Agincourt, the University of the Witwatersrand’s rural research centre 500km from Johannesburg, has documented the lives of 120,000 people over decades.
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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.
The study highlights the flimsy boundaries between different forms of violence: torture and extrajudicial punishment, lawful arrest, and an unlawful kidnapping.
The census will focus everyone in on the core challenges the country faces, where they are, and who is most affected.
The failure of the 2021 post-election deal is a missed opportunity for the African National Congress and Inkatha to work together.
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.
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Professor of Political Science, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of Urban Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Emeritus Professor of Political Sociology, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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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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Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
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Director: MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor: Health and Population Division, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
