We show how the dire state of the Earth's rivers entangles intimately with
'thingifying'processes at the heart of colonial modernity. Known in many precolonial and …

This wide-ranging volume offers a detailed exploration of coloniality in the discipline of
linguistics, with case studies drawn from Africa, Southeast Asia, Europe, and the Caribbean …

The COVID-19 crisis emerged during a divisive time in American politics. We argue that to
unravel the American COVID-19 crisis—and to craft effective responses—we need a more …

In 1997, MER Mathivha, an elder of the black Jewish Lemba people of South Africa,
announced to the Lemba Cultural Association that a recent DNA study substantiated their …

Inspired by the “Rhodes Must Fall” campaign, this article examines the defacement of
statues and commemorative monuments in postapartheid South Africa. The term …

This paper investigates how the South African state has understood the relationship
between HIV and poverty and how individuals and community-based organisations have …

This paper examines contestations in the South African society-its past, present and future. It
provides historical accounts of formation of ethnic and race identities; and offers some …

Civilising Grass is a socio-cultural analysis of the lawn on the South African highveld,
exploring the complex relationship between landscape and power in the country's colonial …

The article argues that since the early days of the democratic transition in South
Africa'transformation'as a concept has lost its intellectual, political and moral content through …

• Gugulethu: A gleaming new mall is built in the township approximately 20 kilometres from
the city centre: the developers are interested in attracting black middle-class clientele to the …