Unisa CEMS PhD Symposium

Event programme

College of Economic and Management Sciences
2021 PhD Symposium

6 & 7 October 2021

Content 2
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Message from the Executive Dean College of Economic and Management Sciences 4
Message from the Deputy Executive Dean 5
Message from the organiser 6
Programme 16
Biographies 16
Organising committee
List of institutions represented

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Message from the Executive Dean College of Economic and
Management Sciences (CEMS)

As the executive dean of the hosting college, I welcome you to the PhD Symposium in Economic and
Management Sciences. We are excited to offer a PhD symposium exclusively in the subject fields of
Economic and Management Sciences.
The theme for the 2021 symposium calls us to reflect on the entire concept of our highest academic
qualification. Through the conversations, discussions, presentations and various engagements during
the symposium we will affirm our collective ownership of and responsibility for doctoral research in our
College.
I believe that with this symposium we will also join our minds to rethink and revise the reimagined PhD
in a changing world. As the largest provider of business education in Africa and one of the largest in the
world, the Unisa College of Economic and Management Sciences makes a considerable contribution
to the provision of higher degrees and research. As a college we are committed to our teaching and
learning as well as our research and innovation efforts. We boast more than 400 doctoral students
enrolled in Economic and Management Sciences at Unisa in 2021.
Enjoy the symposium!
Prof Thomas Mogale

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Message from the Deputy Executive Dean,
Prof Raphael Mpofu

As the Deputy Executive Dean of the College, I am responsible for the Research and Postgraduate
degrees portfolio in the college and I extend a warm welcome to you! The bi-annual PhD event is a
highlight on the college calendar. Since its inception, the purpose of this 2-day national symposium and
workshops, is to expose PhD students, research supervisors and scholars to practices in PhD research.
The workshops aim to provide a platform where research in economic and management sciences can
merge with supervision practices and allow for national networking on a virtual platform. The panel
discussions, workshops and key-note addresses involve a wide range of experts to share the practices in
PhD research at universities around the world. Hosting the symposium as a virtual event is indicative of
our abilities to adjust, adapt and move forward. I believe we will reach more students and supervisors
through this medium and I hope you will participate fully. As the conference theme and logo confirm:
this is Our PhDs.
Let’s reflect, rethink and revise!
Prof Raphael Mpofu

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Message from the organiser

It is such a great pleasure to welcome you to another Unisa PhD symposium in Economic and
Management Sciences. This is the second symposium after initially hosting the bi-annual event as
conferences from 2014.
This year the theme is centred on Reimagining the PhD in a changing world where we will be reflecting
on, rethinking and revising the entire concept of doctoral studies in the ever-evolving higher education
landscape of the 21st century. The “re” as displayed in the symposium logo emphasises not only the
preposition associated with matters in regard to – but is also seen as “our PhD” which is the collective
for “our” in Setswana, Sesotho and Sepedi. Ultimately, [re] (or our) PhD brings in the collective
ownership and responsibility for the reimagined PhD.
The sessions and workshops will combine the experience and expertise of scholars from various fields
to equip doctoral candidates and supervisors with the capabilities and competencies needed in an age
of fast-paced change and technological disruption. The programme is underpinned by the conviction
that graduates should become confident scholars who value integrity in research, authenticity and ethics.
It emphasises the importance of viewing academic integrity development as a holistic and aligned
approach that supports the development of a culture of honesty, integrity and “ownership” of the
scholarly project.
We are looking forward to your active participation in sharing your knowledge and expertise with other
scholars and students.
Dr Marianne Engelbrecht
CEMS research ethics and integrity advisor

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Programme

DAY 1: 6 OCTOBER 2021

Programme director: Dr Vaola Sambo

Time Presentation Speakers

11:00 Opening and welcome Prof Thomas Mogale, Executive Dean, CEMS

11:10 Overview of programme Prof Annemarie Davis, Head: Head: Office of Graduate
Studies and Research, CEMS

KEYNOTE ADDRESS 1

11:15 What futures can doctoral research create? Dr Anne Lee, University of Bristol, UK
Prof Rob Bongaardt, University of South-Eastern Norway

12:00 Q&A on Keynote 1 Programme director

KEYNOTE ADDRESS 2

12:15 A PhD for the common good – pedagogy and Prof Sioux McKenna, Rhodes University, South Africa
outcomes

13:00 Q&A on Keynote 2 Programme director

13:15 30-minute break

13:45 - SUPERVISOR TRACK: Chair: Prof Tennyson PHD CANDIDATE
16:30 Mgutshini, Unisa TRACK:

Panel discussion Prof Nyna Amin, Workshop 1 Dr Kirstin Wilmot, Rhodes
University of KwaZulu- University
Rethinking supervision for Natal
the 21st century
Prof Jeanette Maritz, Unisa Practical steps for
Prof Vivian Manyike, Unisa constructing research
findings in PhD theses

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DAY 2: 7 OCTOBER 2021

Programme director: Dr Vaola Sambo

Time Presentation Speakers

9:00 Reflection on Day 1 and Opening of Day 2 Programme director
Prof Chrissie Boughey, Rhodes University, South Africa
KEYNOTE ADDRESS 3 Programme director

9:10 Keynote 3: Assessing the PhD: A constructive view of
criteria

9:55 Q&A on Keynote 3

Conversations on the PhD journey in a changing world

10:10 The PhD journey: navigating unchartered territory Prof Bienkie Shuttleworth, Unisa
10:20 Prof Marcia Mkansi, Unisa
Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning:
10:50 Approaches to Teaching and Learning Research
Paradigms and Philosophies

Q&A and open contributions to the conversation

11:10 20-minute break Chair: Prof PHD CANDIDATE
SUPERVISOR TRACK: Patrick Ngulube, Unisa TRACK:
11:30 -
13:00 Panel discussion

Prof Michelle May, Unisa

Dr Charmaine Williamson, Workshop 2
Unisa

A consideration of the Prof Michael Samuel, Reimagine-Reflect-
purposes of the PhD viva University of KwaZulu- Rethink-Revise the
Natal theoretical contributions
of a doctoral thesis
Prof Jimi Adesina, Unisa through a Listening Post

13:00 30-minute break

13:30- SUPERVISOR TRACK: Prof Petro du Preez, PHD CANDIDATE
16:00 Workshop 3 North-West University TRACK:

16:00 Workshop 4 Prof Brigitte Smit

Supervision in times Converting your thesis
of crises: On capacity into an academic article
building and mentorship

Closing of 2021 PhD Symposium

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Biographies

Prof Thomas Mogale, Executive Dean CEMS

Prof Mogale joined Unisa’s College of Economic and Management Sciences in November
2015 as the Executive Dean. He obtained his doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh’s
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs where he majored in various subjects
covering economics, social development as well as urban and regional planning.

Prof Raphael Tabani Mpofu, Deputy Executive Dean CEMS

Born and raised in a small rural town of Gwanda, Zimbabwe, Prof Mpofu attended
Mtshabezi Primary School before doing his O’ Levels at Matopo Mission and A’ Levels at
Mzingwane High School. He completed an Honours Bachelor of Business Studies degree
at the University of Zimbabwe in 1987 before joining Barclays Bank Zimbabwe as a trainee
manager until August 1989. He was accepted to study a fulltime MBA program at the
Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, Canada, fully funded with a
scholarship from the Canadian International Development Agency. In 1991 he joined the
University of Bradford, United Kingdom as a doctoral candidate, where he graduated with a
PhD on “The Impact of Trade Policy on the Competitiveness of Firms”. His current research
interests are: Blue Oceans and Economic Development; African Union Agenda 2063 – A
Framework for Development; Incubation as a Strategy for Enterprise Development; Youth
Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship for Millennials and Social Entrepreneurship as a Strategy
for Community and Economic Development. He is currently the Deputy Executive Dean in
the College of Economic and Management Sciences. He has been involved extensively in
management development across Southern Africa in the field of business consulting, having
consulted to several SMMEs and JSE/FTSE listed companies.

Dr Anne Lee - Honorary research fellow, University of Bristol

Dr Lee has been involved in developing research supervisors and supporting students doing
research since her own research into this field began over 15 years ago. She has worked with
colleagues across all disciplines and more recently has also focused on multi-disciplinary and
cross-disciplinary work. Her first two books, Successful Research Supervision (2nd ed) and its
companion volume for students, Successful Research Projects were published by Routledge
(2020) and since then she has been working with Prof Bongaardt on their edited volume,
The Future of Doctoral Research (Routledge 2021).

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Prof Nyna Amin - Associate Professor: Curriculum Studies
University of KwaZulu-Natal

Prof Amin is an associate professor in curriculum studies, a university distinguished teacher,
and an NRF-rated researcher at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. At present she is the
academic leader of research in the School of Education. Apart from publications in accredited
journals, and chapters in books, she has co-edited a special issue in the journal ”Alternation”
on teaching and learning in higher education, each year for the period 2012–2019. She
is co-founder and sub-editor of the journal ”African Perspectives of Research in Teaching
and Learning” and has co-edited two books, Disrupting higher education curriculum:
Undoing cognitive damage (2016) and Re(learning to teach in situations of crises (2021
forthcoming). She has graduated 13 PhDs and 18 master’s students over a period of eleven
years. At present she is supervising nine PhD and five MEd studies.

Prof Jeanette Maritz - Professor: Health Studies, Unisa

Prof Maritz is a full professor in the Department of Health Studies at the University of
South Africa (Unisa) and a Professor Extraordinary at the University of Stellenbosch, South
Africa. She is a C-rated researcher who explores postgraduate supervision and professional
development from the margins for both faculty and students through different lenses and
geographical contexts.

Prof Tennyson Mgutshini - Acting Director, School of
Transdisciplinary Research and Graduate Studies, Unisa

Prof Mgutshini has more than 19 years of extensive experience in research and scholarship
development – both as a project leader and a facilitator, of over 50 research-capacity building
programmes in the United States of America (USA), the United Kingdom (UK), New
Zealand, Uganda, Ethiopia, and South Africa. Educated at leading universities in the UK and
the USA, he is sought after as an independent consultant and has provided specialist support
to more than half of South Africa’s universities in research skills development and with
capacity development in Postgraduate Supervision, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning,
and Postgraduate Research Skills Development. As a professor working across a range of
areas including Public Health, Business Management, Education and Health Psychology, he
has successfully supervised more than 27 doctoral and 40 master’s students to completion
globally. In addition, Prof Mgutshini has published extensively and has edited/co-edited
several texts.

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Prof Annemarie Davis, Head: Graduate Studies and Research
CEMS

Prof Davis is formally seconded to the College of Economic and Management Sciences as
the Head of Graduate Studies and Research where she manages research and postgraduate
matters. Not only does she played a leading role in operationalising the postgraduate strategy
in the College, she also develops operational strategies to achieve research goals and targets.
In addition, she continues to supervise masters and doctoral students and has guided more
than 35 Master’s students to completion and 3 PhD students. She is an Associate Professor
in Strategic Management. She serves as the chair for a number of college and institutional
level committees and led various task teams to redevelop or revise research policies.

Prof Sioux McKenna - Director of the Centre for
Postgraduate Studies, Rhodes University

Prof McKenna is the Director of Postgraduate Studies at Rhodes University where she runs
several support initiatives for supervisors and scholars and a PhD programme in social justice
in higher education. Her particular research concern is who gets access to higher education
and what it is they get access to. She has many publications, including co-authoring two
open-access books: Understanding Higher Education (African Minds 2021) and Going
to University (African Minds 2018). Prof McKenna is the project manager for a number
of Erasmus+, NUFFIC, DHET and NRF funded collaborations, including an international
supervision development course, Strengthening Postgraduate Supervision and an online
Creative Commons site, Enhancing Postgraduate Environments.

Prof Rob Bongaardt - University of South-Eastern Norway

Prof Bongaardt has been teaching and doing research at the interfaces of the human, social,
and life sciences. He has been involved in the development of PhD programmes for over 20
years. The past five years he has supported PhD supervisors, and those who train them, at
various universities on three continents. At his home university he leads a team of five that
offers training in doctoral supervision. Over the past years Prof Bongaardt has been working
with Dr Anne Lee on their edited volume, The Future of Doctoral Research (Routledge
2021).

Dr Vaola Sambo, Senior Lecturer: Department of Public
Administration and Management, Unisa

Dr Sambo is an academic at Unisa and a senior member of the council appointed by the
Minister of Higher Education and Training to serve on various advisory committees such as
the Project Steering Committee of the Skills Institute for the Development of TVET lecturing
staff. She is a specialist in Public Finance and has published a number of papers. One of her
papers was funded by the European Union Commission and is being used by the National
School of Government as a case study. She is also a member of the BRICS Political and
Economic Governance Cluster, under the South African BRICS Think Tank.

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Dr Kirstin Wilmot - Coordinator of the Higher Education
Studies Doctoral Programme in the Centre for Higher
Education Research, Teaching and Learning (CHERTL),
Rhodes University

Prof Wilmot also works as a lecturer in academic staff development. She has a background
in sociolinguistics (MPhil, Cantab; MA, UCT) and has conducted research dealing with
issues of identity, accent, social class and language/literacy practices. Her PhD research at
the University of Sydney shifted her research focus into the sociology of higher education
and the framework of Legitimation Code Theory (LCT). Kirstin’s current research focuses
on developing theoretical tools for analysing and understanding disciplinary knowledge-
building practices, with a keen focus on the practice of doctoral writing and the supervision
of doctoral research. Kirstin’s work has a strong social justice agenda in that it seeks to make
explicit the often-tacit disciplinary literacy practices that act as gatekeepers to becoming a
member of a discipline. Kirstin is an Associate Member of the LCT Centre for Knowledge-
Building.

Prof Tintswalo Vivian Manyike - Chair of the Department:
Language Education Arts and Culture, Unisa

Prof Manyike is a professor of English as a First Additional Language (EFAL) and a Chair of
Department of Language Education Arts and Culture. She has over 20 years of teaching
experience in higher education institutions in South Africa, working in the field of language
teaching. She supervised 17 master’s and doctoral students to successful completion,
published six book chapters, one book and more than 15 articles. Her interest areas include
bilingual/multicultural education. Her publications are mostly on home language teaching
and English language proficiency skills of South African learners.

She is involved in the following international initiatives:

• A steering committee member of the London International Conference on Education –
January 2013 to present

• Chair of the Ireland International Conference on Education – January 2014 to present
• Programme committee chair of the World Congress on Education – January 2014 to

present

She is also an editorial board member of the following journals:

• Consulting editor of the international “Journal of Technology and Inclusive Education” –
July 2016

• Editorial Board Member of “Scholarly Journal of Education” – January 2015 to present
• A reviewer of the “Cogent Education Journal”

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Prof Chrissie Boughey, Rhodes University

Emeritus Professor Chrissie Boughey was Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic at Rhodes
University until her retirement from this position in mid-2019. She now holds a 50%
research professor position in the Centre for Postgraduate Studies at Rhodes. All of her
research has been conducted in the field of higher education studies. She has a long history
of supervising doctoral candidates and work focused on the development of supervision
thanks to her involvement in projects funded by the Royal Dutch Government and the
European Union. In this session, she draws on her experience of the field of higher education
(explored more thoroughly in a recent book co-authored with colleague Sioux Mckenna)
as well as on her recent experience of chairing two panels for the CHE’s recent PhD
programme review process to look at the examination of the PhD. In addition, she will
explore on her vast experience of examining doctoral theses developed both in South Africa
and overseas.

Prof Brigitte Smit - Visiting Professor, University of
Johannesburg; Assistant Adjunct Professor, University of
Alberta

Prof Smit – PhD, MEd (cum laude), BEd(Hons), BA(Ed), University of Pretoria – is currently
an Assistant Adjunct Professor at the University of Alberta, Canada and a Visiting Professor
at the University of Johannesburg. She is a twice National Research Foundation rated
researcher, a Senior Accredited Professional Trainer of ATLAS.ti, and a former Research
Professor in Educational Leadership and Management at the University of South Africa. Her
research focuses on qualitative research methodology, female leadership and relational ethics.
She serves as a co-editor of the “International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches” and
as editor (Africa) for the “International Journal of Qualitative Methods”.

Prof Bienkie Shuttleworth, Professor: Management
Accounting, Unisa

Prof Shuttleworth works in the Department of Management Accounting within the College
of Accounting Sciences (CAS) at the University of South Africa. She has more than 24 years’
experience in higher education, of which five years as Head: Graduate Studies and Research
in CAS. She is passionate about research capacity building and was involved in organising
various research development workshops, writing retreats and master’s and doctoral support
programmes. She is the author of various articles published in subject-related and accredited
journals. She graduated several master’s and doctoral students in a variety of topics in the
accounting discipline. Her research interests include quality management systems (QMSs),
financial literacy, accounting education, researcher development and the teaching of pervasive
skills in a distance education environment.

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Prof Patrick Ngulube, Acting Executive Dean in the College of
Graduate Studies, Unisa

Prof Ngulube’s fields of interest include archival science, e-government, e-records,
information and communication technologies, knowledge management, indigenous
knowledge systems and mixed-methods research. After studying at the Universities of
Zimbabwe and Addis Ababa, he obtained his PhD from the University of Natal. He has
been the recipient of various awards and grants, including NRF grants for the period 2005 –
2011 and is an NRF C1-rated researcher. He has also written over sixty articles for scientific
journals and numerous book chapters and technical reports. In addition, he has delivered
over forty scientific papers at national and international conferences. Furthermore, he has
extensive experience as editor of scientific journals. Professor Ngulube has supervised and
co-supervised more than forty master’s and doctoral candidates in a range of disciplines. In
recent years he has presented many workshops on research methodologies and graduate
research supervision. He has also served on professional bodies, including as senior board
member of the board of the Mixed Methods International Research Association (MMIRA);
editor-in-chief of the Eastern, Library and Information Association of South Africa; and as
chairperson of the National Archives of South Africa Advisory Board.

Dr Charmaine Williamson - Academic Advisor for
postgraduate studies, Unisa

Dr Williamson currently works in higher education, in Africa and the Netherlands, as an
academic, researcher, supervisor/advisor, teacher and facilitator of researcher development
programmes. She is also a research fellow at Unisa. She completed her doctorate on
strategies concerning international financing/resource mobilisation, using organisational
strategy and complexity theories. Based on international funding for research, her work with
supervisors and doctoral candidates began in 2004, when she was the Director: CAGE, a
Southern African-EU programme supporting research initiatives in conflict and governance
in the region. In 2008, she was Academic Programme Manager: International & Africa for
the South African-Netherlands Partnership for Alternatives in Development (SANPAD)’s
autonomous arm, SANTRUST. The award-winning programmes funded research and
doctoral education in four SADC countries. Dr Williamson also was the SANTRUST head of
the SANTRUST-UNISA Ethiopian programme of 300 doctoral candidates. She has focused
on doctoral education with emphasis on research processes, qualitative methods, ATLAS.
ti, and theoretical synergies. She publishes and has presented at international conferences.
In addition, she is a reviewer for the NRF and various journals. During the Covid pandemic
she has successfully pivoted to online work, and she continues to advise postgraduates,
supervisors, research teams and university research management units.

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Prof Michael Samuel, Professor: School of Education,
University of KwaZulu-Natal

Prof Samuel is currently involved in designing and supporting postgraduate studies and
mentoring capacity development of supervisors in a range of contexts – nationally and
across the continent. His research interests include higher education studies, curriculum
development and professional development. His books, Changing patterns of teacher
education in South Africa and Continuity, complexity and change: Teacher education in
Mauritius explore the challenges of (inter)national reform initiatives in teacher education
policy development. Disrupting higher education curriculum: Undoing cognitive damage
examines options for imaginative curriculum redirection. [email protected]

Prof Jimi Adesina - DSI/NRF SARChI Chair in Social Policy at
the College of Graduate Studies, Unisa

Prof Adesina was educated at the University of Ibadan (Nigeria) and Warwick University
(UK), He taught at the University of Ibadan, was Professor of Sociology at Rhodes University
(South Africa), and Professor and Head of Department at the University of the Western
Cape (South Africa). He has held visiting appointments at Ulster University, Derry (Northern
Ireland), University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa), Oxford University (UK), Nordic
Africa Institute, Uppsala University (Sweden), UNECA (Addis Ababa), and the UN Research
Institute for Social Development (Geneva). A past President of the South African Sociological
Association (2004–2006), Professor Adesina was elected to the Academy of Science of
South Africa (ASSAf) in 2005. He served on the Board of the UN Research Institute for
Social Development, Geneva (2013–2019) and the Board of RC19 of the International
Sociological Association (2014–2018). His research interests include Sociology, Social Policy,
and the Political Economy of Africa’s Development. He has published widely in these areas.
He is an NRF B-rated researcher.

Prof Michelle S May – Department of Industrial and
Organisational Psychology, Unisa

Prof May is the manager of the Consulting Psychology Doctoral Programme hosted by
the departments of IOP and psychology at Unisa. Moreover, she is the co-ordinator of the
research focus areas Systems Psychodynamics and Socio-analytic Methods (IOP, Unisa).
She has supervised several students in primarily qualitative research projects to successful
completion of their master’s and doctoral degrees. She has done research ethics training
within the past three years – including the Training and resources in research ethics
evaluation (TRREE) Modules 1, 2 and 3 during 2019. For the last 20 years Prof May has
also contributed to the field of diversity management in South Africa as lecturer, researcher
and consultant in several organisations – her contributions have included publications in
accredited journals, book chapters, as well as presentations at national and international
conferences. She has chaired, consulted in, and designed many workshops using systems
psychodynamics in the areas of diversity management and leadership development for
organisations in the public and private sectors.

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Prof Petro du Preez - Curriculum Studies and Research
Methodology, North-West University

Prof Du Preez’s research interests include curriculum studies in higher education, philosophy
of education, research methodology (with a focus on doctoral education) and social justice.
She is currently rated by the National Research Foundation as an established national and
international researcher and has received numerous awards for her scholarly excellence.
These include, being named one of the top youth leaders in the country in the category of
science and education by the Mail & Guardian, the recognition given to her by HERS-SA
as a mover and shaker in academia, as well as the prestigious award given to her by the
Department of Science and Technology as a distinguished young woman researcher. Prof
Du Preez is also a research fellow of the Azerbaijan International Development Agency at
the Institute for Human Rights and an Extraordinary Professor of the Tumaini University
Makumira in Tanzania. She has published 47 articles and academic book chapters, co-
edited two academic books (on doctoral education) and guest-edited four journal issues.
In addition, she is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the accredited journal, “Transformation in
Higher Education”. Until now, she has successfully supervised ten master’s and six doctoral
students and currently supervises another four PhD candidates. Prof Du Preez is on the
advisory board of the International Network of Philosophers of Education and a member of
the General Assembly of the International Association for the Advancement of Curriculum
Studies (IAACS). Furthermore, she is the chair for the special interest group in Curriculum
Studies of the South African Education Research Association.

Prof Marcia Mkansi, Professor: Department of Operations
Management, Unisa

Prof Mkansi is a professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management and the former
head of the department at the University of South Africa. She holds a PhD (University
of Bolton), and is SAP certified. Over the years she has optimised her interdisciplinary
knowledge to deal with economic and societal constraints and produced digital artefacts
and intellectual property. She is a consummate academic and a prolific innovator with the
uniqueness of focusing on societal research and human capital development. She serves as
an advisory board member of Africa Resource Centre (ARC), which is a non-governmental
organisation funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and set up to be
a resource to the public health sector in African governments. Her cross-fields blend of
hands-on practical industry experience and academic insight makes Prof Mkansi a rare
arsenal of notions, materials and approaches in the field. Her university-industry alliances
include, but are not limited to: Kuehne Logistics University, The Innovation Hub, and SAP
Skills Africa. She is a nominee for the Standard Bank Top Women and UN Women projects,
and a finalist under the research, innovation, and creative economy of the National Science
and Technology Forum (NSTF) – South32 awards. Her research activities on supply chain
innovation have won numerous awards and reached the semi-finals of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT) global solver challenge.

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List of institutions represented

Central Johannesburg TVET College Malahlela LaboTeK
Central University of Technology Metrofile
CHEP SA Midlands State University, Zimbabwe
Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs National Treasury
Democratic Alliance National University of Science and Technology
Department of Agriculture Olin
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Qinisa Events
Department of Health Regenesys
Department of Higher Education and Training Rhodes University
Department of Sport, Arts and Culture SASSA
Department of Tourism South African Tourism
Desh Business Services Tamale Technical University
Discovery Health Turner and Townsend
Dwarsrivier Chrome Mine United Nation World Food Programme
Esayidi TVET College University of Alberta;
FEB18 Consultancy University of Bristol
Ferreira & Associates International Executive Search University of Kwazulu-Natal
Futuregrowth Asset Management University of Johannesburg
Gauteng Provincial Legislature University of South Africa
Grindrod USN
HBNG Vaal University of Technology
Hollard Virtual Contracts
Isilumko Wolaita Sodo University
Kotebe Metropolitan University Zagatto
Liberty

Organising committee

Ilze Crous, Bendy Modibedi and Prof Annemarie Davis.
Inserts: Dr Marianne Engelbrecht, Sarah Mashego and Dr Kafayat Amusa.