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Section 139 interventions in South African local government, 1994-2015
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)
Recent trends point to the fact that national and provincial government
interventions in the local sphere of government in South Africa have become
more commonplace. These trends can be seen, within the broader context ...
Contributions* by Reverend Johannes Jacobus Ulster2 to the development of the Moravian Mission Station, Elim, 1965-1974
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)
The Reverend Johannes Jacobus Ulster (1922-2012) was called by the provincial
board of the Moravian Church in South Africa to serve the mission station Elim
from the start of January 1965 as its first indigenous minister ...
An update on South Africa’s political risk profile in 2015/6
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)
In 2015, South Africa has dropped out of the Kearney Foreign Direct
Investment Confidence Index for the first time since its inception in 1998.
Although many resource companies have diverted their investments away
from ...
Bakgomong: The Babirwa’s transboundary pastoralist identity and social change in late 19th century Botswana
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)
To follow is a critical narrative on the intersection between identity
production and transformations in the indigenous herding systems of the
Babirwa of pre-colonial Botswana. The production of the Babirwa’s ...
The limits of political development and constitutionalism in South Africa
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)
The article investigates political development and constitutionalism in postapartheid
South Africa by focusing on two general features of this society.
These are firstly the enduring prevalence of violence defined broadly. ...
South African liberal thinking on questions of nationalism reconsidered
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)
Liberals have often been criticised for not confronting key questions relating
to South Africa’s present and future. While liberals did not address the socalled
National Question directly, they did consider the issues ...
Constitutionalism and coloniality: A case of colonialism continued or the best of both worlds?
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)
This article deals with the concept of constitutionalism in relation to
colonialism and modernity, with a specific emphasis upon South Africa and
South African constitutional development. The Republic of South ...
“Let’s do things on our own …”: Gender and class dynamics during the quest to restore Inanda Seminary’s financial integrity, 1999-2001
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)
During the 1990s, decades of disinvestment caused by Bantu Education prohibited Inanda Seminary from competing equally with other previously advantaged Whites-only private and former public ‘Model C’ schools within South ...
The challenges of an engagement between the African Union and the UN Security Council
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)
Since the 1960s and during the initial decades of the United Nations (UN)
Africa has always had great representation inside the General Assembly.
Besides the numerical advantage of Africa, the ties between the continent
and ...
“Class D coloureds”: The establishment of Noordgesig, 1939-1948
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)
Noordgesig Township is situated on the edge of Soweto, bordering the better known Orlando Township. This article pieces together the history of the township and its residents from the late 1930s to the beginning of the ...