Cape Press imprint: 71 books
by Tom Bennett
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
A large majority of the South African population adheres to some form of traditional belief and this book considers whether indigenous African religions, independent African churches, and traditional practices deserve constitutional protection and recognition by the state. It also discusses what the...
Just Transitions
Explorations of Sustainability in an Unfair World
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2015
Current economic growth strategies are rapidly depleting natural resources and eco-systems. Just Transitions provides a comprehensive overview of these global challenges from a global South perspective. How do developing countries eradicate poverty via economic development while encountering the consequences...
by Rajend Mesthrie
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
South African Indian English (SAIE) is a variety of English in the Linguistics literature. It reflects the source of Indian subcontinent languages from Indian migrants to South Africa in the late 19th century, as well as colonial and apartheid influences and those of local African languages.
Taking Action on Climate Change
Long Term Mitigation Scenarios for South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
This book is based on scenarios developed for the South African Department of Environment that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and form the basis for a national, long-term climate policy. The strategic options outlined in the book will enable South Africa to turn climate change mitigation into...
Southern African Liberation Struggles
New Local, Regional and Global Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Probing beyond the heroic portrayals of armed struggles and nationalist resistance, this collection of essays illustrates the intertwined histories of Southern African liberation struggles and those of regional and international solidarity movements, beginning in the 1960s through the establishment...
On Military Culture
Theory, Practice and African Armed Forces
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Offering a contemporary perspective on military culture within Africa and with contributions from scholars and practitioners from around the world, this work presents the argument that African armed forces need to come to terms with the elements of military culture if they want to become more professional....
Raw Life, New Hope
Decency, Housing and Everyday Life in a Post-apartheid Community
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
This is the story of a shantytown community in South Africa and its efforts to secure a decent life, moving from tin shacks to formal housing, in postapartheid South Africa. The author's 17-year longitudinal study of this community has resulted in an extraordinary work that brings its people alive, through photographs, interviews, and even recipes.
The Warmth of the Welcome
Is Atlantic Canada a Home Away from Home for Immigrants?
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
Atlantic Canada is renowned for its lengthy coastlines, rural expanses, a reputedly slower pace and its welcoming, warm and friendly people. But for immigrants especially, how much of this is rhetoric, and how much is reality? Atlantic Canada is renowned for its lengthy coastlines, rural expanses,...
Justice Gained?
Crime and Crime Control in South Africa's Transition
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
Key questions in contemporary South African criminology are examined in these essays, including Why is crime such a persistent problem? and How have crime control practices altered in response to the challenges of the post-apartheid era?. Teachers, researchers, policy advisors, and practitioners challenge...
Public Works and Social Protection in sub-Saharan Africa
Do public works work for the poor?
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2017
Public Works Programmes (PWPs) are widely implemented throughout Asia, Latin America and Africa, often with funding from major international donor agencies. They are perceived to present a "win-win" policy option, providing employment to the chronically poor while also creating assets for...
Youth Violence
Sources and Solutions in South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
A valuable source of information for psychologists, this book thoroughly and carefully reviews the evidence for risk of, and protective factors that influence, the likelihood of young people acting aggressively. It looks at the problem from a multitude of perspectives, including developmental psychology,...
The Mi'kmaw Grammar of Father Pacifique
New Ediiton
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
First published (1939), as Leçons grammaticales théoriques et pratiques de la langue micmaque of Rev. Father Pacifique Buisson, The Mi’kmaw Grammar of Father Pacifique is a vast and important collection of information on the Mi’kmaw language. It represents a tradition of Mi’kmaw grammatical...
by Hugh R MacDonald
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Set in a 1920s coal-mining town, Trapper Boy is the story of 13-year-old JW Donaldson, a good student with a bright future. As school ended for the year in 1926, JW was looking forward to summer. Sure, he would have chores – feeding the horse and milking the goat, tending the garden, that kind of...
Basement Suite
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Eddy and Liz participate in a relationship study for extra cash and learn that they don’t share the same opinions about sex, fidelity, career or truth. In fact, they don’t understand each other. Eddy tries. Liz tires. Basement Suite is provocative and sexy – a saucy look at another side of love and relationships.