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The interface between tradition and modern in postapartheid South Africa: an outline of the Kekana family succession dispute and their encounter with the Platinum Reef Resource mine.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2013)The terms traditional and modern and the processes thereof are often discussed in isolation; as if they do not intersect. Some scholars have argued that chieftaincy, as a traditional form of governance in South Africa ... -
The intersection of archaeology, oral tradition and history in the South African interior.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2012)The historical entanglement of indigenous and colonial societies in South Africa created not only multiple points of social and cultural interaction, but also a repository of interconnected material, oral and documentary ... -
Intrapreneurship: George Beeton’s managerial contribution to the Edgars Group, 1963-1996
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)George Beeton was employed by the Edgars Group, a clothing, footwear and household textiles retailer, for 33 years, starting as a Management Trainee in 1963. He entered the top management structure in 1972 when he ... -
An investigation into the historical context of graves exhumed on the farm Wemmershuis 379JT, Belfast
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2018)The South African National Road Agency Limited (SANRAL) requested Archaetnos to exhume historical graves on the farm Wemmershuis 379JT in the Belfast district, Mpumalanga Province, as the upgrade to the R33 road was impacting ... -
Invitation - Articles for a special “Free State” edition of New Contree
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"It would be well now to wind up this rebel business sharp": the post-Anglo-Boer War management of the Natal rebels.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2012)Any post-war society is characterised by complex relationships. Natal society after the conclusion of the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) was no different. In this article the post-war relations between the Natal rebels and ... -
Ittmann, K., Cordell, D.D. & Maddox, G.H. 2010. The demographics of empire: The colonial order and the creation of knowledge. [Book review]
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Jacklin, H. & Vale, P. 2009. Re-imagining the Social in South Africa: critique theory and postapartheid society. [Book review]
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Jagersfontein – the forgotten gem of the Free State
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)The early mining history of the Free State Province is not well represented in the annals of the mining history of South Africa. As such, only a select few would be aware of the role Jagersfontein played in the diamond ... -
Jan Smuts and the Bulhoek Massacre : race and state violence in the making of South Africa, 1919-1920s
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vanderbijlpark Campus, 2022)The purpose of this article is to examine the role played by General JC Smuts, the prime minister of the Union of South Africa at the time, in the incident known as the Bulhoek Massacre which took place in May 1921. The ... -
Japie Neser: Cape colonial and Afrikaner rebel, 1899 - 1902 and beyond.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2011)• Opsomming: Jacob Petrus (“Japie”) Neser (1873 - 1959) is een van die minder bekende Kaapse koloniale rebelle en bevelvoerders van die Anglo-Boereoorlog wat vanaf 1899 tot 1902 in Suid-Afrika gewoed het. Dit is die doel ... -
JD Kestell as veldprediker 1899-1902
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2017)Reverend John Daniel (Father) Kestell (1854-1941) was a wellknown minister of religion in the Dutch Reformed Church. Through various actions he earned himself the nickname of “Father (Vader) Kestell” among his fellowmen. ... -
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange returns, political developments and economic forces : a historical perspective of the 1990s
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, Vanderbijlpark, 2020)To contribute to economic growth and development, a stock market, as a leading economic indicator, should reflect the macroeconomic fundamentals of a country. The reflection of political and economic developments in the ... -
Johns, S. 2014. From protest to challenge: A documentary history of African politics in South Africa 1882-1990, Vol. 1, Protest and hope, 1882-1934. [Book review]
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Jonker, L. & Manzungu, E. 2008. Playing the water dance, a guide to conducting and reporting interdisciplinary research in water resources management. [Book review]
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Judging South Africa’s past: The sense of shame experienced by first-year History students of the University of the Free State’s Bloemfontein campus
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)Shame as a self-conscious emotion is an important contributing factor controlling and motivating people’s thoughts, feelings and behaviour in socially appropriate ways, especially during interactions with one another. Shame ... -
Kalanga culture and the nature of resistance against the Native Land Husbandry Act of 1951 in colonial Zimbabwe
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2018)In this article the nature of resistance to the implementation of the Native Land Husbandry Act of 1951 (NLHA), popularly known as amagandiya in Bulilimamangwe, in colonial Zimbabwe is explored. It looks at two Kalanga ... -
Katz, D.B. 2018. South Africa versus Rommel. The untold story of the Desert War in World War II [Book review]
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Khama and Jameson: new light on how the raid was lost.
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Kleynhans, E. 2021. Hitler’s spies: Secret agents and the intelligence war in South Africa [Book review]
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, Vanderbijlpark, 2021)