https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/8 Fri, 01 May 2026 12:12:16 GMT 2026-05-01T12:12:16Z https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/3503 Principals statement to Senate Pityana, Nyameko Barney It behoves us as an institution to reflect, I believe, on our essential message to the world and how that message is lived and experienced in the life of our university. I was reminded that such introspection is warranted when I read an article by Stephen K Mittelsett, President of Richland College, Texas in the Winter 2009 edition of The Presidency1, the magazine of the American Council on Education (ACE). Dr Mittelsett recalls Mahatma Gandhi’s quip to an enquiring journalist that it was important to be the change we wish to see in the world. To the question what his message to the world was, Gandhi replied “My life is my message.” Mittelsett observes that that is as true of the individual as it is of the institution. Institutions project a moral message about their values, their significance and their vision. To paraphrase Mittelsett, if we intend our students to be builders of a sustainable world, of a caring society, of excellence and achievement characterised by social justice and equity, economic sufficiency and a healthy environment then the manner in which we relate to one another, conduct our personal and institutional relations, and our attitude to our work and to society must not be at odds with what we believe. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/3503 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/3486 Principals statement to Senate Pityana, Nyameko Barney As we approach the end of the first quarter of 2010, we are mindful of a number of matters on the agenda of the higher education sector as a whole, and the University of South Africa in particular. First, we received the Ministerial Statement on Higher Education Funding for the triennial period 2009 – 2012, (dated 4 December 2009). The Statement signals some changes in the Funding Framework and gives notice of the intention to apply the funding formula already agreed with higher education institutions. This refers in particular to the phenomenon of unfunded students in the higher education system, and to a new mechanism for calculating teaching and research developments grants. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/3486 2010-03-17T00:00:00Z https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/3485 Principals statement to the Senate Pityana, Nyameko Barney On 21 October the Council on Higher Education held a Consultative Conference on Higher Education in South Africa. The Conference was held to mark the publication of the CHE’s HE Monitor No. 8 which bears the same title. The report published in October, is based on research undertaken by the CHE Advice and Monitoring Directorate. It presents a detailed statistical and policy analysis of South African Higher Education since 1997. It ends by examining policy options for South Africa and makes recommendations. Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/3485 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/3481 The revitalization of Higher Education : access, equity and quality Pityana, Nyameko Barney If the next century is going to be characterised as a truly African Century, for social and economic progress of the African people, the century of durable peace and sustained development in Africa, then the success… is dependent on the success of our education systems. For nowhere in the world has development been attained without a well-functioning system of education… without equality of educational opportunities. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/3481 2009-07-05T00:00:00Z