Browsing by Subject "Afrikaner"
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A comparative reading of the depiction of Afrikaner ancestry in two works by C.D. Bell
(North-West University, 2009)This dissertation investigates the contradictions and similarities regarding the depictions of Afrikaner ancestry in two works by Charles Davidson Bell: The landing of Van Riebeeck, 1652 (1850) and Cattle boers' outspan ... -
Die trekos en trektoerusting in Suid-Afrika : 'n historiese perspektief
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)As draught animals, oxen played a key role in the economic and cultural fields of the developmental history of South Africa. Although the use of oxen as draught animals is no longer a part of the majority of people in South ... -
"Die verwesenliking van 'n Afrikanerdroom": die stigting van die Randse Afrikaanse Universiteit, 1955-1968.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2010)• Summary: This article focuses on several factors that contributed to the establishment of the Rand Afrikaans University (RAU). It is argued that the RAU was not primarily founded as a result of the increase in the ... -
Family ties? Afrikaner nationalism, pan-Netherlandic nationalism and neo-Calvinist "Christian nationalism"
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)This study, building on longstanding debates on “German” national socialist (“Nazi”) and “Dutch” Calvinist influences on Afrikaner nationalism, examines the latter’s intersecting relationships with Dutch neo-Calvinist ... -
From “struggle” to “post-revolutionary” politics: the National Party, the African National Congress, and the "great rapprochement".
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2009)• Opsomming: Die Nasionale Party as regerende party onder Suid-Afrika se apartheidsbestel, en sy langtydse teenstander en navolger, die African National Congress, blyk onwaarskynlike onderwerpe vir ‘n vergelyking: Die ... -
Indigenous "Africans" and transnational "Pan-Netherlanders": past and present in the "re-construction" of post-1994 Afrikaner identity.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2012)This article explores two strategies to “re-imagine” Afrikaner identity in a post-apartheid South Africa in which white Afrikaners, once politically and culturally dominant, have become increasingly marginalized. One, ... -
A molecular analysis of the GBA gene in Caucasian South Africans with Parkinson's disease
(Wiley, 2017)Background The molecular basis of Parkinson's disease in South African population groups remains elusive. To date, substitutions in the GBA gene are the most common large-effect genetic risk factor for Parkinson's disease. ... -
“Multinational sport participation replaces apartheid sport in South Africa - 1967 - 1978”: the role of BJ Vorster and PGJ Koornhof.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2012)The sport declarations of TE Dönges as Minister of Internal Affairs in June 1956 and those of HF Verwoerd as Prime Minister in 1965 were aimed at strengthening apartheid sport participation in South Africa. These ... -
Shifting boundaries of racial space in post-apartheid South Africa: the case of Afrikaner youth in East London
(AOSIS, 2017)South African democracy has brought about changes like freedom of associations, as opposed to apartheid which emphasised separateness of races and cultures. This social change warrants new ways of living among South Africans, ...
