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The book teaches complex topics such as effective group work and inclusion in a simple way, it almost seems like second nature. Farming comes alive and blooms as the story progresses. The lessons/activities attached are well-tailored to drive the lessons home. May the readers of all ages be inspired to cultivate their minds and spaces, both literally and figuratively.
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
Copyright (c) 2026 Chifuniro Kandaya https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
This book contains an enterprise development model for urban agriculture. To make a small-scale urban agricultural enterprise viable, we need to consider the fundamental profit-profile or -opportunity of such an enterprise. A small urban farmer and retailer has opportunity to sell at the highest possible retail price, based on the lowest possible cost of production. The key opportunity is to produce low volumes of high-quality foods at very low cost, in extreme proximity to the end customer. This produce must be sold at highest retail value, as relative production volumes will be low. This profit profile is enhanced by instituting a system low cost biological production, integrated with urban waste harvesting. Furthermore, a retail enterprise development model for urban agriculture is also presented, that integrates social engagement strategies in is operations. Selling almost-zero cost produce at highest retail value enables a profitable venture and completes the profit equation.
Copyright (c) 2026 Naude Malan https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Love is the quiet force shaping creation. Zamani, a young prince of the northern mountains, is sent to the School of Creation to discover his purpose, only to find himself drawn into a war already unfolding. A fallen guardian seeks to control the elements and reshape reality through grief. Zamani must rise beyond royal inheritance and into his own becoming. Along the way, he meets Imani, a brilliant and gentle soul whose understanding of magic challenges everything Zamani believes about power, courage, and worthiness. Together, they journey across fire-scorched deserts, floating cities, and ancient temples, gathering the elements to restore balance to a world on the brink of collapse. But the greatest transformation does not come from earth, wind, water, or flame; it comes from choosing vulnerability over fear, connection over control, and love over loss. Inspired by African philosophies of time, where the past walks beside the living and memory shapes the future, Zamani echoes the idea that we are formed by what came before us, even as we create what comes next. The Universe and All Her Children is a sweeping African-inspired fantasy about creation, queerness, healing, and destiny, a coming-of-age story where gods walk beside mortals, boys become heroes, and the truest magic is learning that you already carry the miracle within you. Obakeng Pholo is a media practitioner, writer, and human rights advocate currently pursuing his honours in journalism and media studies. With over a decade of experience spanning journalism, content strategy, and grantmaking, his work resides at the intersection of storytelling, equity, and social change across Africa. He has led editorial teams, built cross-sector partnerships, and supported media and advocacy initiatives that advance the human rights of LGBTI people and promote inclusive narratives. He is deeply committed to advancing African-centred storytelling that honours lived experience, imagination, and cultural memory. Obakeng brings a grounded, people-centred sensibility to both his leadership and creative practice. His short story “The Brotherhood” appears in Being Gay Is Not All Fabulous, edited by Katlego Vincent Scheepers. The Universe and All Her Children is his debut novel, an African LGBTI teen graphic fiction novel that explores identity, belonging, and becoming through a tender lens of imagination and courage.
Copyright (c) 2026 Obakeng Pholo https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Blitsverkopers, beeldvorming en bemarking
Ten spyte daarvan dat kuns een van die simboliese aspekte van die menslike bestaan is, is dit onlosmaaklik verbonde aan materiële aspekte (kyk Valéry, 1928:s.bl.). Daarom word die waarde van ’n kunsproduk deur sowel simboliese as materiële faktore bepaal (Bourdieu, 1993:37) en bestaan dit nie in isolasie nie, maar vorm dit deel van ’n groter sisteem waarin ook ekonomiese beginsels ’n belangrike rol speel (Van Coller, 2010:491). Daarom is die sogenaamde literêre veld ook gestruktureer rondom twee opponerende pole, naamlik die ekonomiese pool (die subveld van grootskaalse produksie) en die artistieke pool (die subveld van beperkte produksie). Waar dit in die eersgenoemde ’n stryd is oor die verkryging van ekonomiese kapitaal – waarin veral die media ’n groot rol speel (Johnson, 1993:7, 15, 16) – gaan dit in die artistieke pool eerder om simboliese kapitaal as die kapitaal van legitimasie. Die skrywer se prestige, roem, verering, literêre pryse en vertalings speel hierin ’n belangrike rol (Bonthuys, 2016:24; Johnson, 1993:7; Van Coller, 2010:486). Die artistieke pool is die outonome gedeelte1 van die veld, en daarbinne word veral op die literêre veld se doxa (algemeen aanvaarde feite, gekonstrueerde en vasgelegde persepsies) gesteun. Agente in hierdie pool van die veld is ingestel op spesifieke legitimiteit en op dit wat algemeen as ‘hoë’ kuns beskou word (Johnson, 1993:15). Kategorisering van ’n teks as letterkunde is plek- en tydgebonde en geskied op grond van die spesifieke waarde wat op ’n bepaalde moment daaraan toegeken word. Dit is die resultaat van ’n komplekse proses wat deur ’n hele aantal instellings uit die literêre veld gereguleer word, geskied in wisselwerking met die skrywers van tekste en impliseer dat ‘intrinsieke waarde’ kwalifisering nodig het. Sedert die agtiende eeu speel die literêre kritici (en hul literatuuropvattings) ’n dominante rol in hierdie proses van waardetoekenning en ordening (Van Rees & Dorleijn, 1993:4).
Copyright (c) 2021 Joanita Erasmus-Alt, H.P. van Coller https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
The Church of Faith, Love Hope, and Mission
It is essential to understand the relation between the church and mission, in order to establish the meaning of the Gospel for this world. At present, the world is facing massive social, political, economic, and religious challenges that are getting more serious. Relations among people are under tremendous strain. Ethnic violence is causing hatred between people, especially in Africa. Racism is still a scourge in the world. The cultural divide between people and groups is an enormous challenge when it leads to the subjection of some to others. On the political front, democracy is under siege, not only in Africa but also globally. Governments to the left and to the right are struggling to cope with the demands of their people. Dictators who have no regard for the will of the people rule in many countries. The war in Ukraine is horrendous. The world is in a serious economic crisis. Rich and poor are struggling to cope and the divide between them is causing problems in many areas. Religions are challenging one another. The persecution of Christians is very disconcerting. Hewitt (2017:2) writes in this regard: “A coalescing of all global ideological forces of hatred, sexism, xenophobia, indecency[,] and anti-democratic populist movements are throwing overboard political correctness, values of decency, tolerance, truth-telling, compassion[,] and simple common sense to create a toxic brew of global instability. Extremism is displacing the voices of reason and common sense as they take over some mainstream media, the social media[,] and other forms of mass communication to transform the political and economic environment of many nations.”
Copyright (c) 2022 Pieter Verster https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
There are not many books in South Africa that help guide the teacher, student and ordinary people to get into the creative mind and explore the intricacies of genius. Ways of Seeing Mancoba’s Art does exactly that. It provides us with tools to see into the complex and restless mind of Mancoba as he searches for the elusive spirituality in Art. His canvas takes us to the whole continent of Africa seeking symbols, images and ideograms to pattern meanings. There is a general cry in South Africa’s educational system that there are not enough teachers to teach Art and as a consequence brilliant programmes are abandoned save in private and some Model C schools. Township schools are left lagging behind creating a cruel uneven development in our national aesthetic appreciation and understanding. This book will fill a gap and I hope inspire others to build on this powerful foundation! Mancoba’s art is not abstract but “abstracted” from the reality of signs and symbols to reveal Africa’s richness in the visual arts. His Art is contemporary and essentially African thus creating tensions that challenge and infuse the viewer with stunning surprises as it draws one deeper and deeper into the world of the creative mind. - Professor Pitika Ntuli
Copyright (c) 2026 Patty Hardy, Bridget Thompson https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Landmark Constitutional Cases that Changed South Africa
This second volume of landmark constitutional cases builds on the success of Volume 1 by analysing ten additional transformative judgments that have shaped South Africa’s constitutional landscape. The book demonstrates how the Constitutional Court has progressively developed fundamental rights jurisprudence through cases addressing corporal punishment of minors, state accountability for gender-based violence, tax collection powers, strike violence, religious freedom, parental rights of unmarried fathers, Muslim marriages, language rights in education, affirmative action, and electoral reform. South Africa’s 1996 Constitution represented a dramatic break from the country’s apartheid past, establishing a robust Bill of Rights and empowering the Constitutional Court to enforce these rights. Since then, the Court has delivered numerous landmark judgments that have transformed various areas of law and society. While Volume 1 examined foundational cases establishing core constitutional principles, this second volume explores how these principles have been applied and developed in specific domains affecting everyday South Africans. The book aims to provide accessible and comprehensive analyses of complex constitutional jurisprudence for legal practitioners, academics, students, and the public. Each chapter examines a significant judgment by explaining its factual and legal context, identifying its most important constitutional contributions, and tracing its impact on subsequent legislation and jurisprudence. The chapters share a common structure but cover diverse subjects, offering a holistic view of South Africa’s evolving constitutional democracy. This volume makes a distinctive intellectual contribution by moving beyond traditional case commentaries to trace the evolution of South African constitutional law across multiple domains. It highlights how constitutional principles established in early cases have been refined and applied in subsequent judgments and legislation, demonstrating the living nature of the Constitution. The book also reveals patterns in the Court’s jurisprudential approach, particularly its commitment to substantive equality, transformative constitutionalism, and the protection of vulnerable groups. A key feature of the work is its accessibility to non-legal readers while maintaining rigorous legal analysis. The authors have structured each chapter to be standalone yet interconnected with others, allowing readers to understand individual cases while perceiving broader jurisprudential developments. By covering cases from diverse areas of law, the book offers a unique perspective on how constitutional principles transcend traditional legal boundaries to create a coherent rights-based legal system. The book will fill a significant gap in the literature by providing a comprehensive yet accessible analysis of how South Africa’s constitutional jurisprudence has evolved beyond its foundational cases to address contemporary challenges. It will serve as an invaluable resource for understanding the practical impact of constitutional rights on South African society and the ongoing project of transformative constitutionalism.
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Copyright (c) 2025 Marius Van Staden, Roxan Laubscher; Franaaz Khan, Carika Keulder, Nicole Deokiram, Whitney Rosenberg, Amanda Boniface https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Die verhaal van die Eenheid vir Taalfasilitering en Bemagtiging (ETFB) in opeenvolgende gedaantes speel af teen die konteks van ’n veranderende en gedemokratiseerde Universiteit van die Vrystaat en buitelande meelewing deur ruim fondstoekenning deur n veniftige taalentrepreneur. Die kernbesigheid van die Eenheid was om taalonderrig, taalregte en taalkwessies onder die loep te neem, oplossings aan die hand te doen en waar moontlik te implementeer om sodoende studente, die Vrystaatse gemeenskap en die hele Suid-Afrika by te staan om ŉ nuwe demokratiese bedeling te aanvaar en ingrypende aanpassings te implementeer. Taalmiddele moes probeer vind word vir die sprekers van soveel verskillende tale ten einde mekaar behoorlik te probeer begryp. Die verhaal van die Eenheid word by tye ŉ spanningsvolle relaas van persoonlike oorlewing, van nuwe wêrelde geopen vir ŉ polities veragte en geïsoleerde land, van die skeppende krag wat die aanvaarding en benutting van transformasie inhou en beteken in die hande van brugbouers wat verandering aangryp tot heil en voordeel van alle taalsprekers in ŉ eens veragte land. Die tentakels van die Eenheid het wyd gestrek onder andere die WVK en Pansat en was n vormende faktor in die ontstaan van Gebaretaal as wetenskaplike dissipline. Teikenlesers: Hierdie is ŉ belangrike narratief oor die Suid-Afrkaanse taaloorgang na ŉ nuwe demoktratiese bedeling en verskaf daarom belangrike inligting aan taalhistorici en vaklui van aansluitende dissiplines, sosiolinguiste, taalbeplanners en taalhistorici. Die strominge en gebeurtnisse rondom die credo om “tale te laat werk” is deeglik bymekaargebring, gebruikersvriendelik georden en objektief en insiggewend ontleed en geïnterpreteer.
Eenheid vir Taalfasilitering en Taalbemagtiging
Copyright (c) 2025 Johan C Moll https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Hierdie monografie bied ’n indringende blik op die unieke taalbeplanningsverhaal van Suid-Afrikaanse Gebaretaal (SAGT). Dit dokumenteer die dinamiese interaksie tussen vasberade Dowe veldtogvoerders, besluitnemers en ander rolspelers en komplekse wetgewende prosesse . Die skrywer neem die leser op ’n reis vanaf die eerste deurbrake in die Suid-Afrikaanse Skolewet van 1996 tot by die uiteindelike volle verampteliking, te midde van ’n konteks van "Verengelsingstirannie" en die stryd van minderheidstale. Wat hierdie werk bied: • ’n Kritiese ontleding van hoe taalbeplanning van bowe-na-benede dikwels misluk, en waarom vindingryke "van benede-na-bowe" oplossings nodig is. • Historiese dokumentasie omtrent ’n ryk skatkis van argiefmateriaal, notules en koerantknipsels wat die veramptelikingsproses in fyn besonderhede skets. • Insig in die Dowe gemeenskap as ’n huldeblyk aan die verbetenheid van taalaktiviste wat, ten spyte van vele uitdagings, die "wa deur die drif gesleep het." Van Tegniek tot Amptelike Taal is meer as net ’n verslag van statusverhoging; dit is ’n noodsaaklike besinning oor die toekoms van taalbestuur in Suid-Afrika. Dit daag beleidmakers en die publiek uit om verby die wetlike teks te kyk na die werklike implementering van regte vir die land se mees geminoritiseerde taalgemeenskappe. On Wednesday, 19 July 2023, the President of South Africa signed the 18th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2023, which declares South African Sign Language (SASL) as a 12th official language. The Act, which will be promulgated at a future date to be determined by the President, represents the culmination of a relatively successful sign language campaign that can be traced back to the birth of the "new", post-apartheid, South Africa in 1994. The Deaf lobby and policymakers alike have trumpeted the symbolic value of this step but have conspicuously avoided references to its functional implications. Participants at a recent SASL Indaba in February 2024 were therefore shocked to learn that the government is not yet ready to implement the amendment act as it is cautious in avoiding a repeat of the failure to elevate and expand the status and use of the historically marginalized indigenous languages of South Africa. This has raised questions about the feasibility of a 12th official language and its implications for the sign language community. Is officialization the best option? This monograph aims to critically investigate the emergence of SASL as an official language from a language planning perspective. This will be done by studying a series of concrete legal milestones with regard to language status and language acquisition planning for SASL that have been recorded since 1994. Among the key findings that emerge from this is that thanks to this range of impressive legal interventions, by 2014 SASL already enjoyed the same de jure and de facto status as the other 11 official languages; officialization in 2023 did not substantially change this situation. One of the key problems emerging from this analysis can be summarized in a single word: non-implementation. The study suggests that sign language campaigners will need to devise new strategies to help ensure the functional use of SASL and should be realistic about what official language status in South Africa entails.
Copyright (c) 2025 Theodorus du Plessis https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
The Politics of Nuclear Energy in Africa
Nuclear energy remains a deeply contentious issue. With several African states considering turning to nuclear energy to address their soaring energy needs and amid a global resurgence in nuclear energy projects, paying careful attention to the politics of nuclear energy is warranted. Importantly, civilian nuclear energy presents a trade-off, not a solution. While it is undoubtedly the case that nuclear energy can (and, as some argue in this book, should) spearhead the continent’s fight against energy poverty, the dark side of civilian nuclear energy projects looms large. This book provides a timely engagement with Africa’s unfolding nuclear landscape, emphasizing that substantial issues, risks, constraints, challenges, opportunities and benefits will mark the continent’s turn to nuclear energy.
African Political Science and International Relations in Focus
Copyright (c) 2025 Eben Coetzee; Wandile Shezi, Isabel Bosman, Joelien Pretorius, Tom Vaugh, Jo-Ansie van Wyk, Anna-Mart van Wyk, Sven Botha https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
The Presence of Minority and Indigenous Languages in Urban Naming
The Presence of Minority and Indigenous Languages in Urban Naming is a collection of double-blind peer-reviewed papers from the 7th International Symposium on Place Names that took place in Bloemfontein (South Africa) 26–29 September 2023. The symposium explored issues of naming in urban areas, and considered the specific matters that have an impact on place names in indigenous and minority languages. Collectively, these studies highlight the importance of investigating and understanding naming processes, whether formal or informal. The need for continuous refinement of authoritative guidelines comes to the fore in all five papers. Additionally, the role of etymological considerations in excavating the rich symbolic value of place names is evident. These proceedings are the product of collaboration between Southern African and international researchers. As such, it is a valuable resource to local as well as international scholars who are interested in the interdisciplinary field of toponymy.
International Symposium on Place Names Conference Proceedings
Copyright (c) 2025 Chrismi-Rinda Loth; Peter Jordan, Maboleba Kolobe, Ntsoaki Teresa Mokala, Nthati Mosebi, Ernestina Maleshoane Rapeane-Mathonsi, Matjaž Geršič, Mojca Kumin Horvat, Primož Pipan, Jani de Lange, Anele Kotoyi, Mamotete Mapeshoane, Theodorus du Plessis https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
This is a reprint of th 1988 publication which is now out-of-print. The book was written while Albert Nolan was in hiding during the State of Emergency in South Africa. This volume includes reviews of the book used with permission f rom the South African Grace and Truth journal from 1990. The author believes that in South Africa ‘the practice of the struggle is the practice of faith’, and to show this he reviews the central themes of the Christian faith as found in the Old Testament and the preaching of Jesus, the nature of sin and salvation, and of God’s action in the world. He also faces the dilemma of Christians who can no longer support the apartheid state but are uncertain where the liberation struggle will lead. Like his best-selling Jesus before Christianity, God in South Africa is a contextual theology, a theology rooted in the painful conversion of a church to the cause of liberation. It can be regarded, the author says, as a conversation between South African Christians, but out of that conversation comes a challenge to Christians everywhere to discover the meaning of the gospel, to fi nd God, in their situation. Albert Nolan OP, God in South Africa: The Challenge of the Gospel (ATF Press, 2024) This profound book, written in the 1980s to guide those seeking to deploy the gospel message against the repressive and abhorrent South African apartheid regime, continues to speak powerfully to all peoples in all times and in all places. It continues to show how the gospels respond to the signs of the times anywhere that people are in crisis, providing the tools to build a contextualised and local theology that can preach the good news of God’s liberating power against all forms of injustice. Albert Nolan, South Africa’s Gustavo Gutierréz, revealed hope that God cares for and finds the poor and oppressed wherever they are. For my own community, the potential to construct a contextualised and local Ukrainian theology off ers hope that the good news always challenges those who oppress and forever speaks liberation for those burdened by an unjust war and the despair found in its wake. PT Babie – Priest of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, and Bonython Chair in Law and Professor of Law, Adelaide Law School, The University of Adelaide, Australia About the author. Albert Nolan was born in South Africa in 1934 and died in 2022. He entered the Dominican Order in 1954 and studied in South Africa and Rome. SInce then he has lectured in seminaries and theological schools, has been engaged in pastoral work among the poor, and was for many years a university chaplain. In 1983 he was elected Master General of the Dominican Order in Rome but declined in order to return to his theological apostolate in South Africa. He was one of the founders of the Institute for Contextual Theology in Johannesburg.
Copyright (c) 2026 Albert Nolan OP https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Public Administration and Governance in Democratic South Africa
There is a national emergency, and it has become more pronounced as South Africa faces challenges of Ethical leadership in both the private and public sector. Recently the Zondo Commission, Public Investment Corporation (PIC) Commission and Courts of Law released reports that cast light on the conduct of public officials. There have also been several reports by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) dealing with the same matter. This phenomenon is not only unique to South Africa. Reports of multinational companies that have been implicated in unethical and corrupt abound. These include corporate scandals such as those of Enron, WorldCom, Nortel, and AIG. These malfeasances have demonstrated abundantly that corporate leaders are not immune to unethical behaviour (Bedi, Alpasla & Green, 2015; Naidoo, 2012a). What this showed is that the issue of ethics is important in the public sector.
Copyright (c) 2024 Izimangaliso Malatjie, Busani Ngcaweni, Mzukiso Qobo, Thanyani S. Madzivhandila; Busani Ngcaweni, Ntobeko Magubane, Mohale E. Selelo , Pearl T. Mnisi, Ferdinand Niyimbanira , Nghamula Nkuna, Samkelo Janda , Sebenzile Masango, Kanyisa Z.D. Ntsundwana , Reuben S. Masango, Phillemon S. Makgopela, Mzikayise S. Binza , Paul S. Radikonyana, Ntseliseng Khumalo, Leon T.B. Jackson , Ntsako S. Mathonsi, Sello L. Sithole , Adelaide Selemela, Michael N. Khwela, Madumetsa G. Manamela, Kgalema A. Mashamaite, Leonia Tefelo Ramataboe, Modimowabarwa Hendrick Kanyane, Siviwe Mditshwa , Mokganya Karabo, Uduak Johnson , Premlall Ramlachan , Radipatla T. Rathaha, Andile Magqirana, Mnqobi Mtshali, Maxhobandile Ndamase, Yusuf Lukman, Beauty Makiwane, Aviwe Sigcau, Dovhani Reckson Thakhathi, Sicelo Mniki, Mashupye H. Maserumule, Raphaahle Ramokgopa, Vuyani Khumalo https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
The pith of this book is interventions to collaboratively better the lives of low-income households with their development on a local scale. These interventions are co-created with communities. Successful interventions to provide more efficient and less polluting energy, treatment of waste, and sanitation are discussed here. Access to water is also discussed. They all contribute to planetary well-being in their small way. These are not the only developmental topics: early childhood development, artificial intelligence, policy-making, urban planning, intervention models, and research tools are also on the table.
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
Copyright (c) 2025 Attie van Niekerk, Kasebwe Timothee Luc Kabongo, Valerie Møller, Roberto Rocco, Juliana Gonçalves, Caroline Newton, Jurie Moolman, Claudine Roos, Phathutshedzo Mukwevhu, Jako Viviers, Selna Cornelius, Niké S. Wesch, Catherine Senyolo, Nicolette V Roman, Betsie le Roux; J C Pauw; Pierre Reyneke, Antoinette van der Merwe, Catherina Schenck, Liam Swanepoel, Mbally Mdluli, Tertius Murray, Kristy Langerman, Hendrik. J. Smith, Rirhandzu Novela, Bianca Wernecke, Christiaan J. Pauw, Sytse Strijbos; Montagu Murray https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
This book examines key issues and priorities of the G20 from the perspective of the countries of the Global South, with a particular focus on the Brazilian and South African presidencies in 2024 and 2025. It aims to identify key agendas and policy propositions that consider the specific realities of developing countries. By identifying points of convergence and divergence between Brazil's and South Africa's agendas, the book explores how these countries have sought to shape global discussions and contribute to solutions to pressing global challenges from a Global South perspective. In doing so, it seeks to fill an essential gap in the prioritization of issues and representation of voices from the Global South within the G20.
Copyright (c) 2025 Ana Saggioro Garcia, Marta Fernández, Siphamandla Zondi; Isabel Rocha de Siqueira, Beatriz Nazareth de S. Teixeira, Renan Guimarães Canellas de Oliveira, Bernardo Beiriz Marques Barbosa, Ashraf Patel, Garth Le Pere, Siphumelele Duma, Carlos Frederico Coelho, Camila Amigo, Alex Benkenstein, Ricardo Abramovay, Cesar Gamboa, Maria Elena Rodriguez, Brent Millikan, Pablo Nemiña, Thelela Ngcetane-Vika, Paulo Esteves, Giulia Carneiro, Lucas Carames, Sérgio Veloso, Comfort Molefinyana, Thainã Medeiros, Monica Herz, Flavia de Campos Mello, Federico Merke, Ana Rachel Simões Fortes, Naledi Ramontja, Mikatekiso Kubayi, Philani Mthembu, Rasigan Maharajh, Akira Itebogeng Modise https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
3rd Conference of Planning Students and Young Graduates
This is the first edition of the Proceedings of the Conference for Planning Students and Young Graduates (CPSYG). The CPSYG 2022 brought together young planning researchers, seasoned academics from various universities, built environment practitioners and relevant stakeholders from South Africa and other countries to share and debate latest research findings, foster interdisciplinary collaboration and explore innovative / cutting edge solutions to both current and emerging challenges in the built environment. Areas of focus as shared in this proceeding and volume includes: the emergence and evolution of Alexandra Township in Johannesburg ; the assessment of the relationship between urbanization and economic development around the world, how policies and legislation responds to water infrastructure in Rustenburg, South Africa; Wetland ecosystems in Limpopo Province, the influence of Non-Motorised Transport (NMT) systems around the world, Planning for sustainable Tourism in Zimbabwe, the use and application of 4IR in the revitalization of declining mining town in South Africa, Urban Informality Presence in Botswana, Demolition and Forced eviction in Accra, Ghana, Challenges of state-subsidised housing provisions in Maseru, Lesotho; Urban Renewal and sustainable development nexus in Mbombela, Competitive Cities in South Africa and Poor basic services provisions in Stjwetla, Alexandra, Johannesburg. Dr. George O. Onatu is a Senior academic / former Head of Department at University of Johannesburg and an urban planning practitioner with over 25 years’ experience in housing research, land use management, infrastructure, transport, informal settlements policies, and institutional development. He holds a PhD in Engineering Management from the University of Johannesburg, an MSc in Town and Regional Planning from Wits, and a BSc in Geography & Regional Planning from the University of Benin, Nigeria as well as certificate in Property Investment from University of Cape Town with distinction. A member of ISOCARP, AAPS, APNHR, and the SPLUMA advisory team, he has published widely in international journals and conferences. He has served as Policy & Legislative Expert Adviser with South Africa’s National Department of Human Settlements and NHBRC, is an Editorial Board Member of Town and Regional Planning Journal and co-authored a book on mixed-income housing development. Professor Trynos Gumbo is the Head of the School of Civil Engineering and the Built Environment at the University of Johannesburg, where he leads the Sustainable and Smart Cities and Regions research group. A registered Professional Planner with SACPLAN, he also holds membership in SAPI and ZIRUP. He has a C2 NRF rating, reflecting international research standing. Prof. Gumbo holds degrees from the University of Zimbabwe (BSc Hons, MSc), a PhD from Stellenbosch University, and a PGDip-HE with distinction from Rhodes University. Since joining UJ in 2014, he has risen from Senior Lecturer to Full Professor (2022). His research spans sustainable urban and regional development, with over 60 journal articles, 5 books, 20 chapters, and extensive postgraduate supervision.
Copyright (c) 2025 George O Onatu , Trynos Gumbo, Thembani Moyo; G.O. Nkere, J. Mahachi, Therona Pillay, Sizolwakhe Innocent Mtetwa, Nolwazi Qumbisa, Lesiba George Mollo, Tshifhiwa Mudau , Mischka Dunn, Abraham R Matamanda, Priscila Banda , Emaculate Ingwani, Lebogang Stephinah Moroaswi , Zenzile Mbinza , Kiara Lawrence , Zaakirah Jeeva, Andrew Chigudu, Dane Buttner, Janette Britz, Onkemetse Nage, Jennilee Kohima, Eric Yankson, Aisha Adams, Clifford Amoako, Ramapulane Mphanya, Frans Boy Mongalo , Ockert Pretorius, Mpho Mashego, Vuyiswa Letsoko, Sfiso Mngomezulu, Mhlalisi Mndzebele https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
“A Fair Share: Reflecting Essays on Economic Inequality in South Africa” explores the multifaceted issue of economic inequality in South Africa, delving into its historical roots, current manifestations, and potential solutions. Edited by Nico Keyser, the book comprises essays from various experts, addressing topics such as income and wealth disparities, the impact of urbanization, land distribution, the role of banks, service delivery, health inequalities, and education. It aims to provide insights and policy recommendations to foster a more equitable society. Main Themes Economic Disparities and Their Roots Chapters: 1 (Introduction), 2 (Measuring Inequality), 3 (Income and Wealth Inequality), 5 (From Van Riebeeck to Ubuntu: Exploring South Africa’s Land Legacy) Sectoral Analysis of Inequality Chapters: 4 (Cities are at the Centre of South Africa’s Wage Inequalities), 6 (Are Banks Doing Enough to Address Inequality?), 7 (Service Delivery Inequality), 8 (Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health), 9 (Education and Inequality) Policy Recommendations and Future Directions Chapters: 10 (Income Inequality, Employment, and the Informal Sector), 11 (The Case for a ‘Workable’ Basic Income Grant for Addressing Income Inequality), 12 (Economic Inclusion and Inequality), Conclusion “Why all the fuss about economic inequality? Why does economic inequality matter? Is it just a political theme used to support (or win over) the have-nots?” “The theories on inequality are imperfect and dynamic, and the measurement of inequality is multidimensional.” “The land is thus an example of historical injustices colliding with demands for contemporary fairness.” “At its core, such a state bank is seen by the South African government as a key enabler to address the inequality problem in South Africa as part of their broader developmental policy agenda.” “South Africa is known as one of the countries with the most income inequality globally.” These quotes capture the essence of the discussions in the book, highlighting the critical issues and debates around economic inequality in South Africa.
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What must never ever elude us, as African creatives and cultural workers, is that Africa must be free. A free people free themselves by defining what freedom means for them. Because freedom means being able to be everything a nation wants to be, Africa knows, and knew, from time immemorial, that freedom must be attained by all means necessary, if the end is to establish security, peace and justice for all who live in it. In spite of all the serious problems and challenges which Africa has had to face and experience, Africa still stands and dies by these words: Motho ke motho ka batho ba Bang (a person is a person by and because of other people). - Dr Mongane Serote
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African art has always been viewed from a colonising gaze by people who measure everything. Their dances are orchestrated .Their artists learn by copying old figures. Spontaneity and intuition free from meddling thoughts are eschewed. Surrealism for instance was one movement that sought to free artists from the domination of Reason. The consequence of this western attitude to life resulted in the marginalisation of Africa! The writers in this book seek to situate South African Art in its proper place challenging Western norms! Following in the footsteps of Mancoba, they trace meteors rise to the infinity of creativity, intuitive, spontaneous and calculated! - Professor Pitika Ntuli
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Spirits are Malombo (in Tsavenda) or Malopo (in Sepedi) , the essence essential of the life force commonly called cosmic energy. Malombo is composed of all that is perceivable outside the five senses where the mystics dwell and reign in peace, that fear-free zone. Music of the Spirits is our organ for perceiving the ethereal. The element that manifests your sixth sense, the essence essential of your isness. Music of the Spirits is the nature of nature as a healing force, the pulse of the ocean, the heaving of seashells, the sneezing of breezes, that sooth the sooth-sayer’s visions. - Lefifi Tladi
'n Vars nuwe stem in Afrikaans. Die verhale in hierdie bundel belig uiteenlopende karakters, milieus en temas. Hattingh gooi die net wyd: in een verhaal neem 'n Hindoe-meisie wraak ná haar Joodse kêrel se verraad; in 'n ander word 'n 4x4 die middelpunt van 'n boeretroue. Daar is huwelike wat verbrokkel, ouers en kinders, slagters en vegetariërs, rebelle en randfigure. 'n Stem met sensitiwiteit en insig is egter telkens aan die woord, en bind die verhale nie slegs tot eenheid saam nie, maar dwing die leser tot nadenke. “Hattingh se skryfstyl kan bestempel word as toeganklik en onopgesmuk. Die uiteenlopende karakters uit alle lae van Suid-Afrika se demografie doen eg aan, juis as gevolg van die egtheid van realistiese taalgebruik wat ook moderne mengeltaal insluit. Die verhale in die bundel belig én lewer kommentaar op benouende en herkenbare sosiale en etiese kwessies binne die alledaagse Suid-Afrikaanse werklikheid: owerspel en egskeiding, geloof, kanker en verlies, armoede en bedelaars by verkeersligte, maar ook op ligter noot: mans se obsessie met bakkies en sport en fiksheid.” Adéle Nel, Tydskrif vir letterkunde. https://doi.org/10.4314/tvl.v53i1.23 Die stilistiese aanslag in Kamee dui op: “‘n opsetlike afbreek van die diskursiewe opposisie tussen teorie en vertelling. Die verwysings is verhuld en op haar beste is haar vertellings onthoubaar en geskakeerd” (Hambidge, 2015). https://joanhambidge.blogspot.com/search?q=roela+hattingh “As skrywer beïndruk Hattingh veral met die wyse waarop sy uiteenlopende en oënskynlik onversoenbare dinge in die bestek van ’n paar bladsye op subtiele wyse met mekaar integreer” (Human, 2015). https://www.litnet.co.za/boekresensie-kamee-deur-roela-hattingh/ Kamee ontvang die Nadine Gordimer kortverhaal (SALA) en UJ debut prys vir Kreatiewe Skryfkuns in Afrikaans in 2016. Roela Hattingh is gepla met stories. Sy noem dat dit towerkrag uit die alledaagse, en durf en genade uit die onverklaarbare ontsluit. As onderwyser, strateeg, navorser, kreatiewe skrywer en student vind sy vreugde in oomblikke van samehang—wanneer betekenis te voorskyn tree in gesprekke, uit teenstrydige perspektiewe en klein geskiedenisse en onbenullighede. Hattingh is ’n multidissiplinêre akademikus en Q-metodologie navorser, gee klas, maak kunstenaarsboeke en bied kopieskryf en kreatiwiteitswerkswinkels aan. Sy behaal haar PhD in Strategiese Kommunikasie by die Universiteit van Johannesburg en MA in kreatiewe skryfkuns (Cum Laude) by die Universiteit van Pretoria.
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An anthology of poems authored by our Executive Leadership Group and invited contributors. The collection is edited by Professor Federico Freschi (Executive Dean: Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA)) and is beautifully illustrated by staff and students from the Graphic Design Department.
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Artificial Intelligence Transforming Higher Education Volume 2
When the rhythm of the music changes, the dance steps must change also Step onto the cusp of a new era in teaching and learning. Informed by leading innovators in education technology, this book offers a clear, practical roadmap to turn the promises of/about AI and LLMs into campus-ready solutions. Discover how to harness intelligent tools without losing sight of the human connections that define higher education. Inside these books you will learn how to • craft personalised learning experiences that enhance student engagement and success; • safeguard academic integrity while embracing AI-driven assessments; • empower yourselves with intuitive, low-barrier AI tools for content creation and feedback; • leverage data analytics to close equity gaps and support at-risk students; and • build an ethical AI and LLM strategy that aligns with higher educational missions and values. Whether you are an educator or instructor rethinking lesson design, or a manager streamlining support services, these volumes provide insights and guidance to lead change that will transform higher education culture, elevate outcomes, and equip graduates for work in an AI-infused world.
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I am delighted to welcome you to the inaugural edition of the Digital and Sustainable Mining Digest of the Department of Mining Engineering and Mine Surveying at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. This publication has been conceived as a reservoir of knowledge—capturing both our rich heritage over the past century and our collective vision for the next hundred years. Within these pages, you will discover our historical milestones, profiles of distinguished alumni, and the lecturers who are shaping knowledge and innovation within the department. You will also find thought-provoking scholarly perspectives on the future of mining, insights into health, safety, and sustainability, and highlights of our ongoing research and strategic industry collaborations. As we stand at the intersection of tradition and transformation, embracing both digitalisation and sustainable practices, this digest reflects our commitment to shaping a mining industry that is not only innovative and efficient, but also safe, responsible, and future-focused.
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Why do myths and misconceptions about Africa still dominate our classrooms? How We Teach Africa Matters confronts this critical gap in Political Science, International Relations, and Development Studies. Addressing the urgent need to confront and dismantle persistent misconceptions about Africa, its cultures, and its peoples, this book brings together a global collective of educators to share proven strategies for navigating cognitive barriers to nuanced learning about Africa. For lecturers, curriculum developers, education policymakers, and students, this is a vital resource for facilitating transformative learning about Africa. Join us in reshaping the narrative and advancing decolonial learning in higher education.
Political Science and International Relations
Copyright (c) 2025 Afa’anwi Ma’abo Che , Debora V. Malito; Wilfred M. Tarabinah, Wei Ye, Korbla P. Puplampu, Isaac Odoom, Walter Kudzai Barure, Gabriel Kosiso Okonkwo, Michelle D’Arcy, George Nana Sefa Tweneboah Dei, Paul Banahene Adjei, Núbia Aguilar, Rugare Mugumbate, Andre M. N. Renzaho, Vincent Mabvurira, Vinícius Venancio, Caitlin Brown, Gcina Mtengwane, Nolukhanyo Metula, Yvonne TIANDEM-ADAMOU https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
The Overthrow of Robert Mugabe: Gender, Coups, and Diplomats argues the 2017 coup that ousted long time Zimbabwean president Robert Gabriel Mugabe, and the generality of coups, cannot be accurately and rigorously understood without examining the crucial role of gender and women's politics in military seizures of power. Tendi's book shows that gender and women's politics pervade military coup causes, dynamics, justifications, and international responses to coups. Contrary to influential representations of Zimbabwe's 2017 coup and other recent coups as markedly different from past coups, Tendi draws on long gendered histories of military coups in Africa to argue that there are significant continuities in coup characteristics across time. Additionally, Tendi's highly original study of Zimbabwe's 2017 coup identifies the motives, dynamics, and trigger of the coup. Despite the existence of an international anti-coup norm and democracy promotion in Africa by Western states, Zimbabwean coup-makers' direct intervention in politics was largely not publicly condemned or penalized by Western and African diplomats. Tendi uses original interviews with diplomats and politicians involved in external responses to the coup, to address this important puzzle.
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Winner of the 2023 Association for Ethnic Studies Outstanding Book Award “A meticulous traversal across the worlds of history, culture, law and politics, this treatise is at once a statement on the continued power and relevance of Critical Race Theory as well as an express example of why it continues to threaten those who would wish to blind the world from the continued rule of white supremacy.” —Ndumiso Dladla, author of Here is a Table: A Philosophical Essay on History and Race in South Africa “Utilizing interdisciplinary reading practices and analytical methods mainly invented by subaltern subjects, Milazzo bridges the history of post-slavery and postcolonial ideas and their ongoing contemporary extensions, clarifi cations, and interventions into a narrative that gives us a powerful contemporary account of how white supremacy remains the central tool for organizing all of global life.” —Rinaldo Walcott, author of The Long Emancipation: Moving toward Black Freedom “Destined to make a significant contribution to multiple fields of inquiry, Colorblind Tools is necessary, groundbreaking, and useful. Marzia Milazzo deploys historical breadth, philosophical depth, and analytic rigor to expose and articulate how colorblindness reproduces and dissimulates its own violence.” —Calvin Warren, author of Ontological Terror: Blackness, Nihilism, and Emancipation Bringing together a capacious archive of texts on race produced in Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, Panama, the United States, and South Africa from multiple disciplines and genres, Marzia Milazzo in Colorblind Tools uncovers transnational continuities in structural racism and white supremacist discourse from the inception of colonial modernity to the present. In the process, she traces the global workings of what she calls colorblind tools: technologies and strategies that at once camoufl age and reproduce white domination. Whether examining Rijno van der Riet’s defense of slavery in the Cape Colony, discourses of racial mixture in Latin American eugenics and their reverberations in contemporary scholarship, the pitfalls of white “antiracism,” or Chicana indigenist aesthetics, Milazzo illustrates how white people collectively disavow racism to maintain power across national boundaries, and how anti-Black and colonial logics can be reproduced even in some decolonial literatures. Milazzo’s groundbreaking study proves that the disavowal of racism is not a new phenomenon, but a constitutive technology of racism. It is a tool the master cannot do without. MARZIA MILAZZO is an associate professor of English at the University of Johannesburg
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The purpose of this memoir is not to write the whole story from Nelson Mandela’s release in 1990 to the first democratic elections in 1994. That has already been done. My aim is merely to describe the Danish efforts during the negotiation process in the four years that culminated in the adoption of South Africa’s first democratic constitution and the installation of Mandela as president.
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Ever envisioned what the amalgamation of politics and poetry looks like? Persuasion and eloquence are at the heart of this combination. This book brings about the pleasure of succinctly, emotively, figuratively, and strangely compellingly expressing politics. Poetry has always been praised for its patterned language, as a form of literary art, and for its amusing rhyming scheme. Beyond this order, poetry has always been at the heart of politics, through expressive and loud poems that capture the struggles of the day or implicit ciphers aimed at dispatching encoded messages. This book is tasked with capturing the current political state of affairs through poetry and inciting an alternative form of reading, writing, and exploring politics through a different writing genre. Ndzalama Mathebula is an Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Johannesburg. She is also an Associate Editor for the Journal of World Affairs: Voice of the Global South. Her research niches include energy and mineral resources, African political economy, political risk analysis, and international relations. Ndzalama holds a bachelor’s degree in Humanities, an Honours degree in Politics and International Relations, and a Master’s degree in Politics from the University of Johannesburg, and she’s currently pursuing her PhD on Energy Communities. Ndzalama has recently published a book titled Debt Crisis and Sovereign Risk in Africa. She also holds membership with the Institute of Risk Management South Africa and has participated in conferences, webinars, and TV interviews as a political commentator and panellist.
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2025 marks the eightieth anniversary of GLH Architects, a Johannesburg-based architectural firm whose longevity and enduring legacy place it amongst a handful of firms in the South African context to have survived the vicissitudes of shifting political regimes, economic downturns, urban transformation and profound societal shifts. Over the course of eighty years GLH has established itself as one of the foremost South African architectural firms, each decade being characterised by a number of landmark buildings and projects that serve as important markers of the social, cultural and political contexts in which they were produced. As such, they remind us of the importance of the built environment in giving shape and substance to our needs of the present and our ambitions for the future. Set against the backdrop of the turbulent and relentless change that characterises both the history of Johannesburg and the South African building industry over the last eighty years, this book acknowledges the importance of GLH’s historical legacy in shaping the present, while reflecting also on its role in rising to the challenges of designing for the twenty-first century.
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