The Western Cape Education Department has chosen Facing the Past as a core programme to deliver their anti-racism in schools intervention.
In March this year Shikaya hosted a Facing the Past seminar for teachers in the Hermanus area as part of Western Cape Education Department’s...
Denis Goldberg receives highest order
Professor Denis Goldberg, Shikaya’s patron, has been awarded the Order of Luthuli, the highest order of the land. This order is South Africa’s most prestigious award and is granted by the president to those who have made a meaningful contribution to the struggle for democracy.
Denis Goldberg was sentenced to four life terms in prison along with Nelson Mandela at the Rivonia Trial for attempting “to overthrow the apartheid state through force of arms”. He spent 22 years inmrisoned...
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FACING THE PAST TEACHER...
This year has started on a good note for Facing the Past. In the last month Facing the Past has had an Introductory Seminar for a new group of teachers from schools across the Western Cape and, working with the Western Cape Education Department, held an anti-racism in schools seminar...
Facing the Past follow-...
For more information about the next Facing the Past workshops please contact us.
Jonathan Jansen speaks ...
Can schools help to bridge hurtful and divided pasts? This is the question that Professor Jonathan Jansen, a Shikaya Board Member, and recently appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Free State, asked in his column for The Times newspaper, History needs an ambulance.
In the...
