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Stray urbanism: stray donkeys and place-identity in Makhanda, South Africa
The presence of free-roaming livestock in cities is often seen as something that should be regulated, and zoning practices across the world generally...
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Lefebvrian analysis of livestock kee** in Fingo Village, Makhanda (Grahamstown), South Africa
Public nuisance caused by livestock has resulted in many local governments having a designated area to keep them, called commonages. In Makhanda,...
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Makhanda: Exploring the mise-en-scène of a city under threat
This research uses the concept of ‘urban scenes’ to explore and characterise the economy of the city of Makhanda (Grahamstown). It is argued that...
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Challenges in the Walking Journeys of an African Pedestrian: A Case Study from Makhanda, South Africa
Makhanda possesses many features of a typical post-apartheid city with many low-income households located in peripheral townships. A lack of economic...
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Navigating Community and Place Through Colloquial Street Names in Fingo Village, Makhanda (Grahamstown)
Toponyms can be conceptualised as both symbolic capital and symbolic resistance – as means to express hegemonic power or to resist it. They have been...
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From Grahamstown to Makhanda: Urban Frontiers and Challenges in a Post-apartheid City
Makhanda (Grahamstown) is a small city that falls within the Eastern Cape Province. It was established in 1812 as a British military garrison and,...
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‘Born Free’ Dreams: South African Township Youth Discuss Their Hopes for a Better Life in Future
The advent of democracy in 1994 promised South Africans a ‘better life for all’ and the so-called ‘born free’ generation hoped for better education...
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A Review of Recent Small Town Research in South Africa
Small town scholarship in South Africa in general, but within the discipline of geography in particular, has experienced a substantial interest over...
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Race, Animal Bodies and Religion: Sacrifice, Sensory Politics and Public Space in South Africa
In South Africa, previous analyses of religious nationalism turn on the apartheid regime and its close ties to the Dutch Reformed Church. Since the...
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Theorising Multiple Place Names in Southern Africa
This chapter discusses multiple place names that are prevalent in southern Africa using specific examples from Zimbabwe and South Africa. It makes...
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Urban Agriculture and the Sustainability Nexus in South Africa: Past, Current, and Future Trends
Urban agriculture remains a topical issue that needs to be better understood in striving for sustainable cities, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa....
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Introduction: Materiality and Research Approach
This chapter sets out the analytical, theoretical and thematic context for ensuing chapters in the book. Most importantly, it introduces the...
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Collaborative Governance, Social Capital and Drought: A Case Study of a Collaborative Governance Regime in Graaff-Reinet
This chapter examines the role of collaborative governance through existing social capital networks in disaster management and response, specifically...
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‘Other’ Social Consequences of Marine Protection in Tsitsikamma, South Africa
For nearly 60 years the Tsitsikamma Marine Protected Area (MPA) in South Africa has sought to protect endemic marine life and provide a valuable...
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Reclaiming Transformation for Inclusive and Multilingual Education through Linguistic Landscape (LL) in South Africa and Malaysia
Transformation for inclusive education through a multilingual language policy remains a challenge in postcolonial countries. Although 11 official...
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Lalela uLwandle: An Experiment in Plural Governance Discussions
Symbolic, cultural and spiritual meanings of the oceans, whilst different depending on positionality, are important aspects of understanding humans’...
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Alice: Socio-spatial Change in a Small University Town
Evidence shows that most urban areas in post-apartheid South Africa continue to grapple with the legacy of colonial and apartheid spatial planning....
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Nature-Connectedness and Well-Being Experienced During Best and Worst Times of Life: A Case for Safeguarding Biocultural Diversity
South Africa boasts some of the richest diversity of fauna and flora in the world; it also claims to be a world in one country given its cultural...
