A Review of Dying for Freedom: Political Martyrdom in South Africa by Jacob Dlamini (Polity Press, 2024). by Taurayi Munemo

“…Championed by the ideas of political activists like Nelson Mandela and Steve Biko, political deaths during apartheid were interpreted as one’s passport to a heroic legacy, an experience one had to look forward to. …”
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Youth and the politics of generational memories: The Soweto uprising in South Africa by Sandrine Gukelberger

“…It looks at those who were youths during apartheid and who are now involved in urban politics. …”
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La politique de l’eau en Afrique du Sud : le difficile équilibre entre développement durable et valorisation optimale de la ressource by David Blanchon

“…One major reason is the controversial status of the environment in South Africa, deeply disturbed by the apartheid regime, and still politically and socially problematic.…”
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God's omnipotence and human freedom by A. van de Beek

“…In South Africa much attention is given to the political figures who led the nation out of the house of apartheid. We can, however, hardly overestimate the role of the church in this. …”
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‘If I Can, We Can’ by Jennifer N. Fish

“…Under South Africa’s apartheid rule, she began to organise women in the garage of her employer and went on to become president of the first global union led by women. …”
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The role of religion and spirituality in transforming society by J. Beyers

“…Some religious leaders famously fought against apartheid, while others expressed support and legitimated apartheid. …”
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De la mobilité à l’accessibilité : l’évolution des transports comme ressources dans la ville sud-africaine by Solène Baffi

“…Les transports en commun ont constitué un des rouages des processus d’exclusion socio-spatiale des populations ségrégées pendant l’apartheid, en conditionnant notamment les mobilités vers les ressources urbaines. …”
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"He will die in another way before he is dead". The violence of the prison system in "The Double Dying of an Ordinary Criminal" by Breyten Breytenbach by Rosa Calì

“…First, the article will explore Breytenbach’s political activism during South African Apartheid and his following exile and imprisonment. …”
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TV is the Devil, the Devil is on TV:Wild Religion and Wild Media in South Africa by Lee-Shae S.Scharnick-Udemans

“…The first, characterized as TV is the devilexplores the apartheid government’s pre-emptive religiously saturated ban on television. …”
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Latinos(as) y La descoLonización del imperio estadounidense en eL siglo XXI by Ramón Grosfoguel

“…Las minorías raciales serán las mayorías; los latinos serán la mayoría de las minorías. el imperio se debate entre nuevas formas de apartheid (neo-apartheid) y la descolonización de la supremacía blanca. …”
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Emergency Continued by Christopher Beilings

“…The novel is set in the heat of the State of Emergency sanctioned by the Apartheid state in the 1980s in response to the uprisings in Black and Coloured townships. …”
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In Conversation with Professor Jacklyn Cock, Author of Maids and Madams by David du Toit

“…What inspired you to write about domestic work during the apartheid era? …”
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A theory-based analysis of labour unions in the South African Public Service by Tando Rulashe

“…Specifically, the study examines the influence of apartheid-era policies, post-apartheid reforms, and the impact of global economic trends on labour organisations. …”
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The Impeccable Zapu and ANC Alliance in Retrospect: The 1967 Wankie and 1968 Sipolilo Campaigns by Dumiso Dabengwa

“…The Luthuli detachment’s indomitable fighters proved the lie of the invincibility of the Rhodesian and South African racist and apartheid regimes. …”
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Tracking the Indigenous Sacred, Chidester-style by Rosalind I.J. Hackett

“…By adopting a more dynamic and open-ended approach to religion as a set of resources and strategies, Chidester provides critical insights on the production, appropriation, and interpretation of indigenous religious myths and ritualsin the post-apartheid setting. …”
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Johannesburg, Ontario: Street Naming Strategies and the Decolonised City to Com by Melissa Levin

“… South Af rica’s transition f rom apartheid to democracy was both enabled and burdened by the global political conditions of the late 1980s. …”
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Conversation with Ambassador Abdul S. Minty, during a Conference on ‘Anti-Nuclear Activism in Africa: A Historical Perspective’, held at the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Stu... by Anna-Mart van Wyk

“… When did you first become aware that the Apartheid government was not only interested in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy as they publicly professed, and how did you promote or publicize your concern? …”
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L’émergence par la créativité au Cap by Thomas Radovcic

“…Nonetheless, whereas social, spatial and racial inequalities inherited from the apartheid era are still persisting, this strategy aims to strengthen Cape Town’s assets to internationally compete with other cities. …”
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RELIGIONS AND RECONCILIATION OF CONFLICTING SOCIOCULTURAL IDENTITIES by E van der Borght

“…The argument is illustrated with an analysis of the role played by Christian churches in South Africa during the apartheid era. …”
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La nouvelle Afrique du Sud à la plage ! Usages et fréquentation de trois plages de la péninsule du Cap by Hélène Frogneux

“…As was every public space, beaches were segregated under apartheid. Nowadays they are theoretically open to everyone, without distinction of race. …”
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