During the festive season peaks in December, millions of South African workers in big and mid-sized urban areas “go home” to spend time in rural labour reserves where they were born. This mass movement, which appears to be a deeply ingrained cultural practice, reflects something far more insidious: the enduring legacy of South Africa’s colonial… Continue reading ‘Going Home’, Temporality and Oscillation: The Endurance of South Africa’s Migrant Labour System