University Of Cape Town Press imprint: 24 books

Growing the Next Generation of Researchers

A Handbook for Emerging Researchers and Their Mentors

by Lyn Holness
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016

This book arises out of the University of Cape Town’s Emerging Researcher Programme. It identifies and promotes awareness of contemporary challenges in the local and global higher education context; explains the intrinsic nature of academia worldwide; and provides strategies for individual growth...

Substance Use and Abuse in South Africa

Insights from Brain and Behavioural Sciences

by George Ellis
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012

The result of groundbreaking research conducted by members of the Brain-Behaviour Initiative at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, this is the first book to address the nature of substance use and abuse in an integrated way. Looking at a range of perspectives, from brain imaging to the psychology of addiction, this account also discusses substance abuse policy and prevention.

The Victoria Mxenge Housing Project

Women Building Communities Through Social Activism and Informal Learning

by Salma Ismail
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015

In 1994, at the beginning of South Africa’s democratic change, the Victoria Mxenge Housing Project was founded by a group of 12 women who lived in shacks on the barren outskirts of Cape Town. These women had come from rural areas and were poor, vulnerable, and semi-literate. Yet they learned how...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010

Insurgency and terrorism now top the international security agenda. The South African Army, an important role-player on the African continent, is preparing to assist in the likely future threat environment in Africa.
by Nicola de Jager, Kay Lawson
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2015

Within southern Africa, there has been a steady increase in the number of dominant party systems — systems where one party dominates over a prolonged period in an ostensibly democratic system with regular elections and multiple parties participating. This party system has replaced the one-party...

Steward Leadership

A Maturational Perspective

by Kurt April, Julia Kukard, Kai Peters
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2015

Steward leadership is a form of leadership that focuses on others, the community, and society at large rather than the self, and this book creates a framework for stewardship and the requisite behavior to develop steward leaders at a younger age. Many senior leaders and executives across the globe...

Nadine Gordimer

Weaving Together Fiction, Women and Politics

by Denise Brahimi, Cara Shapiro
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012

A fascinating intersection of intellectual minds, this literary critique views the writing of Nobel Prize–winner Nadine Gordimer through the fresh perspective of a respected French academic. Available for the first time in English, this analysis introduces the important works of a South African...

HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa

Understanding the implications of culture & context

by Jean Baxen, Anders Breidlid
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015

Popular understanding of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa is riddled with contradiction and speculation. This is revealed in HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa, which explores the various contexts in which debate about HIV/AIDS takes place and examines how the pandemic is perceived by scholars,...

Kasrils Affair

Jews and Minority Politics in Post-Apartheid South Africa

by Joel Pollak
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008

In 2007, Minister Ronnie Kasrils, the highest-ranking Jew in South Africa's post-apartheid government, launched a campaign against Israeli policy in the occupied territories. In so doing, he ignited a public debate about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that challenged the identity of South African Jews in the new South Africa.

Innovation & Intellectual Property

Collaborative Dynamics in Africa

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Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014

The Open African Innovation Research and Training (Open A.I.R.) project focused on the intersection of innovation, intellectual property (IP), and development in Africa and this book offers its research findings. Its case studies cover nine African countries—Egypt, Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, Uganda,...
by Tom Bennett
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...
by Rajend Mesthrie
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

by Harald Winkler
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...

Raw Life, New Hope

Decency, Housing and Everyday Life in a Post-apartheid Community

by Dr. Fiona Ross
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.
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