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History in senior secondary school CAPS 2012 and beyond: a comment.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2012)
History Education has been a neglected aspect of the great educational debate in South Africa in recent times. Despite its high profile in anti - apartheid education the subject has not received the same attention as science ...
Bernstein’s theory of the pedagogic device as a frame to study history curriculum reform in 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, 2012)
This article reflects on the usefulness of Bernstein’s theory of the pedagogic device to frame a (previously reported) study of history curriculum reform in South Africa: to what extent, and in what ways does the concept ...
Municipal tender awards and internal appeals by unsuccessful bidders
(North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Faculty of Law, 2010)
In recent years, bidders aggrieved by municipal tender awards are increasingly
resorting to Section 62 of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act1 for relief.
The application of this provision to tender processes is ...
Educating the nation about union - whose heritage?
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2010)
On the 31st of May 2010, South Africa, as a geopolitical creation, had been in existence for a century; a momentous occasion for the country. However, the day passed with little acknowledgement of this event. The question ...
Laws against strikes – The South African experience in an international and comparative perspective
(PER, 2018)
This contribution reviews the book entitled Laws against Strikes – The South African Experience in an International and Comparative Perspective edited by Bob Hepple, Rochelle le Roux and Silvana Sciarra.
The bald and golden eagle protection act, species-based legal protection and the danger of misidentification
(2015)
The Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act of 1940 bestows legal protection on two North American eagle species in the United States of America. The Act was originally aimed at the legal protection of only one species: the ...
Innovation opportunities in irrigation technology for using virtual water in 21st century South Africa: reflections from the past to the present.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2011)
• Summary:
In 21st century South Africa, new and old technological innovations in agriculture can be employed to protect existing and future water supplies that are increasingly becoming vulnerable to encroaching global ...
Vlaandere en Suid-Afrika: normalisering van politieke en kulturele betrekkinge sedert 1990.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2010)
• Summary:
Flanders, the northern, Dutch-speaking regional state of Belgium, traditionally regarded the preservation and strengthening of language and cultural ties with the Afrikaner as of the utmost importance. In this ...
Bantu Education: destructive intervention or part reform?
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2012)
The introduction of public education for blacks in 1953 and the withdrawal
of state subsidies from mission schools were among the most controversial
measures that the National Party (NP) government took. In introducing
Bantu ...
The history of labour hire in Namibia: a lesson for South Africa
(2013)
Labour hire, the practice of hiring out employees to clients by a labour broker, has been
a part of Namibia’s history since the early 1900s in the form of the contract labour
system. This form of employment was characterized ...