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Does Black theology have a role to play in the democratic South Africa?
(Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 2016)
Black theology was conceived in South Africa in the mid-1960s and flourished from the 1970s, when White supremacy perpetuated by the apartheid state was at its zenith. The struggle against apartheid was aimed mainly at ...
Re-thinking the role of regional development funds in South Africa: reflections on international experience
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2010)
English: In 2010 the national government actively considered the introduction of a regional development fund to support the objectives of regional development in South Africa. Against this backdrop, this article critically ...
SADF soldiers’ silences: institutional, consensual and strategic
(University of the Free State, 2015)
This article treats silence as a collective phenomenon. Silence can be proscribed and
enforced, socially conditioned and sanctioned, or voluntarily embraced. All forms were
evident in the case of soldiers who served in ...
Working on the thresholds of memory and silence: reflections on the praxis of the Legacies of Apartheid Wars Project
(University of the Free State, 2015)
Just as stories about the past are constructed in particular ways, so too are silences
about historical events. Silences about what happened in the past are catalysed by a
range of factors including expedience, fear, ...
Race, class and nationalism: the 1947 visit of Monty Naicker and Yusuf Dadoo to India, 1947
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2011)
This article focuses on a 1947 tour of India by two South African Indian doctors, Yusuf Dadoo and GM (Monty) Naicker, during which they met with Mohandas K Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru and attended the All-Asia Conference. ...
Dirty scapegoats: explaining Israel's ties with South Africa during the 1970s and 1980s
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2013)
The article surveys five possible explanations for the ties between Israel and South Africa between the
1970s and 1980s. (1) The Industrial-Military Complex Explanation, arguing that both the Israeli and
South African ...
Administrative sociology and apartheid
(University of the Free State, 2014)
Although sociological discourses are multiple and varied, with deeply critical versions
challenging the auspices of apartheid, there is also a strand of what I call ‘administrative
sociology’ that actively defined, ...
Vlaandere en Suid-Afrika: Die donker skaduwee van apartheid
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2010)
In view of their history, the Flemish people always had a greater understanding of the Afrikaner’s striving to preserve their identity. Even during the dark days of apartheid they were quite sympathetic towards the Afrikaner. ...
Reflections on the ecclesiastical interpretations of 6th April 1652 as a South African symbolic date
(Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 2004)
English: This article verifies the theological interpretation of the 6th April 1652 as a South
African symbolic date, which marked the beginning of the European and Christian
contribution to the history of Southern Africa. ...
Sports isolation and the struggle against apartheid in South African sport: the sports policy of the National Party during the 1980s
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2013)
Under the National Party (NP) government sport had been governed by apartheid laws since 1948.
Towards the end of the seventies the NP introduced the idea of sports autonomy as their policy going into
the 1980s. This was ...