In South Africa’s Makanaskop, the kraal is a sacred space for rituals but small plots with outside toilets undermine this cultural use.
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While a few new residential developments improve racial mixing, most other developments do not.
Who the taxi strike affected, where and how shows the violent reality of the city’s spatial injustice.
Much of the commentary on the July riots, which cost over 300 lives and billions of rands in damage to the economy, has neglected the long history of violent protests in the country.
We’d all love to know more about our neighbours – from COVID-19 data, census data and other official data sources – but we shouldn’t.
Prison life is about routine: each day like the one before; each week like the one before it, so that the months and years blend into each other.
The child support grant, as a policy instrument, cannot work alone in ensuring that young people thrive and succeed.
The high costs of finding work make it difficult for young South Africans to get jobs.
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