The African press in South Africa
- Authors: St Leger, Frederick York
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Press -- South Africa -- History Ethnic press -- South Africa -- History
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:3328 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003116
- Description: In a plural society, riven by deep conflict, as is South Africa, where however the Press retains a considerable measure of freedom to contribute to the political process it is the political role which is of the greatest significance rather than, for example, the reflection by the Press of social values or the internal organisation of the Press as a social system. Although it is, of course, hardly possible completely to ignore these other aspects in any institutional study.
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- Date Issued: 1975
- Authors: St Leger, Frederick York
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Press -- South Africa -- History Ethnic press -- South Africa -- History
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:3328 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003116
- Description: In a plural society, riven by deep conflict, as is South Africa, where however the Press retains a considerable measure of freedom to contribute to the political process it is the political role which is of the greatest significance rather than, for example, the reflection by the Press of social values or the internal organisation of the Press as a social system. Although it is, of course, hardly possible completely to ignore these other aspects in any institutional study.
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- Date Issued: 1975
The agricultural development of the 1820 settlement down to 1846
- Authors: Webb, Arthur (Arthur C M)
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Agriculture -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape -- History Agricultural colonies -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape British settlers of 1820 (South Africa) Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- History -- 1795-1872
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: vital:1060 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007519
- Description: Preface: The arrival of the 1820 Settlers in South Africa and their impact on the political and social life of the Cape Colony has been well covered by historical research. This work is an attempt to illuminate yet another area in which their impact was felt. The failure of the settlement scheme under which these people were introduced into the colony has tended to detract from the importance which agriculture played in the early years of their residence in South Africa. The failure of the first crops may well have ended the attempts by many to establish themselves on the land but for others it was the beginning of a process of adaptation to the agricultural conditions of a new country. In this they were remarkably successful and within a decade the English farming community of the eastern frontier was prospering. The theme of this work traces the progress of these farmers through the initial period of crop failures, which condemned the settlement in the eyes of many, and through the ensuing years and later misfortune, the Sixth Frontier war of 1834-35. Both these setbacks were very significant in moulding the development of agriculture as practised by these farmers. In the past, historians have tended to over-estimate the reverse suffered by these farmers during this frontier war. The seemingly paradoxical questions raised by the rapid recovery of this community after the war have been left largely unanswered. Some attempt is made in the pages which follow to shed new light on this issue. In the first three chapters of this work the letters written by Thomas Philipps to his family in Britain form the chief source of information. Much of this correspondence has already found wider publication in a volume edited by Arthur Keppel-Jones, but there are significant omissions, particularly with regard to Philipps' commentary on agricultural matters. Unfortunately, this series of letters ends in 1830, and the chief sources for the latter period of this work are the various entries made) on agricultural matters, in the Graham's Town Journal, together with the farm diary of James Collett, another frontier farmer. From these, and various other works, it has been possible to trace the major developments of this farming community.
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- Date Issued: 1975
- Authors: Webb, Arthur (Arthur C M)
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Agriculture -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape -- History Agricultural colonies -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape British settlers of 1820 (South Africa) Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- History -- 1795-1872
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: vital:1060 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007519
- Description: Preface: The arrival of the 1820 Settlers in South Africa and their impact on the political and social life of the Cape Colony has been well covered by historical research. This work is an attempt to illuminate yet another area in which their impact was felt. The failure of the settlement scheme under which these people were introduced into the colony has tended to detract from the importance which agriculture played in the early years of their residence in South Africa. The failure of the first crops may well have ended the attempts by many to establish themselves on the land but for others it was the beginning of a process of adaptation to the agricultural conditions of a new country. In this they were remarkably successful and within a decade the English farming community of the eastern frontier was prospering. The theme of this work traces the progress of these farmers through the initial period of crop failures, which condemned the settlement in the eyes of many, and through the ensuing years and later misfortune, the Sixth Frontier war of 1834-35. Both these setbacks were very significant in moulding the development of agriculture as practised by these farmers. In the past, historians have tended to over-estimate the reverse suffered by these farmers during this frontier war. The seemingly paradoxical questions raised by the rapid recovery of this community after the war have been left largely unanswered. Some attempt is made in the pages which follow to shed new light on this issue. In the first three chapters of this work the letters written by Thomas Philipps to his family in Britain form the chief source of information. Much of this correspondence has already found wider publication in a volume edited by Arthur Keppel-Jones, but there are significant omissions, particularly with regard to Philipps' commentary on agricultural matters. Unfortunately, this series of letters ends in 1830, and the chief sources for the latter period of this work are the various entries made) on agricultural matters, in the Graham's Town Journal, together with the farm diary of James Collett, another frontier farmer. From these, and various other works, it has been possible to trace the major developments of this farming community.
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- Date Issued: 1975
The development of a morphometric model for the estimation of mean annual sediment yield in ungauged catchments of South African river systems
- Authors: Roberts, Peter J T
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Sedimentation and deposition -- South Africa -- Mathematical models
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: vital:4876 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013062
- Description: Hydrologists are regularly faced with the unenviable task of having to predict the magnitude and frequency of phenomena such as floods and droughts; and rates of erosion. If long records are available for analysis the hydrologist is able to base his predictions on the premise that the pattern of variation that has been observed in the past will persist in the future. The confidence that can be placed in any estimate consequently depends to a large extent on the length of time over which the phenomena have been measured at the problem site. Unfortunately the availability of adequate records tends to be the exception rather than the rule and in areas where there is inadequate data, it is necessary to resort to the hazardous procedure of transferring information from the gauged to the ungauged catchments. The transfer of information is accomplished by using empirical methods based on regionalised parameters, but the uncertainties involved together with the economic implications that could arise from a poor estimate, prompt the hydrologist to use as many methods as possible. The need for empirical methods of estimating mean annual sediment yield in ungauged catchments was first appreciated by the author when he was involved in the estimation of design floods and sediment accumulation at sites for proposed reservoirs. Empirical methods of estimating sediment yield are frequently used in an engineering context, but little attention has been given to the catchment surface from which the sediment supply is derived. It is perhaps in this often neglected field of research that the physical geographer can make a contribution. The principal aim of the thesis, more fully discussed in Chapter I, was the development of a morphometric model which could be used to estimate mean annual sediment yield in ungauged catchments in South Africa. The data used in the development of the model were drawn from the catchments, described in Appendix A, that cover a wide range of climate and topography. A description of the approaches adopted by other researchers for the development of empirical models of estimating sediment yield which forms the background to the model has been included as Appendix B. The model was first developed in an elementary form as the focus of a research project which was documented in the form of three reports of research in progress (Roberts, 1973 a, b and c). Analysis of the pattern of variation of suspended sediment yield provided a better understanding of factors affecting sediment yield and supported the selection of the prediction variable (Horton's P ratio) which was used in the model. The concepts of network topology were utilised to gain insight into the environmental factors controlling both the P ratio and sediment yield. Reasons for the high correlation between the P ratio and sediment yield are suggested but it is felt that further research should be focused on this aspect. In order not to break the continuity and development of the steps taken in the derivation of the model details of the calculations are collected in Appendices C, D and E. While many of the figures and tables presented in the thesis appeared in technical notes prepared entirely by the author for the Department of Water Affairs, the views expressed in the thesis do not in any way, either explicitly or by implication, represent any official view or policy of the Department of Water Affairs.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1975
- Authors: Roberts, Peter J T
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Sedimentation and deposition -- South Africa -- Mathematical models
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: vital:4876 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013062
- Description: Hydrologists are regularly faced with the unenviable task of having to predict the magnitude and frequency of phenomena such as floods and droughts; and rates of erosion. If long records are available for analysis the hydrologist is able to base his predictions on the premise that the pattern of variation that has been observed in the past will persist in the future. The confidence that can be placed in any estimate consequently depends to a large extent on the length of time over which the phenomena have been measured at the problem site. Unfortunately the availability of adequate records tends to be the exception rather than the rule and in areas where there is inadequate data, it is necessary to resort to the hazardous procedure of transferring information from the gauged to the ungauged catchments. The transfer of information is accomplished by using empirical methods based on regionalised parameters, but the uncertainties involved together with the economic implications that could arise from a poor estimate, prompt the hydrologist to use as many methods as possible. The need for empirical methods of estimating mean annual sediment yield in ungauged catchments was first appreciated by the author when he was involved in the estimation of design floods and sediment accumulation at sites for proposed reservoirs. Empirical methods of estimating sediment yield are frequently used in an engineering context, but little attention has been given to the catchment surface from which the sediment supply is derived. It is perhaps in this often neglected field of research that the physical geographer can make a contribution. The principal aim of the thesis, more fully discussed in Chapter I, was the development of a morphometric model which could be used to estimate mean annual sediment yield in ungauged catchments in South Africa. The data used in the development of the model were drawn from the catchments, described in Appendix A, that cover a wide range of climate and topography. A description of the approaches adopted by other researchers for the development of empirical models of estimating sediment yield which forms the background to the model has been included as Appendix B. The model was first developed in an elementary form as the focus of a research project which was documented in the form of three reports of research in progress (Roberts, 1973 a, b and c). Analysis of the pattern of variation of suspended sediment yield provided a better understanding of factors affecting sediment yield and supported the selection of the prediction variable (Horton's P ratio) which was used in the model. The concepts of network topology were utilised to gain insight into the environmental factors controlling both the P ratio and sediment yield. Reasons for the high correlation between the P ratio and sediment yield are suggested but it is felt that further research should be focused on this aspect. In order not to break the continuity and development of the steps taken in the derivation of the model details of the calculations are collected in Appendices C, D and E. While many of the figures and tables presented in the thesis appeared in technical notes prepared entirely by the author for the Department of Water Affairs, the views expressed in the thesis do not in any way, either explicitly or by implication, represent any official view or policy of the Department of Water Affairs.
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- Date Issued: 1975
The genus Sisyphus Latr. (coleoptera : scarabaeidae) in Southern Africa
- Authors: Paschalidis, Karen Margaret
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Beetles -- Africa, Southern , Scarabaeidae -- Africa, Southern
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: vital:5872 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013000
- Description: 1. Twenty four species of the genus Sisyphus known in southern Africa are listed with their synonyms and their taxonomy is discussed. 2. A key to the adults of 23 of these species is given. 3. The known distribution of 23 species and seasonal occurrence of 19 species are illustrated and briefly discussed. 4. The general biology of the genus Sisyphus is discussed and the major behavioural and biological differences between the two subgenera Sisyphus and Neosisyphus are given. 5. The laboratory and field investigation into variations in behaviour and biology in eight species occurring in the Mkuzi Game Reserve, with regards to interspecific competition, is presented. 6. The known possible natural enemies of Sisyphus are mentioned and the extent of competition from other genera, based on field and laboratory observations, is outlined. 7. Summary tables of all data with a final tabulated evaluation of the suitability of species for introduction into Australia is given. 8. Nine species have been highly recommended for Australia. Six more species could be considered but most of these still need further investigation. The remaining nine species were found to be unsuitable for transfer to Australia.
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- Date Issued: 1975
- Authors: Paschalidis, Karen Margaret
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Beetles -- Africa, Southern , Scarabaeidae -- Africa, Southern
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: vital:5872 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013000
- Description: 1. Twenty four species of the genus Sisyphus known in southern Africa are listed with their synonyms and their taxonomy is discussed. 2. A key to the adults of 23 of these species is given. 3. The known distribution of 23 species and seasonal occurrence of 19 species are illustrated and briefly discussed. 4. The general biology of the genus Sisyphus is discussed and the major behavioural and biological differences between the two subgenera Sisyphus and Neosisyphus are given. 5. The laboratory and field investigation into variations in behaviour and biology in eight species occurring in the Mkuzi Game Reserve, with regards to interspecific competition, is presented. 6. The known possible natural enemies of Sisyphus are mentioned and the extent of competition from other genera, based on field and laboratory observations, is outlined. 7. Summary tables of all data with a final tabulated evaluation of the suitability of species for introduction into Australia is given. 8. Nine species have been highly recommended for Australia. Six more species could be considered but most of these still need further investigation. The remaining nine species were found to be unsuitable for transfer to Australia.
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- Date Issued: 1975
The Klinghardt phonolites, South West Africa: Tertiary volcanism in western southern Africa
- Authors: Marsh, Julian S , Lock, B E
- Date: 1975
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70164 , vital:29627
- Description: Over 1OO phonolite bodies of mid-Tertiary age occur in the Klinghardt Mountains, 1OO km SE of Luderitz in Southern South West Africa the only published account of these rocks is that of Kaiser (1926) who gives a generalized map and describes briefly the mode of occurrence and petrography of the phonolites. The phonolite bodies are concentrated in an area roughly 8OO km2 and constitute an excellent example of an areal volcanic field (Rittmann, 1962), i.e. the activity occurred at a number of vents spread over a wide area and in most cases only a single eruptive episode took place at each vent.
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- Date Issued: 1975
- Authors: Marsh, Julian S , Lock, B E
- Date: 1975
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70164 , vital:29627
- Description: Over 1OO phonolite bodies of mid-Tertiary age occur in the Klinghardt Mountains, 1OO km SE of Luderitz in Southern South West Africa the only published account of these rocks is that of Kaiser (1926) who gives a generalized map and describes briefly the mode of occurrence and petrography of the phonolites. The phonolite bodies are concentrated in an area roughly 8OO km2 and constitute an excellent example of an areal volcanic field (Rittmann, 1962), i.e. the activity occurred at a number of vents spread over a wide area and in most cases only a single eruptive episode took place at each vent.
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- Date Issued: 1975
The Luderitz Alkaline Province, South West Africa I: descriptive petrology of the Granitberg Foyaite Complex
- Authors: Marsh, Julian S
- Date: 1975
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/132951 , vital:36912
- Description: The Granitberg foyaite complex is one of three known alkaline igneous complexes, which, together with a dyke swarm, constitute the Liüderitz Alkaline Province of Lower Cretaceous age. The near-circular complex is emplaced into dolomites and sandstones of the Bogenfels Formation. A large fragment of these sedimentary rocks, originally forming the roof of the intrusion, is preserved in the centre of the complex.
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- Date Issued: 1975
- Authors: Marsh, Julian S
- Date: 1975
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/132951 , vital:36912
- Description: The Granitberg foyaite complex is one of three known alkaline igneous complexes, which, together with a dyke swarm, constitute the Liüderitz Alkaline Province of Lower Cretaceous age. The near-circular complex is emplaced into dolomites and sandstones of the Bogenfels Formation. A large fragment of these sedimentary rocks, originally forming the roof of the intrusion, is preserved in the centre of the complex.
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- Date Issued: 1975
The Luderitz Alkaline Province, South West Africa II: metasomatism and assimilation in the contact aureole of the Granitberg Foyaite Complex
- Authors: Marsh, Julian S
- Date: 1975
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/132963 , vital:36913
- Description: Reactions between the Outer Foyaite magma of the Granitberg Complex and the sedimentary country rocks are striking. At sandstone contacts the magma has assimilated quartz-rich sedimentary material and a suite of pulaskites, peralkaline nordmarkites, and peralkaline granites have been generated by a complex process involving both assimilation and crystal fractionation.
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- Date Issued: 1975
- Authors: Marsh, Julian S
- Date: 1975
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/132963 , vital:36913
- Description: Reactions between the Outer Foyaite magma of the Granitberg Complex and the sedimentary country rocks are striking. At sandstone contacts the magma has assimilated quartz-rich sedimentary material and a suite of pulaskites, peralkaline nordmarkites, and peralkaline granites have been generated by a complex process involving both assimilation and crystal fractionation.
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- Date Issued: 1975
The population dynamics of an indigenous Psyllid Acizzia Russellae (Homoptera: Psyllidae )with special reference to the influence of the host plant Acacia Karroo
- Authors: Webb, John Warren
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Homoptera , Jumping plant-lice , Insect populations , Insects -- Ecology , Acacia -- Karroo
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:5894 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013415
- Description: The biology and ecology of an indigenous, non-pest insect on an indigenous host plant were investigated. The study includes a taxonomic description of this new species, an account of its general biology, monitoring of the seasonal fluctuations in numbers of the psyllid and its hymenopterous parasitoids, and a study of various aspects of the host plant, including nitrogen levels, water stress, leaf hardness, and the effect of cutting, in relation to spatial and temporal differences in insect population numbers. Natural enemies, inter- and intra-specific competition had very little determining influence on the population numbers of the psyllid. Temperature and humidity had little direct effect, but may have influenced the population dynamics via its effects on the host plant. Seasonal patterns in psyllid numbers followed fluctuations in nitrogen levels; statistically valid correlations were obtained between leaf nitrogen and psyllid numbers on individual trees at various times. These findings were supported by the results of preliminary laboratory experiments employing different fertilizer treatments. No effect of water stress or leaf hardness was clearly discerned. Cutting of trees altered the characteristics of the subsequent regenerative growth so as to allow massive psyllid infestations to develop, thus showing the tremendous importance of the host plant in determining population levels in this insect. Preliminary investigations of the nature and mechanism of this effect were conducted, and its significance is discussed. The relevance of these findings to modern concepts of regulation in insect populations and to principles of pest management is discussed.
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- Date Issued: 1975
- Authors: Webb, John Warren
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Homoptera , Jumping plant-lice , Insect populations , Insects -- Ecology , Acacia -- Karroo
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:5894 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013415
- Description: The biology and ecology of an indigenous, non-pest insect on an indigenous host plant were investigated. The study includes a taxonomic description of this new species, an account of its general biology, monitoring of the seasonal fluctuations in numbers of the psyllid and its hymenopterous parasitoids, and a study of various aspects of the host plant, including nitrogen levels, water stress, leaf hardness, and the effect of cutting, in relation to spatial and temporal differences in insect population numbers. Natural enemies, inter- and intra-specific competition had very little determining influence on the population numbers of the psyllid. Temperature and humidity had little direct effect, but may have influenced the population dynamics via its effects on the host plant. Seasonal patterns in psyllid numbers followed fluctuations in nitrogen levels; statistically valid correlations were obtained between leaf nitrogen and psyllid numbers on individual trees at various times. These findings were supported by the results of preliminary laboratory experiments employing different fertilizer treatments. No effect of water stress or leaf hardness was clearly discerned. Cutting of trees altered the characteristics of the subsequent regenerative growth so as to allow massive psyllid infestations to develop, thus showing the tremendous importance of the host plant in determining population levels in this insect. Preliminary investigations of the nature and mechanism of this effect were conducted, and its significance is discussed. The relevance of these findings to modern concepts of regulation in insect populations and to principles of pest management is discussed.
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- Date Issued: 1975
The recruitment and ogranisation [i.e. organisation] of African labour for the Kimberley diamond mines: 1871-1888
- Authors: Siebörger, Robert Frederick
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Diamond mines and mining -- South Africa -- Kimberley , Unskilled labor -- Recruiting -- South Africa , Unskilled labor -- South Africa -- Kimberley -- Social conditions
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:2614 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013228
- Description: Behind the fortunes in diamonds, the great open mines and the teeming town that was early Kimberley, were African labourers. Diggers seemed scarcely to care about them unless they were "in short supply", and many historians have been interested only in the guns they carried home with them. This study is concerned with these men: where they came from, why and how they came, and their treatment while they worked in Kimberley. The initial inspiration for the study came from the chapter on diamond production in Sheila van der Horst's Native Labour in South Africa, a remarkable contribution to the history of the Diamond Fields. The later studies by G.V. Doxey and more recently by John Smalberger which have expanded on aspects of Van der Horst's work, have led me to delve more deeply into other areas upon which they have not touched. One potentially fruitful line of study which was beyond the scope of this work was an investigation into the degree to which the Griqualand West labour question affected the attempts at South African federation in the 1870's. The main sources for the work have been the Griqualand West archives in the Cape Archives, for the period 1872-1880, and the various Kimberley newspapers. Labour returns were printed monthly in the Griqualand West Government Gazette for most years, till 1880. Cape Blue Books were useful sources for the period after 1880. De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. hold very little material relating to the pre-amalgamation period, though the extant minute books of the De Beers and Kimberley Central Diamond Mining Companies provided valuable information. A considerable number of contemporary published works were also consulted but, though most made some reference to African labour, few contained anything worthy of mention.
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- Date Issued: 1975
- Authors: Siebörger, Robert Frederick
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Diamond mines and mining -- South Africa -- Kimberley , Unskilled labor -- Recruiting -- South Africa , Unskilled labor -- South Africa -- Kimberley -- Social conditions
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:2614 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013228
- Description: Behind the fortunes in diamonds, the great open mines and the teeming town that was early Kimberley, were African labourers. Diggers seemed scarcely to care about them unless they were "in short supply", and many historians have been interested only in the guns they carried home with them. This study is concerned with these men: where they came from, why and how they came, and their treatment while they worked in Kimberley. The initial inspiration for the study came from the chapter on diamond production in Sheila van der Horst's Native Labour in South Africa, a remarkable contribution to the history of the Diamond Fields. The later studies by G.V. Doxey and more recently by John Smalberger which have expanded on aspects of Van der Horst's work, have led me to delve more deeply into other areas upon which they have not touched. One potentially fruitful line of study which was beyond the scope of this work was an investigation into the degree to which the Griqualand West labour question affected the attempts at South African federation in the 1870's. The main sources for the work have been the Griqualand West archives in the Cape Archives, for the period 1872-1880, and the various Kimberley newspapers. Labour returns were printed monthly in the Griqualand West Government Gazette for most years, till 1880. Cape Blue Books were useful sources for the period after 1880. De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. hold very little material relating to the pre-amalgamation period, though the extant minute books of the De Beers and Kimberley Central Diamond Mining Companies provided valuable information. A considerable number of contemporary published works were also consulted but, though most made some reference to African labour, few contained anything worthy of mention.
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- Date Issued: 1975
The shaman and the artist: a personal enquiry
- Authors: Cull, Cleone
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Art, Shamanistic Shamans Artists
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MFA
- Identifier: vital:2478 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1010640
- Description: This inquiry incorporates anthropological surveys on the life and character of the shaman, some writings of the American Plains Indians, and artist's, whose life and work reflects the power/life force so integral to the beliefs of these so called primitive cultures. Since the artist cannot be separated from his environment, the actions and reactions of society have also been explored. The method of inquiry has been to establish, first, the way of the shaman, and then the way of the artist. Although each artist, reflects only certain aspects of the enquiry, there is a strong affinity in the life and works of them all.
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- Date Issued: 1975
- Authors: Cull, Cleone
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Art, Shamanistic Shamans Artists
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MFA
- Identifier: vital:2478 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1010640
- Description: This inquiry incorporates anthropological surveys on the life and character of the shaman, some writings of the American Plains Indians, and artist's, whose life and work reflects the power/life force so integral to the beliefs of these so called primitive cultures. Since the artist cannot be separated from his environment, the actions and reactions of society have also been explored. The method of inquiry has been to establish, first, the way of the shaman, and then the way of the artist. Although each artist, reflects only certain aspects of the enquiry, there is a strong affinity in the life and works of them all.
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- Date Issued: 1975
Third Mtsitso
- Performer not specified, Tracey, Andrew T N
- Authors: Performer not specified , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Chopi (African people) -- South Africa , Folk music , Xylophone music , Africa South Africa Johannesburg f-sa
- Language: Chopi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , Sound recording material
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/94113 , vital:31002 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC031a-08
- Description: Chopi timbila xylophone dance song solo.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1975
- Authors: Performer not specified , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Chopi (African people) -- South Africa , Folk music , Xylophone music , Africa South Africa Johannesburg f-sa
- Language: Chopi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , Sound recording material
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/94113 , vital:31002 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC031a-08
- Description: Chopi timbila xylophone dance song solo.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1975
Tirpitz
- Authors: Mogan, Arthur
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , poem
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/469086 , vital:77158 , ISBN 0028-4459 , https://journals.co.za/doi/epdf/10.10520/AJA00284459_321
- Description: New Coin is one of South Africa's most established and influential poetry journals. It publishes poetry, and poetry-related reviews, commentary and interviews. New Coin places a particular emphasis on evolving forms and experimental use of the English language in poetry in the South African context. In this sense it has traced the most exciting trends and currents in contemporary poetry in South Africa for a decade of more. The journal is published twice a year in June and December by the Institute for the Study of English in Africa (ISEA), Rhodes University.
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- Date Issued: 1975
- Authors: Mogan, Arthur
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , poem
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/469086 , vital:77158 , ISBN 0028-4459 , https://journals.co.za/doi/epdf/10.10520/AJA00284459_321
- Description: New Coin is one of South Africa's most established and influential poetry journals. It publishes poetry, and poetry-related reviews, commentary and interviews. New Coin places a particular emphasis on evolving forms and experimental use of the English language in poetry in the South African context. In this sense it has traced the most exciting trends and currents in contemporary poetry in South Africa for a decade of more. The journal is published twice a year in June and December by the Institute for the Study of English in Africa (ISEA), Rhodes University.
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- Date Issued: 1975
Title not specified
- John Hakurotwi Mude, Tracey, Andrew T N, Paul Berliner
- Authors: John Hakurotwi Mude , Tracey, Andrew T N , Paul Berliner
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Folk music--Zimbabwe , Mbira music , Folk dance music , Rattle (Musical instrument) , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa Zimbabwe Harare f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/115397 , vital:34123 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC141a-04
- Description: Traditional Shona dance song accompanied by the mbira dzavadzimu and rattles
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1975
- Authors: John Hakurotwi Mude , Tracey, Andrew T N , Paul Berliner
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Folk music--Zimbabwe , Mbira music , Folk dance music , Rattle (Musical instrument) , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa Zimbabwe Harare f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/115397 , vital:34123 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC141a-04
- Description: Traditional Shona dance song accompanied by the mbira dzavadzimu and rattles
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1975
Title not specified
- John Hakurotwi Mude, Tracey, Andrew T N, Paul Berliner
- Authors: John Hakurotwi Mude , Tracey, Andrew T N , Paul Berliner
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Folk music--Zimbabwe , Mbira music , Folk dance music , Rattle (Musical instrument) , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa Zimbabwe Harare f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/121622 , vital:35116 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC141b-05
- Description: Traditional Shona dance song accompanied by the Mbira dzavadzimu and rattles
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1975
- Authors: John Hakurotwi Mude , Tracey, Andrew T N , Paul Berliner
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Folk music--Zimbabwe , Mbira music , Folk dance music , Rattle (Musical instrument) , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa Zimbabwe Harare f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/121622 , vital:35116 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC141b-05
- Description: Traditional Shona dance song accompanied by the Mbira dzavadzimu and rattles
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1975
Title not specified
- Simon Mashoko, Tracey, Andrew T N, Paul Berliner
- Authors: Simon Mashoko , Tracey, Andrew T N , Paul Berliner
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Folk music--Zimbabwe , Mbira music , Folk dance music , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa Zimbabwe Harare f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/121522 , vital:35110 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC141b-03
- Description: Traditional Shona dance song accompanied by the Mbira dzavadzimu
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1975
- Authors: Simon Mashoko , Tracey, Andrew T N , Paul Berliner
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Folk music--Zimbabwe , Mbira music , Folk dance music , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa Zimbabwe Harare f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/121522 , vital:35110 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC141b-03
- Description: Traditional Shona dance song accompanied by the Mbira dzavadzimu
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1975
Title not specified
- John Hakurotwi Mude, Tracey, Andrew T N, Paul Berliner
- Authors: John Hakurotwi Mude , Tracey, Andrew T N , Paul Berliner
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Folk music--Zimbabwe , Mbira music , Folk dance music , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa Zimbabwe Harare f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/121552 , vital:35112 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC141b-04
- Description: Traditional Shona dance song accompanied by the Mbira dzavadzimu
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1975
- Authors: John Hakurotwi Mude , Tracey, Andrew T N , Paul Berliner
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Folk music--Zimbabwe , Mbira music , Folk dance music , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa Zimbabwe Harare f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/121552 , vital:35112 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC141b-04
- Description: Traditional Shona dance song accompanied by the Mbira dzavadzimu
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1975
To returning overseas
- Authors: Mann, Chris
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/459825 , vital:75864 , https://journals.co.za/doi/epdf/10.10520/AJA00284459_549
- Description: New Coin is one of South Africa's most established and influential poetry journals. It publishes poetry, and poetry-related reviews, commentary and interviews. New Coin places a particular emphasis on evolving forms and experimental use of the English language in poetry in the South African context. In this sense it has traced the most exciting trends and currents in contemporary poetry in South Africa for a decade of more. The journal is published twice a year in June and December by the Institute for the Study of English in Africa (ISEA), Rhodes University.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1975
- Authors: Mann, Chris
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/459825 , vital:75864 , https://journals.co.za/doi/epdf/10.10520/AJA00284459_549
- Description: New Coin is one of South Africa's most established and influential poetry journals. It publishes poetry, and poetry-related reviews, commentary and interviews. New Coin places a particular emphasis on evolving forms and experimental use of the English language in poetry in the South African context. In this sense it has traced the most exciting trends and currents in contemporary poetry in South Africa for a decade of more. The journal is published twice a year in June and December by the Institute for the Study of English in Africa (ISEA), Rhodes University.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1975
Tsomo Dam, 1975
- Ingle, Pauline Cornwell, 1915-1999
- Authors: Ingle, Pauline Cornwell, 1915-1999
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Dams -- South Africa , Photography -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Still image
- Identifier: vital:12175 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1000952 , Dams -- South Africa , Photography -- South Africa
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1975
- Authors: Ingle, Pauline Cornwell, 1915-1999
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Dams -- South Africa , Photography -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Still image
- Identifier: vital:12175 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1000952 , Dams -- South Africa , Photography -- South Africa
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1975
Twistors in curved space
- Ward, R S (Richard Samuel), 1951-
- Authors: Ward, R S (Richard Samuel), 1951-
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Twistor theory , Space and time
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: vital:5429 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013472
- Description: From the Introduction, p. 1. During the past decade, the theory of twistors has been introduced and developed, primarily by Professor Roger Penrose, as part of a long-term program aimed at resolving certain difficulties in present-day physical theory. These difficulties include, firstly, the problem of combining quantum mechanics and general relativity, and, secondly, the question of whether the concept of a continuum is at all relevant to physics. Most models of space-time used in general relativity employ the idea of a manifold consisting of a continuum of points. This feature of the models has often been criticised, on the grounds that physical observations are essentially discrete in nature; for reasons that are mathematical, rather than physical, the gaps between these observations are filled in a continuous fashion (see, for example, Schrodinger (I), pp.26-31). Although analysis (in its generally accepted form) demands that quantities should take on a continuous range of values, physics, as such,does not make such a demand. The situation in quantum mechanics is not all that much better since, although some quantities such as angular momentum can only take on certain discrete values, one still has to deal with the complex continuum of probability amplitudes. From this point of view it would be desirable to have all physical laws expressed in terms of combinatorial mathematics, rather than in terms of (standard) analysis.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1975
- Authors: Ward, R S (Richard Samuel), 1951-
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Twistor theory , Space and time
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: vital:5429 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013472
- Description: From the Introduction, p. 1. During the past decade, the theory of twistors has been introduced and developed, primarily by Professor Roger Penrose, as part of a long-term program aimed at resolving certain difficulties in present-day physical theory. These difficulties include, firstly, the problem of combining quantum mechanics and general relativity, and, secondly, the question of whether the concept of a continuum is at all relevant to physics. Most models of space-time used in general relativity employ the idea of a manifold consisting of a continuum of points. This feature of the models has often been criticised, on the grounds that physical observations are essentially discrete in nature; for reasons that are mathematical, rather than physical, the gaps between these observations are filled in a continuous fashion (see, for example, Schrodinger (I), pp.26-31). Although analysis (in its generally accepted form) demands that quantities should take on a continuous range of values, physics, as such,does not make such a demand. The situation in quantum mechanics is not all that much better since, although some quantities such as angular momentum can only take on certain discrete values, one still has to deal with the complex continuum of probability amplitudes. From this point of view it would be desirable to have all physical laws expressed in terms of combinatorial mathematics, rather than in terms of (standard) analysis.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1975
Who goes to parliament?
- Authors: Stultz, Newell Maynard
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Legislators -- South Africa South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1948-1994 South Africa -- Politics and government
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2747 , vital:20322 , ISBN 0949980560
- Description: The focus here is upon the 1 169 white men and the twelve white women who were elected or nominated to the South African Parliament in Cape Town between 1910 and the conclusion of the 1970 general and Senate elections.1 Because of the integrated nature of government at the national level in South Africa, an examination of all parliamentarians concurrently produces information on all cabinet ministers during the same period, and for most if not all of the top leaders of the major political parties as well. Hence, recognizing the unitary structure of the South African regime - sometimes expressed in the principle of the 'sovereignty of Parliament' - it seems possible to designate these 1 181 persons as the formally ascendant South African political elite during the country's first six decades. Moreover, there is no reason to doubt that this number includes nearly all of the persons who exercised disproportionately great real power during these years, excepting, of course, those few non-whites who may be thought to have been politically influential at the national level. Every indication is that political life in South Africa centred on these individuals, or at least on some of them, for clearly not all were of equal political importance. Yet even the leaders within this select group, whom we shall also consider separately in detail, frequently (although not in every case) rose to prominence within the institution of Parliament, in part on the basis of their ability to influence and control its deliberations. An understanding of the backgrounds of all parliamentarians thus not only helps to describe the body itself, but may also contribute a new appreciation of the political power of the country's top leadership. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1975
- Authors: Stultz, Newell Maynard
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Legislators -- South Africa South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1948-1994 South Africa -- Politics and government
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2747 , vital:20322 , ISBN 0949980560
- Description: The focus here is upon the 1 169 white men and the twelve white women who were elected or nominated to the South African Parliament in Cape Town between 1910 and the conclusion of the 1970 general and Senate elections.1 Because of the integrated nature of government at the national level in South Africa, an examination of all parliamentarians concurrently produces information on all cabinet ministers during the same period, and for most if not all of the top leaders of the major political parties as well. Hence, recognizing the unitary structure of the South African regime - sometimes expressed in the principle of the 'sovereignty of Parliament' - it seems possible to designate these 1 181 persons as the formally ascendant South African political elite during the country's first six decades. Moreover, there is no reason to doubt that this number includes nearly all of the persons who exercised disproportionately great real power during these years, excepting, of course, those few non-whites who may be thought to have been politically influential at the national level. Every indication is that political life in South Africa centred on these individuals, or at least on some of them, for clearly not all were of equal political importance. Yet even the leaders within this select group, whom we shall also consider separately in detail, frequently (although not in every case) rose to prominence within the institution of Parliament, in part on the basis of their ability to influence and control its deliberations. An understanding of the backgrounds of all parliamentarians thus not only helps to describe the body itself, but may also contribute a new appreciation of the political power of the country's top leadership. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1975