JCH 2014 Volume 39 Issue 2
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Researching South African prisoners-of-war experience during World War II: historiography, archives and oral testimony
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2014-12)Recently a study was undertaken to narrate and analyse the World War II experience of South African prisoners-of-war (POWs). One of the aims of the study was to provide a voice to the POWs whose stories had gone largely ... -
Caught in a stranglehold between resistance and reform: the Mine Workers' Union and rightwing politics in South Africa, 1979-1997
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2014-12)The National Party government’s acceptance of the recommendations of the Wiehahn Commission of Enquiry in 1979, i.e., that job reservation be abolished and African trade unions be legalised, came as a huge shock for the ... -
Black widow, white widow: Is Al Qaeda operating in South Africa?, De Wet Potgieter: book review
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Entrenching apartheid in South African sport, 1948 to 1980: the shaping of a sporting society during the Strijdom-, Verwoerd-and Vorster administrations
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2014-12)The debate on transformation and quotas in South African sport resurfaced just before the South African general elections in May 2014. Transformation has become a contentious, but key issue in post-apartheid South Africa. ... -
Communication and political protest in sport: a case study of cross-national support in post-apartheid South Africa
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2014-12)The interrelationship between politics and (political) communication has increased dramatically since the advent of mass media. During the modern era, mass media plays an important role to articulate societal, political ... -
External mission. The ANC in exile, Stephen Ellis: book review
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An ark without a flood: white South Africans' preparations for the end of white-ruled South Africa
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2014)“Doomsday prepping” has become a highly visible phenomenon in recent years following extensive media coverage on National Geographic Channel and Discovery Channel. Although “preppers” currently inhabit South Africa, the ... -
South Africa and the 2014 national election: a shift to the left?
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2014)The period prior to the 2014 South African national and provincial elections witnessed the mobilisation of numerous socio-economic and political forces. Consequently, the outcomes of the 2014 election is of particular ... -
Understanding the rise of Boko Haram and its discontents
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2014)Religious extremism has plagued Africa for many years. From its earlier permutation in North Africa in the 1980s and 1990s to its recent expression in East and West Africa, every part of the continent has had its own story ... -
The political economy and historical trajectory of the Swaziland fiscal crisis, 2010-2011
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2014)Swaziland is facing a serious fiscal crisis that is threatening to reduce the country into a failed state. The country has a huge budget deficit that has left government operations paralyzed and the threat of government ... -
1914: Rebellie of protes? Vryheid teen imperialisme, Paul Grobbelaar: book review
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2014)Abstract not available -
Unsung KwaZulu-Natal heroes and heroines in South Africa: Catholic AIDS care activities during the 1990s
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2014)The story of the Catholic response to HIV and AIDS in South Africa comprises of much more than the condom controversy, the pastoral letters, the Southern Africa Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) AIDS Office and the ... -
The early history of South African military chaplaincy: a case study of the variance between British imperialism and Afrikaner nationalism, c. 1914-1973
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2014)Global socio-political and economic forces often determine the histories of countries and nations, but internal historical identities, values and sentiments modify and combine with these forces to create a distinct local ... -
Japie Neser en die Afrikaneropstand van 1914-1915: rebel sonder/met 'n rede?
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2014)The decision taken by the government of General Louis Botha to actively deploy the Union (of South Africa’s) Defence Forces in support of the Allied cause during the Great (later known as the First World) War of 1914-1918, ... -
Tussen Afrikanereenheid, patriotisme en rebellie: 'n rekonstruksie van die transformasie van die politieke denke van Genl. JH De la Rey voorafgaande aan die Afrikanerrebellie 1914-1915
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2014)On the eve of the Afrikaner Rebellion, 1914-1915, General JH (Koos) de la Rey was at the apex of a political and personal transformation in his career. He had finally decided to physically oppose the Union Government’s ... -
Empire's soldier: Gandhi and Britain's wars, 1899-1918
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2014)Towards the latter stages of World War I, Mohandas K Gandhi urged Indian peasants to take up arms on behalf of the British. This alienated his liberal pacifist supporters in Europe who were aghast that the apostle of ...
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