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Prospects and problems of transforming universities in South Africa, with special reference to the right to be an African university
No full textThesis (Ph.D. (Sociology)) -- University of Limpopo, 2004Refer to the documen
What students should know about the humanities
Get PDFThe purpose of the present writer is multiple. It is (a) to consider the core philosophy and politics underpinning the teaching of the humanities in the light of the ‘’right to conquest’’; (b) to sum up the key features of the struggle for epistemic decolonisation by the African intellectual icons; and (c) to identify the responsibility of a new generation of African scholars in giving meaning and relevance to such disciplines. Pursuant to these issues, the thesis advanced here is that due to the history of colonisation and the attendant epistemicide in Africa, there is an ethical and educational necessity to inscribe African epistemology and philosophy of education in the teaching and practice of the humanities. The implications for such inscription speak to the need to address epistemic injustice and cognitive dissonance suffered by African students in the learning of such disciplines. Methodologically, the paper does not look at a particular discipline but takes a broad generalisation about the humanities, based on desk-top resource material and reflexivity of the author’s positionality
Repurposing the university in Africa against an explicit racist epistemology
Get PDFThe university in Africa is, historically speaking, a function of its colonial history and this has had severe implications for knowledge production and the nature of such knowledge in Africa. Logically, the Europeans classified themselves as fully human and, therefore, they declared humanity to be in its greatest perfection in the race of whites. The thesis advanced in this essay is that while it is indisputable that European epistemology constitutes a pyramid of knowledge, it is equally valid that African epistemology also independently and rightfully includes another pyramid of knowledge. Thus, this conceptual essay, which methodologically uses desktop research, looks at the prospects and challenges of reasonably reversing epistemicide as an ethical imperative for epistemic liberation with social justice as a necessary complement for repurposing the African university for the renewal of the continent. Towards this objective, Africans will need to dispense with their status anxiety or worries stemming from considerations of what Western academic orthodoxy would think, especially in light of deceptions that repurposing the university to be relevant to the African condition will lower standards and assertions that efforts at indigenisation offer nocreative breathing space
Political Polarisation, Compromised Procurement and Poor Service Delivery in the Kingdom of Lesotho
No full textProspects and problems of mainstreaming indigenous knowledge in South Africa: issues in the academy
No full textAfrica Insight Vol.33(4) 2003: 26-3
Constraints and Prospects for Legislative Oversight in Emerging African Democracies: The Case of South Africa
No full textThe Legislature and the Challenges of Re-imagining South Africa
Get PDFThe demise of colonial-apartheid created a heightened sense of euphoria that was accompanied by great expectations in South Africa. Inevitably, the broad spectrum of South Africans expected the new dispensation to birth a fertile social, political and economic ground for national unity and reconciliation and social cohesion through a just and equitable democratic society. In thisregard, various institutional frameworks were transformed to be in sync with the new requirements placed on a democratising society. Historically, racial social engineering had profoundly fractured the South African society and made it difficult for society to cohere. Among these transformed institutional frameworks was the legislature, which is one of three arms of government that works in conjunction with the executive and judicial branches. At the core of the legislative branch is legislation (creating or amending new laws), oversight (control over the executive and custodian of natural resources) and deliberation (representative between the people and government). In this article, we contend that given the centrality of the legislature in driving the direction of the country, this institution has betrayed the hopes, aspirations and sensibilities of South Africans by being ineffective and irresponsible in its functions. Methodologically, the paper uses desktop research, and draws from primary and secondary documentary evidence. Structurally, it covers the following: the role of the legislature during colonialapartheid; the new dispensation and the new role of the legislature; and the challenges faced by the legislature under new determinant conditions. The article reaches the conclusion that the failure of South Africa to transform into a just and cohesive non-racial, non-sexist society is, to a great extent, a function of the dismal performance of the legislature. Therefore, pursuant on the re-imagination of South Africa from its colonial-apartheid past, the legislature will have to perform its roles and functions effectively and take its responsibilities seriously in order to ensure social cohesion through inclusive development
The Role of the Nurse in Implementation of an HIV Treatment Program in Rural Lesotho
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