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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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Principle of Utis Possidetis and challenges of sitting at the frontier in Africa: the Yoruba in the Old Ilorin province and the politics of identity and belonging in post-colonial Nigeria
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, Vanderbijlpark, 2019)For communities that sit at the fringe of ethnic, cultural and linguistic divide, the twin questions of identity and belonging often remain issues of concern. The remoteness of such communities from the mainstream of ... -
White identity development at the Rand Afrikaans University (RAU) from 1965-1968 through the use of language and religion
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, Vanderbijlpark, 2019)The primary goal in the establishment of RAU in 1968 was the educational advancement of the white Afrikaans speaker on the Witwatersrand. A secondary goal was the development of white Afrikaans identity in higher education ... -
Chipkin, I. & Swilling, M. 2018. Shadow state: The politics of state capture [Book review]
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Guanopreneurs and the dynamics of policymaking in the Cape Colony, 1843-1845
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, Vanderbijlpark, 2019)Having identified an opportunity to extract significant income from selling guano, a popular and profitable natural fertiliser, from individual islands within its territorial waters, the Cape colonial administration ... -
Short-lived tolerance. An euphoria of the 1938 Voortrekker Centenary as in the editorials of a local newspaper: the George & Knysna Herald
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, Vanderbijlpark, 2019)There have been many studies on the Voortrekker Centenary of 1938 and the unforeseen consequences it had, including the subsequent surge of Afrikaner nationalism and political developments. As the wagons moved across South ... -
Katz, D.B. 2018. South Africa versus Rommel. The untold story of the Desert War in World War II [Book review]
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Tournadre, J. 2018. A turbulent South Africa: Post-apartheid social protest [Book review]
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Bernstein, R. 2017. Memory against forgetting: Memoir of a time in South African politics 1938-1964 [Book review]
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Shubin, G. ed al. 2014. More on Soviet military personnel in Angola Cuito Cuanavale: Frontline accounts by Soviet soldiers [Book review]
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The Institutionalisation of endemic corruption: State capture in South Africa
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2019)Systemic corruption has become the norm in South Africa. This is evident in the recent Transparency International’s Corruption Index. During the Zuma Administration, the scale and magnitude of corruption intensified and ... -
Challenges arising from ethnic internal boundary determination in Ethiopia since 1991
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2019)Like any other African country, Ethiopia has different ethnic groups with different languages. The Federal Constitution of Ethiopia guarantees all its ethnic groups including ethnic minority the right to self-determination. ... -
Enkele perspektiewe rakende die organisasie van die Oranje-Vrystaatse burgermag in Oktober 1899
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2019)A few perspectives with regard to the organization of the Orange Free State citizen force in October 1899 The purpose of this article is to discuss the structure and organization of the Orange Free State (OFS) Boer republic’s ... -
Governance and management challenges in establishing Robben Island as a National Museum and a World Heritage Institution in post-apartheid South Africa
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2019)This article focuses on the governance and management challenges in establishing Robben Island as a world class National Museum and a World Heritage Site. The first democratically elected government of South Africa ... -
“… in Johannesburg, baths are a necessity, not a luxury” the establishment of Johannesburg’s first municipal swimming bath, 1900s-1910s
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2018)Following on the commitment of the Johannesburg Town Council and an increasing demand to provide facilities for exercise and relaxation, Johannesburg’s mayor opened the Town’s first public swimming bath on the 18th of ... -
Reconstructing Changamire’s family roots: new evidence from the Valoyi oral history
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2018)The Munhumutapa (or Monomotapa) empire became a major political entity in Southern Africa from around 1420 AD. Founded and ruled by the Nembire family, its territory covered areas in the present-day Zimbabwe and Mozambique. ... -
The Reverend Kenneth Mosley Spooner: African-American missionary to the BaFokeng of Rustenburg district, South Africa, 1915-1937
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2018)This article examines the missionary and educational work and impact of Kenneth Spooner, an African-American missionary among the BaFokeng African community in Rustenburg district, South Africa from 1915 to 1937. Originally ... -
Market and entrepreneurial vision: the case of two family businesses in South Africa
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2018)The question of “why do some family enterprises survive into successive generations, while other succumb to contextual constraints?” elicited different responses. Explanations vary from that it might be inherent to the ... -
Decolonising urban space: observations from history in urban planning in Ruwa town, Zimbabwe, 1986-2015
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2018)This article calls for a shift of attention from the colonial urban planning methods to a focus on the post-colonial planning methods being adopted in new towns such as Ruwa. The core of the studies on urban planning in ... -
Economic nationalism amid ethnic disharmony in postcolonial Zimbabwe (1980-2013): a case of Matabeleland Provinces
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2018)The colonial legacy of uneven economic development in Zimbabwe and the use of such constructs as ‘Mashonaland’, ‘Matabeleland’ and ‘Manicaland’ have remained substantially unaltered under the post-colonial government. Those ... -
Kalanga culture and the nature of resistance against the Native Land Husbandry Act of 1951 in colonial Zimbabwe
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2018)In this article the nature of resistance to the implementation of the Native Land Husbandry Act of 1951 (NLHA), popularly known as amagandiya in Bulilimamangwe, in colonial Zimbabwe is explored. It looks at two Kalanga ...
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