Description
More than three decades after the fall of apartheid, the spectre of its legacy still casts a long, divisive shadow over South Africa’s democracy. Apartheid Didn’t Die: South Africa’s Unfinished Revolution is a powerful indictment of the persistent structures of racial power and economic inequality that continue to shape the nation. Professor Mandla J Radebe confronts the unsettling truth that for many, the democratic era has not dismantled the architecture of apartheid – it has merely repainted it. He interrogates the role of the media in shaping public consciousness and maintaining elite hegemony. Through explorations of the endurance of racial capitalism, and sharp media and political analysis, Apartheid Didn’t Die challenges us to reckon with the unfinished business of justice, and true liberation in South Africa.
About the author
Mandla J. Radebe is an associate professor in the Department of Strategic Communication and the director of the Centre for Data and Digital Communications in the School of Communication at the University of Johannesburg. He is the author of The Lost Prince of the ANC: The Life and Times of Jabulani Nobleman ‘Mzala’ Nxumalo 1955–1991 which won the Creative Non-Fiction Literary Award at the prestigious South African Literary Awards in 2023. Radebe is also the author of Constructing Hegemony: The South African Commercial Media and the (Mis)Representation of Nationalisation.
