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Introduction: racialized gender dialogues in/on decolonizing the university
No full textDecolonization’s definitions, politics and practices within universities vary transnationally. The shared theoretical grounding on which the contributors in this book focus are Black, Africana, Womxn of Colour and decolonial feminist theory, African and Latin American decolonial theory and radical pedagogies. Shared transnational understandings coalesce around decentering Western epistemologies, ontologies and methodologies, challenging U.S. American-/Euro-centric master narratives and returning to alter/native doing/being/knowing/teaching/learning that centre humanizing education, coalition building and intersectionality with an emphasis on racialized gender in its varied manifestations. This opposes the single truths that inhabit institutions, canons and psyches through colonialism’s power/knowledge/being and the coloniality of gender (Lugones, Toward a decolonial feminism. Hypatia 25 (4): 742759.https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/hypatia/article/toward-a-decolonial feminism/55AE2579879922FABD10230203ACFBA0, 2010). Decolonization’s transnational moments in the university are policy and practice; thinking; epistemic disobedience; pluriversality; critique of liberalism; relearning; dismantling whiteness; relational solidarity; and standpoint and competency.
Piecing together a girlhood: using ‘girlfriend play’ as method to perform memory
No full textKatuntu (...and you too) (from now on referred to as Katuntu) was devised and performed by myself and Injairu Kulundu as part of my thesis production in fulfilment of my MA in theatre-making from the University of Cape Town in 2009. The work was concerned with memory. In particular, I engaged with the concept of ‘playing memory’ through narratives of loss of language, place and family, brought on by a disrupted or uprooted
childhood. Playing memory suggests in the first instance, an actual active playing of personal recollection that attempts to stage that which has passed. Playing memory in the second instance, is an exploration of how one might go about re-membering in order to recall oneself into being, that is, recapturing a lost time, place and childhood in order to put oneself back together.
Innovation in the South African Informal Sector Survey: statistical report survey in Philippi, Western Cape, 2021–2022
No full textThis report presents the results of CeSTII’s second Survey of Innovation in the Informal Sector (IIS) undertaken in Philippi, a periurban township area within the City of Cape Town municipality and Western Cape province. A “hybrid” format has been adopted to improve readability and reduce the overall volume of this statistical report. Key findings are presented in this document and the data tables are available for download in MS Excel format from CeSTII’s website (https://hsrc.ac.za/divisions/centre-for-sciencetechnology-and-innovation-indicators/).
Striking disparities in employment across South Africa: evidence from a new spatial database
Get PDFPublic awareness of the unequal distribution of economic opportunities across the territory of South Africa has been hampered by limited information and analysis. This paper makes use of a new source of spatial economic statistics to illuminate key features of the country’s economic geography. We reveal the striking concentration of employment in cities and discuss both the quantity and character of these jobs. The metros have a more
favourable and diverse economic structure than towns and rural areas. However, most have performed poorly over the last decade, thereby dragging down the national economy. The release of the new dataset should encourage further research on spatial inequalities and labour market dynamics.
Addressing fragmented broad-based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) through shared value creation
Get PDFHSRC Policy Brief, AprilThe purpose of this brief is to propose leveraging existing policy instruments to align more effectively with policy objectives and national development goals, while addressing the barriers to the growth of informal enterprises.N/
Deworming of filariasis and reduction of HIV incidence
No full textIn sub-Saharan Africa, lymphatic filariasis and HIV infection are two major public health problems that
often coexist.1 For several decades, scientists have been exploring the negative impact of helminth infections,
including the filarial nematode Wucheria bancrofti, on HIV acquisition and pathogenesis.1–3 Immunological
studies have tried to validate the anecdotal, but biologically plausible, theory that modulatory effects of
helminths such as W bancrofti can affect HIV infection.3–5 However, some of these studies were inconclusive, and many were characterized by two common flaws, cross-sectional design1 or small sample size,3 weakening the strength of the evidence.
Complex entanglements: graduate transitions in Africa's knowledge economy and beyond
No full textUniversity graduates are often at the forefront of innovation and entrepreneurship, key drivers of the knowledge economy. Their ability to create and apply knowledge in new ways is essential for economic growth. This chapter provides a global South perspective on the diverse ways African graduates engage with the knowledge economy, focusing on their transitions from higher education into livelihood-generating activities. Drawing on a mixed-methods study involving a graduate tracer survey and qualitative research across six African countries, the chapter initially categorizes graduate transitions into four groups: employed, unemployed, studying, and entrepreneurship. Analysis reveals that graduates often combine various activities, such as work, study, and entrepreneurship, challenging the notion that their lives can be neatly categorized. The qualitative findings highlight the intricate entanglement of education and work, with “employment” encompassing a broader range of practices than traditionally understood. Many graduates also rely on multiple income streams while continuing their education, a phenomenon termed “multiple income streams and educational endeavours.“ These findings challenge the assumption that graduates primarily use their knowledge to create value. Instead, due to structural challenges, job scarcity, and the lack of social security under neoliberal capitalism, African graduates increasingly view education as a means of creating security rather than merely generating profit or value.
South Africa's foreign policy response towards transitional government in Africa: workshop report
No full textPaper presented at the 35th African Union session, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 5-6 FebruaryThis session was centered on the frequent re-emergence of military coups in Mali, Sudan, Burkina Faso, and Guinea. It is important to highlight that in a period of just 16 months, between August 2020 and February 2022, three (3) coups detat and one (1) attempted coup took place in the West Africa region. Consequently, the aforementioned African nations faced suspension from both the AU and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) due to their involvement in UCG, which represents a reversal of the Agenda 2063 flagship initiative of 'Silencing the Guns' as a core indicator of ensuring Africa is peaceful.
Proactive disclosure of information and elections in South Africa: an assessment of South Africa's compliance with guidelines on access to information and elections in Africa (2017)
No full textCommissioned by the African Commission on Human and Peoples' RightsThe South African Local Government Elections in November 2021 (LGE 2021) represented a second opportunity
following the adoption of the Guidelines on Access to Information and Elections in Africa (the Guidelines)1
to assess the extent of adherence by electoral stakeholders to their proactive disclosure obligations in the context of an election. The objective of this report is to assess the extent of compliance with the Guidelines through a focus on significant developments since the first South African Assessment Report in 2020 and to identify the reasons for compliance or non-compliance. Two other significant factors were considered, i.e., the COVID-19 pandemic that prevailed at the time and the implementation with effect from 1 April 2021 of the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA).N/
Evaluating progress on the implementation of the Employment Equity Act: a five-year review of the annual performance plan reports (2018/19–2022/23), Department of Home Affairs
No full textHSRC Policy Brief, JulyThis policy brief seeks to reflect the DHA’s progress in implementing and meeting the EEA targets, provided for by the MTSF of 2019-2024, with a particular focus on gender, race at the SMS level, and disability representation of the overall DHA workforce.N/