Learners

  • First place: Fairouz West (Western Cape), ‘A history of sport’
  • Second place: Neo Panane (North West Province), ‘A history of my school’
  • Third place: Ideline Akimana (Western Cape), ‘ Xenophobia’

Special mentions

  • Tregina Mokoena on “The history of Mzinoni High School, Mpumalanga”
  • Daphney Berries on “The history of the Kroonstad concentration camp”
  • Rose Mohlala on “The history of refugees in South Africa”

Mapungubwe Award

  • The National Heritage Council presented the Mapungubwe Award to learners who most effectively promoted South African heritage.
  • Patricia Vangile Simon, ‘the history of the heritage site of the Bakgatla Bakgafela’.
  • Natalie Naidoo, ‘a history of the Hindu Temple in KwaZulu-Natal’.

Educators

  • First place: Yvonne Kube (North West). The educator focused on the introduction of oral history in the classroom. Her presentation was largely based on the use of indigenous songs and oral sources as the foundation for introducing the meaning of oral history in the classroom.
  • Second place: Ms Mokoatala Nthebe ( Free State). Ms Nthebe introduced her learners to oral history by interrogating oral data on a local heritage sites.
  • Third place: Mr SJ Baloyi (Limpopo), Mr Baloyi showed a great skill in linking oral sources to primary sources and preparing interesting lessons.

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