There is widespread concern over the continued viability of South Africa's post-apartheid constitutional settlement and the increasingly violent axes of social tension. This article outlines the mobilisation of casual workers, employed by labour brokers but working in the South African Post Office (SAPO), who were excluded from the constitutionally sanctioned indus...

Despite three decades of public health promotion based on the scientific explanation of HIV/AIDS, alternative explanations of the disease continue to circulate. While these are seen as counter-productive to health education efforts, what is rarely analysed is their plurality and their tenacity. This article analyses the ‘AIDS myths’ collected by African HIV/AIDS wo...