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Anti-Indianism in Kwazulu-Natal: Historical and contemporary realities.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)Indo-African relations in KwaZulu-Natal are about competition and rivalry for limited resources and privileges not only between these two segments, but by all four categories1 that make up South African society. It has ... -
The eye of a violent storm: Inanda, 1985.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)In 1985 the United Democratic Front (UDF) was at the centre of country wide protests against the apartheid state. In Durban community protests were sparked by the assassination of UDF leader Victoria Mxenge. Across the ... -
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 ... -
Settler security, insecurity and solidarity in colonial Natal with particular reference to the South Coast 1850-1910.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)Although British settlers enjoyed political and military control, there were factors which rendered them vulnerable. These included their proximity to the reserves set aside by Shepstone exclusively for African residence ... -
Shell, R. 2013. From Diaspora to Diorama. The Old Slave Lodge in Cape Town. [Book review]
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Schoeman, C. 2013. Angels of mercy: Foreign women in the Anglo-Boer War. [Book review]
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Bank, A. & Bank, L.J. (Eds). 2013. Inside African Anthropology: Monica Wilson and her interpreters. [Book review]
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Green, T. 2011. The Rise of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in Western Africa, 1300-1589. [Book review]
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'n Historiese perspektief op die kapelaansvrou in die Suid-Afrikaanse militêre milieu.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)This article forms part of a larger project on the history of South African military chaplaincy. It provides a review of the role played by the spouses of Permanent Force chaplains in the military context of South Africa. ... -
The first Muslim politician of South Africa Ahmet Ataullah Bey, 1865-1903.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)Ahmet Ataullah Bey was a South African intellectual and politician who served the South African Muslims in the last quarter of nineteenth century. Ataullah Bey played prominent role in South African history as the ... -
Shembe and the Early Zionists: A reappraisal.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)The IBandla lamaNazaretha (Nazarites) are one of the largest and best-studied African-initiated churches in southern Africa. Despite considerable scholarly efforts, the biography of Isaiah Shembe, who founded the church ... -
Die huwelikspatrone van Europese setlaars aan die Kaap, 1652-1910.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)The Cape Colony at the southernmost tip of Africa, founded in 1652 with the arrival of European sailors and soldiers under the auspices of the Dutch East India Company, provides, we believe, an excellent opportunity ... -
"We are free, you are slaves. Come on, let's run away": Escape from Constantia, 1712.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)Slaves were imported to the Cape from 1658 to 1808. The majority of the captives lived in Cape Town and many other slaves lived on farms. Added to this captive population were political exiles. In 1712, 23 slaves and ... -
A decolonial "African mode of self-writing": The case of Chinua Achebe in Things fall apart.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)Against a background of arguments that Africa does not possess powerful modes of self-expression, the present paper explores Chinua Achebe’s Afrocentric literary vision that became his crowning reaction to colonialist ... -
White settlement and irrigation schemes: CF Rigg and the founding of Bonnievale in the Breede River Valley, 1900-c.1953.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2013)The idea to initiate irrigation development as part of a white colonisation scheme and a political movement to settle Britons on land in South Africa dates back to the culmination of British imperialism in the late ... -
In Memoriam: Professor Piet F van der Schyff as historikus en mens.
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Constantine, R.J. (Ed.) 2013. New perspectives on the Anglo-Boer War / Nuwe perspektiewe op die Anglo-Boereoorlog. [Book review]
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Schoeman, K. 2012. Portrait of a Slave Society: The Cape of Good Hope, 1717-1795. [Book review]
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Assmann, J. 2011. Cultural memory and early civilization: Writing, remembrance and political imagination. [Book review]
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SASHT Conference 2014
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