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From green to gold: a South African example of valuing urban green spaces in some residential areas in Potchefstroom
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2015)
English: Recent scientific studies identified multiple benefits of green areas in terms of
liveability and sustainability. As such, the need to value green spaces within residential
areas is increasing, especially in ...
Waiver of counsel in South African child justice: An autonomous exercise of rights
(Faculty of Law, University of the Free State, 2015)
English: The Child Justice Act 75 of 2008 created many unique procedural mechanisms for
the processing of children in conflict with the law. One such procedure relates to
mandatory legal representation, and the appointment ...
Logbook, Ethiopia in a timeline: the school, the book, the town
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2015)
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Elvis Presley in the South African musical imaginary
(University of the Free State, 2015)
This paper derives its impetus from a question an elderly American woman once asked
me: “Do people in South Africa know Elvis?” “Of course we South Africans know Elvis!”
I replied. Or do we, really? Using a historiographic ...
Reflections on legal education and radical intellectual equality
(University of the Free State, 2015)
In this article I reflect, against the background of the recent special issue of this journal
titled: “Law as humanities discipline: Transformative potential and political limits”,
on the notion of radical intellectual ...
Death, denial and dissidents: white commercial farmers’ discursive responses to mass violence in Zimbabwe, 1970-1980
(University of the Free State, 2015)
This article investigates how white farmers in Zimbabwe reacted to two violent
episodes in Zimbabwe’s recent history: the liberation war in the 1970s and the violence
of Gukurahundi in the 1980s. The foregrounding of ...
Catholic voices of the voiceless: the politics of reporting Rhodesian and Zimbabwean state violence in the 1970s and the early 1980s
(University of the Free State, 2015)
Some of the worst atrocities of state violence perpetrated by the Rhodesian state were
published and disseminated around the world in 1975 thanks to the Rhodesian Catholic
Bishops’ and the Catholic Commission on Justice ...
An introduction to the exploration of congregations in South Africa: seeking significance
(Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 2015)
It is possible to ask questions and to do research about a wide variety of topics within the study field of practical theology. An important question would be about the relevance of these research questions and findings.What ...
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, ...
South Africa's water heritage and its future preservation: establishing a water research archive for water-related information sources
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2015-06)
Archives and records are the tools that facilitate transparency, accountability and preserve collective
social memory. They provide the mirror revealing governance, providing administrative and technical
measuring ...