" This book explores the intellectual history, nature, and consequences of commodification.
While many use the term commodification, few realize that it was only introduced in the …

Since 2004, South Africa has experienced thousands of local protests, many of them popular
insurrections, which, taken together, represent a rebellion of the poor. Lack of service …

South Africa remains beset by protest. Notwithstanding an impressive literature, quantifying
protests remains problematic; most attempts extrapolate from samples or media-derived …

Violence associated with service delivery protests has over the past few years skyrocketed
resulting in the loss of lives and damage to property. Political violence is a historical …

Abstract Service delivery protests against municipalities in South Africa have become
common. This article discusses the relationship between party identification and these …

This article assesses South Africa's 20 years of democracy, which has frequently been
bedevilled by local protests. This article is particularly interested in those unrest incidents …

Since the dawn of the democratic dispensation in the early 1990s, the South African
government has continued to face difficulties in the provision of basic but essential services …

Though initially considered a welcome counterweight to Western interest across Africa, the
BRICS are increasingly being viewed as another example of foreign interference and …

ABSTRACT QwaQwa, in South Africa, experiences high exposure to multiple climate
change impacts. The area is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. As such …

This study unpacks the key frames and sources used by the South African print media in
their coverage of the 'service delivery protests' in 2013. It explores how the frames are linked …