New Contree: 2021 No. 86
Contents
No. 86, July 2021
Articles
- Political myth and historical reality in Nelson Mandela’s Long road to freedom / Peires, Jeff
- A fool’s errand? Black Consciousness and the 1970s debate over the “Indian” in the Natal Indian Congress / Desai, Ashwin & Vahed, Goolam
- Emfuleni’s wastewater crisis, 2018-2021: The history of a Vaal sub-catchment problem / Tempelhoff, Johann W.N.
- Estate farming and Ndau people’s displacement from Zimbabwe into Mozambique, c.1940-2010 / Hlongwana, James
- Asymmetric relations and enforcement of democracy in West Africa : the case of Nigeria and The Gambia / Ojakorotu, Victor & Olajide, Bamidele
- Botswana-Bophuthatswana relations in the context of Lucas Mangope’s quest for international diplomatic recognition, 1977-1994 / Makgala, Christian John
- The Vhambedzi origin and the expansion of Zimbabwe stone building tradition south of the Vhembe River / Nemaheni, Tshimangadzo
Book reviews
- Kleynhans, E. 2021. Hitler’s spies: Secret agents and the intelligence war in South Africa / La Grange, Anna
- Holm, E. 2020. Die ossewa en sy spore / Wolfaardt, Johan
Editorial
New Contree serves as a scholarly voice and platform for instilling and disseminating specific and comparative local and regional history debate in Africa, and its value in broader (transnational contexts). New Contree’s intellectual repertoire compliments a rigorous theoretically reflexive social history in which inclusivity in reconstructing the past from “below” (ordinary people’s voice, and acknowledging smaller community activities) and also from “above” (be informed on related actions of for example central authority, government and national figures) matters. Change occurs through the interaction of major decisive events, and the rhythm of seemingly trivial, prosaic, and almost discreet courses of daily life. New Contree aims to publish high-quality academic articles which address research on an aspect of the history of regions and localities in Southern Africa in particular, but also in Africa and in other parts of the world, especially from a comparative angle. Any aspect of activity, topic or/and phenomenon in for example urban, rural, social, cultural, health, environmental, economic and political life locally, regionally, or/and in other global contexts are of interest. The New Contree also welcomes contributions on regions and localities, contributing towards, and emanating from, refreshed methodological, theoretical and historiographical views. Changing research approaches in local and regional histories to also facilitate community knowledge systems towards co-arriving at broader understandings for sustainable environments, are encouraged and scholarly reporting welcomed. Multidisciplinary-like research in histories on localities and regions – with a vision to also provide a comprehensive understanding through the methodologies of other disciplines – are accommodated, and encouraged. New Contree also supports review articles and book reviews that relates to regional and local history. Researchers from any academic institution are encouraged to communicate with the New Contree Editorial Advisory Board if they are interested to act as guest editor for a supplementary issue.
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Recent Submissions
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A fool’s errand? Black Consciousness and the 1970s debate over the “Indian” in the Natal Indian Congress
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, Vanderbijlpark, 2021)Bantu Stephen Biko, born in Tarkastad in the Eastern Cape was murdered by the South African apartheid regime in September 1977, aged 31. The year 2021 marks the 75th anniversary of his birth. Biko remains iconic, but a ... -
Emfuleni’s wastewater crisis, 2018-2021: The history of a Vaal sub-catchment problem
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, Vanderbijlpark, 2021)In 2018 the collapse of the wastewater infrastructure of Gauteng’s Emfuleni Local Municipality was responsible for a severe fish-kill in the Vaal River Barrage. Even communities downstream of the Barrage were affected. ... -
Estate farming and Ndau people’s displacement from Zimbabwe into Mozambique, c.1940-2010
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, Vanderbijlpark, 2021)This article focuses on the development of plantation farming close to the Zimbabwe-Mozambique border and its effects on the Ndau people. Colonial incursions on the Zimbabwe/Mozambique border areas resulted in the development ... -
Asymmetric relations and enforcement of democracy in West Africa : the case of Nigeria and The Gambia
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, Vanderbijlpark, 2021)Nigeria and The Gambia have been involved in asymmetrical relations since 1965 given the disparity in the material capabilities between them. This asymmetry came to the fore in the role played by Nigeria in resolving the ... -
Botswana-Bophuthatswana relations in the context of Lucas Mangope’s quest for international diplomatic recognition, 1977-1994
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, Vanderbijlpark, 2021)This article is an account of the relations between independent Botswana and her South African Black homeland neighbour of Bophuthatswana, whom Botswana steadfastly refused to recognise as a sovereign state. Bophuthatswana ... -
The Vhambedzi origin and the expansion of Zimbabwe stone building tradition south of the Vhembe River
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, Vanderbijlpark, 2021)The Vhambedzi clan is one of the earlier Vhavenda sibs that settled south of the Limpopo (Vhembe) River before the arrival of the Masingo group that later conquered and subjugated them. The Masingo is the ruling elite of ... -
Kleynhans, E. 2021. Hitler’s spies: Secret agents and the intelligence war in South Africa [Book review]
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, Vanderbijlpark, 2021) -
Holm, E. 2020. Die ossewa en sy spore [Book review]
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, Vanderbijlpark, 2021) -
Political myth and historical reality in Nelson Mandela’s Long road to freedom
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, Vanderbijlpark, 2021)