They were bloody clashes but ... in the context of the
time and the circumstances in that part of the world,
they were relatively minor. Fighting was an absolutely
common feature there every weekend without exception. ...
Citizenship has become a fashionable topic for discussion amongst political theorists during the 1990s. This is not surprising,
since this is the decade when Europeans have been debating in a
single European Parliament ...
The state of African marriage in colonial Zambia has been a matter of discussion, research and policy debate since the colony developed in the late 19th century. The outline of these
discussions is well known. Chanock ...
This paper addresses two problems within the analysis of South African society. The one, that of the nature of the state, has been the focus of a great deal of intellectual activity. The other, the spatiality of South ...
The Germiston by-election of 1932 was significant in itself. At the time it attracted detailed national coverage. It was marked by an intensity of campaigning which often erupted in violence, but also ensured a very high ...
Since the subject of "Literary Criticism in South Africa" is a vast one, I am going to narrow the topic to the idea of research in South African literature and I do not aim to be comprehensive in any way. Looking back over ...
During my visits to the Lowveld, I have not come across any veal
monsters or their animal loving enemies. I guess one would have to go
to the British port of Dover to witness that particular cattle battle. In
the same ...
A majority—almost 99 per cent—of African miners live in mine hostels. These are single-sex quarters located close to mine shafts,and they service the labour needs of individual mines. In the past they have also been called ...
In the early spring of 1832, Mey, a slave belonging to
Hendrik Albertus van Niekerk, initiated a series of events that,
in quick succession, saw him beaten by his master's son, Hendrik, Jr., whipped again by his master's ...
During the political upheavals which accompanied the shift from "Milnerism" to responsible Government in the Transvaal, the still troubled Johannesburg mining industry confronted serious new problems. In Britain, the ...