Journal of Southern African Studies

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Volume 44, issue 6, 2018

Editorial pp. 969-972

Andrew Brooks

Mothers’ Pensions and the ‘Civilised’ Black Poor: The Racialised Provision of Child Maintenance Grants in South Africa, 1921–1940 pp. 973-989

Marijke du Toit

Challenge for the Ball: Elites, Fans and the Control of Football in Zambia’s One-Party State, 1973–1991 pp. 991-1003

Hikabwa D. Chipande

Afrophobia in Mzansi? Evidence from the 2013 South African Social Attitudes Survey pp. 1005-1021

Godwin Dube

The Subject as Writer: Substituting Discourse and Story in Jonny Steinberg’s A Man of Good Hope pp. 1023-1038

Nick Mulgrew

Protest and the Lovedale Riot of 1946: ‘Largely a Rebellion against Authority’? pp. 1039-1055

Liz Stanley

‘Cape Town Knows, but She Forgets’: Segregation and the Making of a Housing Crisis during the First Half of the 20th Century pp. 1057-1076

Wayne Dooling

Settler Soul-Searching and Sovereign Independence: The Monarchy in Rhodesia, 1965–1970 pp. 1077-1093

David Kenrick

‘Totemless Aliens’: The Historical Antecedents of the Anti-Malawian Discourse in Zimbabwe, 1920s–1979 pp. 1095-1114

Anusa Daimon

A Labour Question for the 21st Century: Perpetuating the Work Ethic in the Absence of Jobs in South Africa’s Waste Sector pp. 1115-1131

Mary Lawhon, Nate Millington and Kathleen Stokes

The Decline of the African National Congress in South Africa’s 2016 Municipal Elections pp. 1133-1151

Mogens K. Justesen and Collette Schulz-Herzenberg

The Trajectories of Land Reforms in Southern Africa’s Former Settler Colonies pp. 1153-1159

Admire Mseba

African and European Knowledge in the Science of Ornithology pp. 1161-1162

Mary Louise Pratt

Obituary pp. 1163-1165

Isabel Hofmeyr

Volume 44, issue 5, 2018

Editorial pp. 763-769

Colin Bundy

Pre-Colonial South-East Africa: Sources and Prospects for Research in Economic and Social History pp. 771-792

Matthew J. Hannaford

Farmer–Miner Contestations and the British South Africa Company in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1895–1923 pp. 793-814

Tapiwa Madimu, Enocent Msindo and Sandra Swart

African Nationalism, Municipal Beer Outlets and Shebeens in Salisbury, Rhodesia, 1960s–1980 pp. 815-831

Nathaniel Chimhete

Politics, Centralisation and Service Delivery in Urban Zimbabwe pp. 833-853

Davison Muchadenyika and John J. Williams

Inside the Inclusive Government: Interparty Dynamics in Zimbabwe’s Power-Sharing Executive pp. 855-877

Michael Aeby

The Family Connection: White Expatriate Memoirs of Zimbabwe pp. 879-893

Astrid Rasch

Not Just Nelson’s Wife: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Violence and Radicalism in South Africa pp. 895-912

Shireen Hassim

The Prison Letters of Demitrios Tsafendas, 1966–1986 pp. 913-932

Zuleiga Adams

Police Militarisation and the ‘War on Crime’ in South Africa pp. 933-949

Guy Lamb

The Uncertain Future of the South African University pp. 951-963

Andy Carolin

Control and Crisis in Colonial Central Africa pp. 965-966

David Kenrick

Understanding Zimbabwe's Surprising 2013 Election pp. 967-968

Nicole Beardsworth

Volume 44, issue 4, 2018

Editorial pp. 537-541

Diana Jeater

Narrowing the Liberation Agenda: Women, Corporal Punishment, and Scandal in Namibia’s Struggle for Independence pp. 543-558

David Crawford Jones

Soweto’s Female Comrades: Gender, Youth and Violence in South Africa’s Township Uprisings, 1984–1990 pp. 559-574

Emily Bridger

Sport, Thatcher and Apartheid Politics: The Zola Budd Affair pp. 575-592

Matthew P. Llewellyn and Toby C. Rider

The Seeds of Perpetual Instability: The Case of Mogalakwena Local Municipality in South Africa pp. 593-611

Mosa Phadi, Joel Pearson and Thomas Lesaffre

Traditional Landholding Certificates in Zambia: Preventing or Reinforcing Commodification and Inequality? pp. 613-628

Erik Green and Milja Norberg

The Archaeology and Materiality of Mission in Southern Africa: Introduction pp. 629-639

Rachel King and Mark McGranaghan

Platberg on the Caledon Bastaards: Raiders and Traders or Pious Converts of the Wesleyan Missionary Society? pp. 641-657

Shelona Klatzow

Among the Headless Hordes: Missionaries, Outlaws and Logics of Landscape in the Wittebergen Native Reserve, c. 1850–1871 pp. 659-680

Rachel King

Not Built in a Day: The Evolving Landscape of the Botshabelo Mission Station, South Africa, 1865–2015 pp. 681-702

Natalie Swanepoel

(Re)making Landscape and Place: An Archaeology of the Lake Ngami Mission (1893–96), Khwebe Hills, Botswana pp. 703-722

Ceri Ashley

Articles of Dress, Domestic Utensils, Arms and Other Curiosities: Excavating Early 19th-Century Collections from Southern Africa at the London Missionary Society Museum pp. 723-742

Chris Wingfield

The Archaeology of Missions: Afterword pp. 743-747

Robert Ross

New Perspectives on the History of Black Consciousness in South Africa pp. 749-755

Ian Macqueen

Whiteness and nature conservation in Zimbabwe pp. 757-758

Stasja Koot

Hosts and guests and the new ethical commitments in Mozambique pp. 758-760

Victor Igreja

Towards the new politics of (re)distribution in southern Africa pp. 760-761

Anthony Simpson

Volume 44, issue 3, 2018

Introduction: Print Culture in Southern Africa pp. 377-381

Caroline Davis, Archie Dick and Elizabeth le Roux

Reading Authors of the Enlightenment at the Cape of Good Hope from the late 1780s to the mid 1830s pp. 383-400

Archie L. Dick

‘The Black House’, or How the Zulus Became Jews pp. 401-411

Hlonipha Mokoena

‘To See Us As We See Ourselves’: John Tengo Jabavu and the Politics of the Black Periodical pp. 413-430

Khwezi Mkhize

Miriam Tlali and Ravan Press: Politics and Power in Literary Publishing during the Apartheid Period pp. 431-446

Elizabeth le Roux

Setting Transvaal Scenes in German Type: Missionary Carl Hoffmann’s Book Designs, c.1900–1930 pp. 447-469

Lize Kriel

History by Paratext: Thomas Mofolo’s Chaka pp. 471-490

Corinne Sandwith

A Question of Power: Bessie Head and her Publishers pp. 491-506

Caroline Davis

Minding Their Own Business: Penguin in Southern Africa pp. 507-519

Alistair McCleery

Border regimes and new models of land ownership and tenure in colonial rural South Africa pp. 521-523

Giorgio Miescher

Africa’s post-independence histories pp. 523-525

Thembi Mutch

A history of firearms in Central Africa pp. 526-527

Luca Jourdan

The truth about crime? pp. 527-529

Nicky Falkof

Late colonial crises and their post-colonial legacies in Malawi pp. 529-530

Henry Mitchell

Landeg White, 1940–2017 pp. 531-535

Hugh Macmillan

Volume 44, issue 2, 2018

Erratum pp. i-i

The Editors

Grassroots Ecumenism in Conflict – Introduction pp. 201-219

Richard Werbner

Ecumenism in Question: Rwanda’s Contentious Post-Genocide Religious Landscape pp. 221-238

Andrea Mariko Grant

Religious Pluralism and the Limits of Ecumenism in Mbanza Kongo, Angola pp. 239-251

Ramon Sarró

Moral Radicals: Afrikaners and their Grassroots Ecumenism After Apartheid pp. 253-267

Annika Teppo

Fragile Wars: Anti-Ecumenism in a South African Church pp. 269-281

Ilana van Wyk

Christian Ecumenism, Swazi Nationalism, and a Unified Church for a United Nation, 1920s–1970s pp. 283-298

Joel Cabrita

Work of a Nation: Christian Funerary Ecumenism and Institutional Disruption in Swaziland pp. 299-314

Casey Golomski

Botswana’s Ecumenical Funerals in the Making pp. 315-329

Richard Werbner

Radical Change in Zambia’s Christian Ecumenism pp. 331-343

Hermen Kroesbergen

Practising Ecumenism Through Boundary Work and Meta-Coding pp. 345-359

Thomas G. Kirsch

Afterword: From Grassroots Ecumenism to Global Entanglements pp. 361-364

Bennetta Jules-Rosette

Land Untitled pp. 365-367

William Beinart

White Nationalism and Apartheid Strategies of Survival pp. 367-369

David Kenrick

States, Mobility and Migration in Africa pp. 369-370

Ingrid Palmary

Migrants, Work, and the Roots of Impermanence on the Zimbabwe–South Africa Border pp. 371-372

Pnina Werbner

Farm Labour Struggles in Zimbabwe pp. 372-374

Abraham Mlombo

Volume 44, issue 1, 2018

Editorial pp. 1-5

Maxim Bolt

‘Impending Ruin’ or ‘Remarkable Wealth’? The Role of Private Credit Markets in the 18th-Century Cape Colony pp. 7-25

Johan Fourie and Christie Swanepoel

Why Work? Do We Understand What Motivates Work-Related Decisions in South Africa? pp. 27-42

Christine Jeske

Resource Curse or Governance Deficit? The Role of Parliament in Uganda’s Oil and Zimbabwe’s Diamonds pp. 43-57

Elijah Doro and Ushehwedu Kufakurinani

What’s in a Word? Historicising the Term ‘Caffre’ in European Discourses about Southern Africa between 1500 and 1800 pp. 59-75

Jochen S. Arndt

Staging of Memory: Monuments, Commemoration, and the Demarcation of Portuguese Space in Colonial Angola pp. 77-96

Jeremy Ball

How Good People Become Absurd: J.P. van S. Bruwer, the Making of Namibian Grand Apartheid and the Decline of Volkekunde pp. 97-113

Robert Gordon

The Bantu Authorities System: Removals in Mthunzini District during Apartheid pp. 115-132

Veronica Nosipho Ehrenreich-Risner

Nelson Mandela and the Genesis of the ANC’s Armed Struggle: Notes on Method pp. 133-148

Thula Simpson

Vella Pillay: Revolutionary Activism and Economic Policy Analysis pp. 149-165

Vishnu Padayachee and John Sender

Merging Radical and Liberal Traditions: The Constitution Committee and the Development of Democratic Thought in the African National Congress, 1986–1990 pp. 167-184

Heidi Brooks

Making Museums Matter in South Africa pp. 185-188

Jeremy Silvester

War, Secession and the Legacy of the Katangese State Project in Congo pp. 188-190

Justin Pearce

A History of Abortion in Apartheid South Africa pp. 190-192

Sacha Hepburn

Nationalism and the Betrayed Revolution in Zimbabwe pp. 192-194

Miles Tendi

Race, Etiquette and Colonial Nation-Building in Southern Rhodesia pp. 194-196

Diana Jeater

Kenneth John McCracken, 1938–2017 pp. 197-199

Megan Vaughan