Journals

  • Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery

    The journal publishes articles on current nursing and health related issues, and encourages those that exhibit innovative and quantitative research methods and approaches. It promotes debate, both theoretical and practical, on a wide range of topics and cross-disciplinary interests.

  • African Historical Review

    The African Historical Review (formerly Kleio: A Journal of Historical Studies from Africa) is an accredited, peer-reviewed journal with a long and distinguished history. Originally conceived as a research and teaching forum for histories taught in the Department of History at the University of South Africa and to promote the work of students and staff, the journal is now an international publication for high quality articles on a wide variety of historical subjects.

  • African Journal of Employee Relations (Formerly South African Journal of Labour Relations)

    Formerly the South African Journal of Labour Relations, the African Journal of Employee Relations is a scientific research journal published by the School of Management Sciences and the Graduate School of Business Leadership of the University of South Africa. The journal publishes research in the field of employment relations.

  • Africanus: Journal of Development Studies

    Published by the Department of Development Administration, University of South Africa.
    Articles on development problems with special reference to the Third World and southern Africa as well as politics and policy concerning intergroup relations.

  • Commonwealth Youth and Development

    Commonwealth Youth and Development is a multidisciplinary biannual publication that seeks to promote understanding of, and impetus for, the empowerment of the youth which will enable them to play a crucial and constructive role in the development of their communities. It recognises the importance of the youth and youth workers in developing countries and seeks to promote the professionalisation of youth work.

  • Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa

    Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa (CILSA) is devoted to comparative and international law, with particular reference to the Southern African context. The journal is published by Juta&Company (Pty) Ltd and is accredited by the Department of Higher Education and Training of South Africa.

  • Education as Change

    Education as Change is an accredited, peer reviewed scholarly journal that publishes original articles reflecting critically on issues of equality in education and on the ways in which educational practices contribute to transformation in non-formal, formal and informal contexts.

  • English Usage in Southern Africa

    English Usage in Southern Africa (active from 1970–1992) published observations on the usage and misusage of the English language in Southern Africa.  It is continued by Languange Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa, which can be accessed from https://www.tandfonline.com/rlms20

    Volumes 22 and 23 can be accessed from  https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rlms19 

    The word lists in volumes 1–4 were collated and published as A Dictionary of English Usage in Southern Africa, edited by D. R. Beeton and Helen Dorner (Cape Town: Oxford University Press, 1975).

     

  • Gender Questions

    Gender Questions is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed research journal that publishes high quality articles on all aspects of gender studies, including feminist research, masculinity studies and studies into alternative sexualities. Gender Questions seeks to contribute to South African knowledge production about gender by providing a forum for serious scholarship and rigorous theoretical engagement with Gender Studies.

  • Imbizo

     

    Imbizo : International Journal of African Literary and Comparative Studies is a scholarly and peer-reviewed journal of the department of English studies at the University of South Africa. The journal aims to foster critical debates on African Literary Theory, cultural studies, history and popular culture. The journal publishes original research articles, review articles and important conference proceedings on theoretical and practical perspectives that expand knowledge on discourses on the Africanisation of the processes of Africa’s literary creations.

     

  • International Journal of Educational Development in Africa

    IJEDA welcomes papers on African education particularly relevant to key theories of development about human capital, modernisation, politics, democratisation, capabilities, social reproduction, inequalities, dependencies, marginalisation, social control and violence, as well as key global developmental issues affecting education in Africa such as the roles of capitalism and socialism, green or sustainable development, religion, gender, international aid, the role of international organisations and agreements (e.g. the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child), health and HIV/AIDS, issues of access, quality and outcomes, conflict and post-conflict contexts, private education, culture and education, vocational education and employment, poverty reduction, corruption, disasters and emergencies (and humanitarian responses), globalisation, literacy.

  • Journal for Semitics

    The Journal for Semitics is published by the Southern African Society for Near Eastern Studies (SASNES). The journal is published twice annually. Journal for Semitics is accredited by the Department of Higher Education and Training.

  • Journal of Law, Society and Development

    JLSD seeks to address various socio-economic, legal and political research issues, such as democracy and society, to find its proper niche and its feet in order to help the community it serves to understand these issues. It also aims to forge a path towards inclusive epistemological discussions and debate in South Africa and the world at large. Therefore, articles that resort in the social sciences, the natural sciences, the exact sciences or political science and which are relevent to the theme of law, society and development are invited for inclusion.

  • Latin American Report

    An interdisciplinary journal of research and commentary relating to Latin America. Its purpose is to promote scholarly understanding of and general information about that Continent. It features research articles, commentaries, interviews, news and information, reports and book reviews.

  • Mousaion: South African Journal of Information Studies

    General and research articles on Library and Information Science are published in this journal. It also contains bibliographical information relevant to postgraduate research in South Africa.

  • New Voices in Psychology

    New Voices in Psychology is a peer-reviewed journal, aimed to nurture the work of young researchers and to encourage the development of new ideas in the discipline. Submissions are accepted from all over the world but the emphasis is on working with post-graduate students and young academics from Africa. The journal carries contributions on all topics in psychology but with a bias towards issues relevant to the African context and toward critiques of psychology as a discipline and profession. New Voices in Psychology is published twice yearly.

  • Oral History Journal of South Africa

    OHJSA creates space for academics in collaboration with oral history practioners, archivists and librarians to publish scientific papers in the field of oral history. The focus of the journal is on the methods of oral history research as well as the results or oral history research done in and on southern Africa expanding to the rest of Africa and eventually to the rest of the world.

  • Phronimon

    Phronimon publishes original scientifically justifiable contributions (articles, discussions of articles previously published and book reviews) within the field of Philosophy and the Humanities.

  • Politeia

    Published by the Department of Political Sciences and Public Administration, University of South Africa.
    Articles on political science, public administration, municipal government and administration, international politics and strategic studies. The journal offers the reader the opportunity to gain insight into aspects of public life in a time of unprecedented political change.

  • Progressio: South African Journal for Open and Distance Learning Practice

    Progressio: South African Journal for Open and Distance Learning Practice is a fully accredited, double-blind peer reviewed journal that provides an opportunity for researchers and practitioners in open, distance and e-learning to publish their articles. As the name suggests, the focus of Progressio is on research on the phenomenon and practice of open, distance and e-learning.

  • South African Yearbook of International Law

    The South African Yearbook of International Law (SAYIL) is an annual publication, published by Juta Publishers and administered by the UNISA Department of Public, Constitutional and International Law.

    SAYIL is accredited by the Department of Higher Education and Training of South Africa.

  • Southern African Business Review

    The Southern African Business Review is a refereed and scientific research journal of the College of Economic and Management Sciences of the University of South Africa. It aims to enhance scholarly research and publication in the fields of the economic and management sciences.

  • Southern African Journal for Folklore Studies

    Southern African Journal for Folklore Studies publishes original scientific articles pertaining to folklore studies and research. Research articles, theoretical papers, critical reviews and case studies will be considered for publication.

  • Southern African Journal of Social Work and Social Development

    Southern African Journal of Social Work and Social Development formerly The Social Work Practitioner-Researcher is a refereed interdisciplinary journal for social workers and social service professionals concerned with the advancement of the theory and practice of social work and social development in Africa and in a changing global world. 

  • Southern African Public Law

    Southern African Public Law is an accredited journal and is published bi-annually. It aims to stimulate debate about public law issues and provides a forum for discussion and critical reflection on a variety of public law issues, from the theory and practice of human rights, to constitutional and administrative law, environmental law, regional government and land reforms. It publishes contributions in the fields of constitutional and administrative law, human rights, constitutional and statutory interpretation, public international law, legal and constitutional theory, environmental law, local government law and closely related fields. Southern African Public Law (SAPL) intends to provide space for deliberation to academics and intellectuals from the Southern African Development Community in the field of public law.

  • Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae

    Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae publishes articles in the discipline of Church History / History of Christianity with an African/ South African perspective.

  • Trictrac

    Journal of World Mythology and Folklore