The celebrated South African writer and poet Breyten Breytenbach has died at 85. He used his art to fight for justice for marginalised people throughout his life.
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It isn’t easy to leave a gang, but some people do. Patrick and Emersons are two examples and both used the church to help guide them – and help them perform a new role on the streets.
Chabani Manganyi’s courage in challenging the status quo has inspired generations of psychologists, scholars and activists who continue to use his ideas in their work.
The way Coloured identity is discussed in textbooks and curricula is leading young self-described Coloured people to believe that their history – and their identity – is shameful.
Interviews with women who have staged naked protests reveal this is not just a shock tactic, but a powerful way of claiming their voices and their dignity.
He had enormous charisma and love for South Africa - he also had enormous wealth and made some questionable political choices.
It’s important that this brutal chapter in South Africa’s past be commemorated in the right spirit, to reflect, take stock and to heal.
Corrective policies should be implemented as part of a holistic, long-term strategy to address historical injustices and create a more equitable South African society.
A new education law in South Africa affecting how schools are governed as well as language policies has sparked controversy.
The history of scientific racism can help us to improve medical ethics.
Steve Biko married reason with proselytising in ways that made him an excellent organiser. He understood the importance of organising and the need for faith in action.
Rick Turner and Steve Biko both critique the limitations of white liberalism, arguing that it fails to address the root causes of oppression.
The name Africa was given to the continent by European explorers, exploiters, slavers and colonists. It ignores the indigenous people and their accomplishments.
Onyeka Onwenu, Nigerian musician, political activist and documentary maker, died on 30 July 2024.
83.6% of the 367 residents in the survey said that they did not want the historic town’s name to be changed.
To understand this exhibition, you need to move your body through it and dance with Adams’s sculptures, tapestries and cloud installation.
Jan Mashiani and Len Tau apparently found themselves in the US in 1904 as part of a world’s fair displaying ‘savages’.
Released in 1997, Vulindlela reflects the optimism of a democratic South Africa – but Fassie’s ‘bad girl’ image also asks who is really welcome in this new society.
Ordinary Whites in Apartheid South Africa is a new book that explores how apartheid monitored and shaped white life, and how all classes of white people were complicit.
Ravan Press published many black authors who wrote against apartheid, leading to Peter Randall being banned by the state.
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Associate of the Gordon Institute for Business Science, University of Pretoria
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Associate Professor Sport History, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer (Radical Humanities Laboratory, University College Cork), University College Cork
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria., University of Pretoria
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Distinguished Reserach Professor, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Research Fellow, Horn of Africa and Southern Africa, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Professor, Sociology, University of the Western Cape, Nelson Mandela University
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Urban Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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