Spotlights

New Releases

The South African State Transformed? : Sanctions, Negotiations, and Elite Pacts 1975-2018

Louis A. Picard, Thomas M. Mogale, Caitlin C. Corrigan
30 October 2025

Contested Karoo: Interdisciplinary perspectives on change and continuity in South Africa’s drylands

Cherryl Walker (ed), M. Timm Hoffman (ed)
15 May 2024
Picture of boys behind fence

From Boys to Men: Social constructions of masculinity in contemporary society

Tamara Shefer, Kopano Ratele, Anna Strebel, Nokuthula Shabalala, Rosemarie Buikema
30 April 2024
Interior of room in Lwandle

Hostels, homes, museum: Memorialising migrant labour pasts in Lwandle, South Africa

Noëleen Murray, Leslie Witz
26 March 2024
Cover image showing a graphic design of electricity lines forming a grid.

Running to stand still: Politics and path dependency in South Africa’s municipal electricity sector

Theo Covary
20 October 2022
Cover image showing aerial photograph of the Cape Flats with roads and dwellings, Cape Town.

Mainstreaming climate change in urban development: Lessons from Cape Town

Dianne Scott (ed), Helen Davies (ed), Mark New (ed)
30 August 2022
Cover image showing various beaches and other coastal environments.

Waves of change: Coastal and fisheries co-management in southern Africa

Maria Hauck (ed), Merle Sowman (ed)
12 August 2022
Cover image showing four pictures: two drawings of DNA helixes, a photo of a girl carrying food on her head, and a close-up photo of apples and pears..

Genes for Africa: Genetically modified crops in the developing world

Jennifer A. Thomson
12 August 2022
Cover image showing overlaid picture of a person sitting on the ground with a plate of food.

Fighting poverty: Labour markets and inequality in South Africa

Haroon Bhorat, Murray Leibbrandt, Muzi Maziya, Servaas van der Berg, Ingrid Woolard
12 August 2022
Cover image showing line drawings of people filled in with various patterns and colours.

Who gets in and why? Race, class and aspiration in South Africa’s elite schools

Jonathan Jansen, Samantha Kriger
4 August 2022
Cover image showing a drawing of a group of people having a meeting in an informal settlement.

Upgrading informal settlements in South Africa: A partnership-based approach

Liza Rose Cirolia (ed), Tristan Görgens (ed), Mirjam van Donk (ed), Warren Smit (ed), Scott Drimie (ed)
4 August 2022
Cover image split between images showing a busy highway with many cars on it, and a green leaf with a drop of water on it.

Taking action on climate change: Long term mitigation scenarios for South Africa

Harald Winkler
4 August 2022
Cover image showing people gathering up something from the water close to the ocean.

Sharing benefits from the coast: Rights, resources and livelihoods

Rachel Wynberg (ed), Maria Hauck (ed)
4 August 2022
Cover image showing intricate traditional beadwork.

The House of Tshatshu: Power, politics and chiefs north-west of the Great Kei River c 1818-2018

Anne Kelk Mager, Phiko Jeffrey Velelo
3 August 2022
Cover image showing diagram drawing of two people talking to one another.

Steward leadership: A maturational perspective

Kurt April, Julia Kukard, Kai Peters
2 August 2022
Cover image showing large bags of vegetables for sale on the side of an urban road.

Food security in South Africa: Human rights and entitlement perspectives

Sakiko Fukuda-Parr (ed), Viviene Taylor (ed)
2 August 2022
Cover image showing an ornate picture frame with book title in its centre.

The Reb and the rebel: Jewish narratives in South Africa 1892-1913

Carmel Schrire (ed), Gwynne Schrire (ed)
12 July 2022
Cover image showing title with words from the book as "shadow text" creating a graphic pattern underneath it.

A Dictionary of South African Indian English

Rajend Mesthrie
27 June 2022
Image showing three photographs: of an official government building, a street protest and a peaceful natural landscape.

Domains of freedom: Justice, citizenship and social change in South Africa

Thembela Kepe (ed), Melissa Levin (ed), Bettina von Lieres (ed)
27 June 2022
Cover image showing an old historical photograph ofa large group of people with old official passports and permit stamps superimposed on it.

From prohibited immigrants to citizens: The origins of citizenship and nationality in South Africa

Jonathan Klaaren
27 June 2022
Cover image showing text over outline map of African continent.

HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: Understanding the implications of culture & context

Jean Baxen (ed), Anders Breidlid (ed)
27 June 2022
Cover image showing urban housing and buildings of various kinds.

Confronting fragmentation: Housing and urban development in a democratising society

Philip Harrison (ed), Marie Huchzermeyer (ed), Mzwanele Mayekiso (ed)
27 June 2022
Cover images showing a built cityscape and bulldozing equipment.

Cities with ‘Slums’: From informal settlement eradication to a right to the city in Africa

Marie Huchzermeyer
21 June 2022
Cover image with graphic pattern.

Child and adolescent development: An expanded focus for public health in Africa

Mark Tomlinson, Charlotte Hanlon, Anne Stevenson
21 June 2022
Cover image showing San paintings.

The Anatomy of a South African Genocide: The extermination of the Cape San peoples

Mohamed Adhikari
20 June 2022
The cover photograph was taken by photojournalist Jacob Nankhonya, Assistant Technical Editor at Nation Publications Ltd, and is used by his kind permission. It shows a demonstration in August 2019 that was part of the “One Million March” that called for the resignation of Jane Ansah, Chair of the Malawi Electoral Commission, in the aftermath of the 2019 Presidential election. The demonstrators are on the road close to Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe as they had just passed through the suburb of Mchesi. The placard states, “Chisankho cha Tippex takana,” meaning “We refuse to accept the outcome of the Tippex election.”

Beyond impunity: New directions for governance in Malawi

Kenneth R. Ross, Asiyati Lorraine Chiweza, Wapulumuka O. Mulwafu
13 April 2022
Cover image showing drawing of a town centre seen from above

Making urban places: Principles and guidelines for layout planning

Roger Behrens, Vanessa Watson
11 April 2022
Cover image showing a quiver tree, a threatened species of aloe indigenous to South Africa

Just transitions: Explorations of sustainability in an unfair world

Mark Swilling, Eve Annecke
11 April 2022
Cover image showing a variety of shells, carved wooden items and an animal skin

Traditional African religions in South African law

T. W. Bennett (ed)
8 April 2022
Cover image showing small line drawing of human head inset with puzzle pieces

Substance use and abuse in South Africa: Insights from brain and behavioural sciences

George F.R. Ellis (ed), Dan J. Stein (ed), Kevin G.F. Thomas (ed), Ernesta M. Meintjes (ed)
8 April 2022