by ebrahim | Nov 27, 2018 | Books
[intro]Combining analytical insight with personal observations and experience, Judith February highlights the complex process of building a strong democratic society in her new book Turning and Turning and the difficulties of living in a constitutional democracy...
by ebrahim | Oct 30, 2018 | Books
[intro]The House of Tshatshu: Power, politics and chiefs north-west of the Great Kei River is written by Anne Mager and Jeff Phiko Velelo. In rural South Africa today, there are signs that chieftaincies are resurging after having been disbanded in colonial times....
by ebrahim | Oct 30, 2018 | Books
[intro]Johannesburg is unequal but so are all global cities. Can Jozi lead the way in reversing inequality? Or is Jo’burg becoming more unequal? These are the questions addressed in short essays in a new book Reversing Urban Inequality in Johannesburg.[/intro]...
by ebrahim | Sep 25, 2018 | Books
[intro]What is creativity? Can creative writing be taught? And what are the implications of technological advances for the fiction writer? These are some of the daunting questions tackled by Brian Chikwava, who is an artist in residence at the Stellenbosch Institute...
by ebrahim | Aug 28, 2018 | Books
[intro]Duncan’s book Stopping the Spies asks some important questions like: are South African citizens being spied on by the state? Is state surveillance used for the democratic purpose of making people safer, or is it being used for the repressive purpose of social...
by ebrahim | Jul 24, 2018 | Books
[intro]Rioting and writing: Diaries of Wits Fallists, the book about #FeesMustFall written, managed and led by student activists, is now available for free download. This is the forward to the book, written by Professor Nelson Maldonado-Torres from Rutgers University,...
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