Filled with great skill and craftsmanship, Fred Khumalo’s short stories are exceptional
Knowledge gaps can be plugged without always changing compulsory subjects for matric pupils
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has asked that the history curriculum become more comprehensive and well-rounded
If we do not change the way we teach our children, we will be in big trouble in 30 years
Our readers write in about unlocking youth power and the evolution of the school curriculum
History needs to focus on historical consciousness if students are to become capable of dealing with South Africa’s social problems
‘The department of education’s plan to make history compulsory for every learner throughout their schooling career is to be applauded’
The basic education department’s task team says a deeper connection to the subject must be nurtured
During an interview, Eusebius McKaiser questioned Angie Motshekga on history as a compulsory subject, the teacher-pupil ratio and violence in schools
The task team was established in 2015 after there was a ‘perceived lack of knowledge of the country’s history among learners’
Our interview with acclaimed novelist and playwright Harry Kalmer.
Despite the rejection, violence and erasure of young women activists’ contributions to SA’s political landscape, they are making themselves heard.
Recalling atrocities of the past does not prevent new horrors from being committed in the future.
Recalling atrocities of the past does not prevent new horrors from being committed, argues David Rieff in new book ‘In Praise of Forgetting’.
The Rand Steam Laundries structures, one of a kind on the Reef, were demolished illegally in 2008.
A teacher is humbled by the small role her subject may have played in the #FeesMustFall victory.
In a quest to find out how empathy is conveyed to history pupils, only one in six textbooks succeeds.
Hank Willis Thomas has revealed his latest exhibition of unconventional stills that force us to look at our history from a different perspective.
We need to question the standard that has been set as acceptable for history, as well as the quality of the markers themselves, writes Maryke Bailey.
The Institute of People Management has spent more than 65 years focusing on the lifeblood of organisations — human capital.
Stories about South Africa’s fast bowlers explore the vicious edge that lies beneath the game’s gentility.
According to author Anthony Butler’s study, the "idea" of the ANC is framed in terms of three categories: power, unity and liberation.
Several times in the past 10 years scientists have had to rewrite the textbooks on Neanderthals, the last species of human to go extinct.