<i>South Africa: A Modern History</i>-A Response

Davenport, T. R. H.

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“…65 To put this part of the discussion in context, by the early 1970s Africans had had access to medical training in South Africa for a quarter of a century, but only 252 had qualified and, while there was one African doctor per 44 000 Africans, the white doctor to patient ratio was one to 400. 66 Back at the meeting, not everyone was prepared to take a conciliatory line. Even before the amendment was tabled, the Jamaican delegate accused Combrink of obfuscation, while Dr Mamujee from Tanzania pointed to the number of South African refugees entering his country and the evidence they brought of racial discrimination.…”

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The Expulsion of South Africa and Rhodesia from the Commonwealth Medical Association, 1947–70

Stewart

2017

Med. Hist.

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Abstract:In 1970 the medical associations of South Africa and Rhodesia (now, Zimbabwe) were expelled from the Commonwealth Medical Association. The latter had been set up, as the British Medical Commonwealth Medical Conference, in the late 1940s by the British Medical Association (BMA). These expulsions, and the events leading up to them, are the central focus of this article. The BMA's original intention was to establish an organisation bringing together the medical associations of the constituent parts of the expanding Commonwealth. Among the new body's preoccupations was the relationship between the medical profession and the state in the associations' respective countries. It thus has to be seen as primarily a medico-political organisation rather than one concerned with medicine per se. Although, there were also tensions from the outset regarding the membership of the Southern African medical associations. Such stresses notwithstanding, these two organisations remained in the BMA-sponsored body even after South Africa and Rhodesia had left the Commonwealth. This was not, however, a situation which could outlast the growing number of African associations which joined in the wake of decolonisation; and hardening attitudes towards apartheid. The article therefore considers: why the BMA set up this Commonwealth body in the first place and what it hoped to achieve; the history of the problems associated with South African and Rhodesian membership; and how their associations came to be expelled.

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The Expulsion of South Africa and Rhodesia from the Commonwealth Medical Association, 1947–70

Stewart

2017

Med. Hist.

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“…Although many laws and social practices of racial separation had been long enough established that Verwoerd could reasonably refer to racial separation as 'tradition' , the Apartheid period is best characterised by the systematic manner, explicit ideological grounding and modern-rational approach to Manichean society (Davenport 1977;Wolpe 1972). Three different phases of Apartheid are identifiable.…”

Section: Apartheid Takes Manichaeism To Its Logical Extremementioning

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“…The so-called 'frontier' wars, which incorporated people and territory into the expanding colonial political order, were significant to state-building. Davenport (1977) presented detailed accounts of the ten wars fought against 'the Xhosa' between 1779 and 1879, and Leonard Thompson and Monica Wilson identified the important dates and wars of this colonial expansion:…”

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“…Two years after the 1946 black mineworkers' strike, the Afrikaner Nationalist Party (NP) assumed power after campaigning on behalf of Afrikaner nationalism and warnings about the 'swart gevaar' (black danger) (Davenport 1977). The party revised racist laws, added others and broke with the past by developing the capacity of the state to implement its vision vigorously; Apartheid focused on grand changes to society as a whole, the life of society and the behaviour of individuals in their everyday detail at the micro-individual level.…”

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South Africa, settler colonialism and the failures of liberal democracy

2016

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“…The Union of South Africa was formed in May 1910 through the union of four British colonies (Davenport 2000). Although provision was made for the incorporation of other territories in 'British South Africa', this was never done (Hyam 1972).…”

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A South African Domesday Book: the first Union census of 1911

Christopher

2010

South African Geographical Journal

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The Union of South Africa was established a century ago in May 1910. The first census of the new united state took place in May 1911. It may therefore be regarded as a foundational, Domesday survey of the country, covering its population, housing, livestock, agriculture and industries. The census was organised with considerable speed, and the compilation and production of the results were equally fast, with all sections and the Director's report completed at the end of 1912, only 19 months after the enumeration. With such haste, some of the details have been lost and with the destruction of most of the original records, there is only a limited possibility of reconstructing the unpublished data. Nevertheless, in scope and inclusiveness, it was never repeated, and therefore remains an under-utilised landmark in the history of the country.

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South Africa: A Modern History-A Response

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The Expulsion of South Africa and Rhodesia from the Commonwealth Medical Association, 1947–70

The Expulsion of South Africa and Rhodesia from the Commonwealth Medical Association, 1947–70

South Africa, settler colonialism and the failures of liberal democracy

A South African Domesday Book: the first Union census of 1911

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