Browsing New Contree by Subject "Bloemfontein"
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13 May 1915: Bloemfontein’s night of broken glass
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)Less than a year after the outbreak of the Great (First World) War, the sinking of the passenger ship, RMS Lusitania on 7 May 1915 by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland and the death of 1 198 of its passengers and ... -
Bloemfontein (1848-2015), mapping eight moments in time: Measuring and appreciating that which is nearest
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)Maps represent more than physical reality. More significantly, they beckon that which is nearest; the life-care-place totality in which lived space is best understood as place, and lived time is best understood as care. ... -
Die geldgeskiedenis van die Vrystaat, 1854-1902, met spesiale verwysing na die numismatiese versameling van die Nasionale Museum in Bloemfontein
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2017)This article deals with the money history of the republic of the Orange Free State (1854-1902), and uses specific examples from the numismatic collection of the National Museum, Bloemfontein.The Free State never had its ... -
Die swart loongeskil van 1926 in Bloemfontein
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)Early in 1926, the agitation for higher minimum wages for unskilled workers once again flared up in the black community of Bloemfontein. This battle for higher wages, however, was bowed down by warring black factions that ... -
The idealism of architectural competitions: The case of the Free State Province
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)Procuring designs by way of competitions is a well-established practice of both public and private clients. The territory that now encompasses the Free State Province has seen this method being applied nineteen times in ... -
Straatname as monumentale nalatenskap van akademici aan die Universiteit van die Oranje-Vrystaat (UOVS): Die geval van die padnetwerk in Universitas, Bloemfontein
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)Street names represent a monument in the everyday world that commemorates the contributions of people in a particular community, and often of a particular era. The present study investigates how street names in the ... -
“Water pure and wholesome” – watervoorsiening in Bloemfontein gedurende die 19de eeu
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)Bloemfontein and the greater Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality is today a modern metropolis using and consuming a considerable amount of water on a daily basis. Due to the severe droughts of 2014 and 2015, the water surface ...