Language, Society and Power is an accessible introduction to studying language in a variety
of social contexts. This book examines the ways language functions, how it influences the …

How are spaces constituted through social action, and how do they constitute social action?
We address these questions by studying how protesters appropriate spaces by occupying …

This article analyses literacy narratives of first-year students at a South African university. It
uses excerpts from the literacy narratives to explain how this writing genre serves as an …

This article focuses on the Fees Must Fall Protests in South Africa as a decolonial strategy
implemented by university students who seek a fully liberated South Africa. Students' core …

This article deals with the individual histories of local politicians and activists in urban South
Africa (Cape Town), in which the past is situated in relation to the present. It looks at those …

This study contributes towards the study of journalism in the age of social media and the role
of the news organisation in the Twitter networked public sphere. The convergence of news …

The present study contributes to the existing body of knowledge on factors that affect
academics' intent to quit and intent to emigrate. The objective of the study was to investigate …

The more the people understand, the more watchful they become, and the more they come
to realize that finally everything depends on them and their salvation lies in their own …

Over the course of 2015 and 2016, student movements at different South African universities
under the large label# FeesMustFall challenged the political order of university management …

This chapter is based on research carried out in 2016 at the University of Namibia, Main
Campus where students engaged in 'Fees Must Fall'protests against the university and the …