Book launch

On 16th May 2024, UCT Press together with Professors Cherryl Walker (ed) and Timm Hoffman (ed) celebrated the launch of their new book titled "Contested Karoo: Interdisciplinary perspectives on change and continuity in South Africa’s drylands"

This inter-disciplinary collection explores significant land-use changes in South Africa’s semi-arid Karoo region and their implications for social justice and the environment, across different scales. It brings together recent scholarship by established and younger researchers, in both the social and the natural sciences, to examine the ways in which the Karoo is being reconfigured as a new ‘resource frontier’ and the tensions and contestations that result. 

"Contested Karoo: Interdisciplinary perspectives on change and continuity in South Africa’s drylands" is now available for free download from UCT Press. The PCU would like to congratulate Professers Cherryl Walker and Timm Hoffman on their new publication and wish them continued success!