How ‘Marikana: the Musical’ has contributed to cultural amnesia
It is five years since the Marikana massacre in South Africa - a related musical unfortunately contributes to the amnesia about the traumatic incident.
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What’s in a name? Towards genuine economic transformation in South Africa
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Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor, School of Physiology; Director, Brain Function Research Group, University of the Witwatersrand
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Caxton Professor of Journalism, University of the Witwatersrand
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Adjunct Professor in the School of Human Sciences, University of Western Australia, and Honorary Professorial Research Fellow, University of the Witwatersrand
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Visiting Adjunct Professor, Public and Development Management School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Head of School of Economic & Business Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Finance & Deputy Head of School, Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior lecturer at the Wits School of Education, University of the Witwatersrand
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PhD Fellow based at the Wits City Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Project Coordinator, Wits Justice Project, University of the Witwatersrand
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Sessional Lecturer, School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Finance & Insurance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Researcher in Histories of Childhood, Medicine, and Sexuality, University of the Witwatersrand
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Faculty member, Centre for Researching Education and Labour, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor in Vocational Education, University of the Witwatersrand