| Post-development theory and the question of alternatives: a view from Africa S Matthews Third world quarterly 25 (2), 373-384, 2004 | 296 | 2004 |
| Being at home: Race, institutional culture and transformation at South African higher education institutions P Tabensky, S Matthews | 94 | 2015 |
| Colonised minds? Post-development theory and the desirability of development in Africa S Matthews The Development Dictionary@ 25, 104-117, 2020 | 75 | 2020 |
| Becoming African: debating post-apartheid white South African identities S Matthews African Identities 9 (01), 1-17, 2011 | 58 | 2011 |
| The role of the privileged in responding to poverty: Perspectives emerging from the post-development debate S Matthews Third World Quarterly 29 (6), 1035-1049, 2008 | 45 | 2008 |
| Investigating NEPAD's development assumptions S Matthews Review of African Political Economy 31 (101), 497-511, 2004 | 44 | 2004 |
| Confronting the colonial library: Teaching political studies amidst calls for a decolonised curriculum S Matthews Decolonisation after Democracy, 48-65, 2020 | 37 | 2020 |
| Postdevelopment theory SJ Matthews Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies, 2010 | 35 | 2010 |
| White anti-racism in post-apartheid South Africa S Matthews Politikon 39 (2), 171-188, 2012 | 33 | 2012 |
| What, then, should we do?: Insights and experiences of a Senegalese NGO 1 S Matthews Exploring Post-Development, 131-144, 2007 | 32 | 2007 |
| The role of NGOs in Africa: are they a force for good S Matthews The Conversation 2, 2017 | 30 | 2017 |
| Shifting white identities in South Africa: White Africanness and the struggle for racial justice S Matthews Phronimon 16 (2), 112-129, 2015 | 30 | 2015 |
| Decolonising while white: Confronting race in a South African classroom S Matthews Possibilities and Complexities of Decolonising Higher Education, 227-235, 2023 | 21 | 2023 |
| Reflections on the appropriate use of unjustly conferred privilege S Matthews Theoria 60 (135), 23-41, 2013 | 21 | 2013 |
| Responding to poverty in the light of the post-development debate: Some insights from the NGO Enda Graf Sahel S Matthews Africa development 31 (4), 52–72-52–72, 2006 | 21 | 2006 |
| NGOs and Social Justice in South Africa and Beyond S Matthews | 20 | 2017 |
| Differing interpretations of reconciliation in South Africa: A discussion of the home for all campaign S Matthews Transformation: Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa 74 (1), 1-22, 2010 | 17 | 2010 |
| The challenges of state collapse in Africa: The case of the Democratic Republic of Congo S Mathews, H Solomon Africa Insight 31 (3), 24-31, 2001 | 14 | 2001 |
| Civil society, the state and conflicts in Africa H Solomon, S Matthews Development Policy Management Forum, 2002 | 13 | 2002 |
| Partnerships and power: Community partners’ experiences of service-learning S Matthews Africanus: Journal of Development Studies 49 (1), 18 pages-18 pages, 2019 | 12 | 2019 |
