Gwinyayi Albert Dzinesa
Biographic Data
| ID | 4500562 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gwinyayi Albert Dzinesa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gwinyayi Albert |
| FAMILY NAME | Dzinesa |
| SIGNATURE | DZINESA G A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Johannesburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4584-2389 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Law of the Sea in Africa
This article examines the strategic interests of African landlocked states in relation to the law of the sea and global initiatives concerning ocean affairs. The central question is: Why and how should African landlocked countries engage with the law of the sea and maritime dynamics? Drawing on provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the article employs a political myopia analytical lens to argue that despite their geog…
More Democracy, More Security? Regionalism and Political [In]Security in East and Southern Africa
This article assesses African Union (AU) normative frameworks and practicalities of interlocking democracy and security in specific African sub-regions. Following an Africa-focused brief, historicised and comprehensible conceptualisation of evolving AU democracy and security paradigms, the article qualitatively analyzes the EAC and SADC's democracy and security enterprises in member states whose protracted and recurring political crises culminate…
How Mauritius Became Africa's Avant-Garde in Sustaining Peace
This article investigates how Mauritius has been successful in sustaining peace since 2010. The Mauritian government's inclusive economic development and social security policies to combat poverty and marginalisation, both structural risk factors of violence in society, have been constitutive of a holistic approach that promotes United Nations (UN) pillars—inclusive development, human rights, and peace and security—essential to sustaining peace. …
The Southern African Development Community’s Mission in Mozambique (Samim)
On 23 June 2021, after months of deliberations, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) approved the establishment of the SADC Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) in response to escalating violent extremism and insurgency by an Islamist armed group, Al-Shabaab or Al-Sunnah wa Jama’ah (ASWJ), in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province, which posed the risk of regional contagion. SAMIM was deployed under scenario 6 of the African Standby Fo…
Mozambique’s Forever Wars
Mozambique has suffered two major conflicts in the past decade: localised intermittent armed conflict between the government and the Mozambican National Resistance (RENAMO) movement between 2013 and 2019 and violent extremism (VE) in the gas-rich northern Cabo Delgado province since 2017. In the former, violence mainly manifested itself in direct physical and structural terms, while the latter conflict has been characterised by cultural violence …
The Zimbabwe Peace and Reconciliation Commission
The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) in Zimbabwe is potentially a crucial architect of coordinated and integrated infrastructure for peace (I4P). But it is not without its critics and sceptics. The Commission is the institutional centrepiece of government’s post-conflict justice, peace, healing and reconciliation programme. It is mandated with developing national and sub-national architecture to drive the peacebuilding agenda. …
Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration in Southern Africa
Africa Watch
A commentary on Laurie Nathan's Community of insecurity
In Community of insecurity, Laurie Nathan draws on a deep well of Southern African Development Community (SADC) documents and personal experience to illuminate why SADC has failed to establish a vi
Peacebuilding, power, and politics in Africa
Peacebuilding, Power, and Politics in Africa is a critical reflection on peacebuilding efforts in Africa. The authors expose the tensions and contradictions in different clusters of peacebuilding activities, including peace negotiations; statebuilding; security sector governance; and disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration. Essays also address the institutional framework for peacebuilding in Africa and the ideological underpinnings of key …
Postconflict Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration of Former Combatants in Southern Africa
Postconflict disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) of former combatants in Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe aimed at addressing problems of postconflict peace building. Differences among designs and designers of these subregional postconflict cases are well known. An overarching goal was the pursuit of peace and stability through the management of weapons and sustainable reintegration of ex-combatants. In all…
Identity and Exclusion in the Post–War Era
This study examines how demobilisation and reintegration processes affected the roles and status of women ex-combatants after the liberation war in Zimbabwe. The success of post-war demobilisation and reintegration depends on the formulation and implementation of programmes that recognise the contributions of women and treat them as a differentiated mass with specific aspirations. In disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) processes a…
A comparative perspective of UN peacekeeping in Angola and Namibia
This article examines operations in Angola and Namibia, countries that offer prime examples of UN peacekeeping, albeit with divergent outcomes. In Angola, numerous UN peace missions – namely, the verification missions UNAVEM I, II and III and the observation mission MONUA – failed to create a permanent secure and peaceful framework. In Namibia, the United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG), one of the first multidimensional UN peace oper…
Identity and Exclusion in the Post–War Era
This study examines how demobilisation and reintegration processes affected the roles and status of women ex-combatants after the liberation war in Zimbabwe. The success of post-war demobilisation and reintegration depends on the formulation and implementation of programmes that recognise the contributions of women and treat them as a differentiated mass with specific aspirations. In disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) processes a…
A comparative perspective of UN peacekeeping in Angola and Namibia
This article examines operations in Angola and Namibia, countries that offer prime examples of UN peacekeeping, albeit with divergent outcomes. In Angola, numerous UN peace missions – namely, the verification missions UNAVEM I, II and III and the observation mission MONUA – failed to create a permanent secure and peaceful framework. In Namibia, the United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG), one of the first multidimensional UN peace oper…
The Southern African Development Community’s Mission in Mozambique (Samim)
On 23 June 2021, after months of deliberations, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) approved the establishment of the SADC Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) in response to escalating violent extremism and insurgency by an Islamist armed group, Al-Shabaab or Al-Sunnah wa Jama’ah (ASWJ), in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province, which posed the risk of regional contagion. SAMIM was deployed under scenario 6 of the African Standby Fo…
The Zimbabwe Peace and Reconciliation Commission
The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) in Zimbabwe is potentially a crucial architect of coordinated and integrated infrastructure for peace (I4P). But it is not without its critics and sceptics. The Commission is the institutional centrepiece of government’s post-conflict justice, peace, healing and reconciliation programme. It is mandated with developing national and sub-national architecture to drive the peacebuilding agenda. …
Postconflict Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration of Former Combatants in Southern Africa
Postconflict disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) of former combatants in Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe aimed at addressing problems of postconflict peace building. Differences among designs and designers of these subregional postconflict cases are well known. An overarching goal was the pursuit of peace and stability through the management of weapons and sustainable reintegration of ex-combatants. In all…
Identity and Exclusion in the Post–War Era
This study examines how demobilisation and reintegration processes affected the roles and status of women ex-combatants after the liberation war in Zimbabwe. The success of post-war demobilisation and reintegration depends on the formulation and implementation of programmes that recognise the contributions of women and treat them as a differentiated mass with specific aspirations. In disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) processes a…
A comparative perspective of UN peacekeeping in Angola and Namibia
This article examines operations in Angola and Namibia, countries that offer prime examples of UN peacekeeping, albeit with divergent outcomes. In Angola, numerous UN peace missions – namely, the verification missions UNAVEM I, II and III and the observation mission MONUA – failed to create a permanent secure and peaceful framework. In Namibia, the United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG), one of the first multidimensional UN peace oper…
Postconflict Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration of Former Combatants in Southern Africa
Postconflict disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) of former combatants in Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe aimed at addressing problems of postconflict peace building. Differences among designs and designers of these subregional postconflict cases are well known. An overarching goal was the pursuit of peace and stability through the management of weapons and sustainable reintegration of ex-combatants. In all…
Peacebuilding, power, and politics in Africa
Peacebuilding, Power, and Politics in Africa is a critical reflection on peacebuilding efforts in Africa. The authors expose the tensions and contradictions in different clusters of peacebuilding activities, including peace negotiations; statebuilding; security sector governance; and disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration. Essays also address the institutional framework for peacebuilding in Africa and the ideological underpinnings of key …
A commentary on Laurie Nathan's Community of insecurity
In Community of insecurity, Laurie Nathan draws on a deep well of Southern African Development Community (SADC) documents and personal experience to illuminate why SADC has failed to establish a vi
Africa Watch
Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration in Southern Africa
Mozambique’s Forever Wars
Mozambique has suffered two major conflicts in the past decade: localised intermittent armed conflict between the government and the Mozambican National Resistance (RENAMO) movement between 2013 and 2019 and violent extremism (VE) in the gas-rich northern Cabo Delgado province since 2017. In the former, violence mainly manifested itself in direct physical and structural terms, while the latter conflict has been characterised by cultural violence …
The Zimbabwe Peace and Reconciliation Commission
The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) in Zimbabwe is potentially a crucial architect of coordinated and integrated infrastructure for peace (I4P). But it is not without its critics and sceptics. The Commission is the institutional centrepiece of government’s post-conflict justice, peace, healing and reconciliation programme. It is mandated with developing national and sub-national architecture to drive the peacebuilding agenda. …
How Mauritius Became Africa's Avant-Garde in Sustaining Peace
This article investigates how Mauritius has been successful in sustaining peace since 2010. The Mauritian government's inclusive economic development and social security policies to combat poverty and marginalisation, both structural risk factors of violence in society, have been constitutive of a holistic approach that promotes United Nations (UN) pillars—inclusive development, human rights, and peace and security—essential to sustaining peace. …
The Southern African Development Community’s Mission in Mozambique (Samim)
On 23 June 2021, after months of deliberations, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) approved the establishment of the SADC Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) in response to escalating violent extremism and insurgency by an Islamist armed group, Al-Shabaab or Al-Sunnah wa Jama’ah (ASWJ), in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province, which posed the risk of regional contagion. SAMIM was deployed under scenario 6 of the African Standby Fo…
More Democracy, More Security? Regionalism and Political [In]Security in East and Southern Africa
This article assesses African Union (AU) normative frameworks and practicalities of interlocking democracy and security in specific African sub-regions. Following an Africa-focused brief, historicised and comprehensible conceptualisation of evolving AU democracy and security paradigms, the article qualitatively analyzes the EAC and SADC's democracy and security enterprises in member states whose protracted and recurring political crises culminate…
Law of the Sea in Africa
This article examines the strategic interests of African landlocked states in relation to the law of the sea and global initiatives concerning ocean affairs. The central question is: Why and how should African landlocked countries engage with the law of the sea and maritime dynamics? Drawing on provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the article employs a political myopia analytical lens to argue that despite their geog…
Political science (11 works) · Law (9 works) · Peacebuilding and International Security (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Development economics (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Public Administration (6 works) · Public Administration (5 works)