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The role and position of women in Roman North African Society

De Marre, Martine Elizabeth Agnès (2009-08-25)

In this thesis I have endeavoured to throw light on both the private and public aspect of the lives of women living in the Roman African provinces from the first century BC to the seventh century AD. Funerary inscriptions ...
Church and community during the Apartheid Era, 1970s-1980s: a focus on the projects of the Transkei Council of Churches (TCC)

Moreku, Clement (2009-08-25)
The impact of Gorbachev's reforms on the disintegration of the Soviet Union

Carlyle, Keith Cecil (2009-08-25)

This dissertation of limited scope traces the attempts by Gorbachev (1985-1991) to reform an economic, political and social system which was in a state of terminal decline. The origins of its demise, it is argued, lay ...
AWG Champion, Zulu Nationalism and `Separate Development' in South Africa, 1965 -1975

Tabata, Wonga (2009-08-25)

This is a historical study of AWG Champion, the former leader of the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICU) and provincial President of the African National Congress, in the politics of Zululand and Natal from 1965 ...
The Cassinga Raid

Alexander, Edward George McGill (2009-08-25)

In 1978 the SADF carried out an airborne assault on Cassinga in Southern Angola. The South Africans claimed that Cassinga was a key SWAPO military headquarters, training camp and logistic base. SWAPO claimed it was a refugee ...
Straws in the wind: early epidemics of Poliomyelitis in Johannesburg, 1918-1945

Wade, Mary Margaret (2009-08-25)

This thesis offers a detailed account of early polio epidemics (between 1918 and 1945) in Johannesburg, where the disease was particularly severe. At this time, little was known about the poliovirus, and such limited ...
The intermediate decade : male homosexuality in American popular fiction of the 1930's

Caucutt, Jason Steven (2009-08-25)

In the short period between 1931 and 1934 a flurry of gay-themed novels was published which were blatantly marketed as novels exploring the "twilight world" of homosexual men. In the subsequent seventy-odd years these ...
Coercion and dissent : case studies in McCarthyism in the USA, 1953

Caplan, Michael, M.A. (2009-08-25)

No abstract available
Liberation through Salvation: the Medieval Western European and South African experiences (1860 to 1994) compared through a selection of religious iconography

Arthur, Duncan Malcolm (2009-08-25)

The medieval period (approximately 800 to 1300 AD) in Western Europe is noted for its rich tradition in religious Roman Catholic iconography. Frequently the only art works to be produced in the period, or to have survived, ...
Conflict in the great lakes region of Africa : the Burundi experience, 1993-2000

Check, Nicasius Achu (2009-08-25)

Burundi became a German protectorate in August 1884. Prior to the establishment of a protectorate, the territory was ruled by Mwamis (kings) who exercised a kind of quasi-divine system of administration. Conflictual relations ...
Poverty, health and disease in the era of high apartheid: South Africa, 1948-1976

Phatlane, Stephens Ntsoakae (2009-08-25)

A higher infant mortality rate and shorter life expectancy, coupled with a high prevalence of a variety of diseases commonly associated with malnutrition, are usually a reflection of the social conditions of poverty in a ...
A study of the charismatic movement in Portugal with particular reference to the fraternal association

Silva, Fernando Caldeira da (2009-08-25)

No abstract available
Ancient and modern treatment of Alexander the Great

Hill, Joan (2009-08-25)

This dissertation examines the different interpretations of the secondary sources for Alexander the Great by three modern historians, Nicholas Hammond, Peter Green and Mary Renault. The Introduction looks briefly at the ...
Changing perceptions of history education in black secondary schools, with special reference to Mpumalanga, 1948-2008

Black, David Alexander (2009-11)

This dissertation examines the changing perceptions which black history educators and learners have held toward secondary school history education from 1948 to 2008. The province of Mpumalanga is focused upon, although the ...
Kingship and transition in Swaziland, 1973-1988

Magongo, Ellen Mary (2009-11)

This dissertation focuses on the Liqoqo years in Swaziland and the extent to which King Sobhuza’s reign and the introduction of the 1973 Decree created the conditions that led to the crises that plagued the country after ...
With her shoulder to the wheel : the public life of Erika Theron (1907-1990)

Tayler, Judith Anne (2010-11)

This thesis is a biographical study of Erika Theron (1907-1990), an Afrikaner woman who played a significant role in many aspects of public life in South Africa in a critical time in the country‘s history. The study seeks ...
Fishers and fish traders of Lake Victoria: colonial policy of fish and the development of fish production in Kenya, 1880-1978

Opondo, Paul Abiero (2011-02)

The developemnt of fisheries in Lake Victoria is faced with a myriad challenges including overfishing, environmental destruction, disappearance of certain indigenous species and pollution. All these problems can be located ...
The World Council of Churches and its programme to combat racism: the evolution and development of their fight against apartheid, 1969–1994

Mufamadi, Thembeka Doris (2011-02)

This historical study explores the development of the World Council of Churches’ (WCC) Programme to Combat Racism (PCR), 1969–1994, and its campaign against apartheid in South Africa. It demonstrates how church-state ...
Provisioning Johannesburg, 1886-1906

Cripps, Elizabeth Ann (2012-02)

The rapidity of Johannesburg’s growth after the discovery of payable gold in 1886 created a provisioning challenge. Lacking water transport it was dependent on animal-drawn transport until the railways arrived from coastal ...
The essence and use of perfume in ancient Egypt

Byl, Sheila Ann (2012-02)

The ancient Egyptians were famous for their exotic and luxury perfumes in the ancient world, even having cities that specialised in perfume production in the Ptolemaic Period, when they exported these perfumes all over the ...

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