'Till Murder Do Us Part': The Story of Griet and Hendrik Eksteen

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Title:	'Till Murder Do Us Part': The Story of Griet and Hendrik Eksteen
Author:	Russel, Viljoen
Year:	1995
Periodical:	South African Historical Journal
Issue:	33
Period:	November
Pages:	13-32
Language:	English
Geographic terms:	South Africa The Cape
Subjects:	Khoikhoi homicide social history History and Exploration Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) Women's Issues Law, Human Rights and Violence Ethnic and Race Relations Equality and Liberation Education and Training mass media Health, Nutrition, and Medicine
External link:	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02582479508671845
Abstract:	Social history has opened up an array of research possibilities previously considered unworthy of further investigation. Aspects of human experience such as emotion, love, pain and affection have become especially attractive topics for human sciences. This article is a story of love, hate, adultery and ultimately murder when a Khoikhoi woman discovered that her German common-law husband Hendrik Eksteen of more than 20 years was unfaithful to her. It is a story recorded in colonial South Africa in April 1759 and is only one example found in the criminal records of the Cape archives. The article first describes the events leading up to and following the murder, and the trial. This is followed by a discussion which focuses on such terms as control, conflict and power, concubinage, class and children. Notes, ref.