South Africa’s business students want their own industry superheroes and success stories in the syllabus – study
IN the past few years there’s been much discussion globally about the need to decolonise education. Decolonisation is the process of undoing the impact of colonial thinking and its influence in the present. Scholars have differing opinions about the best way to achieve this, or whether it’s even necessary or desirable. WILLIE TAFADZWA CHINYAMURINDI, Professor, University of Fort Hare In South Africa, the issue of decolonisation was spotlighted by students during 2016’s #FeesMustFall protests. Eight years on, I was interested in finding out what the current cohort of students thought decolonisation could look like in their classrooms. So I asked…