Social justice in South Africa = Justiça social na África do Sul by Govender, Jayanathan

“…A continuidade, profundidade e amplitude da desigualdade, incluindo os custos financeiros e sociais extraordinárias, estão ligados ao legado do apartheid. A desigualdade é estruturalmente condicionada, espacial e economicamente. …”
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IMPLICATIONS OF XENOPHOBIA ON AFRICAN UNITY by AGIDI EJIME PALLY, PHD

“… At the end of apartheid regime, South African Economy became robust, thereby making her a cynosure of other nations especially African Nations. …”
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Complexities in the Case Management of Unaccompanied Minors: Perceptions of Social Workers Practicing in the Polokwane Child and Youth Care Centres by Aklilu Asha

“… Post-apartheid South Africa has become a preferred destination for migrants and refugees from across different parts of the globe, particularly the African and Asian continents. …”
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‘What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace, Love and Understanding?’ Further Reflections on the Limits of Prejudice Reduction as a Model of Social Change by John Dixon, Kevin Durrheim, Philippa Kerr, Manuela Thomae

“…We then elaborate how our research on political attitudes in post-apartheid South Africa has led us to question, qualify and sometimes reject those assumptions and move towards a ‘contextualist’ perspective on the efficacy of different models of social change. …”
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‘Zou de wereldbol een beetje aan het leeglopen zijn?’ Herman de Coninck over het Afrikaans en Afrikaner maatschappij, cultuur en politiek by Yves T’Sjoen

“…Reading prose and poetry by de Coninck and focusing on references to South Africa, we can study his perspective on Afrikaans (language and literature), his points of view on social and political developments in the post-apartheid era. The purpose of this article is to present documentary material to illustrate and comment on de Coninck’s ideas on literature, language and society. …”
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Mourning Mandela: sacred drama and digital visuality in Cape Town by Paula Uimonen

“…The article further discusses how digital visuality mediated cultural frictions of apartheid and xenophobia, through the positioning of Mandela in the pantheon of Pan-African icons, thus underlining the African origin of this global icon. …”
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A Study of the Third Space, Hybridity, and Colonial Mimicry in Athol Fugard’s My Children! My Africa! by Ghasemi Parvin, Sasani Samira, Nemati Fatereh

“…One of these influential people is Harold Athol Lanigan Fugard who is known for his anti-apartheid plays. This article scrutinizes the relation between the colonizer and the colonized in Athol Fugard’s My Children! …”
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Conceptual commentary of public spaces in Durban, South Africa by Magdalena Cloete, Salena Yusuf

“…Various factors have led to the corrosion of open public spaces, including modernism and globalisation and their resultant effects as well as spatial apartheid in South Africa. The following theories are used to understand open public spaces: Jacob’s “eyes on the street”, which supports safer public spaces; Massey’s theory of thrown-togetherness, which advocates for a range of different elements present in public spaces, and Parkinson’s democracy of public space, which encompasses the way in which people express themselves in public spaces. …”
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A pedagogical approach to socially just relations in a Grade 11 Economics class by Zayd Waghid

“…Post-apartheid schooling in South Africa is challenged with the task of contributing towards social justice, as has been evident from the emergence of a plethora of education policies following the promulgation of the South African Schools Act in 1996. …”
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Blackhood as a category in contemporary discourses on Black Studies: An existentialist philosophical defence by M. John Lamola

“…Setting: Racialised social environments as affecting Higher Education, with post-apartheid South Africa as a case. Methods: Existential Philosophy, Black Consciousness and Paulo Freire’s philosophy of education. …”
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Radical inclusivity and the journey on the way to somewhere [irgendwohin unterwegs] by Andries G. Van Aarde, Pieter G.R. de Villiers

“…It contributes to an understanding of contemporary South African church history, including the protest by academics in Afrikaans ecclesial circles against apartheid and gender injustice.…”
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Challenges of Mother-Tongue Education in IsiZulu: A Case Study of Selected Schools in the uThungulu District of Kwazulu-Natal by Snenhlanhla Saralee Khanyile, Felix Awung

“… The post-apartheid language policy of South Africa grants every child the right to study in their mother tongue. …”
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Accountability and integrity as unique column of good governance by Noluthando Matsiliza, Nyaniso Zonke

“…The authors contend that accountability and integrity in public affairs are best preserved through enhancement of an integral system of legal prescripts, law, institutional policies and protocols. In the post-apartheid, South African public officials and political office bearers have been continuously criticized for allegedly transgressing ethical codes. …”
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Martin Luther and Beyers Naudé: Driven by conscience by brimadevi van Niekerk

“…Half a millennium later, Beyers Naudé, an Afrikaner of Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk parsonage, and a theologian, threatened Afrikaner civil religion through his stand against apartheid. While there are many differences between these men, there was one characteristic which they both shared in the use of their consciences, which was closely connected to their respective Christian faiths. …”
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Boekbespreking by Editorial Office

“…(Bladsy 209) Storm, JMG - Loubser, JA 1987. The apartheid Bible. A critical review of racial theology in South Africa. …”
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Race, Palestine, and International Law by Noura Erakat, Darryl Li, John Reynolds

“…This essay revisits two flashpoints in the tangled history of Palestine and international law, where questions of race and racism have been central: first, ongoing debates over the regime and crime of apartheid; and second, the now-repudiated UN General Assembly Resolution 3379, recognizing Zionism as a form of racism and racial discrimination. …”
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Pushing the conceptual boundaries in researching religion in education in diversity: A critical appraisal of Cornelia Roux's work by René Ferguson

“…Given the influences of her Reformed Christian upbringing, growing up and being educated in apartheid South Africa, Roux was ever conscious of the need to challenge patriarchy, bigotry, religious intolerance and cultural particularism. …”
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Cracks in reproductive health rights: Buffalo City learners’ knowledge of abortion legislation by Catriona Macleod, Lebogang Seutlwadi, Gary Steele

“…Significant differences between the knowledge of respondents at the various schools were found, with those learners attending schools formerly designated for African learners during Apartheid having the least knowledge. Conclusion: Given the multiple factors that may serve as barriers to women accessing abortion, it is imperative that at least the most fundamental aspect of reproductive rights, that is, the right to information, is not undermined.…”
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<b>Relendo Hesíodo: o mito das raças em <em>A idade do ferro</em>, de J. M. Coetzee</b> - doi: 10.4025/actascilangcult.v33i1.6467 by Denise Almeida Silva

“…Em seguida, analisa-se como a noção de um mundo em que a desordem se instaura progressivamente rumo à injustiça, desgraça e morte foi associada por Coetzee ao contexto da África do Sul em que vigia o apartheid, retratada pelo autor como uma sociedade não só enferma, mas em estado terminal. …”
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South Africa and the Emerging Powers by Ian Taylor

“…Such questions are based on the partial nature of global liberalization, seen to benefit the developed world at the expense of the developing and also the continuation of what South Africa’s previous president, Thabo Mbeki, referred to as “global apartheid”. Within this context, since the 1994 elections, but particularly under the presidency of Mbeki and continuing under Zuma, South African foreign policy has more and more adopted a reformist stance towards the global system. …”
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