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A hostage economy: the impact of Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence on Zambia, 1965-79
(University of the Free State, 2022)In November 1965, Rhodesia’s Prime Minister Ian Smith announced a Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI), prompting the United Nations and the British government to impose economic and financial sanctions on his ... -
Making and unmaking bonds: humanitarianism, local politics and peacebuilding in Southeastern Zimbabwe, 1988 to 1992
(University of the Free State, 2022)For a long time, perspectives of governments, civil societies and humanitarian organisations have overshadowed the voices of host communities during humanitarian emergencies. In a few instances where literature mentions ... -
Historical analysis of coffee production and associated challenges in Kenya from 1893 to 2018
(University of the Free State, 2022)Coffee is one of the most important export crops in Kenya, contributing about 22 per cent of the national income and is a source of livelihood for more than 700 000 households. However, despite its immense importance to ... -
An imperial historian of empire: insights from the Philip Warhurst papers, Killie Campbell Africana Library
(University of the Free State, 2022)This research note recovers the career and personal papers of Philip Warhurst, a British historian who taught at universities in Rhodesia and South Africa from the 1960s until the 1990s. The note simultaneously reviews the ... -
An academic exchange between JCW Ahiakpor and F Gerits
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(University of the Free State, 2022)Thula Simpson, History of South Africa: From 1902 to the Present, New York, Oxford University Press, 2022, Hardcover ISBN: 9780197672020 -
Misrepresenting occurrences and personalities in Ghana, 1979-1983: a comment on Frank Gerit's incorrect and misleading claims
(University of the Free State, 2022)Frank Gerits’s article contains several misrepresentations and false claims about events and personalities in Ghana during the turbulent years of 1979 through 1983. The most serious of these are his treatments of Flt. Lt. ... -
A rebuttal to Ahiakpor's criticisms and a reflection on the historical craft
(University of the Free State, 2022)I want to thank Professor Ahiakpor for engaging with my work. A historian rarely experiences the “subjects” of his research talking back to him because we mainly deal with the archival traces that they left. Whereas my ... -
From the editor
(University of the Free State, 2018)Urban planning developed alongside the urbanization of mankind. The oldest written reference to urban planning is by the Greek Hippodamus (fifth century B.C.); unfortunately, no copy has been preserved; we only know about ... -
Incidental great public spaces and the role of urban design in South Africa
(University of the Free State, 2018)Urban Design in South Africa as a formal profession has a relatively short history. However, in practice, there have been many examples of what must be considered both good and bad Urban Design. There have also been numerous ... -
Small ideas for big impacts: multifunctionality in the rural village of Verkykerskop
(University of the Free State, 2018)Nijkamp affirms the Utopians’ claim of an open and flexible future, where development could imply surprising steps towards something better. Castells questions admonishingly whether planning approaches are changeable in a ... -
Conceptual commentary of public spaces in Durban, South Africa
(University of the Free State, 2018)Within the context of African cities that are considered to have poor economic prospects and are failing its inhabitants, this article explores and assesses the quality of Durban’s open public spaces through a phenomenological ... -
Sun, shade and natural daylight in South African town planning, with emphasis on Pretoria
(University of the Free State, 2018)A bioclimatic analysis of different South African towns and cities indicates that, if the correct mix of passive design principles is used, they all have a significant passive design potential. Of all such measures, solar ... -
Housing as urbanism: a policy to discourage urban sprawl and provide well-located and affordable housing in South Africa
(University of the Free State, 2018)The concept of ‘housing as urbanism’ considers the social, political and economic components of housing, which, in reality, translates to housing that is closer to employment, municipal services, public spaces, healthcare, ... -
Upgrading informal settlements in South Africa: a partnership-based approach
(University of the Free State, 2018)The upgrading of informal settlements has become one of the most comprehensive, complex, controversial, capital-intensive, and often emotive developmental interventions orchestrated and funded by the South African public ... -
From the editor
(University of the Free State, 2018)To understand the present, it is necessary to understand the past. Unfortunately, we often also deal with foul news and the distortion of the past. No wonder George Orwell warned that, “Who controls the past controls the ... -
Communicative mapping as a means for promoting legal land tenure: the case study of the Goedverwacht Moravian Mission Village, in the Western Cape, South Africa
(University of the Free State, 2018)The newly enacted Western Cape Land Use Planning Act (Act No. 3 of 2014) repeals the Rural Areas Act (Act No. 9 of 1987) and requires that all land within a municipality be incorporated into an existing municipal zoning ...
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