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Lewsen, P. 1996. Reverberations. A memoir. [Book review]
(Department of History, University of North-West, 1997) -
Limb, P. 2012. AB Xuma: Autobiography and selected works. [Book review]
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2013) -
The limits of political development and constitutionalism in South Africa
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)The article investigates political development and constitutionalism in postapartheid South Africa by focusing on two general features of this society. These are firstly the enduring prevalence of violence defined broadly. ... -
Lived experiences and local spaces: Bangladeshi migrants in post-apartheid South Africa.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2013)Migration literature tends to speak of temporary migration as economic migration and therefore the experience of migration is centred on the economy. In South Africa, this economic experience includes violence and ... -
Locating home where discourses of gender and empire intersect: An analysis of selected excerpts from Lady Anne Barnard’s Cape diaries and journals
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)Lady Anne Barnard’s abundant textual legacy has received a great deal of academic attention with scholars scrutinising her letters, journals and diaries. Although much excellent research has been done on her texts, no ... -
The 'lost' South African tribe – rebirth of the Koranna in the Free State.
(Department of History, North-West University, Mafikeng-campus and the School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2005)The Khoisan is the original inhabitants of southern Africa. The Koranna were one of the tribes that already lived in the vicinity of Cape Town before the arrival of the first white settlers (1652). They had an own culture, ... -
Loyalism in the Cape colony: Exploring the Khoesan subject-citizen space, c.1828-1834
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)This article presents the argument that British loyalism became a defining feature of Khoesan identity during the period from 1828 to 1834. The analysis suggests that expressions of loyalty to the British Crown reflected ... -
Madikizela-Mandela, W. 2013. 491 Days: Prison number 1323/69. [Book review]
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Madresahs and Moravians. Muslim educational institutions in the Cape Colony, 1792 to 1910.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2006)The vigorous revival of Christian missionary activity after 1792 with the return of the Moravians and the arrival of the London Missionary Society had little effect on Cape Town Muslims. By 1793 the Dorp Street ... -
Mandela and the last Afrikaner leaders: A shift in power relations
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)The stability of the apartheid system and the Afrikaners’ monopoly of power have been the subject of exhaustive scholarly analyses; by contrast, there have been few in-depth analyses of the unexpected transfer of power ... -
Mapping free Indian migration to Natal through a biographical lens, 1880-1930.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2013)The history of indentured Indians has been well documented in South African historiography in terms of migration and settlement. Shipping lists, which meticulously recorded the biographical details of each labourer, ... -
Market and entrepreneurial vision: the case of two family businesses in South Africa
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2018)The question of “why do some family enterprises survive into successive generations, while other succumb to contextual constraints?” elicited different responses. Explanations vary from that it might be inherent to the ... -
Marriage in the Mother City: The Anglican marriage records of Cape Town, 1865-1960
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, Vanderbijlpark, 2021)As a social institution that permeates almost all societies, marriage trends and practices are studied across the social sciences. Yet South African marriages, past and present, remain understudied, notably because of a ... -
Married to the Struggle: For better or worse Wives of Indian anti-apartheid activists in Natal: The untold narratives.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)The role and contributions of women in war, and anti-colonial and nationalistic struggles have become the subject of intense research and analysis over the past two decades. In South Africa, the nationalistic struggle ... -
The Master's degree: perspectives on independent research at post-graduate level.
(Department of History, University of North-West, 1998)Die gedoseerde MA-kursusse in Geskiedenis het geweldig toegeneem. Dit bied die geleentheid om verdere studie in Geskiedenis te onderneem sonder om gekortwiek te word deur sekere logistiese probleme, soos afstand van ... -
Memories of a Soulmate: A tribute to Robert Shell: 13 February 1949 - 03 February 2015
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)No abstract available -
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 ... -
Micro credit and the transforming of uncertainty since 1976: international lessons for South Africa.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2011)• Summary: The formal banking system plays a pivotal role in the delivery of financial services, particularly credit. However, the delivery of credit to poor households in South Africa by the formal banking system is ... -
Mkhize, S.M. 2019. A political biography of Selby Msimang : principle and pragmatism in the liberation struggle [Book review]
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vanderbijlpark Campus, 2022) -
Mlambo, A. 2014. A history of Zimbabwe. [Book review]
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)