As citizens experience a fresh wave of anger, despair and fear in the wake of the weekend’s wanton violence, experts have warned that it would be naive not to expect further unrest.
The final break to the social fabric of blackness in South Africa is upon us and it dictates that black people should be regulated to compete for the lower societal strata, writes University of Cape Town PhD candidate Ivan Katsere.
Phrases, such as "arresting and jailing foreigners" and "throwing away the keys", are not only xenophobic, but also a symptom of a dictatorship, writes Dr Callixte Kavuro, a postdoctoral research fellow at Stellenbosch University.
We often tell ourselves that in matters of conflict, we use reasoned consideration of facts, and well-thought out processes. Andre Vlok writes that this is not the case and examines how much control we have over our conflicts.
Transphobic conduct in the workplace is as immoral as it is illegal, but as Andre Vlok points out, it can be addressed effectively using the conflict tools.