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The value of information in South Africa’s new democracy
(Emerald, 2018)
PURPOSE – The purpose of this paper is to trace and analyse the relationship between information and
democracy in the old and in the new South Africa. The authors interrogate the applicability to the situation of
the ...
South Africa’s LIS Transformation Charter: policies, politics and professionals
(IFLA, 2014)
The rhetoric of public librarianship includes many ringing claims for the role of libraries in
democracy; and, on the 20-year anniversary of the advent of democracy in South Africa in 1994, it is
an opportune moment to ...
Ten years of democracy: attitudes and identity among some South African school children
(Stellenbosch University, 2004)
Ten years into South Africa’s democracy, how do school children feel about themselves as
part of specific groups, and what is the role of language in their socio-cultural identities?
This paper looks at the ways in which ...
Beyond nostalgia in the search for identity: Black liberation theology and the politics of reconciliation
(AOSIS, 2021)
Practitioners of Black liberation theology often reflect on the emergence of this theological
expression by means of a nostalgic launch into the past, seeking ways to address some of
today’s most pressing concerns. In ...
Apartheid and the unconscious: An introduction
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2023)
This special issue invited contributors to revisit J.M. Coetzee’s “The Mind of Apartheid,” first published in Social Dynamics in 1991. Here, Coetzee asks what it might mean to come to terms with apartheid:It is not ...
Worrier state: Risk, anxiety and moral panic in South Africa
(SAGE Publications, 2023)
While reading Nicky Falkof’s Worrier State: Risk, anxiety, and moral panic in South Africa, I couldn’t help but think of the video of Nina Simone being interviewed that often floats around social media where she is asked ...