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Original Articles

Opting out of colonial rule: the Brown Voortrekkers of South Africa and their constitutions

Part 1

Pages 135-152 | Published online: 24 Feb 2007

  • 1982 . A somewhat shorter version of this paper was presented at the 12th annual conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies . May 10–14 1982 . University of Toronto .
  • 1984 . African Studies , 43 ( 1 )
  • Rehoboth there were the Wetboek (Law Book), Vaderlikke Wette (Laws of our Fathers), and Grondwet (Constitution)
  • Steinkopf there were Ons Wette (Our Laws), Gemeente Wette (Laws of the Community)
  • Weder ( 1946 , Appendix 10) and translated into standard Afrikaans. It is entitled: “Wetbook van die Vilander Basters te Rietfontein” . No date or source is given.
  • Viall . 1959 . “By die eerste geleentheid en wel te Nisbeth Bad (Warmbad) het die Baster trekkers ‘n grondwet — die Grondwet van Nisbeth Bad — opgestel, ‘n Volksraad gekies en die Kapteinskap van Hermanus van Wyk bekragtig” . 3 Viall . writes:
  • Griqua . 1939 . “It is not necessary to trace the fortunes of this ‘constitution’. . .” . 36 Marais
  • 1960s . “ ‘Vaderlikke Wette’ ” . the phrase

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