Hangala Siachiwena
Biographic Data
| ID | 95023 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hangala Siachiwena |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hangala |
| FAMILY NAME | Siachiwena |
| SIGNATURE | SIACHIWENA H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cape Town |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7818-0668 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Covid-19 and the implementation of social protection in Southern Africa: Introduction to the special issue
Zambia’s Covid-19 emergency cash transfer programme: Perceptions of political bias and implementation challenges
In response to the economic impact of COVID-19, Zambia's government, with donor support, launched an Emergency Cash Transfer (ECT) programme, targeting urban informal workers excluded from existing social protection interventions. Although designed as non-partisan, concerns arose that it disproportionately benefited ruling party supporters ahead of elections. Using a mini-survey and key informant interviews, this study examines whether political …
The benefits of resource extraction in mining districts: Citizens’ perceptions in Ghana
The paper examines whether large-scale mining in Ghana benefits citizens of mining districts where resource extraction happens. • It utilizes Afrobarometer's Round 9 survey on Ghana to compare the perceptions of citizens in mining districts to those in non-mining districts regarding the benefits of resource extraction in terms of jobs and revenue to local communities. It also measures perceptions about whether mining districts receive a fair shar…
Policy Reform After Structural Adjustment in Zambia: The Politics of Restoring a Statist Development Agenda, 2011-2014
Michael Sata's presidency in Zambia (2011-14) marked a notable attempt to revive statist development ideas rooted in the country's postindependence era. While the preceding MMD government had begun reintroducing limited state intervention, its commitment remained constrained. Sata, by contrast, articulated a more assertive vision of state-led development, echoing the UNIP-era model under Kenneth Kaunda. Drawing on policy documents, speeches, and …
The political economy of urban party switching in African elections: Evidence from Zambia
Zambia experienced its third electoral turnover in the 2021 election. While the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) lost votes across the territory, the electoral collapse in urban Zambia was particularly remarkable. This paper argues that economic performance voting can explain urban party switching in Zambia. The argument is supported by a unique panel survey of Zambian voters in the period 2019-2022. We show that urban voters were more likely to deser…
Explaining Party Switching in an Institutionalised Party System: The Case of South Africa
Institutionalised party systems are said to foster stronger party allegiances and fewer switches. However, this expectation is called into question when we observe the case of South Africa. Despite being characterised by a highly institutionalised dominant party system as well as party-centred electoral and candidate selection rules, South Africa has experienced frequent episodes of floor-crossing over time. This article advances an analytical fr…
International donors, domestic politics, and the expansion of social cash transfers in Malawi
The politics of ‘institutionalising’ social protection in Africa: The retrenchment of social cash transfers in Zambia, 2015–2021
Social protection has expanded unevenly across Africa because of variations in both the initial adoption of programmes and their subsequent ‘institutionalisation’ through government-funded expansions in coverage. The case of Zambia illustrates how policy coalitions promoting the institutionalisation of social protection compete with other claimants over prioritisation in public spending. Even when faced with competitive elections, incumbent gover…
Political party ideology in Zambia: Comparing the PF and the UPND on social welfare policies
This paper challenges existing analyses of party cleavages in Sub-Saharan Africa which over-emphasise the centrality of ethnicity. Parties express ideological positions that reflect the socio-economic interests of specific regions, which, especially in Zambia, coincide with particular ethnic groups. We demonstrate this through an examination of party manifestos, policy documents and semi-structured interviews with members of two political parties…
The urban vote in Zambia's 2021 elections: Popular attitudes towards the economy in Copperbelt and Lusaka
This article analyses Afrobarometer survey data to understand popular attitudes toward the economy of Zambia amongst residents in the ruling party strongholds. The Patriotic Front (PF) won the most votes in urban provinces from 2006 to 2016 but crucially lost to the opposition in 2021 while retaining majorities in its rural base. Historically, opposition parties have won the most votes in urban regions on every occasion that Zambia has experience…
Autocratisation, electoral politics and the limits of incumbency in African democracies
The world is experiencing a new wave of autocratisation, characterised by a global democratic reversal. From 2010 to 2020, the share of the world population living in autocracies increased from 48 to 68%. Electoral autocracies are now the world's most common regime type, and along with closed autocracies they number 87 of the world's 195 states. Even during the height of the third wave of democratisation, elections in Africa rarely led to an alte…
Autocratisation, electoral politics and the limits of incumbency in African democracies
The world is experiencing a new wave of autocratisation, characterised by a global democratic reversal. From 2010 to 2020, the share of the world population living in autocracies increased from 48 to 68%. Electoral autocracies are now the world's most common regime type, and along with closed autocracies they number 87 of the world's 195 states. Even during the height of the third wave of democratisation, elections in Africa rarely led to an alte…
The urban vote in Zambia's 2021 elections: Popular attitudes towards the economy in Copperbelt and Lusaka
This article analyses Afrobarometer survey data to understand popular attitudes toward the economy of Zambia amongst residents in the ruling party strongholds. The Patriotic Front (PF) won the most votes in urban provinces from 2006 to 2016 but crucially lost to the opposition in 2021 while retaining majorities in its rural base. Historically, opposition parties have won the most votes in urban regions on every occasion that Zambia has experience…
The politics of ‘institutionalising’ social protection in Africa: The retrenchment of social cash transfers in Zambia, 2015–2021
Social protection has expanded unevenly across Africa because of variations in both the initial adoption of programmes and their subsequent ‘institutionalisation’ through government-funded expansions in coverage. The case of Zambia illustrates how policy coalitions promoting the institutionalisation of social protection compete with other claimants over prioritisation in public spending. Even when faced with competitive elections, incumbent gover…
The political economy of urban party switching in African elections: Evidence from Zambia
Zambia experienced its third electoral turnover in the 2021 election. While the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) lost votes across the territory, the electoral collapse in urban Zambia was particularly remarkable. This paper argues that economic performance voting can explain urban party switching in Zambia. The argument is supported by a unique panel survey of Zambian voters in the period 2019-2022. We show that urban voters were more likely to deser…
Explaining Party Switching in an Institutionalised Party System: The Case of South Africa
Institutionalised party systems are said to foster stronger party allegiances and fewer switches. However, this expectation is called into question when we observe the case of South Africa. Despite being characterised by a highly institutionalised dominant party system as well as party-centred electoral and candidate selection rules, South Africa has experienced frequent episodes of floor-crossing over time. This article advances an analytical fr…
Political party ideology in Zambia: Comparing the PF and the UPND on social welfare policies
This paper challenges existing analyses of party cleavages in Sub-Saharan Africa which over-emphasise the centrality of ethnicity. Parties express ideological positions that reflect the socio-economic interests of specific regions, which, especially in Zambia, coincide with particular ethnic groups. We demonstrate this through an examination of party manifestos, policy documents and semi-structured interviews with members of two political parties…
The urban vote in Zambia's 2021 elections: Popular attitudes towards the economy in Copperbelt and Lusaka
This article analyses Afrobarometer survey data to understand popular attitudes toward the economy of Zambia amongst residents in the ruling party strongholds. The Patriotic Front (PF) won the most votes in urban provinces from 2006 to 2016 but crucially lost to the opposition in 2021 while retaining majorities in its rural base. Historically, opposition parties have won the most votes in urban regions on every occasion that Zambia has experience…
Autocratisation, electoral politics and the limits of incumbency in African democracies
The world is experiencing a new wave of autocratisation, characterised by a global democratic reversal. From 2010 to 2020, the share of the world population living in autocracies increased from 48 to 68%. Electoral autocracies are now the world's most common regime type, and along with closed autocracies they number 87 of the world's 195 states. Even during the height of the third wave of democratisation, elections in Africa rarely led to an alte…
International donors, domestic politics, and the expansion of social cash transfers in Malawi
The politics of ‘institutionalising’ social protection in Africa: The retrenchment of social cash transfers in Zambia, 2015–2021
Social protection has expanded unevenly across Africa because of variations in both the initial adoption of programmes and their subsequent ‘institutionalisation’ through government-funded expansions in coverage. The case of Zambia illustrates how policy coalitions promoting the institutionalisation of social protection compete with other claimants over prioritisation in public spending. Even when faced with competitive elections, incumbent gover…
Political party ideology in Zambia: Comparing the PF and the UPND on social welfare policies
This paper challenges existing analyses of party cleavages in Sub-Saharan Africa which over-emphasise the centrality of ethnicity. Parties express ideological positions that reflect the socio-economic interests of specific regions, which, especially in Zambia, coincide with particular ethnic groups. We demonstrate this through an examination of party manifestos, policy documents and semi-structured interviews with members of two political parties…
The political economy of urban party switching in African elections: Evidence from Zambia
Zambia experienced its third electoral turnover in the 2021 election. While the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) lost votes across the territory, the electoral collapse in urban Zambia was particularly remarkable. This paper argues that economic performance voting can explain urban party switching in Zambia. The argument is supported by a unique panel survey of Zambian voters in the period 2019-2022. We show that urban voters were more likely to deser…
Explaining Party Switching in an Institutionalised Party System: The Case of South Africa
Institutionalised party systems are said to foster stronger party allegiances and fewer switches. However, this expectation is called into question when we observe the case of South Africa. Despite being characterised by a highly institutionalised dominant party system as well as party-centred electoral and candidate selection rules, South Africa has experienced frequent episodes of floor-crossing over time. This article advances an analytical fr…
Zambia’s Covid-19 emergency cash transfer programme: Perceptions of political bias and implementation challenges
In response to the economic impact of COVID-19, Zambia's government, with donor support, launched an Emergency Cash Transfer (ECT) programme, targeting urban informal workers excluded from existing social protection interventions. Although designed as non-partisan, concerns arose that it disproportionately benefited ruling party supporters ahead of elections. Using a mini-survey and key informant interviews, this study examines whether political …
The benefits of resource extraction in mining districts: Citizens’ perceptions in Ghana
The paper examines whether large-scale mining in Ghana benefits citizens of mining districts where resource extraction happens. • It utilizes Afrobarometer's Round 9 survey on Ghana to compare the perceptions of citizens in mining districts to those in non-mining districts regarding the benefits of resource extraction in terms of jobs and revenue to local communities. It also measures perceptions about whether mining districts receive a fair shar…
Policy Reform After Structural Adjustment in Zambia: The Politics of Restoring a Statist Development Agenda, 2011-2014
Michael Sata's presidency in Zambia (2011-14) marked a notable attempt to revive statist development ideas rooted in the country's postindependence era. While the preceding MMD government had begun reintroducing limited state intervention, its commitment remained constrained. Sata, by contrast, articulated a more assertive vision of state-led development, echoing the UNIP-era model under Kenneth Kaunda. Drawing on policy documents, speeches, and …
Covid-19 and the implementation of social protection in Southern Africa: Introduction to the special issue
Politics (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Political economy (6 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (6 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (4 works) · International Development and Aid (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (4 works)