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Alan Cobley (ed.), From Cattle-herding to Editor’s Chair: The Unfinished Autobiography and Writings of Richard Victor Selope Thema
No full textThe Van Riebeeck Society (VRS) plays a critical role by making primary sources of history available to the public. Established in August 1918, the society was founded “to print or reprint for distribution among the members, and for sale to the public, rare and valuable books, pamphlets and documents relating to the history of Southern Africa”. The publication of Richard Victor Selope Thema’s (1886–1955) autobiography and writings is another milestone for the society. According to Professor Howard Phillips, the chair of the VRS, the publication of Thema’s writings is “a companion piece to the volume published by the VRS in 2012, A.B. Xuma: Autobiography and Selected Works” (p iv) edited by Peter Limb. Dr Xuma (1893– 1962) was not only a contemporary of Thema, but like Thema, he was also an author of note
Fatima Meer, Memories of Love and Struggle
No full textThe role of women continues to be neglected in the documenting of historical events, as it has been ever since the dawn of historiography. According to Winnie Mandela in the foreword of this book, South Africa is “still a patriarchal society, in which men are more recognised than women” (p 13). The life of Fatima Meer (1928–2010) is a case in point. Born to a newspaper editor father; literacy, education and justice formed the bedrock of Meer’s life but it is for her political activism that she is best remembered. Yet, despite the influential role she played in political activism, Meer is not a political figure who is often remembered and recognised. However, she was a prolific author, with some sources ascribing more than 40 books to her pen in addition to her work as a sociology academic. According to Shamim in the introduction of this book, Meer began to draft her autobiography in the year 2000 while compiling a book on her late husband Ismail Meer. Despite suffering a stroke in 2002 which confined Fatima to a wheelchair for the last 7 years of her life, she continued to work on her autobiography although it was only in 2017 that the book was finally published
Comparing statistical inference and spatial analysis in geomorphology : a case study of Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Gauteng
Get PDFDissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2013.This dissertation presents the findings of a study that was undertaken in order to
investigate the differences in conclusions drawn based on the method of analysis.
Specifically, the conclusions drawn using inferential statistics was compared to the
conclusions drawn using spatial analysis. The peatlands of Rietvlei Nature Reserve
was selected as the landscape unit for this study and two soil attributes, namely soil
pH and soil carbon, was investigated. Prior to data analysis outliers were identified
and removed using the interquartile method. The findings suggest that there are
indeed large differences between the conclusions drawn using the various approaches
with the spatial analysis revealing larger differences between the two study sites. It is
argued that the limitations imposed by the nature of geographic data need to be taken
into consideration when any statistical or spatial analysis is carried out.gm2014Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorologyunrestricte
Derek R. Peterson, Kodzo Gavua and Ciraj Rassool (eds), The Politics of Heritage in Africa: Economies, Histories, and Infrastructures
Get PDFGavin Cooper, Under Devil’s Peak: The Life and Times of Wilfrid Cooper, an Advocate in the Age of Apartheid
No full textAlthough the judiciary forms a critical branch in the process of governance as an independent arbitrator, it remains in many ways an inaccessible system for ordinary citizens, with its legalistic jargon and endlessly complicated processes. Public interest in legal processes continues to flourish, however, with recent high profile court cases such as the Oscar Pistorius trial and the technological developments such as social media combining to make headlines on a scale never seen before. In recent years, agrowing number of publications do, however, capture the complex processes of the judiciary in a more consumer friendly manner, yet without the poor aftertaste of sensationalism. Under Devil’s Peak falls squarely into this position. 
A dialogue opened up between past, present and future 491 Days: Prisoner Number 1323/69, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela : book review
No full textThe Zuma years: South Africa's changing face of power, Richard Calland: book review
No full textRichard Calland, The Zuma years: South Africa’s changing face of power. Cape
Town: Zebra Press, 2013. ISBN: 978-1-77022-088-1. 505 pages.Abstract not availablePublisher's versio
John Gribble and Graham Scott, We Die like Brothers: The Sinking of the SS Mendi
No full textThe centenary commemoration of the First World War (1914 – 1918), also once known as The Great War, has stirred worldwide interest in the events, leading to a number of important publications seeing the light in recent years. From a South Africanperspective, the First World War (WWI) had an important impact on the Union of South Africa and sparked civil unrest in the form of a rebellion in protest to South African involvement in WW1. The story of South Africa’s involvement in South West Africa israther well known and is considered by many as the first allied victory of WWI. The events surrounding the sinking of the SS Mendi is however more obscure and it is also now accepted that the tragedy of the sinking of the SS Mendi forms a neglected part of South African historiography due to the fact the role of the labourers in WWI has not been fully acknowledged in the past. This is of course not unique to South African historiography, as noted by Gribble and Scott. Despite the important role that thelabourers played in the war, their role has not been acknowledged in history books (p. 15)
First President : A Life of John L. Dube, Founding President of the ANC, H. Hughes A study in leading the way : book review
No full textAn obscure struggle stalwart brought to light Govan Mbeki: A Jacana Pocket Biography, Colin Bundy : book review
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