Browsing by Issue Date
Now showing items 1-7 of 7
-
Reading the voices of a fractured Coloured elite : Coloured intellectuals and newspapers in the Cape, c. 1959-1966
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The history of Coloured politics, especially in the Cape, imbibed notions of race, belonging, identity and even linguistic or cultural distinctions. The rise of a Coloured elite who spoke “on behalf” ... -
Institutionalising the ‘skollie’: social labelling and philanthropic institutional reform at Klaasjagersberg State Institution for Coloured boys c. 1934-1979
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Existing research on punishment and (re)education in state institutions in South Africa reflects the shift in penological discourse from punitive to rehabilitation of children deemed delinquent or ‘in ... -
The hidden history of supporting actors in the first human-to-human heart transplant, c.1958-1967
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The first successful human-to-human heart transplant occurred in South Africa on the evening and early morning of 2 and 3 December 1967. It was a groundbreaking moment in world history and became the ... -
Die geskiedenis van Afrikaanse sosiale klubs in Suid-Afrika met spesiale fokus op die Maria van Riebeeck-klub en Klub Here Sewentien
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study provides an in-depth view of the history and role of two selected Afrikaans social clubs in South Africa within the context of clubs as a social phenomenon. Social clubs are institutions that ... -
Captured by curiosity : the historical development of astronomy in South Africa, from the pre-colonial past to c.1970
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The historical development of astronomy in South Africa did not occur along linear lines, nor was it sustained by only one group of people or one intellectual tradition. This thesis offers a fresh history ... -
By the stroke of a pen : an evaluation of the Cape Times and Die Burger’s portrayal of racial reclassification from 1980-1990
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: During apartheid, South Africans were assigned one of four main racial categories: white, black, Indian, or coloured. Given the fluidities of race, “misassignment” was common, leading individuals to ... -
The biography of Dr Hannah-Reeve Sanders, the first female Chief Medical Superintendent of Groote Schuur Hospital
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Known by the phrase, ‘The country girl who did good,’ Dr Hannah-Reeve-Sanders was committed to the idea of becoming a doctor from a young age. Through a biographical sketch beginning in 1928 until 1998, ...
