New Contree: 2011 No 62
Contents
No. 62, November 2011
Articles
- "In what way are gay men actually harmful to society?" Exploring the evidence on the feasibility of amendments to the Sexual Offences Act 23 of 1957. / Grundlingh, L
- Dynasty building, family networks and social capital: alcohol pachters and the development of a colonial elite at the Cape of Good Hope, c. 1760-1790. / Groenewald, G
- Taking stock of land reform in Namibia from 1990 to 2005. / Ingle, M
- Steve Biko and Kenneth Kaunda: sampling youth in history. / Kanduza, AM
- The status and political participation of women in the Democratic Republic of Congo (1960–2010): a critical historical reflection. / Vyas-Doorgapersad, S & Lukamba, TM
- Exploring aspects of the water history of the Potchefstroom region and the local management of it. / Annandale, E & Nealer, E
- Assessing the past and the present role of the National Nuclear Regulator as a public protector against potential health injuries: the West and Far West Rand as case study. / Liefferink, M
- Vereniger en opheffer: die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk in Rhodesië (1890 - 2007) / Hendrich, G
Book reviews
- Couper, S. 2010. Albert Luthuli: bound by faith. [Book review] / Southey, N
- Davids, A. 2011. The Afrikaans of the Cape Muslims from 1815 to 1915. [Book review] / Groenewald, G
Editorial
This issue of New Contree offers an interesting kaleidoscope of articles about Southern Africa, ranging from social history to political issues like land reform and women’s rights. Environmental issues in certain regions of South Africa, like water pollution in Potchefstroom and the impact of environmental pollution on human health in parts of Gauteng, are also covered. Apart from the fact that a space for local environmental history from a broad research context is acknowledged, its inclusion also efficiently liaise with the COP17 United Nation’s climate talks in Durban between 28 November to 9 December 2011 and suggestions for more integrative thinking on environmental issues. This requirement certainly also concerns environmental related research in the humanities and human sciences.
The two book reviews are particularly interesting. The first appraises a noteworthy regional and language history contribution entitled The Afrikaans of the Cape Muslims from 1815 to 1915 , written by the late Achmat Davids and edited by Hein Willemse and Suleman E Dangor (published in 2011). In the review of Scott Couper’s Albert Luthuli: Bound by Faith (published in 2010), there are some thought-provoking and compelling alternative and critical reflections on former African National Congress (ANC) president, Albert Luthuli.
Readers are reminded of contributions for the special edition of New Contree to be published by approximately the end of February 2012. With this special edition the Editorial Team will commemorate 35 years of the journal’s existence (see call for articles in this issue).
The Editorial Team
Recent Submissions
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Davids, A. 2011. The Afrikaans of the Cape Muslims from 1815 to 1915. [Book review]
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2011) -
Couper, S. 2010. Albert Luthuli: bound by faith. [Book review]
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2011) -
Vereniger en opheffer: die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk in Rhodesië (1890 - 2007)
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2011)In the missionary and church history of Rhodesia (present day Zimbabwe) the Dutch Reformed church did not concentrate exclusively on the unity of the local Afrikaner community, but also played a pivotal role in the upliftment ... -
Assessing the past and the present role of the National Nuclear Regulator as a public protector against potential health injuries: the West and Far West Rand as case study.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2011)Recent national and international news media articles and television programmes, official public domain Government and peer reviewed academic reports drew the international and national public’s attention to the health ... -
Exploring aspects of the water history of the Potchefstroom region and the local management of it.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2011)It is by now common knowledge that South Africa is a water scarce country and that the correct public management of its potable water sources such as the transportation of it as well as the purification of the used water ... -
The status and political participation of women in the Democratic Republic of Congo (1960-2010): a critical historical reflection.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2011)One of the central demands of the feminist movement (which started in the 1880s globally [but first arose in France in 1870]) has been and continues to be women’s exercise of their full and active citizenship, which they ... -
Steve Biko and Kenneth Kaunda: sampling youth in history.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2011)The paper examines history from the perspective of the youth as a marginalized social group in most societies. They are young, lacking influential skills and preparing for imagined futures. The paper argues that youth ... -
Taking stock of land reform in Namibia from 1990 to 2005.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2011)The land reform debate in Namibia has been predicated on a number of questionable assumptions and is atypical of the scenarios presented by other SADC countries. The one point of similarity is that the progress of ... -
Dynasty building, family networks and social capital: alcohol pachters and the development of a colonial elite at the Cape of Good Hope, c. 1760-1790.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2011)A hallmark of colonisation was extensive social reconfiguration, leading to the development of local elites which differed from the metropolitan and indigenous patterns. Historians of the Cape of Good Hope during the ... -
"In what way are gay men actually harmful to society?" Exploring the evidence on the feasibility of amendments to the Sexual Offences Act 23 of 1957.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2011)Prompted by a perception that a gay sub-culture developed in the major urban areas of South Africa, and that this formed a threat to state security and to the established mores of society, the Minister of Justice, PC ...
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