scholarly journals Black Doctors and Discrimination under South Africa’s Apartheid Regime

2013 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Digby
Keyword(s):  
Black Students ◽  
South African ◽  
Transformational Change ◽  
Political Activism ◽  
African Experience ◽  
South African Universities ◽  
Apartheid Regime ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThis article discusses an under-researched group and provides an analytical overview of the comparative experiences of African, Indian and Coloured doctors at South African universities during the apartheid era. It probes diversity of experience in training and practice as well as gendered differentiation amongst black students before going on to discuss the careers and political activism of black doctors as well as the impact of recent transformational change on their position. It briefly assesses how singular this South African experience was.

Student Governance and the Academic Minefield During COVID-19 Lockdown in South Africa

2022 ◽  
pp. 255-276
Author(s):  
Vuyo Mthethwa
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Academic Experiences ◽  
Academic Experience ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Self Regulated Learning ◽  
South African Universities ◽  
Resultant Effect ◽  
Student Governance ◽  
Modes Of Interaction ◽  
The Impact

Since 1997, the ordinary students at South African universities have depended on the SRC to be at the forefront of student advocacy in relation to resources to support their academic experiences. The onset of the lockdown on the eve of 26th March 2020 had an unprecedented effect on student life, with a change of student governance from cohesion to isolation. Adopting a snowball sampling methodology, 15 students registered at various South African universities were interviewed via WhatsApp about the support they received from their SRC during the COVID-19 lockdown. The impact of the lockdown on student governance is examined through the lens of ordinary students. Findings suggest that the surge to technology-based modes of interaction and self-regulated learning had a resultant effect of a highly compromised academic experience, even though some were able to adapt to online learning. Adjusted approaches to student governance are inevitable as the coronavirus continues to manifest.

The Stock Market Reaction to Board Changes: The South African Experience

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-294
Author(s):  
Narendra Bhana
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Executive Director ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Share Prices ◽  
Market Participants ◽  
Johannesburg Stock Exchange ◽  
Stock Market Reaction ◽  
African Experience ◽  
The Impact

This article investigates the impact of board changes on the share prices of the companies listed on the Johannesburg stock exchange (JSE) during the period 2004–2008. Four types of board changes are investigated: new appointments, resignation, retirement and joint appointments. Market participants consider a change in the composition of a company’s board as having information content and produce statistically significant change in the share prices of the company concerned. In particular, the informational effects of new appointments are perceived differently by the market from resignations from the company board. The results also provide evidence that market reacts more favourably to the appointment of an executive director in comparison to that of a non-executive director board appointment. JEL classification: C58, D22, E44, G10, L22

scholarly journals South African universities in a time of increasing disruption

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Johan Coetzee ◽  
Brownhilder Neneh ◽  
Karlien Stemmet ◽  
Jana Lamprecht ◽  
Constance Motsitsi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South African ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
African Students ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
South African Universities ◽  
The Impact

Background: The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) have disrupted the higher education environment in unprecedented ways.Aim: This article identifies the impact of increasing disruption driven by the 4IR and COVID-19 on the content and curriculum design of degree programmes in economic and management sciences offered by South African universities.Setting: Six South African and five top-tier US and UK universities.Methods: The study used a non-positivist qualitative research design and specifically the case-study approach. A document analysis of the information in university yearbooks and prospectuses was conducted, using a purposive sampling design.Results: An online presence will become more important due to increased disruption, and will not only ensure an additional revenue stream, but also promote continuity in operations and mitigate threats from competitors. COVID-19 has accelerated the extent of this disruption and expedited the migration to online teaching and learning platforms.Conclusion: Since science, technology, engineering and mathematics are integral to the majority of 4IR-related modules, South African universities must not shy away from degree programmes that ignore inter- and multi-disciplinary curriculum designs. Coupled with the challenges facing the majority of South African students to access electronic devices, data and the internet, COVID-19 has thrust this challenge to the forefront in the South African higher education landscape. By comparing the developments in South African universities with those in trendsetting, top-tier, global universities, management can assess the extent to which they are internationally competitive and adapting to the demands of the 4IR.

Ecological University for Transformative and Critical Intellectual Capital Advancement and Scholarship in South Africa

2019 ◽  
pp. 64-85
Author(s):  
Ndwakhulu Stephen Tshishonga
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Ecological Model ◽  
Transformational Change ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
New Order ◽  
Societal Challenges ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
South African Universities ◽  
The University

This chapter interrogates an ecological model of university as a framework to understanding evolving roles played by institutions of higher learning, particularly universities, thus including their implications for a wider society transformational change. Barnett has explored various models ranging from the metaphysical, scientific, entrepreneurial, and bureaucratic to liquid, therapeutic, authentic, and ecological models. The author further argues that being and becoming ecological is a huge project, as it takes the university into a new order of being. A university within this model becomes an entity that constantly engages with itself and its adjacent environment in order to remain relevant and be part of the solutions to the societal challenges. In this chapter, case studies from the South African universities were used as the research technique, including selected interviews with key stakeholders in the higher education sector.

The South African Experience: Litigating Remedies

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Charles ABRAHAMS
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
South African ◽  
Black Population ◽  
Class Action ◽  
Occupational Lung Disease ◽  
Legal Remedies ◽  
African Experience ◽  
The Common ◽  
Apartheid Regime

Abstract Many transnational corporations (TNCs) that conducted business in South Africa during apartheid had deemed it profitable and desirable, despite the country’s systemic human rights violations against its majority black population. In the aftermath of the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre and 1976 student uprising, various United Nations and other international resolutions condemned TNCs for their incestuous relationship with apartheid South Africa and called for international sanctions against the regime. The demise of apartheid in 1994 brought about a new democratic, constitutional dispensation based on respect for human rights. However, attempts at holding TNCs liable for aiding and abetting the apartheid regime were fraught with obstacles and proved unsuccessful. Yet, the pursuit of strategic, class action litigation in areas as diverse as collusive conduct in bread manufacturing to occupational lung disease in South Africa’s goldmining industry have proven to be more successful in developing legal remedies against corporate harm. Areas impacted are extended legal standing under the common law, development of new causes of action and generous application of contingence fees arrangement.

scholarly journals Impact of funding on academic performance: An exploration of two South African universities

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angelique Wildschut ◽  
Ebenezer Megbowon ◽  
Amanda Miselo
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Student Success ◽  
South African ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
South African Universities ◽  
Student Funding ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Average Individual

Empirical evidence on the relationship between student funding and academic performance is unclear. Some studies have found a positive relationship, some have suggested a negative one, while others maintain that there is no relationship between them. Acknowledging that a range of factors, other than funding, impact on student success, in this paper, we aim to contribute to a small, but emerging, body of literature on the relationship between student funding and academic performance, proxied by the average individual academic mark for the year. We applied descriptive and inferential statistics to a dataset of 29,619 students registered at two South African universities for the 2018 academic year. The results highlight that in an examination of the impact of being funded by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) in a bivariate context, it is possible to find a negative relationship with performance. However, at an aggregate level and controlling for the impact of other variables, a positive (albeit weak) and statistically significant correlation between being NSFAS funded and average academic performance emerges.

scholarly journals The relationship between career maturity, career expectations and perceptions of job and organisational knowledge of engineering bursars

1997 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Le Roux ◽  
J. M. Schepers ◽  
B. C. Lessing
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Career Maturity ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Career Expectations ◽  
Organisational Knowledge ◽  
South African Universities ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The principal aim of this study was to determine whether there is a statistically significant relationship between career maturity, and career expectations and perceptions of job and organisational knowledge of engineering bursars. The sample comprised 168 engineering bursars from a variety of South African universities. A questionnaire was developed to measure bursars' career expectations and perceptions of job and organisational knowledge. The sample was divided into homogeneous clusters on the basis of two dimensions - career expectations and perceptions of job and organisational knowledge. These clusters were compared in respect of career maturity. Statistically significant differences were found. A secondary aim of the study was to examine the impact of certain demographic variables on career maturity/ career expectations and perceptions of job and organisational knowledge. The implications of the findings are discussed. Opsomming Die hoofdoel van die studie was om vas te stel of daar 'n statistics beduidende verband tussen loopbaanvolwassenheid en loopbaanverwagtinge en persepsies van beroeps- en organisasiekennis van ingenieursbeurshouers is. Die steekproef het uit 168 ingenieursbeurshouers van 'n verskeidenheid Suid-Afrikaans e universiteite bestaan. 'n Vraelys om loopbaanverwagtinge en persepsies van beroeps- en organisasiekennis te meet, is ontwikkel. Die steekproef is in homogene groepe verdeel aan die hand van twee dimensies, te wete loopbaanverwagtinge en persepsies van beroeps- en organisasiekennis. Hierdie groepe is ten opsigte van loopbaanvolwassenheid vergelyk. Statisties beduidende verskille is gevind. 'n Newedoelstelling van die studie was om na die moontlike impak van sekere demografiese veranderlikes op loopbaanvolwassenheid, loopbaanverwagtinge en persepsies van beroeps- en organisasiekennis, te kyk. Die implikasies van die bevindinge is bespreek.

The South African Moment

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmood Mamdani
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Direct Action ◽  
The State ◽  
Columbia University ◽  
The South ◽  
African Experience ◽  
Armed Resistance ◽  
Apartheid Regime

This essay draws parallels between the movement for justice in Palestine and the South African experience during the anti-apartheid struggle, engaging critically with supporters and practitioners of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. Notwithstanding their very different contexts, the author argues that in the South African case, the decision to broaden the struggle to all opponents of apartheid, thereby transcending the racialism normalized by the very structure of the state, enabled the movement to gain the momentum necessary to bring down the apartheid regime. Neither armed resistance nor boycott alone was sufficient to win the battle without the added component of mass-based direct action. The essay challenges the activists of the contemporary Palestinian movement to redefine their strategy and create their own South African moment. The text is based on the author's remarks as discussant at a talk by BDS cofounder Omar Barghouti, held at Columbia University on 2 December 2014.

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