Peace, Safety and Security: African Perspectives

The universal quest for peace, safety, and security aptly captured in The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, approved by all United Nations Member States in 2015, serves as a collective outline for peace and prosperity for all citizens globally.

? Nirmala Devi Gopal is a professor in criminology at the University of KwaZulu Natal in Durban. Her repertoire (more than 55 journal articles and book chapters) of research publications conforms to the South African Higher Education and Training accredited journal guidelines. Her current niche areas in research are peace and security and, more specifically, cybersecurity. Having served as an external examiner to various Ph.D. and Master’s Students on cybercrime and cybersecurity in various South African Universities contributed to her perspective on the nature and quality of research undertaken in South Africa within this field. She commenced her career in Basic Education and believes she is well-equipped for tertiary education learners and researchers. Dasarath Chetty, a Project Executive at the EThekwini Municipality, is also currently a Visiting Professor at the Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Childhoods and Societies at Wuppertal University in Germany. He is also an Adjunct Professor in Management Sciences at the Durban University of Technology an International Advisory Board Member of MAHSA University, KL, Malaysia and President of the International Sociological Association‘s Research Committee on Participation, Organisational Democracy and Self-Management. Dipane Joseph Hlalele, a C2 NRF rated researcher, is a Professor in the School of Education at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. His current research interest draws from positive and community psychology as well as education and he therefore advocates for helpful, hopeful and respectful research. He is currently Ethics Chair: Human and Social Sciences Research Ethics Committee at UKZN. Gert Kruger, is currently a Research Professor in the School of Health Sciences at UKZN. His PhD lineage is traced back to Rudolf Criegee (Wutzburg) via Johan Dekker (Karlsruhe). The Dekkers introduced cage chemistry to South Africa, and Kruger actively pursues the synthesis, computational chemistry, and biotesting of cage compounds in the Catalysis and Peptide Research Unit at UKZN.

George C. Mbara and Dasarath Chetty - 1. Peace and Security Issues in Africa: Unearthing Trajectories in the 21st Century - Simbarashe Tembo 2. Assessing the Role Played by SADC and ECOWAS Regional Economic Communities in Maintaining Peace and Security in Africa - Nkosingiphile Mbhele and Mandlenkosi Mphatheni 3. Exploring the Participation of Private Military and Security Companies in Civil War Scenarios in Africa - Shalini Singh and Gargi Sharma 4. Explaining the Successes and Failures of UN Peacekeeping in Africa - Lindani S. Nkosi, Mandlenkosi R. Mphatheni, and Simangele Mkhize 5. The Role of African Victimology on Safety, Peace and Security in Africa - Cynthia Z. Madlabana, Shanya Reuben and Ruwayda Petrus 6. The Impact of Globalisation on Occupational Health and Safety in Africa - Sazelo M. Mkhize, Tolulope L. Ojolo, and Khanyisile B. Majola 7. Understanding Cybercrime’s Morph from Computer- Based Fraud to Fetish- Based Spiritual Sacrifices: The Tale of Yahoo Plus in Nigeria - Hlumelo Mgudlwa and Kgothatso B. Shai 8. The African Union Peace and Security Council in the Libyan Uprising: An Afrocentric Perspective - Shanya Reuben, Ruwayda Petrus and Cynthia Z. Madlabana 9. The Struggle to Contain Gender- Based Violence in South Africa - Ephraim K. Sibanyoni 10. Perspectives on Cultural Practices that Victimize Female Children in Africa - Nolwazi Ngcobo 11. Inevitably Justifiable: Young Women’s Gender Based Violence Discourses and Evasion Strategies in ‘Sugar Daddy’ Relationships in a University Environment - Londeka Ngubane 12. Xenophobia against Foreign Nationals in Contemporary South Africa - Sheetal Bhoola 13. A critical Overview of Food and Nutrition Policies that Address Hunger and Malnutrition Amongst Children in KwaZulu-Natal - Shaida Bobat and Fatima Essack 14. Student Insecurity: The #FeesMustFall Movement in South Africa (2015– 2016) - Ntsika E. Mlamla, Philisiwe Hadebe and Khemist Shumba 15. Violence in South African Hostels: A Critical Review - Nirmala D. Gopal, George C. Mbara and Sogo A. Olonfinbiyi 16. Understanding Cyberspace as a Security Threat: Perceptions of a Sample of South Africans - György Széll Epilogue: Peace, Security and Safety – A View from Outside - Editor and Author Biographies