JCH 2010 Volume 35 Issue 1
Browse by
Recent Submissions
-
Book review
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2008) -
Regime transition in South Africa - liberation oligarchical tendencies?
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2010)The important question now is Where is the second transition (in other words the post-Polokwane epoch) taking South Africa? Is the country moving away from polyarchy and approaching “a type of hegemony” as part of a larger ... -
Co-operative governance and good governance: reality or myth?
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2010)Serious questions are being asked concerning the manifestation of instability in society. The phenomena of maladministration, corruption, unrest, protests, failure in leadership, and the results of protest marches and poor ... -
The reformational legacy within political theory
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2010)Political theory in the West continued to suffer from the disturbing one-sidedness of atomistic (individualistic) and holistic (universalistic) orientations precluding a proper understanding of the nature of a differentiated ... -
South Africa's constitutional development: a matter of Machiavelli's Prince and Hobbes' Leviathan rather than Montesquieu's Spirit of the laws?
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2010)The democratisation and constitutional development of South Africa from a dominant parliament to a new constitutional order with a supreme constitution, was a significant development in the country’s constitutional ... -
Die omstandighede en aanleidende faktore in die “herontplooiing” van die eerste Vrystaatse premier, Mosioua Lekota (1994-1996)
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2010)The ANC’s National Policy Conference resolved on 29 June 2007 that the premiers of the provinces would in future no longer be appointed by the President but by the Provincial Executive Committees, the National Executive ... -
The South African National Defence Force, 1994-2009: a historical perspective.
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2010)On 27 April the new South African National Defence Force (SANDF) was established, comprising of the old South African Defence Force, plus the defence forces of the TBVC countries, the military wings of the African National ... -
Wensdenkery? Die inburgering van demokratiese militêre waardes in die SA Nasionale Weermag
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2010)When the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) was established in 1994 the Minister of Defence perceived a need for its members to be subjected to close civilian control and for the armed forces to be educated to observe the ... -
Continuity and change: an evaluation of the democracy-foreign policy nexus in post-apartheid South Africa
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2010)If foreign policy is viewed as an “intermestic” arena where the external meets the internal, then it becomes possible to see how internal domestic factors drive foreign policy making. In this context the democracy-foreign ... -
Jacob Zuma's "Zuluness" appeal during the April 2009 elections in South Africa: an attempt to break the IFP's grip on Zulu social and political structures?
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2010)The article reflects on the role played by Jacob Zuma as President of the African National Congress (ANC) using his Zuluness to break the Inkatha Freedom Party’s (IFP’s) political control of the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province. ... -
The trajectory of land reform in Zimbabwe: post-independence era 1980-2000
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2010)There is a general consensus that land reform in post settler colonies fits like a glove. Since extensive land alienation occurred in Zimbabwe, which resulted in the occupation of larger, more fertile, arable healthy pieces ... -
Tendencies of a dominant party system in the Free State legislature (1994-2008)
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2010)Dominant party tendencies exist either when a single party enjoys monopoly of power through the exclusion of other parties, or when the electorate continues to re-elect the same party despite the existence of other political ... -
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. ... -
The 23rd African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) conference in Bloemfontein: a Polokwane political hangover?
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2010)The ANCYL played a significant role in the history of the ANC, therefore the actions of its members at their 23rd conference in Bloemfontein were disturbing for the ANC. Already in the build-up it was clear that rivalries ... -
Swart protes versus wit teenstand: die politiek van regse blanke vrese, 1982-1987
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2010)In this article the interaction between black protest politics and white resistance is discussed by tracing the history of the politics of fear in right-wing quarters in South Africa in the years 1982 to 1987. In 1982 the ... -
Swart protes versus wit teenstand: die politiek van regse blanke vrese, 1982-1987
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2010)In this article the interaction between black protest politics and white resistance is discussed by tracing the history of the politics of fear in right-wing quarters in South Africa in the years 1982 to 1987. In 1982 the ... -
The controversy surrounding Private Military Companies (PMCs): looking back on executive outcomes
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2010)Amidst arguments that the nature of war has changed, notably by Kaldor (2006), Keegan (2004), Münkler (2005), and Van Creveld (2008), Private Military Companies (PMCs) have received increasing media and scholarly attention ... -
Sestig jaar se mynteenmaatreëlswerk in die Suid-Afrikaanse vloot, 1947-2007 (3): op weg na en in die nuwe Suid-Afrika, 1990-2007
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2010)The year 1990 set in motion a train of political events that led to the Republic of South Africa’s first-ever truly democratic elections in 1994, which, in turn, led to the country’s readmittance to the international ... -
Die Suid-Afrikaanse kapelaansdiens en die beginsel van 'n regverdige oorlog: die Namibiese Vryheidsoorlog, 1966-1989
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2010)From 1966 to 1989, South Africa was involved in the Namibian War of Independence, also known as the Border War or the Bush War. In due course, chaplains of the South African Defence Force were also sent “up north”, or ... -
Mooki Leepa's rebellion of February to March 1970: a preliminary examination of motives
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2010)This article deals with a well-known but largely under-researched event that occurred in Lesotho during the first three months of 1970, an incident in which members of opposition parties under the leadership of a former ...
RSS 1.0