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Read: Jansen says postgraduate education needs reset
South African universities need to recover the intellectual purpose of postgraduate education, resist xenophobia in the academy, and improve the quality of supervision, Professor Jonathan Jansen said at a national higher education colloquium this month.
Jansen, a distinguished professor of education at Stellenbosch University, made the remarks while delivering the keynote address at the third Enabling Quality Postgraduate Education colloquium, held in Gauteng on March 16 and 17.
The colloquium brought together academics, postgraduate supervisors, and higher education specialists to examine how to strengthen research culture and postgraduate training across the country.
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ALSO READ: Chiloane wants stronger school sports drive to grow Gauteng talent
Gauteng MEC for Education, Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation Matome Chiloane used the Gauteng Sport Indaba in Boksburg this week to call for wider school sport participation, stronger talent pathways and more investment in township facilities.
Speaking at the indaba, Chiloane said Gauteng needed a more integrated approach to sport from school level upward.
“This Indaba anchors a clear vision, which is a seamless, integrated, and lifelong pathway for every citizen,” Chiloane said.
“This vision requires data-driven decision-making, strong governance, inclusive facility planning, and a united focus on literacy, equity, and building a business case for funding sports and recreation in the province.”
He said too many pupils were falling out of organised sport because schools remained heavily concentrated around a narrow set of codes.
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ALSO READ: eThekwini, DUT students rally against GBVF in awareness hike
eThekwini Municipality and activist group Mzansi Act Now led a four-kilometre awareness hike on Saturday with 50 female Durban University of Technology students in a campaign against gender-based violence and femicide.
The initiative, led through the municipality’s Community Services Committee, aimed to educate and empower young women while linking physical activity to advocacy, awareness and healing, the city said in a statement.
The municipality said the session focused “not only on physical wellness, but also on promoting healing as a critical component of long-term solutions to gender-based violence”.
“We are excited to be partnering with Mzansi Act Now and various stakeholders in delivering youth development programmes where participants can grow, support one another, and learn together,” Community Services Committee Chairperson Councillor Zama Sokhabase said.