The low levels of familiarity with key historical events indicate that there are serious shortcomings in the development of national collective memory in South Africa.
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Jackson Mthembu’s death drives home the seriousness of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
Professionalism has to start with ministers for it to stand any chance of being embedded throughout the public service.
In both countries, neglect and misinformation at the highest levels of government led to undue tragedy.
There are individual activists and political groupings who believe violent action is legitimate and use the circumstances to actively drive such behaviour.
A realignment is needed as the current systems have lost the competence to midwife a new nation out of the formative experiences of the last 25 years.
Claiming a right to determine reality by mere say-so is becoming increasingly commonplace, but we should never get used to it.
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Reflecting on the life of George Bizos, one of South Africa's shining lights.
In each of his novels, he explored questions that shifted South Africa’s cultural debates, especially about memory and race.
The book shows that the claim made by some analysts that it was the fall of communism that prompted moves towards negotiations to end apartheid is off the mark.
That none of his collections were published in apartheid South Africa testifies to the police state’s censorship.
The gift of his images lies in their depiction of the social worlds that apartheid sought to destroy, but that live on through the photographs.
Mangosuthu Buthelezi deserves better than being dismissed as an apartheid stooge. But he deserves little praise as an advocate for human rights and civil liberties.
Although a commited veteran of the ANC, Mlangeni was no party apparatchik. He was outspoken against endemic corruption in government.
South Africa’s history shows that mobilising white privilege can be a useful tool for advancing the struggle against racism.
Book sheds new light on the evolution of the economic policy of the African National Congress, South Africa’s governing party.
It is rare for a post-authoritarian society to get two chances to reconcile. This may be just that, for white South Africans in particular.
Goldberg was the youngest Rivonia triallist. Segregated prisons meant he was sent to Pretoria, while his fellow accused were incarcerated on Robben Island.
The book is set to heighten the debate about the future of the party, whose dominance has been in decline since 2009.
Prison life is about routine: each day like the one before; each week like the one before it, so that the months and years blend into each other.
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of Public Affairs, Tshwane University of Technology
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Emeritus Associate Professor in Public Law, University of Cape Town
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Lecturer, Culture and Media department, Birkbeck, University of London
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Professor of Urban Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria., University of Pretoria
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Senior Lecturer in History, University of Dundee
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Emeritus Professor, University of South Africa and Visiting professor and strategic advisor in Faculty of Humanities., University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Public Theology in the Department of Beliefs and Practices, Faculty of Theology, at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Free University of Amsterdam), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Distinguished Reserach Professor, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor and Head of Department of Political and Conflict Studies, Nelson Mandela University
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Research fellow, University of the Free State
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Research Fellow New South Institute, Emeritus Professor at The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
