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Remembering "Salisbury Island".
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2011)
Three distinct vignettes on “Salisbury Island”, have been composed for this
discussion on the tribal college for Indians inaugurated in 1961 on Salisbury
Island, an old naval base at the Durban Harbour. It was prompted ...
Segregated schools of thought: the Bantu Education Act (1953) revisited
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2017)
Various political parties, civil rights groups and columnists support the view that one of South Africa’s foremost socio-economic challenges is overcoming the scarring legacy which the Bantu Education Act of 1953 left on ...
Navigating the tension between official and unofficial History – a teacher’s view
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2019)
Growing up in the post-apartheid era in a township on the outskirts of Durban, and schooling in Durban North, I always wondered why the houses in KwaMashu township were small, clustered and all looked similar compared to ...