Soweto, Alexandra and Sharpeville were symbols with great resonance in the global
arena of anti-apartheid struggles. Tembisa, Katlehong, Atteridgeville, Wattville - there
are too many to mention - all have had considerable ...
Despite the unprecedented level of public concern with violent crime in the "new South Africa", surprisingly little effort has been made to explore the historical roots of urban gangsterism. Since their establishment, the ...
In the 1870s the Transvaal witnessed an intensification
of struggles over land and labour. This development was
particularly marked in its eastern districts and was partly
stimulated by the impact on the local and ...
In the first chapter of this thesis the problem of the
transition from absolute to relative surplus-value extraction,
of the changes in the social relations of production that
bring about the mass production of commodities ...
South Africa has undergone momentous change over the past decade. The trade union
movement in the shape of COSATU has played a central role in that change. During the late
1980s it became the most organised and visible ...
Little scholarly attention has been devoted to an analysis of the historical
evolution of class differentiation amongst Africans in twentieth
century South Africa, or to the ideological forms that accompanied this.
Such ...
Unlike French colonial administrations, British colonisers did not attempt to impose their language on those they colonised. Instead, they charged their administrators with a duty to learn
the local vernaculars. In regions ...
Naming practices and the use of nicknames have received a fair
amount of attention from anthropologists over the years
- particularly from those who have worked in the Mediterranean
region and, to a lesser extent, other ...
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 ...