scholarly journals Onbeantwoorde vrae in die wetenskap: Laat ons die studente en jong navorsers daarmee uitdaag

1996 ◽  
Vol 52 (2/3) ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Smit
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Hard Work ◽  
Scientific Study ◽  
Global Challenges ◽  
Research And Education ◽  
The Right ◽  
The University ◽  
Scientific Questions ◽  
Scientific Endeavour ◽  
Young Researchers

The university - an institution of hope. The university is a institution of hope where the foundations are laid for a better future.  This derives from the search for solutions in every sphere of scientific study. Sometimes students and young researchers are concerned that the most interesting scientific questions have already been answered.  But clearly even a fraction of the unanswered questions in science pose incredible challenges to researchers and students in every field of scientific endeavour. Apart from the global challenges presented by science, South Africa must be one of the most interesting laboratories on earth. The critical ability to put the right questions to science through dedication and hard work is indeed the key to all research and education.

scholarly journals Addressing Xenophobia in the Equality Courts of South Africa

Refuge ◽  
2013 ◽  
pp. 107-116
Author(s):  
Justin De Jager
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
South African Society ◽  
Police Services ◽  
Refugee Law ◽  
Fundamental Value ◽  
South African Police ◽  
The Right ◽  
University Of Cape Town ◽  
The University

South African society bears a legacy of inequality and struggle against oppression. In the Constitutional era, our courts have held that the right to equality is a core fundamental value against which all law and state practice must be tested. South Africa’s Equality Courts have been heralded as a transformative mechanism for the redressing of systemic inequality and the promotion of the right to equality. Following the aftermath of the 2008 xenophobic attacks in South Africa, the University of Cape Town Refugee Law Clinic, on behalf of some of the victims of these attacks, launched equality claims against the South African Police Services in order to address the unfair discrimination and xenophobia of police officials in protecting these victims. This paper reviews the two matters launched by the Clinic in the Equality Courts, examining the challenges that effectively reduce the accessibility of the Equality Courts and the difficulty inherent in proving discrimination in equality claims, and commenting on the benefits of using these courts to address xenophobia.

Beerbohm Tree's Production of ‘The Tempest’, 1904

1995 ◽  
Vol 11 (44) ◽  
pp. 299-308
Author(s):  
Brian Pearce
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Literary Criticism ◽  
Board Of Directors ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
The Tempest ◽  
The Board Of Directors ◽  
The Right ◽  
The University

Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1853–1917) is remembered today as a great character actor, as a personality, and as a wit: but as a producer he is seldom considered an important or even a positive influence on the course of Shakespearean interpretation in the twentieth century. Focusing on Tree's 1904 production of The Tempest, Brian Pearce argues that Tree was in fact an original and inventive director. Contrasting the faint praise or contempt of theatre historians with the adoption of many of Tree's ideas in later literary criticism of The Tempest, Pearce also suggests that the acceptance of the right of contemporary experimental directors to act in effect as ‘scenic artists’ sits oddly with attitudes to Tree's work, in which he fulfilled precisely such a role. Brian Pearce completed his PhD at the University of London in 1992, and since returning to South Africa has worked as a theatre director. He is a member of the board of directors of the Durban Theatre Workshop Company, and also teaches drama at Technikon Natal.

scholarly journals Editorial: FAREWELL AND WELCOME NEW EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. ix
Author(s):  
Iva Adlerová
Keyword(s):  
Web Of Science ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Editorial Process ◽  
Successful Management ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Right ◽  
The University ◽  
Young Researchers

<p>My seven years with Acta Polytechnica ended on June 30. The opportunity to lead this journal from a local list of reviewed periodicals to the prestigious databases – Web of Science, Scopus, Inspec, CAS and more – was a rewarding experience and privilege for me.</p><p>All this would have not been possible without the continual cooperation and understanding of many individuals, who contribute to putting the journal together.</p><p>In the first place there are authors of excellent submissions and reviewers who contributed their time, expertise, knowledge and experience to help the authors to improve their manuscripts and, through their comments and questions, gave them an inspiration for their further research. During my tenure I saw very satisfying trends in our submissions, mainly the increasing quality of the manuscripts submitted by young researchers.</p><p>I very appreciate the continual support of all the members of the editorial board. As experts in their field they contributed to the editorial process, provided invaluable advices and recommendations. In particular I would like to thank the internal board members, who collaborated with their colleagues from faculties and institutes. Without this motivating communication and cooperation across the university the AP would not be what it is.</p><p>A special thanks belongs to Tomáš Hejda. Seven years ago he created the image of the journal and set up typographic rules and standards. Last but not least, AP could not grow without the work of the language editors, especially Robin Healey.</p><p>And, of course, I would like to thank all the colleagues from the CTU Central Library for their support and intensive cooperation. Without them it would not be possible to set the necessary publishing standards and processes. Especially I would like to thank Lenka Němečková for being a source of energy and inspiration for the AP, and thank to the director of the CTU Central Library Marta Machytková for her support.</p><p>Finally, I would like to introduce and welcome an outstanding colleague and the new Editor-in-Chief Tereza Karlová. I very respect her professional skills, I am convinced that she has the right motivation for the successful management of Acta Polytechnica and I wish her all the best.</p><p>Iva Adlerová Outgoing Editor-in-Chief</p>

scholarly journals Editorial

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Christa Rautenbach
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New York ◽  
Civil Liberties ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Rent Control ◽  
Senior Lecturer ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Fair Compensation ◽  
The Right ◽  
The University

This issue contains six diverse contributions on topics ranging from prostitution to rent control, unfair dismissals, civil liberties in Zimbabwe, prospecting rights and insolvency issues. The first article is from Sarah Pudifin (pupil advocate at the KwaZulu-Natal Bar) and Shannon Bosch (senior lecturer in law at the University KwaZulu-Natal), who examine countervailing South African public opinion on the subject of prostitution and identify the factors which might influence these attitudes. Sue-Mari Maass of the University of South Africa in the second article gives a comparative analysis of rent control measures imposed in various jurisdictions (South Africa, New York and England) to provide tenure protection for vulnerable tenants. The third article is from Stella Vettori, also of the University of South Africa, who discusses the role of human dignity in the assessment of fair compensation for unfair dismissals. The authors of the fourth article are Jephias Mapuva and Loveness Muyengwa-Mapuva. They discuss key legislation within the areas of media and access to information, individual rights and freedoms, as well as legislation pertaining to the conduct of elections in Zimbabwe. The issue concludes with two case notes. The first one is from Tracy-Lynn Humby of the University of the Witwatersrand. She writes about the conflict between two empowerment firms, Bengwenyama Minerals (the investment vehicle of the Bengwenyama-ye-Maswazi community) and Genorah Resources, which culminated in three judgments, termed the "Bengwenyama trilogy" by the author. Her focus is on the right of a community to prospect or mine and the protection thereof during mining activities. The second note, written by Lienne Steyn of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, considers case law which deals with the interface between the National Credit Act 34 of 2005 and the Insolvency Act 24 of 1936. The question in all three cases she discusses was whether or not a debtor's application for debt review constitutes an act of insolvency which can be relied upon by a debtor in an application for the compulsory

scholarly journals Berend Gemser, hoogleraar 1926-1955

1992 ◽  
Vol 48 (1/2) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. P. Oberholzer
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Scientific Study ◽  
Historical Criticism ◽  
Semitic Languages ◽  
Fully Integrated ◽  
Organic Unity ◽  
University Of Pretoria ◽  
The University ◽  
Old Testament Studies

Berend Gemser, professor 1926-1955 Berend Gemser, who came to the University of Pretoria in 1926 to fill two chairs, those of Semitic Languages and Old Testament Studies, is acknowledged as the initiater of the scientific study of these disciplines in South Africa. In this article special attention is given to his theology. It is shown that in his thought historical criticism was fully integrated in a concept of Scripture, simultaneously wholly of a subserviant character and an organic unity, without denying the distance between the two Testaments. Attention is also drawn to Gemser’s dialogue with some exponents of Afrikaner thought, and to his growing concern about certain aspects of this thought.

scholarly journals Veterinary education in Africa : current and future perspectives : animal health management in the 21st century

2009 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
G.E. Swan ◽  
N.P.J. Kriek
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Veterinary Education ◽  
Veterinary Research ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
College Now ◽  
Research And Education ◽  
The University

Veterinary education commenced in South Africa in 1920 at the Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute in South Africa in association with the Transvaal University College, now the University of Pretoria. Sir Arnold Theiler, Director of Veterinary Research and Education, was the first Dean. Today there are 46 veterinary training institutions in Africa of which 21 are in sub-Saharan Africa.Veterinary services are indispensable to the sustained health and wellbeing of animals and humans, and agricultural economies of countries worldwide. Veterinary education, postgraduate training, and research, and adequate numbers of veterinarians, are essential to satisfy the millennium development goals, the objectives of NEPAD and the African Union, and the agreements regulating international trade.

scholarly journals Trends and prospects for the development and implementation of artificial intelligence in the military sphere in South Africa

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Ksenia Michailovna Belikova
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Intelligent Systems ◽  
Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Legal Perspective ◽  
Operations Control ◽  
The Right ◽  
The University ◽  
The Military

The subject of this research is the trends and prospects for the development and implementation of artificial intelligence in the military sphere of one of the BRICS member-states &ndash; South Africa in the context of national acts (for example, the Law of 2008 &ldquo;On the Right of Intellectual Property for State-Funded Research and Development&rdquo;), the potential and needs of this country, as well as achievements in design and manufacturing of unmanned aerial vehicles by the competitor companies (Seeker 400, MA 380, etc.). The relevance of this topic is substantiated by timely consideration of the legal perspective of the approaches of South Africa towards the implementation of artificial intelligence. The scientific novelty of this article is defined by the focus of research and the acquired results. It is determined that South Africa takes the path of institutional, legal and practical consolidation of the development of artificial intelligence in form of creation of designated infrastructure (on the premises of the universities, for example, Intelligent Systems Group at the University of Pretoria), as startups, scientific network structures (Center for Artificial Intelligence Research), etc. It is demonstrated that South Africa is the manufacturer and seller of the line of unmanned aerial vehicles that are controlled by the artificial intelligence and capable of performing various civil or military tasks &ndash;&nbsp; from moving cargo (including laser-guided bombs) to monitoring the territory (search and rescue or reconnaissance operations, damage assessment from natural disasters or combat operations, control conduct of fire at enemy positions, etc.).

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