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Remembering "Salisbury Island".
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2011)
Three distinct vignettes on “Salisbury Island”, have been composed for this
discussion on the tribal college for Indians inaugurated in 1961 on Salisbury
Island, an old naval base at the Durban Harbour. It was prompted ...
Post-graduate education students’ oral history research: A review of retired teachers’ experiences and perspectives of the former Bantu Education system.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2012)
Throughout the centuries, irrespective of the nature of the society or culture,
social history seems to have been narrated or written by the victor glorifying
his/her own cause.1 The voice of the ordinary person is rarely ...
Bantu Education: destructive intervention or part reform?
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2012)
The introduction of public education for blacks in 1953 and the withdrawal
of state subsidies from mission schools were among the most controversial
measures that the National Party (NP) government took. In introducing
Bantu ...
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, ...
Muslim women’s identities in South Africa: A Zanzibari perspective in KwaZulu-Natal.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)
This article examines how Zanzibari women in KwaZulu-Natal are
negotiating their identities within the context of local and global realities.
In South Africa, while the post-apartheid period gave birth to non-racial
democracy, ...
Married to the Struggle: For better or worse Wives of Indian anti-apartheid activists in Natal: The untold narratives.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)
The role and contributions of women in war, and anti-colonial and
nationalistic struggles have become the subject of intense research and analysis
over the past two decades. In South Africa, the nationalistic struggle ...
The Natal Inter-Race Soccer Tournament (1946-1960) and race identities in KwaZulu-Natal.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)
This article focuses on the Natal Inter-Race Soccer Tournament, a littleknown
but popular tournament which was held under the auspices of the
Natal-Inter-Race Soccer Board (NISB) between 1946 and 1960. Coloured,
Indian ...
Historical evolution of Durban’s public transport system and challenges for the post-apartheid metropolitan government.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)
The history of public transport in Durban is characterised by a diverse set of
socio-political forces that have shaped and styled its present form. Characterised
by horse and cart driven coach modes of transport in the ...
High apartheid and the erosion of “official” local politics in Daveyton in the 1960s.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2013)
The paper discusses the apartheid state’s onslaught against the limited rights
enjoyed by Africans in urban areas in the 1960s. It focuses attention on the
“modern model township” of Daveyton, which was seen in the early ...
Traditional Leadership and Independent Bantustans of South Africa: Some Milestones of Transformative Constitutionalism beyond Apartheid
(2009)
The institution of traditional leadership represents the early form of societal organisation. It embodies the preservation of culture, traditions, customs and values. This paper gives a brief exposition of the impact that ...