Christopher McMichael is a post-doctoral researcher at the Wits University School of Architecture and Urban Planning. His current research looks at state power, repression and class warfare.
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Published in: openSecurityFootsoldiers in a social war: the police, crime and inequality in South AfricaWhat does it mean to declare a 'war on crime' in one of the most unequal societies in the world? And how does...
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Published in: HomeGreen Zone Nation: The South African government’s new growth path
Recent flirtations of the ANC with the Chinese model of economic development suggest that South African political...
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Published in: HomeThe shock-and-awe of mega sports events
How mega sporting events bring the logic of war to host-city governance. The example of the football World Cup in...
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Published in: HomeThe Cape Town model, state violence and military urbanism
The Democratic Alliance (DA) wants to present itself as South Africa's opposition-in-waiting, for the day when ANC...