Education Podcasts: Rands and Cents with Prof Maharajh | Radio 786

Guest: Professor Rasigan Maharajh, founding chief director of the Institute for Economic Research on Innovation at the Tshwane University of Technology
Focus on:
- The price of eggs is expected to increase, and in a separate concern 120 000 chickens have either died or had to be culled due to bird flu in SA
- The Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office-bearers has advised President Ramaphosa that ministers, MPs, and judges should get a salary increase of 3.8%
- A total of 19 countries apply to join BRICS – is this another indication of the shift in global allegiances?

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Guest: Professor Rasigan Maharajh, founding chief director of the Institute for Economic Research on Innovation at the Tshwane University of Technology
- Have the US allegations about South Africa sending arms to Russia impacted the Rand?
- Another rates hike expected this month
- Is the BRICS common currency going to remain a concept? Have we seen any moves to show that this will be implemented any time soon

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Journal Article

Conference Paper

Rural health innovation systems in South Africa
2013
Erika Kraemer-Mbula

This paper explores innovation in rural health care systems in remote or marginalised areas where limited public health care is available. To overcome this challenge and satisfy the universal demand for health care, populations in remote rural areas often rely on multiple private providers that deliver services based on various sources of knowledge (both traditional and modern sciences). Rural...

Keywords: Conference Paper | Erika Kraemer-Mbula | Inclusive development | Innovation | Innovation theory, systems and indicators | Rural health | South Africa

Presentations and Other

Where there are no Jobs: The Challenges of Development at O.R. Tambo District Municipality
2013
Lindile L. Ndabeni

19 years into democracy and we still have huge challenges of development:

  • Poverty
  • Unemployment
  • Inequality

Rural development

Keywords: Lindile L Ndabeni, PhD | Local economic development | Presentations and Other
Ward Committee systems as an Effective Public Participation Process
2012
Lindile L. Ndabeni

Introduction

  • Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
  • We undertake research that seeks to promote sustainable economic growth, social development and political democracy
  • We are centrally concerned with evidence-based policy research
  • We believe that academics should not only interpret the world without doing anything to change it
  • Background...
Keywords: Equality, inclusion and participation | Lindile L Ndabeni, PhD | Presentations and Other
Rural Development in the Broader Context of Economic Development and Innovation
2012
Lindile L. Ndabeni

Concluding remarks:

  • South Africa’s economy is largely driven by cities
  • Towns and cities serve as concentrations of economic activity within the national spatial economies
  • Economies of scale
  • Specialised business services
  • Infrastructure
  • 71% of population live in cities and towns, particularly along the coast, Gauteng, and Limpopo and...
Keywords: Innovation theory, systems and indicators | Lindile L Ndabeni, PhD | Presentations and Other
Understanding the Role of Professionals in Local Development: Supporting Capacities for Local Development
2011
Lindile L. Ndabeni

Outline

  • Profession and professional
  • Rise of information age and professionals
  • Indigenization
    • South Korea, Japan, Germany, Afrikaners in South Africa
  • Thought leadership
  • Local as sub-national
  • Concluding remarks
Keywords: Lindile L Ndabeni, PhD | Local economic development | Presentations and Other
Competencies of Global Competitive City Region Managers
2008
Lindile Ndabeni

In managing Gauteng as a global city region it will be important to enhance:

  • Alliances with regional universities and research centres
  • Boost the regional innovation systems of Gauteng
  • Overcome silos in policy making and improve co-ordination in the management of the city region
Keywords: Innovation theory, systems and indicators | Lindile L Ndabeni, PhD | Presentations and Other

Selected Books, Chapters and Reports

Research on innovation systems and social inclusion in emerging economies and beyond: A case study of rural health innovation systems in South Africa
2013
Erika Kraemer-Mbula, Lindile Ndabeni and Rasigan Maharajh
Keywords: Erika Kraemer-Mbula | Innovation theory, systems and indicators | Lindile L Ndabeni, PhD | Rasigan Maharajh | Selected Books, Chapters and Reports
Missed Opportunities? A Case Study from South Africa’s Mining Sector
2008
Thomas Pogue

South Africa remains one of the world's largest producers of gold, despite the majority of its deposits being several kilometres below the surface. In the late 1960s the depth of the gold deposits motivated the Chamber of Mines Research Organisation (COMRO), the industry's cooperative research institute, to undertake research and development of alternative technologies to extract the gold-...

Keywords: Innovation theory, systems and indicators | Selected Books, Chapters and Reports
Measuring Innovation in OECD and NON-OECD Countries Selected seminar papers
2006
William Blankley, Mario Scerri, Neo Molotja, Imraan Saloojee (eds)

It is widely accepted that innovation is key to economic growth. Countries where research and innovation are high on the national agenda are best suited to prosper in the knowledge-based economy. Conversely, countries whose economies are mainly dependent on natural resources and basic industries tend to lack competitiveness and flexibility in adapting to changing global trends. The...

Keywords: Innovation theory, systems and indicators | Mario Scerri | Selected Books, Chapters and Reports