scholarly journals African Corporate Lawyering and Globalization

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Klaaren
Keyword(s):  
Global Change ◽  
South African ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Global South ◽  
Legal Services ◽  
The South ◽  
Commercial Practice ◽  
Everyday Work ◽  
Theoretical Frame ◽  
Rapid Transformation

Influenced by processes of globalization and localization, many fields of social and commercial practice – including legal services – across Africa are undergoing rapid transformation. It should come as no surprise that these processes of globalization and transformation include the ongoing transformation of corporate lawyering. Lawyers from Johannesburg to Algiers – not to mention Khartoum and Ouagadougou – are experiencing and participating in rapid global change in their profession and everyday work. This paper identifies some of the questions and issues that emerge from this process, as well as providing a vignette of the South African corporate legal sector and tentatively outlining the emergence of an African corporate lawyering field. It does so in order to propose a research agenda into the trends and potential pathways of growth in this field. It does so in four steps, moving from a theoretical frame to one of the Global South to a portrait of the South African jurisdiction and ending with an agenda for African corporate lawyering.

scholarly journals On being African and Reformed? Towards an African Reformed theology enthused by an interlocution of those on the margins of society

2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rothney S. Tshaka
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Global South ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Reformed Theology ◽  
The South ◽  
Inaugural Lecture

This article was first given as an inaugural lecture. As such, it sets out a particular agenda for the researcher’s interest. Here, the notions of being African and Reformed are interrogated. The research notes that these notions are rarely used in the same vein. It is admitted that notions tend to pick up different meanings as they evolve, so these notions are especially seen in that light. The theological hegemony, which in the South African academic circles had become enveloped in the Reformed identity, is here forced to critically consider Africanness. This is considered significant, especially in a context where the Christian faith is seen to be flourishing in the global South. The article challenges attempts at explaining what Africanness mean as a front to perpetuate a status quo that from its inception never thought much of Africa and or Africanness. The author argues that the African Reformed Christian must acknowledge is status as a partial outsider in Reformed theological discourses.

scholarly journals Thinking Creatively about Muslim Education: Exploring Yusef Waghid’s Maximalist-Minimalist Frame

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-106
Author(s):  
Muhammed Haron
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Essay Review ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
The South ◽  
Muslim Scholar ◽  
Muslim Education ◽  
Theoretical Frame

The South African Muslim scholar, Yusef  Waghid, conceptualized Islamic education by creatively using the maximalist-minimalist theoretical frame. Waghid brought into the discussion numerous interrelated concepts and terms that helped to construct his conceptualization. In response to this process and application to this genre of education, this essay review evaluates Waghid’s text.   Abstrak:     Tujuan kajian ini adalah untuk mengenal pasti tahap kecenderungan berinteraksi dalam kalangan guru pelatih di Institut Pendidikan Guru (ITE) Negeri Sabah dan Sarawak, Malaysia. Kajian juga meneliti prediktor demografi bagi aras interaksi dan mempertimbangkan bagaimana interaksi berlaku dalam pelbagai persekitaran di ITE di antara pelajar daripada pelbagai kumpulan etnik. Perhatian khusus diberikan kepada bagaimana guru pelatih berinteraksi semasa mereka mengambil bahagian dalam aktiviti kurikulum dan ko-kurikulum, di kolej-kolej kediaman dan semasa aktiviti-aktiviti harian mereka dan dalam talian. Faktor-faktor demografi termasuk tahap pengajian, etnik dan agama. Sampel terdiri daripada 299 orang mahasiswa semester ketiga Asasi Sarjana Muda Pendidikan (PPISMP) dan pelajar tahun akhir Sarjana Muda Pendidikan (PISMP). Soal selidik yang dibina sendiri berdasarkan tinjauan literatur yang luas telah digunakan untuk pengumpulan data. Analisis desriptif mendedahkan bahawa tahap kecenderungan berinteraksi keseluruhan di kalangan pelajar yang berbilang kaum adalah tinggi. Paras tertinggi ialah interaksi dalam persekitaran ko-kurikulum, diikuti oleh interaksi dalam aktiviti harian, interaksi di kolej-kolej kediaman dan berinteraksi dalam aktiviti-aktiviti kurikulum. Tahap penghayatan semangat perpaduan di kalangan pelajar yang berbilang kaum adalah tinggi. Keputusan juga menunjukkan bahawa hubungan dengan rakan sebaya adalah merupakan penyumbang kuat kepada kecenderungan para pelajar untuk berinteraksi dengan orang dari pelbagai latar belakang etnik, diikuti pengalaman sekolah, pengaruh keluarga dan media massa. Keputusan ini adalah penting untuk para pendidik guru dan penggubal dasar dalam masyarakat majmuk seperti Malaysia. 

scholarly journals Big Data from the South(s): Beyond Data Universalism

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 319-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefania Milan ◽  
Emiliano Treré
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Global South ◽  
The South ◽  
Critical Data ◽  
The Core ◽  
Critical Engagement ◽  
The World ◽  
Ways Of Thinking

This article introduces the tenets of a theory of datafication of and in the Souths. It calls for a de-Westernization of critical data studies, in view of promoting a reparation to the cognitive injustice that fails to recognize non-mainstream ways of knowing the world through data. It situates the “Big Data from the South” research agenda as an epistemological, ontological, and ethical program and outlines five conceptual operations to shape this agenda. First, it suggests moving past the “universalism” associated with our interpretations of datafication. Second, it advocates understanding the South as a composite and plural entity, beyond the geographical connotation (i.e., “global South”). Third, it postulates a critical engagement with the decolonial approach. Fourth, it argues for the need to bring agency to the core of our analyses. Finally, it suggests embracing the imaginaries of datafication emerging from the Souths, foregrounding empowering ways of thinking data from the margins.

scholarly journals A systematic review of the South African work on the well-being of young people (2000–2016)

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaymarlin Govender ◽  
Arvin Bhana ◽  
Kerryn McMurray ◽  
Jane Kelly ◽  
Linda Theron ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Young People ◽  
South African ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The South ◽  
Academic Journals ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Optimal Outcomes

Burgeoning research on the well-being of young people in recent years has made it difficult to identify conceptual gaps in the literature. We conducted a review of South African research in this area to better understand the use and measurement of the construct, as well as factors associated with it. The search of multiple databases identified 28 studies published in academic journals between 2000 and 2016. Within this period, studies that referred to well-being and its related subjective components varied significantly in terms of how they defined and operationalised these constructs, resulting in a fragmented body of work. The review highlights the need for a coherent research agenda in this area given the centrality of well-being research in promoting optimal outcomes in young people. Recommendations for strengthening South African research in this area are provided.

scholarly journals Pro Bono in South Africa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thabang Pooe ◽  
Alice Brown ◽  
Jonathan Klaaren
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Legal Profession ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Legal Services ◽  
The South ◽  
Legal Representation ◽  
Civic Duty ◽  
Pro Bono ◽  
African Context

This chapter explores issues related to the state of pro bono legal services and access to justice in South Africa. As is made clear in this book, what is referred to as “pro bono” comes from the Latin pro bono publico, meaning “for the public good.” It describes legal work undertaken by legal practitioners without remuneration or at significantly below-market rates as a public service for individuals or organizations who cannot afford to pay. In the South African context, the concept of pro bono must be understood alongside specific constitutional provisions as well as against the structure of the legal profession. In our view, increasing access to justice for the poor, marginalized, and indigent individuals and communities should be seen by members of the South African legal community as an essential component to fulfilling not only their civic duty but also their constitutional obligations. Our understanding of pro bono includes aspirations of access to justice with the legal profession playing a part in its realization. This can only be made real for all people living in South Africa if they have access to legal representation, and much of the private legal profession understands and acknowledges that it has anobligation in this regard. Pro bono practice is therefore a necessary institution for addressing access to justice. It is not, however, sufficient. Pro bono practice must be augmented by the work of paralegals and extended to the particular South African vision of community service, which itself does aspire to implement and achieve access to justice.

scholarly journals Marginalisation of ‘global South’ epistemics: the case of a soil science textbook

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-48
Author(s):  
Milton Milaras ◽  
Tracey McKay
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
World View ◽  
Global South ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Soil Science ◽  
Soil Conditions ◽  
Science Textbook ◽  
The South ◽  
Global North

Scientific textbooks are often seen as critical teaching and learning tools for undergraduate students. Furthermore, textbooks can shape and define students’ comprehension and internalisation of academic disciplines. Despite this, textbooks are not necessarily error free. Additionally, textbooks can be laden with hidden representational presumptions and biases, foregrounding a particular culture, knowledge system, or hegemonic world-view. This can include the epistemology of the ‘global North’. How appropriate it is to prescribe such textbooks in the ‘global South’ is, therefore, debatable. Thus, this research represents an attempt to determine the suitability of a soil science textbook – produced in the global North – for use in the global South, specifically the South African context. Accordingly, one particular textbook, in use at some South African universities, was analysed using textual analysis, in order to ascertain its applicability within the context of an Africanised curriculum. The study found that, despite the publisher’s claim of ‘universality’, the book presents soil science knowledge as written with a northern geographical setting in mind and for a Western European or North American audience. Thus, for South Africa, with its radically different geographical, cultural, and soil conditions, the textbook is inappropriate and may even be moulding a particular global North worldview. On this basis it is recommended that academics of the global South adopt a critical approach when selecting textbooks; as well as actively promote and write textbooks directly suited to an African setting.   How to cite this article:  MILARAS, Milton; MCKAY, Tracey. Marginalisation of ‘global South’ epistemics: the case of a soil science textbook. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the South. v. 3, n. 2, p. 31-48. Sept. 2019. Available at: https://sotl-south-journal.net/?journal=sotls&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=93&path%5B%5D=45   This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Exploring recidivism in the South African context.

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Belinda Bedell ◽  
Nicholas Challis ◽  
Charl Cilliers ◽  
Joy Cole ◽  
Wendy Corry ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
South African Context ◽  
The South ◽  
African Context
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