Charlotte Mbali
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Weighing up the real value of e-publishing
South African academia needs to get up to speed with the fast-changing digital-journal landscape.
Planning for skills — again
Are FET colleges and Setas up to the roles the national development plan asks of them, asks <b>Charlotte Mbali</b>.
Revisiting the purpose of a master’s
The term non-research master’s carries a sniff of deficiency, much like the apartheid notices about non-whites did.
The big issue with nanotech
How has the country’s 2006 strategy been communicated to the South African public?
Publish or be damned
The criteria of ‘accredited’ academic publications sideline other kinds of knowledge production, writes <b>Charlotte Mbali</b>.