“Armenian Genocide Relived,” Mail and Guardian

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“A Sanctuary Torn Asunder,” City Press

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“Sjambok Rule at Home Affairs,” City Press

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“Making the Invisible Visible, a Story of Central Methodist Church,” Ruth First Memorial Lecture, Johannesburg Salon, Volume Three

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“The Congress of the People and the Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication: From Public Deliberation to Bureaucratic Imposition in Kliptown,” Social Dynamics, Vol. 35, No. 2

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“Remembering a man who stood for change,” A personal reflection on Senator Kennedy in South Africa, The Weekender

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If you are interested in any of these articles below, please contact Christa via the contact form

  • Chapter entitled “Central Methodist Church” in Changing Space, Changing City: Johannesburg After Apartheid  Edited by Philip Harrison, Alison Todes, Chris Wray and Graeme Gotz, Wits University Press, 2014.
  • Chapter entitled “Philanthropy and Equity: the Case of South Africa” in Giving to Help, Helping to Give: The Context and Politics of African Philanthropy. Edited by Tade Akin Aina and Bhekinkosi Moyo, Amalion Publishing, 2013.
  • “A Southern African Social Activist,” (a profile of Graca Machel) ChangeMudanca, December 2010.
  • “Riding the Waves: Planact and the Funding Environment,” Chapter in Making Towns and Cities Work for People: Planact in South Africa: 1985-2005, Published by Planact, Johannesburg, 2009, 123-133.
  • “Tending a Garden over the Long Term,” Alliance, Volume 14, Number 2, June 2009 (reflections on work at the Mott Foundation to strengthen civil society in South Africa).
  • “An Obama Land,” Wordsetc,  Fourth Quarter 2008.
  • Two Book Reviews, Wordsetc, Third Quarter 2008.
  • “East Africa Backs Obama – Local Boy Made Good,” The Times, November 5, 2008.
  • “Put Kliptown Back on the Map,” The Times, March 23, 2008.
  • “Looking for Gabeba Baderoon,” New Contrast, Volume 35, No 1, March 2007.
  • “Walking along the Seams in Johannesburg with Dingz: Comments on Niq Mhlongo’s ‘Dog Eat Dog,’ Botsotso 14, 2007.
  • “A Queer Liberation,” (profile of Gerald Kraak, winner of the European Union award for first novel), The Weekender, June 17-18, 2006.
  • “Why did Interfund Close?” Alliance, December 2005.
  • Philanthropy and Equity: The Case of South Africa, Global Equity Initiative, Harvard University, October 2005.
  • “Social Justice not High on the Agenda: Corporate Social Investment in South Africa,” Alliance, Volume 10, No 2, June 2005.
  • “Are CBOs, NGOs and Social Movements Ready and Able to Act Together?” Isandla Development Communiqué, Volume 1, No 3, June 2004.