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Accented futures. Language activism and the ending of apartheid
(University of the Free State, 2015)
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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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
"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, ...
" 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 ...
South Africa in the international arms trade network (ATN) during national party rule (1948-1994): a network analysis
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2015)
South Africa is renowned for its arms industry, which was established under apartheid to counter
external threats during the Cold War, increasing internal threats from the black majority, and
internationally imposed arms ...