Ashraf Kagee's book deals with the underlying issues of apartheid, class divisions and sexual violence; but it also has cadences of ‘lightness’ in that so much of it is told with astute humour. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-08-03-by-the-fading-light-bringing-to-life-the-texture-of-the-time/
http://pointview.fm/ashraf-kagee-by-the-fading-light/
As the COVID-19 infection rate accelerates at an alarming pace in South Africa, an article authored by two academics at Stellenbosch University (SU) warns that adherence to lockdown rules in conditions where citizens live without secure and paid work may be difficult without addressing the country's particular structural barriers to [...]
https://www.netwerk24.com/Stemme/Profiele/land-van-honger-woede-en-geweld-20210721
The internationally and nationally acclaimed scholar, Prof Kopano Ratele, joined the Department of Psychology in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Stellenbosch University (SU) recently. He is the former Director of the South African Medical Research Council Men, Injury and Violence Research Unit and Professor at the University [...]
Podcast. Masterclass on Equal families, on Azania Mosaka's Masterclass, Azania Mosaka's Show on Radio 702 – featuring Kopano Ratele, Published 7 July 2021
“I am more than delighted. This is definitely the most prestigious (and competitive) award that I have secured in my career." This is how Prof Ronelle Carolissen from the Department of Educational Psychology at Stellenbosch University reacted upon hearing the news that she has been chosen as a Fulbright South [...]
Podcast. This podcast is part of a series of podcast found on PsyCast, the podcast of Psychological Society of South Africa (PsySSA). This particular podcast was invited to commemorate Africa Day 2021) Podcast. Listen to A psychologist in search of the joys of the humans of Africa by Kopano Ratele [...]
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Psychologist, Academic and Author of By the Fading Light, Ashraf Kagee reviews his book The Fading Light which is set in Salt River in the shadow of the Sharpeville Massacre of 1960. It focuses on the lives of three young boys and how they come to confront an awful truth. [...]
