Witzieshoek : women, cattle and rebellion

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dc.contributor.advisorMager, Anneen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBeerstecher, Shanen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-11T09:50:02Z
dc.date.available2016-08-11T09:50:02Z
dc.date.issued1995en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: pages 220-228.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study focusses on the 1950 Witzieshoek rebellion from a gender perspective. It examines the context within which the rebellion occurred, spanning a period from 1930 to 1950 and looks at the impact of the rebellion on the state. The years leading up to the Witzieshoek rebellion were characterized by crisis as the government struggled to maintain authority over the African masses in general and African women in particular. Witzieshoek residents had to contend with growing deterioration of resources, migration and the implementation of a betterment programme. These had a differential impact on men and women in the reserve, leading to a loss of power in male authority structures and increasing autonomy for women. This fed into and moulded the development of a culture of resistance in the community which exploded in 1950 when the majority of the inhabitants revolted against the Native Affairs Department and the Trust. The Witzieshoek rebellion was a desperate bid to return to older and more familiar ways of organization which had been based on the productive and reproductive capacity of women. The men and women who rebelled were denouncing the organization of the community on Trust and Departmental terms. The response of the state to the rebellion was to appoint a Commission of Enquiry. The Commission, operating at a time when 'native' policy was being fiercely debated, was unable to offer the kind of solutions that Nationalist Party policy would eventually demand. Both the rebellion and the Commission of Enquiry failed to bring about any meaningful change to the conditions in Witzieshoek.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBeerstecher, S. (1995). <i>Witzieshoek : women, cattle and rebellion</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Historical Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21177en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBeerstecher, Shan. <i>"Witzieshoek : women, cattle and rebellion."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Historical Studies, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21177en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBeerstecher, S. 1995. Witzieshoek : women, cattle and rebellion. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Beerstecher, Shan AB - This study focusses on the 1950 Witzieshoek rebellion from a gender perspective. It examines the context within which the rebellion occurred, spanning a period from 1930 to 1950 and looks at the impact of the rebellion on the state. The years leading up to the Witzieshoek rebellion were characterized by crisis as the government struggled to maintain authority over the African masses in general and African women in particular. Witzieshoek residents had to contend with growing deterioration of resources, migration and the implementation of a betterment programme. These had a differential impact on men and women in the reserve, leading to a loss of power in male authority structures and increasing autonomy for women. This fed into and moulded the development of a culture of resistance in the community which exploded in 1950 when the majority of the inhabitants revolted against the Native Affairs Department and the Trust. The Witzieshoek rebellion was a desperate bid to return to older and more familiar ways of organization which had been based on the productive and reproductive capacity of women. The men and women who rebelled were denouncing the organization of the community on Trust and Departmental terms. The response of the state to the rebellion was to appoint a Commission of Enquiry. The Commission, operating at a time when 'native' policy was being fiercely debated, was unable to offer the kind of solutions that Nationalist Party policy would eventually demand. Both the rebellion and the Commission of Enquiry failed to bring about any meaningful change to the conditions in Witzieshoek. DA - 1995 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1995 T1 - Witzieshoek : women, cattle and rebellion TI - Witzieshoek : women, cattle and rebellion UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21177 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/21177
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBeerstecher S. Witzieshoek : women, cattle and rebellion. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Historical Studies, 1995 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21177en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Historical Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherHistorical Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleWitzieshoek : women, cattle and rebellionen_ZA
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