Voters’ attitudes towards political parties’ communication: the case of Diepsloot voters in Gauteng, South Africa by Trevor Hlungwani, Siyasanga Tyali

“…These parties were the top three when it came to electoral support in South Africa when this study was carried out. …”
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Affective economies of racism on social media by Rodwell Makombe, Bright Sinyonce, Mpitseng Tladi, Saneliso Thambo

“…The findings of the study show that white supremacist groups in South Africa use social media as a platform to recontextualise and re-mediate topical issues in South African society and ramp up group solidarity by circulating racist views that undermine and de-legitimise the ruling party (the African National Congress) and its policies. …”
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Reconstituting public service broadcasting by Ruth Teer-Tomaselli, Keyan Tomaselli

“… As South Africa moved from formal apartheid to multi-party elections between February 1990 and April 1994, a unique testing ground for theories of media and democracy became available for analysis. …”
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The iconography of persuasion by Shepherd Mpofu, Trust Matsilele, Tawanda Nyawasha

“… South Africa’s 2019 elections, like others before, will be remembered for the historical significance around the ANC ruling party’s sharp decline in polls, the surging and re-emergence of the ideologically extreme parties, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and the Freedom Front Plus (VF+). …”
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Reflection in Practice as Source of Values: The Cross-cultural Creation of a Health-care Ethic in Post-Apartheid South Africa by Augustine Shutte

“…This article provides grounds for this view by examining the practice of health-care in post-apartheid South Africa, and the co-reflection of scientific health-care professionals and traditional healers, that are part of constructing a new model for health-care that better serves the needs of all South Africans. …”
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Solving the Cape Town Puzzle: Class, Politics and Migration in the Informal Food Economy by Graeme Young

“…This is particularly promising for individuals engaged in informal economic activity. Cape Town, South Africa, is in many ways a model for this idea: following its post-apartheid democratization process, governments at the local, provincial, and national levels officially recognize the value of informality and have adopted policies to support it. …”
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The ANC and its use of history to build its brand by Ronald Irwin

“… The African National Congress, South Africa’s ruling party since its liberation from apartheid in 1994, has one of the most compelling stories in modern political history. …”
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Ideological objectives underpinning imbizo as a model of communication and governance by Jeffrey Mabelebele

“…The word imbizo has its variants in many African languages in South Africa, e.g. pit o in Sepedi, kgotla in Setswana and Sesotho. …”
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Women Leaders and their Leadership Styles by Sumeshni Govender, Professor Sithabile Ntombela, Siphelele S. Makhubu

“…It is in this regard that Sustainable Development Goal #5 speaks to the promotion of gender equality and empowerment of women, which is regarded as a human rights issue (United Nations, 2015). Although South Africa has made significant strides in addressing gender inequality, especially in government departments and political parties, women remain under-represented in other sectors. …”
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Gender differences in use of cigarette and non-cigarette tobacco products among adolescents aged 13–15 years in 20 African countries by Israel T. Agaku, Rose Sulentic, Adriana Dragicevic, Gibril Njie, Candace K. Jones, Satomi Odani, Tina Tsafa, Joy Gwar, Constantine I. Vardavas, Olalekan Ayo-Yusuf

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