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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Traditional Authority"”.
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New Institutionalisms and the Resurgence of Traditional Authority in Sub-Saharan Africa: the Buganda Case Study
… once thought to be irrelevant and unfavorable traditional institutions are now a principal dynamic in contemporary Africa’s governance and development. What factors can be attributed to this traditional resurgence across the continent? Using data collected from fieldwork in Uganda, three causal …
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The role of the traditional authority in the conservation of natural resources in the western province of Zambia, 1978-1989
This dissertation is a study of the role of the Traditional Authority in the conservation of natural resources in Western Province of Zambia. The study highlights the conservation of trees, animals, birds and reeds. By so doing, the study analyses issues behind the conservation of these respective …
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The role of the traditional authority in the conservation of natural resources in the western province of Zambia, 1978-1989
This dissertation is a study of the role of the Traditional Authority in the conservation of natural resources in Western Province of Zambia. The study highlights the conservation of trees, animals, birds and reeds. By so doing, the study analyses issues behind the conservation of these respective …
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Assessment of the determinants of access to land for development in Mutale Local Municipality of Limpopo Province
… It was conducted in the Makuya and Mutele Traditional Authority areas of the former Mutale Local Municipality. All the views relating to access to land for housing, agriculture and business development expressed during the Vhembe District Land Development Summits and Forum meetings held in …
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Municipal boundary demarcation in South Africa: processes and effects on governance in traditional rural areas
… municipal boundaries in rural communities under traditional authority. Further, a multiple case study approach is used to expose in-depth understanding of these disputes. The causes of the disputes are investigated and the processes of municipal demarcation and boundary dispute resolution are …
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Analysing the impact of Covid-19 on the livelihoods of communities adjacent to Protected Areas: Machibini community and Hluhluwe Imfolozi Park
… was used in which the community members, the traditional authority of the Machibini community as well as the HIP park official were interviewed. The findings show that the Machibini community engage in various livelihoods. While some livelihoods require resources from the HIP, others do not. …
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Analysing the impact of Covid-19 on the livelihoods of communities adjacent to protected areas: Machibini community and Hluhluwe Umfolozi Park
… was used in which the community members, the traditional authority of the Machibini community as well as the HIP park official were interviewed. The findings show that the Machibini community engage in various livelihoods. While some livelihoods require resources from the HIP, others do not. …
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Interactive technologies on art museum websites
… brings to the forefront a tension regarding authority over visitors’ experience of and interpretation of art both in person and online. Interactive tools on 15 art museum websites were coded as enabling one of three types of interaction: human-to-computer, human-to-human and human-to-content. …
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Sub-Saharan Africa: Searching for a Social Contract
… are caused by delegitimization of government authority by ethnic groups whose allegiance to internal traditional authority is still stronger than to centralized government. Hence, a social contract that will allow ethnic groups to legitimize state authority is what SSA lacks and needs.</p>
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Transboundary landscapes and rural livelihoods: a case study from the northern Kwazulu-Natal and Mozambique border
… These institutions and entities include the traditional authority, the local municipality and the nature reserves adjacent to the Mbangweni community. These key role players each contributed to and impacted the rural livelihoods with the traditional authority having the biggest influence and …
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The conflict between tradition and modernity : the histoy of the relationship between the state and traditional leaders Gutu District, Zimbabwe from 1960-2010
The study investigates the relationship between traditional leadership and the local government in the theoretical framework of the conflict between tradition and modernity. The study examines the relationship between two institutions which cannot be merged, but at the same time cannot be thrown …
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Cash Transfers: Ladders or Handouts? An Analysis of Community Targeted Social Cash Transfers, Machinga District, Malawi
… targeted social cash transfer scheme from Traditional Authority Mlomba, Machinga district in Malawi, using the capability approach as the conceptual framework of analysis. The study is located in the critical realist domain as its underlying research philosophy. The study is qualitative in …
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The public sphere and the construction of peace narratives in Angola : from the bicesse accords to the death of Savimbi
… organisations, community based material and traditional authority. The objective of this thesis is to highlight these discourses, and to investigate their importance to Angolans as arenas of peace engagement. These peace discourses have remained poorly developed or ignored within the Angolan …
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Senatvi avctoritatem pristinam reddidisti : the Roman senatorial aristocracy under Constantine and Constantius II
… senate quickly assembled the top echelons of the traditional eastern elite. However, the emergence of this order did not impinge on the authority of the Roman senate, restored to its traditional authority by Constantine. Constantius made it clear that the support of the Roman nobility remained a …
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A Society in Transition: Badenoch, 1750-1800
… policy, had almost completely destroyed traditional clan society by 1800. The tacksman class, however, remained dominant despite the challenge to their traditional authority from both the Dukes of Gordon and the increasingly assertive commonalty.
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The Lumpa Church: Its socio-economic impact in Lundazi District in Eastern Province of Zambia,1955-1995
… made many people to disregard both civil and traditional authority. The 1964 bedlam led to the destruction of life and property, poverty and hunger as well as the emergence of over 5,000 refugees in the district. Also, the district lost revenue before, during and after the 1964 war. The study …
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The Lumpa Church: Its socio-economic impact in Lundazi District in Eastern Province of Zambia,1955-1995
… made many people to disregard both civil and traditional authority. The 1964 bedlam led to the destruction of life and property, poverty and hunger as well as the emergence of over 5,000 refugees in the district. Also, the district lost revenue before, during and after the 1964 war. The study …
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The role of traditional authorities in rural local governance in Mozambique: case study of the community of Chirindzene
This study is about the place of traditional authorities in local level land administration and rural governance in contemporary Mozambique. It came about as a result of the publication of the Decree 15/2000 that recognised traditional authorities after their abolition more than 20 years earlier. …
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On chiefs and peace: Examining the role of traditional governance in sub-Saharan African conflict dynamics
What role do traditional governance structures play in countries’ internal peace and conflict dynamics? While dominant approaches in conflict studies understand governance mainly through the lenses of state capacities, governance scholars have increasingly payed attention to non-state governance …
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Ah Jongumsobomvu! an analysis of the commemorative statues of Nkosi Jongumsobomvu Maqoma
… groups in defence of a disputed claim to traditional authority. The second statue is a bronze of Maqoma found amongst more than a hundred other bronze statues as part of Dali Tambo's Long March to Freedom Exhibition. This national memorial project is currently situated next to Canal Walk …
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