From apartheid to Ubuntu

Transition, transaction and transformation in South Africa's post-apartheid foreign ministry

Bibliographic Data

ID5724904
AuthorsJo-Ansie Van Wyk (0000-0003-4950-7171, University of South Africa, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume26
Issue3
Pages413-434
Publication date2019-07-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSouth African Journal of International Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1022-0461 • E-ISSN: 1938-0275
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10220461.2019.1661281
OpenAlexW2980971232
LanguageEN
Citations received2

South Africa’s democratic transition had direct bearing on the country’s participation and status in the international arena. The transformation of South Africa’s foreign ministry from the period of apartheid to that of Ubuntu signifies one of the unique cases of institutional adaptability in the wake of regime change. To support this claim, the adaptive strategies of South Africa’s foreign ministry (whether under the moniker of the Department of Foreign Affairs or that of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation) since 1990 are analysed by focusing on the various shifts in emphasis (especially, to the African Agenda and the diplomacy of Ubuntu), changes in political and bureaucratic leadership, the ministry’s institutional restructuring and transformation, and new emphases on inter-governmental relations and co-operative governance

Bureaucracy · Christian ministry · Corporate governance · Democracy · Diplomacy · Economics · Foreign policy · International relations · Management · Ministry of Foreign Affairs · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Restructuring · Sociology · International Development and Aid · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Public Administration · South African History and Culture

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