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"A decent man, but not very popular": JGN Strauss, the United Party and the founding of the apartheid state, 1950-1956
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2013)
JGN Strauss, leader of the United Party and the official parliamentary opposition between 1950 and
1956, was a flawed politician. His aloofness and inability to suffer fools meant that he lacked the
popular touch, making ...
Alternatiewe tot apartheid? Gespreksgroepe in die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk (NGK) gedurende die 1980's
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2013)
During the 1980s, the South African government was struggling to keep violence in the country under
control despite the many reforms that the PW Botha regime has brought with it. The days of “’grand
apartheid”, associated ...
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 ...
Alternatiewe tot apartheid? Gespreksgroepe in die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk (NGK) gedurende die 1980s
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2013)
During the 1980s, the South African government was struggling to keep violence in the country under
control despite the many reforms that the PW Botha regime has brought with it. The days of “’grand
apartheid”, associated ...
Entrenching apartheid in South African sport, 1948 to 1980: the shaping of a sporting society during the Strijdom-, Verwoerd-and Vorster administrations
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2014-12)
The debate on transformation and quotas in South African sport resurfaced just before the South African general elections in May 2014. Transformation has become a contentious, but key issue in post-apartheid South Africa. ...
"A decent man, but not very popular": JGN Strauss, the United Party and the founding of the Apartheid state, 1950-1956
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2013)
JGN Strauss, leader of the United Party and the official parliamentary opposition between 1950 and
1956, was a flawed politician. His aloofness and inability to suffer fools meant that he lacked the
popular touch, making ...
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 ...
" One of the architects of our democracy": Colin Eglin, the Progressive Federal Party and the leadership of the official parliamentary opposition, 1977-1979 and 1986-1987
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2015-06)
The political career of Colin Eglin, leader of the Progressive Federal Party (PFP) and the official
parliamentary opposition between 1977‑1979 and 1986‑1987, is proof that personality matters in
politics and can make a ...
Apartheid and the anticipation of apocalypse: the supreme strategies of the National Party government and the African National Congress, 1980-1989: an historical perspective
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2011)
By 1980 the National Party government of South Africa and the most prominent anti-apartheid organisation, the African National Congress (ANC), had moulded multidimensional strategies of epic proportions with which to seize ...
"In case of emergency". South African states of emergency, CA. 1985-1988: synopsis and chronology
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2015)
Due to a combination of socio- economic and political factors, apartheid-South Africa erupted in violent
political conflict during the early 1980s. For most of the decade that preceded the transition to majority
rule, ...