Let Mrs Mafekeng stay : an evaluation of the Paarl riots of 1959

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dc.contributor.authorRommelspacher, Amyen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-17T09:45:52Z
dc.date.available2019-01-17T09:45:52Z
dc.date.issued2017-05
dc.descriptionCITATION: Rommelspacher, A. 2017. Let Mrs Mafekeng stay : an evaluation of the Paarl riots of 1959. Historia, 62(1):48-72, doi:10.17159/2309-8392/2017/v62n1a3.en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://www.scielo.org.zaen_ZA
dc.description.abstractIn South African historical research, the Paarl riots of 9-10 November 1959 have been viewed fleetingly as an episode centred around Elizabeth Mafekeng,[1] a trade union activist of the 1940s and 1950s. On closer examination, however, most of the participants in the events, Coloured people,[2] seem to have drawn to them for multifaceted reasons which question assigning their cause to the banishment of Mafekeng alone. The Cape Times, Cape Argus, New Age, Die Burger and Paarl Post newspapers were examined for information concerning the riots. The Paarl Magistrate's Criminal Records also provided insight into the nature of the unrest, while secondary literature concerning the Coloured population was also studied. The basis of the involvement of local inhabitants in the events was found to have been divided. Their participation could not be pinned down to one person or a single cause. Instead, a depiction and investigation of the full account of the events reveals three main groups that could be identified within their collective body. There were those who were actively involved; those who consciously separated themselves from the proceedings; and those whose participation did not seem to be politically motivated. The events appear to be more complex than they have been remembered.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0018-229X2017000100003
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.format.extent25 pagesen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationRommelspacher, A. 2017. Let Mrs Mafekeng stay : an evaluation of the Paarl riots of 1959. Historia, 62(1):48-72, doi:10.17159/2309-8392/2017/v62n1a3en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2309-8392 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0018-229X (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.17159/2309-8392/2017/v62n1a3
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/105346
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherHistorical Association of South Africaen_ZA
dc.rights.holderHistorical Association of South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectPaarl riots of 9-10 November 1959en_ZA
dc.subjectMafekeng, Elizabeth -- 1918-2009en_ZA
dc.subjectWomen anti-apartheid activists -- South Africa -- 1940-1950en_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africa -- Politics and government -- 1948-1994en_ZA
dc.titleLet Mrs Mafekeng stay : an evaluation of the Paarl riots of 1959en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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