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African Journal of Democracy and Election Research (AJDER) Volume 4, Number 1, June 2024
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ISSN : 2752-6011 (Print) ISSN 2752-602X (Online)
Table of Contents :
Democracy at the Crossroads: South Africa 30 Years after Apartheid
Daniel Silander5
This study explores the contemporary democracy in South Africa three decades after the end of Apartheid. Based on the classical study provided by Juan Linz and Alfred Stepan (1996), the challenges to South Africa?s democracy are analyzed in the political, judicial, bureaucratic, economic and civil societies. Each society is important as a single-case study analysis, but they are also interrelated societies, together bringing deepened insights to the quality of democracy. It is argued that although the African National Congress (ANC) was once the promoter of democracy, its long-term political dominance has resulted in major hindrances for further democratization in the political, bureaucratic and economic societies, but with positive signs in the judicial and civil societies.
Key-words: South Africa, ANC, Democratization, Sub-societies.
Influence of Social Media Political Campaigns on Online Political Participation of Postgraduate Students
Felix Olajide Talabi, Sunday Zechariah Olanihun, Tokunbo Alex Adaja, Samson Adedapo Bello, Adebola Adewunmi Aderibigbe, Joshua Kayode Okunade and Prosper Nunayon Zannu25
Political Parties in No-party States: The Case of Eswatini
Mark S. Mngomezulu43
God sent prophet? Musical portrayal of Emmerson Mnangagwa during the run-up to the 2023 harmonized elections in Zimbabwe
Jennings Joy Chibike, Samuel Muzhingi and Victory Semba61
The various strategies deployed by Presidential candidates during campaign periods in the quest to win over the electorate have attracted scholarly interrogation. However, what needs further attention is the construction of Presidential candidates in musical campaigns as God-sent prophets. Against this milieu, drawing from Stuart Hall?s theory of representation and encoding and decoding model of communication this chapter, through audiences? perspectives, grapples with Mambo Dhuterere?s song titled ZANU-PF Kuhwina Mugariro which is bent on campaigning for incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The article aims to examine the audience?s views on the discursive construction of Mnangagwa as God sent and a prophet equivalent to the biblical Moses. Also, the other aim is to interrogate how this construction potentially influences the audiences? voting decisions. This qualitative paper utilizes in-depth interviews with 12 purposively sampled eligible voters who are both believers and non-believers of Christianity. The importance of this study lies in that it offers a fresh perspective on the intersection of Christianity and Presidential candidates as a campaign strategy precisely in the 2023 elections in Zimbabwe.
Unmasking the European Union (EU), United States (US) and British Regime Change Agenda in Zimbabwe: Case of August 2023 Plebiscite
Felix Makonye79
Religion and Mobilization of Ethnic Power for Elections in Nigeria 2011-2023
Coronation Edward Tokpo 93
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