Set an essay question for my masters students that has me excited about the potential answers Q: How do decolonial perspectives challenge traditional understandings of the social contract within the state of South Africa and what are the implications for policy develpment What would your answer be?

I often speak about this in public talks or dialogues but it still gets me every time. Every flight down to Cape Town or Johannesburg I sit by the window to remind myself just how persistent apartheid spatial planning remains 30+ years after democracy