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South African missions, Methodism, identity and agency in the Cape, with reference to the Klipfontein Mission Station, ca.1800s-2010s
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The development of an individual’s personal and community identity forms an intrinsic part of how that individual views the world around them and directs their choices and actions within that context.
The ...
Its just a matter of time : African American musicians and the Cultural Boycott in South Africa, 1968-1983
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In 1968 the United Nations General Assembly instituted a cultural boycott against apartheid South Africa. The cultural boycott prevented South Africa from having cultural, educational and sporting ties ...
The organised expansion and permanent settlement of people in Boesmanland in correlation with accessible water sources : 1760–C.1960
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to examine the permanent expansion and settlement of humans in Boesmanland through research of available literature and archival sources on water. Despite
nutrient rich ...
The impact of the Mental Health Act No. 18 of 1973 and related legislation on sentencing practices at the Cape Town Supreme Court, 1964-1980
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study will empirically analyse whether the Mental Health Act of 1973 had
an impact on sentencing practices for murder and murder related crimes at the Cape Supreme Court from 1964-1980. It contextualises ...
If you had been a man you would have gone a very long way… : the public and private politics of Emeline du Toit, 1898–c. 1948
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Born as the youngest child of two of the most prominent Afrikaners of the 19th and 20th
centuries, Emeline du Toit lived an explicitly political life, embodying her beliefs through her actions during ...
‘n Geskiedenis van die samestelling en funksionering van die Suid-Afrikaanse Parlementêre stelsel, 1910-1999
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study examines the structure and functioning of the South African parliamentary system from 1910 to 1999. The thesis specifically focuses on the First
South African Parliament (1910 to 1915), the ...
Between duty and desire : pre-nuptial pregnancy and unmarried motherhood in Anglican Cape Town during the first half of the twentieth century
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Throughout the first half of the twentieth century couples were exhorted by both the church and secular authorities to delay sexual intercourse until after marriage, but popular attitudes towards premarital ...
The socio-economic impact of drought in the period 1924-1934 on the magisterial district of Vanrhynsdorp
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Drought in the historiography of South Africa was often rationalised as a cause for historical
events, with little to no accompanying localisation of impacts. This creates a distinct gap in South African ...
Animals, acrobats and amusement : a history of performance in South Africa’s circus industry, c.1882–1963
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In South Africa, the circus industry became an important leisure industry in the 1800s and remained a popular form of entertainment until the turn of the twenty-first century, attracting ...
Enfranchised Africans and disfranchising legislations : an analysis of the educated landowners of Queenstown as an African middle class, c.1872-1909.
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The right to vote in public political elections for parliamentary representatives in the Cape Colony was determined by various legislations reflected through the Cape franchise. For ...