The New Apartheid

First off, I have such a bad habit of not completing my non-fiction. I need to quickly read it up before my brain decides to call it quits and not because the book is boring or anything - just nje. I've paused on so many good ones I've lost count. I think it is because of reasons such as "they are m......more

#TheNewApartheid - Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh #tafelberg #nbpublishers The subtitle of this book is a bold statement: ‘Apartheid did not die; it was privatised.’ I was still pondering this statement when I read the following explanatory addition: ‘I am not arguing here that the state was privatised, but that it......more

Compulsory reading for South Africans and anyone else interested in decolonisation. Gives us important pause for thought around how effective the constitution we enacted in 1994 has been for actual justice as SMW defines it in the book. It feels like a work that can inspire a generation of thought th......more

Feels poignant in most of the arguments, speculative and farfetched in a few. South Africa’s troubles are clearly not going to be solved overnight, and there are artificial, robust barriers between its different ethnic groups and social classes - some of which do indeed seem to have been put in plac......more

I enjoyed Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh's writing style and the structuring of the book. This book is an ambitious feat, trying to tackle the pervious nature of Apartheid. My favourite chapters were 'Space', 'Law', 'Wealth', and 'Technology'. I felt however that 'Technology' and 'Punishment' could have delved a......more