Ebrahim Essa’s remarks about school history textbooks and how they differ from earlier times (The Mercury, September 8) brings to the fore the timeless question – what is history? Many books have been written discussing that question...
Introduction The history of History is a series of repetitive cycles. Contexts change but the replication endures. As a researcher, my interest is to recognise the replication of the past in present developments. That stems from my belief that...
Despite its incompetence and corruption, the ANC’s continued support for the policy of cadre deployment (Tribune, July 10), has parallels with the government in England 300 years ago as Jonathan Swift recorded in Gulliver’s Travels published in...
Like the Covid/vaccine narrative, the promoters of the climate change narrative are abusing science and ignoring history in their efforts to cajole people into accepting their demands to ban fossil fuels (The Mercury, February 28). If these...
Commissioned and published by the Baynesfield Trust in 2016, this 56 page booklet reveals that not all Natal’s colonial figures were indifferent to the plight of Africans and Indians. Contact the Baynesfield Trust for...
From a wealth of archival sources, Du eruditely narrates what is arguably the seminal chronicle of the South Coast’s development. He comprehensively unravels the kaleidoscope of personalities and unpacks the various interests that impact...
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