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Kontemporêre transpersoonlike politologie en staatsfilosofie: kritiese kommentaar by politokratiese kommunitarisme
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2017)Although politocratic communitarian political and legal philosophies have been established participants in academic discourse, it only spilled over to South African shores fairly recently. Similar to other established legal ... -
Decolonization in southern Africa: reflections on the Namibian and South African cases
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2017)While the term “decolonization” is now applied in many different situations, with different meanings, its original and prime usage relates to the process leading to the ending of colonial rule. Though there is a large ... -
Sport for people with disabilities as factor in reshaping the post-apartheid South African sporting society
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2017)Limited research has been done on the history and impact of sport for people with disabilities in South Africa, yet disabled athletes like Oscar Pistorius, Natalie du Toit, Ernst van Dyk, Hilton Langenhoven, Zanele Situ, ... -
Political independence in Africa as portrayed by the white South African press during 1960
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2017)This article examines the white South African press industry’s reflection on events in Africa during the pivotal year of 1960, also known as “Africa Year”. Through an examination of articles found in a selection of both ... -
Operation Mayibuye: plans within plans, spies and lies, 1963
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2017)If ever there is a documented plan that is able to evoke debate and controversy, it is Operation Mayibuye; a military plan seized by the police during a raid at Liliesleaf farm in Rivonia on 11 July 1963. This article ... -
"From the fringes to fossils": the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania and the negotiated transition to democracy in South Africa, 1990-1994
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2017)Using archival materials and internal Pan African Congress (PAC) documentation, this article examines the dilemma of the PAC during the transitional negotiations. The new re-alignment of interest groups and political forces ... -
The long walk to economic freedom after apartheid, and the road ahead
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2017)As South Africa moves further away from the political transition of 1994, the economic history of the post-apartheid era is coming up for debate. The optimism generated by the ANC’s early successes must now, after more ... -
The United States of America's post-1990 foreign policy towards West Africa: the case study of Ghana
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2017)This explorative study uses Ghana as a test case to critique the post-Cold War foreign policy of the United States of America (hereafter referred to as the US) towards West Africa. It does this by contemporaneously locating ... -
Book review / Boekbespreking: If we must die: an autobiography of a former commander of Umkhonto We Sizwe
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One country, three colonial legacies: the politics of colonialism, capitalism and development in the pre- and post-colonial Cameroon
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2017)Cameroon is usually misconceived of as a former French colony due to its geographical location which is at the intersection of what used to be called French West Africa and French Equatorial Africa. This misconception ... -
Book review / Boekbespreking: Composite warfare: the conduct of successful ground operations in Africa
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2017)