This commentary explores the multi-temporalities of the pasts which relate to South African cities ‘now’. Inspired by Myriam Houssay-Holzchuch’s article in this volume, and the wider engagements of French scholars in the South African context, this commentary takes as a starting point Walter Benjamin’s idea of history as thought through ‘now-time’. In doing so, I assess the declining relevance of the ‘post’ in thinking the futures of South African cities.

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（后）种族隔离的现在

这篇评论探讨了与“现在”南非城市相关的过去的多时间性。受到本卷中 Myriam Houssay-Holzchuch 文章的启发，以及法国学者在南非语境中更广泛的参与，本评论将沃尔特·本雅明的历史思想作为“现在时间”思想的起点。在这样做的过程中，我评估了“职位”在思考南非城市未来方面的相关性下降。