Annual Research Report 2020

15 Number of School hosted seminars | 22 School of Education School of EMS School of Humanities School of NAS Date: 21 May 2020 Moderator: Laura Arnold Topic: Discussion of staff research projects Date: 26 February 2020 Moderator: Professor Mabunga Topic: Economic strategy in the NDP: economic policy scenario for growth and development of SA 2019–2030. Date: 14 March 2020 Moderator: Professor Haire Topic: ‘Plaatje, gender and Mhudi as a rites of passage story. Date: 11 June 2020 Moderator: Dr Chibaya Topics: Vector based control routines for swarm of path-finding robotics devices. Date: 11 June 2020 Moderator: Laura Arnold Topic: Discussion of staff research projects Date: 6 May 2020 Moderator: Professor E Mabunga Topic: The Covid-19 economic impact and responses in South Africa: an application learning to combinational stimulation. Date: 1 July 2020 Moderator: Dr Bandama Topic: Agglomeration disintegration and social distancing: Covid-19 and the archaeological lessons on communicable diseases, population size and settlement organisations at the Great Zimbabwe. Date: 9 July 2020 Moderator: Dr T Gundu Topic: On the various contrivances by which Jerry messes up with Tom’s computer system. Date: 2 September 2020 Moderators: Dr Mapuya and Ms Zengeya Topic: Discussion of postgraduate dissertations Date: 1 August 2020 Moderator: HSRC/SPU/SALGA LOCAL GOVERNMENT Topic: SEMINAR SERIES, ‘‘State of municipalities in South Africa: A critical reflection of the 2018-19 Audit outcomes for local government. Date: 7 July 2020 Moderator: Dr Rademeyer Topic: Summer meets Winter Olympics. Date: 17 September 2020 Moderator: DR Harebottle Topic: Movements of juvenile lesser flamingos from Kamfers Dam: preliminary results from rescue and release operations. Moderator: DR W Botes and Mrs N Smith Topic: Discussions of postgraduate dissertations Date: 23 September 2020 Moderator: Dr O Omoruyi Topic: Logistics technology compatibility issues and integrated challenges among SMEs in Vanderbijlpark Date: 7 October 2020 Moderator: Dr S Mpofu Topic: ‘Mugabe will rule from the grave’: the political instrumentalities and mediation of the corpses in contemporary African politics. Date: 22 October 2020 Moderator: Dr K Adebowale Topic: Democratising DNA – So involved we have no idea. Date: 30 September 2020 Moderator: Dr N Jili Topic: The origins of Public Administration. Date: 21 October 2020 Moderator: Dr B Kubheka Topic: The sociological determinants of health, University of the Witwatersrand Date: 19 November 2020 Moderator: Dr D Davis Topic: The Oklo natural fission reactor: terrestrial constraint on non-standard cosmology. Date: 14 October 2020 Moderator: Professor G Makombe Topics: An exposure of the relationship between paradigms, research methods and research design. Date: 4 November 2020 Moderator: Dr Janet Munakwamwe (University of Witwatersrand). Topic: Social security responses in the time of the Covid pandemic.