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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 ...
The contested nature of heritage in Grade 10 South African history textbooks: A case study.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2013)
Using the interpretivist paradigm and approached from a qualitative perspective,
this case study produced data on three purposively selected contemporary South
African history textbooks with regards to their representation ...
Mobilising History for nation-building in South Africa: A decolonial perspective.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2013)
One of the greatest challenges facing people in the process of becoming South
Africans today is that of building a cohesive national identity out of diverse and
competing national, cultural and ethnic aspirations and ...
History, historians and the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2013)
Whether or not the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission
(TRC) intended to write history, it certainly engaged with the past while
historians were virtually absent. This article therefore sets out to take ...
Together we can do more – environmental consciousness in the South African dam construction sector (1945-1980)
(2013)
For several thousand years societies have diverted and dammed up rivers to meet their
increasing water needs. The Industrial Revolution ushered in the modern era of water
resource development, which has led to the ...