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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 ...
Van Heyningen, E. 2013. The Concentration Camps of the Anglo-Boer War: A Social History. [Book review]
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)
No abstract available
Monumentalization and the renaming of street names in the city of Durban (Ethekwini) as a contested terrain between politics and religion.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)
Responding to one of the key recommendations of the transition from
apartheid to a democratic South Africa, the government promulgated the
South African Geographical Names Council Act No. 118 of 1998.1 The aim
of this ...
The Natal Inter-Race Soccer Tournament (1946-1960) and race identities in KwaZulu-Natal.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)
This article focuses on the Natal Inter-Race Soccer Tournament, a littleknown
but popular tournament which was held under the auspices of the
Natal-Inter-Race Soccer Board (NISB) between 1946 and 1960. Coloured,
Indian ...
Memories of forced removals: Former residents of the Durban Municipal Magazine Barracks and the Group Areas Act.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)
Two powerful phenomena around which people coalesce in the present, and
which consequently give rise to notions of “community”, are recollections of
historical suffering, and an affiliation to low income working class ...
Settler security, insecurity and solidarity in colonial Natal with particular reference to the South Coast 1850-1910.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)
Although British settlers enjoyed political and military control, there were
factors which rendered them vulnerable. These included their proximity to the
reserves set aside by Shepstone exclusively for African residence ...
"Doing time for crime": The historical development of the different models (approaches) of treatment for incarcerated offenders at the Westville Correctional Centre, Durban, South Africa.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)
The increase in the number of correctional facilities as institutes for
punishing convicted offenders was a purposeful and gradual process which
developed over many centuries, from basic beginnings in the early ...
The eye of a violent storm: Inanda, 1985.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)
In 1985 the United Democratic Front (UDF) was at the centre of country
wide protests against the apartheid state. In Durban community protests
were sparked by the assassination of UDF leader Victoria Mxenge. Across
the ...
Anti-Indianism in Kwazulu-Natal: Historical and contemporary realities.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)
Indo-African relations in KwaZulu-Natal are about competition and rivalry
for limited resources and privileges not only between these two segments,
but by all four categories1 that make up South African society. It has ...
Badat, S. 2012. The forgotten people: Political banishment under apartheid. [Book review]
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)
No abstract available