Malose Langa
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 289917 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Malose Langa |
| NOMBRES | Malose |
| APELLIDO | Langa |
| FIRMA | LANGA M |
| AFILIACIONES | University of the Witwatersrand |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3196-3147 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 30 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 81 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 30 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2008 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
A decolonial exploration of the experiences of trauma, and pathways to healing among mineworkers and the community of Marikana
In this article, we explore the lived experiences of trauma among male mineworkers and the possibilities for healing and transformation after the Marikana massacre. Twelve in-depth interviews were conducted with mineworkers who participated in or witnessed the 2012 Marikana strike. Participants described enduring trauma after police killed 34 and injured many mineworkers, with traumatic memories, recurring nightmares, and ongoing fear continuing …
Alternative and Positive Masculinities in South African Men’s Talk About Their Experience of Gender-Based Violence
Gender-based violence (GBV) is a significant social and public health issue in South Africa. This article explores how men speak about their experiences of being victims of GBV in heterosexual relationships. Eight men between the ages of 30 and 70 were interviewed using semi-structured interviews at Moshate, a men's counselling organisation in Johannesburg, South Africa. Discourse analysis was employed to derive meaning from the men's narratives.…
Celebrating 30 years of masculinities scholarship in the South African Journal of Psychology
The study of masculinities, and its intersection with psychology, has been a significant area of inquiry in South Africa. This article examines the development of masculinities scholarship in South Africa by analysing articles published in the South African Journal of Psychology between 1994 and 2024. Of the 165 gender-related articles published in the South African Journal of Psychology during this time, 66 specifically focused on men and mascul…
Audit-C as a possible source of referral during the Covid-19 pandemic for participants presenting patterns of high-risk alcohol consumption in a South African township
While men were most likely to report patterns of high-risk alcohol consumption, they were more resistant to accepting referrals. Additionally, participants who were willing to receive brief advice were often resistant to taking active steps to alter their alcohol use. This study highlights the need to consider how to prevent harmful patterns of alcohol use effectively and holistically, especially in low socioeconomic settings through primary heal…
Destiny Man
The following article provides a systematic multimodal analysis of the South African men’s publication Destiny Man. Articles published in the 2014 issues of the magazine were selected for an in-depth discussion of how factors such as access to economic resources and wealth play a significant role in lifestyle choices and the formation of the black middle-class in contemporary South Africa. Advertisements were analysed to further enrich the discus…
The value of photovoice in researching the 2012 Marikana massacre
Following the 2012 massacre in Marikana, the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) trained a group of community members on basic trauma counselling skills, as a means of providing emotional support to the victims and their families. In an evaluative study, eight members of the support group were provided with disposable cameras and asked to take pictures under the theme ‘life in Marikana pre and post the 2012 massacre’. Arran…
We Are Not Our Parents’ – beyond Political Transition
The story of South Africa’s liberation struggle, from apartheid to constitutional democracy, is writ large with in-depth contributions from young people. Despite their historical involvement, young people have been noticeably absent from the transitional processes ushering in South Africa’s postapartheid dispensation. Their absence has created a crisis of legitimacy, particularly among those disillusioned young people who are unsentimental about …
Unbecoming to becoming a man
In this article, I respond to Moshibudi Motimele’s engagement (published in Agenda 35(4)) with Jared Sexton’s book, Black Men, Black feminism: Lucifer’s Nocturne and my book, Becoming Men: Black Masculinities in a South African Township that I see black male vulnerability as an aberration and that my analysis of the participants’ narratives is acontextual and depoliticised due to being rooted in the discipline of psychology. In my reply, I argue …
Conundrums in teaching decolonial critical community psychology within the context of neo‐liberal market pressures
In this paper, we provide empirically informed reflections on the difficulty of undertaking critically inflected, decolonial praxis in community psychology within the overdetermined global order of neo‐liberalism. Using interviews with 10 alumni of the Masters in Community‐Based Counselling (MACC) psychology program at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa, we extend what have hitherto been largely theoretical debates about t…
On the complexities of work that is deeply invested in the well-being of black boys, men and communities
Telepsychology and the Covid-19 pandemic
The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has drawn renewed attention to telepsychology. This study reports on the experiences of psychologists in response to the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic pertaining to the provision, application, and accessibility of telepsychology services in the South African context. The findings highlight the direct and indirect implications of the pandemic and its impact on both practitioners and clients. The core …
Black Masculinities on Trial in Absentia
This article explores the social representation of black masculinities as violent in the globally publicized case of the murder by Oscar Pistorius of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. This murder and the subsequent media interest it generated highlighted the manner in which fear of crime in South Africa, particularly amongst certain sectors of the population such as white, male gun owners and gun lobbyists, (including Pistorius and his family memb…
South Africa’s Community Work Programme
This article examines South Africa’s Community Work Programme (CWP) as a case study of an attempt to address two key dilemmas facing peacebuilding theory and practise: (a) balancing the need to address immediate and long-term causes of conflict and violence and (b) balancing the need for a large-scale systematic approach whilst creating space for local ownership and agency. Drawing on in-depth case studies of six CWP community interventions, it d…
Destiny overshadowed
This article offers a multimodal discourse analysis of the representation of masculinity and its relation to femininity in Destiny Man, a popular South African magazine for men. The approach taken looked at the content in the magazine and identified themes that were present in most of the issues. Through the lens of hegemonic masculinity and feminism, discursive practices that Destiny Man employs when discussing issues of gender relations are exp…
Izikhothane
This article reports on a study that explored a subculture called izikhothane that has taken root among black male youths in South African townships. Focus group discussions were conducted with young black males who are involved in this subculture and a thematic content analysis was used to analyse themes in the study. The findings showed that izikhothane are primarily concerned with music, fashion, dance and linguistic prowess. Social constructi…
Black Middle-class Masculinities in Postapartheid South Africa
This article examines the state of middle-class black South African masculinity in the postapartheid era as presented in Destiny Man, a popular lifestyle magazine targeted at accomplished, stylish, and affluent black men in South Africa. The magazine offers a blend of compelling and relevant business and lifestyle content, including articles on fashion, grooming, sport, technology, and motoring. This article’s focus on consumerism, fashion, and m…
The fathers of Destiny
This study utilised textual analysis to characterise the representation of fatherhood in the eight issues of Destiny Man magazine published in 2014. Stories that pertained to fatherhood and that were related to aspects of contemporary family construction, work, and identity formation were included for detailed text analysis. Our findings suggest that fatherhood is defined by access to wealth, and is inextricably linked to features of modern-day n…
Race-ing xenophobic violence
Intra-African migration to South Africa continues to be plagued by xenophobic violence and negative sentiments against black foreign bodies. The end of apartheid, exacerbated by regional and broader economic and political tensions on the continent, as well as general support of the anti-apartheid struggle by many African countries, has facilitated greater movement across and within the region. South African migration and economic isolation has in…
The Value of Using a Psychodynamic Theory in Researching Black Masculinities of Adolescent Boys in Alexandra Township, South Africa
In this article, the author discusses the benefits of using psychodynamic theory in researching black masculinities of adolescent boys in Alexandra Township, South Africa. Both individual interviews and focus groups were conducted with thirty-two adolescent boys, aged thirteen to eighteen years. These boys were provided with disposable cameras to take twenty-seven photos under the theme 'my life as a boy' in the new South Africa. Arrangements wer…
A boy cannot marry another boy”
This study explored how black South African adolescent boys talk about ‘gay’11 The term ‘gay’ is put in inverted commas to acknowledge that as an identity category it is a social construct. The author in this article is aware that the term ‘gay’ implies a more liberated or liberatory form of identity, but the boys in the study were using it pejoratively. in schools. Thirty two boys (age ranged from 13–18 years old) attending two high schools in a…
Race and Community Practice
Given South Africa's unique history of colonization and racial segregation, understanding and working with issues of race and racialization have been of paramount importance in South African critical community psychology. This article considers how race has emerged in the supervision of community work with master's students in a community psychology practicum. Using an autoethnographic approach, we document our reflections as two community psycho…
The second wave of violence scholarship
Violent masculinities and service delivery protests in post-apartheid South Africa
For the past few years, violent service delivery protests have been spreading across South Africa over access to basic services, such as water, electricity, housing and job opportunities. This Article draws on two case studies in which in-depth group and individual interviews were conducted with key male informants about their involvement in violent service delivery protests. It provides a gendered analysis of these events by focusing on Connell'…
Merging Professional Training and Community Engagement Agendas
This case study explored the emancipatory foundations of community work through a schools-based peer support intervention. We use a case study approach to describe the context in which the intervention was developed, its emancipatory theoretical foundations, and the project's implementation components and process. The findings suggest that reflexivity is a useful tool for community engagement and for articulating tensions that arise in the enactm…
Responsible Teenage Fatherhood in a South African Historically Disadvantaged Community
This study explored the meaning of teenage fatherhood in a historically disadvantaged South African community. Open ended interviews on teenage fatherhood were conducted with sixteen teenage fathers aged between 16 and 21 years. The data were analysed using thematic content analysis. Key findings suggest that many of these early fathers were actively involved in their children's lives. Those with a history of absent fathers sought in their parent…
Violent masculinities and service delivery protests in post-apartheid South Africa
For the past few years, violent service delivery protests have been spreading across South Africa over access to basic services, such as water, electricity, housing and job opportunities. This Article draws on two case studies in which in-depth group and individual interviews were conducted with key male informants about their involvement in violent service delivery protests. It provides a gendered analysis of these events by focusing on Connell'…
The Intractability of Militarised Masculinity
The study explores the struggle to maintain and transform a ‘masculine’ identity acquired primarily as a consequence of serving as part of a township-based paramilitary force in the pre-democratic South Africa. Based on accounts of former Self-Defence Unit (SDU) members from the Kathorus region (a group of townships on the perimeter of Johannesburg), the article explores some of the forces that influenced young men to become involved in political…
The second wave of violence scholarship
Race-ing xenophobic violence
Intra-African migration to South Africa continues to be plagued by xenophobic violence and negative sentiments against black foreign bodies. The end of apartheid, exacerbated by regional and broader economic and political tensions on the continent, as well as general support of the anti-apartheid struggle by many African countries, has facilitated greater movement across and within the region. South African migration and economic isolation has in…
Conundrums in teaching decolonial critical community psychology within the context of neo‐liberal market pressures
In this paper, we provide empirically informed reflections on the difficulty of undertaking critically inflected, decolonial praxis in community psychology within the overdetermined global order of neo‐liberalism. Using interviews with 10 alumni of the Masters in Community‐Based Counselling (MACC) psychology program at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa, we extend what have hitherto been largely theoretical debates about t…
Race and Community Practice
Given South Africa's unique history of colonization and racial segregation, understanding and working with issues of race and racialization have been of paramount importance in South African critical community psychology. This article considers how race has emerged in the supervision of community work with master's students in a community psychology practicum. Using an autoethnographic approach, we document our reflections as two community psycho…
Teenage mothers talk about their experience of teenage motherhood
This article explores how teenage mothers talk about their subjective experience of teenage motherhood and their motivation to complete schooling after their pregnancy. Individual interviews were conducted with teenage mothers aged 15 to 19 years who attended an inner-city public school in Johannesburg, South Africa. Discursive analysis was used to identify and analyse key themes that emerged from the study. The findings indicate that despite the…
Experiences of supervising postgraduate community psychology students at Wits university, South Africa
In this article, the authors discuss problems and challenges of supervising postgraduate community psychology students at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. As part of their community work, students developed community projects in schools in Alexandra Township, aimed at dealing with social ills such as HIV/AIDS, gangs, violence, substance abuse and teenage pregnancy. Students found community work to be extremely exhausting, stress…
We Are Not Our Parents’ – beyond Political Transition
The story of South Africa’s liberation struggle, from apartheid to constitutional democracy, is writ large with in-depth contributions from young people. Despite their historical involvement, young people have been noticeably absent from the transitional processes ushering in South Africa’s postapartheid dispensation. Their absence has created a crisis of legitimacy, particularly among those disillusioned young people who are unsentimental about …
Black Masculinities on Trial in Absentia
This article explores the social representation of black masculinities as violent in the globally publicized case of the murder by Oscar Pistorius of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. This murder and the subsequent media interest it generated highlighted the manner in which fear of crime in South Africa, particularly amongst certain sectors of the population such as white, male gun owners and gun lobbyists, (including Pistorius and his family memb…
Destiny overshadowed
This article offers a multimodal discourse analysis of the representation of masculinity and its relation to femininity in Destiny Man, a popular South African magazine for men. The approach taken looked at the content in the magazine and identified themes that were present in most of the issues. Through the lens of hegemonic masculinity and feminism, discursive practices that Destiny Man employs when discussing issues of gender relations are exp…
Black Middle-class Masculinities in Postapartheid South Africa
This article examines the state of middle-class black South African masculinity in the postapartheid era as presented in Destiny Man, a popular lifestyle magazine targeted at accomplished, stylish, and affluent black men in South Africa. The magazine offers a blend of compelling and relevant business and lifestyle content, including articles on fashion, grooming, sport, technology, and motoring. This article’s focus on consumerism, fashion, and m…
Telepsychology and the Covid-19 pandemic
The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has drawn renewed attention to telepsychology. This study reports on the experiences of psychologists in response to the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic pertaining to the provision, application, and accessibility of telepsychology services in the South African context. The findings highlight the direct and indirect implications of the pandemic and its impact on both practitioners and clients. The core …
To Be or Not to Be a Mother
We explored the notion of motherhood among female university students. Unstructured individual interviews were conducted with seven final-year female students at the University of the Witwatersrand. The data were analysed and various themes were categorised into manageable units. The findings suggest that many female students are ambivalent about motherhood and becoming mothers, with preferences for being career mothers set against preferences fo…
The Intractability of Militarised Masculinity
The study explores the struggle to maintain and transform a ‘masculine’ identity acquired primarily as a consequence of serving as part of a township-based paramilitary force in the pre-democratic South Africa. Based on accounts of former Self-Defence Unit (SDU) members from the Kathorus region (a group of townships on the perimeter of Johannesburg), the article explores some of the forces that influenced young men to become involved in political…
To Be or Not to Be a Mother
We explored the notion of motherhood among female university students. Unstructured individual interviews were conducted with seven final-year female students at the University of the Witwatersrand. The data were analysed and various themes were categorised into manageable units. The findings suggest that many female students are ambivalent about motherhood and becoming mothers, with preferences for being career mothers set against preferences fo…
Adolescent Boys' Talk about Absent Fathers
The objective of this study was to explore how adolescent boys talk about absent fathers in Alexandra Township, a historically working-class and black community in Gauteng, South Africa. Individual and group interviews were conducted with 30 adolescent boys between the age of 14 and 18 years in two high schools in Alexandra Township. The results reveal that many of the adolescent boys in the study did not know their fathers or their fathers had s…
Experiences of supervising postgraduate community psychology students at Wits university, South Africa
In this article, the authors discuss problems and challenges of supervising postgraduate community psychology students at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. As part of their community work, students developed community projects in schools in Alexandra Township, aimed at dealing with social ills such as HIV/AIDS, gangs, violence, substance abuse and teenage pregnancy. Students found community work to be extremely exhausting, stress…
Teenage mothers talk about their experience of teenage motherhood
This article explores how teenage mothers talk about their subjective experience of teenage motherhood and their motivation to complete schooling after their pregnancy. Individual interviews were conducted with teenage mothers aged 15 to 19 years who attended an inner-city public school in Johannesburg, South Africa. Discursive analysis was used to identify and analyse key themes that emerged from the study. The findings indicate that despite the…
Merging Professional Training and Community Engagement Agendas
This case study explored the emancipatory foundations of community work through a schools-based peer support intervention. We use a case study approach to describe the context in which the intervention was developed, its emancipatory theoretical foundations, and the project's implementation components and process. The findings suggest that reflexivity is a useful tool for community engagement and for articulating tensions that arise in the enactm…
Responsible Teenage Fatherhood in a South African Historically Disadvantaged Community
This study explored the meaning of teenage fatherhood in a historically disadvantaged South African community. Open ended interviews on teenage fatherhood were conducted with sixteen teenage fathers aged between 16 and 21 years. The data were analysed using thematic content analysis. Key findings suggest that many of these early fathers were actively involved in their children's lives. Those with a history of absent fathers sought in their parent…
Violent masculinities and service delivery protests in post-apartheid South Africa
For the past few years, violent service delivery protests have been spreading across South Africa over access to basic services, such as water, electricity, housing and job opportunities. This Article draws on two case studies in which in-depth group and individual interviews were conducted with key male informants about their involvement in violent service delivery protests. It provides a gendered analysis of these events by focusing on Connell'…
A boy cannot marry another boy”
This study explored how black South African adolescent boys talk about ‘gay’11 The term ‘gay’ is put in inverted commas to acknowledge that as an identity category it is a social construct. The author in this article is aware that the term ‘gay’ implies a more liberated or liberatory form of identity, but the boys in the study were using it pejoratively. in schools. Thirty two boys (age ranged from 13–18 years old) attending two high schools in a…
Race and Community Practice
Given South Africa's unique history of colonization and racial segregation, understanding and working with issues of race and racialization have been of paramount importance in South African critical community psychology. This article considers how race has emerged in the supervision of community work with master's students in a community psychology practicum. Using an autoethnographic approach, we document our reflections as two community psycho…
The second wave of violence scholarship
Race-ing xenophobic violence
Intra-African migration to South Africa continues to be plagued by xenophobic violence and negative sentiments against black foreign bodies. The end of apartheid, exacerbated by regional and broader economic and political tensions on the continent, as well as general support of the anti-apartheid struggle by many African countries, has facilitated greater movement across and within the region. South African migration and economic isolation has in…
The Value of Using a Psychodynamic Theory in Researching Black Masculinities of Adolescent Boys in Alexandra Township, South Africa
In this article, the author discusses the benefits of using psychodynamic theory in researching black masculinities of adolescent boys in Alexandra Township, South Africa. Both individual interviews and focus groups were conducted with thirty-two adolescent boys, aged thirteen to eighteen years. These boys were provided with disposable cameras to take twenty-seven photos under the theme 'my life as a boy' in the new South Africa. Arrangements wer…
The fathers of Destiny
This study utilised textual analysis to characterise the representation of fatherhood in the eight issues of Destiny Man magazine published in 2014. Stories that pertained to fatherhood and that were related to aspects of contemporary family construction, work, and identity formation were included for detailed text analysis. Our findings suggest that fatherhood is defined by access to wealth, and is inextricably linked to features of modern-day n…
Izikhothane
This article reports on a study that explored a subculture called izikhothane that has taken root among black male youths in South African townships. Focus group discussions were conducted with young black males who are involved in this subculture and a thematic content analysis was used to analyse themes in the study. The findings showed that izikhothane are primarily concerned with music, fashion, dance and linguistic prowess. Social constructi…
Black Middle-class Masculinities in Postapartheid South Africa
This article examines the state of middle-class black South African masculinity in the postapartheid era as presented in Destiny Man, a popular lifestyle magazine targeted at accomplished, stylish, and affluent black men in South Africa. The magazine offers a blend of compelling and relevant business and lifestyle content, including articles on fashion, grooming, sport, technology, and motoring. This article’s focus on consumerism, fashion, and m…
South Africa’s Community Work Programme
This article examines South Africa’s Community Work Programme (CWP) as a case study of an attempt to address two key dilemmas facing peacebuilding theory and practise: (a) balancing the need to address immediate and long-term causes of conflict and violence and (b) balancing the need for a large-scale systematic approach whilst creating space for local ownership and agency. Drawing on in-depth case studies of six CWP community interventions, it d…
Destiny overshadowed
This article offers a multimodal discourse analysis of the representation of masculinity and its relation to femininity in Destiny Man, a popular South African magazine for men. The approach taken looked at the content in the magazine and identified themes that were present in most of the issues. Through the lens of hegemonic masculinity and feminism, discursive practices that Destiny Man employs when discussing issues of gender relations are exp…
Black Masculinities on Trial in Absentia
This article explores the social representation of black masculinities as violent in the globally publicized case of the murder by Oscar Pistorius of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. This murder and the subsequent media interest it generated highlighted the manner in which fear of crime in South Africa, particularly amongst certain sectors of the population such as white, male gun owners and gun lobbyists, (including Pistorius and his family memb…
On the complexities of work that is deeply invested in the well-being of black boys, men and communities
Telepsychology and the Covid-19 pandemic
The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has drawn renewed attention to telepsychology. This study reports on the experiences of psychologists in response to the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic pertaining to the provision, application, and accessibility of telepsychology services in the South African context. The findings highlight the direct and indirect implications of the pandemic and its impact on both practitioners and clients. The core …
Destiny Man
The following article provides a systematic multimodal analysis of the South African men’s publication Destiny Man. Articles published in the 2014 issues of the magazine were selected for an in-depth discussion of how factors such as access to economic resources and wealth play a significant role in lifestyle choices and the formation of the black middle-class in contemporary South Africa. Advertisements were analysed to further enrich the discus…
The value of photovoice in researching the 2012 Marikana massacre
Following the 2012 massacre in Marikana, the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) trained a group of community members on basic trauma counselling skills, as a means of providing emotional support to the victims and their families. In an evaluative study, eight members of the support group were provided with disposable cameras and asked to take pictures under the theme ‘life in Marikana pre and post the 2012 massacre’. Arran…
We Are Not Our Parents’ – beyond Political Transition
The story of South Africa’s liberation struggle, from apartheid to constitutional democracy, is writ large with in-depth contributions from young people. Despite their historical involvement, young people have been noticeably absent from the transitional processes ushering in South Africa’s postapartheid dispensation. Their absence has created a crisis of legitimacy, particularly among those disillusioned young people who are unsentimental about …
Unbecoming to becoming a man
In this article, I respond to Moshibudi Motimele’s engagement (published in Agenda 35(4)) with Jared Sexton’s book, Black Men, Black feminism: Lucifer’s Nocturne and my book, Becoming Men: Black Masculinities in a South African Township that I see black male vulnerability as an aberration and that my analysis of the participants’ narratives is acontextual and depoliticised due to being rooted in the discipline of psychology. In my reply, I argue …
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