W rozmowie na temat płci trzeba mieć na uwadze i róznice, i podobieństwa między mężczyzną a kobietą. Niestety jednak, w momencie kiedy jedno chce przewyższyć drugie, może ona nabrać odcienia sporu. Co do nauki, nie wdaje się w tego typu dyskusje, a raczej skupia na zgromadzeniu danych i wszelkich informacji na temat różnic i podobieństw między mężczyzną a kobietą. Niniejsza praca odkrywa przed czytelnikiem wyniki ostatnich badań nad tymi różnicami, przeprowadzonych przez naukowców z całego...
In 2008, the University of the Free State was thrust into the international spotlight when the racist Reitz video became public. Have South Africans changed in any significant way since 1994, or are black and white still constrained by racial stereotypes? This is the question American-born Donna Bryson asks herself as she goes to investigate. Over the next five years, Bryson returns again and again to Bloemfontein and realises that the university is a microcosm of the rest of the country. ...
Schabir Shaik, Jackie Selebi, Tony Yengeni, 'Oilgate', Jacob Zuma, Judge Hlophe and the JSC, 'Travelgate' – what has happened to morality in South Africa? With this book, respected academic and community leader Paulus Zulu cuts right to the heart of our current malaise. Drawing equally on Western concepts and on African traditional thought, he provides a searing indictment of the state of the nation, casting new light on corruption, incompetence and mismanagement. ...
'It is a gruesome tale – how we have moved so rapidly from the era of hope to the bleak landscape ushered in by Zuma's ascent to power …' Yet Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, acclaimed author and international expert on reconciliation, wants to rekindle our hope. As a clinical psychologist who has worked for the TRC, in Rwanda and with Holocaust survivors, she offers unique perspectives on healing the wounded South African nation. In this selection of her best local and...
Picture South Africa ten years from now: Are the angry poor rising up and seizing land and businesses? Or has economic reform created jobs and growth? Is an increasingly desperate government clamping down on freedoms? Or do the middle classes still braai in suburban bliss? South Africa is at a tipping point, and small shifts in political and economic conditions can bring about dramatic changes. Unemployment, slow growth, threats to freedom of speech, and poor education can send the country in...
The moving and powerful story that stunned South Africa: Edwin Cameron – the first public office holder to disclose he was living with AIDS – writes about his decision, his experience and the struggle that millions face in seeking treatment. Part memoir, part thought-provoking analysis, this book is a vivid exploration of what HIV/AIDS means – for Edwin Cameron as he faces the possibility of lingering death, for all of us in facing one of the foremost challenges of our time. He explains...
Reflecting Rogue – Inside the Mind of a Feminist is a mesmerizing collection of experimental autobiographical essays on power, pleasure and SA culture, written by 2016 Alan Paton Award winner, Professor Pumla Dineo Gqola. In her most personal book to date, written from a classic Gqola anti-racist, feminist perspective, Reflecting Rogue delivers twenty essays of incisive brain food, deliciously accessible to a general critical readership, without sacrificing intellectual rigour. Professor Gqola...
What will South Africa look like in 2030? And how will the next fifteen years unfold? South Africa has undergone dramatic change in recent years. Political tensions are on the up, economic performance has weakened, and more and more South Africans are taking their frustrations to the streets. What does this mean for our future? Will a spark ignite the powder keg? In this book, leading scenario planner Frans Cronje analyses the latest trends and presents four brand new scenarios for the...
From initiation ceremonies in the Eastern Cape to Helen Zille's Twitter account, South Africa is a land ripe with contradiction. It is a place where first world aspirations often clash with third world realities. Acclaimed commentator Gareth van Onselen takes a fresh and fearless look at some of these faultlines, from the rise and fall of Nelson Mandela's Christmas party to the contested meaning of words like 'respect' and 'excellence'. In the South African Twilight...