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Steyn, Gertruida Maria, and Gunam Dolan Singh. "Managing bullying in South African secondary schools: a case study." International Journal of Educational Management 32, no. 6 (August 13, 2018): 1029–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijem-09-2017-0248.

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Purpose The high prevalence of bullying in South African schools in recent times is a cause for serious concern. Bullying is traumatic and has a painful, corrosive and damaging impact on children, families and society. Hence, curbing the problem before it spirals out of control in secondary schools requires immediate urgent attention from all stakeholders of the school. The purpose of this paper is to report on part of the investigation done for a doctoral thesis (Singh, 2016), which looked at the factors contributing to bullying perpetration in secondary schools and on the basis of the findings, recommend a model that may be used to curb bullying in secondary schools. A qualitative research design was used to investigate the problem through an interview process with participants from secondary schools, as well as a circuit manager from the Uthungulu district of KwaZulu-Natal. The findings confirmed that the problem of bullying emanated at the level of the family, the school and the community. The paper concludes with the provision of a model to manage and curb bullying in these secondary schools. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative research approach, in particular a case study design, was selected to give a clear understanding of participants’ views and experiences (Johnson and Christensen, 2011; Mason, 2013). The design involved a social constructivist paradigm, which was primarily concerned with meaning and understanding people’s “lived experiences” and “inner-worlds” in the context of the conditions and circumstances of their lives, which in this particular instance was bullying in secondary schools, occurring within a social context, which was the school (Johnson and Christensen, 2011). Purposeful sampling was used to identify five secondary schools in the Uthungulu district of KwaZulu-Natal where the problem of bullying was most prevalent principals at circuit and district-level meetings complained about the high incidence of bullying perpetration in their schools. Findings This paper highlights the findings in respect of the factors contributing to bullying perpetration in schools and presents a management model to curb bullying in secondary schools in KwaZulu-Natal. Factors contributing to bullying: the findings from the empirical investigation avowed that the three key factors contributing significantly to bullying behaviour are located at the level of the family, the school and the community. First, influence at family level: “60–70 per cent of our learners come from broken homes”. An overwhelming majority of participants in all five secondary schools attributed the escalation of bullying in schools directly to the influence at the family level. Broken homes, poor upbringing, the absence of positive role models and the influence of media violence on learners have had a negative impact on the culture of discipline, teaching and learning in the classroom and the general ethos of schools. Second, influence at school level: “the foremost problem here is peer pressure”. An overwhelming number of participants identified several factors at the school level that contributed to bullying in secondary schools. Learner 3 (School A) highlighted the problem of peer pressure and the need to belong to a group as a critical factor in advancing bullying in schools. Third, influence at community level: “they come from that violent environment”. Participants explained that the absence of after-school programmes and a lack of facilities, particularly in rural communities, misdirected youngsters into engaging in other destructive vices such as forming gangs and indulging in drugs and alcohol, to keep themselves occupied. Originality/value Various studies have been conducted in South Africa to understand the phenomenon of bullying and violence in South African schools. While the current body of research highlights the problem of bullying in schools and provides some guidelines on what measures may be adopted to address the problem, the suggested methods are not effective enough, resulting in the problem continuing unabated. This study therefore suggests a model to manage and curb bullying in secondary schools in South Africa.
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Muthevhuli, B. J., and O. S. Obadire. "Exploring the Effects of Bullying on Primary School Pupils in South Africa." African Journal of Development Studies (formerly AFFRIKA Journal of Politics, Economics and Society) 11, no. 1 (March 1, 2021): 209–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.31920/2634-3649/2021/v11n1a10.

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This study investigated the causes and effects of bullying on primary school pupils in Waterval village in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Qualitative method with purposive sampling was used as a subtype of non-probability sampling. Data were analysed using thematic content analysis which identifies and summarises message contents from respondents. Participants in the study were parents, teachers, community members and the pupils with the permission from their School Governing Board (SGB). The study found that it was difficult to know about cases of bullying at school as many of them were not reported. It was revealed that bullying affects school pupils’ performance and concentration in class as many of them are traumatised. The study recommends that creation of awareness and providing a conducive environment for recreational activities at schools and community, while encouraging and rewarding well-behaved pupils at schools and in the community will curb the menace of bullying at schools.
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De Wet, Nita Corene. "Bullying in South African schools." International Journal of Learning: Annual Review 12, no. 1 (2006): 294–303. http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/1447-9494/cgp/v12i01/46516.

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Reygan, Finn. "Making schools safer in South Africa: An antihomophobic bullying educational resource." Journal of LGBT Youth 13, no. 1-2 (April 2, 2016): 173–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19361653.2015.1088814.

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Laas, A., and T. Boezaart. "The legislative framework regarding bullying in South African schools." Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad 17, no. 6 (March 4, 2015): 2667. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/pelj.v17i6.12.

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Reyneke, Mariëtte (J M. )., and Lynette Jacobs. "Can legal remedy be used to address bullying and cyberbullying in South African schools?" Polish Journal of Educational Studies 71, no. 1 (December 1, 2018): 66–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/poljes-2018-0006.

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AbstractBullying is part of the reality of teachers and learners all over the world. While other forms of bullying are limited to the time when learners interact face-to-face, cyber­bullying follows learners via their electronic devices wherever they go. Bullying negatively affect victims and amongst others result in anxiety, low self-esteem and poor academic performance. In some instances, victims become suicidal. Prevent­ing and counteracting bullying requires interventions on several level, and one pos­sibility is to take a legal response. In this paper, the South African legal response is considered. There are several legislative and common law remedies available to victims, but these are not without challenges. Explicit reference to bullying is made in only one act, namely the Children’s Act but no definition of bullying or cyberbul­lying is provided. It is clear that while there are sufficient legal remedies available in the South African context, to address bullying and cyberbullying, particularly with the emphasis on Human Rights and the rights of children, the suitability of legal action is questionable.
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Magidi, Mufaro, Rinie Schenk, and Charlene Erasmus. "HIGH SCHOOL LEARNERS’ EXPERIENCES OF GANGSTERISM IN HANOVER PARK." Southern African Journal of Social Work and Social Development 28, no. 1 (July 22, 2016): 69–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/2415-5829/1351.

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The culture of gang violence has become deeply entrenched in South Africa. The present study explored the experiences of non-gang school-going adolescents regarding gangs and gangsterism in Hanover Park in the Western Cape. A qualitative exploratory approach was used. Data collection instruments were focus group discussions supported by qualitative semi-structured interviews involving 18 adolescents between the ages of 16 and 18 from two secondary schools in Hanover Park, Cape Town. The data were thematically analysed. The results have shown that the presence of gangs affects the learners’ school attendance, restricts their mobility, increases bullying at school and seriously disrupts family and community life.
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Townsend, Loraine, Alan J. Flisher, Perpetual Chikobvu, Carl Lombard, and Gary King. "The Relationship between Bullying Behaviours and High School Dropout in Cape Town, South Africa." South African Journal of Psychology 38, no. 1 (April 2008): 21–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/008124630803800102.

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Grobler, B. R., K. C. Moloi, and P. J. Vermeulen. "Educators’ Perceptions of Bullying Behaviours by School Leadership in the Gauteng Province, South Africa." International Journal of Educational Sciences 11, no. 2 (November 2015): 163–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09751122.2015.11890387.

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Mlisa, L. Nomfundo, Catherine L. Ward, Alan J. Flisher, and Carl J. Lombard. "Bullying at Rural High Schools in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa: Prevalence, and Risk and Protective Factors at School and in the Family." Journal of Psychology in Africa 18, no. 2 (January 2008): 261–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2008.10820195.

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Jacobs, Ruwayda. "The experience of adolescense girls regarding verbal bullying in secondary school." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/449.

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The experience of verbal bullying at school may cause a female adolescent much distress. This distress can result in the adolescent experiencing life as traumatic and may influence her sense of well being negatively. Verbal bullying usually takes the form of name-calling, put-downs and insults. This can be very traumatic for adolescents and can lower their self-esteem, which may eventually lead to mental illness. The parents of adolescent learners often have the misconception that bullying is a normal part of a teenager’s life and are unaware of the distress it may cause the adolescent. The victimized adolescent should, therefore, be provided with support in order to avert the occurrence of mental illness. The goals of this study were to: • Explore and describe the experiences of adolescent girls regarding verbal bullying in secondary school settings. • Develop guidelines to assist mental health nursing specialists in helping adolescent girls to cope with bullying in secondary schools. The researcher used a qualitative, explorative, descriptive and contextual design with a phenomenological approach. The research population consisted of female learners in a secondary school setting. Purposive sampling was used in this study to identify participants. Data was collected by means of naïve sketches, one-to-one-interviews and field notes based on observations. Data was analyzed using Tesch’s method (in Creswell, 1994:190) of descriptive analysis. The identified themes were compared to available literature. The data collected from this study was used to develop guidelines to aid mental health nursing specialists to help adolescents to cope with verbal bullying.
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Mathaba, Phindile Charity. "School bullying of learners at Mshini High School in Kwazulu-Natal -South Africa." Thesis, University of Zululand, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10530/1439.

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A thesis submitted to the Faculty Arts in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Masters of Arts in Community Work in the Department of Social Work at the University of Zululand, South Africa, 2014
The previous researchers suggested that school bullying is high in South Africa, especially in high schools. The researcher is motivated by seeing a large number of schools in South Africa who experience school bullying in different forms. The researcher of the study reviewed previous dissertations and thesis which indicated that schools with high levels of reported incidents of bullying have lower passing rates when compared with schools with less reported cases of bullying. This study is built on the groundwork of reviewing the findings of previous researchers about school bullying; so it is due to those regards that made the researcher decided to conduct the study of this nature. The research was designed to investigate school bullying of learners at Mshini High School in KwaZulu-Natal: South Africa. The sample was taken from grade 10 learners at Mshini High School and a simple random sample of 30 participants was used. A questionnaire with 40 closed-ended questions was used as a tool for gathering information from participants. The participants were both males and females. A quantitative programme of data analysis was used in the study. Data was analysed and presented through the use of descriptive statistics which involves tabulations and graphs; thus to find the results of the study. The name of the school that the researcher used was a pseudo name. The researcher used the pseudo name “Mshini High School” to maintain confidentiality. The researcher discovered the answers for the key questions of the study, and the objectives of the study had been achieved since the researcher discovered what was being investigated. According to the findings of the study school bullying is defined as a psychological attack that cause distress and fear, demanding the lunch box from other learners, an intimidation intended to cause harm, a repeated aggressive behaviour and a physical attack on the school ground that includes an imbalance of power. The findings suggest that school bullying did exist at Mshini High School because of the evidence and facts that the majority of participants stated that they did know of schoolmates who had been bullied. The researcher ascertained that school bullying had been reported at Mshini High School since a high percentage of participants confirmed that they knew someone in their school who had reported the incident of being bullied. The findings indicates that school bullying at Mshini High School had been reported to different people by learners and the high rate of participants had reported school bullying to their friends. Lastly, the researcher discovered that the most common type of bullying that occurred at Mshini High School was pushing.
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Darney, Christine Kyle. "The experience and aftermath of chronic bullying on individuals' socio-emotional development." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1214.

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Bullying behaviour is fast becoming a common feature in schools around the world. It is a practice that provokes concern, as it infringes upon the child’s right to human dignity, privacy, freedom and security. The physical, emotional and educational consequences of bullying behaviour can never be underestimated (Oyaziwo, 2008). Limited research has been conducted in South Africa regarding the prevalence and possible long-term effects of chronic bullying at school. This study intended to explore and describe the prevalence of bullying behaviour among a sample of grade 8 learners and the prevalence of previous chronic bullying at school among a sample of young adults in the Nelson Mandela Metropole. In addition, the study aimed to explore and describe the relationship between chronic bullying at school and self-esteem and attachment styles. Finally, the contextual factors which may influence the outcomes of chronic bullying for victims were explored and described. The study was exploratory descriptive in nature and employed a mixed method research design. Participants were selected by means of non-probability sampling. The sample consisted of 225 grade 8 learners at a secondary school in the Nelson Mandela Metropole and 101 young adult participants who had completed their school education in the Nelson Mandela Metropole within the past sixteen years. Data on the demographics of the sample was gathered through the administration of a biographical questionnaire. Furthermore, the Olweus (1996) Bully/Victim Questionnaire was utilized in order to obtain information about the prevalence of bullying behaviours among the participants. James Battle’s (1981) Culture-Free Self-Esteem Inventories were used to measure the construct of self-esteem, and Bartholomew and Horowitz’ (1991) Relationship Questionnaire was employed in order to identify the participants’ current attachment styles. Individual semi-structured interviews were later conducted among a sub-set of young adult participants, who had experienced chronic bullying at school, in order to identify the contextual factors which may have influenced the xiii outcomes of their experiences of victimization. Descriptive and inferential statistics, including correlations and multivariate analysis of variance (ANOVA), were utilized in order to analyze the quantitative data. Key findings revealed that eighty-five percent of the grade 8 participants had been involved in bullying behaviours at school this year and ninety-one percent of the young adult participants had been involved in bullying behaviours during some stage of their school careers. No significant relationship was found to exist between bullying and self-esteem in the grade 8 sample. Self-esteem scores did however vary significantly among the victims, bully-victims and bystanders in the young adult sample. Correlational coefficients confirmed that there was a significant relationship between previous chronic bullying at school and the total self-esteem scores of participants in the young adult sample. Findings also showed that there was no significant relationship between bullying and attachment in either of the samples in this study. Finally, qualitative results revealed that a number of contextual factors influenced the outcomes of chronic bullying at school for the sub-set of young adult victims. These factors included: The nature, frequency and duration of the bullying behaviour, the victims’ social support at the time as well as the victims’ personal characteristics.
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Laas, Annelie. "Combating bullying in schools : a South African legal perspective." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25089.

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This study holistically examines the status quo of learner-on-learner bullying in South African schools. An exposition is given pertaining to inter alia constitutional law, common law, statutory provisions and case law. Since bullying is a global problem, a legal comparative study is necessary in order to place the phenomenon of bullying into context. Concepts such as bystander behaviour, bullycide and restorative justice feature prominently in this dissertation. Important findings include the necessity of drafting of anti-bullying legislation as well as the inception of bullycide as a statutory crime. Furthermore, restorative justice processes are critically important to not only rehabilitate and reintegrate the bully, but also to vindicate the victim in a way that protects and promotes the rights of all parties involved. Recommendations are made with regard to the importance of a national anti-bullying policy to be implemented in conjunction with existing codes of conduct.
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Chabalala, Olinda Ruth. "The nature and extent of bullying at Hwiti and Mountainview secondary schools, Limpopo Province." Thesis, University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus), 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/635.

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Thesis M.A. (Criminology) --Univesity of Limpopo, 2011
The study on bullying is very important to the effective prevention oflater crime in adulthood. Bullying is one of the anti-social behaviour that may lead to criminal behaviour in adulthood. If bullies are allowed to carry on with this destructive behaviour, when they become adults, they may be involved in criminal behaviour such as partner abuse, road rage, child abuse, theft, etc. When a study is conducted to determine the extent and nature of bullying, the practices of bullying can be prevented on the primary level than waiting for it to continue and try toprevent it in the tertiary level. To prevent this crime at the tertiary level will result in financial losses to the state that will then have to sentence and keep perpetrators in correctional facilities. This study focuses on the nature and the extent to which bullying affect learners at secondary schools in Mankweng. No criminological study has ever been done on this phenomenon in Mankweng, Limpopo Province. A study that was conducted by Sathekge in 2004 focused on the psychological factors that contribute to aggressive behaviour among secondary school students. Sathekge (2004:63-66) found that, 68.9% of learners reported that they were bullied, taunted or teased in their schools. The aim of the study was to determine the nature of bullying among learners at a secondary school level, and the extent to whichit affects learners, specifically focusing on two schools Hwiti and Mountainview Secondary Schools that are located in Mankweng area, Limpopo Province. A quantitative approach was used in this study. Two hundred learners from two schools were selected to form part of the study using a snow ball sampling as a way of collecting the data.
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Osman, Gerarde. "Teachers’ perspectives on school bullying: insights from two primary schools in Cape Town." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1858.

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Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master of Education in the Faculty of Education at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology 2013
The purpose of this study was to explore teachers‟ perspectives on school bullying with insights from two primary schools in Cape Town. The topic of „bullying‟ is not a new one in research; however this study investigated the factors affecting teachers‟ perspectives on school bullying and how these perspectives affect the way teachers responded to incidents of bullying. The concepts of habitus, capital and field were used to provide a theoretical lens through which to examine the topic. The study was based on a small sample of 31 teachers drawn from two primary schools. The study employed a mixed-method approach in which quantitative and qualitative principles were applied. The study consisted of two phases in which data collection took place. The first was a questionnaire, while the second involved interviews. The application of two data- collecting instruments helped to ensure triangulation, thereby enhancing the credibility of the process. Findings indicated that teachers have various conceptions of bullying; this is partly determined by their gender, but also by the way in which they grew up and experienced bullying themselves as children.
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Johnson, Dawn Alice. "Learners’ understanding and experiences of bullying at a primary school in the Western Cape." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1869.

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Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master of Education in the Faculty of Education and Social Sciences at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology 2014
This study aimed to determine learners' understanding and experiences of the different types of bullying and to examine the extent of bullying and roles they have been exposed to in various types of bullying. The research question was: What are primary school learners. understanding and experiences of bullying? Literature indicates that bullying can be executed in direct and indirect forms (Olweus, 1993:10; Boulton et al., 2002:354; Hunter & Boyle, 2002:324; Piskin, 2003:556; Lee, 2004:9). Direct bullying can be defined as relatively open attacks on a victim (Boulton et al., 2002:354) that are carried out face to face and may include pushing, kicking and fighting (Lee, 2004:10). Indirect bullying can be defined as being more subtle and less direct (Boulton et al., 2002:354) and will include behaviour such as social isolation and exclusion from a group. This study used the Olweus Intervention Method (1995), which offers a theoretical framework that could help the researcher find meaning in respect of the roles of the bully, victim and bystander. Urie Bronfenbrenner.s ecological theory (Bronfenbrenner,1998:993-1027) of human development was used as a lens for understanding bullying. Bronfenbrenner places child development within four different interacting levels, for example, the microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem and macrosystem (Sigelman & Schaffer, 1995:87). The researcher used a mixed-method research design as it could provide a better understanding of how learners understand their experiences of bullying . whether they were the victim, bully or witness. The total sample comprised 296 Intermediate Phase learners. The study began with a quantitative method, testing the understanding of concepts, and using a questionnaire for learners, and thereafter concluded with a qualitative method comprising a small number of learners (interviews with a focus group), exploring their experiences of bullying. The quantitative data was analysed by means of descriptive statistics to present simple summaries about the sample and the measures. The responses were recorded in frequency tables and percentages were calculated to determine general trends. The qualitative data was systematically organised into themes and patterns to bring meaning to the themes by telling a story. Information obtained from respondents was treated as highly confidential and the research findings were presented with integrity. The results indicated that most learners have not been exposed to bullying as victims, although a high number of incidences were reported. Older boys were mostly involved in incidences of physical violence. Of significance is the fact that the main kind of bullying was that of emotional bullying. Table 4.7 shows that mostly boys are teased (37.0%), while Table 4.16 shows teasing others mostly occurs between learners of the same age (30.4%). On the other hand, Table 4.17 reveals that mostly girls are prone to spread rumours about others (17.5%) of the same age as themselves (26%) and fall prey to this type of emotional bullying.
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Campher, Roelof Petrus. "A qualitative study: educator-targeted bullying by learners in a high school in Port Elizabeth." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/4709.

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This study explores the phenomenon of educator targeted-bullying (ETB) by learners as an educational problem in terms of the incidence, frequency, severity and the impact on effective teaching and learning in classrooms. Abuse or bullying in schools usually happens amongst learners or to learners targeted by educators. However, the phenomenon of educator abuse by learners is escalating, internationally as well as nationally, and is experienced by many educators, especially by those teaching in secondary schools. An extensive literature review on numerous research national and international studies reports on the fact that the bullying of educators in all its forms, including physical, verbal, emotional and cyber bullying, impacts negatively on the emotional and psychological well-being of educators who are also stressed by other work demands, resulting in ineffective teaching and learning experiences in schools. The over-arching purpose of this local study was to determine the impact of ETB by learners on the effectiveness of teaching and learning in classrooms. In addition, other aspects of ETB were examined, namely the types of bullying, its severity and frequency, and the emotional and psychological effects on educators’ general well-being as victims. The study was conducted in a private high school in the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan area, Eastern Cape, South Africa. A qualitative methodology was used and all the educators employed at this particular school took part in the study. Convenience sampling was thus applied in the selection of the participants and questionnaires and written narratives were used as data gathering instruments. Twelve educators completed questionnaires to gather information-rich qualitative data to investigate the abovementioned aspects of this study. Four educators wrote narratives on their experiences of ETB by learners in this school context. The results of this research provided valuable evidence that ETB by learners in this school has a distressing impact on the educators and their psychological well-being, impairing teaching quality and learning outcomes in classrooms and, ultimately, with adverse educational consequences for all learners. The theoretical framework for this study was based on the ecological systems theory of the developmental psychologist and theorist, Urie Bronfenbrenner. Bronfenbrenner (1979) suggested that the process of human development is shaped and moulded by a person’s v environment and all the people and institutions that play a role in that environment. In my view, this theory may explain to some extent why some children are moulded and shaped as bullies as a result of the child’s exposure to and interaction with his/her environment. The main findings of this study include the fact that ETB is a serious phenomenon that an increasing number of educators are exposed to. It also appears that the incidences are becoming more severe and involve serious physical threats and bodily harm. Educators are also exposed to ETB on a regular basis, with many educators being bullied on a daily basis. It is clear that verbal abuse is the most prominent form of ETB leading to emotional damage, feelings of incompetence and reduced motivation to teach with innovation and enthusiasm. This in turn leads to the very concerning fact that ETB negatively affects successful teaching and learning in classrooms, adding more problems to an already embattled education system. Participants also provided some guidelines to reduce and possibly prevent ETB by learners. In doing so, these data can hopefully be used in the formulation of anti-bullying programmes for educators, which can result in safer working environments and more effective teaching and learning for learners.
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Nembandona, Phillimon. "Mobile bullying : investigating the non-technical factors that influence forensic readiness in township schools in South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20706.

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The increasing use of mobile devices by high school learners has resulted in increased networking activities for learners who take advantage of opportunities presented by mobile technologies. Mobile technology continues to play a key role in facilitating online interactions amongst South African youth, and some learners use mobile technology to enhance their learning capabilities. However, such electronic operations have also presented new risks particularly in the developing countries where online bullying is on the rise and investigations of such incidents or threats are expensive. Mobile bullying and lack of discipline of bullies, for instance, are major concerns in the society at large. To control these incidents, learners and teachers need to know what to do when incidents arise. The process of digital forensic investigation is typically left for those specialising in the field of digital forensics. Those responsible for learner's safety in schools are often faced with situations where they have to perform basic investigations or preserve evidence for incident escalation to the specialists. However, schools often do not prepare themselves well enough for the challenges relating to mobile bullying. They find themselves not knowing where to start or how to preserve evidence. Digital forensic investigations are even more challenging in school settings because of the dynamic nature of these environments. While studies have been conducted in the developed countries, little is still known about how schools in the developing world, for instance South Africa, may handle mobile bullying. Very little is known about how schools in the developing countries may maximise their potential to use digital evidence while minimising the impact resulting from the incident. There is limited guidance on how to be digital forensic ready in schools where teachers, learners, principals, and other role players are not trained well enough to deal with mobile bullying. The objective of this study was to provide insight into factors that enhance the non-technical forensic readiness program in township schools and the ability of teachers to investigate mobile bullying incidents. The study aimed at employing concepts of forensic readiness to ignite schools' ability to prepare for response to mobile bullying incidents and create a digital forensic ready learning environment. The study was conducted in South Africa, Limpopo and North West provinces. Five schools agreed to participate in this study; eighty-two valid responses were obtained from teachers. The study followed mixed methods approach to the theory.
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Ferreira, Xanthe Rune. "An exploratory investigation on the subsequent experiences of emotional, verbal and physical abuse by learners on the well- being of high school teachers in Port Elizabeth." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/12414.

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The main aim of this study was to investigate and explore how the emotional, verbal and or physical abuse of teachers by learners could impact on the general well-being of high school teachers in the Port Elizabeth region.This study asked how does the emotional, verbal and or physical abuse of teachers by learners impact on the general well-being of teachers? It also set out to find out what types of abuse teachers experience the most, how frequently teachers are exposed to abuse by learners and if there are any solutions to teacher abuse that can be offered. A teacher should be seen as someone who imparts knowledge, a person that creates an atmosphere for learning, a facilitator. Teachers are there to teach, although this is sadly not the case in schools anymore. Teachers are being abused by their learners in the classrooms and very few incidents are ever reported as teachers fear the repercussions of perhaps being told that because a class is misbehaving that they lack the necessary skills to be proficient teachers. There is limited literature available on the topic especially with regards to teacher abuse by learners in South Africa as the main focus used to be how teachers could be abusive to the learners and not the learners being abusive towards their teachers. This situation as is in South Africa at the moment can be seen as a silent epidemic. This study made use of a pragmatic paradigm that included both quantitative and qualitative research and data collection methods and an explanatory design was used to display the findings.
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Books on the topic "Bullying in schools – South Africa"

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Sulcas, P. The future of business schools in South Africa. Cape Town: University of Cape Town, 1988.

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Gaganakis, Margaret. Farm schools in South Africa: An introductory review. Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa: South African Institute of Race Relations, 1987.

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Christie, Pam. Open schools: Racially mixed Catholic schools in South Africa, 1976-1986. Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1990.

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Hawthorne, Peter. Historic schools of South Africa: An ethos of excellence. Cape Town: Pachyderm Press, 1993.

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Universität Hamburg. Akademie der Weltreligionen, ed. Muslim schools and education in Europe and South Africa. Münster: Waxmann, 2011.

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Frederikse, Julie. All schools for all children: Lessons for South Africa from Zimbabwe's open schools. Cape Town: Oxford University Press, 1992.

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Toit, Jacques Du. Independent schooling in post-apartheid South Africa: A quantitative overview. Cape Town, South Africa: HSRC Publishers, 2004.

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Opening the doors of learning: Changing schools in South Africa. Johannnesburg, South Africa: Heinemann, 2008.

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Veitch, Neil. Rondebosch Boys' High and Preparatory schools, 1897-1997. Cape Town: Centenary Committee, 1997.

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Edmonds, Laura. Teen drug scene, South Africa: A guide for parents and schools. Pinegowrie: Aspen Oak Associates, 1994.

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Kyobe, Michael, and Shallen Lusinga. "Factors in Reporting Mobile Victimization in South African Schools." In Bullying Prevention and Intervention at School, 119–37. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95414-1_7.

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Makhalemele, Thabo, and Lloyd D. N. Tlale. "Managing inclusive schools in South African schools." In School Leadership for Democratic Education in South Africa, 149–71. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003121367-10.

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Sing, Nevensha, and Felix Maringe. "Learner Dropout in South African Schools." In The Education Systems of Africa, 1–15. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43042-9_22-1.

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Sing, Nevensha, and Felix Maringe. "Learner Dropout in South African Schools." In The Education Systems of Africa, 455–69. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44217-0_22.

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Mestry, Rajkumar, and Petrus Du Plessis. "South Africa: Education Authorities and Public Schools: The Organisation and Impact of Policies in South Africa." In Educational Authorities and the Schools, 371–88. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38759-4_20.

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Mphethi, Kgatabela Albert. "Management of School Finances in South African Schools." In The Education Systems of Africa, 1–19. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43042-9_21-1.

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Mphethi, Kgatabela Albert. "Management of School Finances in South African Schools." In The Education Systems of Africa, 1–18. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43042-9_21-2.

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Mphethi, Kgatabela Albert. "Management of School Finances in South African Schools." In The Education Systems of Africa, 437–54. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44217-0_21.

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Rosenberg, Eureta. "Eco-Schools as Education for Sustainable Development in Rural South Africa." In Green Schools Globally, 289–307. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46820-0_16.

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Dangor, Suleman Essop. "Islamization and Muslim Independent Schools in South Africa." In International Handbook of Learning, Teaching and Leading in Faith-Based Schools, 367–87. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8972-1_21.

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Conference papers on the topic "Bullying in schools – South Africa"

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Ford, Merryl, and Marlien Herselman. "Broadband in schools: Towards a definition and model of broadband for South African schools." In 2017 IST-Africa Week Conference (IST-Africa). IEEE, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.23919/istafrica.2017.8102299.

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Serra, Stephen M., and H. S. Venter. "Mobile cyber-bullying: A proposal for a pre-emptive approach to risk mitigation by employing digital forensic readiness." In 2011 Information Security for South Africa (ISSA). IEEE, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/issa.2011.6027507.

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Masonta, Moshe T., Tlou M. Ramoroka, and Albert A. Lysko. "Using TV White Spaces and e-Learning in South African rural schools." In 2015 IST-Africa Conference. IEEE, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/istafrica.2015.7190564.

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Sieborger, Ingrid, and Alfredo Terzoli. "The network society: A model for computing infrastructure in South African schools." In 2016 IST-Africa Week Conference. IEEE, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/istafrica.2016.7530673.

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Moyo, Moses, Hanifa Abdullah, and Rita C. Nienaber. "Information security risk management in small-scale organisations: A case study of secondary schools computerised information systems." In 2013 Information Security for South Africa. IEEE, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/issa.2013.6641062.

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Muriithi, Gerald M., and Muthoni Masinde. "Cloud SAMS: Cloud computing solution for public schools within South Africa's ‘second economy’." In 2016 IST-Africa Week Conference. IEEE, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/istafrica.2016.7530689.

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Herselman, ME. "ICT in Rural Areas in South Africa: Various Case Studies." In 2003 Informing Science + IT Education Conference. Informing Science Institute, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/2680.

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The primary aim of this study is to indicate what has been done about ICT implementation in rural areas in South Africa by investigating various case studies like the SchoolNet programme in Mpumalanga Province and a possible web portal for rural schools. Rural schools and some communities currently lack access to quality education and resources that their urban counterparts consider basic.
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Sonhera, N., E. Kritzinger, and M. Loock. "A proposed cyber threat incident handling framework for schools in South Africa." In the South African Institute for Computer Scientists and Information Technologists Conference. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2389836.2389880.

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Mihai, Maryke. "AN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY NETWORK IN RURAL SCHOOLS IN SOUTH AFRICA." In International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies. IATED, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.21125/edulearn.2016.0155.

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Motsi, Lovemore, and Billy M. Kalema. "Knowledge sharing framework for educators in Southern Africa: A case study of secondary schools in Tshwane South district." In 2015 IST-Africa Conference. IEEE, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/istafrica.2015.7190543.

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Reports on the topic "Bullying in schools – South Africa"

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Case, Anne, and Motohiro Yogo. Does School Quality Matter? Returns to Education and the Characteristics of Schools in South Africa. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, October 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w7399.

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Unterhalter, Elaine, Amy North, Jenni Karlsson, Jane Onsongo, and Herbert Makinda. Four forms of disconnection : negotiating gender, education and poverty reduction in schools in Kenya and South Africa. Unknown, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.35648/20.500.12413/11781/ii066.

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Social, Psychological and Health Impact of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) on the Elderly: South African and Italian Perspectives. Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/assaf.2021/0069.

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The Panel discussion titled “The Presidential Employment Stimulus: Research Opportunities”, was hosted on 10 December 2020 by the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) at the Science Forum South Africa (SFSA) 2020. The Presidential Employment Stimulus was launched in parliament on 15 October as part of government’s Economic Recovery Strategy. It directly funds 800,000 employment opportunities that are being implemented within the current financial year, but it is anticipated that it will also become a medium-term programme. The stimulus includes public employment programmes, job retention programmes and direct support to livelihoods. The single largest programme is run by the Department of Basic Education, which, in the last fortnight, recruited 300,000 young people as school assistants, to assist schools to deal with the setbacks faced as a result of the pandemic. The stimulus supports employment in the environmental sector and over 75,000 subsistence producers are receiving production grants through an input voucher scheme. There is a once-off grant to assist over 100,000 registered and unregistered Early Childhood Development Practitioners back on their feet, as well as a significant stimulus to the creative sector. The session set out to provide an introduction to the Presidential Employment Stimulus Programme (PESP), a key programme within government’s economic recovery plan led by Dr Kate Philip. The key objective was to get input from the research community on how the work that they are already doing and future work could contribute to the M&E efforts and be augmented in such a way that the PESP could become a medium-term programme. The DSI plans to hold further engagements in 2021 to mobilise the wider research community to provide evidence-based research in order to shape the research agenda that would support the M&E work and identify short-term issues that need to be factored into the department’s work plans, under the guidance of Dr Philip.
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African Open Science Platform Part 1: Landscape Study. Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/assaf.2019/0047.

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This report maps the African landscape of Open Science – with a focus on Open Data as a sub-set of Open Science. Data to inform the landscape study were collected through a variety of methods, including surveys, desk research, engagement with a community of practice, networking with stakeholders, participation in conferences, case study presentations, and workshops hosted. Although the majority of African countries (35 of 54) demonstrates commitment to science through its investment in research and development (R&D), academies of science, ministries of science and technology, policies, recognition of research, and participation in the Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI), the following countries demonstrate the highest commitment and political willingness to invest in science: Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda. In addition to existing policies in Science, Technology and Innovation (STI), the following countries have made progress towards Open Data policies: Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, South Africa and Uganda. Only two African countries (Kenya and South Africa) at this stage contribute 0.8% of its GDP (Gross Domestic Product) to R&D (Research and Development), which is the closest to the AU’s (African Union’s) suggested 1%. Countries such as Lesotho and Madagascar ranked as 0%, while the R&D expenditure for 24 African countries is unknown. In addition to this, science globally has become fully dependent on stable ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) infrastructure, which includes connectivity/bandwidth, high performance computing facilities and data services. This is especially applicable since countries globally are finding themselves in the midst of the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR), which is not only “about” data, but which “is” data. According to an article1 by Alan Marcus (2015) (Senior Director, Head of Information Technology and Telecommunications Industries, World Economic Forum), “At its core, data represents a post-industrial opportunity. Its uses have unprecedented complexity, velocity and global reach. As digital communications become ubiquitous, data will rule in a world where nearly everyone and everything is connected in real time. That will require a highly reliable, secure and available infrastructure at its core, and innovation at the edge.” Every industry is affected as part of this revolution – also science. An important component of the digital transformation is “trust” – people must be able to trust that governments and all other industries (including the science sector), adequately handle and protect their data. This requires accountability on a global level, and digital industries must embrace the change and go for a higher standard of protection. “This will reassure consumers and citizens, benefitting the whole digital economy”, says Marcus. A stable and secure information and communication technologies (ICT) infrastructure – currently provided by the National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) – is key to advance collaboration in science. The AfricaConnect2 project (AfricaConnect (2012–2014) and AfricaConnect2 (2016–2018)) through establishing connectivity between National Research and Education Networks (NRENs), is planning to roll out AfricaConnect3 by the end of 2019. The concern however is that selected African governments (with the exception of a few countries such as South Africa, Mozambique, Ethiopia and others) have low awareness of the impact the Internet has today on all societal levels, how much ICT (and the 4th Industrial Revolution) have affected research, and the added value an NREN can bring to higher education and research in addressing the respective needs, which is far more complex than simply providing connectivity. Apart from more commitment and investment in R&D, African governments – to become and remain part of the 4th Industrial Revolution – have no option other than to acknowledge and commit to the role NRENs play in advancing science towards addressing the SDG (Sustainable Development Goals). For successful collaboration and direction, it is fundamental that policies within one country are aligned with one another. Alignment on continental level is crucial for the future Pan-African African Open Science Platform to be successful. Both the HIPSSA ((Harmonization of ICT Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa)3 project and WATRA (the West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly)4, have made progress towards the regulation of the telecom sector, and in particular of bottlenecks which curb the development of competition among ISPs. A study under HIPSSA identified potential bottlenecks in access at an affordable price to the international capacity of submarine cables and suggested means and tools used by regulators to remedy them. Work on the recommended measures and making them operational continues in collaboration with WATRA. In addition to sufficient bandwidth and connectivity, high-performance computing facilities and services in support of data sharing are also required. The South African National Integrated Cyberinfrastructure System5 (NICIS) has made great progress in planning and setting up a cyberinfrastructure ecosystem in support of collaborative science and data sharing. The regional Southern African Development Community6 (SADC) Cyber-infrastructure Framework provides a valuable roadmap towards high-speed Internet, developing human capacity and skills in ICT technologies, high- performance computing and more. The following countries have been identified as having high-performance computing facilities, some as a result of the Square Kilometre Array7 (SKA) partnership: Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Mauritius, Namibia, South Africa, Tunisia, and Zambia. More and more NRENs – especially the Level 6 NRENs 8 (Algeria, Egypt, Kenya, South Africa, and recently Zambia) – are exploring offering additional services; also in support of data sharing and transfer. The following NRENs already allow for running data-intensive applications and sharing of high-end computing assets, bio-modelling and computation on high-performance/ supercomputers: KENET (Kenya), TENET (South Africa), RENU (Uganda), ZAMREN (Zambia), EUN (Egypt) and ARN (Algeria). Fifteen higher education training institutions from eight African countries (Botswana, Benin, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, and Tanzania) have been identified as offering formal courses on data science. In addition to formal degrees, a number of international short courses have been developed and free international online courses are also available as an option to build capacity and integrate as part of curricula. The small number of higher education or research intensive institutions offering data science is however insufficient, and there is a desperate need for more training in data science. The CODATA-RDA Schools of Research Data Science aim at addressing the continental need for foundational data skills across all disciplines, along with training conducted by The Carpentries 9 programme (specifically Data Carpentry 10 ). Thus far, CODATA-RDA schools in collaboration with AOSP, integrating content from Data Carpentry, were presented in Rwanda (in 2018), and during17-29 June 2019, in Ethiopia. Awareness regarding Open Science (including Open Data) is evident through the 12 Open Science-related Open Access/Open Data/Open Science declarations and agreements endorsed or signed by African governments; 200 Open Access journals from Africa registered on the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ); 174 Open Access institutional research repositories registered on openDOAR (Directory of Open Access Repositories); 33 Open Access/Open Science policies registered on ROARMAP (Registry of Open Access Repository Mandates and Policies); 24 data repositories registered with the Registry of Data Repositories (re3data.org) (although the pilot project identified 66 research data repositories); and one data repository assigned the CoreTrustSeal. Although this is a start, far more needs to be done to align African data curation and research practices with global standards. Funding to conduct research remains a challenge. African researchers mostly fund their own research, and there are little incentives for them to make their research and accompanying data sets openly accessible. Funding and peer recognition, along with an enabling research environment conducive for research, are regarded as major incentives. The landscape report concludes with a number of concerns towards sharing research data openly, as well as challenges in terms of Open Data policy, ICT infrastructure supportive of data sharing, capacity building, lack of skills, and the need for incentives. Although great progress has been made in terms of Open Science and Open Data practices, more awareness needs to be created and further advocacy efforts are required for buy-in from African governments. A federated African Open Science Platform (AOSP) will not only encourage more collaboration among researchers in addressing the SDGs, but it will also benefit the many stakeholders identified as part of the pilot phase. The time is now, for governments in Africa, to acknowledge the important role of science in general, but specifically Open Science and Open Data, through developing and aligning the relevant policies, investing in an ICT infrastructure conducive for data sharing through committing funding to making NRENs financially sustainable, incentivising open research practices by scientists, and creating opportunities for more scientists and stakeholders across all disciplines to be trained in data management.
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