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Rassool, Ciraj. "The individual, auto/biography and history in South Africa." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2004. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&.
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This thesis is a contribution to the field of public history, which the author and others at the University of the Western Cape's History Department have over the last decade pioneered in defining and mapping out in South Africa. Rassool's theories about the relationship between history and biography were developed in relation to the life of the Unity Movement leader, I.B. Tabata.
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Van, Driel Nicole. "The journey to Wankie: a biography of James April." University of the Western Cape, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7072.
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Honours Degree<br>James April, [hereafter referred to as April] was a member of the
ANC's military wing Umkhonto we Sizwe [otherwise referred to as
MK. What might have seemed unusual to the court that day, and
to many onlookers, was the fact that he was a "Cape Coloured"
man espousing his allegiance to the ANC and praising it as" ...
the spirit of the African people".
April and Basil February Chis close friend and comrade] were
among the first non-African people to join MK thereby
recognising the common destiny of all black people.
In part,to tell April's [and Basil February's] story is to
explore from an individual perspective the capacity and ability
of people to overcome their socialisation, and to rise above
conformity and social restrictions.
Most of all, April's story is of an activist whose political
involvement led him to realise the inevitability and necessity of
armed struggle. Furthermore, it is the story of the commitment
of his life to this very armed struggle.
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Sarbah, David Kwao. "Biography in and of an archive: the Shelagh Gastrow Collection and South Africa." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4498.
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Kwao-Sarbah, David. "Biography in and of an archive : the Shelagh Gastrow Collection and South Africa." Thesis, University of Western Cape, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/3515.
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Magister Artium - MA<br>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 Gastrow's work, whose series of publications
titled Who’s Who in South African Politics traversed the spectrum of a severely polarised South Africa, and earned her the accolade as a "leading authority" in the biographical enterprise of Who's who. Gastrow had interviewed people in political office, those in
opposition, those hiding from political persecution and even those in exile outside South Africa. It involved about 100 personalities for each of her five volumes. The study involved examining archival collections, documentary analysis, desktop research and interviews with Shelagh Gastrow. It also examined the Mayibuye Archives, where the Gastrow collection was eventually transferred, as an archive of resistance to apartheid. The study showed that from its origin as a research project about personalities in South Africa’s resistance and transition history, the Shelagh Gastrow collection was transformed into a heritage resource. The study examined political collections as heritage
resources in the process of remaking the nation, and the contributions they make in the national re-engineering process.
The study drew on the convergence of two theoretical claims. First, Achille Mbembe, among others, has asserted that there is no state without its archives. An indispensable, symbiotic, socio-political relationship exists between the state, actors in the state, and related archives. The second, posited by the likes of Arjun Appadurai and Igor Kopytoff, is to the effect that objects have social lives, and that they are formed and transformed through interactions with their related societies. Between the objects and their societies, meanings and values are transmitted, exchanged and retained. Thus, a careful analysis of the formation and transformations (a biographical study) of such objects can reveal the obscure about the societies they relate to. Consequently, socio-political collections do reveal much about the individuals, groups, and societies they represent. In the case of South Africa, the analysis showed the corpus of Shelagh Gastrow's collection (the object in this study) which included transcripts of political interviews, manuscripts and Who's who publications, revealed the transition from apartheid into democracy as a critical historical juncture. Political collections constitute important heritage resources, which contribute to the production of national narratives. They may originate in the past, but their analysis in the present has resonance for the collective future of the nation.
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Esau, Cecyl. "Saul Januarie : Biography of a wagon-maker and blacksmith from Worcester, Western Cape, South Africa /." Thesis, Click here for online access, 2007. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/usrfiles/modules/etd/docs/etd_gen8Srv25Nme4_6179_1256885830.pdf.
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Orie, Thembeka. "Raymond Mhlaba and the genesis of the Congress Aliance : a political biography." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21837.
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Bibliography: pages 122-128.<br>The dominant and current theory about the African National Congress in the 1940s is that the Youth League in particular, led by the young, aspirant middle-class intellectuals, radicalised the organisation: that it was a bourgeois revolution within the ANC that led to its rejuvenation. This thesis presents an alternative viewpoint. The study reveals that in Port Elizabeth, there was a distinctively communist-trade unionist oriented group which revolutionalised the ANC: It was this group which consolidated racial and class co-operation against the apartheid system in the mid-1940s and early 1950s. This thesis postulates that in Port Elizabeth it was the working-class activists such as Raymond Mhlaba, with their militant working-class ideologies that gave the ANC a new lease of life and gave the organisation its broad mass appeal. The thesis therefore examines Raymond Mhlaba as an actor in the founding of the Congress Alliance in Port Elizabeth. It looks at how Mhlaba succeeded in building a firm alliance between the trade union movement, the Communist Party and the ANC. It is through this alliance that we learn about the political transformation of the ANC 'from below', that is, from a working-class cadre of activists rather than the middle-class leadership. Mhlaba himself was involved in all three formations and thus played a key role in the alliance politics. Chapter one examines the period before 1941 in order to provide background to the central focus of the study. It looks at the history of the Eastern Cape, Mhlaba's birth place Fort Beaufort, and his early life in the context of the subject of enquiry, the national struggle in its wider context, and the political economy of the period between 1910 to 1941. Through these perspectives the study is able to examine and show the changing forms that the struggle takes at different periods of time. It gives an understanding of the influence of those historical developments on the period and of the form that the struggle took during the period under study. Chapter two looks at the period 1942 to 1946, the years of Mhlaba's early involvement in the labour and political movements. It examines how, when and why Mhlaba got involved in these movements. The study considers the relationship between the Council of Non-European Trade Unions (CNETU) trade unionists, the communists and the ANC activists. (Mhlaba belonged to all three formations.) It looks at how the ANC leadership was changed from a middle into a working class and Mhlaba's role in this transformation. Also the study examines how mass action in this period reflected racial and class co- operation; and the emergence of a distinctively working class leadership. Chapter three examines Mhlaba's leadership role in the ANC and the Communist Party. It looks at examples of mass action and a selection of important events that took place between 1947 to 1952, in order to demonstrate how the foundation of the broad Congress Alliance solidified. That unity was influenced by the changing polity, post war conditions, and new leadership which included Mhlaba, in Port Elizabeth. Chapter four examines the clandestine conditions in which Mhlaba operated, from 1953 until his imprisonment at Rivonia in 1963. It looks at: the transition from open mass organisation to underground mobilisation; the implementation of the M-Plan; the activities of the Communist Party underground. At the same time it examines the sustenance of the mass organisation through the formation of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) and the use of strategies such as stayaways and consumer boycotts in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The chapter also looks at repression by the government, which led to Mhlaba's departure to China, and finally his arrest at Rivonia in 1963.
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Korf, Lindie. "D.F. Malan : a political biography." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/3991.
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Thesis (DPhil (History))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010.<br>ENGLSIH ABSTRACT: This study is a political biography of D.F. Malan (1874–1959), the first of the apartheid-era Prime
Ministers, and covers the years 1874 to 1954, when Malan retired from politics. It endeavours to
provide a warts-and-all account of D.F. Malan which challenges prevalent myths and stereotypes
surrounding his public persona and his political orientation. While the overwhelming focus is on
Malan’s political career, special attention is paid to his personal life in order to paint a multi-faceted
picture of his character. The biography is written in the form of a seamless narrative and employs a
literary style of writing. It is based on archival research which utilised Malan’s private collection, as
well as the private collections of his Nationalist contemporaries. Malan takes the centre stage at all
times, as the biography focuses on his perceptions and experiences. Malan’s views regarding
Afrikaner nationalism, which was his foremost political priority, are described, and are related to
his views of British imperialism as well as other ideologies such as communism and totalitarianism.
This study demonstrates that there is a notable link between Malan’s perceptions of race relations
and his concerns about the poor white problem. It reveals that Malan’s racial policy was, to some
extent, fluid, as were his views on South Africa’s constitutional position. Debates about South
Africa’s links to Britain and the nature of the envisioned republic preoccupied Afrikaner
nationalists throughout the first half of the twentieth century – and served as an outlet for regional
and generational tensions within the movement. Malan’s clashes with nationalists such as Tielman
Roos, J.B.M. Hertzog and J.G. Strijdom are highlighted as an indication of the internecine power
struggles within the National Party (NP). By emphasising these complexities, this study seeks to
contribute to a nuanced understanding of the South African past.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie is politieke biografie van D.F. Malan (1874–1959), die eerste van die apartheid-era
Eerste Ministers, en dek die jare 1874 tot 1954, toe Malan uit die politiek getree het. Dit poog om
onversuikerde beeld van Malan te skets wat heersende mites en stereotipes aangaande sy openbare
beeld en sy benadering tot die politiek uitdaag. Die fokus is hoofsaaklik op Malan se politieke
loopbaan, maar besondere aandag word aan sy private lewe geskenk om sodoende veelsydige
portret van sy karakter te skilder. Die biografie is in die vorm van naatlose narratief geskryf en
maak van literêre skryfstyl gebruik. Dit is gebaseer op argivale navorsing, waartydens daar van
D.F. Malan se privaat versameling gebruik gemaak is, sowel as die privaat versamelings van sy
tydgenote. Malan is ten alle tye die sentrale figuur en die biografie fokus op sy persepsies en
ervarings. Malan se denke oor Afrikaner nasionalisme, wat sy vernaamste prioriteit was, word
beskryf en in verband gebring met sy opinie van Britse imperialisme, sowel as ander ideologieë
soos kommunisme en totalitarisme. Die studie wys op die verband tussen Malan se denke oor rasseverhoudinge
en sy besorgdheid oor die armblanke vraagstuk. Dit dui daarop dat Malan se rassebeleid
tot sekere mate vloeibaar was. Dit was ook die geval met sy benadering tot Suid-Afrika se
konstitusionele posisie. Afrikaner nasionaliste het tydens die eerste helfte van die twintigste eeu
baie aandag geskenk aan debatte oor Suid-Afrika se verhouding tot Brittanje en die aard van die
voorgenome republiek. Dit was tot mate weerligafleier vir reeds bestaande spanning tussen die
onderskeie streke en generasies. Malan se botsings met nasionaliste soos Tielman Roos, J.B.M.
Hertzog en J.G. Strijdom word belig as aanduiding van die diepgewortelde magstryd binne die
Nasionale Party (NP). Deur op hierdie kompleksiteite klem te lê, poog die studie om bydrae te
lewer tot meer genuanseerde begrip van die Suid-Afrikaanse verlede.
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Harwood, Craig Sean. "A psychobiographical study of Sybrand Gerhardus(Brand)Pretorius." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/7567.
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The South African businessman, Brand Pretorius, was born in the rural Orange Free State town of Steynsrus in 1953. Pretorius rose to prominence in the motor industry in South Africa and he retired in 2011 as Chairman of McCarthy Motor Holdings Limited the largest motor retailer in South Africa. Pretorius was selected for this psychobiographical study by means of purposive sampling, given his extraordinary business achievements. Pretorius is publicly recognised as one of South Africa’s most successful businessmen and leaders. Psychobiographical research typically takes into consideration the entire life of an individual with the aim of uncovering the story of an individual’s life through the lens of a particular theory. The aim of this study was to explore and describe the leadership development of Brand Pretorius juxtaposed against the model of authentic leadership proposed by Avolio and Luthans (2003). The life history of Brand Pretorius was studied using a qualitative single-case study design. The psychobiographical research method allowed the single-case to be studied spanning his entire career. Data was collected from both primary and secondary sources. Conceptual matrices were used to organise and integrate the findings against the model of authentic leadership. The use of multiple data sources increased the validity and reliability of the research process and findings. To ensure ethical integrity the researcher obtained informed consent from Pretorius. The findings of this research study indicate that Pretorius was able to successfully display the authentic leadership dimensions of self-awareness, internalised moral perspective, balanced processing, relational transparency and positive psychological capacities throughout the course of his career.
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Walters, John Attwood Vereker. "After Baines." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004368.
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By researching the life and work of Thomas Baines (1820 - 1875) in relation to a broader discourse of painting and the lived experience of being a 'white' male in a post-apartheid South Africa, I explore the ways in which this figure from the past has provoked the three series of artworks I have produced for my Master of Fine Art exhibition. This study has been divided into two parts, represented by the two chapters contained herein. Chapter One includes a critical retelling of Baines' biography and a discussion of the primary ways in which I have engaged with both the life and the working practice of this artist. I also address my own personal complicity in the constructions of 'the figure of Baines' as I have framed him both visually and textually during my work for this degree. Chapter Two describes some of the practicalities of my working process as a visual artist, including how I understand the theoretical and conceptual concerns which I raise in Chapter One to be visually manifest in my work. In this chapter, I also discuss my work in relation to the work of the contemporary South African artists William Kentridge and Johannes Phokela. The artistic practice of one artist imitating another artist's work is also explored as a central conceptual thread which could be seen to weave my verbal and visual production together.
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Boshoff, Alida. "Die impak van die grensoorlog (SWA/Angola) op die lewens van soldate, aan die hand van vertellings uit die oorlog." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/51704.
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Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2000.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: It is asswned that events during the border war (SWAI Angola) had an influencelimpact on the
lives of soldiers who took part in it. Some experiences have become embedded in their
memories and are reflected in yams about such episodes and anecdotes that constitute a wealth
of oral art. From a cultural history point of view, these therefore deserve to be recorded and
conserved. The study interprets the narratives against the background of the border war and
determines the relationship between these stories and the influence of the war on the lives of
soldiers.
Examples of war hwnour are grouped into stories about personal hygiene, misunderstandings,
boyish pranks, practical jokes and other humorous incidents. As in any war, soldiers were
confronted with unpleasant experiences such as bad news from home, the death of comrades
and the enemy, adventures with wild animals and the loss of pets. Tales about soldiers'
experiences during contact with the enemy allow one to gain insight into the functioning of
the human mind. These stories are grouped into heroic deeds, narrow escapes and feelings
experienced in contact with the enemy. As far as is known, no legends had their origin in the
border war, but stories about quite a few legendary characters are told. Stories about helicopter
pilots and trackers might eventually develop into legends, because of the fearlessness and skill
of these people. Myths are stories originating in folkbelief, in which God or the gods play an
important role. However, stories from the border war about chaplains and religion are not
myths, but tales about personal experience with a religious inclination.
It is clear from the narratives that religion played an important role in the lives of soldiers and
that they had a child-like trust in a Supreme Being. Leaders, trackers and helicopter pilots were
identified as important people in soldiers' battle for survival. They also had a need of female
company and the presence of women. Pets played a significant role in allowing them to
express their emotions. Each soldier experienced confrontation with death and the enemy in
his own unique manner. In spite of hardships, many tales of a humorous nature were told. This
can be regarded as a way of dealing and coping with unpleasant experiences.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die veronderstelling is dat gebeure gedurende die grensoorlog (SW AI Angola) In
invloed/impak op die soldate wat daaraan deelgeneem het, se lewens gehad het. Sekere
ervarings is in hulle geheue vasgele en kom in die vorm van belewenisvertellings en staaltjies
na Yore, wat In ryke skat van volkswoordkuns bied. Dit verdien daarom om vanuit In
kultuurhistoriese oogpunt opgeteken en bewaar te word. Die studie vertolk die vertellings teen
die agtergrond van die grensoorlog en bepaal die verband tussen die vertellings en die invloed
van die oorlog op die lewens van soldate.
Voorbeelde van oorlogshumor word gegroepeer in verhale wat handel oor persoonlike higiene,
misverstande, kwajongstreke, poetse en ander humoristiese insidente. Soos in enige oorlog,
is soldate gekonfronteer met onaangename wedervarings soos slegte nuus van die huis af, die
dood van makkers en die vyand, wedervarings met wilde diere en die verlies van troeteldiere.
Vertellings oor soldate se ervarings tydens kontak met die vyand verleen insig in die werking
van die menslike gees en is gegroepeer in heldedade, noue ontkomings en gevoelens wat
ervaar is in kontak met die vyand. Sover bekend bestaan daar nie legendes uit die grensoorlog
nie, maar daar is van In hele paar legendariese karakters vertel. Vanwee hulle
onverskrokkenheid en vemuf kan verhale oor helikoptervlieeniers en spoorsnyers met verloop
van tyd legendes word. Mites is verhale wat uit die volksgeloof spruit en waarin God of gode
Inbelangrike rol speel. Verhale uit die grensoorlog wat handel oor kapelane en godsdiens, is
egter nie mites nie maar belewenisvertellings met In godsdienstige strekking.
Uit die vertellings blyk dit dat godsdiens In belangrike rol in die lewens van soldate gespeel
het en dat daar In kinderlike vertroue in In Hoer Hand was. Leiersfigure, spoorsnyers en
helikoptervlieeniers is geidentifiseer as belangrike persone in soldate se oorlewingstryd. Daar
was ook In behoefte aan vroulike geselskap en teenwoordigheid. Troeteldiere het In belangrike
rol gespeel om uiting te gee aan emosies. Soldate het konfrontasie met die dood en die vyand
elkeen op sy eie unieke manier beleef. Ten spyte van ontberings, is daar heelwat verhale met
In humoristiese strekking vertel en dit kan beskou word as In manier om onaangename
ervarings te hanteer en te verwerk.
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Lewis, Mary Christine. "A cultural biography of Mantombi Matotiyana and Maxanjana Mangaliso : two contemporary African musicians." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52073.
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Thesis (MMus) -- University of Stellenbosch, 2001.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study aims to present a cultural monograph of two contemporary South African
musicians, Mantombi Matotiyana and Maxanjana Mangaliso. Both musicians are
highly regarded and respected for their exceptional musical abilities within their
community and society, as well as abroad. This study furthermore wishes to make a
contribution towards the establishment of 'experience-based' ethnomusicological
field research in South Africa.
In keeping with these aims, the material, which has been assembled from personal
interviews with Matotiyana and Mangaliso, is in narrative. It is based on their
personal memories, recollections and perspectives, as well as their views about and
attitudes towards their songs, all aspects of composition, instruments and
performance. The study therefore looks at the interaction between the lives and the
songs of Matotiyana and Mangaliso and relates it to their relevant experiences. The
musicological study of Matotiyana's songs further illuminates her particular style, as
well as her contribution to contemporary Xhosa bow songs in general, especially
within the broader context of Xhosa musical traditions.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie poog om 'n kulturele monografie van die twee kontemporêre Suid-
Afrikaanse musici Mantombi Matotiyana en Maxanjana Mangaliso voor te lê. Beide
kunstenaars word as gevolg van hul buitengewone musikale bekwaamhede besonder
hoog aangeskryf en gerespekteer, sowel binne hul eie breë gemeenskap asook in die
buiteland. Terselfdertyd poog hierdie studie om 'n bydrae te maak tot die vestiging
van die sg. "experience-based" tipe etnomusikologiese veldwerk in Suid-Afrika.
Dienooreenkomstig word die inligting wat deur middel van persoonlike onderhoude
met Matotiyana en Mangaliso versamel is, in verhaalvorm aangebied. Dit is gebaseer
op hul eie herinneringe en perspektiewe, asook hulopvattings t.o.v. hul liedere, alle
aspekte van hul komposisie, hul instrumente en opvoerings. Die studie kyk gevolglik
na die wisselwerking tussen die twee musici se lewens en hul musiek en bring hul eie
ervarings in hierdie verband ter sprake. Verder verskaf die analitiese studie m.b.t. die
liedere van Matotiyana insig in haar unieke styl en bydrae tot eietydse Xhosa
boogmusiek, veral binne die breër konteks en tradisies van Xhosa musiek in die
algemeen.
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Meares, Carina. "From the rainbow nation to the land of the long white cloud : migration, gender and biography : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology,Massey University, Albany, New Zealand /." Massey University Institutional Repository: From the Rainbow Nation to the Land of the Long White Cloud : migration, gender and biography, 2007. http://muir.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/625.
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Heiberg, Jacobus Petrus. "Dr. A.L. Geyer as Suid-Afrika se hoë kommissaris in die Verenigde Koninkryk (1950-1954)." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52244.
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Dissertation (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2001.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Dr. A.L. Geyer's appointment in June 1950 as the Union's new High Commissioner to
London was largely due to the political objectives of the then government. He was
confronted by a number of related challenges, i.e. the furthering of the existing multifaceted
South-African-British relations, the promotion of the apartheid policy and
convincing the Union's critics as to the merits of the above policy.
Geyer, a loyal Afrikaner and staunch republican, experienced soon after arrival that the
policy of apartheid and the Union Government's insistence on the transfer of the High
Commission territories were placing the existing diplomatic relations under considerable
strain. To Geyer's frustration the Union Government failed to realise that the application
of the apartheid policy 'was affecting South Africa's foreign relations detrimentally. The
effect of the Union's domestic policies was therefore prohibiting any possibility of the
transfer of the British-controlled neighbouring territories. Geyer was thus faced with
maintaining a delicate balance between white-centred aspirations in South Africa,
championing South Africa's interests overseas and his own evolving perspective that the
application of the apartheid policy was not going to be acceptable to the outside world.
Geyer was also well aware that the Cold War would contribute substantially to the
constitutional liberation of the former British colonies in Africa, which in turn would
affect the composition of the Commonwealth and South Africa's future membership. He
therefore took Union politicians to task for actions that were geared to satisfy short-term
party-political expectations, without taking into account both the national and
international ramifications of such actions.
Geyer did not differ fundamentally with the principles and objectives of apartheid;
however, he was no stereotyped Afrikaner who simply supported apartheid without any
questioning. In his public appearances he emphasised the historical, cultural and sociopolitical
motivation for apartheid, the practical embodiment of the policy and the rights
and role of the whites in South Africa. He portrayed apartheid as a political model that
envisages equal, but separate development for all races that would ensure the peaceful co- existence of a multi-racial community. Geyer continuously emphasised that only visible
and positive results emanating from the application of apartheid, would guarantee
acceptance of the policy and also secure the future of the white population in South
Africa. Geyer was therefore very critical of the government's inability to give meaningful
content to the policy of apartheid.
Geyer's biggest personal disappointment was the inability of his mentor and friend, Dr.
D.F. Malan, to rise above the role of the party politician in becoming a competent
Minister of Foreign Affairs and as Prime Minister, a statesman of international stature.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Politieke oogmerke het daartoe gelei dat die Unieregering vir dr. A.L. Geyer in Junie
1950 na Londen gestuur het as die Unie se nuwe Hoë Kommissaris. Hy is deur verwante
uitdagings gekonfronteer, naamlik om die veelvlakkige Suid-Afrikaans-Britse
betrekkinge uit te bou, om die apartheidsbeleid te bevorder en om die kritici van die
Unieregering te oortuig dat daar geregverdigde meriete in die beleid is.
Geyer, 'n lojale en republikeinsgesinde Afrikaner, het na sy aankoms ervaar dat die
Unieregering se apartheidsbeleid en die volgehoue aandrang om die oordrag van die Hoë
Kommissariaatgebiede, toenemende diplomatieke spanning tussen die lande veroorsaak
het. Tot Geyer se frustrasie kon die Unieregering nie insien dat die toepassing van die
apartheidsbeleid direkte invloed uitoefen op Suid-Afrika se buitelande betrekkinge nie,
wat weer die oordrag van die Brits-beheerde gebiede onmoontlik gemaak het. Geyer
moes gevolglik 'n delikate balans handhaaf tussen die blanksentriese verwagtinge in die
Unie, die bevordering van Suid-Afrika se belange in die buiteland en sy groterwordende
perspektief dat die toepassing van die apartheid nie vir die buitewêreld aanvaarbaar is nie.
Geyer was ook terdeë daarvan bewus dat die Koue Oorlog, die grondwetlike ontvoogding
van Brittanje se Afrika-kolonies sou verhaas, wat weer beduidende implikasies vir die
samestelling van die Statebond en die Unie se voortgesette lidmaatskap ingehou het. Hy
het Unie-politici dus gewaarsku teen optredes wat daarop toegespits was om korttermyn
partypolitieke verwagtinge te bevredig, sonder om die nasionale en ook internasionale
implikasies van die uitsprake te verreken.
Geyer het geen fundamentele verskille met die beginsels en oogmerke van apartheid
gehad nie, maar terselfdertyd was hy ook nie 'n stereotipe Afrikaner en naprater van
apartheid nie. In sy optredes het hy deurentyd die historiese, kulturele en sosio-politieke
beweegredes vir apartheid, die beliggaming van die beleid en die blanke se aanspraak op
en rol in Suid-Afrika beklemtoon. Apartheid is voorgehou as 'n politieke model wat ten
doel het om deur middel van gelykwaardige, maar afsonderlike ontwikkeling die ruimte
te skep vir die vreedsame voortbestaan van 'n veelrassige gemeenskap. Geyer het groot erns daarvan gemaak om te beklemtoon dat die aanvaarding van die apartheidsbeleid en
die blanke se voortbestaan in Suid-Afrika nou verbind word aan die positiewe en sigbare
gevolge van die toepassing van apartheid. Geyer het dit dan ook nodig gevind om kritiek
uit te spreek oor die regering se klaarblyklike onvermoë om daadwerklike inhoud aan
positiewe apartheid te gee.
Die grootste persoonlike teleurstelling wat Geyer egter beleef het, was sy ontnugtering
dat sy mentor en vriend, dr. D.F. Malan, nie sy rol as partypolitikus kon ontgroei en
ontwikkel in 'n bekwame minister van Buitelandse Sake en 'n Eerste Minister wat 'n
staatsman van internasionale statuur is nie.
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Ndhlovu, Bongani Cyprian. "David Cecil Oxford Matiwane and auto/biographic memory: political activism, social pragmatism and individual achievement in twentieth century South Africa." University of the Western Cape, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4850.
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Philosophiae Doctor - PhD<br>The main theoretical and empirical interest of this study is the critical examination of the life of David Cecil Oxford (D.C.O.) Matiwane. In it, I critically examine the politics of representing Matiwane’s life and the methods employed in such a discourse. I do this by focusing on the question of representation of political, social and economic struggles launched by D.C.O. Matiwane against segregation and apartheid in South Africa in the twentieth century. This study then questions the notion of creating a biographical supernarrative of his achievements. It confronts the binary approach in the representation of his life and argues that Matiwane’s life is an embodiment of various, even contradictory, philosophies. This study puts forward an argument that Matiwane's representation should be contextualised in relation to the struggles of his contemporaries, and that his narrative should not be seen as a product of a single political route. It unpacks various communal, individual, economic and political strategies employed by organisations and persons against apartheid and colonialism. It looks at how these strategies were implemented to overcome apartheid, and analyses how Matiwane's contribution is documented, especially in relation to contributions made by others. This research project also analyses how different layers and patterns in Matiwane's narrative
have been created in an attempt to present his auto/biography as a cohesive discourse in spite of fragmented archival and oral memory. It argues that his memory has been appropriated to pursue different political and personal ends. This study further asks the following question: to what extent and why have different political systems given Matiwane’s voice a platform or silenced his point of view? Are there trends in his representation compared to narratives of his contemporaries? What are the underlying reasons behind such trends, if any? Are there continuities or discontinuities in his representation? What were the ambiguities embedded in their struggles? This study evaluates factors that led to him being declared a persona non grata. It closely examines why and how Matiwane has been represented as a source of controversy, as a lone political activist and as a pragmatist.
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Dommisse, Ebbe. "Sir David Pieter de Villiers Graaff : sakeman en politikus aan die Kaap 1859 –1931." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/17986.
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Thesis (PhD)-- Stellenbosch University, 2011.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study is a biography of Sir David Pieter de Villiers Graaff, Bt, of Cape Town, who was born
in 1859 and died in 1931. It covers his whole life span, from his birth as a poor farm boy in the
district of Villiersdorp until his death as one of South Africa’s most innovative businessmen
after he also distinguished himself in a political career. As the pioneer of cold storage in South
Africa he brought the practice of frozen meat and food to the country at the end of the
nineteenth century and in the meat trade he built up one of the biggest business undertakings
in the Southern Hemisphere. As mayor of Cape Town at the youthful age of 31 he played a
decisive rol in the modernisation of the city. As a member of Genl. Louis Botha’s first Cabinet
after Union in 1910, a defining event which laid down the borders of the present Republic of
South Africa, he played a sometimes underestimated role in the development of the country
and its economy after the tribulations and long-term effects of the Anglo-Boer War. The life of
this complex businessman/politician, a Cape Afrikaner who as a bachelor at an advanced age
received a hereditary British title and thereafter married the daughter of the dominee of his
Dutch Reformed congegation, is also a fascinating example of the difficult choices which Cape
Afrikaners in colonial times had to make between loyalty to the British Crown and commitment
to the native soil of South Africa. His biography furthermore offers an insight into the role of a
top business leader who enters politics, a facet which has received little coverage in South
African historial research. By describing the mosaic of his life in the time span in which he was
a prominent figure, it was endeavoured to cast more light on the social and cultural context of
an epoch-making period, thereby seeking to contribute to a nuanced understanding of the
South African past.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie is ‘n biografie van sir David Pieter de Villiers Graaff, die baronet van Kaapstad
wat in 1859 gebore en in 1931 oorlede is. Dit dek sy hele lewensloop, van sy geboorte-uur as
arm plaasseun in die distrik van Villiersdorp totdat hy as een van Suid-Afrika se innoverendste
sakemanne gesterf het nadat hy hom ook in ‘n politieke loopbaan onderskei het. As die pionier
van koelbewaring in Suid-Afrika het hy teen die einde van die negentiende eeu die verkoeling
van vleis en voedsel op groot skaal na die land gebring en in die vleisbedryf een van die grootste
sakeondernemings in die Suidelike Halfrond opgebou. As burgemeester van Kaapstad op die
jeugdige ouderdom van 31 het hy ‘n deurslaggewende bydrae tot die modernisering van die
stad gelewer. As lid van genl. Louis Botha se eerste Kabinet na Uniewording in 1910, ‘n
bepalende gebeurtenis waardeur die landsgrense van die huidige Republiek van Suid-Afrika
vasgelê is, het hy ‘n soms onderskatte rol in die opgang van die land en die landsekonomie na
die beproewinge en langtermyn-gevolge van die Anglo-Boere-oorlog gespeel. Die lewensverhaal
van hierdie komplekse sakeleier-politikus, ‘n Kaapse Afrikaner wat as vrygesel op gevorderde
leeftyd ‘n erflike Britse titel ontvang het en daarna met die dogter van die leraar van sy NG
gemeente getroud is, is boonop ‘n boeiende voorbeeld van die moeilike keuses wat Kaapse
Afrikaners in koloniale tye tussen trou aan die Britse Ryk en verankering in die Suid-
Afrikaanse bodem moes maak. Sy lewensverhaal bied voorts insig in die rol van ‘n top-sakeman
wat tot die aktiewe politiek toetree, ‘n faset wat in die Suid-Afrikaanse geskiedskrywing nog
weinig ontgin is. Deur die mosaïek van sy lewe uit te beeld in die tydsgewrig waarin hy ‘n
prominente figuur was, is gepoog om ook meer lig op die maatskaplike en kulturele konteks
van daardie epogmakende tydperk te werp en sodoende ‘n genuanseerde begrip van die Suid-
Afrikaanse verlede te bevorder.
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Mbonambi, Phakama. "Aggrey Klaaste : the relentless community-builder." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1020882.
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This thesis looks at the life and times of Aggrey Klaaste, the larger-than-life late editor of Sowetan who shot to fame by championing a novel idea of nation building. His initiative started in 1988 as flames of violence engulfed South Africa and it seemed as if an apocalypse was on the cards. Sickened by what the frustrated black community was doing to itself, for example the use of the dreadful practice of necklacing against the so-called collaborators, he called for moral regeneration. He wanted his compatriots to look into the future and take their destiny in their own hands. Through nation building he tirelessly launched into crusading journalism that sought to heal the scars of the black community after decades of apartheid. It was grassroots community building. He rewarded ordinary men and women who made a difference in their communities. He actively sought peace to end the violence of the 1980s and 1990s. He spoke his mind without wearing any ideological blinkers, even as some thought his initiative would disturb the march to freedom. He was the ultimate newspaperman. This thesis argues that by calling for reconciliation and rebuilding of battered black communities even before freedom came, Klaaste was ahead of his time and even predated Nelson Mandela. Klaaste preferred to do what was right and not be shackled to any ideology. In doing so, he angered many people who felt his thinking was derailing the struggle for freedom. But Klaaste stressed that nation building was ideologically neutral and was meant for everyone. By contradicting prevailing political orthodoxy, he very likely risked his own life. But, like a true leader, he stuck to his convictions. Klaaste was exemplary in calling for reconciliation and building when others called for breaking. Ten years after he died, as the country still grapples with issues he raised in his popular weekly column On The Line, it is worth appraising his thinking and actions. The thesis also looks at the environment that influenced his thinking. His life is interwoven with South African history. That he began his adult life shakily, spending his days in a drunken stupor at Johannesburg shebeens to being awarded the Order for Meritorious Service for his outstanding community work, makes him an interesting subject to look at. It’s a story of a man who vanquished his demons and, through his compassionate community engagement, became an asset to the country. It’s a story of redemption. As his private life attests, he was man with flaws – like anyone else. But Aggrey Klaaste strived to do what was right for his community at all times. He was a restless community builder.
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Roos, Hilde. "Hendrik Hofmeyr : lewe en werk, 1957-1999." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/51787.
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Thesis (MMus) -- University of Stellenbosch, 2000.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The topic of this thesis is the life and music of Hendrik Hofmeyr, from his birth in 1957
until July 1999. The discussion on his life focusses on the events that influenced the
establishment of his works and also those that had an effect on the style in which
Hofmeyr composes. Although he experienced a steady development and growth as a
composer, Hofmeyr's ten year stay in Italy and the event of the 1997 Queen
Elisabeth of Belgium Composition Competition can be mentioned as major influences
on his life and thus on his work.
Hofmeyr's ideas on music are discussed in Chapter 2. To understand the intention of
his music, it is important to know something of Hofmeyr's approach to music. The
chapter concludes that Hofmeyr can be described as a 'romantic' composer which
provides the reason why he has always been outspoken against the avant-garde
which characterises much of the artmusic of the zo" century.
The style analysis of the following chapter looks at three important parameters of any
composer's style: harmony, melody and form. It further also discusses Hofmeyr's
use of counterpoint and the specific playing techniques he requires of instruments.
These two aspects stand out as particular to the composer's style. Due to the scope
of the thesis, these aspects are dealt with in a limited way.
A more detailed discussion of two compositions follow, the song cycle Alleenstryd
and the String Quartet. Besides an analysis of both works, attention is also given to
how the composer's ideas on music are manifested in these works. The thesis
concludes with a detailed list of works including all works composed up to July 1999.
50 compositions are listed. To allow for maximum exposure of each work, the
duration as well as a description of each work are added to the otherwise standard
information.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie tesis behandel Hendrik Hofmeyr se lewe en werk as komponis vanaf sy
geboorte (1957) tot en met Julie 1999. Die beskrywing van sy lewe is daarop gerig
om aan te dui hoe die gebeure in sy lewe die totstandkoming van sy komposisies en
die styl van sy musiek beïnvloed het. Hoewel daar 'n geleidelike ontwikkeling in sy
groei as komponis bestaan, kan sy tienjarige verblyf in Italië en die Koningin
Elisabeth van België Komposisiekompetisie in 1997 as belangrike invloede uitgelig
word.
In hoofstuk 2 word Hofmeyr se idees oor musiek bespreek. Om die intensie en
gedaante van Hofmeyr se musiek te verstaan, is dit belangrik om hierdie
uitgangspunte van die komponis te begryp. In die hoofstuk word die gevolgtrekking
gemaak dat Hofmeyr in wese 'n 'romantikus' is en dat hy daarom reeds sedert sy
studentejare sterk uitgesproke is teen die avant-garde wat 20ste eeuse kunsmusiek
kenmerk.
Die stylanalise wat daarna gemaak word, behandel drie belangrike parameters van
enige komponis se styl: harmonie, melodie en vorm. Verder sluit dit ook Hofmeyr se
gebruik van kontrapunt in en die spesifieke speeltegnieke wat hy van instrumente
verlang. Hierdie twee aspekte staan uit as besondere eienskappe van die komponis
se musiek. Vanweë die omvang van die tesis, is die bespreking van hierdie aspekte
redelik beperk.
In Meer gedetaileerde bespreking van twee werke volg, naamlik die sangsiklus
Alleenstryd en die Strykkwartet. Buiten 'n analise word ook na ander aspekte van
hierdie werke gekyk, soos byvoorbeeld die wyse waarop die komponis se
uitgangspunte oor musiek in hierdie werke tot uiting kom. Die tesis sluit af met 'n
volledige werklys wat alle werke tot en met Julie 1999 insluit. Daar is altesaam 50
werke. Om soveel as moontlik inligting te verskaf, word buiten die standaard-inligting,
ook die tydsduur en 'n beskrywende paragraaf oor elke komposisie ingesluit.
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Morris, Gay. "A critical biography of Rosalie van der Gucht : investigating her contribution to education in South Africa with special reference to speech and drama." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21993.
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Bibliography: pages 279-292.<br>This study attempts to explore the ways in which Rosalie Van der Gucht influenced and contributed to Speech and Drama education during the second half of this century in the Cape. The writer takes the view that although Van der Gucht was not particularly original in her work - dramatically, socially or politically - she had an impact which is still felt in the Cape Province and beyond, because of her outstanding qualities as a leader, teacher and play director; effected through her special skills as a communicator. The chosen form is a critical biography, which makes it possible to investigate the impact of Van der Gucht's initiatives within the contemporary context. Given that there are only a handful of books which deal with the theatre of this period in the Cape, and they contain few specific references to Van der Gucht; the chief sources for this topic were unpublished written material, and interviews with Van der Gucht's past students, colleagues, friends and relations. Of special importance were Van der Gucht's unsorted collection of papers (bequeathed to the Human Sciences Research Council), the Little Theatre Press Cutting books and the University of Cape Town Archives. In Chapter One the formative influence of her parents, her education, and her first working years in England prior to the Second World War are traced. The following six chapters cover, decade by decade, the period from 1942 to 1971 when Van der Gucht was at the University of Cape Town, training aspirant Speech and Drama teachers, actors, and students taking general Arts degrees. Her influence upon the teacher and actor training courses, including a scrutiny of curriculum developments, is examined; as is her membership of the South African Guild of Speech Teachers and her foundation and leadership of Theatre for Youth which aimed to reach young people beyond the University. Chapter 8 covers the years after her retirement from the University, when she launched upon a second career as a play director, and attempts to pinpoint the chief characteristics of her directing. Chapter 9 deals with the events leading to her death in 1985 - which shed new light on Van der Gucht as a person. The conclusions drawn from this study pertain to Van der Gucht's quality as a person and teacher. The writer takes the paradoxical view that this woman of British origin and education; was, first and foremost, an educator of the traditional kind found in Africa: an oral educator, who used oral material, verbal communication and social situations to inspire and direct those with whom she worked to greater efforts for the benefit of their society, themselves and the discipline of drama. The study is intended to be a useful historical resource for students of drama and the theatre in South Africa.
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Mossolow, Alexandra Xenia Sabina. "The career of South African soprano Nellie du Toit, born 1929." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/16394.
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Thesis (M. Mus.)--University of Stellenbosch, 2003.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Who is Nellie du Toit and what is the extent of her career as singer and voice teacher? The void
in South African historiography in respect to the life and work of South African performing
artists gave rise to investigate the career of Nellie du Toit. Known as one of South Africa’s most
illustrious opera singers of the 1960’s and 1970’s, who made her career exclusively in South
Africa, she is regarded as one of the most sought after voice teachers. Her career as singer
spanned almost three decades. As voice teacher her career of over forty years is still ongoing.
This study traces her biographical details chronologically beginning with her youth years in a
very musical family. Her full-time music studies took place at the South African College of
Music in Cape Town, from 1950 to 1952. Here her singing teacher Madame Adelheid Armhold
and Gregorio Fiasconaro, head of the Opera School, were influential in laying the foundations
for her career. After a period of over a year in England Du Toit was one of several young South
African singers to contribute to pioneering opera in South Africa, often sung in the vernacular.
Du Toit sang in forty-five opera seasons for the Provincial Arts Councils in the seventeen years
between 1963 and 1979, when her opera career ended. In 1986 she returned to the opera stage as
the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss. This was also her final farewell as
opera singer. The title role in Madama Butterfly can be regarded as her hallmark. Her stunning
portrayal of Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor was regarded as a mile stone in South African opera
history, as was her interpretation of Jenůfa. She was also hailed as a Mozart singer. Not only was
she regarded as one of the world’s best “Butterflies” at the International Madame Butterfly
Competition in Japan in 1970, but has she also been awarded three Nederburg Opera Prizes.
Apart from opera, Du Toit gave numerous recitals of classical and light classical music, regularly
sang in orchestral concerts and oratorio and was active as broadcasting artist. Her work as voice
teacher always ran parallel to her singing activities. Her academic career at the Universities at
Stellenbosch and Cape Town spanned fourteen years: from 1980 to 1993.
Nellie du Toit’s achievements in music were laureated with the Medal of Honour from the
Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1986 and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of
Stellenbosch in 1998.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Wie is Nellie du Toit en wat is die omvang van haar loopbaan as sangeres en sangpedagoog? Die
leemte in Suid-Afrikaanse historiografie met betrekking tot die lewe en werk van Suid-
Afrikaanse uitvoerende kunstenaars het aanleiding gegee tot hierdie ondersoek na die loopbaan
van Nellie du Toit. Bekend as een van Suid Afrika se vermaarde operasangeresse van die 1960’s
en 1970’s wat haar loopbaan eksklusief in Suid-Afrika gemaak het, word sy ook beskou as een
van die mees gesogte sangpedagoë. Haar loopbaan as uitvoerende kunstenaar het oor byna drie
dekades gestrek. Haar loopbaan as sangpedagoog, ná meer as veertig jaar, gaan steeds voort.
Hierdie studie ondersoek haar lewe en loopbaan chronologies, beginnende met haar jeugjare in ʼn
baie musikale gesin. Haar voltydse musiekstudies aan die Suid-Afrikaanse Musiekkollege in
Kaapstad het van 1950 tot 1952 geduur. Hier het Madame Adelheid Armhold, haar
sangpedagoog, en Gregorio Fiasconaro, hoof van die Operaskool, ʼn stewige fondament vir haar
loopbaan gelê. Na ʼn tydperk van meer as ʼn jaar in Engeland, het Nellie du Toit een van die jong
Suid-Afrikaanse sangers geword wat operabaanbrekerswerk in Suid-Afrika gedoen het.
Du Toit het in vyf-en-veertig operaseisoene vir die Uitvoerende Kunsterade gesing in die
sewentien jaar tussen 1963 en 1979, die jaar waarin haar operaloopbaan tot ʼn einde gekom het.
In 1986 het sy na die operaverhoog teruggekeer in die rol van die Marschallin in Der
Rosenkavalier van Richard Strauss. Dit was ook haar finale vaarwel as operasangeres. Die
titelrol in Madama Butterfly kan as Du Toit se kenteken beskou word. Haar merkwaardige
uitbeelding van Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor is beskou as ʼn mylpaal in die Suid-Afrikaanse
operageskiedenis. Dit geld ook vir haar vertolking van Jenůfa. Sy was ook hoog aangeskryf as
Mozart-sangeres. Nellie du Toit is as een van die wêreld se beste “Butterflies” aangewys tydens
die Internasionale Madame Butterfly Kompetisie in Japan in 1970. Daarbenewens het sy in
Suid-Afrika drie Nederburg Operapryse ingepalm. Afgesien van opera het Nellie du Toit talryke
uitvoerings van klassieke en ligte klassieke musiek gegee en gereeld in orkeskonserte, oratoria
en as uitsaaikunstenaar opgetree. Naas haar loopbaan as uitvoerder het haar aktiwiteite as
sangpedagoog byna ononderbroke voortgegaan. Haar akademiese loopbaan aan die Universiteite
van Stellenbosch en Kaapstad het oor veertien jaar gestrek: van 1980 tot 1993.
Nellie du Toit se prestasies in musiek is bekroon met die Erepenning van die Akademie vir
Wetenskap en Kuns in 1986 en ʼn eredoktorsgraad van die Universiteit van Stellenbosch in 1998.
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Dlamuka, Mxolisi Chrisostomas. "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. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5800.
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Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (History)<br>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 disconnectedness and was shaped by his determination to
remain connected while the state utilised its coercive power to disconnect him. While South
African history has been largely written within the framework of repression and resistance, a
study of Gwala’s life enables historians to examine twentieth century history from a different
perspective which focuses on themes of connectedness and disconnectedness. Gwala’s rural
background, his training as a teacher and his later involvement in trade unionism enabled him
to develop and maintain connectedness with grassroots sentiments. In an attempt to
disconnect Gwala from these pursuits, he was occasionally tortured and served with banning
orders which restricted his movement and political activities. He was imprisoned on Robben
Island between 1964 to 1972 and 1977 to 1987. While disconnected by banning orders and
constant harassment by state security agents, Gwala continued to retain his connectedness
through underground activities and later through his involvement in re-establishing branches
of the African National Congress after his release from prison in 1988. This dissertation
argues that Gwala was a product of a complex society and varied social milieux which were
all characterised by high levels of class deprivation and exploitation. As he meandered
through various social milieux he developed a working class political approach which
impelled him towards mass mobilisation and opposition to the state’s oppressive notion of
race and class. Gwala became a medium to connect various classes and political groupings
during the liberation struggle in South Africa. This biography also makes a contribution to
the emerging body of literature on the histories of resistance politics at local and national
levels in South Africa.
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Landman, Andre Louis. "From Volksmoeder to Igqira: Towards an intellectual biography of Dr Vera Bührmann (1910-1998)." University of the Western Cape, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7272.
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Magister Artium - MA<br>This biography of Dr Vera Bührmann is an intersectional and interdisciplinary investigation of an unusual Afrikaner woman who occupied several unusual places in South African society. Through rigorous archival research and a wide reading of English and Afrikaans secondary sources, I examine the mythology that has grown up around Dr Bührmann and expose contradictions and inaccuracies inherent within these myths.
I adopt a chronological approach but focus on certain key motifs. I dwell on her family background in order to demonstrate the depths of the Afrikaner nationalist tradition to which she was heir. I uncover the impact that physical anthropology had on her during her initial medical training at Wits and UCT in the 1930s. I highlight the intensity of her commitment to, and leadership roles in, the Ossewa-Brandwag and Dietse Kinderfonds, both extremist right-wing Afrikaner nationalist organisations.
Vera’s marital crises reveal something of her ‘human’ side but are an important component of her story because she reinvented herself following her divorce in the early 1950s, furthering her medical qualifications as well as training as a Jungian analyst. I investigate the various fields in which she worked following her return to South Africa in late 1959 but focus on her cross-cultural psychiatry research with a Xhosa igqira in the 1970s and 1980s since much of the mythology that surrounds her is based on publications that flowed from that research. I engage critically with her published works and associated archival records and present evidence which shows that the view that she underwent a ‘Damascus Road’ experience with respect to her racial politics is unfounded. The racial politics of her ancestors and the ideology of the radical right-wing Ossewa-Brandwag remained with her throughout her life, despite attempts (by Vera and others) to camouflage it. In addition, I show that her use of Jungian depth psychology as a framework for cross-cultural psychiatry research contributed to the reification of apartheid racial politics.
This study draws attention to the many pioneering achievements of this remarkable woman but argues that a more nuanced approach to her legacy is needed in light of the evidence of her persistent racial prejudice.
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Lekhelebana, Vuyokazi. "A psychobiographical study of Christiaan Neethling Barnard." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/7836.
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Dr. Christiaan Neethling Barnard (Barnard) was a world renowned surgeon who made medical history when he performed the world’s first human heart transplant. Barnard was celebrated by some for his courage and contribution in advancing the field of cardiothoracic surgery, while others believed that the technique of human heart transplantation was not his own. Barnard became known for his controversial lifestyle, and acquired a reputation as a playboy. He died in 2001 at the age of 78, following an asthma attack. The aim of the current study was to explore and describe the personality development of Barnard, by applying Alfred Adler’s theory of Individual Psychology to the context of his lived life. The study used a single case study research design, and purposive sampling was used to select the subject. This selection was made on the basis of the researcher’s interest in Barnard’s life history and his immense contribution to medical science. Data sampled was qualitative, and was collected from primary and secondary data sources. Collected data was analysed in accordance with Alexander’s model of data analysis. The findings of the study indicated that Barnard’s life was in many respects aligned with Adler’s theory and that his striving for significance was largely influenced by his social environment as well as the cultural context in which he lived.
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Fourie, Marelise. "Die uitdaging van biografie-skrywing : 'n lewe van Betty Pack." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1594.
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Thesis (MMus (Music))--Stellenbosch University, 2008.<br>This study consists of two parts. The first part focuses primarily on literature that
discusses the biography in general, and then turns its focus more sharply on the music
biography. A critical reading of three South African music biographies is conducted in
order to identify tendencies or patterns in the biographical writing of musicians,
especially performers.
The second part of this thesis consists of a biographical case study of Pack. This
particular biography makes no claim that it will not be faced with the same problems
illustrated in the general discussion on biography as a discipline, but rather through the
established critical frame claims to qualify and critically elucidate the biographical
writing pertaining to Pack. This case study will underline one of the defining elements in
the writing of lives of those figures who are considered less important, namely the limited
resource material that tend to replicate the themes and stereotypes inherent in
biographical writing. This practical problem causes an inevitable repetition of the
intellectual difficulties of biographical writing. The purpose of this biography, which is
the combination of different source materials and, is not necessarily to avoid these
“myths”, but to identify it by critical reflection. With this approach, it is not the
biography itself that becomes “critical”, but rather the reading and comprehension of the
biography.
Finally, the conclusion is reached that Betty Pack’s life as committed to paper and
memory displays various themes and topoi characteristic of the music biography in
general, rather than just the biographies of performers. The conventions of music
biography, as consolidated in the biographical descriptions of composers, thus still
provide the norms and forms for the biography of the performing artist.
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Markram, Willem Jakobus. "Stephanus Petrus Erasmus : grensboerpionier en voortrekker, 1788 - 1847." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/21166.
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Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 1992<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT:The aim of this study was to compile a description of the
life and contribution of Stephanus Petrus Erasmus,
eastern frontier pioneer and Voortrekker. Secondly,
Erasmus has been set against the background of the
problems of the frontier farmers of the north-eastern
frontier wards, Brak River and Kraai River in the years
1825 - 1837.
Stephanus Erasmus was christened as the surname child of
Daniel Elardus and cat.har-dria Elisabeth Erasmus in April
1788. In 1804 or 1805 Daniel Erasmus moved from the
Graaff-Reinet district to the Swellendam district. Here
Stephanus Erasmus married Maartje Wilhelmina Zacharia
Kruger in 1812. At least ten children were born out of
this marriage, while a second marriage to Anna Maria
Neethling produced a daughter.
Erasmus moved to the Beaufort district in 1821. From
1822 1824 he -'resided in the Graaff-Reinet area, and
from 1825 he settled in the new district of SomersetEast.
Like many of the other frontier farmers, this
frontier pioneer probably participated in the northeastern
migration for economical and geographical
reasons.
Erasmus played a leading role in this district in the
capacity of provisional field cornet for Brak River.
From 1835 he was field cornet for the new ward of Kraai
River where he settled on the farm Mooiplaats.
As a respected leader, Erasmus was fully aware of the
administrative neglect of the north-eastern frontier
wards. The progressive destabilisation of these wards,
as well as the conflict between groups of black refugees
this
the
uncertainty regarding
dissatisfaction with
frontier farmers, contributed
insecurity. The question of
for concern to Erasmus and his
The
their
and the north-eastern
towards the feeling of
landownership was a cause
fellow pioneer farmers.
issue contributed to
British government.
Like many other frontier farmers, Stephanus Erasmus came
into conflict with the authorities with regard to the
treatment of his slaves. To make matters worse, a murder
charge was brought against him after he had shot and
killed a black man in the execution of his duties as
field cornet.
In 1836 Erasmus went on a hunting expedition in the
direction of the Vaal River. During this expedition the
Ndebele of Mzilikazi ambushed them on 21 August 1836 and
two of Erasmus's sons were killed. Two days later
Erasmus took part in the Vaal River battle.
Erasmus then returned to the Colony from where he
emigrated by the middle of 1837. As the leader of his
own trek he held the office of commandant. It appears
that he was a distinguished and revered Voortrekker
leader. He was, for example, one of the six commandants
at the battle of Blood River, and was in a leadership
position during the battle of the White-Mfolozi.
As a citizen of the Republic of Natal, Erasmus played a
leading role in public life. He was a member of the
Volksraad as well as a member of the Council of Landdros
and Heemrade.
After Britain had annexed Natal, Erasmus moved to Winburg
and Potchefstroom. In 1845 he went to Ohrigstad where he
died in February 1847.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING:Die doel van hierdie studie was om 'n beskrywing van die lewe en bydrae van Stephanus Petrus Erasmus, oosgrenspionier en Voortrekker, te gee. Tweedens is Erasmus geplaas teen die agtergrond van die probleme van die grensboere van die noordoostelike grenswyke, Brakrivier en Kraairivier, in die jare 1825 - 1837. stephanus Erasmus is in April 1788 gedoop as 'n kind van Daniel Elardus en Catharina Elisabeth Erasmus. Teen 1804 of 1805 het Daniel Erasmus van die distrik Graaff-Reinet na die distrik Swellendam verhuis. Stephanus Erasmus is in die distrik in 1812 met Maartje Wilhelmina Zacharia Kruger getroud. uit hierdie huwelik is minstens tien kinders gebore, terwyl nog In dogter uit 'n tweede huwelik met Anna Maria Neethling gebore is. Erasmus het in 1821 na die distrik Beaufort verhuis. Van 1822 1824 was hy in die distrik Graaff-Reinet woonagtig. Sedert 1825 het Erasmus hom in die nuwe distrik Somerset-Oos gevestig. Soos sy mede-grensboere het die grensboerpionier waarskynlik vanwee ekonomiese en geografiese redes aan die noordoosmigrasie deelgeneem. In die distrik het Erasmus In belangrike leiersrol vervul as provisionele veldkornet van Brakrivier en sedert 1835 as veldkornet van die nuwe wyk Kraairivier. Daar het hy hom op die plaas Mooiplaats gevestig. As In gerespekteerde leiersfiguur sou Erasmus deeglik kennis neem van die administratiewe verwaarlosing van die , noordoosgrenswyke. Die toenemende destabilisasie van die noordoosgrenswyke en die konflik tussen groepe swart vlugtelinge en die noordoosgrensboere het tot die gevoel van onveiligheid bygedra. Die reg op grondbesit het Erasmus en sy mede-grensboere na aan die hart gele en onsekerheid rondom hierdie kwessie het tot toenemende ontevredenheid teenoor die Britse regering gelei. Soos talle ander grensboere het Stephanus Erasmus met die regering gebots as gevolg van die behandeling van sy slawe. Om sake te vererger is 'n moordaanklag teen hom aanhangig gemaak nadat hy 'n swartman in die uitvoering van sy pligte as veldkornet doodgeskiet het. In 1836 het Erasmus 'n jagtog in die rigting van die Vaalrivier onderneem. Hiertydens het die Ndebele van Mzilikazi op 21 Augustus 1836 'n verrassingsaanval op sy j agkamp geloods en is onder andere twee van Erasmus se seuns gedood. Hierop het Erasmus twee dae later aan die Vaalrivierslag deelgeneem. Daarna het Erasmus eers na die Kolonie teruggekeer en teen die middel van 1837 het hy geemigreer. As leier van sy eie trek het hy die amp van kommandant beklee. Dit blyk dat hy 'n vername en gewaardeerde Voortrekkerleier was. Hy was byvoorbeeld een van die ses kommandante by die slag van Bloedrivier en ook in 'n leiershoedanigheid tydens die slag van die Wit-Mfolozi. As burger van die Republiek van Natal het Erasmus 'n leiersrol in die openbare lewe gespeel. Hy was naamlik Volksraadslid en lid van die Raad van Landdros en Heemrade in Natal. Na die Britse anneksasie van Natal het die ou Voortrekker na Winburg en Potchefstroom verhuis waarna hy in 1845 na ohrigstad getrek het. Hier is Erasmus in Februarie 1847 oorlede.
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Snyman, Johannes Hendrik Bailey. "Stepping into history : biography as approaches to contemporary South African choreography with specific reference to Bessie's Head (2000) and Miss Thandi (2002)." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004678.
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This mini-thesis is located in historical discursive practices, choreographing history, biography as a source for making dance in South Africa and choreographic transformations in South African choreography since the 1994 democratic elections. Derridian concepts of deconstruction will be referenced in an attempt to focus the argument of this research, which comments on choreographic transformations since 1994, by subverting the influence of the 'violent hierarchies' enforced by the apartheid regime on South African cultural life and choreographic identity. The researcher draws on these considerations in order to explore the hybrid nature of South African choreography that has emerged since 1994. Chapter one examines the fallacious nature of historical discourse through a consideration and application of Derrida's notions of deconstruction and fabrication. Chapter two explores the notion of choreographing history in theatre through a focus on the objective/subjective fallacy and the history of the body as a textual medium. Chapter three focuses the study specifically in biography as a discourse within the idea of theatre. This approach to biography can be encapsulated by the phrase 'telling lives'. This chapter also explores the relationship between the traditional binaries of writing as a purely cerebral act and choreography as a purely visceral experience. Chapter four brings the focus to the specific post-apartheid South African context. This chapter considers the hybrid forms of dance emerging in South Africa as well as the notion of protest in relation to theatre and dance. The final chapter is an investigation and analysis of two choreographic works created by South African choreographers since 1994 in relation to biography and concepts of deconstruction. These works are Gary Gordon's Bessie's Head (2000) and Gregory Maqoma's Miss Thandi (2002). The focus of the analysis also reveals the inherent difficulty in objective interpretation, and considers the problematics of collaboration and autobiography when choreographing within a biographical context.
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Wheelhouse, Frances. "Raymond Arthur Dart : his life and work." Phd thesis, Department of History, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/10598.
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Mathevula, N. S. "Promotion of female educators into managment positions at schools in Lulekani Circuit in the Mopani District, Limpopo Province, South Africa." Thesis, University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/1452.
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Thesis (MPA) --University of Limpopo, 2013<br>The purpose of the study is to explore the views of educators with regard to the promotion of female educators to management positions at primary schools in Lulekani Circuit in the Mopani District, Limpopo Province. Specifically, this research sought to identify the factors perceived by both men and women in management positions and those who are not in management positions to be the cause of the ongoing under-representation of women at school management level. At present there are many more female educators at primary schools in the Lulekani Circuit than there are male educators. However, to date in the circuit there are many more male educators occupying management positions at these primary schools than there are females. A qualitative research method in the form of semi-structured face-to face interviews was used in this study to investigate the perceived and actual barriers and challenges which impede the promotion of female educators to management positions at primary schools in the Lulekani Circuit in the Mopani District, Limpopo Province. Twenty participants, who included both male and female educators, from five primary schools participated in one-on-one, face-to-face interviews for the purpose of this study. The sample included educators who occupy management positions (principals, deputy principals and heads of departments) and those who do not occupy management positions.
The study revealed that the under-representation of female educators in management position is a highly complex issue which is influenced by factors ranging from women’s lack of confidence, lack of support from colleagues and family, gender stereotyping, family commitments and pressure from conflicting roles. The exclusion of female educators from management positions is matter of concern because, not only does it exclude a significant section of the South African community from participating in decisions that directly affect them, but it also violates the principles of equality and of the creation of a non-sexist society which are enshrined in the South African Constitution. It is recommended that urgent steps be taken by all stakeholders to ensure equal representation of both male and female educators in management positions at schools.
Keywords: Promotion, management position, barriers, leadership, underrepresentation, Gender, stereotypes, glass ceiling
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Arendse, Lesle Anne. "Visual Storytelling in the Cape Flats Gang Biopics Noem My Skollie (2016) and Ellen: Die Storie van Ellen Pakkies (2018)." University of the Western Cape, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/8168.
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Magister Artium - MA<br>This M.A. mini-thesis seeks to open up the post-apartheid South African biopic as a topic for serious historical scrutiny. While book-length written biographies published in the post-apartheid (and apartheid periods) are the subjects of a now quite extensive historiographical literature, biography on film – including in the form of filmic dramas – has been hitherto entirely ignored. Social history or marginalised lives and not political lives of struggle against apartheid have been the predominant subgenre within this emerging field: with sixteen biopics having been produced in the 2010s. But the field is dominated by white men. This thesis showcases the story-telling gifts of one young coloured film-maker through a meticulously detailed analysis of “visual story-telling” and “visual language” used in his two award-winning gang biopics, Noem My Skollie (2016) and Ellen. Die Stories van Ellen Pakkies (2018). Read in the context of the extended processes of production of these two films in which the central protagonists played a shaping background role, the thesis explores and compares the linear chronological, four-chapter, narrative structure of Noem My Skollie with the architecture of “the parallel narrative” used in the deeply disturbing Ellen. Die Storie van Ellen Pakkies (2018) The thesis is a celebration of the film-making talent of Daryne Joshua.
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Letcher, Valerie Helen. "Trespassing beyond the borders Harriet Ward as writer and commentator on the Eastern Cape frontier." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002283.
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The aim of this thesis is to provide an introduction to the work of writer and journalist Harriet Ward, resident in the Eastern Cape from 1842 to 1848. She was a prolific correspondent to various periodicals published both in South Africa and in London. It would be true to say, to judge from the evidence, that she fulfilled a need felt by the British public for information on life and events in South Africa, and that she became the trusted guide of the middle-class reader. Her range covers reports from the frontiers of war, journalistic articles, memoirs, short stories, novels, autobiography, and editions of other writers' work. After the publication of her articles on the Seventh Frontier War (1846-7), she was recognised and respected as a commentator on the situation at the Eastern Cape, an unusual role for a woman at this time. She was also amongst the foremost victorian women writers published from the early eighteen forties until the end of the eighteen-fifties. Harriet Ward has left a vivid historical and sociological account of the Cape frontier, and her observations and judgements provide a hitherto virtually unknown perspective on an important part of South African history and letters. What makes her even more interesting, as this study seeks to show, is that she was far from conventional in her response to her new environment, both as as a woman and as a representative of a colonialist power. The record she has left of her thoughts on the people, landscape and situations of the time has the capacity to surprise the post-colonial literary critic and historian. Her struggle to find a discursive mode in which to express her consciousness of the oppression, patriarchal and colonial, of the marginalised, whether woman, indigene, Afrikaner, or creole, reveals a significantly transgressive or subversive response to the issues of the day. In re-discovering Harriet Ward, we are forced to reassess our assumptions regarding the period of colonial history to which she was a witness.
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Uys, Hendrick Michael Grobler. "A psychobiographical study of Ralph John Rabie." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1366.
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Psychobiographies use psychological theory as a paradigm within which to re-awaken an individual’s life story. The psychobiographical approach historically tended to be neglected within the South African context. The aim of the current study was to explore and describe the life of Ralph John Rabie through the use of psychobiography. Ralph John Rabie (1960 – 2002) was a South African Afrikaans singer-songwriter, journalist and playwright, also known as Johannes Kerkorrel. He challenged the cultural system and the government and was arguably the most prominent member of the Alternative Afrikaans Movement until his suicide on 12 November 2002. To some he betrayed the identity of post-apartheid Afrikanerdom and to others he became an icon in the homosexual community. No existing literature to date has adopted a psychological stance on this controversial South African figure. His own writings and published material by others were utilized to illuminate his life and its many dimensions. Richard C. Schwartz’s Internal Family Systems Model (1995) was used to analyze the multiplicity and inner workings of Rabie’s personality. The influence of external systems is also discussed. The data collection and analysis were conducted according to Yin’s (1994) analytic generalization, which consists of using theoretical guidelines as a framework to select relevant data and develop a matrix as a descriptive framework for organizing and integrating the data. Alexander’s (1988) nine proposed guidelines assisted in the process of data analysis, together with the Internal Family Systems Model (1995). The findings of the study indicate that subpersonalities in different roles could be identified in Rabie’s life as described by Schwartz (1995). The different subpersonalities interacted with each other and assumed roles to protect Rabie. The findings of the study also indicated that these subpersonalities used stories to obtain power and influence within Rabie’s personality structure. The subpersonalities were successful in making Rabie influential and famous within the Afrikaans music industry and they helped Rabie change rigid Afrikaans cultural beliefs that were present within the Apartheid system. The findings further indicate how important it is for subpersonalities to work together and how a fragmented system is difficult to contain.
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Hahn, Hildegarde L. "Die rol van Dr. J. Theophilus Hahn in Suider-Afrika, 1871-1905." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/16470.
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Thesis (MA)-- University Stellenbosch, 1993.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Johann Theophilus Hahn, seun van die Rynse sendeling, J. -Samuel
Hahn, is gebore op die sendingstasie Ebenhaeser (Lutzville) op 24
Desember 1842. As 'n seun op die sendingstasies Ebenaeser en
Bethanien en Berseba in Suidwes-Afrika (Namibie), het hy geleer om
die verskillende Khoisandialekte te praat. Ter wille van sy kinders
se akademiese opleiding het Samuel Hahn in 1852 na Duitsland
teruggekeer. Daar het Theophilus hornas uitstaande student bewys en
in 1870 het hy sy doktorsgraad verwerf met die proefskrif Die
- Sprache der Nama; nebst einem Anhang enthaltend Sprachproben aus
dem Munde des Volkes. Terwyl hy aan die universiteit van Halle
studeer het, het hy 'n aantal etnologiese artikels oor die inheemse
volkere van Suidwes-Afrika (Namibie) geskryf.
Met sy terugkeer na Suid-Afrika in 1871, het hy 'n handelaar in
Suidwes-Afrika geword. Na sy huwelik in 1875 met Marianne Esther de
La Roche Smuts het hy in Rehoboth gaan bly en aldaar 'n handelsaak
begin.
Hahn het Suidwes-Afrika in 1878 verlaat, nadat dit duidelik geword
het dat die Kaapse regering se entoesiasme vir optrede noord van
die Oranjerivier afgeneem het, as gevolg van sy militere probleme
op die oosgrens, in Griekwaland-Wes en Basoetoland. Hy het daarna
by sy broer Johannes, wat Rynse sendeling op Stellenbosch was, gaan
woon. Aldaar het hy die eerste landkaart van Suidwes-Afrika,
Original map of Namaqualand and Damaraland, voltooi.
In 1881 is hy as regeringsfiloloog en bewaarder van die
Grey-versameling in die Suid-Afrikaanse Openbare Biblioteek
(Suid-Afrikaanse Biblioteek) aangestel. Sy aanstelling het
veroorsaak dat die Hooggeregshof deur die Grey-trustees versoek is
om die versameling aan hulle oor te dra en om Hahn te verbied om
met die Grey-versameling in te meng. Die applikasie is deur die
Hooggeregshof van die hand gewys.
Terwyl hy vir die Kaapse regering gewerk het, het hy aan die Cape
Native Laws and Customs Commission inligting omtrent die Nama- en
Herero-kultuur verskaf. Hierdie kommissie was deur die Kaapse
regering aangestel om inligting aangaande die wette en gewoontes
van die inheemse volkere in te win en om verslag te doen aangaande
die wesenlikheid van die instelling van 'n soort stelsel van
plaaslike selfregering in die swart gebiede.
Vanaf sy plaas Prospect Hill het Hahn 'n brief geskryf aan die
agent van Adolf Llideritz,Heinrich Vogelsang, waarin hy waardevolle
inligting oor die moontlikhede van Suidwes-Afrika gemeld het en het
aan die hand gegee dat LlideritzAngra Pequena (Llideritzbaai)vir
handeldoeleindes moes bekom.
In 1883 het hy as regeringsfiloloog en Grey-bibliotekaris bedank en
het toe die plaasbestuurder van Welmoed, in die distrik van
Stellenbosch, geword. As wynboer het hy voorgestel dat n
kooperasie vir die produsering van wyn gestig word, asook spoediger
optrede met die bestryding van die fillokseraplaag.
Met Hahn se hulp het die Kharaskhoma Exploring and Prospecting
Syndicate, 'n maatskappy wat in Londen gebaseer was, in 1890
belangrike konsessies van die Bondelswart- en Velskoendraerkapteins
in Suidwes-Afrika bekom. Dit was 'n monopolie vir die eksploitering
van minerale, regte om handel te dryf en om spoorwee aan te le~
Na die regte van hierdie sindikaat aan die South African
Territories Company .oorgedra is, het Hahn weer Suidwes-Afrika
verlaat en die plaas Blaauwklip (Blaauwklippen) by Stellenbosch
gekoop. Sy pogings om te boer het misluk en die plaas is na sy
bankrotskap aan Cecil John Rhodes verkoop.
Daarna het hy agent vir Equitable Life Assurance Society in
Johannesburg geword. Terwyl hy by Markstraat 206, Johannesburg
gewoon het, het hy onsuksesvol aansoek gedoen om as spioen vir die
Britse Militere Regering op te tree.
Hy het op 22 Januarie 1905 gesterf en is in die Braamfonteinse
begraafplaas begrawe.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Johann Theophilus Hahn, son of the Rhenish missionary J. Samuel
Hahn, was born at the mission station Ebenaeser (Lutzville) on 24
December 1842. As a boy at the mission stations Ebenaeser and
Berseba and Bethanien in South West Africa (Namibia) he learned to
speak the different Khoisan dialects. Samuel Hahn left for Germany
in 1852, for the sake of his children~s academic training. There
Theophilus proved himself as an outstanding student and he obtained
his doctorate in 1870 on the dissertation Die Sprache der Nama;
nebst einem Anhang enthaltend Sprachproben aus dem Munde des
Volkes. While studying at the University of Halle he published a
number of ethnological studies relating to the aborigines of South
West Africa (Namibia).
On his return to South Africa, he became a trader in South West
Africa. After his marriage in 1875 to Marianne Esther de La Roche
Smuts he settled at Rehoboth, where he started a trading business.
Hahn left South West Africa in 1878, after it became clear that the
Cape Government's enthusiasm for action north of the Orange River
waned, as a result of its own military burdens on the eastern
border, in Griqualand West and Basutoland. He went to live with his
brother Johannes, a Rhenish missionary at Stellenbosch, where he
completed the first map of South West Africa - Original map of
Namagualand and Damaraland.
In 1881 he was appointed as government philologist and custodian of
the Grey Collection in the South African Public Library. His
appointment as Grey custodian gave rise to an application to the
Supreme Court to have the care and custody of the Grey Collection
given up to the Grey Trustees and for an interdict to restrain Hahn
from interfering with the Grey Collection. This application by the
Grey Trustees was refused by the Supreme Court.
In 1883 he provided the Cape Native Laws and Customs Commission
information regarding the Nama and Herero cultures. This commission
was directed by the Cape Government to enquire into the laws and
customs of the Blacks and to report on the advisability of
introducing some system of local self-government in the Black
territories.
While living at his farm Prospect Hill, he wrote a letter to the
agent of Adolf Llideritz,Heinrich Vogelsang, in which he supplied
valuable information about the prospects of South West Africa and
suggested that Llideritzacquire Angra Pequena (LlideritzBay) as a
harbour for trading purposes.
He resigned as philologist and Grey Librarian in 1883 and became
the manager of the farm Welmoed, in the district of Stellenbosch.
As a wine-farmer he proposed the establishing of a co-operative for
the production of wine, also prompt action for combating the
phylloxera disease.
With the assistance of Hahn the mining company Kharaskhoma
Exploring and Prospecting Syndicate, a company based in London,
obtained in 1890 important concessions from the chiefs of
Bondelswart and Veldskoendraers - a monopoly for the exploitation
of minerals, rights to trade and to contruct railways.
After the syndicate transfered its rights to the South African
Territories Company, he left South West Africa and bought th farm
Blaauwklip (Blaauwklippen) at Stellenbosch. His farming attempts
proved a disaster and his farm was sold to Cecil John Rhodes.
He became an agent for the Equitable Life Assurance Society in
Johannesburg and while residing at 206 Market Street he offered to
act as a spy for the British Military Government. This was
declined.
He died on 22 January 1905 and was buried in the Braamfontein
cemetery.
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Prenter, Tracey. "A psychobiographical study of Charlize Theron." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1020843.
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Psychobiographers study the lives of extraordinary, prominent, and enigmatic individuals. Psychobiographical research advances our insight into the uniqueness and complexity of the human personality and therefore makes a substantial contribution towards one of the major objectives of the field of psychology. Purposive sampling was employed to select Charlize Theron as the subject of this psychobiographical study. As the only South African who has won an Oscar, Theron is an exceptional individual who demonstrates tenacity and a will to succeed despite significant traumatic events in her childhood. The case study data was organised and analysed according to the general analytic approach developed by Huberman and Miles (2002) and one of Alexander’s (1990) strategies, namely questioning the data. Erikson’s psychosocial theory (1950, 1963, 1995) was selected to guide this study because it recognises the impact of socio-cultural influences on developmental processes and provides a comprehensive, staged framework for studying Theron’s personality development. This study contributes to the development of psychobiographical research in South Africa.
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Ross, Susan Imrie. "The inner image: an examination of the life of Helen Elizabeth Martins leading to her creation The Owl House and A Camel Yard as outsider art." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002227.
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The Owl House is situated in the Karoo village of Nieu Bethesda, and the person responsible for its creation, Helen Elizabeth Martins (1897-1976), is South Africa's best known Outsider artist. A number of newspaper and magazine articles, television programmes, radio interviews, play, films, short stories, theses and art works have resulted directly from her work. Interest in The Owl House continues to grow, with visitors coming from all over South Africa, and various parts of the world,to visit it. The Owl House was Helen Martins' home for most of her 78 years. During the last 30 or so years of her life she devoted all her time and energy to transforming the interior of her house into a glistening fantasy world of colour and light, using crushed glass stuck to almost every surface, coloured glass pane inserts in the walls, mirrors of many sizes and shapes, and countless paraffin lamps and candles. She called her garden' A Camel Yard', and filled it with over 500 cement statues, structures and bas reliefs. All the labour involved, apart from crushing and sorting the coloured glass, was provided by at least four different men, who assisted her over the years, Johannes Hattingh, Jonas Adams, Piet van der Merwe and Koos Malgas, though Helen Martins was the inspiration and director behind it all. Through a study of Helen Martins' background and life, and their effects upon her psyche, a rigorous attempt has been made to reach some understanding of why she became a recluse, and what caused her to create this unique body of work comprising her entire domestic environment. She became increasingly asocial as her life progressed, and ultimately ended it by committing suicide in 1976. Through the universality of symbolism, the meanings of the subjects, themes and concerns which she chose to depict are studied. Then, together with some knowledge of her life and personal influences, an attempt has been made to deduce what it was that Helen Martins was trying to express and work through in her creations. This study also led to an awareness of the fact that, although each one is unique, there are many examples of Outsider Art throughout the world. Fundamentally, creators of Outsider Art remain asocial in relation to their cultural milieu and cultural context. Some other examples of Outsider Art, both in South Africa as well as in Europe and India, were visited, and are described and compared with The Owl House as well as with one another. The way in which society reacts or responds to Outsider Art and its creators is studied through the comprehensive records of one specific case which caused great controversy in Johannesburg during the 1970s. Ultimately, working alone or with assistance, it is the Outsider artist who is the driving force behind these unique works, and whose indefinable inner fire of passion alone makes it possible to bring them into being. It would seem that the fascination with Outsider Art is that through their work, creators allow others a glimpse into a different sense of reality which is both mysterious and inexplicable.
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Silva, Cristiane Mare da. "A poética da esperança: sentidos políticos nas memórias de Nelson Mandela." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2016. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/12918.
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Previous issue date: 2016-03-18<br>Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico<br>The present study was developed at the Postgraduate Program in History, of the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo and has as object biographical and autobiographical texts of the South African Nelson Mandela, that allows us to seize moments and statements, guiders of the struggle for equality, the exercise of tolerance and human rights, not only in South Africa, but everywhere where there are conflicts inside a population, especially in the Western Hemisphere. Interests me, particularly, identify strategies and discursive paths built in biographical narratives in the representations of Nelson Mandela, the works presented will be, Mandela Struggle is my life, organized by the The International Defence and Aid Fund of 1989, first published in 1978 in English. Mandela: The Authorized Portrait 2007. Mandela's Way: Lessons on Life, Love, and Courage, of 2010, whose author is Richard Stengel. Mandela: Conversations With Myself, of 2010, Nelson Mandela Foundation. Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2012) (autobiography), seeking how Mandela is seized in these pages. Through the reading of authors such as Frantz Fanon, Achille Mbembe, Hampaté Ba, Anibal Quijano, Jeanne Marie Gagnebin and Sabina Loriga, I sought to understand how Madiba, through a rereading of his traditions, invented a policy making which made possible the transition from the Apartheid Regime to democracy in South Africa. The problem that I developed as structuring to the work: what Africa has to teach us in the production of decolonial policy pathways, especially the experience of South African leader Nelson Mandela in his government practice<br>O estudo que ora apresento desenvolveu-se no Programa de Pós-Graduação em História, da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo e tem por objeto textos biográficos e autobiográficos do sul africano Nelson Mandela, que nos permitem apreender momentos e enunciados, orientadores da luta pela igualdade, do exercício da tolerância e a defesa dos direitos humanos, não apenas na África do Sul, mas por toda parte onde existam conflitos raciais e coloniais inerentes à enxpansão do Hemisfério Ocidental. Interessa-me, particularmente, identificar as táticas e caminhos discursivos construídos nas narrativas biográficas nas representações de Nelson Mandela. As obras apresentadas são: Mandela A luta é a minha vida, organizado pelo Fundo Internacional de Defesa e Auxílio de 1989, a primeira edição é de 1978 em inglês; Mandela Retrato Autorizado, 2007; Os Caminhos de Mandela Lições de vida, amor e coragem, 2010, cujo autor é Richard Stengel; Mandela: Conversas que tive Comigo, 2010 Fundação Nelson Mandela; Nelson Mandela Longa Caminhada até a Liberdade, 2012 (autobiografia), apreendendo Mandela em suas tradições sul-africanas. Por meio da leitura de autores como Franz Fanon, Achille Mbembe, Hampaté Bá, Anibal Quijano, Jeanne Marie Gagnebin e Sabina Loriga, procuramos compreender como Madiba, por meio de uma releitura de suas tradições, inventou um fazer político que tornou possível a transição do Regime do Apartheid para Democracia na África do Sul. O problema que elaborei como estruturante para o trabalho remete ao que a África tem a nos ensinar na produção de vias políticas decoloniais, em especial através da experiência do líder sul-africano Nelson Mandela em suas práticas governamentais
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Van, Niekerk Roelf. "'n Psigobiografiese ontleding van Christiaan Neethling Barnard se loopbaanontwikkeling /." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1778.
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Thesis (MA (Industrial Psychology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.<br>The primary objective of the study was to describe Professor Christiaan Barnard’s career development according to the theoretical model formulated by Greenhaus, Callanan and Godshalk (2000). The research design implemented in the study is a exploratory-descriptive psychobiographical case-study that followed an idiographic-morphogenic research strategy and used qualitative data to present a coherent narrative of Barnard’s career development. During the study biographical and autobiographical data pertaining to Barnard’s career development were collected and analysed.
Barnard was selected as psychobiographical subject through a purposive sampling strategy. Barnard was regarded as an appropriate subject for the study because of his extraordinary and pioneering contributions in the context of organ transplants.
The study used qualitative data and included both primary (autobiographical material) and secondary data (biographical material). The data collection and data analyses were based on an approach suggested by Yin (2003). This approach uses a theoretical model to determine the relevance of data as well as the nature of data that would facilitate the achievement of the research objective. It is implemented by posing specific questions to the data. The data analysis procedure was based on the approach suggested by Huberman and Miles (1994). Their approach comprises three phases, namely data-reduction, data-display, and conclusion drawing or verification.
The researcher ensured ethical standards throughout the study by obtaining Barnard’s consent to conduct the study. The researcher treated personal information with respect, empathy, thoughtfulness and prudence. Only data available in the public domain (published biographical and autobiographical material) were considered during the data analysis phase. Lastly, the researcher attempted to interpret data in a responsible and transparent manner.
The analysis of Barnard’s career development according to the theoretical model of Greenhaus et al. (2000) demonstrated the value of the model to accurately describe and interpret the career development of extraordinary individuals.
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Field, Roger Michael. "Alex la Guma: a literary and political biography of the South African years." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2001. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&.
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The South African years (1925-1966) of Alex la Guma is examined in this thesis. While La Guma's father was an important role model, most critics have overlooked his mother's contribution to his literary and political development. Throughout the thesis the same point is made about Blanche, La Guma's wife, who supported him in many ways. The researcher describes La Guma's infancy, childhood and adolescence, his father's political profile, how notions of race and writing, coloured identity and family and political experiences created the conditions that enabled him to become a story teller and political activist ...
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Gamede, Thobekile. "The biography of "access" as an expression of human rights in South African education policies." Thesis, Pretoria : [s.n.], 2005. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03302005-115949.
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Kirton, Teneille. "Racial exploitation and double oppression in selected Bessie Head and Doris Lessing texts." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/232.
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During the era of discrimination and disparity in Southern Africa, racial inequality silenced many black writers. It was the white authors that dominated the literary environment presenting their biased views on social and political concerns; the black authors standpoints were seen as unimportant and they were deemed inferior to the white authors. Consequently, it was particularly difficult for black writers to voice their experiences of living in a society riddled with oppression, prejudice and unequal opportunities. The purpose of this study is to critically compare selected texts by African authors Doris Lessing and Bessie Head, which depict the political and social struggles within Southern African society during the era of unequal opportunities. Lessing and Head’s works present incidents of life experiences in Southern Africa from two contrasting viewpoints. The selected texts explored are: The Grass is Singing and “The Old Chief Mshlanga” by Doris Lessing, a white author, in contrast and comparison to the texts: A Question of Power and “The Collector of Treasures” by Bessie Head, a coloured author. The research for this thesis is conducted from an ethnic literary perspective with careful consideration to critical race theory and cultural studies. From this perspective, the focus of the study is on the struggles that affected both the victim and perpetrator during the apartheid era as well as on the idea that those in power determined what was deemed acceptable and unacceptable, behaviourally and ideologically. Specifically, the plight experienced by the female characters living in a patriarchal society, and the segregation and racial inequality faced by the characters of colour is explored by analysing these characters’ influences, pressures and societal manipulations and constraints in the texts. Thus, this study will provide a more in-depth understanding of Southern African society during the apartheid era and the strategic use of literature to spotlight the subjugation and disparity.
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Rosen, Gary. "Frank Staff and his role in South African ballet and musical theatre from 1955 to 1959, including a pre-1955 biography." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26564.
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Frank Staff was the first South African choreographer to explore the concept of modem ballet in South Africa. Through the creation of his ballet companies, the South African Ballet and later the Frank Staff Ballet, he pursued unusual subject-matter not seen previously on a South African ballet stage. This thesis explores his legacy to South African dance and is divided into ten chapters with a separate introduction and conclusion. The aim, from the outset, has been to trace Frank Staff's career with particular reference to his choreographic contribution to ballet and musical theatre in South Africa. Appraised throughout in terms of critical opinion and dancers' commentaries, the study is chronologically based with emphasis on individual works created by Staff. There is an overview of Staff's early career, the rationale being to trace the earlier part of his career (from 1933 to 1952) in order to provide a basis from which Staff's most creative phase, i.e. that of the 1950's, might be explored. Staff's subsequent return to South Africa and possible reasons for choosing Johannesburg as his domicile are alluded to, as well as his vision for a new Johannesburg ballet company, the creation of the Frank Staff Ballet School and the South African Ballet Company. The South African Ballet's first regional tour to Benoni followed by a short tour to Kimberley and Vereeniging before returning to Pretoria for further performances is detailed and an examination of the South African Ballet's second Johannesburg season in November 1955 is made. An investigation into Staff's choreographic contribution to Leslie French's 1956 Johannesburg production of The Tempest as well as Staff's early involvement with Brian Brooke's musical theatre encapsulates his important contribution to South African musical theatre, which was a major interest throughout his life. 1957 was the most important and prolific period for Staff and his latest choreographic achievements demonstrates a broadening of his creative powers and a reaching out for previously unused influences in terms of dance and subject matter. The thesis' conclusion includes some of the possible frustrations Staff might have encountered as a choreographer working in South Africa during the 1960's and alludes to his Afro-centric works before his illness and untimely death in 1971.
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Khumalo, Hlonpha Pamela Vivienne, and Linda Loretta Kwatsha. "Perspectives of the historical–biographical criticism In the creative works of J. J. R. Jolobe." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/21983.
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Olu phando lohlalutyo lukwaluncomo-gxeko lwemisebenzi kaJolobe, injongo yalo kukubonisa ukuba lukho uqhagamshelwano phakathi kobomi bakhe jikelele kunye noncwadi lwakhe. Ulwazi olunjalo lungathi lube luncedo kwiphulo elibalulekileyo ekuncediseni kulwazi lokubhala ibhayografi yakhe. Kubonakele kufanelekile ukuba iphulo elinjalo lenziwe ukukhumbula imisebenzi emikhulu eyenziwe ngamaqhawe abantu abaNtsundu abathe banegalelo elikhulu ekuphakanyiswni koncwadi lwemvelo kwakunye nenkuqubela phambili kwimfundo yabantu abangama-Afrika beli lizwe. Umzekelo uJolobe ulusebenzele ukuba uncwadi lwakhe ukuxwayisa abantu bakowabo abaNtsundu ngemfundo nolwazi olwakhaya. Ukwalusebenzise uncwadi lwakhe ukuvusa abantu ama-Afrika balumke kwingozi zemimoya yocinezelo lwabo ngurhulumente ocalule abantu abaNtsundu kuba bebantsundu ngebala. Nangona uncwadi lwakhe ulenze lwabasisonwabiso kodwa ikhakhulu ulusebenzise kwanokunika intuthuzelo, ithemba kwanokomelela kubantu abathe bacinezelwe zimeko zobomi ukuba bangalahli ithemba loluzuza impumelelo, kuba izinto zingatshintsha ebomini babo ngokuhamba kwamaxesha. Kwakhona ukongeza uncwadi lwakhe ulusebenzise ukuphakamisa nokuhambisela phambili ulwimi lwemveli, inkcubeko, imbali ngokusebenzisa isixhobo esiluncwadi lwakhe ukuze ezi ngongoma zikhankanyisweyo zihlale ezincwadini zakhe ezithe zazisele zolwazi, zingabi nakuze zife kuba zililifa lesizwe esiNtsundu, Uninzi loncwadi olubhalwe nguJolobe luthe lwaxoxwa kwesi sifundo, kodwa kuye kwaphonongwa ikakhulu uncwadi lwemibongo, inoveli idrama kuba kubonakele ukuba lo msebenzi ubanzi kakhulu kwaye esi sifundo kubonakele ukuba kungabanzima ukuba singagqibeka lula, kodwa ke uJolobe ubengumntu okhutheleyo. Ubhale incwadi eziliqela ngenxa yothando lwakhe lobhalo loncwadi oluqhutywe ngumbono wakhe wobuthandazwe, wokubona kubalulekile ukuba inani loncwadi olubhaliweyo esiXhoseni linyuke kwaye libe kwizinga eliphezulu, ukuze umzi wasemaXhoseni nowamanye ama-Afrika ngokubanzi ungalambathi ngoncwadi lokufunda ujongelwe phantsi ngokuba semva kwinkqubela phambili zezinye izizwe Ingokuphandle uncwadi lukaJolobe lubonakela luyinxenye yobomi bakhe. Kulunye uncwadi kwakhe kufumaniseka ukuba ukubhale endululwe zizinto ezithe azamphatha kakuhle ebomini bakhe zazaza ezo zinto zawuphazamisa umoya wakhe, nentlalo yakhe wada waqanda ukuba makabhale aphokoze okukuphuphuma kwengcinga zakhe ukuzithuthuzela kwanokuphilisa kwanabanye abantu abathe badibana neenzima ezinjalo zobomi. Umzekelo: iimeko zopolitiko zeli lizwe zithe zabuchaphazela ubomi bakhe, oko kubesisiphumo sokuba abhale incwadi yakhe yedrama apho adiza ngeemeko zokuphatheka kwabantu baseBhayi kwilokishi eyathi yabelwa bona ngurhulumnte wobandlululo, apho ebexelenga khona njengetitshala kwanoMfundisi weliZwi. Kanti noncwadi apho athe wabonisa ukuvuya khona olo luvuyo olusukela kwinto ethe yamvuyisa emalunga nobomi bakhe, izimvo zakhe kwanenkolo yakhe njengomntu, kwanendlela akhule ngayo. Umzekelo, uJolobe uye wazisa abafundi bakhe ukuba iimbalo zakhe zisukele kwizinto ezithe zamchukumisa ebomini bakhe. Ngoko ke kwabonakala ukuba olu phando luluncedo ekusungulweni kweprojekti yokubhalwa kwebhayografi kaJolobe neya kuba luncedo kwimisebenzi yophando olubalulekileyo kuncwadi kuba iincwadi ezinje zityebile ngolwazi olubalulekileyo ekungena kucingelwa ukuba lunokufunyanwa kulo.
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Kemp, Frederick Willem. "Ethical codes for training staff in South African collieries : a case study / F.W. Kemp." Thesis, North-West University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/6393.
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The title of the research is "Ethical codes for training staff in South African Collieries -a case study". The research was conducted in coal mining training centres in the Free State,
Gauteng and the Mpumulanga provinces of South Africa.
The objective of the research was to examine ethical codes currently in place internationally and locally. Based on this research the research was then focused on its contribution to the human resource development arena. South African coal mining training centres staff were interviewed regarding how they perceived ethical codes and ethical conduct and the importance of these concepts to their daily work lives.
It was found that training staff were aware of ethical behaviour and conduct. Factors such as age, the type of professional association a person belongs to were found to be significant.
Recommendations were made regarding further research on ethical conduct in other mining products, companies a for human resource development practises.<br>Thesis (M.Ed.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2010.
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Hacksley, Helen Elizabeth. "An edition of a selection of poems by John Randal Bradburne." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008069.
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This thesis examines the life and work of John Randal Bradburne (1921-1979), poet, mystic, musician, cenobite, sometime soldier, pilgrim and wanderer. His religious experiences, particularly, gave rise to a vast corpus of verse, virtually all of it as yet unpublished. This study provides a brief overview of his life, and a critical and textual introduction to a sample selection of poems entitled Bradburne 's Assays. The biography has been compiled from published and unpublished sources, as well as from personal interviews and correspondence with Bradburne's friends, relatives and associates in South Africa, Zimbabwe and the United Kingdom. Chief among these are two unpublished biographies by Judith, Countess of List owe I. Bradburne's extant corpus consists of over five thousand titled pieces of verse, ranging from brieflyrics to verses hundreds of pages long. The forty-seven poems comprising Bradburne 's Assays, published here for the first time, were selected and arranged by Bradburne himself in a single sequence. A unique collection in his corpus, they are unified by their common sonnet form and their contemplative approach to secular and religious experiences. An accurate reading text of this set of poems, transcribed from Bradburne's typescripts, currently held at Holyhead in Wales, is provided. These typescripts have been electronically scanned and are presented in the Appendix. Editorial intrusion, which has been kept to a minimum, is recorded in the critical apparatus beneath the text of the poems. Since all the poems in this ed ition are presented here for the first time, each is accompanied by detailed commentary on their form and content. Where necessary, interpretations of obscure passages have been suggested. A general index to the Introduction and Commentary is supplied, along with indexes of first lines and titles of the poems. It is hoped that this thesis will stimulate further study of the life and work of a unique and intriguing figure.
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Carlsson, Stephanie Lillian. "Herman charles Bosman : the biographer's enigma." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/79713.
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This dissertation examines the five biographies or memoirs written about the renowned South African writer Herman Charles Bosman. The main aim of the study is to show how different, and often contradictory, the views of him are as presented in the biographies. I also investigate different theories of biography as expounded by Leon Edel, Ira Bruce Nadel and Ray Monk and explore to what extent each of the biographies conforms, or does not conform to the theory. It is the contention of this dissertation that though the existing theories are useful and do shed light on each biographer’s approach and practice, they are also limited in accounting fully for the diverse and often discrepant accounts of Bosman’s life. The dissertation opens with an explication of several different theories regarding biography, and gives a brief overview of the life story of Herman Charles Bosman. Some of the main elements of biography (including different forms of narration, language and myth) are discussed and how they might be used in biography. The subsequent chapters focus on and offers detailed analyses of the biographies of Bosman, beginning with Herman Bosman As I Knew Him by Bernard Sachs and My Friend Herman Charles Bosman by Aegidius Jean Blignaut. Thereafter Sunflower to the Sun by Valerie Rosenberg and Life Sentence by Stephen Gray are analysed. Finally, there is an analysis of several reminiscences of those who knew Bosman, including Lionel Abrahams’s important memoir. The strengths and limitations of the various biographies are analysed, thereby shedding light not only on the practice of biography itself, but also on the complex and enigmatic figure of Herman Charles Bosman.<br>Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2014.<br>English<br>MA (English Studies)<br>Unrestricted
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Partridge, Matthew Duke. "The spectres of biography: archive as artwork." Thesis, 2014.
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In an attempt to understand the multiple lives of an object - specifically a death
inquest register from the year 1976 - this dissertation examines five moments in the
objects life (referred to as the Ledger) that invest it with ‘capital’. They are;
• The Cillié Commission of Inquiry.
• Sam Nzima’s photograph of Hector Pieterson.
• The destruction of apartheid documents in the early 1990’s.
• Kendell Geers’ appropriation of the Ledger.
• Museum Africa’s purchase of the Ledger.
By applying a biographical methodology to this object, this dissertation examines how
the shifts in the multiple lives of the Ledger address the different roles that the archive
plays in the construction of memory in South Africa.
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Campbell, Sheldon Troy. "Stages on pages : a comparative study of Pieter-Dirk Uys' one man shows as an autobiographical alternative to memoir." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/7981.
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In this dissertation I seek to analyse the use of autobiographical monologues and elements in selected scenes from the political revues Foreign Aids (2001) and Elections and Erections (2009) by South African playwright-performer Pieter-Dirk Uys. The purpose of this analysis is to evaluate the use of autobiographical writing in revue performance as an alternative method for presenting autobiography to spectators. My argument is that the unique style and format of the revue-form provides a distinct approach to the live performance of autobiography. The analyses centre on the revues Foreign Aids and Elections and Erections in a literary comparison with Uys’ two prose narrative memoirs, Elections and Erections: A Memoir of Fear and Fun (2002) and Between the Devil and the Deep: A Memoir of Acting and Reacting (2005). These two book-length print memoirs have passages of text that correspond with the autobiographical monologues and other dramatic elements in the revues that I have selected. The aim of providing the comparative analysis of Uys’ revues with his memoirs is to reveal the strengths and weaknesses of these genres insofar as Uys has employed each to attempt to write and perform aspects of his life-story. In order to facilitate these analyses, I have researched international studies on the interdisciplinary field of performance autobiography. I have come to rely on two key theorists of performance autobiography, Sherrill Grace and Deirdre Heddon, and I have applied their theories to my study of Uys’ revues. I discuss several autobiographical scenes in Foreign Aids, comparing them with passages from Elections and Erections: A Memoir of Fear and Fun, and I compare a selected monologue in Elections and Erections, the revue, with a passage containing the same material in Between the Devil and the Deep: A Memoir of Acting and Reacting. The comparison between the revues and the memoirs reveals the narrative and stylistic similarities and differences between Uys’ writing and performance of the self in performance narrative as opposed to prose narrative. The study identifies the most salient features of Uys’ autobiographical performances, including the thematic links between the individual life-story and the concern with social welfare, the sharing of intimate anecdotes regarding his own sex-life and the sexual practices of South Africans, and the relationality between the self and other represented in dialogues where he portrays himself and other characters speaking to each other.<br>Thesis (M.A)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2011.
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Von, Maltitz Elizabeth Amalia. "Vorm- en betekenisontwikkeling in die beeldhouwerk van Edoardo Villa." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/10753.
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M.A. (Art History)<br>The sculpture of the mature artist Edoardo Villa is characterised by sequences of apparently contrasting phases. Analysis reveals that formal ideas from earlier periods are freely combined in new variations. Formal ideas unfold and are brought to fruition in a continuous development. Form, however, can never be analysed without considering its meaning. Previous writers on the sculpture of Edoardo Villa have, at various stages, identified most of its typical formal characteristics and indicated the meanings of specific phases. This thesis sets out to study, systematically and chronologically, Villa's whole oeuvre up to 1979. The evolution of his formal language, and the concomitant shifts of emphasis in meaning can be traced. Accordingly the sculptures seem to fall roughly into eleven groups. The first chapter examines Villa's formative years in a classical Italian Humanist context, albeit in the Fascist period, and then his early years in South Africa (c. 1935-1957). From 1947 rapid changes occurred, both in form and meaning. ·A simplification of organic or geometric shapes gave way to abstract sculptures, made possible in part by adopting the technique of welding metal instead of modelling. Changes in meaning ~ere inevitable: in Italy commissions called for heroes and angels; during the war years traditional themes sought to convey the sentiments of a war-torn generation. The female archetype followed, to be replaced by universal forms of human or animal torsos. Conventional meanings disappeared from the abstract structures, which are intuitive images of his new ambience. The second chapter examines· the years 1958 to 1970 during which Villa mastered metal in the creation of primarily vertical structures. However, modelling recurred at intervals, and a reciprocal influence between the two media took . place. For a time Villa's abstract works illustrate what van Peursen calls the functional nature of 20th century culture. Then Villa returns to figurative themes, creating archetypes in an expression of the mythological aspect of human consciousness, and showing similarities with African tribal art. Subsequently he arrived at images of an ontological nature, with less emphasis on the interrelationship of objects and a greater emphasis on the individual. By 1968 the linear, vertical and often frontal compositions were superseded by more massive horizontal and asymmetrical groups. The sculptures of the seventies are examined in the third chapter. Sign-like emblems of human groups were created with pipes. Bright colour became integral to Villa's formal language in non-figurative constructions. Vertical compositions were more open, and less symmetrical. Groups suggesting human figures reaffirmed Villa's main preoccupation. He seemed increasingly to express the moods of his time: massive, ebullient forms in a materially confident society; tensions of balanced line in a society under the stress of evolution. Forms opened up further, textures became rougher, colours more earthy. By the end of the decade figuration was emphasized; the symbol returned. In the cyclic flow of Edoardo Villa's development, -he balanced the formal constraints of apparently contradictory qualities: organic and geometric, open and closed, vertical and horizontal, mass and movement. At various intervals Villa embodied signs, images, and symbols, expressing the functional stage of 20th century human consciousness, which encompasses both the mythological and ontological phases of its historic development.
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Bosland, Joost Ooyke. "A hermeneutics of empathy: the artist interview in South Africa." Thesis, 2018. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/25702.
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A research report submitted to the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Fine Arts, 2018<br>This project consists of two parts: a selection of newly commissioned interviews with South African artists, titled Intent and Material: South African art in conversation, and a theoretical reflection on the significance of the artist interview in our local context, titled A Hermeneutics of Empathy: The artist interview in South Africa. Intent and Material contains interviews with Nicholas Hlobo, Zander Blom, Jody Maria Brand, Mikhael Subotzky, Bogosi Sekhukhuni and Ernest Cole. The accompanying thesis proposes the notion of a ‘hermeneutics of empathy’ as a way of thinking about artist interviews. This is a theoretical model, a wonderful phrase that draws together the work of N. Chabani Manganyi and Rita Felski, and suggests why the artist interview might be of interest in South Africa in 2018. At its best, an artist interview, through the push and pull between the two participants, reaches a level of thought about artistic practice that is rarely achieved in art criticism with a single author. The final, edited transcript has the potential to become an autonomous text that aides our understanding of an artist and the world they inhabit. Based on my reading of Manganyi and Felski, as well as Ronald Christ, Stacy Hardy and Ernest Mancoba, a new anthology of interviews with South African artists would be a meaningful contribution to local art criticism. It could achieve two separate but equally valuable goals: serve as an introduction to the local scene for curators and art historians from elsewhere, and contribute to a local literature on art that is of interest to non-specialists.<br>XL2018
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Von, Maltitz Elizabeth Amalia. "Development of form and meaning in the sculpture of Edoardo Villa." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/10838.
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Steele, Dorothy Winifred. "Interpreting redness: a literary biography of Zakes Mda." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1736.
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This study of Zakes Mda's life and sixteen of his plays and seven novels, written
from 1966 to the present day, set in South Africa, Lesotho and the United States
of America, shows how his life and works interweave, and how his
defamiliarisation mode, his magic realism and his juxtaposed timeframes
stimulate reader response and self-realisation, bringing about change.
Experiences of marginalisation due to early childhood sexual abuse, exile,
and being banished from church, and his involvement in political movements
outside the mainstream, have caused him to be an astute observer of life. He is
sceptical of authority and power, and is as critical of those who seek power,
becoming intoxicated thereby, as of those who give away their power and so
perpetuate unacceptable institutions and their own victimisation. At all times
though, his writing style is creative and entertaining, rooted in the African oral
tradition from which he springs, but also portraying international influences to
which he has been exposed over the years.<br>English Studies<br>M.A. (English)
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Pithouse-Morgan, Kathleen Jane. "Learning through teaching : a narrative self-study of a novice teacher educator." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/482.
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This thesis reports on a small-scale, qualitative study of learning through teaching in
three postgraduate modules in Education at a South African university. In the thesis, I
take a narrative self-study stance toward research and pedagogy to explore my lived
experience as a novice teacher educator. I illustrate my research journey by tracing the
development of my key research question and re-examining my research and
curriculum design processes. I use the medium of a ‘narrative self-study research
collage’ to represent and engage with a range of data derived from my experience of
teaching in the three modules.
The thesis makes two unique contributions to the education field. The
methodological contribution is the use of a textual collage, which draws on visual and
language arts-based approaches to educational research, as a medium for data
representation. The creation of the collage and its presentation in this thesis contributes
to the ongoing development and exploration of alternative forms of data representation
in educational research. The conceptual contribution of the thesis is the
conceptualisation of my teaching-learning-researching experience as educative
engagement. This conception of educative engagement offers a new way of looking at
pedagogy and research in academic teacher education. In addition to these two unique
contributions to the field of Education, the thesis adds further understanding and
impetus to the growing body of work that seeks to explore and value the teacher self
and teachers’ self-study in the context of lived, relational educational experience.<br>Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2007.