The National Development Plan (NDP) identifies education and innovation as fundamental contributors to South Africa’s development by way of addressing poverty and inequality challenges in society. The NDP goes a step further, in recognising that universities produce new knowledge and find new ways in which to apply existing knowledge. There are very bold (but achievable) […]
Aarti Panday
Aarti Panday hopes to one day learn how to make a breyani so magical that it will win over the heart(s) of potential mother-in-law(s). In the meanwhile she fills her days with aeronautics and manufacturing. Unfortunately her masters in engineering did not help her at all in understanding the intricacies of breyani-making. She can however tell you how to make an unmanned aircraft fly.
Posted inBusiness, General, Tech
The aeronautics behind SAA’s unprofitability
Let me just say it straight up — neither President Jacob Zuma nor SAA board chairperson Dudu Myeni are to be blamed for the operational unprofitability of SAA. South Africans are currently rallying together in the #ZumaMustFall campaign, which was in part triggered by the removal of Nhlanhla Nene as finance minister, allegedly due to […]
Posted inEquality, News/Politics
#WitsFeesMustFall: Why part-time student work is not the answer
I must commend the Wits students for standing up for a very real issue that affects students across the country. You are my heroes! Some social media commenters have berated the student protesters for not finding part-time jobs to fund their studies. Based on my own student experience at Wits, I cannot agree that it […]
Posted inEquality
Can we be inspired by role models across the race barrier?
The idea that one benefits mainly from having a role model within the same race group is not new. I have encountered this viewpoint in the workplace many times and it is a largely accepted position. When I matriculated in 1999, it was very early days into our new democracy, with plenty of optimism about […]