Browsing Faculty of Humanities by Author "Makgala, C.J."
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Bid to settle Jewish refugees from Nazi-Germany in Botswana, 1938-1939
Makgala, C.J. (Botswana Society / www.botsoc.org.bw, 2006)This article demonstrates that while Adolf Hitler's Nazis were busy persecuting Jews in Germany there was an attempt made by the colonial authorities in Botswana, South Africa and Britain to settle some Jewish refugees in ... -
The challenges of financial responsibility in the tribal administration of Bechuanaland Protectorate, 1919-1966
Makgala, C.J.; Botlhale, E. (Routledge (Taylor and francis), www.routledge.com, 2008)This account of tribal finances in Bechuanaland Protectorate under British colonial rule argues that while the treasury dispensation made the tribes responsible for their finances, it also brought about a new dynamic and ... -
History and perceptions of regionalism in Botswana, 1891 – 2005
Makgala, C.J. (Routledge, http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=t713429127, 2009)Although economic, political, ethnic and religious factors have led to regionalisms and other divides, causing civil strife and civil wars in many countries, in Botswana the north-south divide existed for a long time merely ... -
History and perceptions of regionalism in Botswana, 1891-2005
Makgala, C.J. (Routledge (Taylor and Francis group), http://www.routledge.com, 2009)Although economic, political, ethnic and religious factors have led to regionalisms and other divides, causing civil strife and civil wars in many countries, in Botswana the north south divide existed for a long time merely ... -
Limitations of British territorial control in Bechuanaland Protectorate, 1918–1953
Makgala, C.J. (Routledge (Taylor and francis) www.routledge.com, 2010)This article argues that the Kalahari desert region of the Kwena tribal reserve quietly slipped out of the imperial command from 1930–1950, at a time when British colonial authorities achieved territorial control of the ... -
The relationship between Kenneth Koma and the Botswana Democratic Party, 1965-2003
Makgala, C.J. (Oxford university press/www.oup.com, 2005)This article assesses the weaknesses of opposition in Botswana through the case of Kenneth Koma, the influential President of the Botswana National Front (BNF) from 1977 to 2001. This is done by examining the perception that ... -
Taxation in the tribal areas of the Bechuanaland Protectorate, 1899-1957
Makgala, C.J. (Cambridge University Press, 2004)This essay examines, through taxation, the relationship between British colonial administrators, Tswana Dikgosi (chiefs) and their subjects in the Bechuanaland Protectorate from 1899 to 1957. It argues that since ...