Book Series Launch Event at the University of Joahnnesburg – Monday 4 November 2025
About the Series
Series Editors: Abebe Zegeye (Centre of Research and Development in Learning,
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) and Beth le Roux (University of Pretoria)
This curated collection reflects on the past 30 years of a democratic South Africa and assesses the future opportunities and challenges. The series brings together key titles from the pioneering black-owned publisher Skotaville and one of South Africa’s foremost academic presses, UNISA Press, in collaboration with Routledge, Taylor & Francis.
In 2004, UNISA Press published 14 books in a series entitled “Imagined South Africa” to celebrate ten years of democracy. The series chronicled the multiple ways in which South Africans of all colours and ideological persuasions had responded, either critically or creatively, to the numerous contradictions in ten years of democracy.
In the same spirit, in 2024, we are co-publishing 30 titles with UNISA Press and Skotaville. As former directors of UNISA Press and specialists in African publishing, the series editors envision the book series as an intervention in debates around South Africa 30 years after the end of apartheid and the dawn of democracy. The titles in this series contemplate the complexity of issues now and in the coming years. The series relaunches original monographs and edited collections from a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives. The titles cover domestic, regional, and global dimensions, reflecting on South Africa’s place in political, economic, and socio-cultural systems.
The series will be launched in Johannesburg, South Africa in November:
South Africa Reflects: 30 Years of Democracy
Date: Monday 4 November 2025
Time: 9am – 3.45pm
Location: University of Johannesburg, Bunting Road campus and MOMO Art Gallery
Agenda
The day will be in two parts:
9am – 3.45 pm – A colloquium with keynotes and panels
Join us for a day-long colloquium at the University of Johannesburg, Bunting Road campus with panels of South African scholars and journal editors. The keynotes and panel discussion will be live streamed.
Keynote speaker: Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke
Confirmed panellists:
- Bhaso Ndzendze Professor of Politics and International Relations, University of Johannesburg
- Divine Fuh, Professor for Anthropologist, University of Cape Town
- Dilip Menon, Professor of International Relations, Wits University
5pm -7pm – An evening reception
The evening reception is at Gallery MOMO in Parktown North (Address: 52 7th Ave, Parktown North, Randburg, 2193, South Africa) with an introduction by Thembakosi Goniwe, an art historian, curator, and writer based at Rhodes University.
To find out more information, please Professor Beth Le Roux ([email protected]) and Abebe Zegeye ([email protected]) for more information.
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