The University of the North and building the Bantustans: The cases of Gazankulu and Lebowa
| When: | Thursday, 05 May 2016 - Thursday, 05 May 2016 |
| Where: | Parktown Education Campus CISA Committee Room, 36 Jorissen Street, Braamfontein |
| Start time: | 14:00 |
The Centre for Indian Studies in Africa (CISA) will host Dr Anne Heffernan, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, to deliver this talk.
This talk will explore the role of the University of the North (Turfloop) and its impact on the homelands it was intended to serve during the early years of their formation.
In this talk, Heffernan considers the divergence of the ideal of the ‘apartheid university’ and the real role that Turfloop played in influencing the development of two of the Bantustans it was intended to serve: Lebowa and Gazankulu.
In particular, it explores the influence of prominent members of the students and faculty of the university on the early governance structures of these homelands.
It suggests a much broader range of forms of political engagement and ideas for the development of these areas, than the conceptions that Verwoerdian ‘Grand Apartheid’ had allowed, and considers the ways some of these plans were implemented.
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