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Women in history textbooks - What message does this send to the youth?
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2011)
History textbooks, like all textbooks, play an important role in the
facilitation of learning. They act as vehicles by means of which past knowledge
legitimated by government and related authorities, as contained in ...
"Allowed such a state of freedom": women and gender relations in the Afrikaner community before enfranchisement in 1930.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2010)
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Hierdie artikel argumenteer dat Afrikanervroue gedurende die eerste twee eeue van die nedersetting aansienlik meer regte geniet het onder die Romeins-Hollandse reg as wat die geval was met vroue wat onder ...
Socio-economic rights and women in South Africa: nothing but a handful of feathers?
(North-West University, 2011)
The Bill of Rights contained within South Africa’s Constitution features a number of ‘socioeconomic
rights’. Although these rights are justiciable they are subject to various limitations. They
generally entail a positive ...
Die huwelikspatrone van Europese setlaars aan die Kaap, 1652-1910.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)
The Cape Colony at the southernmost tip of Africa, founded in 1652
with the arrival of European sailors and soldiers under the auspices of the
Dutch East India Company, provides, we believe, an excellent opportunity ...
Legislative prohibitions on wearing a headscarf: are they justified?
(2014)
A headscarf, a simple piece of cloth that covers the head, is a controversial garment that carries various connotations and meanings. While it may be accepted as just another item of clothing when worn by non-Muslim women, ...
Muslim women’s identities in South Africa: A Zanzibari perspective in KwaZulu-Natal.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)
This article examines how Zanzibari women in KwaZulu-Natal are
negotiating their identities within the context of local and global realities.
In South Africa, while the post-apartheid period gave birth to non-racial
democracy, ...
From fund-raising to Freedom Day: the nature of women’s general activities in the Ossewa-Brandwag, 1939-1943.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2013)
The Ossewa-Brandwag (OB) was a mass-movement that originated as a
result of the euphoria created by the 1938 Centenary Celebrations of the
Great Trek in South Africa. With far-reaching and very ambitious aims the
OB was ...
Awareness campaigns as survival tools in the fight against gender-based violence in peri-urban communities of Bulawayo in Zimbabwe
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013)
Most of Zimbabwe’s urban settlements owe their existence to mining activities; hence most peri-urban communities around Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second largest city, are mining communities. However, research in these mining ...
An analysis of the visual portrayal of women in junior secondary Malawian school history textbooks
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)
Visual images are important in textbooks because they are a vital part of the
symbiotic relationship with the written text. Most importantly, visual images are
essential in history textbooks because they render human ...
The South African high school history curriculum and the politics of gendering decolonisation and decolonising gender
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)
In this article, I argue that the category of gender should be an essential
consideration for a decolonised curriculum, and that gender theory should be
included in its analytical toolbox for two reasons: firstly, because ...