Masters Degrees (History): Recent submissions
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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 ... -
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 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, ... -
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” ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
From policy to operational application : The South African Defence Force 1969-1989
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South African conflicts, if not most conflicts , can be summarised in the phrase by Heinz Guderian; “There are no desperate situations, there are only desperate people”. 1 While the years that followed ... -
"They have put a rope around my neck by bringing me here”: a historical exploration of witchcraft trials in the Transkeian Territories, 1882-1906
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: “‘They have put a rope around my neck by bringing me here’: A Historical Exploration of Witchcraft Trials in the Transkeian Territories, 1882-1906” investigates neglected historiographical terrains by ... -
A historical exploration of the institutional and residence cultures of Stellenbosch University, c. 2000-2018
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Universities, as microcosms of society, have been characterized as public interest institutions. According to sociologist, Kathleen Lynch, they have been considered as bastions for the free exchange of ... -
Blue, green and everything in-between : the history of the Cape Aquaria c.1902 - 1995
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Environmental historians have long sought to investigate the various ways humans have come to interact with the natural environment. Recently, some historians have focused their attention on the interplay ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
‘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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...
