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A critical analysis of South African peacemaking in the conflicts in the Great Lakes region
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 133-150).
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| author | Yonekawa, Masako |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/8997 A critical analysis of South African peacemaking in the conflicts in the Great Lakes region Yonekawa, Masako Seegers, Annette International Relations Includes bibliographical references (leaves 133-150). The Great Lakes region, where conflict resolution and peace operations have been a challenge for 40 years, has been the site of continuous conflicts in the 1960s and 1990s. Despite South Africa's enormous contribution as a peacemaker in the region since 1996, the situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains fragile. How can another potentially deadly conflict in the Great Lakes region be prevented in the future? And how can South Africa improve its performance as a peacemaker? This dissertation analyses South Africa's peace-making efforts in the context of three events in the Great Lakes region: the 1994 Rwandan genocide, the First Congo War in 1996, and the Second Congo War in 1998. The dissertation takes an empirical approach and focuses on eastern DRC, which has the highest concentration of causalities and is crucial to the wars of the DRC. In addition to literature and documents, I have also incorporated key informant interviews and my own personal observations during my assignment as a humanitarian worker from March 2007 to July 2008. These interviews and observations may shed light on the conflict from the perspective of Congolese people. I argue that South Africa has failed as a peacemaker due to four main factors: South Africa's inadequate knowledge of mediation skills; its ambivalent and contradictory foreign policy that stressed the country's interests; its insufficient understanding of major causes, aggravating factors and the nature of this regionalised conflict; and the Southern African Development Community (SADC)'s paradoxical politics. The aim of this dissertation is to explore possible solutions to conflict by strengthening South Africa's peace-making opportunities, which IS the key to implementing successful conflict prevention. 2014-10-31T17:58:57Z 2014-10-31T17:58:57Z 2009 Master Thesis Masters MSocSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8997 eng application/pdf Department of Political Studies Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | International Relations Yonekawa, Masako A critical analysis of South African peacemaking in the conflicts in the Great Lakes region |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | A critical analysis of South African peacemaking in the conflicts in the Great Lakes region |
| title_full | A critical analysis of South African peacemaking in the conflicts in the Great Lakes region |
| title_fullStr | A critical analysis of South African peacemaking in the conflicts in the Great Lakes region |
| title_full_unstemmed | A critical analysis of South African peacemaking in the conflicts in the Great Lakes region |
| title_short | A critical analysis of South African peacemaking in the conflicts in the Great Lakes region |
| title_sort | critical analysis of south african peacemaking in the conflicts in the great lakes region |
| topic | International Relations |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8997 |
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