Studies of the Scramble for Africa agree on very little beyond the
fact that the topic is immensely broad and extremely complex. For all that
the last decades of the 19th century have been the most closely examined
period ...
Although urban policy is investigated here, this paper should not be misconstrued as a
document in which policy is formulated. Rather, policy itself is subjected to a critical
analysis. Changes in urban policy are examined, ...
On the afternoon of July 22, 1990, residents of Sebokeng
watched nervously as a procession of vans and busses threaded its
way towards the African township's stadium, carrying men to a
rally called by Inkatha. Rumours ...
This paper accepts the major conclusions of Posel, Lazar and others that there did not exist
prior to the Nationalists assuming power a plan sufficiently coherent to facilitate its execution
by legislators and administrators ...
Language -- or labels -- is a prime site of ideological struggle
in South Africa. The tussle for meanings, images and sounds
occurs at every level within the media. Because the media are
owned and controlled by the ...
This article concerns itself with two bus boycotts, one well known, the other less
so. They are interesting in themselves, but here it is suggested that they are
relevant towards an understanding of South African black ...
The Second World War transformed the face of South Africa like no other era since reconstruction. Unlike reconstruction however, the war years were no period of planned state initiatives or aggressive social engineering. ...
This paper, which seeks to understand youths' own justifications for engaging in acts of
collective violence, is based on a case study of activist youth and their organisations in
Diepkloof, Soweto. The research was ...
This paper is part of a research project on the history of the motor industry in South
Africa from the 1920s to the present. The broader study looks at all aspects of the industry,
from government policy, through foreign ...