This commentary on Myriam Houssay-Holzschuch’s article, ‘Keeping You Post-ed: Space-Time Regimes, Metaphors, and Post-Apartheid’, focuses on two aspects. First, I expand on the metaphor of brecciation and how it can shine a light on processes that are still becoming – extending time and spatial configurations as variegated elements in a whole. Second, I want to build on the author’s reflection of tracking space-time regimes by considering how being ‘in the midst of transition’ interferes with preconceived timelines of what it means to be pre and post, and displays hidden processes as spatial configurations unfold.
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