Land, Chiefs, Mining: South Africa's North West Province since 1840

Andrew Manson; Bernard Mbenga

Land, Chiefs, Mining

South Africa's North West Province since 1840

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Andrew Manson, Bernard Mbenga

Publisher:: Wits University Press
Online publication date:: April 2018
Print publication year:: 2014
Online ISBN:: 9781868147724

Subjects:: Area Studies, African Studies, History, African History

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Land, Chiefs, Mining explores aspects of the experience of the Batswana in the thornveld and bushveld regions of the North-West Province, shedding light on defi ning issues, moments and individuals in this lesser known region of South Africa. Some of the focuses are: an important Tswana kgosi (chief ), Moiloa II of the Bahurutshe; responses to and participation in the South African War and its aftermath, 1899-1907; land acquisition; economic and political conditions in the reserves; resistance to Mangope’s Bophuthatswana; the impact of game parks and the Sun City resort; rural resistance and the liberation struggle; and African reaction to the platinum mining revolution. Written in a direct and accessible style, and illustrated with photographs and maps, the book provides an understanding, for a general reader ship, of the region and its recent history. At the same time it opens up avenues for further research. The authors, Andrew Manson and Bernard Mbenga, both based at North-West University, Mahikeng Campus, have, for some thirty years, been studying and writing on the region’s past.

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Land, Chiefs, Mining

South Africa's North West Province since 1840

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-v

Acknowledgements
pp vi-vi

Glossary
pp vii-vii

Maps
pp viii-xiv

Introduction
pp 1-15

Chapter 1 - ‘The dog of the Boers’? Moiloa II of the baHurutshe c.1795–1875
pp 16-41

Chapter 2 - The South African War and its aftermath 1899–1908
pp 42-62

Chapter 3 - Land, leaders and dissent 1900–1940
pp 63-88

Chapter 4 - ‘Away in the locations’: Life in the Bechuanaland Reserves 1910–1958
pp 89-108

Chapter 5 - Rural resistance: The baHurutshe revolt of 1957–58
pp 109-123

Chapter 6 - ‘Blunting the prickly pear’: Bophuthatswana and its consequences 1977–1994
pp 124-141

Chapter 7 - Modernity in the bushveld: Mining, national parks and casinos
pp 142-169

Conclusion
pp 170-175

Bibliography and sources
pp 176-184

Index
pp 185-191

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