Admitting the variety, embracing the fractures, this was the lesson of all of Wicomb’s writing.
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A guide to the work of an acclaimed writer who represented the marginalised in society.
The way Coloured identity is discussed in textbooks and curricula is leading young self-described Coloured people to believe that their history – and their identity – is shameful.
Controversial South African band Die Antwoord illustrates the power relations that make cultural appropriation and blackface so damaging.
A more balanced picture of “coloured” mens’ experiences and lives allows society to see beyond negative stereotypes.
Brutus’s life was closely interlinked with the rise of apartheid and offered a way to look at resistance to this system.
The election of Port Elizabeth’s first black mayor in 1995 signalled that the democratic change that had started in 1994 was irreversible. But problems lay ahead.
Race is the fault line. Prominent black DA figures label attempts to remove leader Mmusi Maimane as an attempt by whites to force black members into a subordinate position.
After recent elections, South Africa are grappling with what the reasons are for the declining trend in youth participation in the 2019 elections.
The major issue is why this kind of research was being produced 25 years after the end of apartheid.
The high costs of finding work make it difficult for young South Africans to get jobs.
While many South African police officers, who were born into poverty, grew to appreciate the job, they want more for their children - careers requiring degrees - and work to provide them.
South African geneticists and international counterparts have traced the origins of a genetic peeling disorder, Oudtshoorn skin, and discovered the mutation that causes it.
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DSTI/NRF Research Chair in Welfare and Social Development, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Director of the Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Professor in the Division of Human Genetics, University of the Witwatersrand
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PhD candidate in the Division of Human Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
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University of Cape Town
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Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Cape Town
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Research fellow, Stellenbosch University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Johannesburg
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Lecturer in History, Rhodes University
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British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Oxford
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Emeritus professor, University of York
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professor, English and Creative Writing, Adelaide University
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Research Associate at UCT's Centre of Criminology, Consultant at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), University of Cape Town