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The New Contree (for a few years after its foundation in 1977 known as Contree) is a peer-reviewed and DoE accredited journal in the historical and human sciences of South Africa”. Previous decisions to change the original name of the Journal, have slowly paved the way for scientific discourse away from being just local/regional history focussed or/and explicitly only historically focussed or/and as a Journal only being produced by historians. No history journal in South Africa vigorously promotes historical dialogue that is multi-disciplinary, and New Contree aims to fill this space. This outlook is timely, appealing, and progressive in a new age in which cross-disciplinary research liaisons have become necessary, even compelling and not just being a bypassing mode. However, it remains an approach that is very challenging and therefore contests the editorial policy of the Journal’s history custodians on a continuous basis. New Contree’s outlook challenges history professionals to set the methodological pace, change the shape, and expand the scope of historical studies. New Contree’s editorial advisory also still supports the founding focus of local/regional history, and local heritage history which also covers oral and grassroots level history. This is possible alongside contributions on national-related histories of Southern Africa as preference.
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Colonial administrators, indigenous leaders, and missionaries: Contesting the education of the Swazi child, 1921-1939
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2018)The study of Swazi historical affairs in the colonial period has remained patchy. The historian is confronted by numerous gaps that make it difficult to get a comprehensive view of the development of the history of the ... -
Expectations and the issue of land in South Africa – the historical origins and current debate
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2018)Land remains a contentious political issue that has the potential for further conflict in South Africa. Expectations over land are a legitimate result of a history of dispossession, displacement and deprivation during the ... -
The politicisation of health in Zimbabwe: the case of the cholera epidemic, August 2008-March 2009
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2018)In this article the case of the August 2008 to March 2009 cholera epidemic is used to examine the intersections between health and politics in Zimbabwe. The focus is on the different narratives deployed by the mainstream ... -
Hidden Histories of Gordonia, land dispossession and resistance in the Northern Cape, 1800-1990
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Students must rise. Youth struggle in South Africa before and beyond Soweto 76
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Amsterdam tot Zeeland: Slawestand tot Middelstand? ’n Stellenbosse slawegeskiedenis, 1679-1834
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Dors geles oor die Dorsland: berigte uit Die Dorsland en ander pioniersgemeenskappe
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Chisembele, S. 2016. Zambia, the freedom struggle and the aftermath: the personal story of freedom fighter and leader Sylvester Mwamba Chisembele [Book review]
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Pool, G. 2016. Die Herero opstand, 1904-1907. [Book review]
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Du Pisani, K. 2017. Jan Smuts ’n van boerseun tot wêreldverhoog. [Book review]
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Mouton, F.A. 2017. Iron in the soul: The leaders of the official parliamentary opposition in South Africa, 1910-1993. [Book review]
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Segregated schools of thought: the Bantu Education Act (1953) revisited
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2017)Various political parties, civil rights groups and columnists support the view that one of South Africa’s foremost socio-economic challenges is overcoming the scarring legacy which the Bantu Education Act of 1953 left on ... -
Adapting to survive – Water management and aquatic science in the Kruger National Park
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2017)The availability of water has been a prime consideration for the management of the Kruger National Park (KNP) since its establishment in 1926. While the park is fed by five, historically perennial, river systems, its ... -
The decline in mine migrancy and increase in informal labour migration from northern Malawi to South Africa, 1970s-1980s
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2017)International labour migration from Malawi to South Africa is more than a century old. Malawian migrants started going to, largely, South African mines around the 1870s and 1880s following the establishment of diamond and ... -
The changing geography of wildlife conservation: perspectives on private game farming in contemporary KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2017)Widespread wildlife ranching on privately owned land in South Africa has been fuelled mainly by land use changes in the agricultural sector over recent decades. This has changed the landscape of nature conservation with ... -
A historical perspective on the prevalence, distribution and influence of African Horse Sickness in Namibia
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2017)African Horse Sickness (AHS) is a devastating, non-contagious, infectious, insect-borne disease of equids. AHS is endemic to sub-Saharan Africa. Culicoides midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) act as vectors for the transmission ... -
The founding of the Marloth Nature Reserve: a historic example of collaborative conservation
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2017)During the 1970s collaborative conservation between management bodies and citizens became a field of academic interest. It is globally practised today and implies consensus-based decision-making, often with a special ... -
Gosselink, M., Holtrop, M. & Ross, R. 2017. Good Hope. South Africa and the Netherlands from 1600. [Book review]
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War and the formation of Afrikaner nationalism
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2017)There is a tendency in writing histories of South Africa’s past to concentrate on the colour issue. However, doing so often leads to myths and polarisation as sources are not interrogated beyond the superficial. The ... -
JD Kestell as veldprediker 1899-1902
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2017)Reverend John Daniel (Father) Kestell (1854-1941) was a wellknown minister of religion in the Dutch Reformed Church. Through various actions he earned himself the nickname of “Father (Vader) Kestell” among his fellowmen. ...
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