A brief history of Human Movement Science at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (1961-2018)

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-340
Author(s):  
T.J. Ellapen ◽  
Y. Paul ◽  
H.V. Hammill
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Human Movement ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University

Religion & Theology with Gerhard van den Heever

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 25-26
Author(s):  
Gerhard Van den Heever
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Current Frame ◽  
Religion And Theology ◽  
History Of ◽  
Discourse Formation ◽  
The University

Gerhard van den Heever presents the history of the journal Religion & Theology, from its start as an in-house theological journal for the University of South Africa to its current frame as an international publication for the transdisciplinary study of religion and theology as discourse formation. Van den Heever presents insights into the journal’s management and shares insights for those interested in submitting their research.

scholarly journals Embodying human rights in #FeesMustFall? Contributions from an indecent theology

2017 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Grassow ◽  
Clint Le Bruyns
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Specific Context ◽  
Human Rights Abuses ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
The University

This article focuses on the #FeesMustFall (FMF) movement and the question of a human rights culture. It provides evidence from the specific context of FMF at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, which exposes human rights abuses and violence to the dignity of protesting students. To advance a human rights culture within the higher education sector in the context of FMF, the article highlights the role of theology – ‘indecent theology’ (as espoused by Marcella Althaus-Reid) – in revealing the problem and promise of higher education institutions in the quest for a more liberating and responsible society. It is only through interrogating the narratives that sustain the current university structures – and continue to oppress the poor and the marginalised – that South Africa will be able to begin to construct a society that is respective of the rights of all.

The racialization of animal advocacy in South Africa

Ethnicities ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 146879682094676
Author(s):  
Luis Cordeiro-Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Black Faculty ◽  
Racial Justice ◽  
Animal Product ◽  
Animal Advocacy ◽  
History Of ◽  
University Of Cape Town ◽  
The University

In 2015, some faculty at the University of Cape Town made a proposal to the Faculty of Humanities that no animal product be served at faculty events. Many black faculty members contested the proposal on the grounds that it was racist and disavowed the importance of the proposal. In this article, I wish to argue that the proposal’s approach neglects the racialized history of animal advocacy in South Africa, while also being carried out at an inopportune time and context. Consequently, it racializes the debate on animal advocacy in South Africa to the extent that it contributes to the African faculty’s disavowal of the proposal and of animal injustice in general. Nevertheless, I also argue that the proposal could have been more successful if it had integrated racial justice concerns and African elements. This is the case because there are good reasons for Africans to support animal justice. Particularly, in the case of South Africa, it can be argued that addressing animal justice is beneficial for improving Africans’ health, a contribution to the elimination of environmental injustice and helpful for Africanizing institutions.

scholarly journals Application of age-structured production models to assess oyster Striostrea margaritacea populations managed by rotational harvesting in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

2008 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 408-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul A. de Bruyn ◽  
Coleen L. Moloney ◽  
Michael H. Schleyer
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
North Coast ◽  
Management Zones ◽  
Production Models ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
The Status ◽  
History Of ◽  
Age Structured

Abstract de Bruyn, P. A., Moloney, C. L., and Schleyer, M. H. 2009. Application of age-structured production models to assess oyster Striostrea margaritacea populations managed by rotational harvesting in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. – ICES Journal of Masrine Science, 66: 408–419. Oysters have been harvested in KwaZulu-Natal for more than a century, by both commercial and recreational users. However, management of the resource has been based on ad hoc measures rather than quantitative, defensible management plans. Early in the history of the fishery, a rotational harvesting strategy was employed, but it has changed over time. At present, there are 10 management zones, each fished 2 years out of five, and recreational harvesting is allowed in the year preceding commercial harvesting. To assess the status of the oyster resource as well as the historical levels of exploitation, age-structured production models were applied to the oyster populations in the five North Coast management zones. The model fits to the observed data were good. Oyster abundance differed among zones, with the lowest abundance in the two most northern zones. As these zones had only recently been established, however, the paucity of data renders their assessments uncertain. The southernmost zone had the greatest oyster abundance. The benefits of rotational harvesting were demonstrated by the model outputs, which showed rapid population recovery during fallow years, suggesting sustainability of the resource. It is recommended that rotational harvesting continues to be used to manage oysters in KwaZulu-Natal.

scholarly journals A McMaster retrospective: how publishing in a student journal shaped my career

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Alan Morris
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Iron Age ◽  
Associate Editor ◽  
Anatomically Modern Humans ◽  
Fulbright Scholar ◽  
History Of ◽  
Health Project ◽  
The Ohio State University ◽  
The University

Alan G. Morris is Professor in the Department of Human Biology at the University of Cape Town.  A Canadian by birth and upbringing, Professor Morris is also a naturalised South African.  He has an undergraduate degree in Biology from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo Ontario, and a PhD in Anatomy from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.  Professor Morris has published extensively on the origin of anatomically modern humans, and the Later Stone Age, Iron Age and Historic populations of Kenya, Malawi, Namibia and South Africa. In more recent years he has extended his skeletal biology knowledge to the field of forensic anthropology.  Professor Morris’ book ‘Missing and Murdered’ was the winner of the WW Howells Prize for 2013 from the American Anthropological Association.  He has an additional interest in South African history and has published on the history of race classification, the history of physical anthropology in South Africa and on the Canadian involvement in the Anglo-Boer War. Professor Morris was selected as a visiting Fulbright Scholar in 2012-2013 and spent 9 months at The Ohio State University where he worked with American scholars on the ‘Global History of Health’ project.  He is a council member of the Van Riebeeck Society for the Publication of Southern African Historical Documents, an associate editor of the South African Journal of Science and an elected member of the Academy of Science of South Africa.

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