The first tentative steps of the independent newspaper industry in South Africa: The South African Commercial Advertiser (SACA) and slavery in 1824
2023-11-20"On the one hand SACA played an activist role against slavery, which is often praised, but the newspaper also published advertisements for the slave trade. This contradiction invites the question whether the newspaper’s idealised position in journalism history needs to be reconsidered."
Die eerste onsekere treë van die onafhanklike koerantbedryf in Suid-Afrika: The South African Commercial Advertiser (SACA) en slawerny in 1824
2023-11-20"Aan die een kant het SACA ’n aktivistiese rol gespeel, wat dikwels aangeprys word, maar die koerant het ook advertensies van die slawehandel gepubliseer. Hierdie teenstrydigheid ontlok die vraag of die koerant se geïdealiseerde posisie in die joernalistiekgeskiedenis moontlik heroorweeg moet word."
The practical manifestation of language relations in the masthead of the first colonial newspaper in South Africa (1800−1829)
2021-10-20"The British policy direction to promote English at the expense of Dutch, which according to historians gained momentum from 1814, interestingly enough did not manifest in KSC/CTG immediately."
Die praktiese manifestasie van taalverhoudings in die mashoof van die eerste koloniale koerant in Suid-Afrika (1800–1829)
2021-10-20"Die artikel toon dat Engels vinnig veld kon wen as koeranttaal in die Kaapkolonie ondanks die dominante rol wat Nederlands in die samelewing gespeel het."