Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation (2007)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Naremore
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Film Industry ◽  
War For Independence ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Government

In 2007, the government of Namibia commissioned Burnett to write and direct a wide-screen epic film about the history of their war for independence against South Africa. They hoped to use the film as the foundation for a national film industry. Against great complications involving a nation of many languages and a large cast of inexperienced actors, Burnett gave them a film of which they could be proud. Unfortunately, the film had few commercial possibilities in America and has rarely been shown here. Beautifully shot in color, it concisely tells the story of the long, bloody war of liberation and its many political tensions. It is based, in part, on the autobiography of Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s first president.

Post-Apartheid South Africa and Its Neighbours: a Maritime Transport Perspective

1996 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Okechukwu C. Iheduru
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Maritime Transport ◽  
National Unity ◽  
Nelson Mandela ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Government

The official dismantling of apartheid, the release of Nelson Mandela after 27 years imprisonment in Febuary 1990, and especially the first multi-racial elections in April 1994 followed by the inauguration of the Government of National Unity (GNU), have marked this decade as the most fascinating in the history of South Africa.

Human Rights to Water Access in South Africa: Challenges and Critical Concerns

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tinuade Adekunbi Ojo
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
South African ◽  
Water Policy ◽  
Water Access ◽  
The South ◽  
History Of ◽  
Access To Water ◽  
The Government ◽  
Basic Infrastructure

Many scholars have written on the challenges of ensuring access to water in South Africa, and much research has been done on the national water policy of the South African Government, yet major challenges facing the water sector persist. This study presents a human rights approach as a theoretical foundation for investigating the basic right to water access, with a specific focus on the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in the three tiers of governance. Existing literature on the history of water access was explored regarding the global as well as the South African history of water rights. The main focus of this study was SDG no. 6, which is related to issues regarding water access in South Africa. The study concluded that the human right of having access to water is a crucial issue to be treated with caution by the government in order for the poor to have basic infrastructure.

J.D. Fage 1921–2002

2003 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
West African ◽  
African Studies ◽  
African History ◽  
Executive Council ◽  
European Continent ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Government ◽  
The University

In John Fage's company one never felt subject to demands that his eminence be ritually acknowledged. Somehow he did not require this kind of reassurance and managed to be utterly free of pomp. Though he was the founder of our Birmingham Centre of West African Studies, he did not expect the rest of us to see its headship as his natural preserve. In the 1970s he unsuccessfully tried to modify the conditions of his university appointment so as to pass on the directorship to each of his CWAS colleagues in rotation, independent of rank. He was a man of elegant deportment and refined manners, cultivating what now seems an old-worldly reticence about his feelings and achievements. (At the time that oh so very British style could already induce some amusement in barbarians from, say, the European continent, South Africa, or South America. But some other styles that have become current since make one remember the old dispensation with nostalgic fondness).All he did was done effortlessly, or so his behavior seemed to suggest: running CWAS, being a family man, co-founding (1960) and co-editing (up to 1973) with Roland Oliver the Journal of African History, co-editing (also with Oliver) the Cambridge History of Africa, authoring successful and much reprinted books, supervising theses, teaching undergraduates, helping to launch and edit the UNESCO General History of Africa, serving as the first Honorary Secretary of the African Studies Association of the United Kingdom, serving in the Executive Council of the International African Institute, fulfilling increasingly senior functions in the government of the University of Birmingham, and this is not a complete list.

Cope, (Robert Knox) Jack (1913–1991)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Molly Hall
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
South African ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Racial History ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Government ◽  
Story Writer ◽  
The Guardian

‘Jack’ Cope was a South African novelist, poet, editor, and short story writer. Born June 3, 1913 in Mooi River, Natal, South Africa, he spent his early career as a local journalist in Durban before moving to London, England as a foreign political correspondent. As a pacifist, he met with hostility there during the years of World War II and returned demoralized to South Africa to work as a cultural critic and editor for an anti-apartheid newspaper, The Guardian, in Cape Town until 1955. After leaving the newspaper, he separated from his wife of sixteen years and began his infamous affair with South African poet Ingrid Jonker in the early 1960s. During this time he also became the editor of Contrast, a bilingual literary magazine in English and Afrikaans, continuing as editor there for twenty years until 1980. During that time, he was also the editor of several volumes of South African poetry, and his book The Dawn Comes Twice (1969) was banned by the government. Best known for his novels and short stories, he wrote about the racial history of South Africa, focusing on events such as the Bambata Rebellion in 1906 in The Fair House (1955).

The role of non-violent action in the downfall of apartheid

1999 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Zunes
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Majority Rule ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Economic Dependence ◽  
Nonviolent Resistance ◽  
History Of ◽  
International Sanctions ◽  
The Government ◽  
Violent Action

Against enormous odds, non-violent action proved to be a major factor in the downfall of apartheid in South Africa, and the establishment of a democratic black majority government, despite predictions that the transition could come only through a violent revolutionary cataclysm. This was largely the result of conditions working against a successful armed overthrow of the system, combined with the ability of the anti-apartheid opposition to take advantage of the system's economic dependence on a cooperative black labour force. This article traces the history of nonviolent resistance to apartheid, its initial failures, and the return in the 1980s to a largely non-violent strategy which, together with international sanctions, forced the government to negotiate a peaceful transfer to majority rule.

South African Film Since Apartheid

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cara Moyer-Duncan
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Film Industry ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Documentary Films ◽  
National Unity ◽  
Human Right ◽  
African Film ◽  
The Government ◽  
Structural Inequities

Following South Africa’s historical multiracial elections in 1994, a Black majority government came to power, which almost immediately identified the film industry as an important part of their effort to transform one of the most racially and economically unequal countries in the world. The government considered access to culture a basic human right and saw cinema as one way to strengthen the new democracy, by promoting national unity and contributing to economic development. In 1999, through parliamentary legislation, it created the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF), an agency responsible for promoting the development of a national cinema. This signaled the possible start of a dynamic, socially engaged, and financially viable film industry that could enliven filmmaking within South Africa and across the African continent. With the end of apartheid-era sanctions, South Africa re-entered the global market and the government embraced neoliberal policies. Consequently, the NFVF increasingly focused on the commercial possibilities of film. While government investments in the film industry have produced some positive results, deeply entrenched structural inequities remain an obstacle to Black filmmakers seeking access to the means of production, distribution, and exhibition. Moreover, in a country of about 55 million people in 2013, cinema was only accessible to about 10 percent of the overall population due to the cost and location of movie theatres. Despite these limitations, in the first two decades of democracy, there were notable developments in independent, popular, and documentary films. Although these categories are not fixed or static, they are a useful way of framing recent trends that offer insight into the South African film industry and the way its films represent the nation. There have also been significant changes in the realm of distribution and exhibition that have the potential to upend the traditional model of cinemagoing.

scholarly journals The Scramble for Land between the Barokologadi Community and Hermannsburg Missionaries

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor MS Molobi
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Land Claim ◽  
Lutheran Church ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Government ◽  
Mission Church ◽  
Evangelical Lutheran Church ◽  
Evangelical Lutheran

This article investigates the land claim of the Barokologadi of Melorane, with their long history of disadvantages in the land of their forefathers. The sources of such disadvantages are traceable way back to tribal wars (known as “difaqane”) in South Africa. At first, people were forced to retreat temporarily to a safer site when the wars were in progress. On their return, the Hermannsburg missionaries came to serve in Melorane, benefiting from the land provided by the Kgosi. Later the government of the time expropriated that land. What was the significance of this land? The experience of Melorane was not necessarily unique; it was actually a common practice aimed at acquiring land from rural communities. This article is an attempt to present the facts of that event. There were, however, later interruptions, such as when the Hermannsburg Mission Church became part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Southern Africa (ELCSA).  

The Path to Constitutional Democracy in South Africa: An Update

1992 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 168-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gretchen Carpenter ◽  
Margaret Bewkes
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New South ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
African National Congress ◽  
Constitutional Democracy ◽  
History Of ◽  
National Congress ◽  
The Government ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Substantial Degree

Before President F. W. de Klerk's epoch-making address on 2 February, 1990, anyone who predicted that within less than two years virtually all the major political parties and groupings in South Africa would be sitting around a conference table negotiating a new constitution, would have been dismissed as naive at best. Even more amazing is the substantial degree of consensus which has been achieved in what is a relatively short time, given the long history of conflict which preceded the dawning of the “new” South Africa.The focus of the negotiations is the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (commonly referred to by the acronym Codesa). A wide spectrum of political opinion is represented here (a total of 19 different organizations at the last count), although organizations and parties on both the extreme right, and the extreme left, have refused to participate. While the government, the National Party and the African National Congress (ANC) may be seen as the main players, the role played by even the most minor participants cannot be discounted, because of the emphasis that is placed on consensus by most of the parties involved.

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