Question NW157 to the Minister of Higher Education and Training
08 March 2018 - NW157
Mente, Ms NV to ask the Minister of Higher Education and Training
(a) How many catalytic research projects were funded in the 2014-15 financial year by the National Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences and (b) what are the details of each project in terms of the (i) project title, (ii) project institution, (iii) project leader, (iv) project co-leaders, (v) grant amount awarded, (vi) funding period, (vii) total funding awarded as of 13 November 2017, (viii) funding still to be awarded, (ix) person who approved the project and budget of Project?
Reply:
The National Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS) has provided the following responses to the questions posed.
a) The National Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences funded 12 catalytic projects as disclosed in the 2014/15 Annual Report.
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(i) |
(ii) |
(iii) |
(iv) |
(v) |
(vi) |
(vii) |
(ix) |
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No. |
Project Title |
Project Institution |
Project Leader |
Project |
Grant Amount Awarded |
Funding period |
Total funding awarded as at |
Person who approved |
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1. |
Alternatives B - Socio-Economic Alternatives Think-Tank |
University of Witwatersrand |
Dr Karl von Holdt |
Dr Seeraj Mohammed |
R250 000 |
22/01/2013 – 31/03/2015 |
R600 000 |
CEO/Board |
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2. |
Hidden Voices |
University of Witwatersrand |
Prof Edward Webster |
Dr Irma Du Plessis |
R600 000 |
06/11/2012 – 15/03/2015 |
R600 000 |
CEO/Board |
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3. |
Indigenous Languages and Humanities Concept Formation |
Rhodes University |
Dr P Maseko |
Prof Russell Kaschula |
R850 000 |
10/10/2012 – 01/12/2014 |
R850 000 |
CEO/Board |
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4. |
Sources of Creativity |
University of the KwaZulu-Natal |
Dr Sazi Dlamini |
R550 000 |
30/03/2015 – 30/09/2016 |
R550 000 |
CEO/Board |
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5. |
Pre-1652 Historiography |
University of Cape Town |
Prof Lungisile Ntsebeza |
R999 224 |
30/03/2015 – 30/09/2016 |
R999 224 |
CEO/Board |
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6. |
Heritage Hubs -Migrant Labour Museum and Knowledge Centre |
University of Cape Town |
Prof Lungisile Ntsebeza |
R100 000 |
2014 – 2015 |
R100 000 |
CEO/Board |
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7. |
Traditions of Popular Education in South Africa |
University of the Western Cape |
Prof Shirley Walters |
Astrid von Kotze |
R992 000 |
30/03/2015 – 30/09/2016 |
R992 000 |
CEO/Board |
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8. |
Sources of Creativity - Formation of a Composers' Guild |
University of Witwatersrand |
Prof Zaidel-Rudolph |
Dr Cameron Harris |
R524 680 |
30/03/2015 – 30/09/2016 |
R524 680 |
CEO/Board |
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9. |
Hidden Voices - The Art and Music |
University of the Western Cape |
Prof Premesh Lalu |
Dr Heidi Grunebaum |
R1 280 000 |
30/03/2015– 30/09/2016 |
R1 280 000 |
CEO/Board |
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10. |
Heritage Hubs - from Heritage Sites to Knowledge Hubs |
Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflections (MISTRA) |
MISTRA |
R300 000 |
2014 – 2015 |
R300 000 |
CEO/Board |
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11. |
Post-Conflict Reconstruction |
University of Free State |
Prof Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela |
R1 403 008 |
2014 – 2015 |
R1 403 008 |
CEO/Board |
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12. |
BRICS and South - South Scholarship |
University of Cape Town |
Prof Ari Sitas |
R270 000 |
2014 – 2015 |
R270 000 |
CEO/Board |
(viii) The Institute is in the process to determine funding available for new catalytic projects.