Publications
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Sexuality, Society & Pedagogy
(2014)
Sexuality, Society and Pedagogy problematises some of the prevailing assumptions that frame this area of study. In doing so, it aims to make visible the challenges of teaching sexuality education in South African schools, ...
Regional Innovation: Government policies and the role of Higher Education Institutions
(2016)
“This book provides an excellent analysis of regional innovation policy issues and developments with a wealth of examples, notably from OECD countries. Key policy areas, such as clusters, support services, and higher ...
Modelling as Research Methodology
(2010)
Modelling as Research Methodology is written for the scientist and student researching the (expected) functioning of systems under specified conditions. As such, it represents an introduction to the use of modelling in ...
Voices past and present
(2020)
The preservation of South Africa’s indigenous languages – the extinct Bushman and Khoikhoi languages in particular – is a pressing concern. Voices Past and Present serves as a comprehensive, scholarly and practical source ...
South African Christian Experiences
(2020)
Some of the studies in this publication excavate lost or disappearing indigenous toponyms. Those researchers contribute in a very concrete way to the preservation of indigenous toponyms, and thereby also the associated ...
A Passage of Nostalgia
(2020)
Jacobus Kloppers, an eminent composer, organist, pedagogue, and scholar, significantly contributed to musicological and organ teaching in South Africa and Canada and, in the latter context, art music, and liturgical ...
Waste PET-MOF-Cleanwater
(2022)
In counties like South Africa, firstly, the waste PET stream has posed a serious problem to the environment, and the current recycling of waste PET remains as low as 30%. The waste PET recycling industries such as PETCO & ...
Vulnerable responsibility
(2018)
The authors have developed the ethical imagination inviting a sense of “otherness” towards the vulnerable self, rebounding care for the other as a way to understand our everyday neurotic (normal) tendency of small vices ...
Healthcare ethics for Healthcare Practitioners
(2017)
Healthcare ethics cannot be limited in scope to apply only to the patient but needs to apply to the healthcare practitioner as well. The relationship between the patient and the healthcare practitioner has shifted from a ...
Companies Act No 31 of 1909
(2019)
The 1909 Companies Act was known as the “Transvaal Act”. After South Africa was established as a Union, each province had its own Companies Act. There is no indication that the 1909 Act was amended on provincial level. ...
Relating the South African soil taxonomy to the World Reference Base for soil resources
(2020)
The South African Taxonomic soil classification system (SAT) is well established and utilised in South Africa. However, it is not internationally well known and therefore the need arose to provide a tool by which South ...
Rhoda: ‘Comrade Kadalie, You Are Out of Order!
(2023)
This authorized biography was made possible through the gracious help of my mother-in-law, Rhoda Kadalie, who provided generous access to her files, letters, photographs, and extensive library of documents. She made time ...
Sinsoekers
(2023)
In hierdie diep persoonlike boek maak bekende Cilliers temas — insluitend die skep van sin, prediking, moderne kuns, kleur, Stellenbosse wyne, en die Karoo — op ’n verrassend nuwe wyse hulle verskyning. Hulle word verbind ...
Futures and Beyond
(2023)
The Futures and Beyond: Creativity and 4IR Virtual Conference was hosted online by UJ Arts & Culture on the 30th and 31st August, 2022. The University of Johannesburg has positioned the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) ...
Poison
(2023)
The Gender Parity and Equality Committee is a team of five delegates from varying constituencies appointed by a legislative body that enacts, ratifies and repeals bills known as the People's Assembly. Their mandate is to ...
Academic Libraries in Africa
(2023)
This book offers an interesting overview of academic libraries and the communities they serve in Africa. The book explores the work of academic libraries from a number of different countries primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa. ...
Adrianus van Selms
(2024)
Adrianus van Selms (1906-1984) was a Dutch pastor (1930-1938) who became senior lecturer and professor in Semitic languages at the University of Pretoria (1938-1972) and lecturer in Biblical archaeology (1938-1962) at the ...
Improving Health Literacy for People with Low Literacy
(2024)
Health literacy and low health literacy have received increased attention due to their association with poor understanding of health information, and consequently negative health outcomes. Although much research discusses ...
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 ...
Reappraising the Life and Legacy of Jan C. Smuts
(2024)
In this book, the authors cover both familiar and unfamiliar themes. One of the principal themes running throughout the book addresses head-on the deficiency in the literature highlighted by Saul Dubow, namely, the question ...
Public Administration and Governance in Democratic South Africa
(2024)
There is a national emergency, and it has become more pronounced as South Africa faces challenges of Ethical leadership in both the private and public sector. Recently the Zondo Commission, Public Investment Corporation ...
Diaspora in the MENA Region and Beyond
(2024)
Diaspora in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region and Beyond is very relevant for emerging multidisciplinary Diaspora studies. The region itself has settled or long-term international migrants; Diasporas from ...
New Frontiers in Contemporary Missiology
(2024)
In this book seven authors deal with issues of Africa identity. These comprise the interface between Christian faith with ancestral veneration, the question of African personhood, gender, and culture, human dignity, COVID-19, ...
The Spicy Anthology
(2024)
This collection is selected amongst a body of work by Mpho Buntse who deems this work as having been written or published ahead of its time. This informative supplementary seeks to take the reader through a journey of how ...
Theorising Research, Innovation, and Internationalisation in African Higher Education
(2024)
The African higher education landscape has experienced a myriad of success and challenges in the past five decades. This has turned the landscape into a complex one, enmeshed in a rich dose of colonial legacies, globalisation, ...
Liberal Peace
(2024)
In this book, the authors analyse and offer some insights into the history of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The story is told within the context of its conflicts, with an exploration of the complex and multilayered ...
Theorising Curriculum in Unsettling Times in African Higher Education
(2024)
Curriculum and all its discourses constitute the heart of education and all its paraphernalia and largely informs the happenings in higher education or universities. As a result of the importance of curriculum, all scholars ...
Journey to Ithaca
(2024)
Journey to Ithaca is an extraordinary memoir about an extraordinary life. Of its author it may well be said, in Shakespeare’s words (from Henry VI, part I, aptly quoted in the prelims): “Who would e’er suppose [he] had ...
African Union and Agenda 2063
(2025)
Since its official launch on 9 July 2002 in Durban, South Africa, the African Union (AU) has taken on the complex mantle of promoting peace, governance, development, and continental integration—building on the legacy of ...
Uniting Africa
(2025)
The primary aim of this book is to reach a better understanding of Africa’s eff orts to incrementally advance Pan-Africanism, and its consolidating eff orts to attain socio-economic inclusive growth, political stability, ...
Proud to be Deaf
(2025)
This thought-provoking book details the history of Catholic ministry to the Deaf community in South Africa over 120 years. This history provides a backdrop to Deaf people’s emerging understanding of themselves as a people ...
Vumani
(2025)
It was always the case. Vumani Mzondeki verily believed he would not live beyond adolescence. He accepted this possibility and made peace with it. His age notwithstanding, he secretly went to the cemetery to identify his ...
Aristotle in Africa
(2025)
How best to bring the genius of African traditional philosophy into dialogue with the European and global traditions of thought? The philosophy of Aristotle – ‘baptised’ by medieval Christian philosopher Thomas Aquinas – ...
Women Representation in Governance in Nigeria
(2025)
Despite accounting for 49.47% of the Nigerian population, progress towards gender equity and women's empowerment in Nigeria has remained low, in contrast to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG Target 5.5). In light of ...
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 ...
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 ...
Sugar and Settlers
(2015)
Duncan Du Bois provides a detailed and fascinating history of a hitherto much-neglected part of what was the colony of Natal. Based primarily on original archival research, he traces the southward advance of the white ...
Male Powerlessness
(2023)
Male Powerlessness investigates black African men’s lived encounters with intimate partner violence (IPV) and the ways in which these men make sense of, and struggle to overcome, their unprecedented experiences of abuse ...
Konstruksieveiligheid Sakboekie vir Suid-Afrika
(2020)
Construction is one of the oldest activities known to mankind, yet it is an industry where the health, safety and wellbeing of people are often at risk. While South African construction safety laws and regulations are ...
Standardisation and the Wealth of Place Names
(2023)
Standardisation and the Wealth of Place Names – Aspects of a Delicate Relationship is a selection of double-blind peer-reviewed papers from the 6th International Symposium on Place Names that took place virtually 29 September ...
Pocketbook ea Polokeho ea Kaho bakeng
(2020)
Construction is one of the oldest activities known to mankind, yet it is an industry where the health, safety and wellbeing of people are often at risk. While South African construction safety laws and regulations are ...
Construction Safety Pocketbook for South Africa
(2020)
Construction is one of the oldest activities known to mankind, yet it is an industry where the health, safety and wellbeing of people are often at risk. While South African construction safety laws and regulations are ...
Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert
(2025)
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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." ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...