Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Makhetha, T. (2024). Ubuntu Ethics: Re-humanising social research with socially and economically marginalised youth in South Africa. African Journal of Social Work, 14(6).

Makhetha, T., & Francis, D. A. (2022). Acting on Sexuality Education: An ethnography of how young Coloured men construct and perform gender and sexuality in and outside the sexuality education classroom. Journal of Educational Studies, Special Issue 1 (2021): 8–22.

Makhetha, T. (2015). Homophobic violence in a Northern Cape school: Learners confront the issue. Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity, 29(3): 1–7.

Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters

Rabe, M. E., Makhetha, T., Obuaku-Igwe, C., & Spicer, C. (2024). Problem-based learning in the discipline of Sociology: Implications for curriculum design, renewal, and pedagogy. In Ralarala et al. (Eds.), Unlocking the Chains of Knowledge: Understanding the Challenges, Remaking Pedagogies, and Curriculum Renewal. African Sun Media: Stellenbosch.

Makhetha, T. (2018). Researching troublesome masculinities and schooling: Critical ethnographic reflections. In H. Shefer, J. Hearn, K. Ratele, & F. Boonzaier (Eds.), Gender, Sex, and Race in Research and Pedagogical Practices with Young People: Transnational and Intersectional Perspectives. Routledge: London.

Book Reviews

Makhetha, T. (2015). Men and Masculinities in Contemporary China. NORMA: International Journal for Masculinity Studies, 10(2): 185–187.

Thesis and Dissertations

Makhetha, T. (2024). Love, Learning, and Identity at New Hope: A Critical Ethnographic Study of how Young Coloured Men Construct and Perform Race, Masculinity, and Sexuality at a Northern Cape High School. Unpublished PhD Thesis, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Stellenbosch University.

Makhetha, T. (2012). The Victimization of Street Youth: A Muizenberg Case Study. Unpublished Master's dissertation, Centre for Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town.

Makhetha, T. (2010). Learner perspectives on sexual harassment at a Cape Town High School. Unpublished honours dissertation, Department of Social Development, Faculty of Humanities, University of Cape Town.

Work in Progress/Under Review

Monograph

Makhetha, T. (under review). “Acts of Becoming: Performing Identity, Love, and Learning in Contemporary South Africa. Emerald Publishing.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Makhetha, T (revise and resubmit). “Research and Rehumanisation: Ubuntu ethics in critical ethnographic research”. South African Journal of Philosophy.

Mayeza, E. S and Makhetha, T. (in preparation). “Dance and sexuality: performances and negotiations of identity among Coloured young men in Northern Cape, South Africa”. African Education Review.

Makhetha, T. (in preparation). “Audienciousness”. South African Review of Sociology.