This thesis studies the history of the South African Rugby Board (SARB), the national
governing body of white rugby in the country, from 1889 to 1956. Unrestricted access to the …

The great theme that pervaded South Africa's first decade after the fall of apartheid and the
election of Nelson Mandela as the country's President and global icon was 'reconciliation' …

This chapter introduces Invictus (2009), a film about the events and atmosphere in South
Africa leading up to the Rugby World Cup in 1995. With this film, director Clint Eastwood …

This thesis suggests an approach to landscapes both in and as performance, in order to
explore how identity and belonging are sited and performed in contemporary South Africa. I …