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Some new perspectives on the Soweto uprising: H. M. L. Lentsoane’s poem “Black Wednesday” (“Laboraro le lesoleso”)
(Tydskrif vir Letterkunde Association, 2022)The epic poem about the Soweto uprising, “Laboraro le lesoleso”, written in Sepedi (Northern Sotho) by H. M. L. Lentsoane has only recently been translated into English by Biki Lepota as “Black Wednesday” and published ... -
Some reflections on human identity in the Anthropocene
(AOSIS, 2021)This article observes that both the similar and the dissimilar are of ethical importance in discourse on human identity. There is a need for a common humanity and to guard against domination in the name of difference – ... -
South Africa's May 1968: decolonising institutions and minds
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)Throughout 2015 students at South African universities rose up in a mass revolt. They made their voices heard from their campuses, from the streets, from the grounds of Parliament in Cape Town, and the lawns of the Union ... -
The South Africa-Angola talks, 1976-1984: a little-known cold war thread
(Published by History Dept, University of the Western Cape, 2011)That South Africa invaded Angola in 1975, in an abortive attempt to prevent a Marxist government coming to power there, and that the South African Defence Force then repeatedly attacked Angola from 1978, is relatively well ... -
South Africa: anthropology or anthropologies?
(American Anthropological Association, 2015)A direct result of South Africa’s specific history has been the extraordinary significance of its contested, if not conflicting, political and ideological positions on anthropology’s South African trajectories. This was ... -
South African discourse on the Triune God: Some reflections
(AOSIS, 2019)This contribution offers a critical rejoinder with regard to 12 articles submitted for publication in HTS Theological Studies ‘to stimulate a discussion on the Holy Trinity for the 21st century within the South African ... -
South African schools' responses to pregnant girls and young parents: a study of some Durban and Cape Town secondary schools
(Unisa Press and Taylor & Francis, 2008)Since the promulgation of the South African Schools Act in 1996 it has become illegal to exclude pregnant girls from school. Influenced by feminist research, policy has sought to assist pregnant girls and young parents to ... -
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 ... -
Southern African Lesbian and Bisexual Women Responses to Symptoms of Sexually Transmitted Infections
(Archives of Sexual Behavior volume, 2020)Sexually transmitted infection (STI) in lesbian and bisexual women is a relatively unexplored topic, particularly for women from low- and middle-income countries. Despite perceptions that women who have sex with women (WSW) ... -
Space/place matters
(CMDR 2017, 2017)This special issue of Multilingual Margins on the theme of “Space/ place matters” has its origin in a doctoral summer school organised in December 2016 by the Department of Linguistics and the Centre for Multilingualism ... -
Spaces of exception: southern multilingualisms as resource and risk
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)In this paper we draw attention to people who journey from one temporal and spatial setting towards another in the ‘South’, who aspire to a reconfigured sense of belonging, prosperity and wellbeing, and their multilinguality ... -
Speak out on poverty: Hearing, inaudibility, and citizenship in post-apartheid South Africa
(WILEY, 2019)In 1998, Speak Out on Poverty held hearings across South Africa shortly after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) completed eighteen months of highly publicized, nationwide hearings at which victims testified. ... -
"Speak out" - issues in participatory materials development
(University of Stellenbosch, 1999)This article outlines the development of a beginner English course called 'Speak Out' for adults in Adult Basic Education and Training classes in the early 1990s. The course uses an innovative roleplay methodology which ... -
Speaking about building Rylands (1960s to 1980s): a Cape Flats history
(Taylor and Francis, 2014)This article draws on oral histories of Rylands, a former Indian group area on the Cape Flats. It shifts focus from narratives of dispossession to narratives of the making of a relocation site. The Cape Flats has generally ... -
Speaking with a forked tongue about multilingualism in the language policy of a South African university
(Springer Netherlands, 2018)As part of a broader student campaign for ‘free decolonized education’, protests over language policies at select South African universities between 2015 and 2016 belied widespread positive appraisals of these policies, ... -
Staging historical argument: History I at the University of the Western Cape
(Routledge, 1996)This article focuses on the lecture-room debates which have been the central feature of the first-year history course at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) since 1993. The UWC History Department takes the position ... -
Starting the conversation: land issues and critical conservation studies in post-colonial Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)This thematic issue brings together the scholarly fields of critical conservation studies and African land issues, a relationship largely unexplored to date. The alienation of land for conservation purposes, introduced to ... -
Streaming difference(s): Netflix and the branding of diversity
(SAGE Publications, 2023)Since 2020, Netflix has emphasised the diversity of representation the platform provides through its content. Following the publication of its diversity report, the streamer positions itself as a driver of inclusion for ... -
Student accounts of space and safety at a South African university: implications for social identities and diversity
(SAGE Publications, 2018)Transformation efforts in South African higher education have been under increased scrutiny in recent years, especially following the last years of student activism and calls for decolonization of universities. This article ... -
Students’ narratives on gender and sexuality in the project of social justice and belonging in higher education
(South African Journal of Higher Education, 2018)Student protests in South Africa flag the well-documented lack of progress in transforming universities which mirror deeply entrenched inequalities. The imperative to challenge a system of higher education that continues ...