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Labour union voices in South Africa and arguments to scrap inflation targets - a historical and 21st century debate.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2011)
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Inflasieteikens wat inflasieverwagtings anker, is die primêre doelwit van monetêre beleid van sentrale banke in ontwikkelde lande. Binne 21ste eeuse debatte kritiseer vakbonde, en spesifiek Congress of South ...
Black workers, typhoid fever and the construction of the Berg River – Saldanha military water pipeline, 1942 – 1943
(2008)
War creates a huge need for labour to support the war efforts of the belligerent parties.
In South Africa tens of thousands of ‘non-white’ workers were mobilised during the
Second World War to satisfy the Union Defence ...
“Word generation” and skills around learning and teaching History
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2017)
The Word Generation Programme (WordGen), produced by Harvard University Education School in 2006, presents ways of engaging with and improving literacy skills in school going students. WordGen comprises a set of freely ...
Conceptualising historical literacy – a review of the literature.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2009)
In a context of a continually widening range of disciplines and subjects available for learners to specialize in, it becomes increasingly critical for the value of particular subjects to be examined. Thus, while debates ...
The value of open distance learning (ODL) in assisting History teachers with heritage investigation.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2010)
This article highlights some of the challenges facing history teachers in designing and assessing heritage investigation projects in the Further Education and Training (FET) band and the need for teachers to be proactive ...
History curriculum, nation-building and the promotion of common values in Africa: a comparative analysis of Zimbabwe and South Africa.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2009)
A challenge for Africa is how to derive common values from the values of
diverse communities. The challenge becomes even more difficult in the face
of notions such as autonomy, multiculturalism and respect for difference
which ...
'The power of power': Power stations as industrial heritage and their place in history and heritage education.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2010)
This article focuses on the Electrical Precinct in Newtown as an example of industrial heritage in the centre of Johannesburg. The author makes the case that industrial heritage has been neglected in terms of what is deemed ...
Contemporary relevance – a category of historical science and of the didactics of history and its consequences in teacher training
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2017)
Contemporary relevance as a category of the didactics of history teaching includes not only historical facts which might be deemed the causes of present-day problems and circumstances but also those which, on the grounds ...
Disaster risk reduction in the Omusati and Oshana regions of Namibia
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013)
Namibia often experiences heavy rains in the north and north-eastern parts of the country, which results in severe flooding. For this reason, the country has endorsed the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) which seeks to ...
'n Historiese perspektief op die kapelaansvrou in die Suid-Afrikaanse militêre milieu.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)
This article forms part of a larger project on the history of South African
military chaplaincy. It provides a review of the role played by the spouses of
Permanent Force chaplains in the military context of South Africa. ...