It’s important that this brutal chapter in South Africa’s past be commemorated in the right spirit, to reflect, take stock and to heal.
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Regarding himself heir to Cecil Rhodes, Oppenheimer deplored the threat to civilisation represented by ‘primitive tribesmen’.
Challenging myths about heterosexual white South African men, Prinsloo published four books of short stories in 12 years.
A secret plan to destabilise the new democratic government reveals the failed ambitions of the apartheid state security apparatus and confirms what is known about the brutality of the period.
It’s been in existence since the 1500s but the Kaaps language, synonymous with Cape Town, has never had a dictionary until now.
Policy makers need to protect and promote the interests of people whose indigenous knowledge and toil developed a thriving national cannabis economy - in the face of harsh police crackdowns.
Art and visual culture played a significant role in building a unified Afrikaner nationalism that allowed apartheid to thrive. A new book unpacks the issue.
The major issue is why this kind of research was being produced 25 years after the end of apartheid.
Afrikaners in post-apartheid South Africa struggle with a historical sense of inferiority that reinforces their whiteness.
Next year South Africa’s Stellenbosch University will celebrate its centenary. A recent conference to discuss the anniversary has reminded everyone present that knowledge is a fickle mistress.
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria., University of Pretoria
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Professor, Sociology, University of the Western Cape, Nelson Mandela University
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Professor of Creative Writing and English Literature, University of the Western Cape
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Professor and Head of College of Art, Design & Architecture, University of Otago
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Professor of History, University of Johannesburg
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Professor and the SARChI Chair in South African Art and Visual Culture, University of Johannesburg
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Professor, Stellenbosch University
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University of Cape Town
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Lecturer in History, Rhodes University
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Professor (Emeritus) and Research Fellow, Department of History, University of the Free State