Tradition and change in Bo-Kaap

Slideshow | Tradition and change in Bo-Kaap

18 Oct 2012 12:34
Cape Town's culturally and historically-rich neighbourhood the Bo-Kaap is changing as it becomes more appealing to non-traditional residents.
The fine art of the Neanderthals

The fine art of the Neanderthals

21 Jun 2012 17:52 - Alok Jha
Several times in the past 10 years scientists have had to rewrite the textbooks on Neanderthals, the last species of human to go extinct.
A chief rules by people power

A chief rules by people power

14 Jun 2012 14:37 - Jeff Guy
A central concept of precolonial society provides a key to the way forward in a modern democracy, writes Professor Jeff Guy.
No closure for massacre survivors

No closure for massacre survivors

18 May 2012 02:42 -
The top echelons of the former SA defence force are afraid of the legal consequences of the taking of so many innocent lives in Namibia 34 years ago

Contested pasts: Memory's selective, misleading and emotional history

02 Dec 2011 00:00 - David Bargueo
Memories blur clear-headed critiques of the present. But what about the future of memory? How will memories of oppression affect the future of SA?

Diamonds lost in translation

25 Nov 2011 00:00 - Staff Reporter
There are myriad theories and stories we cannot prove because it was never Southern Africa's tradition to record our history on paper.
Zimbabwe by book: The good, the bad and the dire

Zimbabwe by book: The good, the bad and the dire

11 Nov 2011 00:00 - Percy Zvomuya
On the 46th anniversary of Ian Smith's Unilateral Declaration of Independence, Percy Zvomuya surveys three books about Zimbabwe.
Pointed, not patriotic history

Pointed, not patriotic history

28 Oct 2011 00:00 - David Bargueo
Surveying the trials and tribulations of pre- and postcolonial Namibia.

Journey through history

02 Sep 2011 00:00 - Staff Reporter
Relatives should be valued for their telling of personal and shared histories, writes Milisuthando Bongela
Make time for yourself

Make time for yourself

12 Aug 2011 12:13 - Cornia Pretorius
Top educationist Jane Hofmeyr says working moms need to make compromises but should not neglect themselves
Doing history differently?

Doing history differently?

05 Nov 2010 10:06 - Jill Weintroub
Now in its 17th year, UWC's celebrated history seminar takes stock, writes Jill Weintroub.

Jhb Holocaust Centre on the move

18 Oct 2010 09:31 - Thabo Mohlala
Plans are on track for the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre to move to new premises next year.

History in the rough

26 Jul 2010 12:50 - Shaun De Waal
Two seasoned journalists consider what it takes to report “a world we can never fully understand”.

Obsessed with things not thoughts

24 Jun 2009 06:00 - Nikiwe Bikitsha
As a young girl, I once sat in awe as an elderly and inebriated uncle explained the provenance of the Bikitsha name.

Acropolis now

06 Aug 2008 06:00 - Kevin Rushby
Athens's new museum is spectacular, even without its star exhibits. Kevin Rushby gets a sneak preview.

Dusting off yesterday

17 Jul 2008 06:00 - Leonie Joubert
History probably does have a bit of a musty public persona -- seemingly crusty, tweed-clad and whiffing faintly of mothballs.

My (ancestral) mother

21 Feb 2008 18:55 - Staff Reporter, Adriaan Basson,
Adriaan Basson reviews Hermann Giliomee and Bernard Mbenga's New History of South Africa.