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Revisiting Mhlontlo and his legacy
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
The study attempts to recover the figure of King Charles Mhlontlo who fell out of favor with
his colonial masters after he resisted going to war against his neighbors during the debacle
that led to the killing of Hamilton ...
Connectedness and disconnectedness in Thembeyakhe Harry Gwala's biography, 1920-1995: Rethinking Political Militancy, Mass Mobilisation and Grassroots Struggles in South Africa
(The University of the Western Cape, 2018)
This dissertation is premised on the notions of connectedness and disconnectedness as a
contribution to the field of South African biography. I argue that Harry Gwala’s life was
characterised by connectedness and ...
We cannot carry our own poverty: Native Affairs, welfare reform and the development of an 'inclusive' social pension system in South Africa, 1936 - 1959
(The University of the Western Cape, 2017)
“We cannot carry our own poverty”: Native Affairs, welfare
reform and the development of an ‘inclusive’ social pension
system in South Africa, 1936 – 1959
An ‘inclusive’ system of state social pensions was introduced ...
The 1945 General Strike in Northern Nigeria and its Role in Anti-Colonial Nationalism
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
This thesis follows the course of the Nigerian general strike of 1945 in the Northern provinces, a previously under-researched region. It examines some of the many ways in which the strike has been understood in the academy, ...
Being / becoming the "Cape Town flower sellers" The botanical complex, flower selling and floricultures in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
This mini-thesis is concerned with histories of flower selling in Cape Town. Since the late 19th century, images and imaginings of the flower sellers in Adderley Street and to a lesser degree in other areas of the city ...
An uncertain remaking: Changing the Hout Bay Museum, 1979 -2013
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
This mini-thesis is premised on the notion that museums in the past operated from a platform of certainty. Objects had always been the heart and soul of museums and were seen to provide factual evidence, especially in ...
A triangulation of relationships: Godfrey Wilson, Zacharia Mawere and their Bemba informants in Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia, 1938–1941
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
The rich corpus of postcolonial scholarly engagement on indigenous intermediaries, interpreters, clerks and assistants has a made a strong argument for the active participation of African agents in social scientific knowledge ...
Conserving spaces of memory and heritage: the complexities, challenges and politics of the stone wall project on bluestone quarry at Robben Island
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
This thesis is a critical study of a conservation project on restoration of a Stone Wall at Bluestone Quarry on Robben Island, a world heritage site. The Stone Wall was built by the ex-political prisoners, in the early ...
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 ...
Night writing: The textual ideation of Andrew Jeptha
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
The publication A South African Boxer in Britain contains the unique
aesthetic of the Cape Town born boxer Andrew Jeptha, the first black fighter
to win a British welterweight title in 1907. The booklet was published in ...