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Whose story is it? The construction and presentation of history.
(Departement van Geskiedenis, Universiteit van Noordwes / Department of History, University of North-West, 1996)Historie, of dan die storie van menslike gebeure, is 'n universele menslike aktiwiteit. Wat is die basisbeginsels waarop hierdie narratief vertel word, die hoek van die vertelling, die perspektief? Wie se storie is historie? ... -
Opinions on entrepreneurship development: ensuring maximum return on investment.
(Department of History, North-West University, Mafikeng-campus and the School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2005)As a developing country with an unacceptably high unemployment rate, mass migration from rural areas to cities and increasing impoverishment of rural communities, South Africa is in dire need to develop entrepreneurs, ... -
Christian National Education (CNE) and People’s Education (PE): historical perspectives and some broad common grounds.
(Department of History, North-West University, Mafikeng-campus and the School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2005)A recognition of the legitimate origins of the idea of Christian-National Education in a people’s struggle for freedom does not mean endorsing the idea as such. Especially in its later development, it seems that the ... -
The sero-conversion of the people of the Nelson Mandela metropole, 1985 - 2021.
(Department of History, North-West University, Mafikeng-campus and the School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2005)The authors draw attention to the little researched pandemic of HIV/AIDS in the Western area of the Eastern Cape, South Africa. They use population projection programs and new historical case level data which has a broader ... -
Conflicting perceptions over water distribution in Sibasa-Thohoyandou area: interpreting local narratives.
(Department of History, North-West University, Mafikeng-campus and the School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2005)The state perceives water as an economic commodity, even if its existing policy treats it as a national resource that should be freely accessed for basic usage. Research suggests many residents of the Sibasa-Thohoyandou ... -
Environmental history and sustainable cultural dynamics.
(Department of History, North-West University, Mafikeng-campus and the School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2005)A notable sophistication has taken place in the field of environmental history, as a result of the endeavours of historians in the United States of America, Britain and Europe in recent years. In the article a number of ... -
'Oh! for a blessing on Africa and America', the Mount Holyoke system and the Huguenot Seminary, 1874 - 1885.
(Department of History, North-West University, Mafikeng-campus and the School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2005)In November 1873, at the invitation of Andrew Murray, two American teachers arrived in the Cape Colony to establish a school to train middle class Dutch-Afrikaans girls to be teachers and missionaries. The two women were ... -
The 'lost' South African tribe – rebirth of the Koranna in the Free State.
(Department of History, North-West University, Mafikeng-campus and the School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2005)The Khoisan is the original inhabitants of southern Africa. The Koranna were one of the tribes that already lived in the vicinity of Cape Town before the arrival of the first white settlers (1652). They had an own culture, ... -
The death of trooper Alexander Aberline, F squadron, NSW Imperial Bushmen at Lichtenburg 2 October 1900.
(Department of History, North-West University, Mafikeng-campus and the School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2005)Much of the history of the Anglo-Boer War is dour and brutal, as is to be expected of a three year struggle which many believed was genocidal in purpose. This war saw so many nationalities fighting against each other, and ... -
Bloodier than black and white: liberation history seen through detective sergeant Donald Card’s narrative of his investigations of Congo and Poqo activities, 1960-1965.
(Department of History, North-West University, Mafikeng-campus and the School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2005)By 1950 the African National Congress and the Natal and Transvaal Indian congresses, had already embarked on an activist road to free Africans, Coloureds and Indians from unfair discrimination, injustices big and petty, ... -
The historical development of prisons in South Africa: a penological perspective.
(Department of History, North-West University, Mafikeng-campus and the School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2005)President Nelson Mandela commented during his time of incarceration: “Prison not only robs you of your freedom, it attempts to take away your identity. It is by definition a purely authoritarian state that tolerates no ... -
The South African Defence Force versus SWAPO and its allies: operation Askari, 1983 - 1984.
(Department of History, North-West University, Mafikeng-campus and the School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2005)Die Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag (SAW) en die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisie (SAP) was betrokke in militêre konflik met die bevrydingsbewegings vir die volle duur van die sogenaamde grensoorlog aan die noordelike grens van Suidwes-Afrika ... -
Southall, R. & Melber, H. 2006. Legacies of power, leadership change and former presidents in African politics. [Book review]
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Overcrowding in South African prisons: the reality in the 21st century.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2006)Tans is Suid-Afrika se 240 gevangenisse erg oorbevolk. 'n Toename in die gevangenisbevolking oor die afgelope jare het strawwe druk op die Departement van Korrektiewe Dienste se beskikbare hulpmiddele geplaas. Gevolglik dat ... -
Die ATKV as kultuurorganisasie binne 'n veranderende Suider-Afrikaanse samelewing.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2006)The Afrikaanse Taal en Kultuur Vereeniging (ATKV) is an organisation aimed at developing Afrikaner culture and language by hosting several projects. The role of the ATKV changed considerably after the transformation of ... -
The first 'white' town north of the Vaal: inequality and apartheid in Potchefstroom.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2006)Alhoewel die 'gekleurde' en 'naturelle'-inwoners van Potchefstroom van die vroegste bewoners van hierdie dorp was, was hulle posisie as gevolg van segregasie en marginalisering altyd onseker. Verskillende opeenvolgende ... -
Community-based conservation: intrinsic versus extrinsic values.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2006)This article commences with an examination of the reasons for the enormous increase in areas under state protection worldwide, and proceeds to discover two incompatible value systems that inform this expansion. The ... -
Madresahs and Moravians. Muslim educational institutions in the Cape Colony, 1792 to 1910.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2006)The vigorous revival of Christian missionary activity after 1792 with the return of the Moravians and the arrival of the London Missionary Society had little effect on Cape Town Muslims. By 1793 the Dorp Street ... -
'This was no election, it was a census': the IEC declaration of the April 1994 general election as free and fair in South Africa - a complex process?
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2006)Alhoewel die eerste demokratiese verkiesing in Suid-Afrika reeds 12 jaar gelede gehou is, is die kriteria gebruik deur die Onafhanklike Verkiesingskommissie (OVK) om die April 1994 verkiesing “vry en regverdig” te verklaar ... -
Gold mining in Zululand.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2006)Hierdie artikel ondersoek die reeks kleiner “goudstormlope” wat gedurende die middel 1880’s plaasgevind het tot net na die Eerste Wêreldoorlog in Kwa- Zulu-Natal – histories bekend as Zululand. Goudprospektering was ...
