F.J. Bezuidenhout's Doornfontein: a case study in white farmland alienation on the 19th century Witwatersrand.

Abstract

• Opsomming: Hierdie artikel handel oor aspekte van die vestiging en vervreemding van die Witwatersrandse plaas "Doornfontein" (nr 323) tydens die 19e eeu. Die narratief word ontwikkel teen die agtergrond van die demografiese, wetlike en besigheidstrukture wat destyds in Transvaal tot stand gekom het. Klem val op die handelinge van twee prominente figure, F.J. Bezuidenhout (snr) en Veldkornet J.P. Meyer, wat hierdie strukture benut het in pogings om hulle persoonlike oogmerke te bevorder.

• Summary: This article tells part of the story of the establishment and alienation of the Witwatersrand farm "Doornfontein" (no 323) during the 19th century. The narrative is situated in the context of the demographic, legal and entrepreneurial structures emerging in the Transvaal at that time. Specifically, it reconstructs the actions of two prominent individuals, F.J. Bezuidenhout (snr) and Veldcornet J.P. Meyer, who utilized these structures in trying to realize their personal aims.