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Item Open Access Die binnekring: terugblikke op die laaste dae van blanke regering. Jonathan Ball, Johannesburg, 2007, Jan Heunis(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2008) Kapp, PieterItem Open Access Veertig jaar se ondersteuning ter see. Gevegsteunskepe in die Suid-Afrikaanse Vloot, 1967-2007 (2): SAS Drakensberg en SAS Outeniqua(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2008) Wessels, AndreForty years ago, on 10 August 1967, the South African Navy (SAN) commissioned its first ever replenishment ship. In this two-part study of the SAN’s replenishment ships (in due course known as combat support ships) a review is supplied of the role these ships played in the history of the SAN (and South African Defence Force, since 1994 known as the South African National Defence Force). In the first part of the study, the role played by SAS Tafelberg (1967-93) and SAS Drakensberg (1987-93) was analysed. In this, the second and last part of the study, the continued role of the Drakensberg (1993-2007), as well as the role of SAS Outeniqua (1993-2004), are discussed. Since 1994, when South Africa’s first-ever truly democratic elections took place, the country has been welcomed back by the international community and more doors (and ports) than ever before have been opened for the country’s diplomats (including the Navy’s grey diplomats; i.e. warships sent out on flag-showing cruises), while the SAN’s combat support ships have also been involved in disaster relief and other humanitarian operations.Item Open Access 'Made in South Africa': a social history of the Chinese in Bloemfontein, Free State Province, South Africa, CA. 1980-2005(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2008) Van der Watt, L. M.; Visser, W. P.Abstract not availableItem Open Access The history of transformation of an apartheid capital city into a democratic provincial capital city: a case of Bisho as the capital of the Eastern Cape provincial government(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2008) Siyongwana, Pakama Q.; Binza, Shakespeare MzikayiseAbstract not availableItem Open Access The 1977 United Nationas mandatory arms embargo against South Africa: a historical perspective after 30 years(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2008) Wessels, Andre; Marx, LaurenAbstract not availableItem Open Access Vrees as faktor in die regste blanke politiek in Suid-Afrika tydens die tweede dekade van die apartheidsera, 1958-1969(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2008) Du Bruyn, Derek; Wessels, AndreIn the years 1958 to 1969 the National Party (NP) consolidated its position, as it continued to implement its policy of apartheid. These years are dominated by the premiership of Dr HF Verwoerd (1958-1966), but also by fears on the one hand the fears generated by events on the home front (in particular the confrontations at Sharpeville and in other so-called black townships in 1960, and the terror campaign launched by Umkhonto weSizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress), as well as in other parts of Africa (in particular the violence that followed on the Belgian Congo’s independence in 1960). These and other events strengthened the NP’s position, as a growing number of English-speaking whites broke with the United Party and henceforth voted for the NP. However, the debate in Afrikaner ranks with regard to the way in which the future of white people had to be ensured, in due course led to polarization, and in 1969 some NP supporters broke away from the party and formed the country’s first truly right-wing party, namely the Herstigte Nasionale Party (HNP).Item Open Access The National Peace Accord and police reform in South Africa: the role of the Police Board as an interim policy mechanism, 1992-1994(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2008) Van der Spuy, ElrenaAbstract not availableItem Open Access The role of Seisa CT Ramabodu in sports affairs at municipal level in Mangaung at Bloemfontein, 1948-1979(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2008) Le Roux, CharlAbstract not availableItem Open Access The struggle for democracy in the Northern Cape during the eighties(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2008) Coetzer, Pieter; Barnard, LeoAbstract not availableItem Open Access The root causes of the Darfur conflict(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2008) Smiles, JosephAbstract not available