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Lettie Pretorius Collection index
No full textThis index describes the Lettie Pretorius Collection and contains notes ; lectures ; correspondence ; articles ; manuscripts ; radio talks ; diverse programmes.
This collection includes manuscripts translated from Swedish, Spanish and German by Dr. Lettie Pretorius (1906-1994).
The collection is compiled into 9 pamphlet boxes
Gert Pretorius Collection index
No full textThis index describes the Gert Pretorius Collection and contains articles ; manuscripts ; correspondence ; radio talks ; clippings ; personalia.
This collection contains manuscripts of books written by Gert Pretorius, such as Die Malans van môrewag, and, Man van die daad : 'n biografie van Brückner de Villiers, as well as of plays, short stories and poems. The collection is compiled into 13 pamphlet boxes
Johannes Pretorius, die Stamvader van die Pretoriusse van Suid-Afrika, se jare op Mauritius, 1666-1669: I
No full textThe Mauritius years of Johannes Pretorius, progenitor of the Pretorius family of South Africa (1666-1669). The Mascarene Islands of Reunion (Bourbon), Mauritius and Rodrigues were discovered in 1513 by the Portuguese navigator, Don Pedro Mascarenha. Mauritius was initially called Ilha da Cirnos (Swan Island) after the swan-like but now long extinct dodo birds. The first settlers were Dutch seamen under Admiral Wybrandt van Warwyk who landed on the island in 1598 and named it Mauritius in honour of their stadholder Maurice of Orange (Nassau). The island which was strategically situated between the Cape and Batavia (Jakarta) in the East Indies was occupied by the Dutch East India Company for the first time in 1638. The main reasons for this occupation were firstly to avoid the menacing Portuguese presence along the East Coast of Africa and secondly the abundance of much sought after ebony on the island. Although the Dutch abandoned the island in 1658, the Dutch East India Company informed Jan van Riebeeck in 1657 that henceforth Mauritius would be administered by the Cape Council of Policy. This led to the second Dutch settlement which lasted for nearly half a century - from 1664 till 1710 - and forget the historic link between the Cape Dutch Settlement and the distant island of Mauritius. In 1666, two years after the second Dutch occupation, Johannes Pretorius, European ancestor of the South African Pretorius family was sent to Mauritius by the Council of Policy at the Cape. This account of his departure from the Netherlands, his arrival at the Cape, his subsequent departure and three years\u27 stay on Mauritius is set in the prevailing Cape and Mauritian history and has been compiled from South African and Dutch archivalia.
Die skilderagtige, gedeeltelik tropiese en vrugbare eiland van Mauritius in die lndiese Oseaan is in 1513 deur die Portugese ontdek. Hulle het dit die Swan-eiland (Ilha da Cirnos) genoem, vermoedelik vanwee die groot en nou uitgestorwe oervoels, die dodo\u27s, wat destyds op die strande gevind is. Die eiland is een van die Maskarene-eilande wat ook insluit Reunion (Bourbon) en Rodrigues. Hulle is vernoem na die Portugese seevaarder Don Pedro Mascarenhas wat die eilande in 1513 ontdek het. Gelukkig was die ou Hollandse seevaarders van die sewentiende en agtiende eeu baie trots op hulle meer geloofwaardige dade. Tereg ook so want vir hierdie klein Europese volk was daar soms meer Nederlandse skepe ter see as die hele res van Europa. Gevolglik is elke seereis na die Ooste opgeteken en kan daar vandag in Den Haag uit hierdie rykste versameling van maritieme geskiedenis ter wereld ook die vroee geskiedenis van Mauritius gevind word. Hieruit is bekend dat die Hollanders in 1598 op die eiland geland en dit na hulle stadhouer Maurits van Oranje (Nassau), ook die seun van Willem van Oranje (Nassau), vernoem bet. Teen 1638 het die Verenigde Oos-Indiese Companje (V.O.C.) besluit om die eiland vir die eerste keer te beset. Dit is strategies en gunstig ongeveer halfweg tussen die Kaap en Batavia (Jakarta) op pad na Oos-Indie gelee. Die vernaamste redes vir die besetting was om die Portugese besetting van die Oos-Afrikaanse kus te vermy en die groot voorrade gesogte ebbehout op die eiland. Alhoewel hierdie eerste besetting in 1658 beeindig is, het die V.O.C. in 1657 reeds vir Jan van Riebeeck in kennis gestel dat beplan word om Mauritius onder die Kaapse bestuur te plaas. \u27n Minder bekende maar nietemin wetenswaardige geskiedkundige tydperk het hierdeur tussen die Kaapse nedersetting en die afgelee Mauritius tydens die daaropvolgende tweede Nederlandse besetting van Mauritius tussen 1664 en 1710, ontstaan. Ten spyte van heelwat inligting oor die Europese herkoms en familiegeskiedenis van Johannes Pretorius, stamvader van die Pretoriusse van Suid-Afrika, bestaan daar tot dusver geen volledige verhaal oor sy vertrek uit Holland tot en met sy terugkeer na die Kaap na \u27n verblyf van ongeveer drie jaar op Mauritius nie. Daar bestaan selfs onsekerheid of hy eers die Kaap aangedoen het voor sy aankoms op Mauritius. Wat wel bekend is, en waarvan kortliks melding gemaak word, is dat hy op Mauritius as sieketrooster en sekunde in die diens van die V.O.C. was. Dr. C. Graham Botha, \u27n voormalige hoofargivaris, het vermoedelik eerste in \u27n tot dusver ongepubliseerde artikel, "Een Genealogiese Studie: Die familie Pretorius", kortliks na Johannes Pretorius se verblyf op Mauritius verwys. Wat volg is \u27n rekonstruksie van die ervaring van Johannes Pretorius sedert sy vertrek in Desember 1665 uit Holland tot en met sy terugkeer in 1669 na die Kaap
Johannes Pretorius, die stamvader van die Pretoriusse van Suid-Afrika, se jare op Mauritius : 1666-1669 : II
No full textThe Mauritius years of Johannes Pretorius, progenitor of the Pretorius family of South Africa (1666-1669)The Mascarene Islands of Reunion (Bourbon), Mauritius and Rodrigues were discovered in 1513 by the Portuguese navigator, Don Pedro Mascarenha. Mauritius was initially called Ilha da Cirnos (Swan Island) after the swan-like but now long extinct dodo birds. The first settlers were Dutch seamen under Admiral Wybrandt van Warwyk who landed on the island in 1598 and named it Mauritius in honour of their stadholder Maurice of Orange (Nassau). The island which was strategically situated between the Cape and Batavia (Jakarta) in the East Indies was occupied by the Dutch East India Company for the first time in 1638. The main reasons for this occupation were firstly to avoid the menacing Portuguese presence along the East Coast of Africa and secondly the abundance of much sought after ebony on the island. Although the Dutch abandoned the island in 1658, the Dutch East India Company informed Jan van Riebeeck in 1657 that henceforth Mauritius would be administered by the Cape Council of Policy. This led to the second Dutch settlement which lasted for nearly half a century -from 1664 till 1710 -and forget the historic link between the Cape Dutch Settlement and the distant island of Mauritius. In 1666, two years after the second Dutch occupation, Johannes Pretorius, European ancestor of the South African Pretorius family was sent to Mauritius by the Council of Policy at the Cape. This account of his departure from the Netherlands, his arrival at the Cape, his subsequent departure and three years\u27 stay on Mauritius is set in the prevailing Cape and Mauritian history and has been compiled from South Mrican and Dutch archivalia. As a young 22 year old midshipman he sailed from the Netherlands in December 1665 and after a brief sojourn at the Cape was commissioned by the Council of Policy as secunde to the island of Mauritius. His initial status was that of sick-comforter and subsequently also of secunde. During 1667 the Council of Policy suggested that he be considered for the office of governor of the island. He remained on Mauritius for three years and returned to the Cape in December 1669. On his return he wrote a comprehensive report on the wildlife, the horticultural prospects and the supplies of ebony on the island. He concludes his report by confirming the self-sufficiency of the settlement following the second Dutch occupation in 1664
Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
A psychobiographical study of Sybrand Gerhardus(Brand)Pretorius
No full textThe South African businessman, Brand Pretorius, was born in the rural Orange Free State town of Steynsrus in 1953. Pretorius rose to prominence in the motor industry in South Africa and he retired in 2011 as Chairman of McCarthy Motor Holdings Limited the largest motor retailer in South Africa. Pretorius was selected for this psychobiographical study by means of purposive sampling, given his extraordinary business achievements. Pretorius is publicly recognised as one of South Africa’s most successful businessmen and leaders. Psychobiographical research typically takes into consideration the entire life of an individual with the aim of uncovering the story of an individual’s life through the lens of a particular theory. The aim of this study was to explore and describe the leadership development of Brand Pretorius juxtaposed against the model of authentic leadership proposed by Avolio and Luthans (2003). The life history of Brand Pretorius was studied using a qualitative single-case study design. The psychobiographical research method allowed the single-case to be studied spanning his entire career. Data was collected from both primary and secondary sources. Conceptual matrices were used to organise and integrate the findings against the model of authentic leadership. The use of multiple data sources increased the validity and reliability of the research process and findings. To ensure ethical integrity the researcher obtained informed consent from Pretorius. The findings of this research study indicate that Pretorius was able to successfully display the authentic leadership dimensions of self-awareness, internalised moral perspective, balanced processing, relational transparency and positive psychological capacities throughout the course of his career
Responsible Investment: A Vehicle for Environmentally Sustainable Economic Growth in South Africa
No full textThis paper explores whether any investment products or strategies in South Africa take environmental sustainability into account. By looking at how environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are used in investment decision making, we found that most socially-responsible investment products and responsible investment strategies largely focus on infrastructure, development, and black economic empowerment. Environmental criteria do not yet receive comparable attention from South African asset managers and owners. Mainstreaming responsible investment principles will need to come from either an increase in demand for such practices by asset owners or from company positions on ESG issues.responsible investment, socially responsible investment, pension funds, asset managers, screening, active share ownership
The Welverdient homestead of general Andries Pretorius
No full textA favourite denouement of fiction, and one which never fails to please, is the last-minute reprieve. In actuality an eleventh hour salvation is less common and, on that account, the more impressive. The nick-of- time saving by the Historical Monuments Commission of the homestead of General Andries Pretorius at Edendale, near Pietermaritzburg, is a particular case in point. The story, however, is best told from the beginning! In the 1930s the then Archivist of the Natal Archives Depot, Martin Basson, assembled verbal evidence from persons of all race groups of the Edendale vicinity to the effect that the building then known as the "school-room" was the original homestead of the Voortrekker hero, Andries Pretorius. Lack of positive documentary proof and discrepancies in the evidence moved the Historical ,7Jfonuments Commission, however, to reject the pro. position, subsequent developments entirely supporting this rejection. For reasons unknown the matter was then laid to rest for almost three decades
Is neuroscience challenging the Pentecostal view of spiritual experiences and practice?
No full textIt is difficult to describe the relationship of Pentecostals to the natural sciences concerning spiritual experiences and practice as proposed by Amos Yong (2011) a pentecostal scholar, since most Pentecostals seemingly advocate a fundamentalist worldview. This often results in epistemic boundaries vis-à-vis the value of natural science in better understanding spiritual experiences and practice. Yet, one cannot ignore that the natural sciences are making tremendous progress in understanding the cognitive side to these experiences. Admittedly, how to engage faith and science meaningfully within a fundamental worldview on this, is challenging.https://www.sats.edu.za/pretorius-neuroscience-pentecostal-spiritual-experience-practiceam2019Dogmatics and Christian Ethic
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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