Together Apart: The Story of Living in Apartheid was written by two academics for readers of all ages to know about the pain and the triumph of South Africa’s past.
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A seven-year diplomatic dispute over the land earmarked for the ski resort ensured it was never built.
Agincourt, the University of the Witwatersrand’s rural research centre 500km from Johannesburg, has documented the lives of 120,000 people over decades.
If Mangosuthu Buthelezi had not opposed the apartheid state’s plans for an ‘independent’ Zulu kingdom, South Africa’s history would have unfolded very differently.
The study highlights the flimsy boundaries between different forms of violence: torture and extrajudicial punishment, lawful arrest, and an unlawful kidnapping.
The census will focus everyone in on the core challenges the country faces, where they are, and who is most affected.
The failure of the 2021 post-election deal is a missed opportunity for the African National Congress and Inkatha to work together.
International borders were negotiable for the right price. What residents of former ‘homelands’ and of Lesotho and eSwatini have in common now are limited government services and few job prospects.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor of African History, Michigan State University
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Professor of History, University of Limpopo
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Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
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Professor of Political Science, University of the Western Cape
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Director: MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Urban Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer, University of Cape Town
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Professor: Health and Population Division, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer, Applied Language and Literacy Studies, University of Cape Town
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Emeritus Professor of Political Sociology, University of KwaZulu-Natal