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“Ik weet niets van de ontploffing” : an examination of the Braamfontein Explosion of 1896
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis investigates the causes and origins of the Braamfontein Explosion or disaster of 1896, while outlining its immediate effects. Various sources do discuss or mention a cause for the explosion, ... -
“Barbed-Wire Boks” : the long shadow of the 1981 Springbok Tour of New Zealand and the United States of America
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In 1981, during the height of apartheid, the South African national rugby team, the Springboks, toured to New Zealand and the United States of America. In South Africa, the tour was expected to reopen ...
