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Heyl, A. 2018. Bank robber: My time with André Stander [Book review]
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, Vanderbijlpark, 2020) -
Hidden Histories of Gordonia, land dispossession and resistance in the Northern Cape, 1800-1990
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2018) -
High apartheid and the erosion of “official” local politics in Daveyton in the 1960s.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2013)The paper discusses the apartheid state’s onslaught against the limited rights enjoyed by Africans in urban areas in the 1960s. It focuses attention on the “modern model township” of Daveyton, which was seen in the early ... -
High Treason : the trial of the Bondelzwarts kaptein and the politics of settler self-delusion
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vanderbijlpark Campus, 2022)This paper concerns official “truth-seeking” about the Bondelzwarts Rebellion and its brutal suppression in 1922 by the South African administration in its newly-mandated territory of South West Africa. These events ... -
A historical account of the key moments in South Africa to sentencing children under the age of 18 convicted of crimes
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, Vanderbijlpark, 2020)Punishment of crimes is as old as society itself. In South Africa, punishment of children continues to raise complex historical debates. For example, corporal punishment has long been abolished, but with the increase on ... -
A historical assessment of NGO efficiency in progressing towards a sustainable environmental heritage focus, with as case study the Wonderfontein Spruit catchment, Gauteng.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2007)Die artikel handel in wese oor ’n histories-kontemporêre waardering van die rol van nie-regeringsorganisasies (NRO’s) binne ’n demokraties-gerigte proses van omgewingsbestuur in veral die Merafong-studiegebied. Fasette wat ... -
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 ... -
Historical evolution of Durban’s public transport system and challenges for the post-apartheid metropolitan government.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)The history of public transport in Durban is characterised by a diverse set of socio-political forces that have shaped and styled its present form. Characterised by horse and cart driven coach modes of transport in the ... -
An historical overview of problems associated with the formalization of the South African minibus taxi industry.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2009)• Opsomming: Die minibus taxi bedryf in Suid-Afrika is ’n belangrike afdeling van die vervoerstelsel, en daarom is dit ’n beduidende faktor in die nasionale ekonomie. Sedert die middel tagtiger jare het hierdie bedryf ... -
Historical overview of specific local government transformatory developments in South Africa.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2009)• Opsomming: In hierdie artikel word die evolusie van plaaslike regering in Suid-Afrika sedert 1652 oorkoepelend beskou met ‘n spesifieke klem op veral plaaslike bestuur vanaf 1994 Suid-Afrika bestuur het, het dit spoedig ... -
A historical overview of the study of family business as an evolving field.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2009)• Opsomming: Ten einde ‘n begrip van die unieke aard van familieondernemings te bevorder, het daar met verloop van tyd talryke konseptuele modelle en benaderings tot die studie van familieondernemings ontstaan. In ‘n ... -
A historical perspective on the prevalence, distribution and influence of African Horse Sickness in Namibia
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2017)African Horse Sickness (AHS) is a devastating, non-contagious, infectious, insect-borne disease of equids. AHS is endemic to sub-Saharan Africa. Culicoides midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) act as vectors for the transmission ... -
Historical relevance?: ten sketches of women illegally enslaved at the Cape, 1823 to 1830.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2008)Die artikel handel oor die verhale van slawevroue wat deel was van die slawehandelsproses teen die einde van die 18e eeu. Hulle is na die Kaap de Goede Hoop gebring as vry slawe of - soos hul eienaars gemeen het - as ... -
A historiography on past scientific research and references to environmental health concerns in the Merafong gold mining region of South Africa.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2009)• Opsomming: Goudmynbedrywighede is sinoniem met die hoofstroom ekonomiese aktiwiteit in die Merafong Munisipale gebied. Die omgewing van Merafong (Carletonville), geleë in die verre westelike dele van die Gauteng ... -
History and mother-tongue education in South Africa.
(Departement van Geskiedenis, Universiteit van Noordwes / Department of History, University of North-West, 1996) -
History as artefact and South African historians as jugglers of fictions, purveyors of snake oil, and other "suspect narratives".
(Department of History, University of North-West, 1997) -
A history of masculinities in South Africa: context and parameters.
(Department of History, University of North-West, 1999)Die geskiedenis van manlikheid is 'n relatief nuwe genre waarin Suid-Afrikaanse academici begin beweeg. Geslagsidentiteit en identiteitsvorming het vanaf die 1980s wêreldwyd meer aandag begin geniet. Identiteite word as ... -
The history of planning South African new towns: political influences and social principles adopted.
(Departement van Geskiedenis, Universiteit van Noordwes / Department of History, University of North-West, 1996)Suid-Afrika het baie nuwe dorpe waarvan die meeste as gevolg van die mynbedryf en groot semi-staat ondernemings soos YSKOR ontwikkel is. Hierdie nuwe dorpe is beïnvloed deur die internasionale nuwedorp-beweging. Hierdie ... -
A history of the practice of ukuthwala in the Natal/ KwaZulu-Natal region up to 1994.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)The practice of ukuthwala has of late regularly been in the news. This has spawned debates between traditionalists and modernists on various aspects related to the practice. In this article we have tracked the reported ... -
History, historians and the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2013)Whether or not the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) intended to write history, it certainly engaged with the past while historians were virtually absent. This article therefore sets out to take ...