This paper examines a series of medical related topics within the context of the Cape Colony in the 1820s. The focus on these specific healthcare issues highlights broader themes in terms of authority, control and power in the governance of the Cape during this period. In addition, the thesis explores the interconnected nature of the Colony within the British Empire and assesses how this position affected standards of treatment and the regulation of the medical profession. The thesis is not intended to be an all-encompassing examination of Cape based health care during the 1820s, however it seeks to highlight a series of interesting cases and their connections to wider trends and notions of authority. The thesis begins by situating the Cape Colony within the wider framework of the Empire during this period. This involves examining characteristics of governance and networks of information that epitomised the era. Having established this broad context, the paper narrows its focus to the specifics of the Cape medical system and how it was supposed to be functioning. Throughout this process a variety of different roles and structures are explored before an in-depth examination of the Cape's place in a medical network is undertaken. How such a structure was utilised is then discussed by looking at specific cases of medical malpractice and negligence. Thereafter, the thesis moves on to look at the Colony's treatment and response to the conditions of 'lunacy' and leprosy within the 1820s. This final chapter uses the focus on these illnesses to act as case studies which underline a number of the themes and factors highlighted in the preceding chapters. As the paper progresses, the inability of both local and metropole officials to exercise influence over the different structures and practitioners of the Cape becomes more and more apparent. This process relies heavily on records from the Cape Town Archive which serve as the cornerstone of the research used in this paper. These are accompanied by contemporary newspaper articles and reports from Commissions' of Enquiry add to this context. From these records a number of interesting micro-historical examples are utilised to speak to general trends, but also indicate spaces in our understanding. The thesis concludes by pointing out the unique nature of medical care and regulation in the Cape context, but also the space for future research.

Bibliography: pages 183-187. / This dissertation is a study of the discourse of the Graham's Town Journal in the years 1831 to 1836. An example of early Cape journalism, the Journal was established in the eastern Cape by L.H. Meurant, and owned and operated soon thereafter by R. Godlonton. The Journal was a means to represent and order a changing colonial world for an emerging middle-class merchant elite during the period of the emergence of colonial order in the eastern Cape. Through investigation of the major themes of the newspaper's discourse in this early period of its history, the dissertation highlights the imaginary sense of community and corresponding body of colonial knowledge that evolved on a weekly basis in its pages, and by which its readers projected their dreams and aspirations as to how the eastern Cape should be colonized.

My dissertation looks at South African landscape painting with the requirements of high school art teachers in mind. It has been written in consultation with Professor Michael Godby, at the University of Cape Town, the curator of the landscape exhibition, to be held at the Old Town House in Cape Town from 9 June to 11 September 2010. The handbook is designed to be distributed to educators at the Ibhabhathane Project Workshop organised to coincide with the exhibition. This is a teaching resource for Visual Culture Studies for Grades 10 to 12. It focuses on an analysis of artists in the school curriculum who have engaged with the genre in diverse and interesting ways.

The origin of the term "museum" can be traced back to Ancient Greece where it was applied to a temple for the adoration of the Muses. By the end of the 3rd century A. D. such museums had perished and the term "museum" was not used again until the 16th century when it was applied to the private collections which developed in Italy and then spread through Europe. These private collections were the direct forerunners of the public museum; during the late 17th and 18th centuries many of the private collections were opened to the public and by the 19th century the main functions of these museums were seen as being collection, research and education. At the time the museums gave little attention to actively fulfilling these functions and to serving the public. Subsequently the museums were held in low esteem by the public. In many countries this trend persisted .until after the second world war for only then a real understanding and appreciation of the value and role of museums came about. Many museums started reconsidering their aims and position in society, reforming and incorporating all manifestations of change in the communities which they had to serve. Many museums started working toward becoming more dynamic institutions involved with their respective communities. In this striving toward community involvement the avenues of involvement have been examined in detail but there have been few attempts to learn anything about the communities served by museums. In most cases museum policy is based on personal convictions as to who the public is, what they want, need and deserve, instead of being based on quantitative information. A number of surveys of museum visitors and the non-visitors have been carried out overseas in an attempt to get to know more about the communities served by museums. In South Africa there is almost a total lack of such information as most museums have been too busy with their own internal problems to go through the trouble of learning something about the communities they serve. Considering this lack of information in South Africa a survey of museum visitors was carried out in an attempt to obtain some factual and objectively trustworthy information on one section of the communities served by the museums. 36 Museums in the Cape Province took part in the survey and 6664 visitors completed the multiple-choice questionnaire.

Includes bibliographical references. / This dissertation essentially examines the context and the conduct of elections held in the southern African region, particularly in Namibia and Mozambique between 1989 and 1999. These elections crystallized a wider process of democratization during the last decade, in which attempts were made to shift from various forms of authoritarian rule (colonial or racial oligarchies, military regimes, one-party states, or presidential rule) to pluralist parliamentary politics. This study is divided into two parts. The first part deals with the post-conflict elections. In this case the international community has assisted Namibia and Mozambique in various ways. The second part focuses on the electoral management in both states, with particular emphasis on the running of the second multiparty general elections. This study is divided into two parts. The first part deals with the post-conflict elections. In this case the international community has assisted Namibia and Mozambique in various ways. The second part focuses on the electoral management in both states, with particular emphasis on the running of the second multiparty general elections.

This thesis is the study of Cape involvement in the elephant seal oil trade on the Prince Edward Islands and Crozet Islands between the years 1832-1869.

This thesis focuses on the Ngqeleni district of Mpondoland and particularly on the communities living adjacent to the Hluleka Nature Reserve from c. 1920 to the present. It aims to discuss the history of conservation in the area and the relationship of the local community and its leaders to conservation authorities. It seeks to demonstrate that conservation, both terrestrial and marine is experienced in different ways by men and women who consequently respond to the authorities in different ways. More particularly, it suggests that conservation both past and present has tended to be top-down and has failed to anticipate the effect of state measures on local livelihood strategies.

Bibliography: pages 201-215. / This thesis is an intended contribution to the store of historical knowledge on Cape Town. Its title 'Miserable Hovels and Shanties on Waterlogged Wasteland'; political economy of peri-urban squatting in Cape Town, 1945 - 1960, has been decided on the basis of the following facts: (iv) l(i) Very little has been written on this subject especially during the period I have chosen. As a result, a lacuna exists in our understanding of 20th century Cape Town. So this thesis is an effort whose significance and value is that it seeks to provide an account of peri-urban squatting within the framework of political economy. By so doing a wide variety of factors, essential enough to have coloured the epoch, are captured and weaved together. (ii) Most historical works have not adequately examined the economic issues which underpin the phenomenon of peri-urban squatting. They have focussed more, instead, on the political aspect, emphasising the unequal distribution of political power between races. Here in this thesis I have attempted to strike a balance between the two factors (political and economic factors), hence I adopted the concept of political economy. To highlight the economic aspect I have used statistical data, (which I do not claim is entirely accurate) to show the wage, levels between races and also expose the pervasive state of underemployment of most Black people, whilst at the same time showing the political aspect through an examination of government legislations.

This dissertation studies the period of George Grey's governance at the Cape from 1854 to 1861. This is examined as a period in which change in British administration impacted imperial policy pertaining to the Cape. The relationships between Cape governors, particularly George Grey, and successive British administrations has received inadequate attention. When Grey first arrived, he was allowed a great degree of freedom by Whig politicians; this had changed by the end of his appointment, when Conservatives had come into power. During this period the granting of greater constitutional independence to settler populations across the British Empire was being undertaken and this led to misunderstandings and conflicts over colonial governors' functions and responsibilities. In this context, Grey himself is an object of study. Numerous historical portrayals define him as a figure of great historiographical interest and dispute. Arguments about Grey often revolve around his treatment of native peoples. Engaging this, I attempt to compare and contrast his representations of different native peoples, particularly the Maori and the Xhosa, discussing why such differences may have existed. This dissertation defines this period as one of scientific growth at the Cape, and Grey's influence in promoting the growth of a self--‐conscious public sphere in colonial society is thus investigated. As the Cattle-Killing holds a prominent place within various Cape histories, historiographical examination of this event has taken place. The Cape populations' reactions to Grey's policies have been examined. Suggestions are made that Cape 'victory' over the Xhosa, following the Cattle-Killing, coincided with this growth in scientific endeavour in promoting the place of the Cape in the 'civilised' British colonial order.

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 50-51). / This study intends to look at the Cape Times' coverage and editorial response to the Nazi regime's treatment of Jews from its rise to power in early 1933 to its demise in 1945 at the end of World War II. As such, this paper follows a path broken by Andrew Sharf and his study of British press reaction to Nazi atrocities committed against Jews, Deborah Lipstadt and her book analyzing American press coverage of the same, and Sharon Friedman's thesis on the Afrikaner press' treatment of Nazi Germany and the Jews. In acknowledging these predecessors, it is essential to explain why this study of the English South African press, in the form of the Cape Times, is necessary.