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A Scot's 'Salvationist' perspective of the Siege of Mafeking: the diary of Thomas A. Young.
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Section 139 interventions in South African local government, 1994-2015
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)Recent trends point to the fact that national and provincial government interventions in the local sphere of government in South Africa have become more commonplace. These trends can be seen, within the broader context ... -
Seeking the Zeitgeist: multiculturalism, conformity and conflict - or peaceful coexistence in the 'New South Africa'?
(Departement van Geskiedenis, Universiteit van Noordwes / Department of History, University of North-West, 1996) -
Segregated schools of thought: the Bantu Education Act (1953) revisited
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2017)Various political parties, civil rights groups and columnists support the view that one of South Africa’s foremost socio-economic challenges is overcoming the scarring legacy which the Bantu Education Act of 1953 left on ... -
The sero-conversion of the people of the Nelson Mandela metropole, 1985 - 2021.
(Department of History, North-West University, Mafikeng-campus and the School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2005)The authors draw attention to the little researched pandemic of HIV/AIDS in the Western area of the Eastern Cape, South Africa. They use population projection programs and new historical case level data which has a broader ... -
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 ... -
Shell, R. 2013. From Diaspora to Diorama. The Old Slave Lodge in Cape Town. [Book review]
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Shembe and the Early Zionists: A reappraisal.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)The IBandla lamaNazaretha (Nazarites) are one of the largest and best-studied African-initiated churches in southern Africa. Despite considerable scholarly efforts, the biography of Isaiah Shembe, who founded the church ... -
Sheperd, N. & Robins, S. 2008. New South African keywords. [Book review]
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2011) -
Shillington, K. 2021. Charles Warren: Royal Engineer in the Age of Empire [Book review]
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, Vanderbijlpark, 2021) -
Short-lived tolerance. An euphoria of the 1938 Voortrekker Centenary as in the editorials of a local newspaper: the George & Knysna Herald
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, Vanderbijlpark, 2019)There have been many studies on the Voortrekker Centenary of 1938 and the unforeseen consequences it had, including the subsequent surge of Afrikaner nationalism and political developments. As the wagons moved across South ... -
Shubin, G. ed al. 2014. More on Soviet military personnel in Angola Cuito Cuanavale: Frontline accounts by Soviet soldiers [Book review]
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“Skep julle kommando’s in reddingslaers om! Een vir almal, almal vir elkeen!”: Die Ossewa-Brandwag se maatskaplike beleid van Sosiale Volksorg, 1943-1952
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)Established as an organisation with the aim to influence all aspects of Afrikaner life, the Ossewa-Brandwag (OB) made an impact on the lives of thousands of Afrikaners between 1939 and 1954. At the very start the movement ... -
Sleigh, D. & Westra, P. 2013. The taking of the slaver Meermin, 1766. [Book review]
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)No abstract available -
The Smythe administration and the Zulu Rebellion of 1906.
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Social capital in voluntary savings organisations in South Africa in historical perspective.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2008)• Opsomming: Informele spaarorganisasies het histories ‘n belangrike ondersteuningsrol gespeel in veral die swart gemeenskappe van Suid-Afrika. ‘n Wêreldwye verskynsel van roterende spaar- en kredietorganisasies het ... -
Some notes on the early history of the Tembe, 1280 AD-1800 AD
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2017)The Tembe tribe, which resides south of Maputo Bay, originates from the present day Zimbabwe and is also linked through archaeological evidence to the ancient state of Mapungubwe. It migrated to Mozambique and later occupied ... -
Sotho-Tswana mythic animals: Stratagem for environmental conservation.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)This article argues that pre-colonial indigenous knowledge placed restrictions on the use of certain animals and perceived them as sacred. This policy was often successful as several species of wildlife are to be found ... -
The South African Defence Force versus SWAPO and its allies: operation Askari, 1983 - 1984.
(Department of History, North-West University, Mafikeng-campus and the School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2005)Die Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag (SAW) en die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisie (SAP) was betrokke in militêre konflik met die bevrydingsbewegings vir die volle duur van die sogenaamde grensoorlog aan die noordelike grens van Suidwes-Afrika ... -
South African liberal thinking on questions of nationalism reconsidered
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)Liberals have often been criticised for not confronting key questions relating to South Africa’s present and future. While liberals did not address the socalled National Question directly, they did consider the issues ...