
The Journal of Student Affairs in Africa (JSAA) is an independent, peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary, open-access academic journal that publishes scholarly research and reflective discussions about the theory and practice of student affairs in Africa.
JSAA aims to contribute to the professionalization of student affairs in African higher education. It strives to be the foremost academic journal dealing with the theory and practice of the student affairs domain in universities on the African continent, and an indispensable resource for the executive leadership of universities and colleges dealing with student affairs, deans of students and other senior student affairs professionals, as well as institutional researchers and academics and students focused on the field of higher education studies and student affairs.
JSAA is published twice a year by the JSAA Editors in collaboration with Stellenbosch University Library and Information Services and African Sun Media, South Africa. The editorial and peer review policy adheres to the Code of Best Practice in Editorial Discretion and Peer Review for South African Scholarly Journals (Academy of Sciences of SA Council, 2008). JSAA is published online and in print. Authors publish free of charge; there are no processing or page fees.
Other websites associated with this journal: www.jsaa.ac.za
Vol 7, No 1 (2019)


Table of Contents
Editorial Commentary
Guest editorial: Space, language and identity politics in higher education |
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Philippa Tumubweinee, Thierry M. Luescher |
Research Articles
Inserting space into the transformation of higher education |
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Philippa Tumubweinee, Thierry M. Luescher | 1-13 |
What are we witnessing? Student protests and the politics of the unknowable |
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Dionne van Reenen | 15-27 |
The Kgotla as a spatial mediator on South African university campuses |
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Jacques Laubscher | 29-46 |
#FeesMustFall: Lessons from the post‑colonial Global South |
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Sipho Dlamini | 47-59 |
Theorising the #MustFall student movements in contemporary South African Higher Education: A social justice perspective |
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Mlamuli Nkosingphile Hlatshwayo, Kehdinga George Fomunyam | 61-80 |
#FeesMustFall protests in South Africa: A critical realist analysis of selected newspaper articles |
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George Mavunga | 81-99 |
It’s time to unite: A collaborative approach to addressing the needs of graduate students of colour |
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Travis C. Smith, Emily E. Virtue | 101-110 |
Presenting history: the manipulation of chronological structures in the development and maintenance of transformative curricula |
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Stephen Steyn | 111-121 |
Reflective Practice
Grasping the regimes of language, space and identity in the visual of post‑apartheid higher education in South Africa |
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Giselle Baillie, Mary Duker, Zamansele Nsele | 123-143 |
Book Reviews
Book Review: Enhancing the Freedom to Flourish |
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Monica McLean | 145-148 |
ISSN: 2307-6267