JCH 2014 Volume 39 Issue 1
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Drivers of nuclear proliferation: South Africa's incentives and constraints
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2014-06)Many factors are identified as causes of nuclear proliferation, but three stands out among them. These comprise the international and domestic political environment, technical capabilities and motivation. This article ... -
Three fleet reviews-and the South African Navy
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2014-06)Especially in the course of the past century and a half, many countries have organised fleet reviews to commemorate some or other important event in the history of the concerned country, or in the history of its navy. ... -
Potential for cooperation rather than conflict in the face of water degradation: the cases of the Nile River and Okavango River basins
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2014-06)Although the notion of environmental security is a relatively new dimension of international relations, and of politics in general, it would be inane to assume that problems of environmental change are in any way novel. ... -
Mapping a dark network with Social Network Analysis (SNA): the right wing Vaal Dam bomb plot
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2014-06)The use of Social Network Analysis (SNA) to map dark, i.e. illegal, networks gained momentum after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York, and numerous studies have been conducted that map Islamic extremist ... -
The Dhlakama and RENAMO breakaway from government: another test for the SADC's conflict transformation record?
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2014)The decision made in October 2012 by Afonso Dhlakama, the leader of the Mozambique National Resistance Movement (RENAMO), accompanied by a motley group of his former rebel fighters, to pull out from the government of ... -
Nie-eensgesindheid in eensgesindheid? Die verkiesing van Hendrik Verwoerd as eerste minister in 1958
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2014)This contribution focuses on the inner-party discord of the National Party leading to the election of Dr Hendrik Verwoerd as Prime Minister of South Africa in 1958. The National Party of 1958 was a complex party characterized ... -
The Zuma years: South Africa's changing face of power, Richard Calland: book review
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2014)Abstract not available -
The Zuma years: South Africa's changing face of power, Richard Calland: book review
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Jihad: a South African perspective, Hussein Solomon: book review
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Parliamentary whips in the modern era: a parliamentary necessity or a historical relic?
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2014)In the academic literature, very little has been done to chronicle the history and the development of whips in legislatures (parliaments). The lack of material on whips is in spite of the fact that, in political and ... -
Finding voice, vocabulary and community. The UWC Student Movement 1972-1976
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2014-06)This article delves into an activist vocabulary adopted by Coloured students at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in the early- to mid-1970s. It asks what language these students used to make meaningful in their ...