Browsing by Subject "San"
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Cultural conflicts, dilemmas and disillusionment among the San communities at Platfontein
(2014)This article examines the cultural conflicts, dilemmas and disillusionment among the San communities at Platfontein in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. A critical review of written texts, interviews, observations ... -
Dispute resolution – an archaeological perspective with case studies from the South African Stone Age and San ethnography
(2014)This paper presents an archaeological perspective on dispute resolution. Being a discipline based primarily on tangible material remains, archaeology may be hard put to draw firm conclusions on a phenomenon whose expression ... -
Endogenous conflict resolution mechanisms of the San people at Platfontein
(2014)The objective of this study was to explore the endogenous conflict resolution mechanisms and practices of the San people at Platfontein, South Africa. To this end, data were collected from 304 interviews and 26 focus ... -
A first generation African community grappling with urbanisation: the views of Platfontein’s San on water and sanitation service delivery
(2014)Since their relocation in 2004 to Platfontein near Kimberley in South Africa’s Northern Cape Province, members of the !Xun and Khwe San, originally from the northern parts of Namibia and southern Angola, became a first ... -
Integrasieprosesse in die vroeë Kaapkolonie (1652 - 1795) binne vergelykende konteks - 'n historiografiese studie.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2010)During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries a number of European countries founded settlements on the American and African continents. The colonizing powers sent settlers from Europe and slaves from Africa and Asia to ... -
The militarisation of the Platfontein San (!Xun and Khwe): The initial years 1966–1974
(2014)The resettlement of 372 San (Bushmen) soldiers with dependents from 31/201 and 203 Battalions in Namibia to Schmidtsdrift in the Northern Cape during March 1990 was the last chapter in the process of militarisation of ... -
On truth-telling and storytelling: Truth-seeking during research involving communities with an oral culture and a history of violent conflict
(2014)The aim of this article is to propose some principles and practices for truth-seeking during research into violent conflict. To achieve this aim, an argument is deployed by analysing the theoretical concepts “truth”, ... -
Politics of biopiracy: an adventure into hoodia/xhoba patenting in southern Africa
(African Networks Ethnomedicines, 2017)Background: Africa is being described as the wretched of the earth, despite this, the continent is endowed with natural resources, dynamic ecosystem, and different species of plants and animals, and species derivatives. ... -
The San values of conflict prevention and avoidance in Platfontein
(AOSIS, 2017)The aim of this article is to identify measures that can prevent violent conflict through the maintenance of traditional cultural values that guide conflict avoidance. Moreover, the article focuses on the concepts of ... -
Socio-economic factors as causes and remedies for conflict of the San community in Platfontein
(2014)The study examines the role of socio-economic factors in conflict in the San community of Platfontein. This article’s analysis is based on the primary data collected from individual interviews and focused group discussions ...