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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"South African politics"”.
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South Africa and political change : an analysis of selected studies of South African politics
… morally unacceptable. It is common cause that South Africa will change. What are the likely ways in which the conflict will be resolved, and which is most likely? These are the questions to which this thesis will attempt to provide answers: it is an effort to determine, as far as possible, the …
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Contradiction, conflict and convergence of class and nation in black South African politics, 1925-1985
As the history of South Africa has been a history of race relations, involving, as it did, the domination of blacks by whites, nationalism, the reaction to this domination, occupies a special position in the history of the black struggle. Yet the history of national liberation in South Africa …
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Women in twentieth century South African politics : the Federation of South African Women, its roots, growth and decline
… of opposition to white supremacist rule in South Africa, the 1950's stand out as a period of intensive legal resistance by black political bodies on an unprecedented mass scale. Undoubtedly, for all its weaknesses and difficulties, the Congress Alliance, with the African National Congress …
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The white rightwing in South African politics : a descriptive study of its roots : an assessment of its strength, and an elucidation of its territorial policies and political strategies, 1969-1991
To understand the intricacies of white rightwing politics in South Africa, an in-depth analysis of the roots, strength, policies and strategies of a very small but potentially potent sector of South Africa's diverse population is required. The aim of this dissertation is to provide an objective …
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Scenes of lamentation : a scenographic approach to landscape narratives
… violent have become a major talking point in South African politics. This dissertation focuses on three matters: decolonisation of public spaces in South Africa, the notion of landscape narratives in re-interpreting landscapes of contestation and using a scenographic approach in communicating …
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Entering one-party dominant democracy in South Africa : political institutions, social demographies and party strategies, 1994-1999
… dominant democratic political system in South Africa between 1994 and 1999. Against conventional explanations that rely on historical conditions and voting patterns driven by ascriptive identities, this study offers an explanation of events that focuses on the role of political …
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The administration of Cecil John Rhodes as prime minister of the Cape Colony, 1890-1896
… or, as it was frequently called, the union of South African States; and the Government of the Cape Colony itself when he became its Premier. Any such divisions are of course merely arbitrary, and merely made for the sake of convenience, for it is obvious that these aspects of his policy were …
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The making of a new past for a "new" South Africa :the commemoration of Robben Island
… for society and new identity in post-apartheid South Africa and the corollary reshaping of the public representation of the past. In the first part, I construct a theoretical framework by combining theoretical literature on collective representations, collective memory, historiography, social …
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Racism in novels : a comparative study of Brazilian and South African cultural history
This dissertation focuses on comparing racism in South Africa and Brazil by analyzing eight novels written between 1909 and 1953 that discuss racism. The aim is to examine the phenomenon in these two societies and the way it was reflected in the novels of two white authors – Alan Paton and Jorge …
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Esprit de corps : corruption in a transforming police service
… and is facing strong economic demands. South Africa needs an effective government. The focus of this paper is one of the areas where corruption is thriving, the South African Police Service (SAPS). I have chosen for a study within the department of Safety and Security because this is the …
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Truth in the time of tumult: tracing the role of official 'truth-seeking' commissions of inquiry in South Africa, from Sharpeville to Marikana
… 2012 was a watershed moment for post- Apartheid South African politics. News headlines and images depicting an ANC-led South African police killing 44 unarmed miners, striking for a wage increase, ruptured the TRC's official narrative that state violence of this proportion belonged to a bygone …
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Beyond guns or butter : towards a multi-level analysis of South Africa's strategic defence procurement
… apartheid regime and the new democratic order, South Africa had fully halved military expenditure, in real terms, from its 1989 level. Through the process of negotiated transition to democracy in the early J 990s, it appeared as though advocates of demilitarization had taken the upper hand in …
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The framing of the African National Congress? 55th national conference by international online news media
African National Congress (ANC) hosts a national conference every five years. The national conference also referred to as the elective conference is a significant political event in South Africa because apart from electing new national leadership some of whom ultimately lead the country, it also …
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Transitional Justice, Decolonisation, and the Legitimation of Political Change in Contemporary South Africa
… transitional justice discourse in contemporary South Africa. I argue specifically that even though transitional justice in South Africa became successful in terms of political justice, it failed to fulfill its promise of sociocultural and economic transformation. Precisely because the mandate of …
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In ruimtes vasgekeer: 'n Kognitiewe benadering tot metafore in dekoloniale diskoers
Afrikaans: Die kognitiewe linguistiek voer aan dat meeste abstrakte konsepte slegs in terme van metafore bedink en verstaan kan word. Dekolonialiteit as abstrakte konsep is steeds ’n vurige besprekingspunt in die konteks van hoër onderwys in Suid-Afrika. Hierdie verhandeling beoog om die verband …