Studies on achromobacter iophagus and other collagenolytic hide bacteria
- Authors: Welton, Richard Leslie
- Date: 1975
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:21099 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/6367
- Description: From Introduction: Collagenases are enzymes capable of specifically attacking the native collagen helix under non-denaturing conditions at physiological conditions of pH, temperature and salt concentration. They are active only on collagen or its breakdown products and are without effect on any other fibrous or globular protein. In the laboratory, collagenases are used in investigations of the biosynthesis of collagen and for structural and immunochemical studies of collagens and collagen-like proteins; also they are proving their worth as agents for facilitating tissue transplantation and for cell-dispersion in tissue cultures . Established clinical applications of collagenases include the treatment of burns and dermal lesions; in addition they are being evaluated as agents for the removal of undesirable tissues such as herniated intervertebral discs and the sloughs resulting from cryogenic or cauterizing procedures. Moreover, as human collagenases are implicated in various pathological disorders involving connective tissue degradation, the roles played by these collagenases are being investigated in the hope of finding ways to arrest, control or treat the diseases.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1975
- Authors: Welton, Richard Leslie
- Date: 1975
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:21099 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/6367
- Description: From Introduction: Collagenases are enzymes capable of specifically attacking the native collagen helix under non-denaturing conditions at physiological conditions of pH, temperature and salt concentration. They are active only on collagen or its breakdown products and are without effect on any other fibrous or globular protein. In the laboratory, collagenases are used in investigations of the biosynthesis of collagen and for structural and immunochemical studies of collagens and collagen-like proteins; also they are proving their worth as agents for facilitating tissue transplantation and for cell-dispersion in tissue cultures . Established clinical applications of collagenases include the treatment of burns and dermal lesions; in addition they are being evaluated as agents for the removal of undesirable tissues such as herniated intervertebral discs and the sloughs resulting from cryogenic or cauterizing procedures. Moreover, as human collagenases are implicated in various pathological disorders involving connective tissue degradation, the roles played by these collagenases are being investigated in the hope of finding ways to arrest, control or treat the diseases.
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- Date Issued: 1975
The population dynamics of an indigenous Psyllid Acizzia Russellae (Homoptera: Psyllidae )with special reference to the influence of the host plant Acacia Karroo
- Authors: Webb, John Warren
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Homoptera , Jumping plant-lice , Insect populations , Insects -- Ecology , Acacia -- Karroo
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:5894 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013415
- Description: The biology and ecology of an indigenous, non-pest insect on an indigenous host plant were investigated. The study includes a taxonomic description of this new species, an account of its general biology, monitoring of the seasonal fluctuations in numbers of the psyllid and its hymenopterous parasitoids, and a study of various aspects of the host plant, including nitrogen levels, water stress, leaf hardness, and the effect of cutting, in relation to spatial and temporal differences in insect population numbers. Natural enemies, inter- and intra-specific competition had very little determining influence on the population numbers of the psyllid. Temperature and humidity had little direct effect, but may have influenced the population dynamics via its effects on the host plant. Seasonal patterns in psyllid numbers followed fluctuations in nitrogen levels; statistically valid correlations were obtained between leaf nitrogen and psyllid numbers on individual trees at various times. These findings were supported by the results of preliminary laboratory experiments employing different fertilizer treatments. No effect of water stress or leaf hardness was clearly discerned. Cutting of trees altered the characteristics of the subsequent regenerative growth so as to allow massive psyllid infestations to develop, thus showing the tremendous importance of the host plant in determining population levels in this insect. Preliminary investigations of the nature and mechanism of this effect were conducted, and its significance is discussed. The relevance of these findings to modern concepts of regulation in insect populations and to principles of pest management is discussed.
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- Date Issued: 1975
- Authors: Webb, John Warren
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Homoptera , Jumping plant-lice , Insect populations , Insects -- Ecology , Acacia -- Karroo
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:5894 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013415
- Description: The biology and ecology of an indigenous, non-pest insect on an indigenous host plant were investigated. The study includes a taxonomic description of this new species, an account of its general biology, monitoring of the seasonal fluctuations in numbers of the psyllid and its hymenopterous parasitoids, and a study of various aspects of the host plant, including nitrogen levels, water stress, leaf hardness, and the effect of cutting, in relation to spatial and temporal differences in insect population numbers. Natural enemies, inter- and intra-specific competition had very little determining influence on the population numbers of the psyllid. Temperature and humidity had little direct effect, but may have influenced the population dynamics via its effects on the host plant. Seasonal patterns in psyllid numbers followed fluctuations in nitrogen levels; statistically valid correlations were obtained between leaf nitrogen and psyllid numbers on individual trees at various times. These findings were supported by the results of preliminary laboratory experiments employing different fertilizer treatments. No effect of water stress or leaf hardness was clearly discerned. Cutting of trees altered the characteristics of the subsequent regenerative growth so as to allow massive psyllid infestations to develop, thus showing the tremendous importance of the host plant in determining population levels in this insect. Preliminary investigations of the nature and mechanism of this effect were conducted, and its significance is discussed. The relevance of these findings to modern concepts of regulation in insect populations and to principles of pest management is discussed.
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- Date Issued: 1975
The agricultural development of the 1820 settlement down to 1846
- Authors: Webb, Arthur (Arthur C M)
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Agriculture -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape -- History Agricultural colonies -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape British settlers of 1820 (South Africa) Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- History -- 1795-1872
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: vital:1060 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007519
- Description: Preface: The arrival of the 1820 Settlers in South Africa and their impact on the political and social life of the Cape Colony has been well covered by historical research. This work is an attempt to illuminate yet another area in which their impact was felt. The failure of the settlement scheme under which these people were introduced into the colony has tended to detract from the importance which agriculture played in the early years of their residence in South Africa. The failure of the first crops may well have ended the attempts by many to establish themselves on the land but for others it was the beginning of a process of adaptation to the agricultural conditions of a new country. In this they were remarkably successful and within a decade the English farming community of the eastern frontier was prospering. The theme of this work traces the progress of these farmers through the initial period of crop failures, which condemned the settlement in the eyes of many, and through the ensuing years and later misfortune, the Sixth Frontier war of 1834-35. Both these setbacks were very significant in moulding the development of agriculture as practised by these farmers. In the past, historians have tended to over-estimate the reverse suffered by these farmers during this frontier war. The seemingly paradoxical questions raised by the rapid recovery of this community after the war have been left largely unanswered. Some attempt is made in the pages which follow to shed new light on this issue. In the first three chapters of this work the letters written by Thomas Philipps to his family in Britain form the chief source of information. Much of this correspondence has already found wider publication in a volume edited by Arthur Keppel-Jones, but there are significant omissions, particularly with regard to Philipps' commentary on agricultural matters. Unfortunately, this series of letters ends in 1830, and the chief sources for the latter period of this work are the various entries made) on agricultural matters, in the Graham's Town Journal, together with the farm diary of James Collett, another frontier farmer. From these, and various other works, it has been possible to trace the major developments of this farming community.
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- Date Issued: 1975
- Authors: Webb, Arthur (Arthur C M)
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Agriculture -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape -- History Agricultural colonies -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape British settlers of 1820 (South Africa) Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- History -- 1795-1872
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: vital:1060 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007519
- Description: Preface: The arrival of the 1820 Settlers in South Africa and their impact on the political and social life of the Cape Colony has been well covered by historical research. This work is an attempt to illuminate yet another area in which their impact was felt. The failure of the settlement scheme under which these people were introduced into the colony has tended to detract from the importance which agriculture played in the early years of their residence in South Africa. The failure of the first crops may well have ended the attempts by many to establish themselves on the land but for others it was the beginning of a process of adaptation to the agricultural conditions of a new country. In this they were remarkably successful and within a decade the English farming community of the eastern frontier was prospering. The theme of this work traces the progress of these farmers through the initial period of crop failures, which condemned the settlement in the eyes of many, and through the ensuing years and later misfortune, the Sixth Frontier war of 1834-35. Both these setbacks were very significant in moulding the development of agriculture as practised by these farmers. In the past, historians have tended to over-estimate the reverse suffered by these farmers during this frontier war. The seemingly paradoxical questions raised by the rapid recovery of this community after the war have been left largely unanswered. Some attempt is made in the pages which follow to shed new light on this issue. In the first three chapters of this work the letters written by Thomas Philipps to his family in Britain form the chief source of information. Much of this correspondence has already found wider publication in a volume edited by Arthur Keppel-Jones, but there are significant omissions, particularly with regard to Philipps' commentary on agricultural matters. Unfortunately, this series of letters ends in 1830, and the chief sources for the latter period of this work are the various entries made) on agricultural matters, in the Graham's Town Journal, together with the farm diary of James Collett, another frontier farmer. From these, and various other works, it has been possible to trace the major developments of this farming community.
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- Date Issued: 1975
Twistors in curved space
- Ward, R S (Richard Samuel), 1951-
- Authors: Ward, R S (Richard Samuel), 1951-
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Twistor theory , Space and time
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: vital:5429 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013472
- Description: From the Introduction, p. 1. During the past decade, the theory of twistors has been introduced and developed, primarily by Professor Roger Penrose, as part of a long-term program aimed at resolving certain difficulties in present-day physical theory. These difficulties include, firstly, the problem of combining quantum mechanics and general relativity, and, secondly, the question of whether the concept of a continuum is at all relevant to physics. Most models of space-time used in general relativity employ the idea of a manifold consisting of a continuum of points. This feature of the models has often been criticised, on the grounds that physical observations are essentially discrete in nature; for reasons that are mathematical, rather than physical, the gaps between these observations are filled in a continuous fashion (see, for example, Schrodinger (I), pp.26-31). Although analysis (in its generally accepted form) demands that quantities should take on a continuous range of values, physics, as such,does not make such a demand. The situation in quantum mechanics is not all that much better since, although some quantities such as angular momentum can only take on certain discrete values, one still has to deal with the complex continuum of probability amplitudes. From this point of view it would be desirable to have all physical laws expressed in terms of combinatorial mathematics, rather than in terms of (standard) analysis.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1975
- Authors: Ward, R S (Richard Samuel), 1951-
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Twistor theory , Space and time
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: vital:5429 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013472
- Description: From the Introduction, p. 1. During the past decade, the theory of twistors has been introduced and developed, primarily by Professor Roger Penrose, as part of a long-term program aimed at resolving certain difficulties in present-day physical theory. These difficulties include, firstly, the problem of combining quantum mechanics and general relativity, and, secondly, the question of whether the concept of a continuum is at all relevant to physics. Most models of space-time used in general relativity employ the idea of a manifold consisting of a continuum of points. This feature of the models has often been criticised, on the grounds that physical observations are essentially discrete in nature; for reasons that are mathematical, rather than physical, the gaps between these observations are filled in a continuous fashion (see, for example, Schrodinger (I), pp.26-31). Although analysis (in its generally accepted form) demands that quantities should take on a continuous range of values, physics, as such,does not make such a demand. The situation in quantum mechanics is not all that much better since, although some quantities such as angular momentum can only take on certain discrete values, one still has to deal with the complex continuum of probability amplitudes. From this point of view it would be desirable to have all physical laws expressed in terms of combinatorial mathematics, rather than in terms of (standard) analysis.
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- Date Issued: 1975
Mgeniso from Zavala
- Venancio Mbande, Tracey, Andrew T N
- Authors: Venancio Mbande , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Chopi (African people) -- South Africa , Folk music , Xylophone music , Musical bow , Africa South Africa Johannesburg f-sa
- Language: Chopi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , Sound recording material
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/94234 , vital:31020 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC031a-16
- Description: Chopi mgeniso dance song from Zavalo accompanied by timbila xylophone and chitende bow.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1975
- Authors: Venancio Mbande , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Chopi (African people) -- South Africa , Folk music , Xylophone music , Musical bow , Africa South Africa Johannesburg f-sa
- Language: Chopi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , Sound recording material
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/94234 , vital:31020 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC031a-16
- Description: Chopi mgeniso dance song from Zavalo accompanied by timbila xylophone and chitende bow.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1975
Mgeniso from Zavala
- Venancio Mbande, Tracey, Andrew T N
- Authors: Venancio Mbande , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Chopi (African people) -- South Africa , Folk music , Xylophone music , Musical bow , Africa South Africa Johannesburg f-sa
- Language: Chopi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , Sound recording material
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/94243 , vital:31022 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC031a-17
- Description: Chopi mgeniso dance song from Zavalo accompanied by timbila xylophone.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1975
- Authors: Venancio Mbande , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Chopi (African people) -- South Africa , Folk music , Xylophone music , Musical bow , Africa South Africa Johannesburg f-sa
- Language: Chopi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , Sound recording material
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/94243 , vital:31022 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC031a-17
- Description: Chopi mgeniso dance song from Zavalo accompanied by timbila xylophone.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1975
Doctrines on the universality of sin
- Authors: Van Rensburg, Lee
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Sin , Good and evil , Sin -- Biblical teaching
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Bachelor , BDiv
- Identifier: vital:1288 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1014577
- Description: [From chapter 1]. The doctrines on the universality of sin are attempts to give theological explanations for the empirical and historical evidence of the universality of sin. They are attempts to explain why it is that each and every person that enters this world has a bias towards sin ; why such a highly organized, intricate and majestically complex being like man, the crowning glory of the created realm in every case has this weakness we call sin ; why it is that after 6,000 years of the history of mankind the present generation is as plagued with this malfunction as the first; why it is that sooner or later all of us commit sin in one form or another. Indirectly these doctrines also seek to protect God's uniqueness and oneness against the dualism of evil and good and following from this second reason are attempts to explain the presence of sin within the good creation of God. However, these attempts are fraught with difficulties and invariably each explanation that is offered raises other pertinent issues that the Christian thinker does not wish to accept as side effects to his answer. This has resulted in scholars over the ages attempting to modify or reinterpret previous doctrines in order to allow for these issues to be taken into account. There has, therefore, as we shall discover, been much diversity and debate as to the form and contents of these doctrines.
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- Date Issued: 1975
- Authors: Van Rensburg, Lee
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Sin , Good and evil , Sin -- Biblical teaching
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Bachelor , BDiv
- Identifier: vital:1288 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1014577
- Description: [From chapter 1]. The doctrines on the universality of sin are attempts to give theological explanations for the empirical and historical evidence of the universality of sin. They are attempts to explain why it is that each and every person that enters this world has a bias towards sin ; why such a highly organized, intricate and majestically complex being like man, the crowning glory of the created realm in every case has this weakness we call sin ; why it is that after 6,000 years of the history of mankind the present generation is as plagued with this malfunction as the first; why it is that sooner or later all of us commit sin in one form or another. Indirectly these doctrines also seek to protect God's uniqueness and oneness against the dualism of evil and good and following from this second reason are attempts to explain the presence of sin within the good creation of God. However, these attempts are fraught with difficulties and invariably each explanation that is offered raises other pertinent issues that the Christian thinker does not wish to accept as side effects to his answer. This has resulted in scholars over the ages attempting to modify or reinterpret previous doctrines in order to allow for these issues to be taken into account. There has, therefore, as we shall discover, been much diversity and debate as to the form and contents of these doctrines.
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- Date Issued: 1975
Paradoks as poësie: 'n ondersoek na enkele aspekte van die poësie van Breyten Breytenbach
- Authors: Van der Merwe, Anna Maria
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Breytenbach, Breyten -- Criticism and interpretation
- Language: Afrikaans
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:3636 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013302
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- Date Issued: 1975
- Authors: Van der Merwe, Anna Maria
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Breytenbach, Breyten -- Criticism and interpretation
- Language: Afrikaans
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:3636 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013302
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- Date Issued: 1975
Jazz Magazine
- Unknown
- Authors: Unknown
- Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Jazz
- Language: French
- Type: Image
- Identifier: vital:13714 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012726
- Description: Original cover of the Jazz Magazine Nr 231.
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Unknown
- Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Jazz
- Language: French
- Type: Image
- Identifier: vital:13714 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012726
- Description: Original cover of the Jazz Magazine Nr 231.
- Full Text: false
Feza service
- Unknown
- Authors: Unknown
- Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Feza, Mongezi
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:13707 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012718
- Description: Photocopied article from the newspaper Melody Maker about Mongezi Feza's death. His friends collected money to fly his body back to South Africa.
- Full Text:
- Authors: Unknown
- Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Feza, Mongezi
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:13707 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012718
- Description: Photocopied article from the newspaper Melody Maker about Mongezi Feza's death. His friends collected money to fly his body back to South Africa.
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Music Diary
- Unknown
- Authors: Unknown
- Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Feza, Mongezi , Jazz
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:13733 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012747
- Description: Photocopied article from the English newspaper Time Out about Mongezi Feza's death. There is a photo of Mongezi Feza playing trumpet with this article.
- Full Text:
- Authors: Unknown
- Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Feza, Mongezi , Jazz
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:13733 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012747
- Description: Photocopied article from the English newspaper Time Out about Mongezi Feza's death. There is a photo of Mongezi Feza playing trumpet with this article.
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Brotherhood of Breath were in Bregenz
- Unknown
- Authors: Unknown
- Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Pukwana, Dudu , Moholo, Louis T.--1940-
- Language: German
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:13683 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012689
- Description: Photocopied article from the German newspaper Neue Vorarlberger Tageszeitung about a concert by Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath at a music festival in Bregenz, Austria. There is a picture of the Brotherhood of Breath playing on stage with this article.
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- Authors: Unknown
- Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Pukwana, Dudu , Moholo, Louis T.--1940-
- Language: German
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:13683 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012689
- Description: Photocopied article from the German newspaper Neue Vorarlberger Tageszeitung about a concert by Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath at a music festival in Bregenz, Austria. There is a picture of the Brotherhood of Breath playing on stage with this article.
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Brotherhood's sounds fascinate
- Authors: Turner, Stephen
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:13660 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012572
- Description: Photocopied article from the English newspaper Hasting Observer about Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath.
- Full Text:
- Authors: Turner, Stephen
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:13660 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012572
- Description: Photocopied article from the English newspaper Hasting Observer about Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath.
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3324 Port Elizabeth
- Trigonometrical Survey (South Africa)
- Authors: Trigonometrical Survey (South Africa)
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: 1 : 25000 30.5595° S, 22.9375° E , Port Elizabeth (South Africa) Maps , South Africa History 1910-1961 Maps
- Language: English
- Type: maps , digital maps , cartographic
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/114510 , vital:33992 , Cory Library for Humanities Research, Rhodes University Library, Grahamstown, South Africa , MP755
- Description: 3324 Port Elizabeth, South Africa 1:25000 sheet. Opgemeet in 1971 en geteken in 1972 deur die Direkteur-Generaal van Opmetings Kadastraal hersien 1974. Surveyed in 1971 and drawn in 1972 by the Director General of Surveys Cadastral revised 1974. T.S.O. 404/6646. Magisterial districts as at June 1975. Second edition. , Second
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- Date Issued: 1975
- Authors: Trigonometrical Survey (South Africa)
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: 1 : 25000 30.5595° S, 22.9375° E , Port Elizabeth (South Africa) Maps , South Africa History 1910-1961 Maps
- Language: English
- Type: maps , digital maps , cartographic
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/114510 , vital:33992 , Cory Library for Humanities Research, Rhodes University Library, Grahamstown, South Africa , MP755
- Description: 3324 Port Elizabeth, South Africa 1:25000 sheet. Opgemeet in 1971 en geteken in 1972 deur die Direkteur-Generaal van Opmetings Kadastraal hersien 1974. Surveyed in 1971 and drawn in 1972 by the Director General of Surveys Cadastral revised 1974. T.S.O. 404/6646. Magisterial districts as at June 1975. Second edition. , Second
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- Date Issued: 1975
Who goes to parliament?
- Authors: Stultz, Newell Maynard
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Legislators -- South Africa South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1948-1994 South Africa -- Politics and government
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2747 , vital:20322 , ISBN 0949980560
- Description: The focus here is upon the 1 169 white men and the twelve white women who were elected or nominated to the South African Parliament in Cape Town between 1910 and the conclusion of the 1970 general and Senate elections.1 Because of the integrated nature of government at the national level in South Africa, an examination of all parliamentarians concurrently produces information on all cabinet ministers during the same period, and for most if not all of the top leaders of the major political parties as well. Hence, recognizing the unitary structure of the South African regime - sometimes expressed in the principle of the 'sovereignty of Parliament' - it seems possible to designate these 1 181 persons as the formally ascendant South African political elite during the country's first six decades. Moreover, there is no reason to doubt that this number includes nearly all of the persons who exercised disproportionately great real power during these years, excepting, of course, those few non-whites who may be thought to have been politically influential at the national level. Every indication is that political life in South Africa centred on these individuals, or at least on some of them, for clearly not all were of equal political importance. Yet even the leaders within this select group, whom we shall also consider separately in detail, frequently (although not in every case) rose to prominence within the institution of Parliament, in part on the basis of their ability to influence and control its deliberations. An understanding of the backgrounds of all parliamentarians thus not only helps to describe the body itself, but may also contribute a new appreciation of the political power of the country's top leadership. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1975
- Authors: Stultz, Newell Maynard
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Legislators -- South Africa South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1948-1994 South Africa -- Politics and government
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2747 , vital:20322 , ISBN 0949980560
- Description: The focus here is upon the 1 169 white men and the twelve white women who were elected or nominated to the South African Parliament in Cape Town between 1910 and the conclusion of the 1970 general and Senate elections.1 Because of the integrated nature of government at the national level in South Africa, an examination of all parliamentarians concurrently produces information on all cabinet ministers during the same period, and for most if not all of the top leaders of the major political parties as well. Hence, recognizing the unitary structure of the South African regime - sometimes expressed in the principle of the 'sovereignty of Parliament' - it seems possible to designate these 1 181 persons as the formally ascendant South African political elite during the country's first six decades. Moreover, there is no reason to doubt that this number includes nearly all of the persons who exercised disproportionately great real power during these years, excepting, of course, those few non-whites who may be thought to have been politically influential at the national level. Every indication is that political life in South Africa centred on these individuals, or at least on some of them, for clearly not all were of equal political importance. Yet even the leaders within this select group, whom we shall also consider separately in detail, frequently (although not in every case) rose to prominence within the institution of Parliament, in part on the basis of their ability to influence and control its deliberations. An understanding of the backgrounds of all parliamentarians thus not only helps to describe the body itself, but may also contribute a new appreciation of the political power of the country's top leadership. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1975
The African press in South Africa
- Authors: St Leger, Frederick York
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Press -- South Africa -- History Ethnic press -- South Africa -- History
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:3328 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003116
- Description: In a plural society, riven by deep conflict, as is South Africa, where however the Press retains a considerable measure of freedom to contribute to the political process it is the political role which is of the greatest significance rather than, for example, the reflection by the Press of social values or the internal organisation of the Press as a social system. Although it is, of course, hardly possible completely to ignore these other aspects in any institutional study.
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- Date Issued: 1975
- Authors: St Leger, Frederick York
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Press -- South Africa -- History Ethnic press -- South Africa -- History
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:3328 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003116
- Description: In a plural society, riven by deep conflict, as is South Africa, where however the Press retains a considerable measure of freedom to contribute to the political process it is the political role which is of the greatest significance rather than, for example, the reflection by the Press of social values or the internal organisation of the Press as a social system. Although it is, of course, hardly possible completely to ignore these other aspects in any institutional study.
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- Date Issued: 1975
Common and scientific names of the fishes of Southern Africa
- Smith, Margaret Mary, Jackson, P B N (Peter Brian Neville), Rhodes University. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Authors: Smith, Margaret Mary , Jackson, P B N (Peter Brian Neville) , Rhodes University. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1975-04
- Subjects: Fishes -- South Africa -- Nomenclature , Fishes -- South Africa -- Nomenclature (Popular) , Fishes
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/69731 , vital:29573 , Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
- Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 14 , This is in essence a checklist of the marine fishes occurring in the estuarine and coastal waters of southern Africa from the Kunene River in the west to Beira in the east. Deep sea fishes occurring below 200 metres or 100 fathoms are not included. The freshwater fishes from the Zambezi southwards will be published in Part 2. The scientific names, their spelling, authors and dates, have been carefully checked and brought into line with the most recent revisions available. However, the tremendous outpouring of scientific papers will make some scientific names obsolete even while this checklist is being printed. Also there will continue to be additions to the fauna and this, the first list to be published, must be regarded as a foundation on which subsequent lists can be based.
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- Date Issued: 1975-04
- Authors: Smith, Margaret Mary , Jackson, P B N (Peter Brian Neville) , Rhodes University. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1975-04
- Subjects: Fishes -- South Africa -- Nomenclature , Fishes -- South Africa -- Nomenclature (Popular) , Fishes
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/69731 , vital:29573 , Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
- Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 14 , This is in essence a checklist of the marine fishes occurring in the estuarine and coastal waters of southern Africa from the Kunene River in the west to Beira in the east. Deep sea fishes occurring below 200 metres or 100 fathoms are not included. The freshwater fishes from the Zambezi southwards will be published in Part 2. The scientific names, their spelling, authors and dates, have been carefully checked and brought into line with the most recent revisions available. However, the tremendous outpouring of scientific papers will make some scientific names obsolete even while this checklist is being printed. Also there will continue to be additions to the fauna and this, the first list to be published, must be regarded as a foundation on which subsequent lists can be based.
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- Date Issued: 1975-04
From Frontier to Midlands : a history of the Graaff-Reinet district, 1786-1910
- Authors: Smith, Kenneth Wyndham
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Graaff-Reinet (South Africa) -- History , South Africa -- Economic conditions -- History , South Africa -- Politics and government -- History , Frontier and pioneer life -- Graaff-Reinet
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:2615 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013242
- Description: The study of local history in South Africa is still in its infancy and has not been accorded the same recognition as elsewhere. There is no convenient manual to guide the would-be local historian of the Cape. There are few models that provide an insight into the main problems encountered by the local historian of a Cape community. In such local histories as exist, attention has been focussed predominantly on the foundation and physical growth of towns, the naming of streets, the establishment of schools and hospitals. Many of these accounts were written for publicity purposes or to commemorate the founding of towns. Although there is no history of the Dutch Reformed Church in Graaff-Reinet, the history of local congregations of the Dutch Reformed Church has generally been well covered in the form of Gedenkboeke and other studies. These frequently have a particular relevance as many towns such as Burgersdorp and Colesberg were founded as a result of the initiative of the church. Preface.
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- Date Issued: 1975
- Authors: Smith, Kenneth Wyndham
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Graaff-Reinet (South Africa) -- History , South Africa -- Economic conditions -- History , South Africa -- Politics and government -- History , Frontier and pioneer life -- Graaff-Reinet
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:2615 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013242
- Description: The study of local history in South Africa is still in its infancy and has not been accorded the same recognition as elsewhere. There is no convenient manual to guide the would-be local historian of the Cape. There are few models that provide an insight into the main problems encountered by the local historian of a Cape community. In such local histories as exist, attention has been focussed predominantly on the foundation and physical growth of towns, the naming of streets, the establishment of schools and hospitals. Many of these accounts were written for publicity purposes or to commemorate the founding of towns. Although there is no history of the Dutch Reformed Church in Graaff-Reinet, the history of local congregations of the Dutch Reformed Church has generally been well covered in the form of Gedenkboeke and other studies. These frequently have a particular relevance as many towns such as Burgersdorp and Colesberg were founded as a result of the initiative of the church. Preface.
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- Date Issued: 1975
Erythrina caffra - Kaffirboom
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Erythrina caffra -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/122108 , vital:35210
- Description: Caption "The Tale of an old Kaffirboom. C.J. Skead's observant eyes are famous. There is probably nobody else who would have taken much notice of the old kaffirboom on the hill 19 km south-west of King Williams Town. His photographs tell the story of the tree. African Wild Life. Vol. 29. No 3, p. 44, 1975."
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- Date Issued: 1975
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Erythrina caffra -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/122108 , vital:35210
- Description: Caption "The Tale of an old Kaffirboom. C.J. Skead's observant eyes are famous. There is probably nobody else who would have taken much notice of the old kaffirboom on the hill 19 km south-west of King Williams Town. His photographs tell the story of the tree. African Wild Life. Vol. 29. No 3, p. 44, 1975."
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- Date Issued: 1975
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- Simon Mashoko, Tracey, Andrew T N, Paul Berliner
- Authors: Simon Mashoko , Tracey, Andrew T N , Paul Berliner
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Folk music--Zimbabwe , Mbira music , Folk dance music , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa Zimbabwe Harare f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/121522 , vital:35110 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC141b-03
- Description: Traditional Shona dance song accompanied by the Mbira dzavadzimu
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1975
- Authors: Simon Mashoko , Tracey, Andrew T N , Paul Berliner
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Folk music--Zimbabwe , Mbira music , Folk dance music , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa Zimbabwe Harare f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/121522 , vital:35110 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC141b-03
- Description: Traditional Shona dance song accompanied by the Mbira dzavadzimu
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1975