JCH 2013 Volume 38 Issue 1
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The state, non-state community security actors, and violence in Swaziland, 2000-2011
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2013)Research and analysis of the Swaziland security sector have, up to now, escaped the attention of scholars. This is in spite of developments that show that different segments of the Swazi population have voiced security ... -
Die sosiopolitieke sienings van 'n groep Suid-Afrikaanse universiteitstudente oor demokrasie in Suid-Afrika
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2017)Democracy in South Africa is under pressure. A growing number of citizens are convinced that the government is underperforming and that democracy is often undermined. The current generation of young adults will soon play ... -
From apartheid to batho pele: an exploratory study on service delivery and public participation in Atteridgeville-Saulsville
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2013)The focus of the case study is public participation in the local government arena. The article examines the importance of public participation in the policy process and service delivery in Atteridgeville- Saulsville from ... -
Reaksie op die herontplooiing van Premier Mosiuoa Lekota en die ondemokratiese wyse van aanstelling van Dr. Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri as sy opvolger
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2013)In the first part of this article a factual historical analysis is given of the redeployment of the Free State Premier, Patrick Lekota, as a result of the unresolvable faction fights within the ANC, the continuing protest ... -
Standoff attacks by plan on South African security force bases during SWA/Namibian "Bush War" (1966-1989)
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2013)After World War I (1920), South Africa (SA) was granted a Class C-mandate by the League of Nations to administer the affairs of South West Africa (SWA) (now Namibia). During the middle sixties (1966) and early seventies ... -
South Africa's land forces, 1912-2012
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2013)The South African (SA) Army’s history can be traced back to 1912, when South Africa’s first defence force was established. In this article a review is provided of the development and deployment of South Africa’s land ... -
Student activism in a time of crisis-Zimbabwe 2000-2010: a tentative exploration
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2013)The article examines student activism in Zimbabwe between 2000 and 2010 to investigate how Zimbabwe’s economic meltdown and political challenges influenced the nature and forms of student responses. While conceding that ... -
Legislative immobility and judicial activism: the impact on the separation of powers in South Africa
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2013)The division between the legislature/executive and the judiciary in a constitutional state is a very important, but precarious relationship. It is important that the political arm (legislature/executive) understand the ... -
"America's Mandela": South African responses to the rise of Barack Obama
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2013)In this article reactions in the South African media to the emergence of Barack Obama as contender in the 2008 US presidential election, then as official Democratic Party presidential candidate and then as US President-elect ... -
Dirty scapegoats: explaining Israel's ties with South Africa during the 1970s and 1980s
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2013)The article surveys five possible explanations for the ties between Israel and South Africa between the 1970s and 1980s. (1) The Industrial-Military Complex Explanation, arguing that both the Israeli and South African ... -
'n Terugkeer na die "veilige laer": die politek van regse blanke vrese, 1988-1989.
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2013)In this article the politics of right-wing fears in the years 1988 and 1989 (i.e. on the cusp of the new political dispensation in South Africa) is analysed. Right-wing politics is compared with the tendency to move to ... -
Alternatiewe tot apartheid? Gespreksgroepe in die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk (NGK) gedurende die 1980's
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2013)During the 1980s, the South African government was struggling to keep violence in the country under control despite the many reforms that the PW Botha regime has brought with it. The days of “’grand apartheid”, associated ... -
"Daughters of Gujarat in the diaspora": immigrant women, identity and agency in Natal
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2013)Through the narrative genre the author examines issues of identity and agency amongst 15 Gujarati Hindu immigrant women who arrived in Natal (South Africa) between 1943 and 1953. The aims of this article are three-fold: ... -
"De overval": aanslag op Suid-Afrikaanse biblioteek in Amsterdam
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2013)The South African Institute (SAI) on Keizersgracht 141, Amsterdam, was seen as the most important library on the subject of South Africa in Europe. It had a comprehensive collection of Africana, dating back to the ... -
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"Daughters of Gujarat in the diaspora": immigrant women, identity and agency in Natal
(Faculty of Humanites, University of the Free State, 2013)Through the narrative genre the author examines issues of identity and agency amongst 15 Gujarati Hindu immigrant women who arrived in Natal (South Africa) between 1943 and 1953. The aims of this article are three-fold: ... -
Dirty scapegoats: explaining Israel's ties with South Africa during the 1970s and 1980s
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2013)The article surveys five possible explanations for the ties between Israel and South Africa between the 1970s and 1980s. (1) The Industrial-Military Complex Explanation, arguing that both the Israeli and South African ... -
"America's Mandela": South African responses to the rise of Barack Obama
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2013)In this article reactions in the South African media to the emergence of Barack Obama as contender in the 2008 US presidential election, then as official Democratic Party presidential candidate and then as US President-elect ... -
Alternatiewe tot apartheid? Gespreksgroepe in die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk (NGK) gedurende die 1980s
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2013)During the 1980s, the South African government was struggling to keep violence in the country under control despite the many reforms that the PW Botha regime has brought with it. The days of “’grand apartheid”, associated ...
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