South Africa’s history shows that anti-immigrant violence is neither an aberration nor the country’s only possible path.
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The 2024 general elections will show to what extent the new provincial leadership can start to turn around the ANC’s fortunes in the Western Cape.
From domestic worker to matriarch of South African literature, the book is a reflection on her writing journey.
Fifty years ago the council was created to fight for marginalised communities to participate fairly in sports. Their dream remains unfulfilled.
Costa Titch’s death is another blow to South Africa’s music scene which is reeling after several high-profile deaths in recent years.
Every South African who cares about the future of the country will agree with former president Mbeki that, to avert disaster, something must be done urgently about its deep socio-economic problems.
Mbeki has successfully transitioned from being an old horse of South Africa’s governing ANC to a highly venerated and in-demand African elder statesman.
Former presidents Obasanjo and Mbeki have arguably made the most important contribution to Africa in the 21st Century by promoting peace, democracy, regional integration and pan-Africanism.
The springbok emblem was introduced under white rule in South Africa and by retaining it, it remains a burden for many South Africans who followed the Rugby World Cup.
Many South Africans hold onto the hope that a win in the World Cup translates into another defining moment for the country.
Black consciousness in South Africa changed blacks and whites.
South Africa has the world’s largest white minority living under black rule.Colour line tensions might remain a feature of the country’s political landscape.
The vision set out by Cyril Ramaphosa has the seeds for galvanising South Africans to get back on the right path. But it urgently needs a plan to make it happen.
South Africa marks 24 years of freedom amid continuous contests over over governance, economic justice as well as reconciliation and inclusion.
Unexpressed racism may be even more dangerous if it’s left lurking below the surface.
The notion of South African exceptionalism runs deep. Many people in the country believe that in some cases they are superior to the rest of the continent.
Young black South Africans have been raised to believe that friendship across the races is an indicator of progress. Now, a generation into democracy, they are questioning this.
Despite the noble goals of the new South Africa and its ideals of racial harmony, racial tensions remain a major problem in the country. Prejudice and bigotry persists even in universities.
How can conversations around race, class and gender be allowed back into classrooms without becoming emotionally harmful and divisive?
Qunta advocates a reparations fund to accelerate corrective policies, that schools be freed from colonial indoctrination and that African culture should be mainstreamed, especially African languages.
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Associate Professor Sport History, Stellenbosch University
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town
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Ruth First Fellow, Journalism, University of the Witwatersrand
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NRF Accredited & Senior Researcher; Lead Coordinator of the South-South Educational Collaboration & Knowlede Interchange Initiative, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
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Executive director, Africa Institute of South Africa, Human Sciences Research Council
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Director, The Future of Diplomacy at the Institute for the Future of Knowledge, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor: Department of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology, head of the Unit for Moral Leadership, Stellenbosch University
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Historical and Heritage Studies, University of Pretoria
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Visiting Professor and Professor Emeritus, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior research fellow, University of the Western Cape
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Professor and Head of Department of Political and Conflict Studies, Nelson Mandela University
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer in History
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Research Fellow in History