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Neoliberalism, regime rurvival, and the environment: economic reform and agricultural transformation in Zimbabwe in the 1990s
(Taylor & Francis, 2001)
Economic reform in Zimbabwe under the auspices of the Bank
World Bank and IMF began in 1991. The first phase of
program, called structural economic adjustment program
(ESAP ) lasted from 1991 to 1996. The second phase, ...
A flying Springbok of wartime British skies: A.G. "Sailor" Malan
(Published by History Department, University of the Western Cape, 2009)
This article, an expanded version of a 2008 public lecture, explores the life and
times of Adolph Gysbert ʻSailorʼ Malan, a South African who rose to prominence
as a combatant in the 1940 Battle of Britain and who, after ...
Not quite fair play, old chap: The complexion of cricket and sport in South Africa
(Published by History Dept, University of the Western Cape, 2009)
This review essay explores the racial and social divides that have permeated cricket in South Africa.
An analysis of what has been "lost" in the interpretation and transcription process of selected TRC testimonies
(Department of General Linguistics, Stellenbosch University, 2006)
The main aim of this research is to evaluate “what has been lost” in the simultaneous interpretation and transcription processes of selected Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) testimonies. The testimonies under ...
Land distribution politics in the Eastern Cape midlands: The case of the Lukhanji municipality, 1995-2006
(Published by History Dept, University of the Western Cape, 2009)
Since its initiation, South Africaʼs post-apartheid land reform programme has
generated extensive analysis and critique that in turn has yielded a body of
scholarship. Discussion revolves around the official policy of ...
An early modern entrepreneur: Hendrik Oostwald Eksteen and the creation of wealth in Cape Town, 1702–1741
(Published by History Department, University of the Western Cape, 2009)
This article uses the career of Hendrik Oostwald Eksteen at the Cape between
1702 and 1741 to illustrate the mechanisms free burghers could use to create
wealth in an economically restrictive environment. By making use ...
Utopia Live: Singing the Mozambican struggle for national liberation
(History Department, University of the Western Cape, 2009)
This article engages a historical reconstruction of the formation of Makonde
revolutionary singing in the process of the Mozambican liberation struggle. The
history of ʻUtopia liveʼ is here entrusted to wartime genres, ...
Contestations over knowledge production or ideological bullying? A response to Legassick on the workers' movement
(Published by History Dept, University of the Western Cape, 2009)
The key characteristic of the vast amount of literature on the South African workers
ʼ movement in the post-1973 period is the denial that the class and national
struggles were closely intertwined. This denial is underpinned ...
Complicit refugees, cosmopolitans and xenophobia: Khaled Hosseini's 'The Kite Runner' and Romesh Gunesekera's 'Reef' in conversation with texts on xenophobia in South Africa
(Common Ground, 2008)
In the aftermath of the brutal xenophobic attacks in parts of South Africa against 'other' Africans between March
and May this year, a fairly sustained (if repetitive) public debate has emerged in the local press. The aim ...
When was South African history ever postcolonial?
(History Department, UWC, 2008)
In this article I argue that what enabled affiliation to the larger political project
against apartheid was precisely the production of a subject that was always,
and necessarily, threaded through a structure of racial ...