"One in Christ": Fedsem spiritualities of solidarity by G. A. Duncan

“… This article focuses on spirituality as the basis of life at the Federal Theological Seminary of Southern Africa (Fedsem) (1963-1993) during the apartheid years, when Fedsem, groups and individuals within it were subjected to regular surveillance and scrutiny. …”
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The Black Church as a caring community for the poor: Southern Synod as investigative centre by L. Modise

“…Thirdly, the author illustrates why a Black theology of liberation is needed in the post-apartheid era in terms of the poverty level in South Africa. …”
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Allan Boesak: innocence and the struggle for humanity by M. Cloete

“…Boesak is of the view that post-apartheid South Africa is still deeply plagued by a racist legacy of moral-political “innocence”. …”
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Participer à la nouvelle Afrique du Sud ? by Sophie Chevalier

“…Since their introduction, shopping malls have played a part in a political and ideological dimension, first during the apartheid period (when they helped intensify segregation), and today, as sites that testify to the emancipation of the non-white middle classes, and to the new South Africa. …”
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Baptist ethics of conscientious objection to military service in South Africa: the watershed case of Richard Steele by F. Hale

“… Although the Baptist Union of Southern Africa included relatively few outspoken critics of the apartheid system, during the 1970s and 1980s a small number of its younger members confronted the military system which supported that system of social engineering by refusing to comply with military conscription. …”
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African Biochemists Plan More Collaboration by Peter N. Campbell

“…An obvious development was the formation of a similar organisation to take care of Africa, but this proved impossible so long as apartheid survived in South Africa. With the removal of the latter, the way was clear for the foundation of the Federation of African Societies of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (FASBMB). …”
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Learning from Black Theology by Basil Moore

“…While the need for Black Theology may be less critical in post-Apartheid South Africa, there are major lessons to be learned from how it constructed the Gospel message in the then current context of the oppression and exploitation of the oppressed South African blacks. …”
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Kally Forrest (2024) Lydia: An Anthem to the Unity of Women. Johannesburg: Jacana Media. ISBN 9781431434800. 230 pp. ZAR300.00 (paperback); US$ 19.55 (kindle) by Diane Cooper

“…Mam’ Lydia’s story unfolds against the backdrop of the pervasive and oppressive apartheid system, which legally enforced racial discrimination and political, social and economic exclusion. …”
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Reading young adult South Africans’ reading of national television news by Musa Ndlovu

“…It argues that this theoretical framework allows for a deeper contextual reading of the reader-text relationship and for the argument that, despite post-apartheid social transformation, young adult South Africans’ readings of locally produced television news texts are still ideologically situated sociocultural imports traceable to their differential class, race and gender positions in the country’s social structure. …”
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Transformation, theology and the public university in South Africa by R. Venter

“… This article addresses a specific issue, namely the ramifications for theology practised at a public university under (post)-apartheid conditions. In South Africa, scholarly opinion has not paid sufficient attention to what “transformation” entails for theology under these circumstances. …”
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P. Dibeela, P. Lenka-Bula & V. Vellem (Eds.), Prophet from the South: Essays in honour of Allan Aubrey Boesak by Wessel Wessels

“…Liberation theology enticed him to struggle against the injustices of both apartheid and democracy, albeit not without some mistakes. …”
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Die Suid-Afrikaanse Kapelaansdiens (SAKD) en staatsbeleid tydens die Grensoorlog, 1966-1989 by I. Bredenkamp, A. Wessels

“… During the Border War (1966-1989), also known as the Bush War or the Namibian War of Independence, the accusation was made that chaplains serving in the South African Chaplaincy Service (SACHS) endorsed and propagated the policy of apartheid. This article gives an historical perspective on the question whether chaplains were able to function independently, in accordance with the doctrines of their respective denominations, or whether they became liveried servants to state politics during the Border War. …”
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Interpretations of the Tower of Babel narrative in the African context by M. Rathbone

“…These unique questions relate to the cultures of African people, the injustice of colonialism, apartheid and so forth. The problem is that some of these new perspectives are influenced by rationalism that may result in reductionist interpretations of the Tower of Babel narrative. …”
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Die rol van die NGK-leierskap in die aanloop tot die eerste demokratiese verkiesing in Suid-Afrika: 1990-1994 by Johan M. van der Merwe

“…By doing so, the leadership of the church, which became known for the Biblical foundation of the notorious policy of apartheid, played an important role while South Africa was on the brink of civil war. …”
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A hundred years of theological training in the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa by M. Nel

“…In this article the development of training for the ministry along separate lines for different racial groups in accordance with the ruling Apartheid policy of the Nationalist government is discussed. …”
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Liberative Black theology: a case study of race in theological education by M. Naidoo

“… Our history in South Africa has shown that we are largely segregated and unequal, as race continues to define the opportunities of many. Post-apartheid interactions continue to be troubling in racial terms. …”
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The South African Traditional Communities and Women for Rural Democracy and Land Rights by Wandile Brian Zondo

“… ABSTRACT Context and background The traditional communities of South Africa, particularly in the apartheid’s former homelands, have had to grapple with issues of the distortion of living customary law. …”
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The Political Economy of Sino-South African Trade in the Context of Asia-Pacific Regional Competition by Tinuade Ojo

“…At the same time, these countries also aimed to increase trade relations with post-Apartheid South Africa, sometimes at China’s marginal expense, since 1998 (when Pretoria formed diplomatic ties with Beijing to Taiwan’s exclusion). …”
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No Linear Path to Liberation: A Comment on the Political Biography of H. Selby Msimang by Bongani Ngqulunga

“…With that, the political narrative that the ANC had propagated so effectively, which characterised South African politics, especially in the black camp, as having been divided between heroes who fought the good fight and villains who collaborated with the oppressive apartheid system was also being contested.     …”
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A Critical Review of the Roles and Functions of Traditional Leaders by Nkareng Klaas-Makolomakwe, Tanusha Raniga

“…Having survived both the colonial and apartheid eras in South Africa, it still faces legislative control in the post-1994 era. …”
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