Research Article: Understanding Attitudes towards National Pride in Sport in South Africa: Implications for Nation-building By Annsilla Nyar-Ndlovu, Benjamin J. Roberts, Shanaaz Dunn and Ngqapheli Mchunu Open Access @ doi.org/10.1080/21528586.202…

Discussion Article: Visualising and Theorising Physical Activity Through Photography and Sociology: Reflections on a Collaborative Interdisciplinary Teaching Initiative by Chris Bolsmann Open Access @ doi.org/10.1080/21528586.202…

Research Article: Ambient Threat and Cumulative Fear: A Comparative Analysis of Street Harassment Victimization Anxiety in Urban Pakistan By Asim Zubair and Zeng Dongxia Access @ doi.org/10.1080/21528586.202…

Special Issue Call: The South African Review of Sociology (SARS) invites proposals for Special Issues. Looking forward to your receiving your Special Issue Proposal!!!!

NEW Research Article: Swimming to the Summit: Exploring Open-Water Swimming Practices for “Development” Swimmers in Cape Town by Marizanne Grundlingh Faculty of Humanities, @The_IIE, Emeris, Cape Town, South Africa Read @ doi.org/10.1080/21528586.202…

NEW Research Article: Traditional Sports and the Construction of Masculinity: Women's Exclusion from Induku Stick Fighting in Kwazulu-Natal by Mari H. Engh & Machaka Khopeli @UKZN , School of Social Sciences Read OPEN ACCESS @ doi.org/10.1080/21528586.202…

NEW Research Article: Surviving the Streets: Experiences of Harassment and Coping Mechanisms among Female Street Children in Harare, Zimbabwe by Paddinton Mutekwe @ACMSWits & Dennis Mhuru @GreatZimUni Read via OPEN ACCESS @ doi.org/10.1080/21528586.202…

New Note OUT NOW: Respect, Respectability, and Embodied Fieldwork: Insights from Interviewing Older Disabled Xhosa Men by Thoko Sipungu Department of Sociology and Anthropology, @MandelaUni Read via OPEN ACCESS @ doi.org/10.1080/21528586.202…

NEW Discussion Article: The Advantages of Being a Disciplinary Nomad: Teaching Sociology in Social Service Professions Education – a Reflection by Basheer Arries at the Department of Social Service Professions @UWConline Read via OPEN ACCESS @ doi.org/10.1080/21528586.202…

NEW Research Article: “We Once Were Comrades”: Soccer, Nostalgia, & Violence in Makhanda, South Africa Article. by @shawnforde Dept. of Curriculum & Pedagogy, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada READ in FULL @https://doi.org/10.1080/21528586.2026.2718699

Book Review OUT NOW: South Africa’s Water Predicament: Freshwater’s Unceasing Decline Authored by Anja du Plessis Reviewed by Solomon Musonza Read in FULL at: doi.org/10.1080/21528586.202…

New Study OUT NOW: A Qualitative Sociological Study of the Influences Leading Iranian Women to Undergo Genital Cosmetic Surgery By Toktam Namayandeh Joorabchi,Reyhaneh Najjaran & Majid Fouladiyan Read in full at: doi.org/10.1080/21528586.202…

New Study OUT NOW: Beyond Post-colonial (Formal) Citizenship: Exploring Notions of Lived Citizen-Making Among the Non-Pastoral Fulanis at Agogo, Ghana by Isaac Owusu Nsiah Read more at: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

South African Review of Sociology, Volume 56, Issue 2 (2026) is now online! For details see: tandfonline.com/toc/rssr20/5…

Call for Contributions to the Special Issue! 'Decolonising Trauma and Care: Inequality, Healing and Institutional Practice in the Global South' Guest Editors: Professor MariamSeedat-Khan Dr Jayanathan Govender Dr Mbuso Nkosi

Book Review 'Making a Life: Young Men on Johannesburg’s Urban Margins' written by Hannah J. Dawson. 2025. Wits University Press: Johannesburg. Review by Tshepo B. Maake Read at: doi.org/10.1080/21528586.202…

New study alert! 💅 Exploring how South African men who post videos with painted nails navigate, negotiate, and challenge policing of masculinity in online spaces. by Kgothatso Mokgele Read the full Open Access article here: doi.org/10.1080/21528586.202…

How does growing up without a mother shape a young woman's journey into parenthood? 🇿🇦 New research by T.N. Majola & P. Maharaj explores unstable living setups, the erosion of Ubuntu care, and early motherhood challenges. Read the Open-Access paper: doi.org/10.1080/21528586.202…

OUT NOW: Editorial for the Special Issue on 'Troubling Cisheteronormativity: Gender, Sexualities and Society' by Letitia Smuts and Dennis Francis Read in full at : tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Obituary: Robert Wesley Pattman, 14 February 1955–13 August 2025 By: Bernard Dubbeld Read in full at: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…