Dr Hlengiwe Phetha

# A Node For African Thought

Research and Innovation

To achieve and maintain the University’s vision and mission, the research and innovation division contributes mainly by promoting the research related goal of the institution which is: to drive growth in UNIZULU research and Innovation

Faculty: Humanities and Social Sciences

Department: Political and International Studies

Discipline: Political Science/International Relations

Highest Qualification

Ph.D.

Contact details

Email: phethar@unizulu.ac.za

Phone : 035902 6271

Campus: University of Zululand

Research Interest Areas

Politics, International relations, Political Science

Research Niche Area(s) of current projects

South Africa’s Foreign policy
Corruption and local government

Active Research Projects

BAAP-NRF UNIZULU

Title: Promoting South Africa’s interest in the global arena. The book project focuses on South Africa’s national interest particularly the political, security, human development, economic and ideological interest. The project is still ongoing up until next year 2024.

Active Community Engagement & Service-learning work

External examiner (UKZN)

Awards & Honors

NIHSS
Golden Key
NRF (BAAP)

M/D Supervision completed (3 or 4 projects)

(Year; Name of student; level of study; status)

2022, Zukiswa Sonjica-Honours
2021- Hleketani Ntombela-Honours

Teaching Interest Areas

Politics and International relations
Foreign policy

Impactful Research Publications

(Author(s); Year; Title; journal / publisher)

Khanyile, K. & Phetha, R. (2023).The Plight and Causes of Farm-dwellers Eviction in the Vryheid Region from 1990 to 2011: African Renaissance Journal, Sabinet, Published Online:1 Jun 2023https://hdl.handle.net/10520/ejc-aa_afren_v20_n2_a8

Phetha, R.H. (2018). South Africa’s foreign policy on the Central African Republic. In ed. Mngomezulu, B. R. South Africa’s foreign policy.

South Africa’s Response to COVID-19: Realities and Challenges of the Vaccination Roll-Out Process, The African Review, 49(2), 127-143.

Critical Review of South Africa’s Foreign Policy in Promoting Continental Integration, The African Review, 48(2), 381-394.

Cyril Ramaphosa and the rhetoric of a coordinated African response to the Covid-19. Strategic review of Southern Africa, Vol. 43. No. 2 (2021).