Browsing by Author "Davey, A M"

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    The conciliation movement in the Cape Colony during the Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902
    (1974) Botma, Trudé; Davey, A M
    The conciliation movement at the Cape was largely the offshoot of a parent body in England. This factor tempts the researcher to compare the one with the other, a practice which produces the most frustrating results. Unlike their English counterparts, the conciliators at the Cape did not form a clearly defined, centrally directed, organisation. They were, on the contrary, members of a loosely knit alliance of like-minded persons. Although the movement resulted from the stimulus of a number of leading figures, it had a large and varied supporting cast and there were even individuals who were not formally associated with it who played a leading role in its activities. The term conciliation movement therefore covers a very wide range and there is a voluminous amount of material available in connection with it. There are, however, also the most tantalising lacunae in the available information. In dealing with the conciliation movement I have attempted to concentrate on the activities of its English-speaking associates, as it was they who gave it its essence, but as it drew the bulk of its support from the Dutch section of the colonists their activities cannot be ignored.
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    General elections in the Cape Colony, 1898-1908
    (1980) Smith, Alan John Charrington; Davey, A M
    A history of parliamentary general elections can be approached in a number of different ways, but this work concentrates its attention on the results of the voting in the elections. For that reason, the Corpus has been divided into two parts. The first part deals with party politics and the elections while the second part is devoted to the systems of voting in the upper and lower house elections, the distribution of seats in the two houses of parliament, an analysis of the results of the voting in the elections and the trends in voter-support for the two major parties. The principle aim of the thesis is to provide an insight into the birth and the initial development of two-party elections in South Africa. Although the Cape Colony was only one of four British colonies which formed the Union in 1910, it was the first to evolve a system of two-party politics, and the six parliamentary general elections in the Cape Colony between 1898 and 1908 illustrate the origin and early evolution of two-party elections in South Africa. Considerable problems were encountered because the political parties in the Cape Colony were less rigid than their counterparts after 1910 and the systems of voting did not lend themselves readily to a yield of estimates of party support directly from the voting figures. Nevertheless, whilst an overall picture of the electoral trends during this crucial decade was relatively simple to ascertain, justification of the actual estimates of party support in each constituency was a different matter. Consequently, statistical appendices have been used to indicate the derivations of those figures.
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    King William's Town and the Xhosa, 1854-1861 : the role of a frontier capital during the High Commissionership of Sir George Grey
    (1981) Hofmeyr, G S; Davey, A M
    This thesis sets out to examine the important role of the Xhosa in the development of King William's Town during a crucial period. The local Xhosa community and the nearby Arna Ntinde tribe under Chief Jan Tzatzoe obviously made a major contribution to the history of British Kaffraria's capital in this era (1854-1861), but there were many other external forces. The interaction between cultures in and around King William's Town affected the Xhosa at all levels. This process of acculturation was hastened by many of Sir George Grey's administrative measures. He established several institutions in the Kaffrarian capital for the benefit of the Xhosa population as a whole and some aspects of his "native policy" are still applied on a national basis. Grey's administration therefore forms one of the central issues.
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    The origins and growth of freemasonry in South Africa, 1772-1876
    (1980) Cooper, Alan Amos; Davey, A M
    This thesis sets out to examine the historical growth of Freemasonry at the Cape and its expansion eastwards and northwards. It covers the period from the beginnings of Freemasonry in Cape Town in 1772 until 1876 when English and Dutch branches of the Craft had become involved in the political issues of that time. In doing so it tries to examine the effect of social, economic and political events in South Africa on Dutch and English Freemasonry, making the somewhat bold claim that this masonic movement acted often as a mirror to these events. The study confines itself to the historical aspects of freemasonry and does not endeavour to portray esoteric changes that took place within the Craft. Specifically it details the start of Freemasonry on the continent of Africa by Abraham Chiron and the founding of the first lodge, De Goede Hoop, a Netherlandic lodge, its decline and resurgence during the Dutch, British and Batavian occupations and the beginnings of English Freemasonry under the final British occupation. From then it sets out the expansion and changes in organisation brought about by several masonic personalities, many of whom were leading figures in the society of their time.
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    The South African flag controversy, 1925-1928
    (1977) Saker, Harry; Davey, A M
    The purpose of this work is to produce a comprehensive history of the flag controversy. Narrative, analysis and description are the stuff of written history and their blend must vary according to the nature of the topic tackled. In a comprehensive history of a most complex subject such as the flag controversy, a story which has never been fully told and in which numerous committees, commissions, conferences, deputations, pressure groups and different compromise proposals make their appearance, narrative and description are inevitably prominent.
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    Swellendam en sy distrik gedurende die siviele kommissarisskap van Harry Rivers 1828-1841
    (1974) Stopforth, James Arban; Davey, A M
    Deur hierdie verhandeling is 'n poging aangewend om lig ts werp op die vroeë geskiedenis van een van die oudste buitedistrikte van ons land. Buirski het met sy M.A.-verhandeling "The Barrys and the Overberg,", 'n gedeelte van die geskiedenis van hierdie gebied gedek. So ook het Burrow met sy werk "Overberg Outspan" sekere aspekte van die geskiedenis van hierdie groot en uitgestrekte gebied behandel. Daar word gehoop dat hierdie verhandeling 'n verdere bydrae sal lewer tot kennis van die gebied anderkant die Hottentots-Bollandberge - die Overberg. Die tydvak 1828 tot 1841 is om die volgende redes gekies: Die jaartal 1828 dagteken die aanvang van die administrasie van die buitedistrikte in ooreenstemming met die bepalings soos neergelê deur die Regsoktrooi van 1828. Die einddatum 1841 sluit die tydperk van Harry Rivers as siviele kommissaris van Swellendam af; die periode 1798-1825 is behandel deur 'n M.Th.-verhandeling van ds. J.Fourie.
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    The origins of the South African Labour Party, 1888-1910
    (1973) Ticktin, David; Davey, A M