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Leadership, conflict and reform: Boutros Boutros-Ghali’s legacy

Mount Anderson: South Africa’s forgotten gold rush in the first decades of the 20th century situated in regional historical and geomorphological context

Major localities that first attracted gold seekers from many parts of the world to the Transvaal in the 1870s and 1880s were along the river valleys that intersect the great eastern escarpment that rises high above the lowveld. The history of alluvial gold mining in the eastern region of South Africa has received attention from scholars of mining engineering, mine management and economics, as well…

Table of Contents Vol 92 (2025)

This Table of Contents reflects the print compilation of peer-reviewed articles published in the journal. Each article listed was originally published online under the journal’s open access model and remains individually accessible and citable. This compilation has been created solely for print distribution, reference, and archival purposes. No new research content is introduced. The publisher…

Walter Rubusana and ‘the perfect storm’

The idea of ‘the perfect storm’ is borrowed from the Wolfgang Petersen film about a fishing vessel lost at sea following the devastating hurricane of 1991 that greatly affected the United States east coast. This article relates to the imagery in how, despite his achievements as a missionary, educator, and statesman in the early 20th century, Walter Rubusana was often perplexed by unexpected…

Expanding knowledge about historical landscapes, identities, and sociopolitical developments in southern Africa

Acknowledgement to reviewers

Table of Contents Vol 91 (2024)

This Table of Contents reflects the print compilation of peer-reviewed articles published in the journal. Each article listed was originally published online under the journal’s open access model and remains individually accessible and citable. This compilation has been created solely for print distribution, reference, and archival purposes. No new research content is introduced. The publisher…

Soldiers and statesmen: Reflecting on Botha and Smuts’s leadership during WWI

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Interrogating the remnants of colonialism and apartheid

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‘Hände hoch’: The South African experience of the moment of capture in North Africa

A large number of South African troops were captured by the Axis forces in the Western Desert after the crushing defeat at Sidi Rezegh in November 1941 and the surrender of Tobruk in June 1942. Prior to these severe reverses, South African troops had barely tasted defeat on the battlefield during the Second World War. Any illusions regarding fighting prowess and invincibility were, however,…