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"What follows is an attempt to examine closely the living conditions of slaves in the rural Boland district, taking as a point of departure the well-documented period of 1816 to 1834, and presenting a reassessment of traditionally held perspectives, based on a recently constructed Boland slave database by this author."

In 1900 reis die Britse dokter Oliver Glenville na Deelfontein in die Karoo om by ’n Britse veldhospitaal vir offisiere aan te sluit. Daar beland beseerde Britse soldate én Boerekrygers op sy operasietafel. Klara Grootboom, ’n skoonmaker, rig ’n versoek aan hom wat teen sy beginsels indruis, maar dis asof sy hom in ’n vangnet van haar eie het. Meer as ’n honderd jaar later skep ’n opkomende Kaapse kunstenaar ’n uitstalling uit Deelfontein se gegewens en ontdek ’n onverwagse familieband.

"At the heart of Groen’s Christian-historical philosophy therefore lies the belief that true wisdom, justice and morality are exclusively rooted in divine revelation, primarily in the Bible and secondarily in history interpreted in light of this revelation."

"The novel’s depiction of the complex and sensitive medical topic of organ transplants, a field in need of significant legal reform, will hopefully attract the attention of the legislator soon."

"Leptoconops demeilloni, also known as the Still Bay midge, is a notorious bloodsucking pest in the Fynbos biome. The pest is considered to be of economic importance especially to the tourism industry in the coastal town of Still Bay."

"The result of the speed required to keep up with this feedback and oversaturation of our drives is exhaustion and burnout, the psychological by-product of our times."

"[A]lthough Foucault’s references to the Middle Ages in this work again played a crucial analogical and indeed rhetorical role in his critique of modernity, he also expanded the existing body of knowledge on the early Middle Ages, and hence contributed to medieval studies as such."

"Thinking, Blumenberg posits, was a response to a life-threatening situation, experienced as a catastrophe by the early creatures, which occurred because they had wandered from the natural, enclosed habitats they had occupied in the rainforests, into open grasslands."

"The war in Ukraine is the first large-scale conventional war in Europe between two strong powers since the advent of the internet, and both sides have used online platforms to defend their position while trying to undermine the opponent’s position."

"Homoerotic imagery, so prevalent in medieval Sufi poetry, was therefore a natural development in a society influenced by an implicit concept of male masculinity as the normative ideal."

"The article approaches old age as a discourse, one which is not only physically or biologically constructed, but also socially and culturally determined."

"In South Africa, the Films and Publications Act 65 of 1996 (South African Government 1996) provides the framework for controlling films and publications in South Africa. This includes the imposition of age and content advisories for films and television programmes (f-ACAs) by the Film and Publication Board (FPB). ... However, no similar advisories exist for books (b-ACAs), although this is the practice in the United States of America, for example. The aim of this investigation is to determine what Afrikaans speakers think and feel about b-ACAs for books for children."

"It is also necessary to preserve scarce court resources to facilitate greater access to justice for all. Of late, litigation in South Africa too often appears to be aimed at other purposes than to achieve justice."

"Especially in the South African context, with its high levels of unemployment, illiteracy and poverty, the existence of social, psychological and financial barriers may mean that, but for the class action, individual class members would not have enforced their claims independently."

"The article aims to investigate the daily challenges these settlements encounter in determining whether green fabrics and green networks could be implemented in derelict SA settlements, as a possible solution to intercept the continuous degradation of the natural environment, and ultimately improve the residents’ quality of life."

"The findings suggest that a multiliteracies approach might become non-negotiable in a contemporary additional language classroom, especially in highly diverse contexts."

"To be renewed in knowledge according to the image of his/her Creator implies that believers should increase in their knowledge of the revelation and presence of Jesus Christ, according to who He is."

"The investigation finds that conditions within the South African politics, economy and society are not conducive for the consolidation of democratic values, and that a difficult scenario is in store in this regard."

"According to Clark, logic is normative in the sense that it tells us how we ought to think. Without logic, morality and ethics could not exist."

"This investigation has shown that the ongoing coloniality of the previously colonised is a complicated issue, one that cannot be easily counteracted."