Stellenbosch University

So I had a good friend of mine, Cape Town, good friend of mine called Denzel.

So I actually studied at Stellenbosch University.

So that's where we all met.

And then I just said to him, bro, I'm coming through.

And thank you for laying it down, Dr. Daniel Leroux, Associate Professor in the Department of Information Science at the University of Stellenbosch, today giving us some insights into where South African young people are at.

We've seen the studies from international sources this time round from Stellenbosch University, and it comes from 1,000 young learners.

Yeah, they've been put through that research.

What do you think genuinely African-led conservation science looks like? And is the West part of the future or the past?

Well, I think, A, I mean, Africa is obviously vast and Africa is extremely different whether you're talking about conservation science led by sort of pastoralists and what they want it to look like in a regenerative herding kind of approach or, you know, Cape Town or, you know, Stellenbosch University or whatever.

You know, it's a very different kind of thing.

So I think all too often we kind of view it as a bit too homogenous.

The issue, though, is there is scant knowledge as to whether or not these are new jobs or perhaps jobs that will be a continuation of what already exists.

In this hour, I'm going to be speaking to Daniel LaRue, associate professor at the Department of Information and Science or Information Science at Stellenbosch University.

Now, a cell phone can be banned in the classroom.

But does that mean a learner's attention is where it ought to be? As schools across South Africa grapple with the impact of smartphones on learning, new research examining cell phone use and academic performance in five South African high schools raises important questions about whether restricting access to devices is enough.

Researchers Daniel LaRue and Jennifer Feltman have explored the relationship between cell phone policies, learners' preoccupation with their phones and academic performance, challenging us to look beyond the ban itself and ask what it really takes to keep young people engaged in the classroom.

Daniel Leroux, associate professor in the Department of Information Science at Stellenbosch University, joins us now to unpack the findings and what they could mean for schools, parents, and learners.

Daniel is on the telephone line.

Daniel, thank you so much for joining us.

To help us imagine what migration will look like in 2050 are Tanya Hichert and Lara El-Makawi.

Tanya is a futurist and strategic foresight practitioner and co-chair of the UNESCO Chair in Complex Systems and Transformative African Futures at Stellenbosch University's Centre for Sustainability Transitions.

Her work uses tools like scenario planning and strategic foresight to explore possible futures with the aim of helping people think through uncertainty, challenge assumptions, and make better decisions about the future.

Lara is a research fellow at Toronto Metropolitan University's Global Migration Institute, where she works on FutureMig, a project exploring new ways of imagining the future of migration and human mobility.

So he was in the forefront of that.

So you had mentioned, I think, that he studied sociology under Fervour at Stellenbosch University.

Was his ideology and approach to racial segregation shaped by Fervour at all? I'm trying to figure out what really influenced his politics and ideology.

He studied law, and he is a man that was part of the Bourbon, the rise of Africana kind of facing a strong English-British bond.

So AgriJob, they have close relationships with several of the universities.

So in particular, University of Stellenbosch and Tuchis.

But through most of the universities, they have a footprint.

So they advertise at those various universities and they also hold career fairs at three of the universities.