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Pilgrimage to sacred sites in the Eastern Free State
(University of the Free State, 2016-01)English: There are many pilgrimages and revered forms of travel in South Africa. However, no systematic anthropological studies have been conducted into these journeys. Filling this void, this is a multisite ethnographic ... -
Inkatha and the National Party, 1980-1989
(University of the Free State, 2016-01)English: This thesis explores Inkatha and National Party politics in the period 1980-1989, focusing particularly on the relationship between them. It considers the nature of both parties’ political outlook, their objectives ... -
Deviance and colonial power: a history of juvenile delinquency in colonial Zimbabwe, 790-c.1960
(University of the Free State, 2016-02)English: This thesis is the first comprehensive study of juvenile delinquency in colonial Zimbabwe. Based on a detailed reading of archival sources generated by central government in various departments, urban municipalities, ... -
South Africa and the 'Congo Crisis', 1960-1965
(University of the Free State, 2016-02)English: On 30 June 1960, the Belgian Congo gained independence. Congo’s newfound freedom was soon disrupted by a period of severe socio-political chaos and conflict that became known as the ‘Congo crisis’. The exact nature ... -
Policing the Witwatersrand: a history of the South African Republic Police, 1886-1899
(University of the Free State, 2016-02)English: This thesis fills a lacuna in the historiography of the institutional dimensions of colonial policing in southern Africa. The discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886 led to the rapid industrialisation of ... -
A history of malaria in the south eastern lowveld of Colonial Zimbabwe, 1890 to 1979
(University of the Free State, 2016-07)English: This thesis is a historical examination of the relationship between malaria and colonialism in the south eastern lowveld of Southern Rhodesia, present day Zimbabwe, from 1890 to 1979. It contributes to scholarly ... -
The experiences of newly initiated Basotho men in selected Botshabelo high schools, Free-State Province
(University of the Free State, 2017)This research study in selected high schools in Botshabelo, in the Free State, sought to analyse, understand and present the lived experiences of newly initiated Basotho men, when they are incorporated back into the high ... -
Government, community and the university in Africa today: the case of the National University of Lesetho
(University of the Free State, 2017-01)This study is an investigation into relations of power between government, community and the university in Africa today. The purpose of the study is to examine the nature of contestations and contradictions among triadic ... -
Corrective rape and black lesbian sexualities in contemporary South African cultural texts
(University of the Free State, 2017-01)The increased visibility of black lesbian identities in South Africa has been met with a severe backlash in the form of what activists term corrective rape. South African newspapers started to report on the incidence of ... -
The India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) collective and the socio-political construction of security
(University of the Free State, 2017-02)English: The focus of this thesis is on the formation and functioning of the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) collective. The study aims towards an understanding of whether and to what extent the IBSA collective is ... -
State, civil society and the politics of economic indigenisation in Zimbabwe, 1980 to 2016
(University of the Free State, 2017-03)English: Using a broad civil society conceptual framework, this thesis examines the relations between the state and interest groups concerned with economic indigenisation in Zimbabwe from 1980 to 2016. During this period, ... -
Knowledge transfer and British expertise in Zambian urban planning
(University of the Free State, 2017-03)English: This thesis examines the relationship between the history of technical assistance and present day urban planning practice in Zambia and builds on multiple literatures spanning the field of planning history, technical ... -
A history of Rhokana/Rokana Corporation and its Nkana Mine Division, 1928-1991
(University of the Free State, 2018-02)English: This dissertation is a detailed historical account of the corporate structure, labour relations and profitability of the Rhokana Corporation and its Nkana mine. Thematically and chronologically organised, it starts ... -
Differenciating dysfunction: domestic agency, entanglement and mediatised petitions for Africa's own solutions
(University of the Free State, 2018-07)Africa’s optimistic expressions of a reawakening, a rising, to its own solutions remain nervously alive, albeit haunted by the reversals that quenched all previous enthusiasms concerning a rebirth. Still, this study draws ... -
Peasants, ecology and the state: food security in the Lake Chilwa basin of southern Malawi, 1891-1994
(University of the Free State, 2018-08)English: This study explores the history of peasants’ experiences in relation to state interventions into Malawi’s rural food economy from 1891 to 1994. Using the case of the Lake Chilwa basin of southern Malawi, it ... -
Kith and kin? Rhodesia's white settlers and Britain, 1939-1980
(University of the Free State, 2018-11)English: This thesis explores the historical significance of kith and kin ties between white Rhodesia’s settlers and Britain from 1939 to 1980. It traces the extent to which kinship connections influenced the relations ... -
Organised secondary industry and the state in Zimbabwe, 1939-1979
(University of the Free State, 2018-11)English: This thesis examines the relationship between organised secondary industry, the state and other economic interest groups (farmers, miners and commerce) over industrialisation in Southern Rhodesia (Colonial Zimbabwe) ... -
Staying on the margins: Konkomba mobility and belonging in Northern Ghana, 1914-1996
(University of the Free State, 2018-11)English: This thesis examines Konkomba mobility and the contestations it generated about their belonging in northern Ghana. It analyses the social and political context within which this mobility occurred and argues that ... -
Colonial Zimbabwe's tobacco industry: global, regional and local relations, 1947-1979
(University of the Free State, 2018-11)English: The tobacco industry’s centrality to colonial Zimbabwe’s economic and social history is beyond contestation. Scholars converge in acknowledging that tobacco’s profitability was the colony’s key driver of socio-economic ... -
Zimbabwe-South Africa interstate relations, 1980-1999
(University of the Free State, 2018-12)English: The thesis is an examination of Zimbabwe’s interstate relations with South Africa between 1980 and 1999. Using sources that include diplomatic correspondence, newspapers, legislative debates, official reports ...