Peter Randall (1935-2024). Courtesy the Randall family June 27, 2024 Peter Randall: a pioneering publisher who established the radical Ravan Press in South Africa Beth le Roux, University of Pretoria Ravan Press published many black authors who wrote against apartheid, leading to Peter Randall being banned by the state.
Image by Liz Whitter courtesy of Wits University Press August 23, 2022 A South African university publisher makes it to 100. A rare and important event Beth le Roux, University of Pretoria Wits University Press is one of only 15 active university publishers in Africa – crucial for scholarship about the continent.
Oukasie residents protest over poor service delivery in 2010. Jaco Marais/Gallo Images/Getty Images April 6, 2020 Book review: lessons from a township that resisted apartheid Steven Friedman, University of Johannesburg A readable and important new book on the struggle for justice in South Africa’s Oukasie township does not go far enough to question the feasibility of grassroots resistance.