Question NW159 to the Minister of Higher Education and Training
08 March 2018 - NW159
Ntlangwini, Ms EN to ask the Minister of Higher Education and Training
(1)(a) What number of catalytic research projects were funded by the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences in the 2016-17 financial year and (b) what are the details of each specified project in terms of the (i) project title and institution, (ii) project leader and co-leaders, (iii) grant amount awarded, (iv) funding period, (v) total funding amount awarded as at 13 November 2017 and funding amount still to be awarded and (vi) name of the person who approved each project and the budget thereof; (2) (a) did the specified spending comply with the cost cutting measures and regulations of her department and the Auditor-General of South Africa and (b) what is the progress report and output of each 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 the Humanities and Social Sciences funded 37 catalytic projects as disclosed in the 2016/17 Annual Report.
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No. |
Project Title |
Project Institution |
Project Leader |
Project Co-Leaders |
Grant Amount Awarded |
Funding period |
Total funding awarded as at 13 Nov 2017 |
Person who approved |
Outputs of the project |
Progress of the project |
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1. |
Comparative analyses of the underground liberation struggle in South Africa (2) |
University of Witwatersrand |
Prof Noor Nieftagodien |
Dr Tshepo Moloi |
R600 000 |
30/03/2015 – 31/07/2017 |
R1 345 922 |
CEO/Board |
Publication in progress (expected August 2018) |
Ongoing |
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2. |
Hidden Voices |
Chris Hani Institute, University of Witwatersrand |
Prof. Edward Webster |
R891 000 R960 000 (renewal) |
30/03/2015 – 30/09/2016 01/09/2017 – 31/05/2018 |
R991 000 R480 000 |
CEO/Board |
2 Books 3 Books |
Ongoing |
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3. |
‘Rethinking Twentieth Century South Africa’ |
University of Pretoria |
Dr Thula Simpson |
R132 500 |
01/06/2016 – 01/06/2017 |
R132 500 |
CEO/Board |
1 Journal article |
Completed |
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4. |
Decolonising the Teacher Education Curriculum: Mapping the Status and Nature of Teaching and Learning of History in Education Faculties |
University of Johannes-burg |
Prof Linda Chisholm |
Prof Michelle Friedman |
R570 380 |
01/06/2016 – 01/12/2017 |
R570 380 |
CEO/Board |
1 Journal article under review |
Ongoing |
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5. |
The social life of books in North-West Africa: mobility and book-production in Timbuktu and beyond |
University of Cape Town |
Prof Shamil Jeppie |
Prof Abou Dr Samaila Sulaiman, |
R835 000 |
01/06/2016 – 01/12/2017 |
R835 000 |
CEO/Board |
1 Book in progress |
Ongoing |
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6. |
Action Research on Climate Change and Development Alternatives - Piloting Localised and Sustainable Township Economies- In KwaZakhele, Nelson Mandela Bay |
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University |
Prof Janet Cherry |
Mr Nkosinathi Jikeka, |
R838 660 |
01/06/2016 – 01/12/2017 |
R838 660 |
CEO/Board |
Book chapter expected in 2018 |
Ongoing |
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7. |
Towards a decolonial multilingualism: Re-animating African Ethics, Re-imagining African Futures |
University of the Western Cape |
Prof Antjie Krog |
Prof Christopher Stroud |
R1 190 000 |
01/06/2016 – 01/12/2017 |
R1 190 000 |
CEO/Board |
Publication in progress (collection of poems) |
Completed |
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8. |
Social Life of Waste Art |
University of Pretoria |
Dr Detlev Krige |
R300 000 |
01/06/2016 – 01/06/2017 |
R300 000 |
CEO/Board |
1 x Symposium paper 2 x Exhibitions |
Ongoing |
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9. |
The Berlin Missionary Archive as a repository of African knowledge |
University of Pretoria |
Prof Lize Kriel |
R300 000 |
01/06/2016 – 01/06/2017 |
R300 000 |
CEO/Board |
2 x Conference papers 4 x publications under review |
Ongoing |
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10. |
Pathways into and out of street level drug use in Durban, South Africa |
Durban University of Technology |
Prof Monique Marks |
Dr Shaun Shelly, Dr. Simon Howell, Bernado Perez, Dr Dylan McGarry, Chris Overall, Haroon Wadee, David Jones, Neil Coppen |
R880 000 |
01/06/2016 – 01/12/2017 |
R880 000 |
CEO/Board |
1x Journal article 1x Theatre production |
Ongoing |
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11. |
Theorizing Education and Social Equality |
University of Witwatersrand |
Prof Stephanie Allais |
Prof Yael Shalem |
R533 500 |
01/06/2016 – 01/12/2017 |
R533 500 |
CEO/Board |
1 x Journal article Capacity building |
Ongoing |
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12. |
Comparative analyses of liberation war radios in Southern Africa, 1960s - 1990s. |
University of Witwatersrand |
Prof Sekibakiba Lekgoathi |
Dr Tshepo Moloi, Prof Alda R. Saúte, Dr Eléusio Viegas Filipe |
R300 000 |
01/06/2016 – 01/06/2017 |
R300 000 |
CEO/Board |
1 x Publication 2 x Workshops |
Ongoing |
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13. |
Artistic Research and Arts Education: Curriculum Transformation in Arts School |
University of Witwatersrand |
Prof Jyoti Mistry |
R600 000 |
01/06/2016 – 01/06/2017 |
R600 000 |
CEO/Board |
1 x Exhibition 1 x Workshop DVD |
Completed |
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14. |
Concepts of Life |
University of Cape Town |
Prof Fiona Ross |
R300 000 |
01/06/2016 – 01/06/2017 |
R300 000 |
CEO/Board |
1 x Article 1 x Workshop |
Ongoing |
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15. |
BRICS from Below: Citizen Mobilisation, Sustainable Development and Social Justice |
University of the Western Cape / UKZN |
Prof Lisa Thompson |
R300 000 |
01/06/2016 – 01/06/2017 |
R300 000 |
CEO/Board |
1 x Journal article |
Ongoing |
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16. |
Heritage Hubs -Migrant Labour Museum and Knowledge Centre |
University of Johannesburg |
Professor Mcebisi Ndletyana |
R150 000 |
01/08/2016 – 31/07/2017 |
R150 000 |
CEO/Board |
3 x Journal articles |
Ongoing |
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17. |
Social Anthropology: Building Regional Cooperation and Growth through Decolonizing the Discipline |
University of Johannesburg |
Professor Brenda Liebowitz |
R300 000 |
21/07/2016 – 31/01/2018 |
R300 000 |
CEO/Board |
Research report & Panel meeting |
Completed |
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18. |
Performance Based development project in African music |
University of Cape Town |
Dr Sylvia Bruinders |
R300 000 |
21/07/2016 – 31/01/2018 |
R300 000 |
CEO/Board |
1 x Workshop 1 x Article |
Ongoing |
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19. |
Mapping the Fault Lines of the Rising South: Neoliberalization and its Discontents in the Southern BRICS Countries |
University of Witwatersrand |
Dr Karl von Holdt |
Prof Alf Gunvald Nilsen |
R350 000 |
22/01/2013 – 31/03/2015 |
R600 000 |
CEO/Board |
1 x Workshop 1 x Edited volume |
Ongoing |
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20. |
The Science of prediction in a changing world |
University of Johannesburg |
Prof Alex Broadbent |
R100 000 |
30/03/2015 – 30/03/2016 |
R100 000 |
CEO/Board |
Research report & Panel meeting |
Completed |
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21. |
Indian Ocean ports on the African littoral: labour, urbanism, extraction and the promise of infrastructure led development |
University of Witwatersrand |
Prof Sharad Chari |
R950 000 |
30/03/2015 – 01/12/2016 |
R950 000 |
CEO/Board |
2 x Publication 2 x MA students 2 x Workshops |
Completed |
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22. |
Rewriting the socio-political history of the arts: Decolonising the arts curriculum (RADA) |
Stellenbosch University |
Prof Elmarie Constadius |
R930 000 |
01/09/2017 – 03/03/2019 |
R465 000 |
CEO/Board |
2 x Articles |
New project |
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23. |
Sources of Creativity |
University of KwaZulu-Natal |
Dr S Dlamini |
R150 000 (addendum) R550 000 |
01/05/2017 – 31/03/2018 |
R150 000 R275 000 |
CEO/Board |
Conference proceeding |
Ongoing |
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24. |
Post-Conflict Reconstruction |
University of the Free State |
Prof Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela |
R 1 403 008 |
2014 |
R 1 403 008 |
CEO/Board |
1 x Book |
Completed |
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25. |
Eziko Writers / Research Institute |
Walter Sisulu University |
Prof Nomalungelo Goduka |
Ms Carina Rozani |
R100 000 |
30/03/2015 – 30/03/2016 |
R100 000 |
CEO/Board |
1 x Article |
Completed |
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26. |
The Humanities in the Anthropocene |
University of Cape Town |
Prof L Green |
R450 000 |
01/10/2015 – 28/02/2018 |
R450 000 |
CEO/Board |
Development of thematic bibliographies |
Ongoing |
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27. |
Factory of the Arts |
University of the Western Cape |
Prof Premesh Lalu |
R 1 280 000 R800 000 (Renewal 28 March 2018) |
30/03/2015 – 30/09/2016 |
R1 280 000 |
CEO/Board |
2 x Exhibitions 3 x Conference papers |
Ongoing |
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28. |
Concept development in African languages |
Rhodes University |
Prof Pamela Maseko |
Prof Russell and Kaschula (RU) |
R 1 547 000 |
01/03/2015 -08/12/2016 |
R 1 547 000 |
CEO/Board |
1 x Book chapter |
Ongoing |
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29. |
Land and Intellectual Humanities Hub |
Rhodes University |
Prof Pamela Maseko |
R 990 000 |
01/09/2017 - 01/03/2019 |
R 495 000 |
CEO/Board |
3 x Working papers to be produced following a Situational Analysis A National Colloquium to be held |
Ongoing |
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30. |
Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) |
Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) |
Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) |
R300 000 |
2014-2015 |
R300 000 |
CEO/Board |
1 x Book |
Completed |
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31. |
Towards effective language development and application |
University of Cape Town |
Prof Mantoa Motinyane-Masoko (formerly Smouse) |
Dr Anastacia Motsei (UFS) |
R680 000 |
30/03/2015 – 30/09/2018 |
R680 000 |
CEO/Board |
1 x Workshop 1 Book publication 1 x Research Report |
Ongoing |
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32. |
Pre - 1652 Historiography |
University of Cape Town |
Prof Lungisile Ntsebeza |
R 999 224 R 200 000 (additional) |
30/03/2015 – 01/12/2016 01/09/2017-01/03/2019 (new project timeline) |
R999 224 |
CEO/Board |
2 x Books 3 x Articles 3 x Workshops |
Ongoing |
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33. |
Initiating and Strengthening Research Networks in Family Demography (I-SReNFD) Project |
University of Witwatersrand |
Prof Clifford Odimegwu |
R480 000 |
01/10/2015-01/04/2017 |
R480 000 |
CEO/Board |
1 x Article |
Completed |
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34. |
Experiences of death, dying and bereavement in three African communities in Limpopo province, South Africa |
University of Limpopo |
Prof Tholene Sodi |
Prof Mokgale Makgopa (UL) |
R780 000 |
30/03/2015 – 30/09/2016 01/03/2018 (extension) |
R780 000 |
CEO/Board |
2 x Dissertation 1 x Article |
Ongoing |
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35. |
Mapping the fault lines of the rising south: |
University of Witwatersrand |
Prof Karl von Holdt |
Dr Seeraj Mohammed |
R600 000 |
01/06/2016 -01/06/2019 |
R600 000 |
CEO/Board |
1 x Publication 2 x Workshops |
Ongoing |
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36. |
Traditions of popular education |
University of the Western Cape |
Prof Shirley Walters |
R992 000 R623 000 (renewal) |
30/03/2015 – 01/09/2016 01/09/2017 – 01/08/2018 |
R992 000 |
CEO/Board |
3 x Journal article 1 x Book 1 X Workshop, 1 x Article |
Completed |
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37. |
Composer's National Collegium |
University of Witwatersrand |
Prof J Zaidel-Rudolph |
R524 680 |
30/03/2015 – 30/09/2016 |
R524 680 |
CEO/Board |
5 x Workshops |
Ongoing |
2. (a) The National Treasury cost cutting measures relate to operational spending and not project funding. The Auditor-General audited the performance information for the 2016/17 financial year. One finding was raised regarding declaration of interest relating to Professor Edward Webster. It was noted that a declaration of interest form was not completed. Management agreed with the finding and the root cause of the finding was the absence of an approved Conflict of Interest Policy and updated Declaration of Interest forms by Board members.
(b) The details are provided in the table above.