SELECTED MEDIA REPORTS AND INTERVIEWS

  1. Swartz, S. Spotlighting young activists in South Africa’s liberation struggle. Book Review: War in Worcester. Historia 60, 1, May 2015, pp 200-203
  2. Swartz, S. We seemed like a leaderless country yesterday. Who will stand up? Mail and Guardian Thoughtleader. 22 October 2015. http://thoughtleader.co.za/sharleneswartz/2015/10/22/feesmustfall-we-seemed-like-a-leaderless-country-yesterday/
  3. Swartz, S. Let’s look at the protests through the eyes of the young, our future leaders. Pretoria News. 26 October 2015.
  4. Swartz, S. (2014) Peer education: opening doors in the lives of young people. HSRC Review 12(2), 28-29
  5. Swartz, S. (2 January 2014). The Mandela moment: Now it’s time to move forward South Africa. Mail & Guardian Thoughtleader blog.
  6. Swartz, S. (2014). Transformation through human rights films. HSRC Review, 12(1), 18-19.
  7. Swartz, S. Interview with Reuters. (Tuesday, 22 January 2013). The ‘Born-free generation’ and the future of South African democracy. (Jon Herskovitz). Published in 8 newspapers
  8. Scott, D., Vawda, M., Swartz, S., & Bhana, A. Political parties need to woo SA`s young voters. Cape Argus, p. 14 (23 October 2012).
  9. Swartz, S. Experts recommend schools provide sex education. Business Day. (17 April 2012).
  10. Swartz, S. Like: So word jy in kliktivis. Beeld (26 March 2012).
  11. Swartz, S. It’s time we had a talk about sex, say SA schoolkids. Mail and Guardian. (18 April 2012).
  12. Swartz, S. Interview on SAFm on book ‘Old Enough to Know’ (Sunday, 16 September 2012, 14.30-15.00).
  13. Swartz, S. Interview on SAFM ‘Weekend Live’ on an agenda for youth month. June 2011.
  14. Swartz, S. Interview on SAFM ‘After 8 Debate’ on youth sexuality and teenage pregnancy. February 2011.
  15. Swartz, S. NYDA to take stock of youth development rate in South Africa. Publicity Update. 16 August 2010.
  16. Review of Ikasi: The moral ecology of South Africa’s township youth by Eva Hunter, Cape Times, 24 September 2010, p. 13.
  17. Interviewed on SAFm (Weekend Morning Live) on Ikasi. 22 August 2010; 9 September 2010; 12 September 2010.
  18. Review of Teenage Tata: Voices of young fathers in South Africa in Skyways, the international in-flight magazine of British Airways. 1 November 2009.
  19. Interviewed on SABC 2 (Morning Live) on “Teenage Tata: Voices of young fathers in South Africa”. 26 October 2009.
  20. Interviewed for article in Saturday Argus on young fathers Teenage dads do stick around: Study shows many young fathers want to provide for, and relate to their children by Bianca Capazorio. 12 September 2009.
  21. Interviewed on SABC News International (Rendezvous Africa) on “Teenage Tata: Voices of young fathers in South Africa”. 7 September 2009.
  22. Interviewed on SAFM (Otherwise) on “Teenage Tata: Voices of young fathers in South Africa”. 3 September 2009.
  23. Radio interview (Lesedi FM) on Teenage fatherhood in South Africa. 24 August 2009.
  24. Interviewed on Capricorn FM on school violence. 12 June 2009.
  25. Interviewed for articles in The Argus, The Cape Times and eTV news on violence in schools. 11 June 2009.
  26. Interviewed for article in The Sunday Times on youth morality entitled Child violence due to no values by Rowan Philip. 5 April 2009.
  27. Interviewed on SAFm about ‘Being good in a bad world’ HSRC Review article, 13 July 2008.
  28. Interviewed on SAFm about ‘Skollies and Mommy’s boys’, 22 May 2008.
  29. Interviewed for article appearing in The Witness – ‘Trying to be good in ikasi’, 17 May 2008.
  30. Interviewed for article appearing in City Press – ‘Let the youth love freely’, 16 May 2008.
  31. Interviewed for article appearing in Cape Times – ‘Youth need to be supported’ 15 May 2008.
  32. Interviewed for article appearing in The Times – ‘Skollies and mommy’s boys’, 13 May 2008.
  33. Interviewed on Cape Talk ‘Skollies and Mommy’s boys’, 13 May 2008.
  34. Interviewed on SAFm on the 8pm extended news roundup on my research ‘The moral ecology of South Africa’s township youth’, 13 April 2008.