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Lauretta Ngcobo's death in November 2015 robbed South Africa and the African continent of a significant literary talent, freedom fighter, and feminist voice. This new addition to Voices of Liberation, serves as of a mapping of Ngcobo's life, as well as some of her key texts.

Takes issue with the characterisation of the South African state as 'developmental'. The crucial aspect of care is missing from the practice for this to be the case. While grants address the immediate survival needs of many South Africans, social justice requires quite a different approach, an approach that grants agency and dignity to recipients.

Weaves together personal experiences with historical accounts to present rare insight into the struggle to end apartheid.

How many inventions come from Africa? How many African countries have produced their own cars? Is the nature of innovation in Africa different from what we find elsewhere? Mike Bruton addresses these and related questions as he discusses more than 800 inventions by more than 600 innovators from 50 African countries.

Offers a behind-the-scenes account of the creation of the Robben Island Museum and the debate over democratic South Africa's first national heritage institution.

Commemorating the 90th anniversary of the first South African public social research organization, the National Bureau for Education and Social Research, and the 50th anniversary of its successor, the Human Sciences Research Council, this collection is a scholarly reflection on the history of state-based social research.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution, characterized by the growing utilization of new technologies, unquestionably is ushering in innovative solutions to myriad development challenges. At the same time, as the authors this book demonstrate, these new technologies can also come with drawbacks, particularly in relation to fundamental human rights.

Showcases how decolonisation protects the constitutionally enshrined ideal of academic freedom and the freedom of scientific research. The book argues that this framing of decoloniality should not be used to protect interests that seek to undermine the transformation of higher education.

Multi-layered inequalities and a sense of insecurity has long been the hallmark of South African life. Recently, however, the uncertainties of Covid-19 have led to greater shared experiences of vulnerability among South Africans. This volume offers perspectives that may help us navigate our way through the 'new normal' in which we find ourselves.

This easy to read critique of market-driven neoliberalism is offered as a metaphor to analyse the excesses, contradictions and obstructions in contemporary university governance. With incisive satirical humour, Tomaselli delves into the quirks of university administrative systems and how these affect lived relations within sections of the academy.

Develops an argument about how individual migrants, coming from four continents and diverse socioeconomic backgrounds, are in many ways affected by a violent categorisation that is often nihilistic, insistently racial, and continuously significant in the organisation of society.

Places the structures and processes of institutionalization at the centre of debates about democracy, state, and society in South Africa. Contributors argue that institutions are the pillars of a constitutional democracy; they evolve through the actions of people; and they form structures of dynamic, shared social patterns of behaviour.

Offering concise portraits of some seventy-five influential South African public intellectuals, past and present, this book not only showcases an astonishing array of achievements, but also explores the context, influences, and unique tensions shaping each individual's life and bears testimony to their continuing relevance.

Tells the inspiring story of Emma Sandile (1842-1892) - Princess Emma, as she was known in southern African colonial circles - in a narrative that reads like a novel, but is all true, based on archival sources and extensive fieldwork.

In this important book, readers are able to engage with Patrice Lumumba's original voice through carefully selected writings and speeches. The critical section on Lumumba's legacy reflects that his voice is crucial for the current re-imagining of the continent, the African Renaissance and questions of nation-building and identity.

Shows that a comprehensive rethink in science, technology and innovation policy-making is required - one that takes a systemic view of the varied challenges, and adopts an inclusive and holistic approach to STI policy. Such a rethink has to bring together the global and local, the theoretical and practical.

What does it take for entrepreneurs to be effective competitors? What are the factors affecting entry and participation in sectors where there are historically strong incumbent firms? Opening the South African Economy brings to light the challenges of concentration, inequality and exclusion in different sectors of the South African economy.

Studies the African National Congress at a local level over a 28-year period and informs what is now playing out at a national level. The book traces four stages that characterise the party's post-1990 life in Port Elizabeth: rebuilding; ascension to political office; political decline; and adaptation to new contexts.

Illustrates the changing constitution and the variability of households, fluid understandings of family, and the impact of these in the context of life changes and health problems. Through 29 case studies of people of diverse backgrounds, the authors explore the household as a site for the production of health and care.

Provides a unique insight into township informal business and entrepreneurship. The book focuses on micro-enterprises, the business strategies of township entrepreneurs and the impact of autonomous informal economic activities on urban life.

Based on a previously unpublished primary source from the early twentieth century, as well as unique interviews with men remembering their lives in the gay settlement of Mkhumbane, this book is meant to inspire both a reimagination of the past and the creation of a more inclusive present and future.

Focuses on internal migrants and migration. The book cautions against a linear narrative of change and urban transition. It investigates urbanisation processes from the perspective of internal migration, and explores the double rootedness of migrants through the lens of the rural hinterland from which migration often occurs.

Focuses on the life of Dennis Brutus in South Africa from his childhood until he went into exile on an exit permit in 1966. The book is also an attempt to acknowledge Brutus' literary and political work and, in a sense, to reintroduce Brutus to South Africa.