scholarly journals SOUTH AFRICA AND THE AFRICAN UNION’S PEACE AND SECURITY ARCHITECTURE: OLD RESPONSIBILITIES AND NEW CHALLENGES

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
John Akokpari
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Security Architecture ◽  
Peace And Security ◽  
New Challenges

A União Africana estabeleceu uma Arquitetura de Paz e Segurança para prevenção e resolução de conflitos que permaneceram de forma endêmica no continente. A iniciativa também serve para distinguir a UA de sua antecessora, a Organização de Unidade Africana, que teve um terrível histórico na resolução de conflitos. No entanto, além dos antigos desafios de restrições financeiras e conflitos perenes, a APS enfrenta um novo desafio na forma de posturas contraditórias da África do Sul sobre questões críticas de segurança. Juntos, esses desafios viciam a capacidade da UA de conter conflitos rapidamente. Também, posições contraditórias da África do Sul sobre certas questões de segurança minaram a unidade dos membros da UA. Este último foi demonstrado na falta inicial de consenso na eleição do Presidente da Comissão da UA.

THE PEACEMAKING PEACEBUILDING-DEVELOPMENT NEXUS: MARRYING SOUTH AFRICA'S PEACE DIPLOMACY AND DEVELOPMENT AGENDA

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Faith Mabera
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Security Architecture ◽  
Development Partner ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Sustainable Peace ◽  
Profound Influence ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
Peace And Security ◽  
Security Affairs

South Africa has often been lauded as an influential and pivotal actor inpeace and security affairs on the evolving African peace and security architecture. The centrality of Africa in South Africa's foreign policy has driven its exercise of peace diplomacy in a significant number of conflicts in Africa; where its mode of engagement has ranged from mediation to peacekeeping and post-conflict reconstruction and development assistance. Concomitant to its peace actor profile, South Africa's repertoire as an emerging development partner also forms a large part of its African agenda. The embedding of sustainable peace as a goal in the post2015 development agenda and the enduring relevance of the securitydevelopment nexus continue to exert profound influence on the parameters and conduct of South Africa's foreign policy and its pointedly Afro-centric agenda. This article argues for greater integration and harmonisation between South Africa's peace diplomacy and its development partnership agenda through the formulation of a peacebuilding and stabilisation strategy.

scholarly journals The African Peace and Security Architecture as a Tool for the Maintenance of Peace and Security. Part 1

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-194
Author(s):  
Bewuketu Dires Gardachew
Keyword(s):  
Early Warning ◽  
Early Warning System ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Peace Building ◽  
Security Architecture ◽  
African Union ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Peace And Security ◽  
Operational Structure

This study critically explores the extent to which the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) (such as the African Standby Force (ASF), the Continental Early Warning System (CEWS), Panel of the Wise (PoW) and the Peace Fund (PF)) have been successful in achieving their institutional objectives, as well as the degree to which they are able to contribute to the work of the African Union Peace and Security Council (AU PSC). The AU PSC as a key pillar of the APSA is the main decision-making body regarding issues of peace and security. In order to achieve its responsibility, the AU PSC shall be supported by the African Standby Force, the Continental Early Warning System, Panel of the Wise and the Peace Fund. APSA is the umbrella term for the key African Union (AU) mechanisms for promoting peace, security and stability in the African continent. More specifically, it is an operational structure for the effective implementation of the decisions taken in the areas of conflict prevention, peace-making, peace support operations and intervention, as well as peace-building and post-conflict reconstruction. APSA is envisioned as a means by which Africa can take a greater role in managing peace and security on the continent, with the objective of offering “African solutions to African problems”.

scholarly journals SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE ACTIO INJURIARIUM IN SOUTH AFRICA – AN EXPLORATION OF NEW CHALLENGES IN THE ONLINE ERA

Obiter ◽  
2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Priya P Singh
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Social Media ◽  
South African ◽  
News Media ◽  
Rapid Rise ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
The Law ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Alternative Remedies

The rapid rise in the use of social media networking sites in South Africa has posed new challenges to our courts. The law of defamation and privacy, which has long been considered well established, is now facing new demands on its boundaries because of the unique characteristics of social media in the online era.This note will discuss and critique three recent cases individually, concerning issues arising from the use of Facebook (a social media website) and the approach of the courts in extending the traditional law to the new demands of social media interaction.The aim of the note is to evaluate: the considerations which should apply to the granting of an interdict in respect of comments posted on Facebook, especially where alternative remedies are available; whether social media should be treated differently from electronic news media; how to establish ownership of a Facebook profile where such ownership is disputed; liability for anonymous defamatory posts on an individual’s Facebook profile; whether an individual can be liable for defamatory posts not made by himself personally, but in which he has been tagged; whether comments posed as questions can be regarded as defamatory; and the role played by apologies in claims for damages in defamation.The note concludes by discussing how South African courts have extended the traditional principles governing the actio injuriarium action in South African law – to the new challenges posed by the rise in popularity of social media networking sites.

Researching the Inner Life of the African Peace and Security Architecture

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharina P.W. Döring ◽  
Ulf Engel ◽  
Linnéa Gelot ◽  
Jens Herpolsheimer
Keyword(s):  
Security Architecture ◽  
Inner Life ◽  
Peace And Security
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