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International student recruitment to universities in England: discourse, rationales and globalisation
The recruitment of international students to universities in England has become a central issue in an era of globalisation for university administrators, senior managers, international offices and…
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University ranking as social exclusion
In this article we explore the dual role of global university rankings in the creation of a new, knowledge-identified, transnational capitalist class and in facilitating new forms of social…
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White football in South Africa: empire, apartheid and change, 1892–1977
This essay traces the development, domination and decline of white football in South Africa. It suggests that white football was more significant and popular than generally acknowledged and was at…
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Contesting Labor Internationalism: The “Old” Trapped in the “New” in Volkswagen’s South African Plant
During the 1970s and 1980s, close linkages were established between unionists in Volkswagen’s Uitenhage plant in South Africa and Wolfsburg in Germany. The ensuing relationship resulted in trade…
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The 1899 Orange Free State football team tour of Europe: ‘Race’, imperial loyalty and sporting contest
In September 1899 an association football team from Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State, South Africa, arrived in the United Kingdom. The team comprised 16 black South Africans who played under the…
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International student recruitment: South African rationales
In this paper, we focus on the rationales for the recruitment of international students to universities in South Africa. Through the use of in-depth interviews with international officers at a…
South Africa and the Global Game : Football, Apartheid and Beyond
Firmly situating South African teams, players, and associations in the international framework in which they have to compete, South Africa and the Global Game: Football, Apartheid, and Beyond…
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Rationales, rhetoric and realities: FIFA’s World Cup in South Africa 2010 and Brazil 2014
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was heralded by mainstream media outlets, the local organisers, the South African government and FIFA as an unequivocal success. The month-long spectacle saw South Africa take…
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Trade-union internationalism and solidarity in the struggle against Apartheid: a case study of Volkswagen
By the 1970s, the struggle against apartheid had intensified within South Africa and abroad. Eddie Webster has argued that this struggle „became the moral equivalent of the Spanish civil war ... with…
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South Africa and the global game: Introduction
On 11 May 1994, the festivities for Nelson Mandela‘s presidential inauguration included a soccer match between South Africa and Zambia at Ellis Park in Johannesburg. At halftime, Mandela‘s helicopter…
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