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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, ...
Afrikaner nationalism, apartheid and the perversion of critique
(University of the Free State, 2014)
In this article I investigate the relationship between Afrikaner nationalism, apartheid and
philosophy in the context of the intellectual history of the University of the Free State.
I show how two philosophers that were ...
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 ...
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, ...
Accented futures. Language activism and the ending of apartheid
(University of the Free State, 2015)
Abstract not available
Die rol van die NGK-leierskap in die aanloop tot die eerste demokratiese verkiesing in Suid-Afrika: 1990-1994
(Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 2016)
Piet Strauss played an important part in the leadership of
the Dutch Reformed Church from 1994 to 2011. This article
focuses on important events and the role of the leadership
of the Dutch Reformed Church which prepared ...
Finding voice, vocabulary and community. The UWC Student Movement 1972-1976
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2014-06)
This article delves into an activist vocabulary adopted by Coloured students at the University of the
Western Cape (UWC) in the early- to mid-1970s. It asks what language these students used to make
meaningful in their ...
Faith as politics-and politics as faith: Beyers Naudé and Dag Hammarskjöld
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2015-12)
This essay explores commonalities in the faith and political spirituality of Dag Hammarskjöld
(1905-1961) and Beyers Naudé (1915-2004) on occasion of the hundredth birthday of “Oom Bey”,
as Beyers Naudé was called by ...
Vlaandere en Suid-Afrika: die donker skaduwee van apartheid
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2010-06)
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. ...