5. South Africa and the First World War

Samson, Anne

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“…The government accepted the resignations on 19 September when letters from both Beyers and government were published in the press. 39 An exacerbating factor, often treated as an inconsequential sideshow, was the hunt for the Foster Gang, which resulted in the accidental death of Gen. De la Rey on 15 September. Gen. Beyers who was in the car with De la Rey claimed that the shooting had been a deliberate act ordered by Botha and Smuts, thereby increasing the tensions between the pro-and anti-British factions.…”

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South Africa Mobilises: The First Five Months of the War

Samson¹

2017

SCIM

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When war broke out in August 1914, the Union of South Africa found itself unprepared for what lay ahead. When the Imperial garrison left the Union during September 1914, supplies, equipment and a working knowledge of British military procedures reduced considerably. South Africa was, in effect, left starting from scratch. Yet, within five months and despite having to quell a rebellion, the Union was able to field an expeditionary force to invade German South West Africa and within a year agree to send forces to Europe and East Africa. This article explores how the Union Defence Force came of age in 1914.

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South Africa Mobilises: The First Five Months of the War

Samson¹

2017

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Motherhood, morality and materiality: how material changes to wartime Cape Town affected discourses around women, racial health and the city, 1914–1919

Walton

2020

Urban History

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This article explores ways in which material changes engendered by World War I influenced ideas about Cape Town and its people. For the city's middle classes, these conditions – including a rise in the cost of living, increased urbanization, the growth of factory work for women and the notable presence of soldiers in the city – heightened the sense that Cape Town was a place of increased moral corruption. In particular, females were portrayed as pivotal to the upholding of the moral and racial integrity of the city, nation and empire. Yet the perceived race and class of different Capetonian women influenced the expectations (and accordant condemnations) of their behaviour. This linked to white middle-class anxieties about miscegenation and urban order. As such, discourses around female behaviour during the war represented a nexus between issues of health, race and morality within the South African urban context.

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‘Botha Cake’ and ‘Belgian Onion Soup:’ Gendered Patriotism Through Three South African, First World War, Community Cookbooks

Walton

2024

The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

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5. South Africa and the First World War

Cited by 4 publications

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South Africa Mobilises: The First Five Months of the War

South Africa Mobilises: The First Five Months of the War

Motherhood, morality and materiality: how material changes to wartime Cape Town affected discourses around women, racial health and the city, 1914–1919

‘Botha Cake’ and ‘Belgian Onion Soup:’ Gendered Patriotism Through Three South African, First World War, Community Cookbooks

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