Publications
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The Way Home
(2024)
This book records the years of Morley Nkosi’s exile from Apartheid South Africa, most of which he spent as an academic in the United States. It is also the story of his life until that forced departure, chronicling the ...
Perspectives on Health Communication from Selected Sub-Saharan African Contexts
(2024)
Health communication as a hallmark of individual and societal wellbeing is relevant in Africa where the disparities in healthcare access, infrastructure and systematic complexities abound. All these vulnerabilities, as ...
A Fair Share
(2024)
“A Fair Share: Reflecting Essays on Economic Inequality in South Africa” explores the multifaceted issue of economic inequality in South Africa, delving into its historical roots, current manifestations, and potential ...
Algeria
(2024)
Arab and African states have seen an unprecedented expansion in tertiary education in recent times, both in terms of number of students and institutions. While this development allows for more equity in access, it goes ...
Partnership Between Universities in Japan and South Africa
(2024)
Cross-border partnerships are increasingly important for higher education in the twenty-first century. While virtually all universities in the world, in their pursuit of internationalisation, strive to enter into partnerships ...
Practical Theology and Mission Studies
(2024)
Practical Theology and Mission Studies: Understand, contemplate and do! South African Perspectives is an academic book that consists of theoretical contributions from lecturers and research associates of the Department of ...
The Business of Higher Institutional Education
(2025)
Higher education is facing increasing challenges. Economic and financial pressures have heightened the strain on the sustainability of higher education institutions (HEIs). These pressures have prompted a shift toward ...
Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert
(2025)
Philosophical Theologies in South Africa
(2024)
The relationship between philosophy and theology has been a live question since the origins of Christianity. Attending to a genealogy of how ‘theology’ and ‘philosophy’ have been related is important for conceiving their ...
ATAF@15: Insights from an African Tax Organisation
(2024)
Africa is both the cradle of humanity and demographically the youngest continent. Its exciting future rests on the talents and innovation of its youth, underpinned by independent institutions, like the African Tax ...
Super President
(2024)
This book begins with a simple observation: none of South Africa’s presidents since Nelson Mandela have held any ministerial portfolios. This is in contrast to the nine men who ruled the country during its Union and Apartheid ...
Public Sector Communication in the Digital Age
(2024)
“Public sector communication in Southern Africa cannot be understood outside the factors shaped by the region’s historical context, political transitions and, subsequently, the need for transparent and inclusive governance." ...
Transforming Higher Education Scholarship after Covid-19 and in the Context of the 4th Industrial Revolution
(2024)
In this edited book we are compelled to think about the convergences between the technological advances made possible by lockdowns brought on by the Covid-19 Pandemic and increased 4IR use in the South African context. ...
Kanene
(2025)
The Black SANDF soldiers’ experiences are unique, shaped by the armed struggle, long and repeated deployments, constant threats, and repeated exposure to the horrors of battle. Traumatised Black SANDF members’ journeys ...
Love in Jozi
(2024)
At its core, this book illuminates the intricate landscape of relationships, societal expectations, and personal aspirations within Johannesburg’s Black middle class. Through nuanced research and compelling narratives, the ...
Eschatology and Mission
(2024)
Eschatology and mission relate to some of the most important theological aspects. It is obvious that, presently, the theological discussion about eschatology raises new questions concerning its place regarding the implications ...
Women in Leadership
(2024)
This book is not just about women in leadership; it’s a testament to the power of diversity and inclusion in driving organisational growth and success. It’s a call to action for organisations to recognise, nurture, and ...
Demystifying the Jewel Called the ILO
(2024)
It is not easy to share what the International Labour Organization (ILO) is about, and what makes it one of the most important institutions in the world, without using jargon that completely loses most people who are not ...
Nuns Across the Orange
(2021)
When Sister Emma and the five women who accompanied her from England crossed the Orange River early in 1874, they exchanged the comfortable mainstream of Anglican Church life for the rigours of pioneering new works in an ...
The Inclusive Economy
(2022)
There is one serious missing link at the center of today’s capitalism. It is a disequilibrium between increased economic interconnectedness and increased isolation/exclusion. This unique challenge in the 21st century calls ...
Politics and higher education in East Africa from the 1920s to 1970
(2012)
The main objective of this book is to establish the salient reasons why higher education was developed in East Africa and specifically why the Federal University of East Africa was constituted. The book will identify the ...
In pursuit of societal harmony and officially multilingual countries
(2017)
In pursuit of societal harmony: Reviewing the experiences and approaches in officially monolingual and officially multilingual countries contains a selection of papers on language legislation that were presented at the ...
The Impact of Covid-19 on the Future of Law
(2022)
The chapters in this volume focus on the future of law and related disciplines: human rights and access to medical care, corruption and money laundering in state procurement, counterfeit medical products, IPR waiver on ...
Global Initiatives and Higher Education in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
(2022)
The Fourth industrial Revolution (4IR) is forcing higher education (HE) into a new era where it must either actively and positively contribute to innovation, sustainability, and development or become obsolete and redundant. ...
New hope for the poor
(2012)
Empowering the poor remains an essential part of the Christian Gospel. The way in which the absolute poor in informal settlements in Africa can be empowered by the message of the Bible, needs to be researched. During ...
Surfers van die Tsunami
(2014)
Engaging the fourth industrial revolution
(2020)
The reality of a radically changing world is beyond dispute. The notion of the Fourth Industrial Revolution is a heuristic key for the world of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, quantum ...
Critical toponomy
(2019)
Critical Toponymy: Place names in political, historical and commercial landscapes contains a selection of double-blind peer-reviewed papers from the 4th International Symposium on Place Names that took place 18-20 September ...
Academic Libraries
(2022)
As we begin to fundamentally redefine our world, informed through the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) lens, entire industries are gearing up for this disruptive event. Library practices have been no exception. With the ...
Recognition, Regulation, Revitalisation
(2020)
Recognition, Regulation, Revitalisation: Place Names and Indigenous Languages is a selection of double-blind peer-reviewed papers from the 5th International Symposium on Place Names that took place 18-20 September 2020 in ...
Theology and the (post)apartheid condition
(2016)
Knowledge transmission and generation belong to the core mission of the public university. In democratic South Africa, the transformation of these processes and practices in higher education has become an urgent and contested ...
Reinventing the Social Scientist and Humanist in the Era of Big Data
(2019)
This book explores the big data evolution by interrogating the notion that big data is a disruptive innovation that appears to be challenging existing epistemologies in the humanities and social sciences. Exploring various ...
Books & Bones & Other Things
(2018)
Books tell stories about our lifeworld. In this book Jan Coetzee invites us to critically inquire into the aims, the content, and the context of the stories contained in a collection of old books from an old world. Without ...
Kaapstad se 'Streetgate'
(2014)