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Paradigmatic confusion in the history of the 'New South Africa'.
(Departement van Geskiedenis, Universiteit van Noordwes / Department of History, University of North-West, 1996)Post-apartheid Suid-Afrika is in baie opsigte 'n verwarrende kosmos van hoop en geleenthede aan die een kant en talle onsekerhede aan die ander kant. Hierdie bewussyn word ook in die dissipline van Geskiedenis weerspieël. ... -
Party politics jeopardised the credibility of the Women’s National Coalition for Afrikaner women in the organisation.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2011)• Opsomming: Die Women’s National Coalition (WNC) is in 1992 amptelik gestig en was ‘n inisiatief van die African National Congress Women’s League. Die doelwitte van die WNC was om inligting oor vroue se behoeftes en ... -
Perspective on John Graham and the fourth Cape Eastern frontier war.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2013)John Graham played a key role in the Fourth Cape Eastern Frontier War, 1811 - 1812. His natural intelligence, training and experience as an officer in the British Army prepared him well as civil and military commander ... -
Peterson, D.R. & Macola, G. 2009. Recasting the past: history writing and political work in modern Africa. [Book review]
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The Phelophepa train, “train of hope, train of healing”
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, Vanderbijlpark, 2021)This article explores the significance of the Phelophepa train, also known as the Phelophepa Health Care Train (HCT). This train started out with only three coaches but because of the need for its services and its ... -
Phillips, H. 2019. UCT under Apartheid, Part 1: From onset to sit-in 1948-1968 [Book review]
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Pienaar, UdV. 2012. A cameo from the past: the prehistory and early history of the Kruger National Park. [Book review]
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Political and economical machinations: a new look at sir George Grey's plans for British Kaffrarian.
(Department of History, University of North-West, 1997)• Opsomming: In 1855 het Sir George Grey daarin geslaag om 'n onwillige Britse regering te oorreed om 'n jaarlikse bedrag van £40 000 by te dra vir die onderhoud van Brits Kaffraria. Terselfdertyd het hy 'n toekenning ... -
Political economy of financial inclusion in Lesotho: Mobile money and the experiences of low-income and rural communities
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vanderbijlpark Campus, 2022)This paper examines the development of mobile money in contemporary Lesotho, 2012-2020. Using historical and ethnographic sources, it situates the development of this mobile phone-based financial system within the broader ... -
The political economy of Somali piracy : unravelling the actors, their motivations and activities, 2005-2011
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vanderbijlpark Campus, 2022)Understanding piracy as a criminal business enterprise only presents a partial portrait of what is otherwise a complex phenomenon. Somali piracy could be better understood if it were framed as a multi-layered engagement whose ... -
Political myth and historical reality in Nelson Mandela’s Long road to freedom
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The politicisation of health in Zimbabwe: the case of the cholera epidemic, August 2008-March 2009
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2018)In this article the case of the August 2008 to March 2009 cholera epidemic is used to examine the intersections between health and politics in Zimbabwe. The focus is on the different narratives deployed by the mainstream ... -
Pool, G. 2016. Die Herero opstand, 1904-1907. [Book review]
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Postmodern identity: history, language and cultural différence or: the true colours of the rainbow nation.
(Departement van Geskiedenis, Universiteit van Noordwes / Department of History, University of North-West, 1996) -
Postmodernism - South Africa's "third force" - subverting the dominant power equations.
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Postmodernism and South African history.
(Departement van Geskiedenis, Universiteit van Noordwes / Department of History, University of North-West, 1996) -
The Premier’s Economic Advisory Council in the African National Congress-led government of the Free State Province, 1999 - 2004: a historical exploration on service delivery and poverty alleviation.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2012)The article traces the impact and relevance of the service delivery and poverty alleviation strategies introduced by the African National Congress (ANC) led provincial government in the Free State Province. This was in ... -
Pretorius, F. 2012. Geskiedenis van Suid-Afrika van voortye tot vandag. [Boek resensie]
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“Preventing a silent wilderness, securing the economic bounty” – Cape guano and the politics of seabird protection during the 19th and early 20th century
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, Vanderbijlpark, 2020)The Cape Colony, after Peru, was the second-most-important supplier of seabird guano to commercial farmers on a worldwide scale during the nineteenth century. Despite the obvious benefits of selling guano licenses and ... -
Principle of Utis Possidetis and challenges of sitting at the frontier in Africa: the Yoruba in the Old Ilorin province and the politics of identity and belonging in post-colonial Nigeria
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, Vanderbijlpark, 2019)For communities that sit at the fringe of ethnic, cultural and linguistic divide, the twin questions of identity and belonging often remain issues of concern. The remoteness of such communities from the mainstream of ...