History Matters

What makes a history exam? Published in the Cape Times, 27 January 2011 (p.11) “After yet another disappointing set of results for… History I am wondering what more we can do, and whether anyone else has the same experience? Some excellent and hardworking students have got at least a grade lower than they should have, [...]

by Rob Siebörger Published in the Cape Times, 27 January 2011 (p.11), under the title ‘Examining exams: History is not what it used to be’. “After yet another disappointing set of results for… History I am wondering what more we can do, and whether anyone else has the same experience? Some excellent and hardworking students [...]

Together with ten of my comrades, I was sentenced to ten years imprisonment on Robben Island in April 1964 for allegedly conspiring to commit sabotage with a view to overthrowing the apartheid regime. Leaving aside the details of the background to this case and the real, as opposed to the court, version of what actually [...]

The notion of democracy, like national, is an evolving concept which can be enriched in its meanings over time, as our understandings were enriched during the people’s power period when crime control and other elements were dealt with on a community level. One of the most notable places of popular power was in Port Alfred, where broad representatives united to ensure that popular action [...]

by Charlyn Dyers One of the untold stories about language is the large percentage of Xhosa learners in former coloured schools and the ways in which they adapt their language skills. Research done at Wesbank, one of the newest townships in Cape Town, showed that the ongoing migration from the rural areas to its cities [...]

Nick Taylor, JET Education Services Presentation to the CSR in Education Conference, TSiBA Education, Cape Town 21 November 2008 1.     Introduction There are many teachers and schools who provide their learners with the opportunities to become skilled and confident citizens able to sustain their families and contribute to building a new society. While most successful [...]

Inaugural Speech of the 13th Rector and Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Free State (UFS) For such a time as this Jonathan D Jansen In Honour of Adv. Bram Fischer Preliminaries Welcome, welcome, welcome. I thought this would never happen. In fact, many of you told me it could never happen because of my [...]

What to make of the war of words that has erupted between Jonathan Jansen and Jessie Duarte? Briefly, ANC spokesperson Duarte is demanding that recently installed University of the Free State Rector Jonathan Jansen apologise for calling Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga a “lazy and incompetent minister, if one takes into account her record as [...]