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BECOMING-MINORITARIAN Constructions of coloured identities in creative writing projects at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)
The institutional history of the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in some ways mirrors the paradoxes, ambiguities, absurdities, contradictions and possibilities – in short, the complexities – of the concept “coloured”. ...
Voicing sentiments of resilience: A corpus approach to 1980s conscious rappers in South Africa
(AOSIS, 2021)
The study of people’s response to adversity acquires substantially different connotations in
the South African context because of the heavy legacy of apartheid. This article explores the
construction of the notion of ...
Multilingualism as racialization
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
South African today remains a nation torn by violence and racial inequity. One of major challenges for its people is to create new futures across historically constituted racial divides, by finding ways ...
The absurdity of reconciliation. What we (should) learn from Rustenburg and the implications for South Africa
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2020)
The quest for reconciliation in South Africa is an exercise in the absurd. To say it is an
exercise for the absurd might also have some merit. Like Sisyphus, the figure in Greek
mythology, those engaged in the quest for ...
Deserving and undeserving welfare states: Cash transfers and hegemonic struggles in South Africa
(Routledge, 2022)
The South African social grant programme appeared as if it might suddenly end on 1
April 2017. The potential termination of grants kicked off a significant public outcry by
members of parliament, the judiciary, the ...
African Pentecostal churches and racialized xenophobia: International migrants as agents of transformational development?
(SAGE, 2022)
Scholarship on Pentecostal potential and practice forms a significant part of the debate on religion and development, not least when the focus is on sub-Saharan Africa. Yet in this debate African Pentecostal migrant
communities ...
Mapping the spatial distribution of underutilised crop species under climate change using the MaxEnt model: A case of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(Elsevier, 2022)
Knowing the spatial and temporal suitability of neglected and underutilised crop species (NUS) is important for
fitting them into marginal production areas and cropping systems under climate change. The current study ...
A journal for biblical, theological and / or contextual hermeneutics?
(Stellenbosch University, 2020)
This contribution reflects on the current sub-title of the journal Scriptura, namely
“Journal for Biblical, Theological and Hermeneutics”. It showsthat this has been
a core interest of the journal over a period of forty ...
Rape culture: Sexual intimidation and partner rape among youth in sexually diverse relationships
(SAGE Publications, 2022)
South African studies on rape culture have examined this issue in relation to heterosexuality. They demonstrate how toxic masculinity exercises sexual power by victimizing women and girls. However, little is known about ...
Parents resist sexuality education through digital activism
(SAGE Publications, 2022)
South Africa has high rates of HIV infection among its young population, high rates of unintended pregnancy
among the youth, and extremely high rates of gender-based violence. Given all this, it is essential that young
people ...