, 1. Write an introduction of 150 words on any ONE of the topics set out below. In the
introduction you must give an overview of the argument you are going to present. 2.
Evaluate the books, articles, published materials and/or Internet sources that you will use
to produce your essay for assignment 04, and present notes on the significance and
strengths of each of these sources. Please note that you are not limited to the sources
listed with each assignment topic. 100 marks TOPIC 1 Analyse the reasons why General
JBM Hertzog implemented the Representation of Natives Act in 1936. • This assignment
requires you to evaluate Hertzog’s segregationist visions and policies for South Africa
during the 1920s and 1930s. • Your essay needs to explain your response to the question
in a brief introduction. • The body of your essay should contain a logical explanation of
Hertzog’s segregationist vision and policies and the implementation of the Representation
of Natives Act of 1936. • Wrap up your argument in the conclusion. Reading:
Recommended books: Beinart, W & Dubow, S. 1995. Segregation and apartheid in South
Africa. London: Routledge. Davenport, TRH & Saunders, C. 2000. South Africa: a modern
history. New York: MacMillan. Giliomee, H. 2003. The Afrikaners: biography of a people.
Cape Town: Tafelberg. Koorts, L. 2014. DF Malan and the rise of Afrikaner nationalism.
Cape Town: Tafelberg Lipton, M. 1986. Capitalism and apartheid: South Africa, 1910-
1986. Cape Town: David Philip. Walshe, P. 1978. The rise of African Nationalism in South
Africa: the African National Congress, 1912-1952. Johannesburg: C Hurst & Co.
Recommended article: Giliomee, H. 2003. The making of the apartheid plan, 1929-1948.
Journal of Southern African Studies 29(2):373-392. Additional books: Dubow, S. 1989.
Racial segregation and the origins of apartheid in South Africa, 19191936 London:
Palgrave MacMillan. Hancock, WK. 1968. Smuts: the fields of force 1919-1950.
Cambridge: Cambridge. Le Roux, JH, Coetzer, PW & Marais, AH (eds.). 1987. Generaal
JBM Hertzog: sy strewe en stryd. Volume I. Johannesburg: Perskor. Liebenberg, BJ &
Spies, SB (eds.). 1993. South Africa in 20th century. Pretoria: Van Schaik Maylam, P.
2001. South Africa’s racial past: the history and historiography of racism, segregation, and
apartheid. Aldershot: Ashgate. Paton, A. 1964. Hofmeyr. London: Charles Scribner’s Sons.
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