Browsing New Contree: 2022 No. 88 by Title
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Chiefdoms on the margins of the Zulu Kingdom: A case study of Nzama and Ngubane chieftaincies in Kranskop, Umvoti, from the 1820s to 1870s
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vanderbijlpark Campus, 2022)The chieftaincies in Kranskop in Umvoti seized the opportunity to exercise independence from the Zulu royal family, an opportunity which the advent of British imperialism provided. These chieftaincies decided to support ... -
For neither king nor swastika? Malan’s Afrikaner nationalism and De Valera’s Irish nationalism in the 1930s and 1940s
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vanderbijlpark Campus, 2022)The debate on supposed fascist influences on Afrikaner nationalists, particularly the mainstream National Party (NP), as opposed to more extremist groups, has mostly centred around alleged links or parallels with Nazi ... -
“Fortuitous circumstances?” John Owen Smith and the art of nineteenth-century colonial wealth accumulation
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vanderbijlpark Campus, 2022)A former British immigrant, John Owen Smith was one of the nineteenth century Cape Colony’s most prominent businesspersons. With interests in guano trading, farming, shipping, property development, auctioneering and arms ... -
Giliomee, H. 2019. The rise & demise of the Afrikaners [Book review]
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Mkhize, S.M. 2019. A political biography of Selby Msimang : principle and pragmatism in the liberation struggle [Book review]
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Phillips, H. 2019. UCT under Apartheid, Part 1: From onset to sit-in 1948-1968 [Book review]
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Political economy of financial inclusion in Lesotho: Mobile money and the experiences of low-income and rural communities
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vanderbijlpark Campus, 2022)This paper examines the development of mobile money in contemporary Lesotho, 2012-2020. Using historical and ethnographic sources, it situates the development of this mobile phone-based financial system within the broader ... -
“To build a just and fair society”: Fosatu and the vision of a new South Africa, ca.1970s-1980s
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vanderbijlpark Campus, 2022)popularised the utopia of building a rainbow nation. The idea was to bring together all people of South Africa, in all their diversity, to work towards a new, common, non-racial and equal society. Indeed, the vision of ... -
Van Zyl-Hermann, D. 2021. Privileged precariat: White workers and South Africa’s long transition to majority rule [Book review]
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vanderbijlpark Campus, 2022)
