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Dancing with literature: an overview of South African ballroom dancing.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2009)• Opsomming: Hoewel baldanse deel maak van Suid-Afrika se ryk erfenis, is hierdie sosiale aktiwiteit se kulturele-en maatskaplike waarde tot dusvêr nie in diepte ondersoek nie. Hierdie artikel gee ‘n kort oorsig oor ... -
Dangerous, frightening, homely : home experiences of those living on the goldmines of the Far West Rand
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vanderbijlpark Campus, 2022)This article provides an outlook on the darker side of people’s home experiences, as described by the inhabitants of Merafong, a township located on the Far West Rand, South Africa, where gold mining companies have had ... -
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) -
Davidson, B. 2014. West Africa before the colonial era. A history to 1850. [Book review]
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2017) -
The death of trooper Alexander Aberline, F squadron, NSW Imperial Bushmen at Lichtenburg 2 October 1900.
(Department of History, North-West University, Mafikeng-campus and the School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2005)Much of the history of the Anglo-Boer War is dour and brutal, as is to be expected of a three year struggle which many believed was genocidal in purpose. This war saw so many nationalities fighting against each other, and ... -
Death, beauty and existance.
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The decline in mine migrancy and increase in informal labour migration from northern Malawi to South Africa, 1970s-1980s
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2017)International labour migration from Malawi to South Africa is more than a century old. Malawian migrants started going to, largely, South African mines around the 1870s and 1880s following the establishment of diamond and ... -
A decolonial "African mode of self-writing": The case of Chinua Achebe in Things fall apart.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)Against a background of arguments that Africa does not possess powerful modes of self-expression, the present paper explores Chinua Achebe’s Afrocentric literary vision that became his crowning reaction to colonialist ... -
Decolonising urban space: observations from history in urban planning in Ruwa town, Zimbabwe, 1986-2015
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2018)This article calls for a shift of attention from the colonial urban planning methods to a focus on the post-colonial planning methods being adopted in new towns such as Ruwa. The core of the studies on urban planning in ... -
Dedering, T. 1997. Hate the old and follow the new: Khoekhoe and missionaries in early nineteenth-century Namibia. [Book review]
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Delmas, A. & Penn, N. 2011. Written culture in a colonial context: Africa and the Americas, 1500-1900. [Book review]
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Desai, A. 2012. Reading revolution: Shakespeare on Robben Island. [Book review]
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The diary of Susarha Nel and her ordeal in the 'Death camp' at Mafeking, July 1901 - August 1902.
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Die ATKV as kultuurorganisasie binne 'n veranderende Suider-Afrikaanse samelewing.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2006)The Afrikaanse Taal en Kultuur Vereeniging (ATKV) is an organisation aimed at developing Afrikaner culture and language by hosting several projects. The role of the ATKV changed considerably after the transformation of ... -
Die Bahurutshe van die Marico (Ramotshere Moiloa distrik): stryd teen blanke oorheersing, 1852 - 1916.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2007)The early history of the Bahurutshe cannot be determined without using a combination of oral tradition, archaeological evidence and written documentation. The Sotho-Tswana moved into the Trans-Vaal area in three big migration ... -
Die Boer-Hananwa-oorlog ("Malaboch-oorlog") van 1894: 'n oorsig oor navorsingsuitsette.
(Department of History, University of North-West, 1998)In December 1997 a year-long exhibition on the Hananwa, the People of the Blue Mountains, was launched by the National Cultural Historical Museum at their African Window in Pretoria. The prominent exhibition only reconfirms ... -
Die enigma van Hendrik Verwoerd: 'n akademikus in die politiek.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2008)• Summary: Hendrik Verwoerd, one of the main architects of “Bantu education “and the idea of independent Bantu homelands, is one of the most controversial politicians in South Africa. Hailed and almost venerated by his ... -
Die geding met die geheue: kontemporêre fiksie se bydrae tot teoretiese besinnings oor die historiografie.
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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 historiese in die hede : dinamika van die De la Rey-fenomeen in Afrikanerkringe, 2006 - 2007.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2007)In 2006 - 2007 an Afrikaans song about an intrepid Boer general, JH de la Rey, during the Anglo-Boer War sold an unprecedented 200,000 compact discs and attracted extraordinary media attention.This article attempts to ...