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Nicky Falkof
Nicky Falkof is a senior lecturer in the Media Studies department at Wits.
Plasma gangs: How South Africans’ fears about crime created an urban legend
A tale of criminality, magic, violence and fear offered a way to foreground the contradictions that come with living in a township
Missing the point about the murder of women
Every-day male monsters, rather than uniquely evil cultists, are responsible for the bulk of violence against South African women
Journey through anxious Joburg
A new book has collected writing about the condition of living, yes, with a high crime rate, but also other, more pervasive existential urban stresses particular to the Global…
Wedded blisters
As a woman, something very strange happens as you approach 30 — friends who seemed quite sensible either start shelling out incredible wads of cash for their weddings, or…