While the informal sector is the ‘forgotten’ sector in many ways, it provides livelihoods, employment and income for about 2.5 million workers and business owners. One in every six South Africans work in the informal sector. Almost half of the employees work in firms and these firms provide about 850 000 paid jobs – almost twice direct employment in the mining sector.
The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) hosted a roundtable in March 2015 on the theme: The Role of Intellectuals in the State-Society Nexus. This book culminated from the roundtable's inputs and debates into the public domain by recording the contributions of the main speakers, respondents, and questions from the floor.
Since 2011 attacks that sow terror in the hearts of people all over the world have increased significantly, both in their frequency and intensity. Victims of these attacks have also increased, in the West and, more specifically, elsewhere. Is there indeed a war of terror, as many political leaders would have the world believe?
The Black Consciousness Reader second edition follows hot on the heels of the first edition published in 2017. The edition coincided with the 40th anniversary of Steve Biko’s murder by the apartheid regime. The late Biko is well-known for spreading the liberating idea of Black Consciousness. Meanwhile, the revised latest edition of the Black Consciousness Reader has been put together by a group of well-known journalists. The second edition focuses on new elements of history, interviews and opinions about the Black Consciousness philosophy.
Mhudi - In this book Sabata-Mpho Mokae revisits the novel penned by famous writer and struggle stalwart Sol Tshekisho Plaatje. It is a story of love and war crafted focusing on the life of two main characters Mhudi and Ra-Thaga - a romantic story set against a violent backdrop of war between Barolong, Boer and Matebele dating back to the 1830s.
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Scholarship and Politics in South Africa’s Higher Education System was penned by Kgothatso Shai. In his argument, Shai present an alternative perspective to provide solutions to the politics of higher education, scholarships not only in South Africa but to the entire African continent.
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This book was penned by historian Jacob Dlamini. In this book, Dlamini captures South Africa’s experiences of nature and leisure. Safari Nation: A Social History of the Kruger National Park, the book pays special attention to the Kruger National Park is South Africa’s most iconic nature reserve, renowned for its rich flora and fauna.
https://history.princeton.edu/about/publications/safari-nation-social-history-kruger-national-park
The Scatterlings is a novel written by Resoketswe Manenzhe. She portrays a story of individuals experienced over a hundred years ago. It incorporates myth, ritual, and the lived experiences by ordinary women and men.
https://www.readerswarehouse.co.za/products/scatterlings
Pages: 200
ISBN 13: 9781431429851
Publish Year: September 2020
Publisher: Jacana Media
In this book Evangeline Bonisiwe Zungu provides insight into the Zulu polygynous families. Titled Zulu Names, Polygyny and Gender Politics in Traditional Societies, the book also examines how Zulu anthroponyms used in respect of the living-dead reflect social behaviour patterns within homesteads.
ISBN 13: 9781869144708
Publish Year: June 2021
Publisher: UKZN Press
Young Families: Gender, Sexuality and Care draws together unique and compelling essays about the contexts of early childbearing, a topic that is now taken for granted. The book explores the contexts in which young families are constituted and shaped along with the kinds of social relationships and communities of care that early childbearing creates (or in some instances destroys).
