| Abstract: | The largest grouping of historians in Southern Africa, the Southern African Historical Society, held its biennial conference at the University of Botswana, 27-29 June 2013. The theme of the conference was 'All for one, one for all'. This special issue of the 'South African historical journal' publishes papers presented at the conference. Contributions: Historians converge and consolidate in Botswana (Ackson M. Kanduza); To rescue the past from the nation: all for one, one for all? leveraging national interests with regional visions in Southern Africa (Jane Carruthers); Towards a broader Southern African history: backwards, sideways, and upside-down (Neil Parsons); The strange death of 'Zimbabwe-Rhodesia': the question of British recognition of the Muzorewa regime in Rhodesian public opinion, 1979 (Nicholas Waddy); A matter of life and death: criminal law and the death penalty in South West Africa (SWA) under South African rule, 1915-1939 (Nikki Kalbing); Healthcare in exile: ANC health policy and health care provision in MK Camps, 1964 to 1989 (Melissa Armstrong); 'Anginayo ngisho indibilishi!' (I don't have a penny!): the gender politics of 'Native Welfare' in Durban, 1930-1939 (Marijke du Toit); 'Even the calves must dip': East Coast fever, Africans and the Imposition of dipping tanks in Southern Rhodesia, c.1902-1930 (Wesley Mwatwara); 'Radio Apartheid': investigating a history of compliance and resistance in popular Afrikaans music, 1956-1979 (Schalk D. Van Der Merwe); Moral hazards and moral economies: the combustible politics of healthcare user fees in Malawian history (Luke Messac); Overview of the 24th Biennial Conference of the Southern African Historical Society, University of Botswana, Gaborone, 27-29 June 2013 (Peter Limb). [ASC Leiden abstract] |