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Affiche du document The House of Truth & Bloke and His American Bantu — The House of Truth & Bloke and His American Bantu
Siphiwo Mahala
51min00
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Two plays that follow the writers Can Themba, Bloke Modisane and Langston Hughes based in the DRUM era of 1950s Johannesburg.Siphiwo Mahala delves into the lives of iconic figures from South Africa’s tumultuous past in this remarkable collection of plays. The House of Truth is a gripping portrait of the complex journalist and playwright Can Themba. This one-man play weaves together elements of Themba’s life and career, recreating the excitment and pathos of the DRUM era and Sophiatown under apartheid. Themba is brought to life as an ordinary person with human flaws and attributes that both tragic and inspirational. In Bloke and His American Bantu, Mahala brings to life the extraordinary friendship between exiled writer Bloke Modisane and American poet Langston Hughes. Through a reimagined correspondence, the two-person play deftly explores how a simple friendship blossomed into a catalyst for international solidarity and cultural exchange between South Africa and Black America. Both plays are set against backdrops of oppression and explore themes of identity, creativity and resilience. Mahala’s masterful storytelling illuminates the human spirit’s enduring power to inspire and uplift, even in the darkest of times.Foreword: ‘They Cannot Destroy a People’s Experience’ by Shane Graham Acknowledgements Introduction The House of Truth Press clippings Glossary and translations Notes on staging The House of Truth: The Playscript Bloke and His American Bantu Press clippings Glossary and translations Notes on staging Bloke and His American Bantu: The Playscript

The House of Truth & Bloke and His American Bantu
Siphiwo Mahala
51min00
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68 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 51min.
Two plays that follow the writers Can Themba, Bloke Modisane and Langston Hughes based in the DRUM era of 1950s Johannesburg.Siphiwo Mahala delves into the lives of iconic figures from South Africa’s tumultuous past in this remarkable collection of plays. The House of Truth is a gripping portrait of the complex journalist and playwright Can Themba. This one-man play weaves together elements of Themba’s life and career, recreating the excitment and pathos of the DRUM era and Sophiatown under apartheid. Themba is brought to life as an ordinary person with human flaws and attributes that both tragic and inspirational. In Bloke and His American Bantu, Mahala brings to life the extraordinary friendship between exiled writer Bloke Modisane and American poet Langston Hughes. Through a reimagined correspondence, the two-person play deftly explores how a simple friendship blossomed into a catalyst for international solidarity and cultural exchange between South Africa and Black America. Both plays are set against backdrops of oppression and explore themes of identity, creativity and resilience. Mahala’s masterful storytelling illuminates the human spirit’s enduring power to inspire and uplift, even in the darkest of times.Foreword: ‘They Cannot Destroy a People’s Experience’ by Shane Graham Acknowledgements Introduction The House of Truth Press clippings Glossary and translations Notes on staging The House of Truth: The Playscript Bloke and His American Bantu Press clippings Glossary and translations Notes on staging Bloke and His American Bantu: The Playscript

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Affiche du document No Last Place to Rest — No Last Place to Rest
Dineo Skosana
1h11min15
Sciences humaines et sociales
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95 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h11min.
This book examines the impact of coal mining on the lives of former-labour tenant and rural communities in post-apartheid South Africa.No Last Place to Rest: Coal Mining and Dispossession in South Africa is an exploration of the ongoing struggles faced by families in the Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal provinces of South Africa whose lives have been upended by the relentless expansion of coal mining operations. These regions, burdened with the task of fulfilling the nation's energy needs and boosting the country’s economy, witness daily the harsh realities of dispossession that extend far beyond the mere loss of property. Dineo Skosana presents a compelling argument that dispossession remains a present-day reality and crisis. She challenges the narrow perspective that equates land loss in material and economic terms only. Skosana considers the impact of grave relocations—a common occurrence in these mining-dominated locales— and the profound spiritual anguish and dehumanisation communities endure as their lands are excavated. This book offers a rich ethnographic account of the experiences, struggles and resistance of the affected communities as well as a critical analysis of the legal and policy frameworks that enable their exploitation. In relation to the ‘land question’ in South Africa, No Last Place to Rest presents deep insights for communities, activists and government sectors acting in support of social justice and redress.List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: Coal Extraction and Dispossession in Post-Apartheid South Africa Chapter 1 South Africa's Market-Driven Mineral Law: Privatisation and Exclusion Chapter 2 Coal Mining and Displacement at Glencore Mine in Mpumalanga Chapter 3 Rural Communities and Displacement at Tendele Coal Mine in Somkhele, KwaZulu-Natal Chapter 4 Leave Coal in the Pit: Resistance and the Struggle for Land Rights in Somkhele, KwaZulu-Natal Chapter 5 Grave Relocations at Glencore Coal Mine in Tweefontein, Mpumalanga Chapter 6 Desecration of Graves at Tendele Coal Mine in Somkhele, KwaZulu-Natal Chapter 7 Lawful Exclusion: Dispossessing Communities Under Reformed Laws Conclusion: Land, Loss and Belonging Notes References Index

No Last Place to Rest
Dineo Skosana
1h11min15
Sciences humaines et sociales
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95 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h11min.
This book examines the impact of coal mining on the lives of former-labour tenant and rural communities in post-apartheid South Africa.No Last Place to Rest: Coal Mining and Dispossession in South Africa is an exploration of the ongoing struggles faced by families in the Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal provinces of South Africa whose lives have been upended by the relentless expansion of coal mining operations. These regions, burdened with the task of fulfilling the nation's energy needs and boosting the country’s economy, witness daily the harsh realities of dispossession that extend far beyond the mere loss of property. Dineo Skosana presents a compelling argument that dispossession remains a present-day reality and crisis. She challenges the narrow perspective that equates land loss in material and economic terms only. Skosana considers the impact of grave relocations—a common occurrence in these mining-dominated locales— and the profound spiritual anguish and dehumanisation communities endure as their lands are excavated. This book offers a rich ethnographic account of the experiences, struggles and resistance of the affected communities as well as a critical analysis of the legal and policy frameworks that enable their exploitation. In relation to the ‘land question’ in South Africa, No Last Place to Rest presents deep insights for communities, activists and government sectors acting in support of social justice and redress.List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: Coal Extraction and Dispossession in Post-Apartheid South Africa Chapter 1 South Africa's Market-Driven Mineral Law: Privatisation and Exclusion Chapter 2 Coal Mining and Displacement at Glencore Mine in Mpumalanga Chapter 3 Rural Communities and Displacement at Tendele Coal Mine in Somkhele, KwaZulu-Natal Chapter 4 Leave Coal in the Pit: Resistance and the Struggle for Land Rights in Somkhele, KwaZulu-Natal Chapter 5 Grave Relocations at Glencore Coal Mine in Tweefontein, Mpumalanga Chapter 6 Desecration of Graves at Tendele Coal Mine in Somkhele, KwaZulu-Natal Chapter 7 Lawful Exclusion: Dispossessing Communities Under Reformed Laws Conclusion: Land, Loss and Belonging Notes References Index

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Affiche du document Bibliography and Modern Book Production — Bibliography and Modern Book Production
Percy Freer
2h26min15
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Covering key developments in bibliography and publishing, from the history of writing and paper manufacture to the origins of typefaces and printing up to the 1940s.Bibliography and Modern Book Production is a fascinating historic journey through the fields of print history, librarianship and publishing. It covers key developments from 1494 to 1949 in bibliography and book production from the history of scripts and paper manufacture to the origins of typefaces and printing. Although not a textbook, the book was a guide for library students in the 1950s on the essential literature of librarianship. As the first librarian appointed to Wits University in 1929, Percy Freer’s near encyclopaedic knowledge of the subject of bibliography enabled him to develop a key resource for relevant library examinations in South Africa and abroad. Due to its immense value as a historic record, and to acknowledge Freer’s contributions as scholar, librarian and publisher, it is being reissued as part of the Wits University Press Re/Presents series to make it accessible to scholars in book histories, publishing studies and information science.Introduction by Veronica Klipp Acknowledgments Foreword Introductory Note Addenda PART 1. BIBLIOGRAPHY I. The Bibliographers Define Bibliography II. Literature of Bibliography and Modern Book Production III. Bibliographies IV. Compilation and Arrangement V. Collation and Description of Books (Old and New) Their Structure and Parts PART 2. MODERN BOOK PRODUCTION VI. Historical Introduction VII. Paper VIII. Printing IX. Illustration X. Facsimiles and Near-Print XI. Bookbinding XII. Practical Authorship XIII. Modern Fine Printing Appendix: Examination Questions Index

Bibliography and Modern Book Production
Percy Freer
2h26min15
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195 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h26min.
Covering key developments in bibliography and publishing, from the history of writing and paper manufacture to the origins of typefaces and printing up to the 1940s.Bibliography and Modern Book Production is a fascinating historic journey through the fields of print history, librarianship and publishing. It covers key developments from 1494 to 1949 in bibliography and book production from the history of scripts and paper manufacture to the origins of typefaces and printing. Although not a textbook, the book was a guide for library students in the 1950s on the essential literature of librarianship. As the first librarian appointed to Wits University in 1929, Percy Freer’s near encyclopaedic knowledge of the subject of bibliography enabled him to develop a key resource for relevant library examinations in South Africa and abroad. Due to its immense value as a historic record, and to acknowledge Freer’s contributions as scholar, librarian and publisher, it is being reissued as part of the Wits University Press Re/Presents series to make it accessible to scholars in book histories, publishing studies and information science.Introduction by Veronica Klipp Acknowledgments Foreword Introductory Note Addenda PART 1. BIBLIOGRAPHY I. The Bibliographers Define Bibliography II. Literature of Bibliography and Modern Book Production III. Bibliographies IV. Compilation and Arrangement V. Collation and Description of Books (Old and New) Their Structure and Parts PART 2. MODERN BOOK PRODUCTION VI. Historical Introduction VII. Paper VIII. Printing IX. Illustration X. Facsimiles and Near-Print XI. Bookbinding XII. Practical Authorship XIII. Modern Fine Printing Appendix: Examination Questions Index

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Affiche du document Kielezo cha Insha — Kielezo cha Insha
Shaaban Robert
1h14min15
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The definitive Kiswahili guide to essay writing with pertinent examples.Kielezo cha Insha ndio mwongozo wa kwanza kabisa wa uandishi wa insha katika lugha ya Kiswahili. Kitabu hiki kilichapishwa mwaka 1954 na matbaa ya Chuo Kikuu cha Witwatersrand cha Afrika Kusini. Baada ya Uhuru wa Tanzania mwaka 1961, kitabu hiki hakikupatikana kutokana na vikwazo vya kiuchumi vilivyowekwa dhidi ya utawala wa kibaguzi wa Afrika Kusini. Kitabu kinazungumzia masuala muhimu katika uandishi wa insha, yakiwamo: madhumuni ya kufundisha uandishi wa insha shuleni, aina za insha, maandalizi ya kuandika insha, lugha na mtindo, ushikamani, uwiano mzuri, matumizi ya alama za vituo. Kitabu hiki pia kimejumuisha insha 60 za mfano zinazowakilisha aina mbalimbali za insha zilizojadiliwa katika utangulizi, na kuakisi mawazo na mtazamo wa mwandishi – Robert kuhusu masuala anayoyajadili. Mada zinazojadiliwa ni pamoja na zile ambazo zilikuwa motomoto katika jamii wakati huo, kwa mfano ‘ndoa za siri’, utamaduni, mazingira, lugha na utaifa, uzalendo, unyanyasaji wa wanawake, afya na maana ya maisha na kifo Baada ya kupotea kwa zaidi ya miaka sitini, Matbaa ya Witwatersrand yameamua kukichapisha kitabu hiki tena kutokana na thamani yake ya kihistoria na ufaafu wa kudumu wa maarifa yaliyomo. Kitabu hiki ni mfano tosha wa elimu na ujuzi wa mafunzo bora ya uandishi wa Robert.Bayana ya Mhariri – CM Doke Utangulizi – Shabaan Robert Utangulizi – MM Mulokozi Introduction – MM Mulokozi Maonyo ya kuandika insha a) Kusudi la kuandika insha b) Elimu ya kuandika insha c) Utunzi wa insha d) Ulinganifu wa insha e) Uzani wa ulinganifu f) Mifano mbalimbali ya insha i) Mfano wa Insha za Wasifu ii) Mfano wa Insha za masimulizi iii) Mfano wa Insha ya habari za mtu zilizoandikwa na yeye mwenyewe iv) Mfano wa Insha za Fikira v) Mfano wa Insha za Methali vi) Jinsi ya kutumia herufi kubwa vii) Yanayokulazimu kutenda viii) Yasiyokulazimu kutenda g) Insha 1. Mbwa 2. Kipupwe 3. Msimu 4. Kiangazi 5. Masika 6. Mito 7. Milima 8. Mafuriko 9. Kusafiri 10. Uvumi 11. Msichana 12. Mazao ya kazi matamu kuliko bahati za utajiri 13. Kama ningepata mamlaka 14. Haki na kazi za raia 15. Gazeti nipendalo 16. Mtihani 17. Methali na matumizi yake 18. Ubora wa kazi 19. Wastani wa maisha 20. Ukitaka kuruka agana na nyonga 21. Usipoziba ufa utajenga ukuta 22. Tamaa 23. Twaishi kwa matendo si kwa miaka 24. Mapenzi ya mama 25. Ubora wa madogo 26. Uthabiti wa mwili na uthabiti wa moyo 27. Maskani bora 28. Kuacha kufanya neno 29. Maisha ya mti 30. Wazo langu juu ya furaha 31. Marafiki 32. Ubora wa ibada 33. Shida ya chakula 34. Wakati wa uanafunzi 35. Nikitajirika 36. Mama mmoja mwema hushinda walimu wa ulimwengu 37. Kuandika kwa chapa 38. Arusi ya Kiswahili 39. Utii 40. Majirani 41. Vitabu 42. Kusudi langu katika maisha 43. Ungestahabu lipi: Utajiri au umashuhuri? 44. Utu wema 45. Mwungwana 46. Uzalendo 47. Nchi ambayo ningependa sana kuzuru 48. Mazoezi ya mwili 49. Kuhurumia wanyama 50. Tahadhari kabla ya athari 51. Yote ing’aayo usiseme dhahabu 52. Wenzi wema 53. Amani 54. Kazi madaraka ya gazeti 55. Lugha ya watu wote Afrika Mashariki 56. Umaskini 57. Mauti 58. Sifa 59. Uzuri Fahirisi Maana ya maneno mengine yaliyotumiwa kitabuni

Kielezo cha Insha
Shaaban Robert
1h14min15
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99 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h14min.
The definitive Kiswahili guide to essay writing with pertinent examples.Kielezo cha Insha ndio mwongozo wa kwanza kabisa wa uandishi wa insha katika lugha ya Kiswahili. Kitabu hiki kilichapishwa mwaka 1954 na matbaa ya Chuo Kikuu cha Witwatersrand cha Afrika Kusini. Baada ya Uhuru wa Tanzania mwaka 1961, kitabu hiki hakikupatikana kutokana na vikwazo vya kiuchumi vilivyowekwa dhidi ya utawala wa kibaguzi wa Afrika Kusini. Kitabu kinazungumzia masuala muhimu katika uandishi wa insha, yakiwamo: madhumuni ya kufundisha uandishi wa insha shuleni, aina za insha, maandalizi ya kuandika insha, lugha na mtindo, ushikamani, uwiano mzuri, matumizi ya alama za vituo. Kitabu hiki pia kimejumuisha insha 60 za mfano zinazowakilisha aina mbalimbali za insha zilizojadiliwa katika utangulizi, na kuakisi mawazo na mtazamo wa mwandishi – Robert kuhusu masuala anayoyajadili. Mada zinazojadiliwa ni pamoja na zile ambazo zilikuwa motomoto katika jamii wakati huo, kwa mfano ‘ndoa za siri’, utamaduni, mazingira, lugha na utaifa, uzalendo, unyanyasaji wa wanawake, afya na maana ya maisha na kifo Baada ya kupotea kwa zaidi ya miaka sitini, Matbaa ya Witwatersrand yameamua kukichapisha kitabu hiki tena kutokana na thamani yake ya kihistoria na ufaafu wa kudumu wa maarifa yaliyomo. Kitabu hiki ni mfano tosha wa elimu na ujuzi wa mafunzo bora ya uandishi wa Robert.Bayana ya Mhariri – CM Doke Utangulizi – Shabaan Robert Utangulizi – MM Mulokozi Introduction – MM Mulokozi Maonyo ya kuandika insha a) Kusudi la kuandika insha b) Elimu ya kuandika insha c) Utunzi wa insha d) Ulinganifu wa insha e) Uzani wa ulinganifu f) Mifano mbalimbali ya insha i) Mfano wa Insha za Wasifu ii) Mfano wa Insha za masimulizi iii) Mfano wa Insha ya habari za mtu zilizoandikwa na yeye mwenyewe iv) Mfano wa Insha za Fikira v) Mfano wa Insha za Methali vi) Jinsi ya kutumia herufi kubwa vii) Yanayokulazimu kutenda viii) Yasiyokulazimu kutenda g) Insha 1. Mbwa 2. Kipupwe 3. Msimu 4. Kiangazi 5. Masika 6. Mito 7. Milima 8. Mafuriko 9. Kusafiri 10. Uvumi 11. Msichana 12. Mazao ya kazi matamu kuliko bahati za utajiri 13. Kama ningepata mamlaka 14. Haki na kazi za raia 15. Gazeti nipendalo 16. Mtihani 17. Methali na matumizi yake 18. Ubora wa kazi 19. Wastani wa maisha 20. Ukitaka kuruka agana na nyonga 21. Usipoziba ufa utajenga ukuta 22. Tamaa 23. Twaishi kwa matendo si kwa miaka 24. Mapenzi ya mama 25. Ubora wa madogo 26. Uthabiti wa mwili na uthabiti wa moyo 27. Maskani bora 28. Kuacha kufanya neno 29. Maisha ya mti 30. Wazo langu juu ya furaha 31. Marafiki 32. Ubora wa ibada 33. Shida ya chakula 34. Wakati wa uanafunzi 35. Nikitajirika 36. Mama mmoja mwema hushinda walimu wa ulimwengu 37. Kuandika kwa chapa 38. Arusi ya Kiswahili 39. Utii 40. Majirani 41. Vitabu 42. Kusudi langu katika maisha 43. Ungestahabu lipi: Utajiri au umashuhuri? 44. Utu wema 45. Mwungwana 46. Uzalendo 47. Nchi ambayo ningependa sana kuzuru 48. Mazoezi ya mwili 49. Kuhurumia wanyama 50. Tahadhari kabla ya athari 51. Yote ing’aayo usiseme dhahabu 52. Wenzi wema 53. Amani 54. Kazi madaraka ya gazeti 55. Lugha ya watu wote Afrika Mashariki 56. Umaskini 57. Mauti 58. Sifa 59. Uzuri Fahirisi Maana ya maneno mengine yaliyotumiwa kitabuni

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Affiche du document Publishing from the South — Publishing from the South
Sarah Nuttall
2h17min15
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183 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h17min.
This multi-authored volume offers a deep dive into the history, sociology, and politics of the oldest South African university press.In 2022 Wits University Press marked its centenary, making it the oldest university press in sub-Saharan Africa. While in part modelled on scholarly publishers from the global North, it has had to contend with the constraints of working under global South conditions: marginalisation within the university, budgetary limitations, small local markets, unequal access to international distribution and sales channels, and the privileging of English language publishing over indigenous languages. This volume showcases the history and achievements of the Press: from documenting its evolution through book covers and giving credence to some of the leading black intellectuals and writers of the early 20th century and the success of their works in spite of their authors’ racial marginalisation, to the role of women both in publishing and in the spaces afforded to women’s writing on the Press’s list. The collection concludes with author essays on the politics and experiences of choosing and working with a global South publisher. The collection shows the strategies deployed by the Press to professionalise Southern knowledge making and how local university presses support the scholarly mission of their universities for local and global audiences.Figures Acknowledgements Introduction: Experiments in Writing the History of a University Press – Sarah Nuttall and Isabel Hofmeyr Part 1 Covers and Contracts Chapter 1 Uncovered: One Hundred Years of Book Covers – Kirsten Perkins and Corina van der Spoel Chapter 2 Relations, Contracts, and Books at Wits University Press: 1922–1962 – Jonathan Klaaren Part 2 Southern Contradictions and Black Contributors Chapter 3 B. W. Vilakazi, Ithongo Lokwazi: The Muse of Knowledge – Hlonipha Mokoena Chapter 4 ‘The Hidden Matters of the Black People’: John Henderson Soga and The South-Eastern Bantu – Natasha Erlank Chapter 5 Clement M. Doke and the Bantu Treasury: Laying Aesthetic Foundations for Modern African Literature – Innocentia Mhlambi Chapter 6 Paratextual Framings of the isiXhosa Volumes in the African Treasury Series – Athambile Masola and Sanele kaNtshingana Chapter 7 African Studies, a Journal on a Fault Line – Isabel Hofmeyr Chapter 8 Palaeosciences through Wits University Press Publications – Amanda Esterhuysen Part 3 Women in the House Chapter 9 Writing While Female: Merit, Market and Gatekeeping in Academic Publishing – Shireen Hassim Chapter 10 Writing the (Female) Biography of a Publishing House – Elizabeth le Roux Chapter 11 ‘That Body of [not only] Men’: Margaret Hutchings’ History of Wits University Press – Veronica Klipp Part 4 Reading Wits Press Through Our Books Chapter 12 Book Paradise: Publishing Regarding Muslims and Surfacing with Wits University Press – Gabeba Baderoon Chapter 13 On Academic Inclusion, or A Story of Three Books – Srila Roy Chapter 14 Experiments in Publishing: A Journey with Academic, Commercial, Independent and Academic Publishers – Siphiwo Mahala Chapter 15 The Psychologist Who had a Lingering Hope of Being a Fiction Writer: Noel Chabani Manganyi – Kopano Ratele Chapter 16 Translated Authorship and Language Futures – Achille Mbembe Afterword: Time-Travelling in the Archive – Ivan Vladislavić Contributors Index

Publishing from the South
Sarah Nuttall
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183 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h17min.
This multi-authored volume offers a deep dive into the history, sociology, and politics of the oldest South African university press.In 2022 Wits University Press marked its centenary, making it the oldest university press in sub-Saharan Africa. While in part modelled on scholarly publishers from the global North, it has had to contend with the constraints of working under global South conditions: marginalisation within the university, budgetary limitations, small local markets, unequal access to international distribution and sales channels, and the privileging of English language publishing over indigenous languages. This volume showcases the history and achievements of the Press: from documenting its evolution through book covers and giving credence to some of the leading black intellectuals and writers of the early 20th century and the success of their works in spite of their authors’ racial marginalisation, to the role of women both in publishing and in the spaces afforded to women’s writing on the Press’s list. The collection concludes with author essays on the politics and experiences of choosing and working with a global South publisher. The collection shows the strategies deployed by the Press to professionalise Southern knowledge making and how local university presses support the scholarly mission of their universities for local and global audiences.Figures Acknowledgements Introduction: Experiments in Writing the History of a University Press – Sarah Nuttall and Isabel Hofmeyr Part 1 Covers and Contracts Chapter 1 Uncovered: One Hundred Years of Book Covers – Kirsten Perkins and Corina van der Spoel Chapter 2 Relations, Contracts, and Books at Wits University Press: 1922–1962 – Jonathan Klaaren Part 2 Southern Contradictions and Black Contributors Chapter 3 B. W. Vilakazi, Ithongo Lokwazi: The Muse of Knowledge – Hlonipha Mokoena Chapter 4 ‘The Hidden Matters of the Black People’: John Henderson Soga and The South-Eastern Bantu – Natasha Erlank Chapter 5 Clement M. Doke and the Bantu Treasury: Laying Aesthetic Foundations for Modern African Literature – Innocentia Mhlambi Chapter 6 Paratextual Framings of the isiXhosa Volumes in the African Treasury Series – Athambile Masola and Sanele kaNtshingana Chapter 7 African Studies, a Journal on a Fault Line – Isabel Hofmeyr Chapter 8 Palaeosciences through Wits University Press Publications – Amanda Esterhuysen Part 3 Women in the House Chapter 9 Writing While Female: Merit, Market and Gatekeeping in Academic Publishing – Shireen Hassim Chapter 10 Writing the (Female) Biography of a Publishing House – Elizabeth le Roux Chapter 11 ‘That Body of [not only] Men’: Margaret Hutchings’ History of Wits University Press – Veronica Klipp Part 4 Reading Wits Press Through Our Books Chapter 12 Book Paradise: Publishing Regarding Muslims and Surfacing with Wits University Press – Gabeba Baderoon Chapter 13 On Academic Inclusion, or A Story of Three Books – Srila Roy Chapter 14 Experiments in Publishing: A Journey with Academic, Commercial, Independent and Academic Publishers – Siphiwo Mahala Chapter 15 The Psychologist Who had a Lingering Hope of Being a Fiction Writer: Noel Chabani Manganyi – Kopano Ratele Chapter 16 Translated Authorship and Language Futures – Achille Mbembe Afterword: Time-Travelling in the Archive – Ivan Vladislavić Contributors Index

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Affiche du document Darkest Before Dawn — Darkest Before Dawn
Derek Hook
3h03min00
Politique
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244 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 3h03min.
A collection of Robert Sobukwe's political writings, speeches and court testimonies supplemented by an account of his years in Kimberley following his release from Robben Island.Darkest Before Dawn captures the story of the years Robert Sobukwe, the founder of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania, spent in Kimberley after his release from Robben Island. It includes political writings, speeches, unpublished court testimonies and interviews from this period. The biographical narrative by the editors and images from Sobukwe’s life demonstrate the many challenges he faced. His continued political resolve to fight for an end to apartheid is captured in the letters he exchanged with friends and admirers, including the celebrated novelist Bessie Head whose letters to Sobukwe are published here for the first time. Sobukwe continued to meet political allies, such as Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko, pursue a legal career and play host to international visitors in spite of banning orders. The portrait that emerges is that of a highly ethical man, a figure of dignity and fortitude, and a wise elder whose commitment to the vision of Pan-Africanism remained undeterred, despite being forced to live under near impossible conditions, in his final years. To do justice to Sobukwe’s intellectual contribution and his unfailing desire to pursue liberation for African people, Darkest Before Dawn includes expansive annotations by the compilers and ends with a reflective essay which highlights the ongoing pertinence of his legacy.List of Illustrations Preface: Hearing Sobukwe Acknowledgements Permissions Part I: Introduction ‘The Sun Here Is Scorching’: Robert Sobukwe, Kimberley, 1969–1978 Part II: Sobukwe’s Speeches, Articles and Court Testimonies Introduction Chapter 1 Address on Behalf of the Graduating Class at Fort Hare College: ‘Completers’ Social’ Speech by Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, 21 October 1949 Chapter 2 Forward to 1958! Editorial by Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, The Africanist, December 1957 Chapter 3 The Nature of the Struggle Today: Article by Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe (attributed to Potlako Leballo), The Africanist, December 1957 Chapter 4 Future of the Africanist Movement: Questions and Answers by Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, The Africanist, January 1959 Chapter 5 Manifesto of the Africanist Movement: Ratified at the PAC Inaugural Convention, Orlando, Johannesburg, 4–6 April 1959 Chapter 6 Opening Address: by Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe to the PAC Inaugural Convention, Orlando, Johannesburg, 4–6 April 1959 Chapter 7 The State of the Nation: Speech by Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe on ‘National Heroes’ Day’, 2 August 1959 Chapter 8 One Central Government in Africa: Draft Article by Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, March 1960 Chapter 9 R. vs Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe and Others, April 1960 Chapter 10 Robert Sobukwe’s Testimony in R. vs Monyake and Others, September 1960 Part III: Interviews Chapter 11 ‘We Africanists’: Gail Gerhart Interviews Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, 1970 Chapter 12 ‘He Was the Intellectual, Completely’: Derek Hook Interviews Joe Thloloe, 2014 Part IV: Conclusion The Afterlife of Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Index

Darkest Before Dawn
Derek Hook
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A collection of Robert Sobukwe's political writings, speeches and court testimonies supplemented by an account of his years in Kimberley following his release from Robben Island.Darkest Before Dawn captures the story of the years Robert Sobukwe, the founder of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania, spent in Kimberley after his release from Robben Island. It includes political writings, speeches, unpublished court testimonies and interviews from this period. The biographical narrative by the editors and images from Sobukwe’s life demonstrate the many challenges he faced. His continued political resolve to fight for an end to apartheid is captured in the letters he exchanged with friends and admirers, including the celebrated novelist Bessie Head whose letters to Sobukwe are published here for the first time. Sobukwe continued to meet political allies, such as Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko, pursue a legal career and play host to international visitors in spite of banning orders. The portrait that emerges is that of a highly ethical man, a figure of dignity and fortitude, and a wise elder whose commitment to the vision of Pan-Africanism remained undeterred, despite being forced to live under near impossible conditions, in his final years. To do justice to Sobukwe’s intellectual contribution and his unfailing desire to pursue liberation for African people, Darkest Before Dawn includes expansive annotations by the compilers and ends with a reflective essay which highlights the ongoing pertinence of his legacy.List of Illustrations Preface: Hearing Sobukwe Acknowledgements Permissions Part I: Introduction ‘The Sun Here Is Scorching’: Robert Sobukwe, Kimberley, 1969–1978 Part II: Sobukwe’s Speeches, Articles and Court Testimonies Introduction Chapter 1 Address on Behalf of the Graduating Class at Fort Hare College: ‘Completers’ Social’ Speech by Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, 21 October 1949 Chapter 2 Forward to 1958! Editorial by Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, The Africanist, December 1957 Chapter 3 The Nature of the Struggle Today: Article by Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe (attributed to Potlako Leballo), The Africanist, December 1957 Chapter 4 Future of the Africanist Movement: Questions and Answers by Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, The Africanist, January 1959 Chapter 5 Manifesto of the Africanist Movement: Ratified at the PAC Inaugural Convention, Orlando, Johannesburg, 4–6 April 1959 Chapter 6 Opening Address: by Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe to the PAC Inaugural Convention, Orlando, Johannesburg, 4–6 April 1959 Chapter 7 The State of the Nation: Speech by Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe on ‘National Heroes’ Day’, 2 August 1959 Chapter 8 One Central Government in Africa: Draft Article by Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, March 1960 Chapter 9 R. vs Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe and Others, April 1960 Chapter 10 Robert Sobukwe’s Testimony in R. vs Monyake and Others, September 1960 Part III: Interviews Chapter 11 ‘We Africanists’: Gail Gerhart Interviews Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, 1970 Chapter 12 ‘He Was the Intellectual, Completely’: Derek Hook Interviews Joe Thloloe, 2014 Part IV: Conclusion The Afterlife of Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Index

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Affiche du document The Times Do Not Permit — The Times Do Not Permit
Christine Lucia
2h23min15
Musique
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This biography of Michael Mosoeu Moerane (1904-1980) surveys the unique life, times and music of the first classically educated African composer in southern Africa.The Times Do Not Permit is the first extended overview of the life, times, and music of Michael Mosoeu Moerane (1904-1980), an African composer brought up in rural South Africa in the early twentieth century, one of many mission-trained musicians who wrote short a cappella choral works for churches and schools. It explores the political changes and social conditions that made life for Moerane both possible and impossible as a composer. He was the first black South African to qualify with a BMus degree in 1941. However, this caused difficulties for him both within the African choral circuit, where his advanced modernist style was considered strange and difficult, and within white concert life, from which he was largely excluded. Lucia describes his ancestry, upbringing, education and teaching career, and offers an analysis of his music: his famous symphonic poem, Fatšo La Heso, and four of his choral pieces, grouped to reflect the major themes he expressed. The Times Do Not Permit is supplemented with interviews with those who knew Moerane and ends with a coda of professional letters to, from, and about him that gives his voice a presence in the absence of much personal documentation.List of Illustrations Musical Examples Acknowledgements Acronyms and Abbreviations Map of Southern Africa showing key places in Moerane’s life Timeline of Political Events: 1880–1991 Preface Introduction: Moerane in Life and Literature Chapter 1 The House of Moerane Chapter 2 Moerane the Student Chapter 3 Moerane the Teacher and Composer Chapter 4 Moerane in Correspondence Chapter 5 The Symphonic Poem Fatše La Heso (My Country) Chapter 6 Moerane and the Choral Movement in Southern Africa Chapter 7 Moerane’s Spiritual Songs Chapter 8 Songs about Family, Community and Tradition Chapter 9 Songs of Love and Loss Chapter 10 Conclusion Appendix: Catalogue of Works by Michael Mosoeu Moerane Glossary of Musical Terms Notes Bibliography Index

The Times Do Not Permit
Christine Lucia
2h23min15
Musique
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This biography of Michael Mosoeu Moerane (1904-1980) surveys the unique life, times and music of the first classically educated African composer in southern Africa.The Times Do Not Permit is the first extended overview of the life, times, and music of Michael Mosoeu Moerane (1904-1980), an African composer brought up in rural South Africa in the early twentieth century, one of many mission-trained musicians who wrote short a cappella choral works for churches and schools. It explores the political changes and social conditions that made life for Moerane both possible and impossible as a composer. He was the first black South African to qualify with a BMus degree in 1941. However, this caused difficulties for him both within the African choral circuit, where his advanced modernist style was considered strange and difficult, and within white concert life, from which he was largely excluded. Lucia describes his ancestry, upbringing, education and teaching career, and offers an analysis of his music: his famous symphonic poem, Fatšo La Heso, and four of his choral pieces, grouped to reflect the major themes he expressed. The Times Do Not Permit is supplemented with interviews with those who knew Moerane and ends with a coda of professional letters to, from, and about him that gives his voice a presence in the absence of much personal documentation.List of Illustrations Musical Examples Acknowledgements Acronyms and Abbreviations Map of Southern Africa showing key places in Moerane’s life Timeline of Political Events: 1880–1991 Preface Introduction: Moerane in Life and Literature Chapter 1 The House of Moerane Chapter 2 Moerane the Student Chapter 3 Moerane the Teacher and Composer Chapter 4 Moerane in Correspondence Chapter 5 The Symphonic Poem Fatše La Heso (My Country) Chapter 6 Moerane and the Choral Movement in Southern Africa Chapter 7 Moerane’s Spiritual Songs Chapter 8 Songs about Family, Community and Tradition Chapter 9 Songs of Love and Loss Chapter 10 Conclusion Appendix: Catalogue of Works by Michael Mosoeu Moerane Glossary of Musical Terms Notes Bibliography Index

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Affiche du document Apartheid Spies and the Revolutionary Underground — Apartheid Spies and the Revolutionary Underground
William Keniston
3h06min45
Histoire
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249 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 3h7min.
Addresses the complex interplay between the apartheid state’s security services and its radical opponents, unveiling hidden struggles and offering unique insights into South Africa's liberation history.This is the first book-length account of the assassination of Jeanette and Katryn Schoon on 28 June 1984, ordered by Craig Williamson, a member of the security service and apartheid spy. Jeanette Curtis Schoon and Craig Williamson first met in 1973 at Wits University. Schoon was part of a network of white activists fighting apartheid; Williamson had successfully infiltrated the student movement and rose within its ranks. He held positions of trust, first within the National Union of South African Students and later, after pretending to ‘flee’ the country, as an office-bearer of the International Universities Exchange Fund in Sweden, which helped fund many South African activists in exile. The book uncovers how the lives of a group of white activists intersected with and were impacted by the undercover security police and their operations both within and outside of South Africa in a multitude of ways. Williamson received amnesty for his role in the Schoons’ murder, among other crimes. This book shows the limits of the TRC process to deliver social justice and render healing from South Africa’s apartheid past. That justice has not been served to the Schoons remains a tragedy in this story of struggle against apartheid.Preface Acknowledgements Acronyms and abbreviations Timeline Introduction Prologue: The Assassination, 1984 Part 1 From Student Radicals to Post-student People, 1972–1976 Chapter 1 Student Radicals Chapter 2 Post-student People Part 2 Cover Stories and Undercover Stories, Botswana & Geneva, 1977–1980 Chapter 3 Cover Stories Chapter 4 Undercover Stories Chapter 5 Exposing Craig Williamson Chapter 6 The Damage is Done Part 3 Furthering the Aims, 1980–1983 Chapter 7 Arrests and Detention Chapter 8 The Trials Part 4 Forced Asylum, 1981–1984 Chapter 9 No Asylum from Her Majesty Chapter 10 A Kind of Asylum Epilogue: Amnesty and Justice, 1995–2007 Bibliography Index

Apartheid Spies and the Revolutionary Underground
William Keniston
3h06min45
Histoire
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249 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 3h7min.
Addresses the complex interplay between the apartheid state’s security services and its radical opponents, unveiling hidden struggles and offering unique insights into South Africa's liberation history.This is the first book-length account of the assassination of Jeanette and Katryn Schoon on 28 June 1984, ordered by Craig Williamson, a member of the security service and apartheid spy. Jeanette Curtis Schoon and Craig Williamson first met in 1973 at Wits University. Schoon was part of a network of white activists fighting apartheid; Williamson had successfully infiltrated the student movement and rose within its ranks. He held positions of trust, first within the National Union of South African Students and later, after pretending to ‘flee’ the country, as an office-bearer of the International Universities Exchange Fund in Sweden, which helped fund many South African activists in exile. The book uncovers how the lives of a group of white activists intersected with and were impacted by the undercover security police and their operations both within and outside of South Africa in a multitude of ways. Williamson received amnesty for his role in the Schoons’ murder, among other crimes. This book shows the limits of the TRC process to deliver social justice and render healing from South Africa’s apartheid past. That justice has not been served to the Schoons remains a tragedy in this story of struggle against apartheid.Preface Acknowledgements Acronyms and abbreviations Timeline Introduction Prologue: The Assassination, 1984 Part 1 From Student Radicals to Post-student People, 1972–1976 Chapter 1 Student Radicals Chapter 2 Post-student People Part 2 Cover Stories and Undercover Stories, Botswana & Geneva, 1977–1980 Chapter 3 Cover Stories Chapter 4 Undercover Stories Chapter 5 Exposing Craig Williamson Chapter 6 The Damage is Done Part 3 Furthering the Aims, 1980–1983 Chapter 7 Arrests and Detention Chapter 8 The Trials Part 4 Forced Asylum, 1981–1984 Chapter 9 No Asylum from Her Majesty Chapter 10 A Kind of Asylum Epilogue: Amnesty and Justice, 1995–2007 Bibliography Index

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Affiche du document Inzuzo — Inzuzo
Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi
52min30
Poésie
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70 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 52min.
This classic anthology includes poems about religion, nature, life and praise poems about historical events and prominent figures in the history of Africans.Inzuzo is a classic poetry collection from 1943 that comprises five sections: Izabelo (Distributions), Izibongo ezingokufa nokuthwasa komnyaka (Poems about death and the beginning of the year), Izibongo ezingabafi bethu (Poems about the dead), Izibongo ngabawele iilwandle (Poems about people who have travelled overseas) and Ingqokelela (Collection). In each section, Mqhayi proved himself to be a literary writer with the ability and skill to combine the style of a traditional poet with modern poetry. This ability is most evident in the first section called Izabelo with poems that are composed in a manner that demonstrate western influence in their structure. Mqhayi’s poetry is also a storehouse of historical events as depicted in poems such Umnyaka omtsha, 1915 (New Year 1915), Aa! Zweliyazuza! (Hail Great Britain on whom the sun never sets!), and Umfikazi uCharlotte Manyhi Maxeke, a tribute to Charlotte Manyhi Maxeke. In these poems, his masterful style as a praise poet is distinct. The poems contained in the book portray Mqhayi as a religious poet, social poet, and poet of the people who took a keen interest in the welfare of his people and embraced African culture. Known as the father of isiXhosa contemporary and traditional poetry, Mqhayi was a well-known imbongi (praise poet) who was revered as Imbongi yeSizwe Jikelele (National Poet).

Inzuzo
Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi
52min30
Poésie
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70 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 52min.
This classic anthology includes poems about religion, nature, life and praise poems about historical events and prominent figures in the history of Africans.Inzuzo is a classic poetry collection from 1943 that comprises five sections: Izabelo (Distributions), Izibongo ezingokufa nokuthwasa komnyaka (Poems about death and the beginning of the year), Izibongo ezingabafi bethu (Poems about the dead), Izibongo ngabawele iilwandle (Poems about people who have travelled overseas) and Ingqokelela (Collection). In each section, Mqhayi proved himself to be a literary writer with the ability and skill to combine the style of a traditional poet with modern poetry. This ability is most evident in the first section called Izabelo with poems that are composed in a manner that demonstrate western influence in their structure. Mqhayi’s poetry is also a storehouse of historical events as depicted in poems such Umnyaka omtsha, 1915 (New Year 1915), Aa! Zweliyazuza! (Hail Great Britain on whom the sun never sets!), and Umfikazi uCharlotte Manyhi Maxeke, a tribute to Charlotte Manyhi Maxeke. In these poems, his masterful style as a praise poet is distinct. The poems contained in the book portray Mqhayi as a religious poet, social poet, and poet of the people who took a keen interest in the welfare of his people and embraced African culture. Known as the father of isiXhosa contemporary and traditional poetry, Mqhayi was a well-known imbongi (praise poet) who was revered as Imbongi yeSizwe Jikelele (National Poet).

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Affiche du document Bram Fischer Wals — Bram Fischer Wals
Harry Kalmer
57min00
Divers
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Die vele fasette van die merkwaardige man word uitgebeeld in Die Bram Fischer Wals en die gehoor word op ’n emosionele reis geneem soos Fischer se verhaal ontvou.Hoewel hy algemeen bekend is as die Afrikaner-Kommunis wat vir Nelson Mandela van die galg gered het, is bitter min bekend oor Bram Fischer die man. Fischer was 'n gerespekteerde senior advokaat by die Johannesburgse Balie, wat gekies het om hom by die onderdruktes te skaar en wat ondergronds gegaan het om by die gewapende stryd aan te sluit. Hy is op 5 November 1965 in hegtenis geneem nadat hy vir bykans tien maande op vlug was. “Ek is dit verskuldig aan politieke gevangenes, aan die uitgewekenes, aan dié wat stilgemaak is en diegene onder huisarres om nie 'n toeskouer te bly nie, maar op te tree.” Ná Bram Fischer dié woorde uit sy verklaring voorgelees het, wat hy in die beskuldigdebank tydens sy hoogverraadverhoor gelewer het, is hy lewenslange tronkstraf opgelê. Fischer was onwrikbaar verbind tot die droom van ’n nie-rassige demokrasie, maar ook ’n humoristiese, opgewekte mens en ’n toegewyde gesinsman vir sy vrou en kinders. Die vele fasette van die merkwaardige man word weerspieel in Die Bram Fischer Wals, Harry Kalmer se liriese huldeblyk. Die bondige, maar kragtige solostuk, met die protagonis as die verteller, neem die gehoor op 'n emosionele reis soos Fischer se verhaal ontvou. Die teks word aangevul met 'n voorwoord deur adv. George Bizos, 'n inleiding deur die dramaturg waarin hy vertel oor die pad wat daartoe gelei het dat hy die drama geskryf het en 'n nawoord deur Yvonne Malan, getiteld “Die krag van morele moed”.Voorwoord: Wie was Bram Fischer? – George Bizos SC Op soek na Bram Fischer – Harry Kalmer Tydlyn/Sleuteloomblikke Die Bram Fischer Walz Nawoord: Bram Fischer – Die mag van morele waagmoed – Yvonne Malan

Bram Fischer Wals
Harry Kalmer
57min00
Divers
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Die vele fasette van die merkwaardige man word uitgebeeld in Die Bram Fischer Wals en die gehoor word op ’n emosionele reis geneem soos Fischer se verhaal ontvou.Hoewel hy algemeen bekend is as die Afrikaner-Kommunis wat vir Nelson Mandela van die galg gered het, is bitter min bekend oor Bram Fischer die man. Fischer was 'n gerespekteerde senior advokaat by die Johannesburgse Balie, wat gekies het om hom by die onderdruktes te skaar en wat ondergronds gegaan het om by die gewapende stryd aan te sluit. Hy is op 5 November 1965 in hegtenis geneem nadat hy vir bykans tien maande op vlug was. “Ek is dit verskuldig aan politieke gevangenes, aan die uitgewekenes, aan dié wat stilgemaak is en diegene onder huisarres om nie 'n toeskouer te bly nie, maar op te tree.” Ná Bram Fischer dié woorde uit sy verklaring voorgelees het, wat hy in die beskuldigdebank tydens sy hoogverraadverhoor gelewer het, is hy lewenslange tronkstraf opgelê. Fischer was onwrikbaar verbind tot die droom van ’n nie-rassige demokrasie, maar ook ’n humoristiese, opgewekte mens en ’n toegewyde gesinsman vir sy vrou en kinders. Die vele fasette van die merkwaardige man word weerspieel in Die Bram Fischer Wals, Harry Kalmer se liriese huldeblyk. Die bondige, maar kragtige solostuk, met die protagonis as die verteller, neem die gehoor op 'n emosionele reis soos Fischer se verhaal ontvou. Die teks word aangevul met 'n voorwoord deur adv. George Bizos, 'n inleiding deur die dramaturg waarin hy vertel oor die pad wat daartoe gelei het dat hy die drama geskryf het en 'n nawoord deur Yvonne Malan, getiteld “Die krag van morele moed”.Voorwoord: Wie was Bram Fischer? – George Bizos SC Op soek na Bram Fischer – Harry Kalmer Tydlyn/Sleuteloomblikke Die Bram Fischer Walz Nawoord: Bram Fischer – Die mag van morele waagmoed – Yvonne Malan

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Affiche du document Corrupted — Corrupted
Jonathan D Jansen
1h50min15
Etudes supérieures
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147 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h50min.
This book offers new explanations for the state of chronic dysfunction at some South African universities and offers solutions to bringing an elusive stability to higher education.Why do some universities seem to be in a constant state of turmoil and dysfunction? Jonathan Jansen explores the root causes of chronic instability in a sample of South African universities. Through scrutiny of investigatory reports and interviews with more than 100 university managers and government officials, Jansen finds that at the heart of the dysfunction in universities is an intense and sometimes deadly competition for resources especially on campuses located in impoverished communities. It is not the lack of institutional resources but their concentration in a university that draws a mix of corrupt actors from local politicians and taxi operators to members of council and management into a never-ending run on the material (such as money for infrastructure) and symbolic (namely, graduation certificates for sale) assets of these institutions. Jansen argues that the problem won’t be solved through investments in ‘capacity building’ alone because the combination of institutional capacity and institutional integrity contributes to serial instability in universities. Jansen makes an important intervention to understanding the root causes and offers interventions to produce stabilities such as the depoliticisation of university councils and appointing academics of integrity and capacity in the management and leadership of these fragile institutions. This groundbreaking and long overdue study will offer a promising way forward for universities to better serve their communities and the country more broadly.Acknowledgements Acronyms and Abbreviations Map of South African Universities Chapter 1 A study of chronic dysfunction in universities Chapter 2 Historical roots of dysfunction: Shaping the South African university Chapter 3 Dysfunctionality in universities: A political economy perspective Chapter 4 A personal journey through the political economy of universities Chapter 5: Casting long shadows: How history shapes the politics of universities in South Africa Chapter 6 The university as a concentrated and exploitable resource Chapter 7 The university as a criminal enterprise Chapter 8 The micropolitics of corruption in universities Chapter 9 The twin roots of chronic dysfunctionality in universities Chapter 10 Rethinking and rebuilding dysfunctional South African universities Appendices References Index

Corrupted
Jonathan D Jansen
1h50min15
Etudes supérieures
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147 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h50min.
This book offers new explanations for the state of chronic dysfunction at some South African universities and offers solutions to bringing an elusive stability to higher education.Why do some universities seem to be in a constant state of turmoil and dysfunction? Jonathan Jansen explores the root causes of chronic instability in a sample of South African universities. Through scrutiny of investigatory reports and interviews with more than 100 university managers and government officials, Jansen finds that at the heart of the dysfunction in universities is an intense and sometimes deadly competition for resources especially on campuses located in impoverished communities. It is not the lack of institutional resources but their concentration in a university that draws a mix of corrupt actors from local politicians and taxi operators to members of council and management into a never-ending run on the material (such as money for infrastructure) and symbolic (namely, graduation certificates for sale) assets of these institutions. Jansen argues that the problem won’t be solved through investments in ‘capacity building’ alone because the combination of institutional capacity and institutional integrity contributes to serial instability in universities. Jansen makes an important intervention to understanding the root causes and offers interventions to produce stabilities such as the depoliticisation of university councils and appointing academics of integrity and capacity in the management and leadership of these fragile institutions. This groundbreaking and long overdue study will offer a promising way forward for universities to better serve their communities and the country more broadly.Acknowledgements Acronyms and Abbreviations Map of South African Universities Chapter 1 A study of chronic dysfunction in universities Chapter 2 Historical roots of dysfunction: Shaping the South African university Chapter 3 Dysfunctionality in universities: A political economy perspective Chapter 4 A personal journey through the political economy of universities Chapter 5: Casting long shadows: How history shapes the politics of universities in South Africa Chapter 6 The university as a concentrated and exploitable resource Chapter 7 The university as a criminal enterprise Chapter 8 The micropolitics of corruption in universities Chapter 9 The twin roots of chronic dysfunctionality in universities Chapter 10 Rethinking and rebuilding dysfunctional South African universities Appendices References Index

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Affiche du document Fighting an Invisible Enemy — Fighting an Invisible Enemy
Barry Schoub
1h21min45
Medecine
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109 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h22min.
A history of the establishment and role of the public health organisation, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) in South Africa.Fighting an Invisible Enemy narrates the development of the internationally renowned National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) in South Africa from its foundations in the early twentieth century as the South African Institute for Medical Research and, later, the National Institute for Virology. It started humbly and faced daunting obstacles: financial restrictions, international isolation during the apartheid era and political interference both during and after apartheid. The institute plays a crucial role in the ongoing global effort to eradicate polio, and its HIV research unit has become a world leader. Its multidisciplinary laboratories and epidemiologists support the constant surveillance of communicable diseases and provide alerts for any signal of an impending outbreak or pandemic. The NICD is a flagship public health organisation in South Africa, and this book, enhanced by images of its projects and facilities, paints a vivid portrait of its accomplishments. It will be of interest to public health specialists and activists, as well as a more general audience.List of Illustrations Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Acronyms and Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1 The Early Seeds Chapter 2 The National Institute for Virology Chapter 3 Putting Together the National Institute for Communicable Diseases Chapter 4 Surveillance of Communicable Diseases Chapter 5 The Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers of Africa Chapter 6 Facing the HIV /Aids Pandemic Chapter 7 Vaccination and the Eradication of Disease Chapter 8 Epidemics, Pandemics and New Communicable Diseases Epilogue Appendices References Index

Fighting an Invisible Enemy
Barry Schoub
1h21min45
Medecine
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109 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h22min.
A history of the establishment and role of the public health organisation, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) in South Africa.Fighting an Invisible Enemy narrates the development of the internationally renowned National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) in South Africa from its foundations in the early twentieth century as the South African Institute for Medical Research and, later, the National Institute for Virology. It started humbly and faced daunting obstacles: financial restrictions, international isolation during the apartheid era and political interference both during and after apartheid. The institute plays a crucial role in the ongoing global effort to eradicate polio, and its HIV research unit has become a world leader. Its multidisciplinary laboratories and epidemiologists support the constant surveillance of communicable diseases and provide alerts for any signal of an impending outbreak or pandemic. The NICD is a flagship public health organisation in South Africa, and this book, enhanced by images of its projects and facilities, paints a vivid portrait of its accomplishments. It will be of interest to public health specialists and activists, as well as a more general audience.List of Illustrations Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Acronyms and Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1 The Early Seeds Chapter 2 The National Institute for Virology Chapter 3 Putting Together the National Institute for Communicable Diseases Chapter 4 Surveillance of Communicable Diseases Chapter 5 The Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers of Africa Chapter 6 Facing the HIV /Aids Pandemic Chapter 7 Vaccination and the Eradication of Disease Chapter 8 Epidemics, Pandemics and New Communicable Diseases Epilogue Appendices References Index

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Affiche du document Predicaments of Knowledge — Predicaments of Knowledge
Suren Pillay
58min30
Politique
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78 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 58min.
These essays contribute to the debate about what it means to decolonise, deracialise, and transform knowledge after apartheid by problematising and clarifying the stakes involved.Predicaments of Knowledge explores the difficult questions South African universities face after apartheid: Is there a difference between Africanising a university and decolonising a university? Or between deracialising and decolonising curricula taught at universities across disciplines? Through a range of reflections on race, language, colonial, postcolonial and decolonial knowledge projects this book clarifies the pitfalls and possibilities that face a post-apartheid generation inventing the future of knowledge. Current plans to ‘decolonise’ the university after apartheid often conflate three distinct but equally important imperatives: decolonisation, deracialisation and Africanisation. These distinction between decolonisation and deracialisation is sometimes conflated in the political demands put to universities as well. By parsing out the distinction between decolonisation, deracialisation and Africanisation Suren Pillay emphasises all three as important but distinct imperatives. Drawing on more than two and half decades of the author’s participation in these debates, the essays gathered here are to be read as ‘interventions’ in a larger living debate. They elucidate what our predicaments might be rather than foreclose debate or solutions and are dialogical in spirit even when occasionally polemical in tone. They self-consciously seek to be in conversation with prior continental African and Latin American experiences, as well as offer reflections on current South African debates.Foreword Acknowledgements Acronyms and Abbreviations Introduction: The University, Then and Now Chapter 1: Anticolonial Nationalism and Worldliness: Remaking the Humanities after Apartheid Chapter 2: Between Transformation, Deracialisation and Decolonisation Chapter 3 Provincialising Decolonial Theory: Comparing the Legacies of Colonialism in Africa and Latin America Chapter 4: Conquests, Contracts and Modernity: Political Theory and Teaching the State in Africa Chapter 5 Justice and the Historically Disadvantaged Chapter 6 Decolonising the History of Scientific Ways of Knowing Conclusion Bibliography Index

Predicaments of Knowledge
Suren Pillay
58min30
Politique
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These essays contribute to the debate about what it means to decolonise, deracialise, and transform knowledge after apartheid by problematising and clarifying the stakes involved.Predicaments of Knowledge explores the difficult questions South African universities face after apartheid: Is there a difference between Africanising a university and decolonising a university? Or between deracialising and decolonising curricula taught at universities across disciplines? Through a range of reflections on race, language, colonial, postcolonial and decolonial knowledge projects this book clarifies the pitfalls and possibilities that face a post-apartheid generation inventing the future of knowledge. Current plans to ‘decolonise’ the university after apartheid often conflate three distinct but equally important imperatives: decolonisation, deracialisation and Africanisation. These distinction between decolonisation and deracialisation is sometimes conflated in the political demands put to universities as well. By parsing out the distinction between decolonisation, deracialisation and Africanisation Suren Pillay emphasises all three as important but distinct imperatives. Drawing on more than two and half decades of the author’s participation in these debates, the essays gathered here are to be read as ‘interventions’ in a larger living debate. They elucidate what our predicaments might be rather than foreclose debate or solutions and are dialogical in spirit even when occasionally polemical in tone. They self-consciously seek to be in conversation with prior continental African and Latin American experiences, as well as offer reflections on current South African debates.Foreword Acknowledgements Acronyms and Abbreviations Introduction: The University, Then and Now Chapter 1: Anticolonial Nationalism and Worldliness: Remaking the Humanities after Apartheid Chapter 2: Between Transformation, Deracialisation and Decolonisation Chapter 3 Provincialising Decolonial Theory: Comparing the Legacies of Colonialism in Africa and Latin America Chapter 4: Conquests, Contracts and Modernity: Political Theory and Teaching the State in Africa Chapter 5 Justice and the Historically Disadvantaged Chapter 6 Decolonising the History of Scientific Ways of Knowing Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Affiche du document Rick Turner's Politics as the Art of the Impossible — Rick Turner's Politics as the Art of the Impossible
Daryl Glaser
2h12min00
Philosophie
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This collection revisits the work of Rick Turner, a South African political theorist, and addresses contemporary debates.Rick Turner was a South African academic and activist who rebelled against apartheid at the height of its power and was assassinated in 1978 when he was 32 years old, but his life and work are testimony to the power of philosophical thinking for humans everywhere. Turner chose to live freely in an unfree time and argued for a non-racial, socialist future in a context where this seemed unimaginable. This book considers Rick Turner’s challenge that political theorising requires thinking in a utopian way. Turner’s seminal book The Eye of the Needle: Towards a Participatory Democracy in South Africa laid out potent ideas on a radically different political and economic system. His demand was that we work to escape the limiting ideas of the present, carefully design a just future based on shared human values, and act to make it a reality, both politically and in our daily lives. The contributors to this volume engage critically with Turner’s work on race relations, his relationship with Steve Biko, his views on religion, education and gender oppression, his model of participatory democracy, and his critique of poverty and economic inequality. It’s an important contribution to contemporary thinking and activism.Acknowledgments Acronyms Introduction – Michael Onyebuchi Eze, Lawrence Hamilton, Laurence Piper and Gideon van Riet Part I Rick Turner and Contemporary Black Thinkers Chapter 1 Decolonising Resistance: Political Freedom in Rick Turner and Steve Biko – Michael Onyebuchi Eze Chapter 2 Race Political Change and Liberal Critiques: Richard Turner and Sam Nolutshungu – Ayesha Omar Chapter 3 On Biko’s Turn on Turner – Tendayi Sithole Part II Turner’s Theoretical Lacunae Chapter 4 Women in the Frame: Reading Rick Turner’s Eye of the Needle through Simone de Beauvoir’s Second Sex – Paula Ensor Chapter 5 Poverty and Misplaced Prioritisation: Evaluating ‘Human Models’ and ‘Value Systems’ - John S Sanni Chapter 6 Should We Take Turner’s Democratic Model Seriously? – Daryl Glaser Part III Turner and Teaching Philosophy Chapter 7 Rick Turner and Teaching Critical Theory – Laurence Piper Chapter 8 The Relevance of Rick Turner’s ‘Utopian Thinking’ for a Critical Pedagogy – Crain Soudien Part IV Rick Turner and the ‘Left’ Chapter 9 Rick Turner, an Aboveground Radical – Billy Keniston Chapter 10 Radical Contingency and Turner’s Enduring Message to Relative Privilege – Gideon van Riet Part V On the Nature of Political Theory Chapter 11 Rick Turner and the Vision of Engaged Political Philosophy – Christine Hobden Chapter 12 What is the Point of Political Theory? – Lawrence Hamilton Contributors Index

Rick Turner's Politics as the Art of the Impossible
Daryl Glaser
2h12min00
Philosophie
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This collection revisits the work of Rick Turner, a South African political theorist, and addresses contemporary debates.Rick Turner was a South African academic and activist who rebelled against apartheid at the height of its power and was assassinated in 1978 when he was 32 years old, but his life and work are testimony to the power of philosophical thinking for humans everywhere. Turner chose to live freely in an unfree time and argued for a non-racial, socialist future in a context where this seemed unimaginable. This book considers Rick Turner’s challenge that political theorising requires thinking in a utopian way. Turner’s seminal book The Eye of the Needle: Towards a Participatory Democracy in South Africa laid out potent ideas on a radically different political and economic system. His demand was that we work to escape the limiting ideas of the present, carefully design a just future based on shared human values, and act to make it a reality, both politically and in our daily lives. The contributors to this volume engage critically with Turner’s work on race relations, his relationship with Steve Biko, his views on religion, education and gender oppression, his model of participatory democracy, and his critique of poverty and economic inequality. It’s an important contribution to contemporary thinking and activism.Acknowledgments Acronyms Introduction – Michael Onyebuchi Eze, Lawrence Hamilton, Laurence Piper and Gideon van Riet Part I Rick Turner and Contemporary Black Thinkers Chapter 1 Decolonising Resistance: Political Freedom in Rick Turner and Steve Biko – Michael Onyebuchi Eze Chapter 2 Race Political Change and Liberal Critiques: Richard Turner and Sam Nolutshungu – Ayesha Omar Chapter 3 On Biko’s Turn on Turner – Tendayi Sithole Part II Turner’s Theoretical Lacunae Chapter 4 Women in the Frame: Reading Rick Turner’s Eye of the Needle through Simone de Beauvoir’s Second Sex – Paula Ensor Chapter 5 Poverty and Misplaced Prioritisation: Evaluating ‘Human Models’ and ‘Value Systems’ - John S Sanni Chapter 6 Should We Take Turner’s Democratic Model Seriously? – Daryl Glaser Part III Turner and Teaching Philosophy Chapter 7 Rick Turner and Teaching Critical Theory – Laurence Piper Chapter 8 The Relevance of Rick Turner’s ‘Utopian Thinking’ for a Critical Pedagogy – Crain Soudien Part IV Rick Turner and the ‘Left’ Chapter 9 Rick Turner, an Aboveground Radical – Billy Keniston Chapter 10 Radical Contingency and Turner’s Enduring Message to Relative Privilege – Gideon van Riet Part V On the Nature of Political Theory Chapter 11 Rick Turner and the Vision of Engaged Political Philosophy – Christine Hobden Chapter 12 What is the Point of Political Theory? – Lawrence Hamilton Contributors Index

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Affiche du document Why Men Hurt Women and Other Reflections on Love, Violence and Masculinity — Why Men Hurt Women and Other Reflections on Love, Violence and Masculinity
Kopano Ratele
2h12min00
Sciences humaines et sociales
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Using conversations, observations, and reflections on his personal experiences, work with men, and scholarship, psychologist Kopano Ratele meditates on love, violence and masculinity.This book seeks to imagine the possibility of a more loving masculinity in a society where structural violence, failures of government and economic inequality underpin much of the violent behaviour that men display. Enriched with personal reflections on his own experiences as a partner, father, psychologist and researcher in the field of men and masculinities, Why Men Hurt Women and Other Reflections on Love, Violence and Masculinity is Kopano Ratele’s meditation on love and violence, and the way these forces shape the emotional lives of boys and men. Blending academic substance and rigour in a readable narrative style, Ratele illuminates the complex nuances of gender, intimacy and power in the context of the human need for love and care. While unsparing in its analysis of men’s inner lives, Ratele lays out a path for addressing the hunger for love in boys and men. He argues that just as the beliefs and practices relating to gender, sexuality and the nature of love are constantly being challenged and revised, so our ideas about masculinity, and men’s and boys’ capacity to show genuine loving care for each other and for women, can evolve. Foreword by Raewyn Connell Part 1: Love 1 Why do women love men? 2 One ear turned inward and the other outward 3 Love needs 4 We can change how we love, but not without changing how we fight 5 Love hunger shows itself in many acts, and violence may be one of them 6 Why there is no love in the Plan 7 I love you, but I wish to hurt you 8 To love is to receive and to give 9 Talking matters 10 Listening carefully is an articulate act of love in action 11 Must love hurt? 12 The world is not yet ready for loving black boys 13 Producing and embodying the loving images we want of ourselves 14 If women stopped caring for men Part 2: Violence 15 ‘I am more scared of them’ 16 Men who speak with fists 17 Violence wears many faces 18 ‘Brothers, check yourselves!’ 19 ‘I have never raped anyone’ is not an achievement 20 Why is there violence where we expect to find love? 21 Really nice guys 22 ‘There was nothing suspicious about him’ 23 They don’t teach about sexual consent at university or at home 24 Jeanne and Emmanuel 25 Is the lesbian an alibi for an untenable model of masculinity? 26 Will we reduce rates of rape of women and children when we cannot face prison rape? Part 3: Masculinity 27 Trying to transform men is not a futile exercise, but it is slow and difficult work 28 A few key ideas to consider when thinking about men and changing masculinity 29 The politician told students you can’t ask for money from somebody who raped you 30 ‘Dad, look at me’ 31 ‘I have never hit a woman’ gets you no loving man award 32 Before death, before conception, in the many in-between moments, then repeat 33 Baldwin was a full man 34 The masculinity of a man who is a boy 35 Mr President, end patriarchy? 36 When work gets in the way of emotional connections 37 Love cannot escape power 38 What’s up with all this attention given to boys? 39 The fact of lovelessness in why men hurt others 40 Inheriting and passing down a loving masculinity Acknowledgements Index

Why Men Hurt Women and Other Reflections on Love, Violence and Masculinity
Kopano Ratele
2h12min00
Sciences humaines et sociales
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Using conversations, observations, and reflections on his personal experiences, work with men, and scholarship, psychologist Kopano Ratele meditates on love, violence and masculinity.This book seeks to imagine the possibility of a more loving masculinity in a society where structural violence, failures of government and economic inequality underpin much of the violent behaviour that men display. Enriched with personal reflections on his own experiences as a partner, father, psychologist and researcher in the field of men and masculinities, Why Men Hurt Women and Other Reflections on Love, Violence and Masculinity is Kopano Ratele’s meditation on love and violence, and the way these forces shape the emotional lives of boys and men. Blending academic substance and rigour in a readable narrative style, Ratele illuminates the complex nuances of gender, intimacy and power in the context of the human need for love and care. While unsparing in its analysis of men’s inner lives, Ratele lays out a path for addressing the hunger for love in boys and men. He argues that just as the beliefs and practices relating to gender, sexuality and the nature of love are constantly being challenged and revised, so our ideas about masculinity, and men’s and boys’ capacity to show genuine loving care for each other and for women, can evolve. Foreword by Raewyn Connell Part 1: Love 1 Why do women love men? 2 One ear turned inward and the other outward 3 Love needs 4 We can change how we love, but not without changing how we fight 5 Love hunger shows itself in many acts, and violence may be one of them 6 Why there is no love in the Plan 7 I love you, but I wish to hurt you 8 To love is to receive and to give 9 Talking matters 10 Listening carefully is an articulate act of love in action 11 Must love hurt? 12 The world is not yet ready for loving black boys 13 Producing and embodying the loving images we want of ourselves 14 If women stopped caring for men Part 2: Violence 15 ‘I am more scared of them’ 16 Men who speak with fists 17 Violence wears many faces 18 ‘Brothers, check yourselves!’ 19 ‘I have never raped anyone’ is not an achievement 20 Why is there violence where we expect to find love? 21 Really nice guys 22 ‘There was nothing suspicious about him’ 23 They don’t teach about sexual consent at university or at home 24 Jeanne and Emmanuel 25 Is the lesbian an alibi for an untenable model of masculinity? 26 Will we reduce rates of rape of women and children when we cannot face prison rape? Part 3: Masculinity 27 Trying to transform men is not a futile exercise, but it is slow and difficult work 28 A few key ideas to consider when thinking about men and changing masculinity 29 The politician told students you can’t ask for money from somebody who raped you 30 ‘Dad, look at me’ 31 ‘I have never hit a woman’ gets you no loving man award 32 Before death, before conception, in the many in-between moments, then repeat 33 Baldwin was a full man 34 The masculinity of a man who is a boy 35 Mr President, end patriarchy? 36 When work gets in the way of emotional connections 37 Love cannot escape power 38 What’s up with all this attention given to boys? 39 The fact of lovelessness in why men hurt others 40 Inheriting and passing down a loving masculinity Acknowledgements Index

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Affiche du document These Potatoes Look Like Humans — These Potatoes Look Like Humans
Mbuso Nkosi
1h15min45
Histoire
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A profound interrogation of the ontological/spiritual meaning of land and home in the context of the historical dispossession of the indigenous population. These Potatoes Look Like Humans offers a unique understanding of the intersection between land, labour, dispossession and violence experienced by Black South Africans from the apartheid period to the present. In this ground-breaking book, Mbuso Nkosi criticises the historical framing of this debate within narrow materialist and legalistic arguments. His assertion is that, for most Black South Africans, the meaning of land cannot be separated from one’s spiritual and ancestral connection to it, and this results in him seeing the dispossession of land in South Africa with a perspective not yet explored. Nkosi takes as his starting point the historic 1959 potato boycott in South Africa, which came about as a result of startling rumours that potatoes dug out of the soil from the farms in the Bethal district of Mpumalanga were in fact human heads. Journalists such as Ruth First and Henry Nxumalo went to Bethal to uncover these stories and revealed horrific accounts of abuse and routine killings of farmworkers by white Afrikaners. The workers were disenfranchised Black people who were forced to work on these farms for alleged ‘crimes’ against National Party state laws, such as the failure to carry passbooks. In reading this violence from the perspectives of both the Black worker and the white farmer, Nkosi deploys the device of the eye to look at his research subjects and make sense of how the past informs the present. His argument is that the violence against Black farmworkers was not only on the exploitation of cheap labour, but also an anxiety white farmers felt about their settler-colonial appropriation of land. This anxiety, Nkosi argues, is pervasive in current heated public debates on the land question and calls for ‘land expropriation without compensation’. Furthermore, the dispossession of Black people from their land cannot be overcome until there is a recognition of the dead and restless spirits of the land, and a spiritual return to home for Black people’s ancestors. Until such time, the cycles of violence will persist. This book will be of interest to academics and scholars working in the area of land and workers’ struggles but also to the general reader who wants to gain a deeper understanding of redress and social justice on multiple levels. Prologue: Emazambaneni: the land of terror Chapter 1 The spectre of the human potato Chapter 2 Whose eyes are looking at history? Chapter 3 Bethal, the House of God Chapter 4 Violence: the white farmers’ fears erupt Chapter 5 These eyes are looking for a home Chapter 6 Bethal today Chapter 7 Our eschatological future Bibliography Acknowledgements Index

These Potatoes Look Like Humans
Mbuso Nkosi
1h15min45
Histoire
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101 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h16min.
A profound interrogation of the ontological/spiritual meaning of land and home in the context of the historical dispossession of the indigenous population. These Potatoes Look Like Humans offers a unique understanding of the intersection between land, labour, dispossession and violence experienced by Black South Africans from the apartheid period to the present. In this ground-breaking book, Mbuso Nkosi criticises the historical framing of this debate within narrow materialist and legalistic arguments. His assertion is that, for most Black South Africans, the meaning of land cannot be separated from one’s spiritual and ancestral connection to it, and this results in him seeing the dispossession of land in South Africa with a perspective not yet explored. Nkosi takes as his starting point the historic 1959 potato boycott in South Africa, which came about as a result of startling rumours that potatoes dug out of the soil from the farms in the Bethal district of Mpumalanga were in fact human heads. Journalists such as Ruth First and Henry Nxumalo went to Bethal to uncover these stories and revealed horrific accounts of abuse and routine killings of farmworkers by white Afrikaners. The workers were disenfranchised Black people who were forced to work on these farms for alleged ‘crimes’ against National Party state laws, such as the failure to carry passbooks. In reading this violence from the perspectives of both the Black worker and the white farmer, Nkosi deploys the device of the eye to look at his research subjects and make sense of how the past informs the present. His argument is that the violence against Black farmworkers was not only on the exploitation of cheap labour, but also an anxiety white farmers felt about their settler-colonial appropriation of land. This anxiety, Nkosi argues, is pervasive in current heated public debates on the land question and calls for ‘land expropriation without compensation’. Furthermore, the dispossession of Black people from their land cannot be overcome until there is a recognition of the dead and restless spirits of the land, and a spiritual return to home for Black people’s ancestors. Until such time, the cycles of violence will persist. This book will be of interest to academics and scholars working in the area of land and workers’ struggles but also to the general reader who wants to gain a deeper understanding of redress and social justice on multiple levels. Prologue: Emazambaneni: the land of terror Chapter 1 The spectre of the human potato Chapter 2 Whose eyes are looking at history? Chapter 3 Bethal, the House of God Chapter 4 Violence: the white farmers’ fears erupt Chapter 5 These eyes are looking for a home Chapter 6 Bethal today Chapter 7 Our eschatological future Bibliography Acknowledgements Index

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Affiche du document Governing Complex City-Regions in the Twenty-First Century — Governing Complex City-Regions in the Twenty-First Century
Philip Harrison
2h19min30
Architecture et design
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Explores the challenges of large, complex, institutionally fragmented, and dynamic city-regions across the BRICS countries and the emergence of formal and informal governance arrangements.The scale and pace of urban change in the recent past has been disorienting. As individual cities evolve into complex urban agglomerations, scholars battle to find adequate vocabularies for contemporary urban processes while practitioners search for meaningful governance responses. Governing Complex City-Regions in the Twenty-first Century explores the ongoing evolution of metropolitan governance as diverse urban agents grapple with the dilemmas of collective action across multi-layered and fragmented institutions, in contexts where there are also manifold centres of influence and decision-making. Whereas much of the existing literature is founded on the settled urban contexts of Western Europe and North America this book draws on the experiences of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). The author shows that governance approaches are rarely designed but emerge, rather, from the disparate intentions, actions and practices of multiple collaborating and competing actors working within diverse contexts of political settlement and political culture. Intended for students, academics and professionals, the book does not offer packaged solutions or easy answers to the challenges of urban governance, but it does show the value of comparative study in inspiring new thought and perspectives, which could lead to improved governance practice within South African contexts. List of plates Preface Acknowledgements Acronyms Introduction: Exploring hyper-complexity Chapter 1 The global view: The city-region as material form, discourse and governmental practice Chapter 2 The governance of Brazil’s metropolitan regions Chapter 3 The governance of Russia’s urban agglomerations Chapter 4 Metropolitan and city-region governance in India Chapter 5 Governing the city clusters of China Chapter 6 City-region governance in South Africa Chapter 7 Concluding and comparative insights References Index

Governing Complex City-Regions in the Twenty-First Century
Philip Harrison
2h19min30
Architecture et design
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Explores the challenges of large, complex, institutionally fragmented, and dynamic city-regions across the BRICS countries and the emergence of formal and informal governance arrangements.The scale and pace of urban change in the recent past has been disorienting. As individual cities evolve into complex urban agglomerations, scholars battle to find adequate vocabularies for contemporary urban processes while practitioners search for meaningful governance responses. Governing Complex City-Regions in the Twenty-first Century explores the ongoing evolution of metropolitan governance as diverse urban agents grapple with the dilemmas of collective action across multi-layered and fragmented institutions, in contexts where there are also manifold centres of influence and decision-making. Whereas much of the existing literature is founded on the settled urban contexts of Western Europe and North America this book draws on the experiences of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). The author shows that governance approaches are rarely designed but emerge, rather, from the disparate intentions, actions and practices of multiple collaborating and competing actors working within diverse contexts of political settlement and political culture. Intended for students, academics and professionals, the book does not offer packaged solutions or easy answers to the challenges of urban governance, but it does show the value of comparative study in inspiring new thought and perspectives, which could lead to improved governance practice within South African contexts. List of plates Preface Acknowledgements Acronyms Introduction: Exploring hyper-complexity Chapter 1 The global view: The city-region as material form, discourse and governmental practice Chapter 2 The governance of Brazil’s metropolitan regions Chapter 3 The governance of Russia’s urban agglomerations Chapter 4 Metropolitan and city-region governance in India Chapter 5 Governing the city clusters of China Chapter 6 City-region governance in South Africa Chapter 7 Concluding and comparative insights References Index

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Affiche du document Good Jew, Bad Jew — Good Jew, Bad Jew
Steven Friedman
1h30min00
Politique
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120 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h30min.
Shows how and why the meaning of anti-Jewish racism has been distorted to serve the Israeli state and what this implies for anti-racism today.Good Jew, Bad Jew is a critique by one of South Africa’s foremost political theorists of mainstream understandings of Jewishness. Steven Friedman offers a searing analysis of the weaponisation of anti-Semitism in service of political objectives that support the Israeli state and global white supremacy. Looking specifically at the way in which language is used to shape identities, Friedman uses many examples to illustrate how anyone that opposes the interests and policies of the Israeli state is increasingly defined as anti-Semitic. The use of anti-racist language to defend racial domination distorts not only the meaning of what it is to be Jewish, but sheds light on how all dogmatic nationalisms function. Friedman uses India and South Africa as examples, but the analysis applies across the world too. This is a detailed, deeply researched and critical work that will appeal to both specialists and general readers looking for a considered view on how language shapes belief systems, and how the powerful forces of racism and nationalism – and their opponents – are being misrepresented.Acknowledgements Introduction The Tenacity of Race Bias Chapter 1 Turning Anti-Semitism on its Head Chapter 2 Making ‘Good Jews’ White and European Chapter 3 What Anti-Semitism Really Is Chapter 4 The Israeli State as a ‘Cure’ for Anti-Racism Chapter 5 Zionism as an Escape from Jewishness Chapter 6 Mimicking the Oppressor Chapter 7 Two Religions and the Nightmare the West Created Chapter 8 Colonising Anti-Racism Conclusion The ‘New Anti-Semitism’ and Politics Today References Index

Good Jew, Bad Jew
Steven Friedman
1h30min00
Politique
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120 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h30min.
Shows how and why the meaning of anti-Jewish racism has been distorted to serve the Israeli state and what this implies for anti-racism today.Good Jew, Bad Jew is a critique by one of South Africa’s foremost political theorists of mainstream understandings of Jewishness. Steven Friedman offers a searing analysis of the weaponisation of anti-Semitism in service of political objectives that support the Israeli state and global white supremacy. Looking specifically at the way in which language is used to shape identities, Friedman uses many examples to illustrate how anyone that opposes the interests and policies of the Israeli state is increasingly defined as anti-Semitic. The use of anti-racist language to defend racial domination distorts not only the meaning of what it is to be Jewish, but sheds light on how all dogmatic nationalisms function. Friedman uses India and South Africa as examples, but the analysis applies across the world too. This is a detailed, deeply researched and critical work that will appeal to both specialists and general readers looking for a considered view on how language shapes belief systems, and how the powerful forces of racism and nationalism – and their opponents – are being misrepresented.Acknowledgements Introduction The Tenacity of Race Bias Chapter 1 Turning Anti-Semitism on its Head Chapter 2 Making ‘Good Jews’ White and European Chapter 3 What Anti-Semitism Really Is Chapter 4 The Israeli State as a ‘Cure’ for Anti-Racism Chapter 5 Zionism as an Escape from Jewishness Chapter 6 Mimicking the Oppressor Chapter 7 Two Religions and the Nightmare the West Created Chapter 8 Colonising Anti-Racism Conclusion The ‘New Anti-Semitism’ and Politics Today References Index

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Affiche du document Decolonisation — Decolonisation
Ayesha Omar
2h00min00
Politique
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160 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h00min.
Offers a comparative analysis of the processes and aftermath of decolonisation from philosophical, historical, literary and legal perspectives.Decolonisation explores questions of justice, injustice and inhumanity that have geographically and intellectually shaped the course of history through overlapping colonial, decolonial and postcolonial eras. This multidisciplinary collection uses the lenses of history, philosophy, literature and education to examine aspects of colonialism and decolonisation, and their revolutionary and evolutionary manifestations which, contributors argue, occurred simultaneously in the historical and epistemological record. The problems that come into focus have a kaleidoscopic effect on how we come to understand fraught issues, from the ‘invention’ of blacks, to the formulation of the ideology of trusteeship and the obligations to ‘lower civilisations’. Decolonisation brings together an internationally renowned group of scholars to showcase their search for decolonial strategies within their disciplinary focus, covering ideas such as the different layers at which colonialism operates, strategies for a decolonisation that does not recolonise, and the importance of preserving and publishing in indigenous languages. This is a much-needed book for students and scholars in the field of decolonisation, history, philosophy and pedagogy. The introductory chapter offers a clear and concise primer to this complex subject, covering colonialism, imperialism, decoloniality, and the various actors involved.Acronyms Introduction Decolonisation: Interdisciplinary Perspectives – David Boucher and Ayesha Omar Chapter 1 The Invention of Blacks: Notes on Conquest, Fear and Time – Ndumiso Dladla Chapter 2 The Decolonisation of Southern Africa: Historical Reflections – Chris Saunders Chapter 3 The Border of Trust at Kat River for Coloured Settlers, 1851–1853 – Christopher Allsobrook and Camilla Boisen Chapter 4 Decolonisation and the Enduring Legacy of Colonial Borders in Africa – Ian S. Spears Chapter 5 Fanon’s Challenge: Identity, Recognition and Ideology – David Boucher Chapter 6 Beyond Redemption: Unsettling Progressive-Romantic Storyings of Colonial Injustice in Western Critical Thought – Michael Elliott Chapter 7 The Limits of Decolonisation and the Problem of Legitimacy – Paul Patton Chapter 8 Decolonisation – Real and Imagined – Steven Friedman Chapter 9 Decolonisation and the Crisis of African Literature in the Twenty-First Century – Sule Emmanuel Egya Chapter 10 Pedagogical Disobedience in an Era of Unfinished Decolonisation – Amber Murrey Contributors Index

Decolonisation
Ayesha Omar
2h00min00
Politique
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Offers a comparative analysis of the processes and aftermath of decolonisation from philosophical, historical, literary and legal perspectives.Decolonisation explores questions of justice, injustice and inhumanity that have geographically and intellectually shaped the course of history through overlapping colonial, decolonial and postcolonial eras. This multidisciplinary collection uses the lenses of history, philosophy, literature and education to examine aspects of colonialism and decolonisation, and their revolutionary and evolutionary manifestations which, contributors argue, occurred simultaneously in the historical and epistemological record. The problems that come into focus have a kaleidoscopic effect on how we come to understand fraught issues, from the ‘invention’ of blacks, to the formulation of the ideology of trusteeship and the obligations to ‘lower civilisations’. Decolonisation brings together an internationally renowned group of scholars to showcase their search for decolonial strategies within their disciplinary focus, covering ideas such as the different layers at which colonialism operates, strategies for a decolonisation that does not recolonise, and the importance of preserving and publishing in indigenous languages. This is a much-needed book for students and scholars in the field of decolonisation, history, philosophy and pedagogy. The introductory chapter offers a clear and concise primer to this complex subject, covering colonialism, imperialism, decoloniality, and the various actors involved.Acronyms Introduction Decolonisation: Interdisciplinary Perspectives – David Boucher and Ayesha Omar Chapter 1 The Invention of Blacks: Notes on Conquest, Fear and Time – Ndumiso Dladla Chapter 2 The Decolonisation of Southern Africa: Historical Reflections – Chris Saunders Chapter 3 The Border of Trust at Kat River for Coloured Settlers, 1851–1853 – Christopher Allsobrook and Camilla Boisen Chapter 4 Decolonisation and the Enduring Legacy of Colonial Borders in Africa – Ian S. Spears Chapter 5 Fanon’s Challenge: Identity, Recognition and Ideology – David Boucher Chapter 6 Beyond Redemption: Unsettling Progressive-Romantic Storyings of Colonial Injustice in Western Critical Thought – Michael Elliott Chapter 7 The Limits of Decolonisation and the Problem of Legitimacy – Paul Patton Chapter 8 Decolonisation – Real and Imagined – Steven Friedman Chapter 9 Decolonisation and the Crisis of African Literature in the Twenty-First Century – Sule Emmanuel Egya Chapter 10 Pedagogical Disobedience in an Era of Unfinished Decolonisation – Amber Murrey Contributors Index

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Affiche du document Labour Disrupted — Labour Disrupted
Andries Bezuidenhout
2h24min45
Politique
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193 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h25min.
Analyses the fragmentation and future of labour movements in the context of globalisation, the fourth industrial revolution and the Covid-19 pandemic.Labour Disrupted reflects on the past and the future of labour, primarily in South Africa but also globally. It focuses on how South Africa’s lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic further exposed key contradictions and challenges that labour movements face. The contributions include a diverse range of topics currently engaged with by those actively engaged in the field of labour movement. Essays by academics and activists tackle thorny issues: from redefining democracy in South Africa, to experiences of inclusiveness (or lack thereof) in workplace environments by women, young people, migrant workers, LGBTI people and people living with disabilities. The volume addresses contemporary issues related to the use of technology and the impact of the fourth industrial revolution on the youth and the working class, and the challenges of skills development and restructuring in the workplace. Labour Disrupted shows new forms of organising and alliances that labour movements are involved in to address issues of social justice in education, health and community solidarity.Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Introduction: Disruptions and New Directions in South African Labour Studies – Andries Bezuidenhout, Malehoko Tshoaedi and Christine Bischoff Chapter 1 Fragmented Labour Movement, Fragmented Labour Studies: New Directions for Research and Theory – Lucien van der Walt PART I CHANGING SOLIDARITIES Chapter 2 Patriarchal Collusions and Women’s Marginalisation in Mining Unions – Asanda-Jonas Benya Chapter 3 Youth, Trade Unions and the Challenges of Employment Christine Bischoff Chapter 4 Community Health Care Workers in Gauteng: Volunteerism as a Band-Aid for Unemployment – Nomkhosi Xulu-Gama and Aisha Lorgat PART II TECHNOLOGY AND WORK Chapter 5 Trade Unions, Technology and Skills – Siphelo Ngcwangu Chapter 6 Labour Process, Hegemony and Technology: ‘Sanitised Workplace Orders’ at Two South African Mines – John Mashayamombe Chapter 7 Trade Union Responses to Production Technologies in the Fourth Industrial Revolution – Mondli Hlatshwayo Chapter 8 Emotional Labour in Government Frontline Work: The Burden of Public Call Centre Workers – Babalwa Magoqwana PART III NEW FORMS OF ORGANISING Chapter 9 Why Other Spaces Matter: The Case of Mamelodi Train Sector – Mpho Mmadi Chapter 10 Social Capital Unionism and Empowerment: A Case of Solidarity Union at ArcelorMittal Vanderbijlpark – Jantjie Xaba Chapter 11 Hegemony, Counter-Hegemony and the Role of Social Movements – Janet Cherry Chapter 12 Competing Interests: Investment Companies and the Future of Labour – Sandla Nomvete Chapter 13 Going Global, Building Local: A Southern Perspective on the Future of Labour Internationalism – Edward Webster PART IV LABOUR AND LOCKDOWN Chapter 14 The Labour Movement’s Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic – Christine Bischoff Conclusion Questions, Answers and New Directions – Andries Bezuidenhout, Christine Bischoff and Malehoko Tshoaedi Contributors Index

Labour Disrupted
Andries Bezuidenhout
2h24min45
Politique
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Analyses the fragmentation and future of labour movements in the context of globalisation, the fourth industrial revolution and the Covid-19 pandemic.Labour Disrupted reflects on the past and the future of labour, primarily in South Africa but also globally. It focuses on how South Africa’s lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic further exposed key contradictions and challenges that labour movements face. The contributions include a diverse range of topics currently engaged with by those actively engaged in the field of labour movement. Essays by academics and activists tackle thorny issues: from redefining democracy in South Africa, to experiences of inclusiveness (or lack thereof) in workplace environments by women, young people, migrant workers, LGBTI people and people living with disabilities. The volume addresses contemporary issues related to the use of technology and the impact of the fourth industrial revolution on the youth and the working class, and the challenges of skills development and restructuring in the workplace. Labour Disrupted shows new forms of organising and alliances that labour movements are involved in to address issues of social justice in education, health and community solidarity.Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Introduction: Disruptions and New Directions in South African Labour Studies – Andries Bezuidenhout, Malehoko Tshoaedi and Christine Bischoff Chapter 1 Fragmented Labour Movement, Fragmented Labour Studies: New Directions for Research and Theory – Lucien van der Walt PART I CHANGING SOLIDARITIES Chapter 2 Patriarchal Collusions and Women’s Marginalisation in Mining Unions – Asanda-Jonas Benya Chapter 3 Youth, Trade Unions and the Challenges of Employment Christine Bischoff Chapter 4 Community Health Care Workers in Gauteng: Volunteerism as a Band-Aid for Unemployment – Nomkhosi Xulu-Gama and Aisha Lorgat PART II TECHNOLOGY AND WORK Chapter 5 Trade Unions, Technology and Skills – Siphelo Ngcwangu Chapter 6 Labour Process, Hegemony and Technology: ‘Sanitised Workplace Orders’ at Two South African Mines – John Mashayamombe Chapter 7 Trade Union Responses to Production Technologies in the Fourth Industrial Revolution – Mondli Hlatshwayo Chapter 8 Emotional Labour in Government Frontline Work: The Burden of Public Call Centre Workers – Babalwa Magoqwana PART III NEW FORMS OF ORGANISING Chapter 9 Why Other Spaces Matter: The Case of Mamelodi Train Sector – Mpho Mmadi Chapter 10 Social Capital Unionism and Empowerment: A Case of Solidarity Union at ArcelorMittal Vanderbijlpark – Jantjie Xaba Chapter 11 Hegemony, Counter-Hegemony and the Role of Social Movements – Janet Cherry Chapter 12 Competing Interests: Investment Companies and the Future of Labour – Sandla Nomvete Chapter 13 Going Global, Building Local: A Southern Perspective on the Future of Labour Internationalism – Edward Webster PART IV LABOUR AND LOCKDOWN Chapter 14 The Labour Movement’s Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic – Christine Bischoff Conclusion Questions, Answers and New Directions – Andries Bezuidenhout, Christine Bischoff and Malehoko Tshoaedi Contributors Index

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