Browsing JCH 2011 Volume 36 Issue 1 by Issue Date
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Applying principles of historical critique: authentic oral history?
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2011)To reconstruct the past, oral historians are concerned with the depths of memory as a potential source of information, evidence and meaning at their disposal. Unfortunately, memory can never be absolutely certain, wherein ... -
Race, class and nationalism: the 1947 visit of Monty Naicker and Yusuf Dadoo to India, 1947
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2011)This article focuses on a 1947 tour of India by two South African Indian doctors, Yusuf Dadoo and GM (Monty) Naicker, during which they met with Mohandas K Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru and attended the All-Asia Conference. ... -
American press reportage on PW Botha's attempts at reforming apartheid, 1978-1989, with specific reference to the New York Times, Newsweek and Africa Report
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2011)Prime Minister PW Botha took over power from BJ Vorster in the midst of a strenuous period in the history of South Africa. The country was criticized internally and externally for its apartheid policy. In response to the ... -
The SANDF as an instrument for peacekeeping in Africa: a critical analysis of three main challenges
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2011)Under former President Thabo Mbeki South Africa started to play a salient leadership role in Africa and this role continues under President Jacob Zuma. In this context the SANDF has been and is still expected to be militarily ... -
Apartheid and the anticipation of apocalypse: the supreme strategies of the National Party government and the African National Congress, 1980-1989: an historical perspective
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2011)By 1980 the National Party government of South Africa and the most prominent anti-apartheid organisation, the African National Congress (ANC), had moulded multidimensional strategies of epic proportions with which to seize ... -
Vigilantism: a theoretical perspective as applied to people's courts in post-1994 South Africa
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2011)The article investigated vigilantism as phenomenon in South Africa. A metatheoretical framework was developed through which the constructed contextual and specific criteria were tested against one case study on people’s ... -
The political sociology of power in sport: a comparative analysis of the 1956 and 1981 Springbok rugby tours to New Zealand
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2011)The political sociology of power in sport has been undervalued as a field of study for many years. The predominant reason for this phenomenon is that the “innocence” of sport as a power politics vehicle shields the ... -
"The good, the bad and the ugly": professional historians and political biography of South African parliamentary politics, 1910-1990
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2011)Biography strengthens the historian’s attempts to decipher the behaviour of individuals and also provides a historical window on a certain era, contributing to our knowledge and understanding of the past. Biographical ... -
The ethnic conflict in Mangaung at Bloemfontein in 1957
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2011)The conflict in Mangaung on 27 October 1957 was not the first of its kind in the township. Ethnic clashes had been reported at two previous occasions. These clashes were summarily ascribed to ethnic animosities between the ... -
Historical overview of the cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe (2008-2009)
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2011)This article provides a historical overview of the 2008-2009 cholera pandemic in Zimbabwe. Its main hypothesis is that this outbreak revealed serious health status implications that were not unconnected with a malfunctioning ... -
Die Fischer-woning en -swembad in Beaumontstraat 12, Johannesburg: simbool van rasseharmonie in apartheid-Suid-Afrika
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2011)Bram Fischer (1908-1975), well-known struggle activist and one time leader of the South African Communist Party, challenged the apartheid consciousness of the Afrikaner fundamentally and totally. Consequently in 1966 he ... -
American press reportage on PW Botha's attempts at reforming apartheid, 1978-1989, with specific reference to the New York Times, Newsweek and Africa Report
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2011)Prime Minister PW Botha took over power from BJ Vorster in the midst of a strenuous period in the history of South Africa. The country was criticized internally and externally for its apartheid policy. In response to the ... -
Vigilantism: a theoretical perspective as applied to people's courts in post-1994 South Africa
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2011)The article investigated vigilantism as phenomenon in South Africa. A metatheoretical framework was developed through which the constructed contextual and specific criteria were tested against one case study on people’s ... -
Die Fischer-woning en -swembad in Beaumontstraat 12, Johannesburg: simbool van rasseharmonie in apartheid-Suid-Afrika
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2011)Bram Fischer (1908-1975), well-known struggle activist and one time leader of the South African Communist Party, challenged the apartheid consciousness of the Afrikaner fundamentally and totally. Consequently in 1966 he ... -
Applying principles of historical critique: authentic oral history?
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2011)To reconstruct the past, oral historians are concerned with the depths of memory as a potential source of information, evidence and meaning at their disposal. Unfortunately, memory can never be absolutely certain, wherein ... -
Composing apartheid: music for and against apartheid, Grant Olwage (Ed.): book review
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2011)Abstract not available -
Apartheid and the anticipation of apocalypse: the supreme strategies of the National Party government and the African National Congress, 1980-1989: an historical perspective
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2011)By 1980 the National Party government of South Africa and the most prominent anti-apartheid organisation, the African National Congress (ANC), had moulded multidimensional strategies of epic proportions with which to seize ... -
The ethnic conflict in Mangaung at Bloemfontein in 1957
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2011)The conflict in Mangaung on 27 October 1957 was not the first of its kind in the township. Ethnic clashes had been reported at two previous occasions. These clashes were summarily ascribed to ethnic animosities between the ... -
"The good, the bad and the ugly": professional historians and political biography of South African parliamentary politics, 1910-1990
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2011)Biography strengthens the historian’s attempts to decipher the behaviour of individuals and also provides a historical window on a certain era, contributing to our knowledge and understanding of the past. Biographical ... -
Historical overview of the cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe (2008-2009)
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2011)This article provides a historical overview of the 2008-2009 cholera pandemic in Zimbabwe. Its main hypothesis is that this outbreak revealed serious health status implications that were not unconnected with a malfunctioning ...