JCH 2016 Volume 41 Issue 2
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Review article - South Africa's "Border War": contested narratives and conflicting memories
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Book review - A different kind of AIDS: folk and lay theories in South African townships
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The paradox of Kenya's constitutional reform process: what future for constitutionalism?
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2016)Kenya’s protracted reform process and periodic electoral related violence is linked to predatory politics nestled in tribalism. Kenya’s politicians’ quest to capture the state for extractive purposes has rendered the reform ... -
Comparing the rise and fall of the authoritarian developmental state in Brazil and South Africa
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2016)In both Brazil and South Africa ruling elites assumed that legitimacy could be generated by material performance and thus delay complete democratisation. However, in both, the very conditions nurturing the emergent ... -
Work and save: mobilising work ethic for Afrikaner empowerment, 1918 to 1960
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2016)The rise of Afrikaner capital and entrepreneurial advancement since the first decade of the 20th century, made a firm contribution to the economic development of South Africa. Weberian thought on civil society and work ... -
Preface / Voorwoord
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Religieuse fundamentalisme in die era van imperium: pre- of postmodern?
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2016)The present article examines the question, whether the recent eruption of what may be comprehended as an expression of religious fundamentalism, albeit in the guise of “terrorism”, can be situated in a broader historical ... -
Assessing the missing link within the concept of preventive diplomacy with reference to African conflicts
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2016)The role of preventive diplomacy is to prevent the emergence of violent conflicts, to prevent on-going conflicts from spreading and to prevent the relapse of an already settled conflict. The purpose of this article is to ... -
Ailing of AIDS and unaided: a critical-historical review of HIV testing and "spaces" of disclosure for Catholic clerics and religious in South Africa during the 1990s
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2016)As was the case with the larger South African society during the 1990s, the Catholic Church was not without error in the manner in which it dealt with HIV and AIDS. Whereas the church was involved in activism for the rights ... -
Politicising service delivery in South Africa: a reflection on the history, reality and fiction of Bekkersdal, 1949-2015
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2016)The history of the Bekkersdal Township on the Far West Rand, located in the Westonaria Municipal region, as it is known since 2015, dates back to the post-World War II years when the township was formally established in ... -
Sport, politics and black athletics in South Africa during the apartheid era: a political-sociological perspective
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2016)The article examines the relationship between sport and politics in South Africa from a political-sociological perspective, with a specific focus on the status of black athletics in apartheid South Africa. The narrower ... -
AWG Champion and the changing fortunes of Zulu nationalism in South Africa, 1960s to 1970s
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2016)This article focuses on the role of Arthur Wessels George Champion in the promotion of Zulu nationalism and the introduction of the Zulu homeland from 1965 to 1975. The author will also examine his role in the Zulu Royal ... -
Eietydse geskiedenis: 'n interdissiplinêre benadering
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2016)Contemporary history is essentially a multidisciplinary approach to explain the present or recent world. The historian, with utilisation of the time dimension and his capacity to see the dynamics of change through time ... -
40: the Journal for Contemporary History, 1975 to 2015
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2016)The Journal for Contemporary History / Joernaal vir Eietydse Geskiedenis – henceforth referred to as the JCH – was established in 1975 at the University of the Orange Free State (since 2001, the University of the Free ... -
Fiscal crisis, social protest and state violence in Swaziland, 2009-2012
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2016)By 2010, Swazi society was experiencing severe economic hardship since the country was experiencing the worse fiscal crisis in its history. These economic hardships were partly an aftermath of the 2008 world financial ... -
The demise of post-apartheid and the emergence of post-colonial South Africa
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2016)The notion of post-apartheid initially signalled a unique South African social and political trajectory that differed from the conventional African colonial and post-colonial experience. However, this article demonstrates ...
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