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African Languages – a Resource for South African Education and Nation Building 2013 UKZNTOUCH A UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL ALUMNI MAGAZINE AFRICAN LANGUAGES – A RESOURCE FOR SOUTH AFRICAN EDUCATION AND NATION BUILDING A FOCUS ON THE COLLEGE OF LAW AND MANAGEMENT STUDIES AT THE FOREFRONT OF ELEPHANT RESEARCH INSPIRING GREATNESS UKZNTOUCH • 2013 A UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL ALUMNI MAGAZINE Contents MESSAGE FROM PROFESSOR pg LAW CLINICS AND STREET LAW PHILANTHROPIC INVESTMENT pg 2 MALEGAPURU MAKGOBA: VICE- 38 UKZN’s contribution to the development pg 70 CHANCELLOR AND PRINCIPAL of clinical legal education THROUGH THE UKZN MESSAGE FROM THE pg IMPROVED INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE FOUNDATION pg 5 EDITORIAL TEAM 41 PERFORMANCE KEY TO BETTER PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY UKZN TOP IN AFRICA ON INFLUENTIAL UKZN HONOURS TOP SCHOLARS pg 6 WORLD RANKINGS SYSTEM REGULATING LABOUR BROKERS VITAL FOR pg 71 pg 44 WORKER SECURITY AND FAIR WAGES pg APPOINTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY 7 OMBUD LAW SCHOOL AUTHORS UKZN ACADEMIC A PART pg 47 HONOURED pg 72 pg 8 AFRICAN LANGUAGES: A RESOURCE OF GROUNDBREAKING FOR SOUTH AFRICAN EDUCATION AND pg USING ILLUSION AS A NATION BUILDING 48 PEDAGOGIC DEVICE COSMOLOGY RESEARCH FOCUS LEADING THE WAY IN LAW RESEARCH DYNAMICS pg 74 UNIVERSITIES ON THE VERGE: pg 12 AND MANAGEMENT DEMISE OF THE TRADITIONAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY UKZN ON COURSE FOR AFRICA’S pg 50 BEST POSITION LAW SCHOOLS FACE SERIOUS pg 14 CULTURE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP BEING UKZN NEWS CHALLENGES pg 53 pg 76 Appeal Court Judge INSTILLED AT UKZN THE PROMISE OF BROADBAND NEW DEAN – A COMMITTED RESEARCH ALUMNI PROFILES pg 17 pg 55 ACTIVIST pg 84 pg 20 UKZN’S GRADUATE SCHOOL OF pg 57 UKZN AT THE FOREFRONT OF ELEPHANT BUSINESS AND LEADERSHIP HAS ITS RESEARCH pg 86 CONVOCATION SIGHTS SET HIGH pg 60 RESEARCH ON EYE MOVEMENTS WHILE ‘LADY JUSTICE’, THE LAW AND VIOLENCE READING ISIZULU pg 24 AGAINST WOMEN IN SOUTH AFRICA pg 88 OUT & ABOUT COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION AFRICA CENTRE RESEARCH IDENTIFIES WAY pg 28 pg 62 TO REVERSE HIV EPIDEMIC THROUGH REGIONAL AND LOCAL pg 90 CLASS NOTES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MAJOR GRANT FOR HEALTH SCIENCES pg 64 PROJECT IN AFRICA pg 31 THE SEARCH FOR EXCELLENCE ON THE BOOKSHELF THROUGH POSTDOCTORAL DST WOMEN IN SCIENCE AWARD WINNERS pg 96 FELLOWSHIPS pg 65 NEW DIRECTOR FOR UKZN HIV RESEARCH THE COST OF INERTIA pg 68 pg 33 CENTRE AFRICAN OMBUDSMAN RESEARCH pg 69 RURAL COMMUNITY IN UMBUMBULU pg 36 CENTRE WORKS FOR GOOD BENEFITS FROM UKZN RESEARCH GOVERNANCE Cover: The focus of this edition of Managing Editor Production Editors Creative Direction UKZNTOUCH is on the College of Law and Smita Maharaj Smita Maharaj, Sunayna Bhagwandin, Rod Macleod Management Studies. Raylene Captain-Hasthibeer, Sithembile Editorial Advisory Shabangu and Greg Dardagan Photographs, articles and graphic Smita Maharaj, Len Mzimela, illustration Finn Christensen, Contributors Rod Macleod, Greg Dardagan, Independent Disclaimer: The views expressed are the Sunayna Bhagwandin, Hazel Langa, Greg Dardagan, Hazel Langa, Newspapers KZN, UKZN’s archives and author’s own and may not reflect those of the Raylene Captain Hasthibeer MaryAnn Francis, Sally Frost UKZN Corporate Relations Division University. and Sithembile Shabangu and Xoliswa Zulu UKZN: A TRAILBLAZER IN HIGHER EDUCATION BY: GREG DARDAGAN The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) has become a higher education trendsetter in the sensitive areas of transformation and language policy with its trail blazing and sometimes controversial innovations receiving widespread support and praise. his is according to Vice- Equity Index, and we also have the largest Chancellor and Principal, cohort of young academics and scholars Professor Malegapuru and the highest percentage of Black Afri- T Makgoba, who says he can staff at any of the Big Five research-led senses a general feeling institutions in the country. Furthermore, of enormous pride in the University the percentage of research active and pub- and its internationally recognised lishing Black and women academics has achievements. improved tremendously. Presenting his views on a wide range of ‘On top of that the proportion of research issues, Makgoba - who retires at the end active staff which stood at 45% in 2004 of next year – said great strides had been around the time of the merger has rock- made in transformation at UKZN in re- eted to 89%.’ cent years. UKZN’s Council and Senate also had the UKZN ‘Several things characterise transforma- best equity index of all major universities Vice-Chancellor tion at our Institution as opposed to that in the country. ‘So from a governance per- and Principal, at other universities in South Africa. To spective the UKZN Council closely mir- Professor begin with we are the first university to rors the national demographics in South Malegapuru describe the quantitative measure of trans- Africa putting it in a good position to drive Makgoba. formation through the recently released transformation effectively,’ he said. 2 UKZNTOUCH UKZNTOUCH 3 UPGRADING QUALIFICATIONS UKZN VICE-CHANCELLOR AND PRINCIPAL PROFESSOR MALEGAPURU MAKGOBA And while equity had improved so highlights for the Institution this year ‘Over the past two years our Execu- too had the quality of academics at he first singled out the improvement tive Director for Human Resources the University. in the graduation output which saw has been directing a policy on talent more students graduate in 2013 than management. Once everything is ‘More than 50% of our academic at any other time in the University’s in place and functioning well our staff now hold a PhD as the minimum history. teaching and learning outputs as qualification compared to 35% at the well as our transformation will im- LEADING AFRICAN start of the merger, while about 90% ‘Also there has been a 14% increase prove. of the remainder are now registered in our research output compared to for a PhD.’ the previous year with an increasing ‘However, it is still new thinking SCHOLARSHIP... level of international citations accom- here and it will take time before we On the issue of language policy, Mak- panying those research outputs. reap all the benefits.’ goba said the response to the decision to introduce isiZulu as a compulsory ‘And six of our scientists were recog- He was very optimistic about module for all students from next year nised by the New York-based multi- the success of the move to promote he theme of this edition of is indeed a ‘laudable 2013 had received overwhelming support. national media and information firm innovation, commercialisation and UKZNTOUCH is an move’, writes Profes- He had no doubt similar policies Thomson Reuters as being among entrepreneurship at UKZN. ‘I think T expression of the views and sor Nobhule Hlongwa UKZNTOUCH would soon be – or were already be- the most highly cited researchers in entrepreneurship will be the new mis- opinions of leading and Professor Nhlanhla A UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL ALUMNI MAGAZINE ing – introduced at other universities. the world. sion of institutions of higher learning Mkhize in their article academics in the College of Law and AFRICAN LANGUAGES – A RESOURCE FOR SOUTH because knowledge will soon become Management Studies. Their candid titled: ‘African languages AFRICAN EDUCATION AND NATION BUILDING ‘However, it is important to point out ‘Added to all this we have expe- the commodity through which na- – a resource for South expert opinions and research A FOCUS ON THE COLLEGE OF LAW a few things which may not be clear: rienced relative stability and our tions trade.’ unravel complex issues that cover a African education and AND MANAGEMENT STUDIES position in the various rankings nation building’. ‘Not number of topics: labour broking, AT THE FOREFRONT OF ‘English will continue to be the lan- of world universities has improved Makgoba is satisfied with the only does the University governance and accountability, the ELEPHANT RESEARCH guage of instruction at UKZN with significantly - we are now No 1 current state of the University. ‘I identify with South Af- isiZulu being introduced over time. in Africa on the respected Webomet- learned many lessons from my par- challenges facing Law Schools, and rica’s policies on multi- This is being done to comply with rics listings!’ ents, one being to always try to leave academic empowerment in the lingualism; it seeks to be the Constitution of the country and a place in a better position than you public sector, among others. The a key player in their suc- to promote social cohesion thus help- ‘It is important to point out that found it. articles also look at legal assistance cessful implementation,’ ing to ensure that people who live in UKZN is one of the few universities to the poor through the UKZN say the researchers. This KwaZulu-Natal are able to commu- to appear in the world rankings while ‘Well, we inherited two universities Street Law Project; and examine significant development nicate with each other. undergoing a merger. Rankings don’t (the University of Natal and the technology and its impact on will ultimately equip take transformation into account, University of Durban-Westville) and education, and the transformation graduates with essential ‘But more fundamentally, it is prefer- if they did some universities both in created one. So the question may be of communities through regional communication skills in able for a university that is a seeker Africa and the rest of the world would asked whether the new University is and local economic development. all professions. of knowledge to operate with its rank very differently.’ better than what we inherited. Creating a culture of academics and students able to speak entrepreneurship to address the The publication features the language which is the medium of Makgoba said the four key features ‘The answer is an emphatic yes by high unemployment rate is the focus the appointments of re- conversation of the majority of people found in every world-class univer- any assessment whether it is in the of a new University portfolio: vered UKZN alumnus, Justice Zak Yacoob, to in the province.
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