History Matters

ANC PRESS RELEASE ANC urges public debate on a Roadmap for Education 16 November 2008 Since April 2007, the ANC Health and Education Committee has been involved in a major policy review of education, implementing the resolutions of the ANC’s 52nd National Conference, held in December 2007. The conference declared education and health major priorities [...]

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Statement by Dr. Saleem Badat At the Inauguration of Steve Bantu Biko Building An outstanding graduate has observed that at Rhodes University we need “a critical appreciation of where we come from, (and) a dialogical and analytic engagement with where we are now”. These are wise words, befitting a graduate of a University that seeks [...]

Dear all This is an open invitation to a student awareness week we are holding from Monday 22 September until Friday 26 September, 2008. The week is to raise awareness about the struggles of outsourced workers at UCT. As students we have a role to play regarding outsourcing at UCT. When UCT chose to outsource, [...]

“This is one country where it would be possible to create a capitalist black society, if whites were intelligent, if the nationalists were intelligent. And that capitalist black society, black middle class, would be very effective … South Africa could succeed in putting across to the world a pretty convincing, integrated picture, with still 70 [...]

FINALISED SCHEDULE OF LECTURES: September 10 Housing: Grootboom Case Speakers: Judge Dennis Davis, Peter Roman, student from the SSLJ September 17 Accountability: Metrorail – Public Transport Speakers: Judith February, Mr Van Minnen September 24 Health: TAC Case Speakers: Nonkosi Khumalo, Louis Reynolds October 01 Education: 14 years and still no case Speakers: Mamphela Ramphele Representative [...]

Jonathan Jansen In the 5th Hans Brenninkmeijer Memorial Lecture, Jonathan Jansen reflects on the trails and tribulations of Afrikaner youth and the stable conceptions of the past as well as the apocalyptic understandings of the present, that lead to catastrophic events such as Waterkloof, Skierlik and Reitz. Jansen argues for a post-conflict pedagogy in which [...]

The National Association of Distance Education and Open Learning in South Africa (NADEOSA) is hosting a two-day conference titled Innovation in Open and Distance Education from 18-19 August 2008 in Pretoria. In a period of growing convergence between the use of distance and traditional education methodologies in the pursuit of open education ideals, this conference [...]

A task like no other Like no other job. Teaching is a great way to learn new things. Most teachers lack the time for meta-cognition. I’m a part-timer, and have the privilege to be able to reflect on my own practice. Having been employed and freelanced in many other institutions, I now appreciate that teachers [...]