“Shedding New Light on the Historical Development of the ANC”– The Congress...
Tom Lodge of the University of Limerick has written a review of The Congress Movement for The Journal of Southern African Studies. The piece is titled “Shedding New Light on the Historical...
View ArticleThe changing role of science councils in South Africa examined in Balancing...
HSRC Press is proud to present Balancing multiple mandates: The changing roles of science councils in South Africa by Glenda Kruss, Genevieve Haupt, Azinga Tele and Rushil Ranchod: Science councils...
View ArticleFrancis Nyamnjoh and Ingrid Brudvig present Mobilities, ICTs and marginality...
HSRC Press is proud to present Mobilities, ICTs and marginality in Africa: South Africa in comparative perspective, edited by Francis Nyamnjoh and Ingrid Brudvig: Mobility has become a prominent...
View ArticleKopano Ratele examines culturally constructed gender in Liberating Masculinities
Coming in October from HSRC Press: In Liberating Masculinities, Kopano Ratele posits that all masculinities are working models, and some models might be more unworkable given the prevailing structural...
View ArticleWho is in charge of South Africa? The question explored at the launch of...
At the recent launch of State of the Nation 2016: Who is in Charge? Mandates, Accountability and Contestations in South Africa, published HSRC Press, one could not help but feel an immense sense of...
View ArticleRethinking memory, the archive and the legacies of colonialism in Out of History
Coming in September from HSRC Press – Out of History: Re-imagining South Africans Pasts edited by Jung Ran Forte, Paolo Israel and Leslie Witz: Out of History brings together exciting and innovative...
View ArticleSave the date for the launch of State of the Nation 2016: Who is in Charge?...
HSRC Press is proud to invite you to the launch of its flagship title release, State of the Nation 2016: Who is in Charge? Mandates, Accountability and Contestations in South Africa. The publication...
View ArticleTimbuktu mausoleums finally restored to former glory
A consecration ceremony was celebrated recently at the Timbuktu mausoleums, as the final phase of the United Nations-backed “cultural rebirth” of the ancient city after the destruction wrought by...
View ArticleTwo-day State of the Nation debate begins today, Eastern Cape on the agenda
Members of Parliament from both the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces will this week participate in a two-day debate on President Jacob Zuma’s 2016 State of the Nation Address...
View Article‘Street trading is a reality that all African cities face’– Claire...
Greg Nicolson of the Daily Maverick interviewed Claire Benit-Gbaffou recently about the informal street trading charter. The Charter For a Street-Trading Friendly African City was launched by the Save...
View ArticleChallenging State of the Nation for President Zuma
Commentary by Peter Attard Montalto‚ Emerging Markets Economist at Nomura The State of the Nation Address (SONA) by President Jacob Zuma on 11 February is actually more important in our view than the...
View ArticleDisability and Social Change: Brownies and Downies meets Cape Town’s special...
In Cape Town, new coffee shops and restaurants open (or close) every week, so it’s easy to brush off the announcement of another one as insignificant. However, you might want to take notice of the...
View ArticleSave the date – it’s almost time for the 2016 State of the Nation Address
It’s almost time for the 2016 State of the Nation Address (SONA). Read previous SONA speeches by visiting the South African Government website: The State of the Nation Address, at the annual opening...
View ArticleCosatu calls for comprehensive investigation into South African maize price...
In a statement published on their website, Cosatu has demanded that maize price manipulators be jailed. Cosatu provincial secretary in the Western Cape Tony Ehrenreich says that traders are using the...
View ArticleWho is in charge? Power and authority in South Africa scrutinised in State of...
The State of the Nation 2016 volume uses multiple research lenses to analyse the dynamic interface of power and authority structures that characterises the state and South African society as a dynamic...
View ArticleCosatu Calls for an End to Skewed Power Relations within the Tripartite Alliance
The Tripartite Alliance was formed in early 1990 when political parties were unbanned, and consists of the South African Communist Party (SACP), the African National Congress (ANC) and the Congress of...
View ArticleLife Begins at 30: Cosatu Celebrates Three Decades of Defending Workers’...
Cosatu, the largest trade union federation in South Africa, is turning 30 years old today. Fresh out of its 12th National Congress, Cosatu sees this red-letter event an opportunity for a “new beginning...
View ArticleTeaching the “Native” by Joseph Daniel Reilly: Why “Bantu Education” was...
Coming in January 2016: HSRC Press presents Teaching the “Native”: The foundations of “Native” education policy in South Africa, 1900-1936 by Joseph Daniel Reilly. If you are sitting in a South African...
View Article16 Days of Activism to Focus on How War and Conflict Affect Women’s Right to...
It’s day two of 2015′s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, an annual international campaign that starts on 25 November, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and...
View ArticleCosatu Prepares for New Leader, and to “Do Battle” with ANC
It is exciting times for Cosatu. The trade federation will hold its national conference next week, and one of the main items on the agenda will be the election of a general secretary to replace the...
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