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Liberation or Reconstruction: a critical survey on the relevance of Black theology in light of the emergence of Reconstruction theology
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
The purpose of this investigation is to discuss the relevance of Black theology in light of the emergence of reconstruction theology. It offers a critical survey of a range of contributions on this issue, questioning whether ...
Biography in and of an archive : the Shelagh Gastrow Collection and South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2012)
This study is about the recent political history of South Africa. It examined the crucial period of late apartheid, through the political transition into democracy. The study was conducted through the lenses of Shelagh ...
Integration in South Africa: a study of changes in the community health system
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
In the thesis, I analyse a facilitated pilot project of integration of health care services at the community-level. The importance of the thesis is justified by three reasons: firstly integration and the creation of a ...
Die "kritiese stem" teen apartheidsteologie in die Ned Geref Kerk (1905-1974): 'n Analise van die bydraes van Ben Marais en Beyers Naudé
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
The problem investigated in this study centres around two theological trends in the Dutch Reformed
Church (henceforth DRC) during the period 1905-1974, namely, on the one hand, the theology of
apartheid (resulting in ...
Exhumations, reburials and history making in post-apartheid South Africa.
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
This mini-thesis, ‘Exhumation, Reburial and History Making in South Africa’, is concerned with an analysis of the practices of exhumation and reburial through discussing the case studies of the Iron-Age archaeological site ...
Visual entanglement: Political and aesthetic connotations of Gladys Mgudlandlu’s work
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
This study focuses on how we can interpret political meanings embedded in Gladys
Mgudlandlu’s work by concentrating on her landscapes, murals, and portraits during
the period of the 1960s – 1980s. The core of my thesis ...
Multilingualism and linguistic landscapes across space and time in the public railway system in South Africa: A multisemiotic analysis
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
During apartheid, the infrastructure in South Africa was built by the government and
was designed to keep Blacks away from White areas. This infrastructure comprised
inter alia the public railway system which was intended ...
A phenomenological discourse analysis of harassed female 'skinscapes' in select public spaces in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Street harassment refers to the unsolicited verbal remarks and nonverbal gestures that women
are subjected to by men when moving through (public) spaces. The dominant discourse sees
this phenomenon as firstly a gendered ...
Visual trauma: Representations of African bodies in the 1983 Contre Apartheid Exhibition
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
After the 1976 student uprising, South Africa entered a period of increased violent state
repression. The struggle against apartheid also became increasingly globalised, as can be seen
in the UN resolution and the rise ...
The sound of war: Apartheid, audibility, and resonance
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
This study approaches the field of military history with approaches to the study of sound in order to
interrogate the concept of war that underpins military historiography as a disciplinary formation. It
delineates the ...