If Mangosuthu Buthelezi had not opposed the apartheid state’s plans for an ‘independent’ Zulu kingdom, South Africa’s history would have unfolded very differently.
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The winner of the prestigious FNB Art Prize documents township life in lockdown and rural life in a former homeland.
Opening the Encounters documentary festival in South Africa, the film has received international praise.
International borders were negotiable for the right price. What residents of former ‘homelands’ and of Lesotho and eSwatini have in common now are limited government services and few job prospects.
A literary icon, her autobiographies offer a way of understanding the country’s brutal past in order to heal and move forward.
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.
The new initiative reproduces the core weaknesses of post-apartheid state land and agricultural policy. These have done little to improve the livelihoods of the poor.
It is vital that the latest move by government towards restructuring succeeds in making the industry safe, reliable and viable, contributing to the country’s economy.
South Africa’s post-apartheid leaders have failed to properly prepare the military for secondary roles such as peacekeeping, let alone to a fight a virus.
The Democratic Alliance’s problems can be traced back to the politicisation of race, which has persisted even after the dawn of democracy in 1994.
Marking the end of the Cold War offers the chance to reflect on the changes and continuities in African politics and international relations since 1989.
South Africa has made progress towards interrupting the looting of land by chiefs, state officials and mining capital.
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Emeritus Professor, Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Doctoral candidate, Regent University
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Associate Professor, Sociology, University of Fort Hare
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Emeritus Professor of Political Sociology, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Associate Professor of History, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Researcher, UNESCO 'Oliver Tambo' Chair of Human Rights, University of Fort Hare, University of Fort Hare
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Chief Albert Luthuli Research Chair, University of South Africa
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Associate Professor of African History, Michigan State University
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Associate Professor of History, University of the Free State
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Associate Professor, Political Sciences, and Deputy Dean Teaching and Learning (Humanities), University of Pretoria
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Lecturer in Screen Production and Film Theory & Practice, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor of English, State University of New York Oswego
