Institute for Reconciliation and Social Justice

Laughing through the virus the Zimbabwean way: WhatsApp humor and the twenty-one-day COVID-19 lockdown

Chibuwe, Albert; Munoriyarwa, Allen (Cambridge University Press, 2022)

In many African countries, jokes represent one of the many means used by citizens to cope with a crisis. Chibuwe and Munoriyarwa explore how Zimbabweans utilize WhatsApp jokes, which are anchored in the concept of the ...
Transformation and legitimation in post-apartheid universities: reading discourses from 'Reitz'

Van der Merwe, J. C.; Van Reenen, Dionne (SUN MeDIA Bloemfontein (SUN PReSS imprint), 2016)

Two decades after the democratic transition, South African universities are in turmoil. Whilst the old is slowly becoming unhinged, reimagining the new is protracted and contested. The challenges ahead, including a funding ...