'Mandela mania': Mainline churches in post-apartheid South Africa

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The public role of mainline churches in post apartheid South Africa and their interaction with the political discourse are examined. It is possible to identify a shift in the church's action, passing from a position of alignment and non-confrontation with the government to a situation of disengagement and critical opposition.

Public affairs, Social aspects, Political activity, Political aspects, Mandela, Nelson, Civil society, Churches, Church buildings

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The invention of mourning in post-apartheid literature

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The mourning in post-apartheid literature and the relation between literary invention, the invention of mourning rites and the invention of new forms of community are examined. The mourning in post-apartheid communities has become a way of 'testifying to a fundamental commonality.'

Community development, Mourning customs

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Migration after apartheid: deracialising South African foreign policy

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This article discusses South Africa's strict immigration policy as being an obstacle to overturning apartheid's legacy. The author believes that the policies are not race related, as in the past, but are motivated by xenophobia.

International relations, Race relations, Emigration and immigration

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