Barnes, TeresaEbot, Tabe FidelisDept. of HistoryFaculty of Arts2013-08-202024-03-262009/11/302009/11/302013-08-202024-03-262008https://hdl.handle.net/10566/9726Magister Artium - MAThis MA thesis investigates the decision to marginalize History in C2005 at a time when there were expectations of the importance of the discipline in a democratic South Africa. It argues that the marginalization of the discipline in C2005 was not solely based on pedagogical reasons, but that it might have been influenced by political agendas. My research provides support for this view with evidence of the procedures inside the relevant government education policy committees. In addition, it explores the debates and processes that led to the reinstatement of the discipline in the Revised National Curriculum Statement for schools that was approved in April 2002 by the South African Cabinet.enHistoryStudy and teachingThesisUniversity of the Western Cape