An interpretive analysis of the experiences of adults working as university support staff
- Authors: Zini, Thembela Nomonde
- Date: 2021-10-29
- Subjects: Universities and colleges South Africa , Universities and colleges Employees , Universities and colleges Sociological aspects , Identity (Psychology) , Identity (Psychology) Social aspects , Work Psychological aspects , Work Social aspects , Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA)
- Language: English
- Type: Masters theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/188888 , vital:44795
- Description: Work means different things to different people and the different meanings they make of their work has the unique ability of contributing to a sense of identity. Support staff have to negotiate their personal identities and social identities to develop a work identity in the complex South African context that has its unique challenges. Exploring how support staff make sense of their experiences, when it comes to their identities, reveals what identity work strategies they use. An interpretative phenomenological method of inquiry was employed as an initial research method to explore the aspects that impact on the identity formation of support staff at Rhodes University. The study aims to investigate how support staff have constructed a work identity through their constructions of their experiences. Six participants were recruited through a purposive sampling method and data were collected using semi-structured interviews. The study revealed that support staff use the following identity work strategies to negotiate their identities: Financial, Personality, Career mobility, Roles, Status and Esteem, Subjective wellbeing. These themes were derived from the narratives of the participants, using the emphases in the data and suggest that support staff use identity work strategies both outside and within the workplace, when constructing their work identities. The study illustrates that as people ascribe different meanings to work, they will define and negotiate their identities in the workplace based upon those meanings. Identity work is indeed challenging for support staff because they need to use identity strategies that are enhancing to their self-esteem. Identity work is a challenging task because of the many tensions and demands of modern society, as adults negotiate their needs to provide for families and to find ways to construct their job status in positive ways. , Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Humanities, Psychology, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-10-29
- Authors: Zini, Thembela Nomonde
- Date: 2021-10-29
- Subjects: Universities and colleges South Africa , Universities and colleges Employees , Universities and colleges Sociological aspects , Identity (Psychology) , Identity (Psychology) Social aspects , Work Psychological aspects , Work Social aspects , Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA)
- Language: English
- Type: Masters theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/188888 , vital:44795
- Description: Work means different things to different people and the different meanings they make of their work has the unique ability of contributing to a sense of identity. Support staff have to negotiate their personal identities and social identities to develop a work identity in the complex South African context that has its unique challenges. Exploring how support staff make sense of their experiences, when it comes to their identities, reveals what identity work strategies they use. An interpretative phenomenological method of inquiry was employed as an initial research method to explore the aspects that impact on the identity formation of support staff at Rhodes University. The study aims to investigate how support staff have constructed a work identity through their constructions of their experiences. Six participants were recruited through a purposive sampling method and data were collected using semi-structured interviews. The study revealed that support staff use the following identity work strategies to negotiate their identities: Financial, Personality, Career mobility, Roles, Status and Esteem, Subjective wellbeing. These themes were derived from the narratives of the participants, using the emphases in the data and suggest that support staff use identity work strategies both outside and within the workplace, when constructing their work identities. The study illustrates that as people ascribe different meanings to work, they will define and negotiate their identities in the workplace based upon those meanings. Identity work is indeed challenging for support staff because they need to use identity strategies that are enhancing to their self-esteem. Identity work is a challenging task because of the many tensions and demands of modern society, as adults negotiate their needs to provide for families and to find ways to construct their job status in positive ways. , Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Humanities, Psychology, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-10-29
Nurturing an identity of land custodianship of young people through a biodiversity learning programme: The Moletele Youth Learning Programme
- Authors: Mponwana, William Oupa
- Date: 2021-10
- Subjects: Sustainable biodiversity South Africa Mopani District Municipality , Association for Water and Rural Development (South Africa) , Land reform beneficiaries South Africa Mopani District Municipality , Agricultural development projects South Africa Mopani District Municipality , Land use Study and teaching South Africa Mopani District Municipality , Identity (Psychology) Social aspects South Africa Mopani District Municipality , Identity (Psychology) in youth South Africa Mopani District Municipality , Moletele Youth Learning Programme , Moletele Communal Property Association (CPA) , RESILIM-O
- Language: English
- Type: Masters theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/188820 , vital:44789
- Description: This study was an exploration of value creation through scaffolding in a context specific learning programme with young people within the Moletele Communal Property Association (CPA) who own land through the land reform programme in South Africa. The study aimed to support the development the identity of land custodianship amongst young people by developing their skills and competencies in a situated learning context. The study also informed ongoing support work through the RESILIM-O resilience building project implemented by the Association for Water and Rural Development (AWARD) to help the Moletele Community Property Association to better understand the implications of biodiversity and land use for developing sustainable beneficiation projects and planning. A case study approach was adopted through a learning programme with young people as an in-depth exploration of the complexities of land and biodiversity. Data were collected during sessions in the learning programme where we used a spiral framework to facilitate learning focusing on four themes for primary data: knowledge competence, technical skills, self-organization and collective agency which are linked to building an identity of custodianship. Semi structured interviews were conducted at the end of the learning programme as a secondary data source. The study found that scaffolding remained an important process throughout the learning programme, and different types of scaffolding was needed to support the learning processes and themes. Furthermore, different types of value were created over time through the interactions and activities of the learning programme. The study also found that young people have a desire to participate in their communal property association. Lastly the study revealed that building custodianship as an identity is a continuous, long term process that needs commitment of time, resources and supportive learning processes, for an identity of custodianship to emerge. , Thesis (MEd) -- Faculty of Education, Education, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-10
- Authors: Mponwana, William Oupa
- Date: 2021-10
- Subjects: Sustainable biodiversity South Africa Mopani District Municipality , Association for Water and Rural Development (South Africa) , Land reform beneficiaries South Africa Mopani District Municipality , Agricultural development projects South Africa Mopani District Municipality , Land use Study and teaching South Africa Mopani District Municipality , Identity (Psychology) Social aspects South Africa Mopani District Municipality , Identity (Psychology) in youth South Africa Mopani District Municipality , Moletele Youth Learning Programme , Moletele Communal Property Association (CPA) , RESILIM-O
- Language: English
- Type: Masters theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/188820 , vital:44789
- Description: This study was an exploration of value creation through scaffolding in a context specific learning programme with young people within the Moletele Communal Property Association (CPA) who own land through the land reform programme in South Africa. The study aimed to support the development the identity of land custodianship amongst young people by developing their skills and competencies in a situated learning context. The study also informed ongoing support work through the RESILIM-O resilience building project implemented by the Association for Water and Rural Development (AWARD) to help the Moletele Community Property Association to better understand the implications of biodiversity and land use for developing sustainable beneficiation projects and planning. A case study approach was adopted through a learning programme with young people as an in-depth exploration of the complexities of land and biodiversity. Data were collected during sessions in the learning programme where we used a spiral framework to facilitate learning focusing on four themes for primary data: knowledge competence, technical skills, self-organization and collective agency which are linked to building an identity of custodianship. Semi structured interviews were conducted at the end of the learning programme as a secondary data source. The study found that scaffolding remained an important process throughout the learning programme, and different types of scaffolding was needed to support the learning processes and themes. Furthermore, different types of value were created over time through the interactions and activities of the learning programme. The study also found that young people have a desire to participate in their communal property association. Lastly the study revealed that building custodianship as an identity is a continuous, long term process that needs commitment of time, resources and supportive learning processes, for an identity of custodianship to emerge. , Thesis (MEd) -- Faculty of Education, Education, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-10
Potential Synergism between Entomopathogenic Fungi and Entomopathogenic Nematodes for the control of false codling moth (Thaumatotibia leucotreta)
- Authors: Prinsloo, Samantha Lee
- Date: 2021-10
- Subjects: Cryptophlebia leucotreta , Entomopathogenic fungi , Insect nematodes , Citrus Diseases and pests , Cryptophlebia leucotreta Biological control , Pests Integrated control , Biological pest control agents
- Language: English
- Type: Masters theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/188832 , vital:44790
- Description: False codling moth, Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) (FCM), is a major phytosanitary pest of citrus in South Africa. Sufficient control measures for the soil-dwelling life stages of FCM have yet to be identified and owing to restrictions on the use of insecticides, non-chemical control options have been investigated including the use of entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) and entomopathogenic nematodes (EPN). Laboratory and field trials on an indigenous EPF, Metarhizium anisopliae FCM Ar 23 B3, have shown that this isolate is capable of inducing mortality in FCM soil-dwelling life stages. Other agents that have been highlighted as potential controls for soil-dwelling FCM life stages are the EPN species Steinernema yirgalemense 157-C, S. jeffreyense J194 and H. noenieputensis 158-C. This study conducted laboratory bioassays to assess the virulence of these four control agents on fifth instar FCM, in 24-well plates. These results reaffirmed the virulence of the four microbial control agents at their recommended doses of 50 IJs (EPN) and 1×107 conidia/ml (EPF) against fifth instar FCM with 80 to 96% larval mortality recorded. The EPF isolate exhibited the lowest mortality whilst S. yirgalemense induced the greatest mortality. In addition, the lethal concentration (LC) values for each isolate were determined using dose response bioassays. These values were previously unknown for all EPN species and for the EPF isolate based on the methodology used in this study. The LC50 results in order from lowest to highest EPN IJ concentration requirements were 4.38 IJs (S. yirgalemense), 4.47 IJs (S. jeffreyense) and 7.11 IJs (H. noenieputensis). The EPF isolate exhibited an LC50 of 3.42×105 conidia/ml. Lastly, research has shown that the combination of two control agents may increase control of late instar lepidopteran and coleopteran larvae, through synergistic interactions. Thus, the interactions that occurred between the combination of these EPN species with the EPF isolate were determined. This study found that when all three EPN species were combined simultaneously and sequentially with the EPF isolate M. anisopliae FCM AR 23 B3, additive interactions took place with exception of the simultaneous application of S. yirgalemense and H. noenieputensis, with the EPF and S. jeffreyense applied 24 h post EPF application. For the former, a synergistic interaction was found, whilst for the latter two, an antagonistic interaction. Although no strongly synergistic interactions were observed, additive interactions have been shown to reach a synergistic level when certain parameters are changed. Moving forward, a uniform methodology for conducting EPF/EPN interaction experiments has been suggested. It has also been recommended that due to the additive interactions observed in this study, laboratory soil-bioassays and field trials should be carried out for all three EPN species in combination with the EPF isolate. This research will inevitably facilitate the constant knowledge into management strategies for the phytosanitary pest, FCM in South African citrus. , Thesis (MSc) -- Science, Zoology and Entomology, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-10
- Authors: Prinsloo, Samantha Lee
- Date: 2021-10
- Subjects: Cryptophlebia leucotreta , Entomopathogenic fungi , Insect nematodes , Citrus Diseases and pests , Cryptophlebia leucotreta Biological control , Pests Integrated control , Biological pest control agents
- Language: English
- Type: Masters theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/188832 , vital:44790
- Description: False codling moth, Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) (FCM), is a major phytosanitary pest of citrus in South Africa. Sufficient control measures for the soil-dwelling life stages of FCM have yet to be identified and owing to restrictions on the use of insecticides, non-chemical control options have been investigated including the use of entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) and entomopathogenic nematodes (EPN). Laboratory and field trials on an indigenous EPF, Metarhizium anisopliae FCM Ar 23 B3, have shown that this isolate is capable of inducing mortality in FCM soil-dwelling life stages. Other agents that have been highlighted as potential controls for soil-dwelling FCM life stages are the EPN species Steinernema yirgalemense 157-C, S. jeffreyense J194 and H. noenieputensis 158-C. This study conducted laboratory bioassays to assess the virulence of these four control agents on fifth instar FCM, in 24-well plates. These results reaffirmed the virulence of the four microbial control agents at their recommended doses of 50 IJs (EPN) and 1×107 conidia/ml (EPF) against fifth instar FCM with 80 to 96% larval mortality recorded. The EPF isolate exhibited the lowest mortality whilst S. yirgalemense induced the greatest mortality. In addition, the lethal concentration (LC) values for each isolate were determined using dose response bioassays. These values were previously unknown for all EPN species and for the EPF isolate based on the methodology used in this study. The LC50 results in order from lowest to highest EPN IJ concentration requirements were 4.38 IJs (S. yirgalemense), 4.47 IJs (S. jeffreyense) and 7.11 IJs (H. noenieputensis). The EPF isolate exhibited an LC50 of 3.42×105 conidia/ml. Lastly, research has shown that the combination of two control agents may increase control of late instar lepidopteran and coleopteran larvae, through synergistic interactions. Thus, the interactions that occurred between the combination of these EPN species with the EPF isolate were determined. This study found that when all three EPN species were combined simultaneously and sequentially with the EPF isolate M. anisopliae FCM AR 23 B3, additive interactions took place with exception of the simultaneous application of S. yirgalemense and H. noenieputensis, with the EPF and S. jeffreyense applied 24 h post EPF application. For the former, a synergistic interaction was found, whilst for the latter two, an antagonistic interaction. Although no strongly synergistic interactions were observed, additive interactions have been shown to reach a synergistic level when certain parameters are changed. Moving forward, a uniform methodology for conducting EPF/EPN interaction experiments has been suggested. It has also been recommended that due to the additive interactions observed in this study, laboratory soil-bioassays and field trials should be carried out for all three EPN species in combination with the EPF isolate. This research will inevitably facilitate the constant knowledge into management strategies for the phytosanitary pest, FCM in South African citrus. , Thesis (MSc) -- Science, Zoology and Entomology, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-10
Quantifying the ecological and socioeconomic implications of a recovery/collapse of South Africa’s West Coast rock lobster fishery
- Authors: Eggers, Jessica Marguerite
- Date: 2021-10
- Subjects: Jasus lalandii South Africa , Lobster fisheries South Africa , Lobster fisheries Catch effort South Africa , Fishery management South Africa , Small-scale fisheries South Africa , Economics Sociological aspects , Value chain analysis
- Language: English
- Type: Masters theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/188854 , vital:44792
- Description: The West Coast rock lobster (WCRL) Jasus lalandii fishery is South Africa’s third most valuable fishery, but the stock is currently at less than 2% of its pristine biomass. Scientists are warning that if no measures are taken, the WCRL could face commercial extinction. The necessary reductions in the global Total allowable Catch (TAC) seen in past years have had large economic implications for the WCRL value chain, but research into the socio-economic aspects of this fishery is limited. This study, therefore, aims to establish an overview of the economic revenue over the seasons 2016/17 – 2018/19 by exploring changes and trends in the net seasonal income (NSI) for the fishery, sectors within the fishery and different stakeholders. It also investigates the prospects for the sectors and different actors in this fishery over the seasons 2019/2020 - 2030/31 through analysis of the net present value (NPV) under three proposed global TAC management scenarios (global TAC of 640 tonnes, 1084 tonnes and 1280 tonnes). Data concerning costs and incomes as well as dynamics, mechanisms and concerns surrounding the fishery were collected from stakeholders in the different sectors through interviews and surveys. Further, official records from DEFF (catches, actors, vessels and quotas) and projections made by the Marine Resource Assessment (MARAM) team at the University of Cape Town (rates of recovery of the resource and future catches under the different TAC scenarios) were obtained and analysed. Cost and income data were summarised and models characterising the economic flows within the fishery were created. Calculations regarding the NSI and NPV were made using Monte Carlo simulations to account for the uncertainty surrounding many of the input variables. Results show that while the fishery as a whole made economic profits for the three seasons, the decreasing quotas in 2018/19 had a disproportionately negative impact on some of the representative individuals examined within the different sectors. The projections indicate that while each of the sectors as a whole would continue to make profits largely proportional to their allocation under the different TAC scenarios, many vessel owners in the fishery are likely to face economic losses or very marginal gains under the lower quota options, while the NPV for quota holders who outsource the catching of their quota are likely to be proportionally less affected by the changes in global TAC. This dynamic is important to consider for the future of this fishery. If the resource is to recover, and fishing activity is to continue equitably under the decreased quotas that the recovery of the biomass necessitates, the socio-economic context and the dynamics within which the fishers operate must be considered and studied more extensively and socio-economic consequences of a lower global TAC mitigated while improving the ecological status of the resource. , Thesis (MSc) -- Faculty of Science, Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-10
- Authors: Eggers, Jessica Marguerite
- Date: 2021-10
- Subjects: Jasus lalandii South Africa , Lobster fisheries South Africa , Lobster fisheries Catch effort South Africa , Fishery management South Africa , Small-scale fisheries South Africa , Economics Sociological aspects , Value chain analysis
- Language: English
- Type: Masters theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/188854 , vital:44792
- Description: The West Coast rock lobster (WCRL) Jasus lalandii fishery is South Africa’s third most valuable fishery, but the stock is currently at less than 2% of its pristine biomass. Scientists are warning that if no measures are taken, the WCRL could face commercial extinction. The necessary reductions in the global Total allowable Catch (TAC) seen in past years have had large economic implications for the WCRL value chain, but research into the socio-economic aspects of this fishery is limited. This study, therefore, aims to establish an overview of the economic revenue over the seasons 2016/17 – 2018/19 by exploring changes and trends in the net seasonal income (NSI) for the fishery, sectors within the fishery and different stakeholders. It also investigates the prospects for the sectors and different actors in this fishery over the seasons 2019/2020 - 2030/31 through analysis of the net present value (NPV) under three proposed global TAC management scenarios (global TAC of 640 tonnes, 1084 tonnes and 1280 tonnes). Data concerning costs and incomes as well as dynamics, mechanisms and concerns surrounding the fishery were collected from stakeholders in the different sectors through interviews and surveys. Further, official records from DEFF (catches, actors, vessels and quotas) and projections made by the Marine Resource Assessment (MARAM) team at the University of Cape Town (rates of recovery of the resource and future catches under the different TAC scenarios) were obtained and analysed. Cost and income data were summarised and models characterising the economic flows within the fishery were created. Calculations regarding the NSI and NPV were made using Monte Carlo simulations to account for the uncertainty surrounding many of the input variables. Results show that while the fishery as a whole made economic profits for the three seasons, the decreasing quotas in 2018/19 had a disproportionately negative impact on some of the representative individuals examined within the different sectors. The projections indicate that while each of the sectors as a whole would continue to make profits largely proportional to their allocation under the different TAC scenarios, many vessel owners in the fishery are likely to face economic losses or very marginal gains under the lower quota options, while the NPV for quota holders who outsource the catching of their quota are likely to be proportionally less affected by the changes in global TAC. This dynamic is important to consider for the future of this fishery. If the resource is to recover, and fishing activity is to continue equitably under the decreased quotas that the recovery of the biomass necessitates, the socio-economic context and the dynamics within which the fishers operate must be considered and studied more extensively and socio-economic consequences of a lower global TAC mitigated while improving the ecological status of the resource. , Thesis (MSc) -- Faculty of Science, Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, 2021
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The factors to be considered by the competition authorities when a fine may cause the firm to exit
- Authors: Quilliam, Layne Edwin
- Date: 2021-10
- Subjects: South Africa. Competition Act, 1998 , Competition Tribunal (South Africa) , Business enterprises Law and legislation South Africa , Debt-to-equity ratio South Africa , Bankruptcy Prevention , Causation , Competition
- Language: English
- Type: Masters theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/188408 , vital:44751
- Description: The Competition Act empowers the Competition Tribunal to levy fines against a firm for certain contraventions of the Act. Such fines are statutorily capped to prevent the fine from causing the firm’s exit. This maximum is based on the overarching principle of fairness which precludes a fine, on its own, from destroying a firm’s business. However, the Competition Appeal Court acknowledged in 2013 that fines below this cap may still cause a firm to exit. The purpose of this paper is to propose the factors that should be considered when determining a firm’s ability to pay such a below-cap fine. These factors are the calculation of the fine, probable exit, causation of exit and the competitive effect of the firm’s exit. The fining provisions of the Act are initially explored to provide context for the discussion and are then compared to equivalent provisions in Europe. Liquidation and business rescue proceedings are then described as the most common forms of a firm’s exit from the market. Methods for determining the causal relationship between the fine and the firm’s exit are explored through delictual law’s factual and legal causation. The competitive effects of the firm’s exit are premised on the purpose of the Competition Act and are evaluated through the Competition Act’s merger provisions, specifically, the failing firm factor. These proposed factors are then tested through hypothetical facts to analyse their possible interactions and efficacy. , Thesis (LLM) -- Faculty of Law, Law, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-10
- Authors: Quilliam, Layne Edwin
- Date: 2021-10
- Subjects: South Africa. Competition Act, 1998 , Competition Tribunal (South Africa) , Business enterprises Law and legislation South Africa , Debt-to-equity ratio South Africa , Bankruptcy Prevention , Causation , Competition
- Language: English
- Type: Masters theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/188408 , vital:44751
- Description: The Competition Act empowers the Competition Tribunal to levy fines against a firm for certain contraventions of the Act. Such fines are statutorily capped to prevent the fine from causing the firm’s exit. This maximum is based on the overarching principle of fairness which precludes a fine, on its own, from destroying a firm’s business. However, the Competition Appeal Court acknowledged in 2013 that fines below this cap may still cause a firm to exit. The purpose of this paper is to propose the factors that should be considered when determining a firm’s ability to pay such a below-cap fine. These factors are the calculation of the fine, probable exit, causation of exit and the competitive effect of the firm’s exit. The fining provisions of the Act are initially explored to provide context for the discussion and are then compared to equivalent provisions in Europe. Liquidation and business rescue proceedings are then described as the most common forms of a firm’s exit from the market. Methods for determining the causal relationship between the fine and the firm’s exit are explored through delictual law’s factual and legal causation. The competitive effects of the firm’s exit are premised on the purpose of the Competition Act and are evaluated through the Competition Act’s merger provisions, specifically, the failing firm factor. These proposed factors are then tested through hypothetical facts to analyse their possible interactions and efficacy. , Thesis (LLM) -- Faculty of Law, Law, 2021
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Towards Reconfiguring the Agricultural Expert System (AES) for Black Small to Medium Farmer Development for Commercialization: A progressively focused policy literature review and social learning dialogue in the Eastern Cape Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality
- Authors: Maqwelane, Lwanda
- Date: 2021-10
- Subjects: Farms, Small South Africa Amathole District Municipality , Minority farmers , Public-private sector cooperation South Africa Amathole District Municipality , Social learning South Africa Amathole District Municipality , Agricultural expert system (AES) , Black small to medium farmers (BSMF)
- Language: English
- Type: Masters theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/188876 , vital:44794
- Description: This study focuses on the agricultural expert system (AES), its inherited and potential reframing capabilities for the development, growth and transition of black small to medium farmers (BSMF) into the commercial sector. The study was conducted as a critical analytical policy review of implemented policies pre-and post 1994 that subsequently highlighted the thematic continuities and discontinuities of policy reform and the subsequent impact on BSMFs using the AES as a conceptual lens. The study aimed working with stakeholders in the AES in the Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality as a case study to critically engage and question the AES and its contemporary framing and potential reframing and continued impact on the BSMFs development. This was conducted through a dialogical social learning process in partnership with diverse voices that cut across the contemporary agrarian landscape that included “universities, think tanks, vocational training providers, standards-setting agencies, trade associations that provide specialized training, education, information, research and technical support” (Porter, 2000, p.17). The data for the social learning dialogue process was generated through an iterative analysis of dialogical social learning workshops, focus groups and semi-structured interviews. The analysis focused on the framing (Chapters 2, 3, and 5) and reframing of the AES (Chapter 6). Through dynamic engagement within the knowledge hub (contextual social learning and literature), the study surfaces a potential alternative discourse that actively includes the BSMFs as a crucial component of the commercial sector AES as the analysis shows these are largely excluded. This alternative discourse occurred through dialogical interactions with all participants via a pro-actively constituted social learning process, enriched and deepened by literature as indicated above. Main recommendations of the study are: 1. The AES must be framed to address the holistic value chain of BSMFs to help address underlying policy dualism, 2. Public Private Partnerships are needed to support BSMFs development and these should adopt a social learning approach that is reflective of complex realities 3. There is need for better understanding of roles and contributions of stakeholders in the AES to avoid duplications. , Thesis (MEd) -- Faculty of Education, Education, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-10
- Authors: Maqwelane, Lwanda
- Date: 2021-10
- Subjects: Farms, Small South Africa Amathole District Municipality , Minority farmers , Public-private sector cooperation South Africa Amathole District Municipality , Social learning South Africa Amathole District Municipality , Agricultural expert system (AES) , Black small to medium farmers (BSMF)
- Language: English
- Type: Masters theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/188876 , vital:44794
- Description: This study focuses on the agricultural expert system (AES), its inherited and potential reframing capabilities for the development, growth and transition of black small to medium farmers (BSMF) into the commercial sector. The study was conducted as a critical analytical policy review of implemented policies pre-and post 1994 that subsequently highlighted the thematic continuities and discontinuities of policy reform and the subsequent impact on BSMFs using the AES as a conceptual lens. The study aimed working with stakeholders in the AES in the Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality as a case study to critically engage and question the AES and its contemporary framing and potential reframing and continued impact on the BSMFs development. This was conducted through a dialogical social learning process in partnership with diverse voices that cut across the contemporary agrarian landscape that included “universities, think tanks, vocational training providers, standards-setting agencies, trade associations that provide specialized training, education, information, research and technical support” (Porter, 2000, p.17). The data for the social learning dialogue process was generated through an iterative analysis of dialogical social learning workshops, focus groups and semi-structured interviews. The analysis focused on the framing (Chapters 2, 3, and 5) and reframing of the AES (Chapter 6). Through dynamic engagement within the knowledge hub (contextual social learning and literature), the study surfaces a potential alternative discourse that actively includes the BSMFs as a crucial component of the commercial sector AES as the analysis shows these are largely excluded. This alternative discourse occurred through dialogical interactions with all participants via a pro-actively constituted social learning process, enriched and deepened by literature as indicated above. Main recommendations of the study are: 1. The AES must be framed to address the holistic value chain of BSMFs to help address underlying policy dualism, 2. Public Private Partnerships are needed to support BSMFs development and these should adopt a social learning approach that is reflective of complex realities 3. There is need for better understanding of roles and contributions of stakeholders in the AES to avoid duplications. , Thesis (MEd) -- Faculty of Education, Education, 2021
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