Forth-coming.

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Dani Nabudere An alternative paradigm for African development

Monograph Presented at Walter Sisulu University, 8th March 2010, Forthcoming.

Interns (Charl, Tholoana)

AISA Biography - Topic no 1: Report on relationships, partnerships and agreements between AISA and other institutions. Topic no 2: Research & Publications.

Special Edition of Africa Insight, 50th An-niversary

Submitted to Executive Director Research, on 15th December 2009, Forthcoming.

policy position papersAuthor(s) Title publication Stage

Biong Deng The Notion of Sovereignty and Its Para-digm Shift: Challenges and Opportuni-ties

Draft submitted to Publications, 15 July 2009, Forthcoming.

Biong Deng ICC and the Culture of Impunity in Af-rica: The Case of the Darfur region o f the Sudan

Published, Policy Brief No. 27, June 2010.

Sipho Buthelezi (Commissioned)

Critique of the APRM Process: Oppor-tunities and Challenges

Draft submitted to Africa Insight, 11 February 2010, Forthcom-ing.

Patrick Bond (Commissioned)

Child poverty in the Eastern Cape prov-inces: A rapid assessment of the eleven poorest municipalities

Draft submitted to Africa Insight, 11 February 2010, Forthcom-ing.

Monica Juma Women in Africa’s National Defence Forces

Published, Claiming the last frontier of exclusion, Africa Policy Institute, Africa Policy Brief, No 7, May 2009.

Monica Juma Review of Sierra Leone Defence White Paper

Submitted to Ministry of Defence: Sierra Leone, Armed Forces, on 15th November 2009.

Monica Juma Development of a gender policy for Si-erra Leone Armed Forces

Submitted to Ministry of Defence: Sierra Leone, Armed Forces, on 14th November 2009.

Monica Juma Training manual on gender mainstream-ing

Submitted to Ministry of Defence: Sierra Leone, Armed Forces, on 14 December 2009.

Monica Juma Security and regional cooperation in Af-rica: How can we make Africa’s security challenges fit for new challenges

Published by Heinrich Böll Foundation, Conference proceed-ing report titled: ‘Climate change resources migration’, February 2010.

Monica Juma SADC regional document on HR Func-tionaries and Gender Mainstreaming in SADC Armed Forces

Adopted by SADC meeting, Lusaka, Zambia, 3 December 2009.

Check Achu Bilateralism and Peaceful Resolution of Conflicts in Africa: Cameroon’s di-plomacy towards the Bakassi Peninsula Dispute

Submitted to Publications, 31 December 2009, Forthcoming.

Check Achu Ethnicity and arms proliferation in the Great Lakes Region of Africa: Challenges to Peace and democracy.

Submitted to Publications, 30 March 2010, Forthcoming.

Yazini April Political complexities regarding civil so-ciety participation in China-Africa Co-operation

Published, Pambazuka News, 10 December 2009.

Yazini April Implementing Civil Societies in the Fo-rum for China-Africa Cooperation: A Win-Win Strategy For Both Regions?

Published, Sunday Times, 9 November 2009.

Mdu Khumalo Africa’s position to prevent and combat global terrorism: The role of the South African state

Under Review, Forthcoming.


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Author(s) Title publication Stage

Mdu Khumalo Contesting For A Greater Role Of Af-rican Women In The Reconstruction And Development Agenda Of Africa: Towards Security And Peace-Building In The 22 Century

Submitted to Publications, 6 November 2009, Forthcoming.

Mdu Khumalo South Africa’s 2010 security concerns: Crisis, what crisis?

Published on AISA Website, February 2010.

Thokozani Simelane Is it time for African countries to har-monise their intellectual property de-velopment and management –reference to TRIPS agreement?

Policy brief – AISA, Forthcoming.

Thokozani Simelane Policy options for South Africa’s protec-tion of indigenous / traditional knowl-edge

Policy brief – AISA, Forthcoming.

Sehlare Makgetlaneng The Zuma Administration’s Foreign Pol-icy: Continuity and Change

Published, 5 May 2009 (polity.org.za)

Sehlare Makgetlaneng Africa: will Zuma crack the whip? Published in Thomson Reuters, 21 April 2009

Sehlare Makgetlaneng Africa’s Expectations of Obama are Un-founded

Published - Pambazuka News: African Voices for Freedom and Jus-tice, 3 September 2009.

Francis Nwonwu Multiple Memberships in Regional Eco-nomic Communities: Vice or Virtue for Regional Integration in Africa?

Submitted to Publications, 22 October 2009, Forthcoming.

Matlotleng Matlou and Fran-cis Nwonwu

Bi-National Commissions (BNCs) as In-novative Strategies for Bilateral Coop-eration for Development in Africa: An Appraisal of the South Africa – Nigeria Bi-National Commission

In progress.

Sandile Zeka Is informal trade a viable alternative? The catastrophic implications of infor-mal trade and community-based natural resource management nexus: the case of the Aflao Border, Ghana

Under Review, Forthcoming.

Special projectsnorth Africa

Title Author publication Stage

The Myth and Reality of North Africa in Af-rica: Empirical Evidence and Theoretical Ap-proaches

Ahmed Salem Under Review

Arabs and Africa: dispelling illusions and build-ing bridges

Mohamed Ashour Under Review

The role of the IDCS in Africa Hoda Salah El-Din& Heba Gamal Eldin Under Review

Morocco’s relationship with sub-Saharan Af-rica in the free trade era

Khalid Chiat Under Review

The Arab Maghreb Union: Between Nepad and the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership

Boutaleb Kouider & Gamil Abdel Galil Under Review

Desertec: Balkanising Africa Again? Thokozani Simelane & Monica Juma Under Review

Afro-Arab Relations and the Arab World Adeoye A. Akinsanya Under Review

Mauritania: the unstable bridge between North and sub-Saharan Africa?

Issaka Souare Under Review

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The Sahel in the Global Geopolitics Tayeb Chenntouf Under Review

North-Sub Saharan African Co-operation: A study in migration and its developmental im-pacts

Samir Boudinar Under Review

Women empowerment in Tunisia Mohamed Jouili Under Review

Libya’s role in African integration Beshir Elkot Under Review

Transnational communities: Standard Bank

Title Author publication Stage

African Expatriate Communities in Africa: their size, lifestyle and relationship with their sending state

Nomfundo Ngwenya In press

The Neo-liberal policy, free movement of peo-ple and migration patterns in the Southern Af-rican Development Community (SADC)

Francis Nwonwu In press

The African Brain Drain: Causes, Costs, Con-sequences

Brij Maharaj In press

The interlinkages between global migration flows and development Issues, past, present and future trends

Matlotleng Matlou & Shingirirai Mutanga In press

Exploring Transnational Spaces of Chinese Mi-grants in Africa

I. Haupt In press

Citizens Abroad: African Expatriate Communi-ties in the US, Britain and Australia and Rela-tionship with Sending States

Siphamandla Zondi & Dimpho Motsamai In press

The impact of intra-continental migration in Africa: Interrogating the economic dynamics of migrants

Rafiu Adewale Aregbeshola In press

The general positive and negative impact of mi-gration flows on sending and receiving states

Matlotleng Matlou & Shingirirai Mutanga In press

The implications and dynamics of illegal, un-documented immigrants from one country to another on the African continent.

Jurgen Knop In press

The feminisation of migration Amanda Gouws In press

Indian Communities in Africa Renu Modi In press

Seminars and conferences Monica Juma Facilitator at Urgent Action Fund, Gender and Security

Reform, Nairobi, Kenya.28–31 July 2009.

New Challenges, new opportunities? Security, regional cooperation in Africa and South Africa’s role in it.

Heinrich Böll Foundation, ‘Climate Change, Migration, Resources: Old and New Sources of Conflict in Af-rica?’ Conference, Cape Town, 4–5 August 2009.

Keynote address at Department of Defence, Legal Services, Women’s Day Celebrations, on Women’s role in peace and security.

11 August 2009.

Why is there local ownership problems in peace build-ing & what should be done about it, Oslo, Norway

24–26 March 2010.


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Check Achu Sovereignty and Economic rights: Revisiting aspects of (dis)integration in the CEMAC sub region and implica-tions for a United Africa.

ECAS, Leipzig, Germany, 4–7 June 2009.

Water degradation trends in the Lake Chad Basin Ecosystem: Implications for Peace and Security in the Subregion.

Campus Lecture Series, University of Kwazulu Natal, 3 March 2010.

ECOWAS and Côte D’Ivoire’s evolving security ar-chitecture: Interrogating ECOWAS conflict resolution Initiatives towards the Ivorian crisis, What lessons for a United Africa?

Campus Lecture Series, Walter Sisulu University East-ern Cape, 25 March 2010.

Yazini April Globalisation and artisanal mining in the DRC 21st World Congress of Political Science, Santiago, Chile, 10–13 July 2009.

Biong Deng Consultation on the EU’s Role in Democracy Building in Africa

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 21–23 April 2009.

Implications of the AU’s recent decisions on universal jurisdiction and the work of the ICC in Africa

Cape Town, 12 May 2009.

Mduduzi Khumalo, The role of the South African State in Preventing and Combating Terrorism

Anti-Terrorism Conference, Cape Town, 24–25 June 2009.

Accountable Policing: Case studies of South Africa & Namibia

University of Namibia, October 2009.

Sehlare Makgetlaneng Southern Africa’s Development Agenda in the 21st cen-tury.

University of Fort Hare School of Public Management and Development, 14–15 May 2009.

Is the New Partnership for Africa’s Development Ap-propriate Programme Serving Africa to Achieve Inte-gration?


Governance and Development Dislocations and Con-tinuities from Mobutu Sese Seko to Joseph Kabila: The search for transformation in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

26th Bi-annual Southern African universities Social Sci-ence Conference on Governance and Development in South Africa in the 21st century, Mafikeng, 20–22 January 2010.

The Role of the United States of America and Britain in the Reconstruction and Development of Zimbabwe

Campus Lecture Series, Walter Sisulu University East-ern Cape, 25 March 2010.

Paballo Malise Contextualising the Decentralisation Policy for Serv-ice delivery in Swaziland

AISA, 30 April 2009.

Francis Nwonwu Regional Integration in Africa: Constraining Issues and Implications for Economic Development


Tracking Inflationary trends with the use of nominal and real value analysis as a strategy for controlling business risks in Africa

2nd Annual African Master Class Strategic Risk Business Management Conference, Zambia, 10–12 June 2009.

Inter-racial and inter-cultural marriages: Conflicts, chal-lenges and benefits

World Igbo Heritage Day Celebrations in Johannes-burg, 9th August 2009.

Bridging the rural-urban income inequality through fruit and fodder tree-based Agroforestry systems in rural South Africa

2nd World Congress on Agroforestry, Nairobi Kenya, 24–27 August 2009.

Brotherhood and Co-operation for Development in the Diaspora

Address to Nigerian Delegates, National Museum of History, Pretoria, Gauteng, 24 October 2009.

South Africa and Nigeria Bi-National Relations University of Kwazulu Natal, Pietermaritzburg & Unisa, 27-28 October 2009.

The politics of Oil Exploitation: Rationalising on the co-existence of oil wealth and extreme poverty in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria

University of Johannesburg, 6th November 2009.

The Neo-liberal policy, free movement of people and migration patterns in the Southern African Develop-ment Community (SADC)

Transnational Communities in Africa Research Project, (Standard Bank), Conrad Strauss Auditorium, 9 March 2010.

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Thokozani Simelane Regional Integration Africa Day Celebration Seminar, Cultural Museum, Tshwane, 25 May 2009.

Unpacking the impacts of South Africa’s State Funded Research Bill on scholarly publishing

Scholarly Publishing Conference, Birchwood Hotel, Jo-hannesburg, 28–29 May 2009.

Challenges and Opportunities in Developing Funda-mental Geospatial Database in Africa

Enhancing the understanding of political, Economic and Social Systems through Quality Data, AISA Boardroom, 10 June 2009.

System dynamics approach of understanding Africa’s evolving social systems: special reference to South Af-rica

International system dynamics conference, Albu-querque, New Mexico, 25–30 July 2009.

Exploring Transnational Spaces of Chinese Migrants in Africa

Transnational Communities in Africa Research Project, (Standard Bank), Conrad Strauss Auditorium, 9 March 2010.

Sandile Zeka Democracy in Africa Democracy in Africa, International Symposium, Eritrea, 21–23 May 2009.

The role mental models in public policy decision mak-ing process: The Case of Ghana


Stratagems and Spoils: A critical analysis of informal trade on the Ghana / Togo border

AISA, 18 September 2009.

Stratagems and Spoils: A Critical Analysis of Informal Trade in Togo/Ghana Border of Aflao

Campus Lecture Series, University of Kwazulu Natal, 3 March 2010.

Research fellows

Rawia Tawfik North Africa: A Research and Policy Agenda Bridging the North Sub-Saharan Divide, AISA, 25 Feb-ruary 2010.

external partners

1. Barack Obama’s Foreign Policy Towards Africa: Chal-lenges and Future Prospects for the Continent, Prof. Peter Schraeder.

Burgers Park Hotel, 6 April 2009.

2. The State of Democracy in Africa, with reference to Post Election Developments in Kenya and Zimbabwe, Dr Bheki Moyo.

AISA, 2 July 2009.

3. The Status of African Indigenous Knowledge Systems and their Protection, Prof Dani Nabudere.

The Status of African Indigenous Knowledge Systems and their Protection, AISA, 12 March 2010.

Interns Report: Seminars/conferences Tholoana Mofolo Investigating the factors/mechanisms contributing

to the disempowerment of Swazi women: Percep-tions from Swazi women themselves and NGOs operating in Swaziland.

AISA, 30 April 2009.

Assessing the effect of Social Support on Health Status using the 2006 South African General Household Survey.

The fourth annual conference of the Population Association of Southern Africa (PASA): University of the Western Cape, 8–10 July 2009.

Sizwe Myataza The impact of Value-System on South African Di-plomacy toward Zimbabwe.

Revitalising African Value Systems for Sustainable Continental Integration: Perspectives from Emerging Scholars, AYGS, 25–26 June 2009.

Elijah Ntuli Partners in Rough Seas: Piracy, Somali Waters and Beyond.



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Charl VD Merwe Food Security as determinant of African Urban Social Systems.

Enhancing the understanding of political, Economic and So-cial Systems through Quality Data, AISA Boardroom, 10 June 2009.

The changing face of Urban Africa – food secu-rity in inner cities of Africa with specific focus on South African cities.


Interns Report: other Research Activities Co-ordinator of the joint working seminar funded by SSRC, 23 July 2009.

Report compiled of the AISA Campus Lecture Series Assessment workshop, 3 September 2009.

Project Co-ordinator of Standard Bank Project.

Interns Report: policy position papers Investigating the factors contributing to the disempowerment of Swazi women: Perceptions of Swazi women themselves and NGOs operating in Swaziland

Under Review.

Prospects and Challenges of Security Sector Reform in Zimbabwe within the framework of the Government of National Unity (GNU)

Under Review.

The foreign policy of a transitional state: the Case of Zimbabwe Under Review.

Interns Report: Seminars attended ‘The State of Democracy in Africa, with reference to Post Election Develop-ments in Kenya and Zimbabwe’

2 July 2009. AISA.

The Role of African Women as Mother’s and Leaders 25 August 2009. Tram Village, Tshwane.

Participated in a Symposium on the Future of South African Foreign Policy: Con-tinuity and Change? Hosted by the Institute of Global Dialogue, in partnership with Friedrich Erbert Stiftung

26–27 August 2009. Burgerspark Hotel.

Report compiled of the AISA Campus Lecture Series Assessment workshop 3 September 2009. AISA.

Stratagems and Spoils: A critical analysis of informal trade on the Ghana/Togo border

18 September 2009. AISA.

Transnational Communities in Africa Research Project, (Standard Bank), 9 March 2010. Conrad Strauss Auditorium.

AYGS Annual Conference 18–19 March 2010. Birchwood Hotel.

Media Interviews Name Topic Date

Monica Juma On peacekeeping and the Lessons from AU-UN Hybrid force in Dar-fur, with (Dutch Wella in Berlin)

18 May 2009.

PAP election, with SAFM 31 May 2009.

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Achu Check Conflict in Chad with SABC International 12 April 2009.

The political impasse in Madagascar with SABC International 20 April 2009.

Omar Bongo legacy with Pretoria Islamic Radio 9 June 2009.

Omar Bongo legacy with SABC International 10 June 2009.

Gabon Election with SABC News 2 September 2009.

Gabon Election results with SABC News 7 September 2009.

Presidential Elections and violence in Gabon with Channel Africa Radio

8 September 2009.

Postponement of presidential election in Côte D’Ivoire, with SABC International

30 November 2009.

Swedish Radio on the political deadlock in Ivory Coast 23 February 2010.

SABC News International on President Nicolas Sarkozy’s historic visit to Rwanda.

25 February 2010.

Biong Deng The Arab-League’s proposed cancellation of the ICC Warrant of Ar-rest against President Bashir of the Sudan with SABC Africa Interna-tional

3 April 2009.

Obama Administration’s policy towards Africa with SABC Africa International

9 April 2009.

Sudan-Chad Relations with SABC Africa International 5 May 2009.

Post-agreement Zimbabwe with SABC Africa International 28 May 2009.

Mduduzi Khumalo Home Affairs decision to allow Zimbabwean inside SA with Ligwalag-wala FM

7 May 2009.

Jacob Zuma and Africa: Returning to African values or the status quo with Channel Africa

13 May 2009.

Zimbabwe PM said unhappy with ZANU-PF hard liners 14 May 2009.

Progress of the South African new government a month away with SABC International

11 June 2009.

SA Peacekeepers make their mark with Pretoria News 18 July 2009.

Namibia: 20 years on with SABC Radio 23 July 2009.

Soldier’s violence verged on terrorism with Pretoria News 2 September 2009.

Is the world at peace? Challenges with Thobela FM 21 September 2009.

South Africa and the 2010 Security crisis 13 December 2009.

The Defence pact: How SA Dealt with a risk situation, with Capri-corn FM

22 December 2009.


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InTRoDucTIonA study by the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) titled ‘Scholarly books: their production, use and evaluation in South Africa today’ (2009) posits that Africa’s contribution to world book output is in the region of two per cent, which means that African publish-ing is still miniscule compared to its European or American coun-terparts. Publishing on the African continent remains predominantly educational because of government spending. Trade / general book publishing is small due to illiteracy levels and lack of disposable in-comes, amongst a plethora of impediments, while scholarly publishing remains the flotsam and getsam of the publising industry.

Therefore through our scholarly publishing programme AISA aims to contribute to research on African Affairs and thereby help in a small way in alleviating the African book famine, especially where scholarly publishing is concerned. The Publications Division at the Africa Institute of South Africa pub-lishes books, monographs, policy briefs, occasional papers, as well as an International Bibliography of Social Sciences (IBSS) listed and ac-credited journal Africa Insight.

Although the majority of what the division publishes is internally generated, it also does publish commissioned and unsolicited journal articles, books, occasional papers, policy briefs and monographs from other researchers from various South African and African universities and from the Diaspora.

In the reporting year 2009/10 the Division published the following titles:

AfRIcA InSIGhT1) Africa Insight 39 (1) • ‘The State as a site of eating: Literary representation and the dia-

lectics of ethnicity, class and the nation state in Kenya’ by James Ogude

• ‘Kenyan intellectuals and the political realm: Responsibilities and complicities’ by Dan Ojwang

• ‘Phallocracies and gynocratic transgression: Gender, State power and Kenyan public life’ by Grace A. Musila

• ‘Media at cross-roads: Reflections on the Kenyan news and the coverage of the 2007 political crisis’ by George Ogola

• ‘Ethnic stereotypes and the ideological manifestations of ethnicity in Kenyan cyber communities’ by Dina Ligaga

• ‘ “Only a few cases of skirmishes here and there”: Interrogating the “truth” of an election in the Kenyan blogosphere’ by Jennifer Musangi

• Book reviews:– Cut Off My Tongue by Sitawa Namwalie– Kwani? 5 by Billy Kahora

2) Africa Insight 39 (2) • ‘The Role of the Municipal Band Market in the Municipal Infra-

structure Development in South Africa: An Exploratory Study’ by Phillip Mantso and Derick Blaauw

• ‘Infected and Affected: What the HIV/AIDS epidemic entails for girls and women in South Africa’ by Pinky Lalthapersad-Pillay

• ‘The Role of Regional Economic Communities in Africa’s Eco-nomic Integration: Prospects and Constraints’ by Ufo Okeke Uzodike

• ‘New Regionalism in Africa: Waves of Integration’ by Karin Bachinger and Johan Hough

• ‘In Search of African Developmental States: Challenges and Missed Opportunities’ by Godfrey Okoth

• ‘Conflict between State Sovereignty and the right of Intervention under the Constitutive Act of the African Union’ by Tom Mboya

• ‘The Rome Statute and Omar Al Bashir’s Indictment by the Inter-national Criminal Court’ by Patrick Lumumba

• ‘The Challenges Facing the International Criminal Court in Pros-ecuting Cases of Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes’ by Frank Khachina Matanga

• Book review: Challenges of Conflict, Democracy and Develop-ment in Africa by Jephias Matunhu

3) Africa Insight 39 (3)• ‘The Case of Lesotho’s Mixed Member Proportional System’ by

Motlamelle Anthony Kapa• ‘The Challenges of Piracy in Africa’s Maritime Zones’ by Dorothy

Nyakawa• ‘The Impact of Political Crisis on Natural Resources: A Case

Study of Zimbabwe’ by Vupenyu Dzingirai• ‘The role of Mental Models in the Public Policy Decision-making

Process: The Case study of Ghana’ by Sandile Zeka• ‘Gender and Good Governance: Debates, Evidence and Concerns

for Nigerian Women’ by Terwase Sampson• ‘Black Rhino Translocations within Africa’ by MH Knight and GIH

Kerley• ‘African Traditional Knowledge Systems and Biodiversity Manage-

ment’ by Thokozani Simelane• ‘Bio-fuels and Food Security: A Case Study of South Africa’ by

Onyenike Adeyemo and Russell Wise• Book review: Unequel Peers: The Politics of Discourse Management

by Blessing Karumbidza

4) Africa Insight 39 (4) • ‘Political expediency and the rules of law in Africa: A focus on

selected cases’ by Francis Ikome and David Kode• ‘South Africa’s transformational approach to global governance’

by Chris Landsberg• ‘SADC Integration and poverty eradication in southern Africa’ by

Siphamandla Zondi and Christopher Mulaudzi• ‘Modernity and ‘traditionality’ in African Governance: Conceptual

and Pragmatic issues’ by Mpilo Pearl Sithole• ‘Decentralisation as a means to ensure provision of basic so-

cial services in the Democratic Republic of Congo’ by Sehlare Makgetlaneng

• ‘Engendering Post-conflict Reconstruction and Development (PCRD) within the Horn of Africa region: Lessons from Ethiopia’ by Mduduzi Khumalo

• ‘System Inertia in the Changing Paradigm for Biodiversity Con-servation in South Africa’ by Twahiri Amani Saidi and Marubini Cendra Malivho

• ‘Beyond the Arusha Peace and Reconciliation Accord for Burundi: Challenges of preserving peace in an ethnically fractured society’ by Nicasius Achu Check

• ‘Federalism and conflicts in Ethopia’ by Mehari Taddele Maru• ‘Sub-regional legal instruments on international migrants’ rights

and their implementation mechanisms: The case study of the East African community’ by Biong Kuol Deng

• ‘A policy analysis of asylum seekers and refugees in South Africa: An independent overview’ by Desiree Manicom and Fairuz Mul-lagee

• ‘The state of space science in Africa’ by Nceba Mhlahlo• ‘Cheetah conservation in South Africa’ by Kenneth Buk and Kelly

Marnewick

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Books1) Africa at a Glance: Facts and Figures 2008–09 by Elize Van As2) Unequal Peers: The politics of discourse management in the Social Sci-

ences by Pearl Sithole

Reports1) Zimbabwe Conference Report.

occasional papers1) ‘The Doctrine of the Separation of powers and the Government

of National Unity Legal Framework: the ‘place’ of Kenya’s Na-tional Legislative Assembly’ by Korwa Adar

2) ‘The Dynamics of Civil Society in Liberalising Francophone Af-rica: A Case Study of Benin Republic, 1990–2008’ by Adenkule Amuwo

3) ‘Evolution and Current Situation of Forced Displacements in Af-rica’ by Monica Juma

The Institute also publishes policy briefs which are meant to provide concise analysis on topical issues of interest to policy makers. Below is a list of those published during the reporting period:

Title Authors

CSR practice in the DRC’s mining sector by Chinese firms Johanna Jansson

The Impact of Obama’s Election on Democracy and Governance Discourse in Africa Zine Magubane

Pan-Africanism in the Age of Obama Paul Zeleza

Great expectations versus daunting challenges: Obama and United States Foreign Policy towards Africa

Peter J. Schraeder

Capacity Building And Training For Peace Operations And Conflict Resolution In East Africa Adam Oloo

The ICC And Culture Of Impunity In Africa: ICC Warrant Of Arrest Against President Bashir Of The Sudan

Biong Deng

The Evolving Concept and Institution of Sovereignty: Challenges and Opportunities Biong Deng

The ANC Polokwane Conference and its aftermath Bulumao Nelana

Challenges of Peacekeeping Training in Africa Ecoma Elaga

Somalia – The Endless Search For Peace Katabaro Miti

The International Criminal Court And The Indictment Of President Omar Al-Bashir: Implications For Sudan And Africa

Korwa Adar

The Developmental State Instrumentalities and Their Relevance to the Discourse on Socio-Eco-nomic Challenges in Africa

Adekunle Amuwo

Landmarks in peacekeeping training in West Africa and the role of KAIPTC Kwesi Aning

The Role Of Political Parties At The Local Government Level Lara Natalini

Mining and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) partnerships within a South African context Mabuza et al.

The Impact of China’s Foreign Aid to Africa Martin Davies

Issues of increasing levels of poverty and hunger in Africa, with specific reference to South Africa Mmafale Phogole

IYA: Will It Awake Africa? Nceba Mhlahlo

Rise Of Islamic Movements And Piracy In Somaliland Jean Patricia Ochieng

Canada in Peacekeeping and Peacekeeping Training in Africa Peter Langille

Land Reform, Small Scale Farming and Poverty Eradication: Lessons from Africa Sam Moyo

Trends in International Peacekeeping Training And The Role Of IAPTC Sahir Mathur

Overcoming Africa’s Health Burden Siphamandla Zondi

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) as a Policy Tool for Integrating Environmental Concerns in Development

T.A. Saidi

Understanding how cultural norms and practices, specifically female genital mutilation/circumci-sion facilitate the spread of HIV/Aids

Tholoana Mofolo

The Lesotho Highlands Water Project and Sustainable Livelihoods: Policy Implications for SADC Vusi Mashinini

The Social Dimensions of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development: An Analysis Dimpho Motsamai and Siphaman-dla Zondi

Sanitation, portable water supply and environmental protection Jonathan Okonkwo

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