New Contree: 2011 No 62
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/6605
2024-03-28T21:24:35ZDavids, A. 2011. The Afrikaans of the Cape Muslims from 1815 to 1915. [Book review]
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/6615
Davids, A. 2011. The Afrikaans of the Cape Muslims from 1815 to 1915. [Book review]
Groenewald, Gerald
2011-01-01T00:00:00ZCouper, S. 2010. Albert Luthuli: bound by faith. [Book review]
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/6614
Couper, S. 2010. Albert Luthuli: bound by faith. [Book review]
Southey, Nicholas
2011-01-01T00:00:00ZVereniger en opheffer: die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk in Rhodesië (1890 - 2007)
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/6613
Vereniger en opheffer: die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk in Rhodesië (1890 - 2007)
Hendrich, Gustav
In the missionary and church history of Rhodesia (present day Zimbabwe)
the Dutch Reformed church did not concentrate exclusively on the unity
of the local Afrikaner community, but also played a pivotal role in the
upliftment of the indigenous population. Ever since the coming into being
of Rhodesia during the 1890’s, Afrikaner immigrants had brought with them
their Christian values and religion. Rhodesia being pre-eminently an Englishspeaking
colony of the British Empire until 1965, the Dutch Reformed
Church considered it necessary to serve its Afrikaner members, thereby
acting as a stronghold against Anglicisation and assimilation. Since 1895
Dutch Reformed congregations were established across the entire country as
a reflection of their fellow countrymen in Africa. Between 1890 and 1980
the Dutch Reformed Church in Rhodesia would play an instrumental role in
the spiritual life of many Afrikaners. At the same time the Dutch Reformed
Church extended its missionary work to the black people – not merely to
convert them to the Christian-Calvinist faith, but also to uplift them socioeconomically
by means of education and the establishment of self-sufficient
congregations. In this article the two-fold role of the Dutch Reformed Church
in Rhodesia in unifying and uplifting both Afrikaners and indigenous peoples
is analised.
2011-01-01T00:00:00ZAssessing the past and the present role of the National Nuclear Regulator as a public protector against potential health injuries: the West and Far West Rand as case study.
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/6612
Assessing the past and the present role of the National Nuclear Regulator as a public protector against potential health injuries: the West and Far West Rand as case study.
Liefferink, Mariette
Recent national and international news media articles and television
programmes, official public domain Government and peer reviewed academic
reports drew the international and national public’s attention to the health risks
and hazards and impacts pertaining to uraniferous waste from the gold mining
industry within the Witwatersrand goldfields and the role of the National
Nuclear Regulator (NNR) in this regard. The Dutch research organizations’
Wise and Somo’s recent report, entitled “Uranium from Africa – mitigation of
uranium impacts on society and environment by industry and governments”
found that that the lack of knowledge within institutions and lack of proper
environmental management systems, both in industry and in the government,
“render South Africa a poor example of environmental and human health
protection….The government is failing.” It is especially the poor, the
disempowered and the vulnerable members of mining communities that bear
the highest risks and impacts. These communities have low adaptive capacity
because of chronic and acute malnutrition and high HIV/Aids percentages.
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently estimated that 34% of all
childhood illness in the world (compared to 24% of all age illness) and 36% of
deaths in children under age 14 are due to modifiable environmental factors.
As with many illnesses, genes may create a loaded gun, but environment
pulls the trigger. However, determining how impacts from gold mining waste
within the West and Far West Rand as part of the Witwatersrand goldfields
influence or determine human health is a challenge. This is due to the social,
cultural and economic conditions (thus their broader well-being status) which
influence the vulnerability of communities, and subsequently their resilience.
The focus of the discussion will relate to this area and the NNR’s role – past
and present – as public health protector in this area per se.
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