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Health issues pertaining to French Huguenot women and children at the Cape of Good Hope and in Charles Town, Carolina, 1685-1720
Historia 50, pp 1 –23 (2005)
<b>Gesondheidsomstandighede van Franse Hugenotevroue en -kinders aan die Kaap die Goeie Hoop en in Charles Town, Carolina, 1685-1720&lt;/b&gt; <br>Hierdie artikel is &apos;n klein bydrae tot die groeiende versameling literatuur oor die verspreiding van die Franse Hugenote in diaspora na die herroeping van die Edik van Nantes. Dit is ook &apos;n studie van gender in sake rakende gesondheid, klimaat en hervestiging aan die Kaap die Goeie Hoop en in Charles Town, Suid-Carolina, in die laat sewentiende en vroeë agtiende eeu. Tevore het geen navorsing nog spesifiek op Hugenotevroue (en tot &apos;n mindere mate ook hulle kinders) gefokus nie. Dit is omdat &apos;n uiters beperkte aantal primêre bronne oor beide onderwerpe beskikbaar is. Nogtans is gepoog om hulle wêreld gedurende hierdie tydsgleuf te herskep. Daar is tot die gevolgtrekking gekom dat klimaatstoestande in Carolina feller was en die sterftesyfer dus veel hoër as aan die Kaap. Beide groepe setlaars het gely onder siektetoestande wat destyds algemeen voorgekom het. Hierdie feit het dit makliker gemaak om vergelykings te tref. Hulle kontrasterende belewinge kan hoofsaaklik aan klimaatsverskille toegeskryf word.
This article is a small contribution to the burgeoning literature on the dispersal of the French Huguenots into diaspora following the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. It is also a study of gender in matters pertaining to health, climate, and resettlement at the Cape of Good Hope and in Charles Town, South Carolina in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. No previous study has centered primarily on the Huguenot women (and to a lesser extent their children). This is because of the limited amount of primary sources available in both areas. Still, an attempt has been made to recreate their world during this period, with the conclusion that the climatic conditions in Carolina were harsher, thus the death-rates were higher than at the Cape. Both groups suffered from some maladies that were common at the time, which made comparisons possible, while - again mostly due to climatic factors - contrasts are to be found as well.
"There is no meat that tastes better than human flesh!" Christian converts&apos; tales of cannibalism in late nineteenth-century Sekhukhuneland
Historia 50, pp 25 –61 (2005)
<b>"Daar is geen vleis wat lekkerder smaak as mensvleis nie!" Christen bekeerlinge se vertellings oor kannibalisme in die laat negentiende-eeuse Sekhukhuneland</b>
<br>Gedurende die 1860&apos;s het &apos;n aantal bekeerlinge tot die Christendom sendeling Alexander Merensky en sendingdirekteur Hermann Theodor Wangemann gruwelike stories vertel oor hulle lewe as "kannibale" voordat hulle deur die Here gered is. Die Berlynse Sending het &apos;n aantal van hierdie getuienisse oor hulle bekering gepubliseer. Dit is besonder goed deur die lesers in Duitsland ontvang. <br>In vroeëre historiografie is verhale oor kannibalisme gedurende die <I>mfecane / difaqane&lt;/I&gt; onvoorwaardelik as "waar" aanvaar. In die afgelope paar jaar het baie historici aangevoer dat dit eerder as rassistiese regverdigings vir verowerings en grondbesetting, of as simboliese kommentaar op sosiale ontwrigting gelees moet word. <br>Sommige van die Berlynse Sending se weergawes is so beeldend in die styl van avontuurliteratuur geskryf, dat dit sinvol is om laasgenoemde beskouing daarop van toepassing te maak. My argument is egter dat ons nie bloot kan aanneem dat hierdie verhale suiwer sendeling-fantasie is nie. Dit is ook moontlik dat hierdie stories wat die bekeerlinge aan Merensky en Wangemann vertel het, inderdaad hulle persoonlike lewensverhale verteenwoordig het. Dit laat die vraag ontstaan waarom die informante juis dit vir die sendelinge vertel het. Hierin lê die kernvraagstuk van die artikel. In my ondersoek daarna, verken ek kwessies van "othering", kannibalisme as &apos;n metafoor vir wanorde (en terselfdertyd, &apos;n viering van hiërargie), kannibalisme en die uitroei daarvan as &apos;n bevestiging van identiteit, en die moontlikheid dat antropofagie &apos;n "realiteit" in die streek kon gewees het.
During the 1860s, a number of converts to Christianity in Sekhukhuneland told Missionary Alexander Merensky and Mission Director Hermann Theodor Wangemann horrific tales of their lives as "cannibals" before they were saved by the Lord. The Berlin Mission published a number of these testimonies of salvation. These were received extremely well by readers in Germany. <br>Earlier historiography used to accept tales of cannibalism during the <I>mfecane / difaqane&lt;/I&gt; uncritically as being "true". In recent years, many historians have argued that they should rather be read either as racist justifications for conquest and land seizure, or as symbolic commentaries on social dislocation. <br>Parts of the Berlin Mission accounts are so graphically written in the style of adventure literature that they seem to lend themselves to the latter reading. However, I argue that we cannot merely assume that these tales are pure missionary fantasy. It is likely that the converts, in fact, told these stories to Merensky and Wangemann, presenting them as their own personal life-histories. This raises the question of why the informants told the missionaries the tales that they did. This forms the core issue of the article. In engaging it, I explore issues of "othering", cannibalism as a metaphor for disorder (at the same time, a celebration of hierarchy), cannibalism and its eradication as an assertion of identity, and the probable "reality" of anthropophagy in the region.
&apos;n Psigo-biografiese studie van Generaal J.H. de la Rey en sy ervaring van die Anglo-Boereoorlog
Historia 50, pp 63 –83 (2005)
<b>A psycho-biographical study of General J.H. de la Rey and his experience of the Anglo-Boer War</b>
<br>Whereas writings of a biographical nature about General J.H. de la Rey normally deal with his military actions and achievements during the Anglo-Boer War, this study examines the psychological factors behind his successes. The psychological theories of stress and stressors, general resistance resources (GRRs), coping with stress, the concepts of &lt;I&gt;salutogenesis&lt;/I&gt; and <I>fortigenesis</I>, as well as of the fundamental conception "sense of coherence" (SOC) are outlined. Thereafter De la Rey&apos;s accomplishments during the Anglo-Boer War are considered from three angles. First of all as an individual and family man, where the external psychological support that he received from his wife, Nonnie, clearly stands out. Next his ability as a soldier and strategist is discussed. The broad base created by the variety of GRRs on which De la Rey could rely, made it possible for him to be a man with a strong SOC. Finally the depth and insight of his leadership is examined. The study leads to the conclusion that his strong sense of coherence and the support from his wife were the two mainstays of his accomplishment as a great general.
Waar werke van biografiese aard oor generaal J.H. de la Rey hoofsaaklik op sy militêre optrede en suksesse tydens die Anglo-Boereoorlog konsentreer, word daar hier na die sielkundige dryfkragte agter sy handelings gekyk. &apos;n Oorsig oor die sielkundige teorieë van stres en stressors, algemene weerstandsbronne (GRRs), die bemeestering van stres, die begrippe &lt;I&gt;salutogenesis&lt;/I&gt; en <I>fortigenesis</I>, asook die kernbegrip van "sin van samehang" (SOC), word ter aanvang gegee. Daarna word De la Rey se funksionering tydens die oorlog uit drie hoeke bekyk: eerstens as man en gesinsmens, waar die ondersteunende rol van sy vrou, Nonnie, duidelik as GRR van eksterne-psigiese aard na vore kom. Vervolgens word sy vaardigheid as kryger en strateeg bespreek. Die breë basis van die wye verskeidenheid van GRRs waaroor De la Rey beskik het, lei daartoe dat hy as &apos;n individu met &apos;n strek SOC bestempel kan word, wat &lt;I&gt;coping&lt;/I&gt; bevorder het. Laastens word daar na De la Rey as &apos;n leier met insig gekyk. Die slotsom waartoe die studie lei, dui daarop dat sy sterk sin van samehang en die onderskraging van sy vrou die twee belangrikste steunpilare was waarop sy sukses berus het.
Paul Kruger in Mosambiek, September - Oktober 1900
Historia 50, pp 85 –117 (2005)
<b>Paul Kruger in Mozambique, September - October 1900</b>
<br>The Anglo-Boer War broke out on 11 October 1899, the day after President S.J.P. Kruger&apos;s seventy-fourth birthday. The President was in Pretoria because he could not participate in the war on account of his age. As a result of the British advance on the South African Republic (ZAR), the Volksraad decided during its last session in Pretoria at the beginning of May 1900, that the Government and the President should move to a safer location than Pretoria. Initially Machadodorp was chosen as the seat of government. However, towards the end of August 1900, the Transvalers were obliged to relocate the headquarters to Nelspruit. The Executive then decided that President Kruger should go to Europe, both for the sake of his personal safety and in order to procure the possible intervention of European states. On 11 September 1900 he crossed the Mozambiquan border and spent over a month at the Governor&apos;s mansion in Lourenço Marques, before boarding the &lt;I&gt;Gelderland&lt;/I&gt; bound for Europe on 19 October 1900. The President&apos;s detour to Lourenço Marques and his activities there, as well as the Portuguese government&apos;s comportment towards him, are described.
Die Anglo-Boereoorlog het op 11 Oktober 1899, die dag na president S.J.P. Kruger se vier-en-sewentigste verjaardag, uitgebreek. Die President was in Pretoria omdat hy weens sy ouderdom nie aktief aan die oorlog kon deelneem nie. As gevolg van die Britse opmars na die Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR) het die Volksraad tydens sy laaste vergadering aan die begin van Mei 1900 in Pretoria besluit dat die regering en die President na &apos;n veiliger plek as Pretoria moes verskuif. Machadodorp is as regeringsetel gekies, maar teen die einde van Augustus 1900 was die Transvalers verplig om die regeringsetel na Nelspruit te verskuif. Ter wille van sy persoonlike veiligheid en om die moontlike tussenkoms van die Europese state te verkry, het die Uitvoerende Raad van die ZAR besluit dat president Kruger na Europa moes gaan. Op 11 September 1900 het hy die grens na Mosambiek oorgesteek en vir ietwat meer as &apos;n maand in die Goewerneurswoning in Lourenço Marques deurgebring, voordat hy op 19 Oktober 1900 onderweg na Europa aan boord van die &lt;I&gt;Gelderland&lt;/I&gt; gegaan het. Die President se uitwyking na en sy doen en late in Lourenço Marques, asook die Portugese owerheid se optrede jeens hom aldaar, word beskryf.
George Jesse Heys (1852-1939) in Pretoria
Historia 50, pp 119 –148 (2005)
<b>George Jesse Heys (1852-1939) in Pretoria</b>
<br>George Heys was &apos;n pionier van Kruger se Pretoria en op baie maniere is sy lewe en werk onlosmaakbaar vervleg met Pretoria se veranderende lot in die laat negentiende en vroeg twintigste eeu. As vooraanstaande suksesvolle entrepreneur, was hy een van &apos;n groep Suid-Afrikaners van Britse afkoms wat &apos;n sleutelrol gespeel het in die vroeë kommersiële ontwikkeling van die dorp. In hierdie artikel word gelet op sy jare as eienaar van &apos;n koetsbedryf in die 1880s, &apos;n onderneming wat later tot &apos;n aansienlike finansiële ryk uitgebou is. &apos;n Ontleding word gemaak van sy sterk identifisering met republikanisme gedurende hierdie tydperk, ten spyte van sy Britse agtergrond. Hy was &apos;n lojale burger, &apos;n vrywilliger in 1880-1881 en &apos;n goeie vriend van Kruger - aan wie hy per geleentheid geld geleen het om amptenare te betaal. Met die uitbreek van die Anglo- Boereoorlog was hy reeds &apos;n welgestelde man, wat in Victoriaanse gemak in Melrosehuis gewoon het. Sy loopbaan het tydens die oorlog oënskynlik verrassend (maar miskien voorspelbaar) min gely. In die naoorlogse tydperk het hy en sy familie - hy was &apos;n toegewyde gesinsman - met gemak by die veranderde omstandighede aangepas. Hy het sy goedingerigte huis eers aan Roberts en daarna aan Kitchener beskikbaar gestel, die eed van getrouheid sonder probleem onderteken en die getroue Britse onderdaan geword wat hy altyd ten diepste was. Al hierdie aspekte van die lewe en tyd van George Jesse Heys in Pretoria word ondersoek deur gebruik te maak van sy privaatdokumente wat steeds in besit van sy nageslag is.
George Heys was a pioneer of Kruger&apos;s Pretoria and in many ways his life and work are inseparably linked with Pretoria&apos;s changing fortunes in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. An eminently successful entrepreneur, he was one of a group of South Africans of British background who played a key role in the early commercial development of the town. This article looks at his years as coaching-line proprietor in the 1880s, the foundation of what later became a considerable financial empire, and studies his close identification in these years, despite his British upbringing, with republicanism. He was a loyal burgher, a volunteer in 1880-1881 and a close friend of Kruger - to whom he lent money on occasion to pay officials. When the Anglo-Boer War broke out, he was already a wealthy man living in Victorian-style comfort in Melrose House, and during the war, his business career surprisingly (but perhaps predictably) appears to have suffered very little. In the post-war years, he and his family - he was a devoted family man - eased effortlessly into the changed circumstances. He made his gracious home available to Roberts and then Kitchener, happily signed the oath of allegiance and became what he had always clearly been at heart - a British loyalist. All these aspects of the life and times of George Jesse Heys in Pretoria are explored, making use of his private papers that are still in the possession of his descendants.
Historia 50, pp 149 –178 (2005)
<b>Die Suid-Afrikaanse koerant- en drukkersbedryf en die impak daarvan op die Nywerheidsversoeningswet van 1924</b>
<br>Hoewel relatief klein in terme van totale vervaardigingsuitset en aantal werknemers, het die Suid-Afrikaanse koerant- en drukkersbedryf daarin geslaag om vanaf die 1920&apos;s &apos;n aansienlike invloed op die deurvoer van sleutel-gedeeltes van arbeidsverhoudingwetgewing uit te oefen. Hierdie artikel fokus spesifiek op die deurvoer van die Nywerheidsversoeningswet van 1924, wat vir verskeie dekades die hoeksteen van die Suid-Afrikaanse beleid oor arbeidsverhoudinge was. Die argument is dat die koerant- en drukkersbedryf &apos;n besonder betekenisvolle invloed op die motivering, opstel en implementering van die Wet gehad het, en dat dié bedryf derhalwe sedert die 1920s in die hele patroon van Suid-Afrikaanse arbeidsverhoudinge, en meer spesifiek in sekondêre industrieë, geïmpliseer word.
The South African newspaper and printing industry, though relatively small in terms of total manufacturing output and employment, succeeded in gaining considerable influence over the passage of key pieces of labour relations legislation from the 1920s. This article in particular focuses on the passage of the Industrial Conciliation Act of 1924, a corner-stone of South African labour relations policy for several decades. It is argued that the newspaper and printing industry had a very significant impact on motivating, drafting and implementing the Act, thereby implicating the industry in the whole pattern of South African labour relations, particularly in secondary industry, from the 1920s onward.
Die Slag van Andringastraat : studente-onluste op Stellenbosch, 1940
Hermann Giliomee and
Historia 50, pp 179 –209 (2005)
<b>The battle of Andringa Street : a student Riot at Stellenbosch, 1940</b>
<br>A student riot that took place in July 1940 in the town of Stellenbosch has long been the subject of anecdotes told by white alumni and residents of the town rather than of serious analyses by scholars. Yet the event is of exceptional interest as it represents one of the few cases in South Africa where a white riot can be said to have taken place. White students attacked coloured residents living in the main part of the town, invading their houses, smashing crockery and assaulting occupants. The article argues that the riot occurred in the context of the National Party&apos;s attempt to disenfranchise the coloured voters, Parliament&apos;s decision of 1939 to declare war, and a regulation compelling citizens to hand in arms. The violence of the Andringa Street events foreshadowed the structural violence of apartheid, introduced a decade later.
Vir baie jare lank was die botsing in Julie 1940 tussen wit studente en bruin inwoners van Stellenbosch die onderwerp van anekdotes en staaltjies wat witmense onder mekaar vertel het. Bruinmense dink egter met skok en verontwaardiging daaraan terug. Hierdie hoogs insiggewende gebeurtenis is nog glad nie deur historici beskryf en ontleed nie. Die artikel beskou die gebeure as &apos;n "white riot" in die sin wat Sheila Smith McKoy die term in haar boek, <I>When whites riot: Writing race and violence</I>, gebruik. Witmense het geweld gebruik om die punt dat swartmense geen politieke regte het nie, te onderstreep. Die onluste was &apos;n voorafskaduwing van die strukturele geweld van apartheid wat &apos;n dekade later sou begin.
Die "stem van Potchefstroom" - &apos;n terugskouing oor die beeld van die PUK as Universiteit in die Suid-Afrikaanse samelewing, 1951-2003
Historia 50, pp 211 –236 (2005)
<b>The "Voice of Potchefstroom"- a survey of the PUK as university in South African society, 1951-2004</b>
<br>Before and after the independence of the Potchefstroom University of Christian Higher Education (PU for CHE / PUK, currently part of a larger institution known as the North West University) in 1951 as a university of unique character in South Africa, the PUK frequently was under fire because of its principles, the socio-political judgments of its intellectuals and the watershed role of some alumni within the South African political system. This voice was frequently referred to as the "voice of Potchefstroom". Ample examples were provided in this article to prove that this voice in essence was prophetic by nature, as well as being a trendsetter in South Africa. It is true though that this voice sometimes characterised itself only in individual, though prominent whisperings, which eventually became louder and mobilized more people to become involved in actions against injustice to a larger extent. Due to limitations of length, this article was not able to illustrate how the voice of the PUK never comprised of a socio-political nature only, but was equally prominent in other fields such as community services, the academy (research that culminated in extraordinary practically applicable developments) and cultural activities for which the University is widely known, as is indeed the case.
Voor en sedert die selfstandigwording van die Potchefstroomse Universiteit vir Christelike Hoër Onderwys (PU vir CHO / PUK, tans deel van &apos;n groter inrigting bekend as die Noordwes-Universiteit) in 1951 as universiteit met &apos;n unieke karakter in Suid-Afrika, was die Universiteit dikwels in die spervuur oor van sy beginsels, die politieke uitsprake van intellektueles uit sy geledere en die waterskeidingsrol van sommige oud- Pukke binne die Suid-Afrikaanse politieke bestel. Na veral hierdie stem is heel dikwels verwys as die "stem van Potchefstroom". Genoegsame voorbeelde is in die artikel uitgewys om hierdie stem te eien as &apos;n stem met profetiese ondertone wat koers in Suid-Afrika help aandui het. Weliswaar was hierdie stem soms gesetel in individuele prominente fluisteringe wat inderdaad mettertyd meer hoorbaar geword het en meer mense tot &apos;n groter betrokkenheid teen ongeregtighede gemobiliseer het. Met meer ruimte sou die artikel ook kon uitwys dat &apos;n instansie soos die PUK se stem nooit net sosio-polities was nie, maar ook ewe prominent op ander terreine soos gemeenskapsdiens, die akademie (navorsing wat uitgeloop het op besondere praktykgedrewe ontwikkelinge en toepassings), asook die grondslaglegging van etlike kultuuraktiwiteite waarvoor die PUK wyd bekend is, gehoor kon word.
The Voortrekker Monument Heritage Site : a new statement of significance
Cecilia Kruger and
Historia 50, pp 237 –260 (2005)
<b>Die Voortrekkermonument Erfenisterrein : &apos;n nuwe betekenisverklaring</b>
<br>Die vernaamste fokus van hierdie artikel is die kulturele betekenis en relevansie van die Voortrekkermonument Erfenisterrein in &apos;n nuwe, demokratiese Suid-Afrika. Erfenis speel &apos;n toenemend belangrike rol in die vorming van ons een-en-twintigste-eeuse samelewing. Verskeie dissiplines het nie alleen reeds van hierdie feit kennis geneem nie, maar ook die bestudering van erfenis en die bestuur daarvan in hulle studiemodules ingesluit. Die Voortrekkermonument en die gedeelte van ons geskiedenis wat dit verteenwoordig, het &apos;n groot rol in die kultuurgeskiedenis van die Afrikaner gespeel en ook die lewens van vele ander individue van ander kultuurgroepe in Suider-Afrika beduidend beïnvloed. Sal hierdie eertydse bastion van Afrikanernasionalisme die toets van die tyd weerstaan en &apos;n bydrae maak tot die welstand van alle Suid-Afrikaners in &apos;n nuwe demokrasie? Die vlak van kulturele volwassenheid en ontwikkeling van die mense van Suid-Afrika sal uiteindelik &apos;n groot rol speel in die bepaling van die lot van hierdie monument.
The major focus of this article is the cultural significance and relevance of the Voortrekker Monument Heritage Site in a new democratic South Africa. Heritage plays an increasingly important role in the forming of our twenty-first century society. Various disciplines have not only taken cognisance of this fact, but have incorporated the study of heritage and its management in their study modules. The Voortrekker Monument and the part of our history which it represents, has played a major role in the cultural history of the Afrikaners and have significantly influenced the lives of many other individuals from other cultural groups in southern Africa. Will this so-called erstwhile bastion of Afrikaner nationalism withstand the test of time and make a contribution to the well-being of all South Africans in a new democracy? The level of cultural maturity and development of the people of South Africa will eventually play a major part in determining the fate of this monument.
Suid-Afrika binne wêreldhistoriese konteks - &apos;n ondersoek na oorsigwerke oor die Suid-Afrikaanse geskiedenis
Historia 50, pp 261 –285 (2005)
<b>South Africa within a world historical context - an inquiry into general surveys of South African history</b>
Contradictory constructions of the crisis in Zimbabwe
Historia 50, pp 287 –310 (2005)
<b>Teenstrydige konstruksies van die krisis in Zimbabwe</b>
<br>&apos;n Treffende aspek van die Zimbabwese krisis is die teenstrydige menings wat oor die betekenis daarvan in Zimbabwe, Afrika en die wyer wêreld gehuldig word. Die bespreking daarvan laat opnuut vrae ontstaan oor die invloed van die vryheidstryd op eietydse politiek, asook die "onafgehandelde besigheid" daarvan, veral wat die voortgesette wanbalans van rasse se grondeienaarskap in suidelike Afrika betref. &apos;n Tweede aspek wat aandag verdien, is vrae oor die wettigheid van die demokrasie in Zimbabwe, veral gesien in die lig van die uiters betwisbare uitslae van &apos;n aantal verkiesings (in 2000, 2002 en 2005) en die afname aan ruimte wat die regering tussen die verkiesings, sowel as daartydens, aan die opposisie gelaat het. &apos;n Derde belangrike debatspunt handel oor die invloed wat globale druk op die ontstaan van die krisis gehad het. <br>Ten minste twee hoofstroom benaderings het ontstaan - een daarvan grootliks ondersteunend van die aksies van die Zimbabwese regering en die ander besonder sterk daarteen gekant. Vir die een opiniegroep lê die sleutel tot begrip vir Zimbabwe se probleme opgesluit in die weiering van magte binne en buite Zimbabwe om die radikale hervorming wat die transformasie van eienaarskap van kommersiële plaasgrond van wit na swart boere tot gevolg gehad het, te aanvaar. &apos;n Sentrale veronderstelling van die opponerende opiniegroep is dat die huidige krisis minder oor die afhandeling van die take van die vryheidstryd deur grondhervorming gaan, en eerder die huidige regering in Zimbabwe se reaksie is op die ernstigste magsuitdaging waarteenoor dit sedert onafhanklikheidswording te staan gekom het. Hierdie studie poog om die meriete van die debat te bepaal.
Mapungubwe in a prehistoric nutshell. Mapungubwe : Ancient Civilisation on the Limpopo, Thomas N. Huffman : book review
Historia 50, pp 311 –313 (2005)
Extracted from text ... Historia, 50, 2, November 2005, pp 311-328. 311 Book Reviews - Boekresensies Mapungubwe in a Prehistoric Nutshell Thomas N. Huffman, Mapungubwe: Ancient Civilisation on the Limpopo Wits University Press, Johannesburg, 2005 64 pp Soft cover Full colour photographs, maps, diagrams and sketches ISBN 1 86814 408 9 R95.00 This book is recommended for the average South African or tourist who would like to know more about the importance of the Mapungubwe cultural landscape and how it fits into the puzzle of the early prehistory of southern Africa. The social, cultural and political developments at Mapungubwe, which is situated on ..
Rassevermenging aan die Kaap. Groep Sonder Grense : Die Rol en Status van die Gemengde Bevolking aan die Kaap, 1652 - 1795, H.F. Heese : book review
Historia 50, pp 313 –314 (2005)
Extracted from text ... 313 Rassevermenging aan die Kaap H.F. Heese, Groep Sonder Grense: Die Rol en Status van die Gemengde Bevolking aan die Kaap, 1652 - 1795 Pretoria Boekhuis, Pretoria, 2005 160 pp ISBN 1 86919 057 2 R99.95 Hierdie studie (die tweede druk van die uitgawe van 1985) bespreek een van die kardinale aspekte in die geskiedenis van inter-volkereverhoudings aan die Kaap, naamlik rassevermenging en die wyse waarop die betrokkenes en hulle nageslag in die samelewing tereggekom het. Die uitgawe van 1985 het &apos;n opskudding onder veral die regse groepe in die Suid-Afrikaanse politieke arena veroorsaak. Die rede hiervoor is dat ..
The last Vrijstatia book. The Griqua Mission at Philippolis, 1822-1837, Karel Schoeman (ed) : book review
Historia 50, pp 314 –317 (2005)
Extracted from text ... 314 The Last Vrijstatia Book Karel Schoeman (ed), The Griqua Mission at Philippolis, 1822-1837 Protea Book House, Pretoria, 2005 142 pp Soft cover ISBN 1 86919 017 3 R99.95 This work is the fifteenth (and final) number to appear in the Vrijstatia series. Despite its value to historians of the Free State, as well as mission historians, this series has never been a financially self-sustaining one. Its editor has always had to rely on subsidies for its publication. With changing publishing priorities accompanying political change in the country since the 1990s, it was impossible to obtain subsidies for volumes ..
Light on a rebellion of 1906. Bhambatha at Mpanza : The Making of a Rebel, P.S. Thompson : book review
M. Muziwandile Hadebe
Historia 50, pp 317 –320 (2005)
Extracted from text ... 317 Light on a Rebellion of 1906 P.S. Thompson, Bhambatha at Mpanza: The Making of a Rebel P.S. Thompson, 2004 153 pp ISBN 0 620 31692 6 R190.00 Thompson&apos;s contribution to the historiography of KwaZulu-Natal is welcome. The book is well-researched. The fact that it is predominately based on the archival research, is also commendable. It is "only half a biography" of Bhambatha. It looks at him from his early childhood as "a headstrong boy, fond of fighting". He was very good at shooting and a fast runner. He took over a Zondi chiefdom that had a lot of problems, ..
A study in Afro-pessimism. The State of Africa : A History of Fifty Years of Independence, Martin Meredith : book review
Historia 50, pp 320 –324 (2005)
Extracted from text ... 320 A Study in Afro-pessimism Martin Meredith, The State of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence Jonathan Ball Publishers, Johannesburg & Cape Town, 2005 752 pp ISBN 1 86842 220 8 R184.00 The State of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence is the latest offering from Martin Meredith, the author of many books on the recent history of Africa, as well as biographies of some of the major political actors. As the title suggests, this book focuses on Africa&apos;s experience in the half-century following the end of European colonialism. Although it is subtitled A History of ..
Krisisse en geleenthede van die een-en-twintigste eeu. Free World, Timothy Garton Ash : book review
Historia 50, pp 325 –328 (2005)
Extracted from text ... Reviews 325 Krisisse en Geleenthede van die Een-en-twintigste Eeu Timothy Garton Ash, Free World Penguin, 2005 317 pp Soft cover ISBN 0 14101 681 7 R110.00 Hierdie nuwe sagteband-uitgawe van die w?reldbekende Oxfordse historikus Timothy Garton Ash, vroe?r vanjaar deur die Amerikaanse nuustydskrif Time gelys as een van die honderd jonger mense in die w?reld om dop te hou, is in twee opsigte &apos;n werk van besondere historiese betekenis. In die eerste plek is dit van belang omdat dit &apos;n een-entwintigste- eeuse idealistiese teenpool vir die twintigste-eeuse pessimistiese studie van Oswald Spengler se Untergang des Abendlandes (1918) bied. Beide ..