The National Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS) has provided the following responses to the questions posed.
a) (i) In 2014/15 the NIHSS held 4 meetings and 4 conferences.
(ii) In 2015/16 the NIHSS held 4 meetings and 11 conferences.
(iii) In 2016/17 the NIHSS held 16 meetings and 41 conferences.
b) Table 1: Meetings and conferences that were held by the NIHSS in 2014/15
Date of meeting |
(b)(i) Type of meeting |
(b)(ii) Cost |
31 March 2014 |
Board Meeting |
R25 667 |
9 June 2014 |
Board Meeting |
R34 889 |
18 August 2014 |
Board Meeting |
R25 722 |
27 February 2015 |
Board Meeting |
R20 887 |
(b)(i) Name of conference |
(b)(ii) Cost of conference |
(b)(iii) Names of service providers (project leader/co-host of conference) |
(b)(iv) Total payment to service provider (project leader) |
|
1 |
Conference held for the project: Pre-1652 Historiography |
R850 000 |
Prof L Ntsebeza |
R850 000 |
2 |
Workshop held for the project: Traditions of Popular Education in South Africa |
R676 000 |
Prof S Walters |
R676 000 |
3 |
Sources of Creativity - Formation of a Composers' Guild |
R250 000 |
Dr J Zaidel Rudolph |
R250 000 |
4 |
Hidden Voices - The Art and Music |
R500 000 |
Prof P Lalu |
R500 000 |
Table 2: Meetings and conferences that were held by the NIHSS in 2015/16
Date of meeting |
(b)(i) Type of meeting |
(b)(ii) Cost |
5 June 2015 |
Board Meeting |
R16 517 |
9 November 2015 |
Board Meeting |
R24 967 |
11 December 2015 |
Board Meeting |
R19 264 |
31 August 2015 |
Board Meeting |
R5 513 |
(b)(i) Name of conference |
(b)(ii) Cost of conference |
(b)(iii) Names of service providers (project leader/co-host of conference) |
(b)(iv) Total payment to service provider (project leader) |
|
1 |
Workshop held for the project: Hidden Voices – Unpublished Work, 1950 – 1990 |
R891 000 |
Prof EC Webster |
R891 000 |
2 |
Second workshop held for the project: Hidden Voices – Unpublished Work, 1950 - 1990 |
R891 000 |
Prof EC Webster |
R891 000 |
3 |
Workshop held with international visiting scholars from University of California, the University of Toronto, Ukwanda, Handspring Puppet Trust and Net vir Pret – script development, puppet building and production as well as mentoring puppeteers |
R1 280 000 |
Prof P Lalu |
R1 280 000 |
4 |
Workshop at Iziko Museum’s Slave Lodge on the Galant Rebellion |
R1 280 000 |
Prof P Lalu |
R1 280 000 |
5 |
Arts education workshop and public lectures |
R1 280 000 |
Prof P Lalu |
R1 280 000 |
6 |
Second Arts education workshop and public lectures |
R1 280 000 |
Prof P Lalu |
R1 280 000 |
7 |
Third Arts education workshop and public lectures |
R1 280 000 |
Prof P Lalu |
R1 280 000 |
8 |
Workshop held for the project: Comparative analysis of the underground liberation struggles in South Africa |
R835 992 |
Prof N Nieftagodien |
R835 992 |
9 |
Workshop held for the project: Towards effective language development and application in African languages |
R680 000 |
Dr Mantoa Smouse |
R680 000 |
10 |
Composers of National Collegium Workshop |
R524 680 |
Prof J Zaidel-Rudolph |
R524 680 |
11 |
Workshop held for the project: Integrating Marginalized Voices in Mitigation Plans: Implications for Sustainable Livelihoods in the Eastern Cape and Limpopo Provinces |
R100 000 |
Prof N Goduka |
R100 000 |
Table 3: Meetings and conferences that were held by the NIHSS in 2016/17
Date of meeting |
(b)(i) Type of meeting |
(b)(ii) Cost |
8 April 2016 |
Board Meeting |
R21 000 |
31 May 2016 |
Academic Committee (tele-conference) |
R8 500 |
27 June 2016 |
Audit and Risk Committee and Finance Committee (joint meeting) |
R12 000 |
7 July 2016 |
Audit and Risk Committee and Finance Committee (joint meeting) |
R14 500 |
29 July 2016 |
Board Meeting |
R15 000 |
14 September 2016 |
Audit and Risk Committee and Finance Committee (joint meeting) |
R12 000 |
26 September 2016 |
EXCO |
R11 000 |
26 September 2016 |
Board Meeting |
R23 500 |
31 October 2016 |
Audit and Risk Committee and Finance Committee (joint meeting) |
R19 500 |
18 November 2016 |
Board Meeting |
R21 000 |
27 November 2016 |
Academic Committee |
R8 500 |
27 January 2017 |
EXCO |
R11 000 |
27 January 2017 |
Academic Committee |
R8 500 |
24 February 2017 |
International Advisory Committee |
R 8 500 |
10 March 2017 |
Audit and Risk Committee and Finance Committee (joint meeting) |
R8 500 |
30 March 2017 |
Board Meeting |
R21 000 |
(b)(i) Name of conference |
(b)(ii) Cost of conference |
(b)(iii) Names of service providers (project leader/co-host of conference) |
(b)(iv) Total payment to service provider (project leader) |
|
Ethnographic media and African knowledge in the early twentieth century: Contextualising and interpreting The Hoffmann Collection on Cultural Knowledge. 26-28 January 2017, University of Pretoria. |
R300 000 |
Prof L Kriel |
R300 000 |
|
Artistic Research and Arts Education: Curriculum Transformation in Arts School (Ulwembu). 27 January 2017, Durban University of Technology. |
R880 000 |
Prof M Marks |
R880 000 |
|
The liberation war radios in southern Africa workshop. 17-19 February 2017, University of Witwatersrand. |
R300 000 |
Prof S Lekgoathi |
R300 000 |
|
ArtSearch Symposium. 9-11 March 2017, University of Witwatersrand. |
R600 000 |
Prof J Mistry |
R600 000 |
|
Politics of the armed struggle in Southern Africa. Conference held at the University of the Witwatersrand, 23-25 November 2016. |
R600 000 |
Prof N Nieftagodien. |
R600 000 |
|
Translation workshop: texts in indigenous languages. 14-19 August 2016. Calders Hotel, Fish Hoek. |
R1 190 000 |
Prof A Krog |
R1 190 000 |
|
Political Society: Africa, South Asia and Popular politics in the Postcolonial World. Workshop held on 15-16 August 2016, University of Cape Town.8 |
R300 000 |
Dr V Collis Buthelezi |
R300 000 |
|
Contemporary Ethnography across the disciplines. Conference held on 16-18 November 2016, University of Cape Town. |
R300 000 |
Prof F Ross |
R300 000 |
|
SLOW Regional Workshop. 12-15 April 2016, Kufunda Village, Harare, Zimbabwe. |
R300 000 |
Dr D Krige |
R300 000 |
|
Maputo SLOW Workshop. 23-27 May 2016, Maputo, Mozambique. |
R300 000 |
Dr D Krige |
R300 000 |
|
SLOW Workshop. 7 June 2016, University of Pretoria. |
R300 000 |
Dr D Krige |
R300 000 |
|
The influence of rurality on student trajectories through higher education: a view from the South. Workshop held on 23-24 August 2016 at Aviator Hotel, Johannesburg. |
R300 000 |
Prof B Leibowitz |
R300 000 |
|
Social Anthropology: building regional cooperation and growth through decolonizing the discipline. Workshop held on 8-9 December 2016 at the University of Johannesburg. |
R100 000 |
Ms D Mabale |
R100 000 |
|
Abantu Book Festival. 8-10 December 2016, Eyethu Lifestyle Centre, Soweto Theatre. |
R300 000 |
Mr T Mgqolozana |
R300 000 |
|
Sahara East and West: A new academic approach to literary sources. Workshop held on 30 November 2016 at Kobenhavns Universitet Det Humanistiske Fakultet. |
R835 000 |
Prof S Jeppie |
R835 000 |
|
The Program in World Philology. Workshop held on 14 November 2016 at the Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University. |
R835 000 |
Prof S Jeppie |
R835 000 for project funding |
|
The social life of books in North – West Africa: mobility and book production in Timbuktu and beyond. (a symposium) |
R835 000 for project funding |
Prof S Jeppie |
R835 000 for project funding |
|
4th Annual Spring Law Conference. 27-29 September 2016. University of South Africa. |
R300 000 for project funding |
Prof R Songca |
R300 000 |
|
Pre-colonial catalytic conference. 15-17 March 2017, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. |
R999 224 |
Prof L Ntsebeza |
R999 224 |
|
Decolonising the university -what will it take? Prof Xolela Mangcu/ Prof Ngugi wa Thiongó. University of Witwatersrand - 2 March 2017. |
R100 000 |
Prof X Mangcu |
R100 000 |
|
Decolonising the university -what will it take? Prof Xolela Mangcu/ Prof Ngugi wa Thiongó. University of Cape Town - 3 March 2017. |
R100 000 |
Prof X Mangcu |
R100 000 |
|
Decolonising the university -what will it take? Prof Xolela Mangcu/ Prof Ngugi wa Thiongó. University of Fort Hare - 4 March 2017. |
R100 000 |
Prof X Mangcu |
R100 000 |
|
Forging solidarity: Southern Perspectives of popular education. University of Western Cape, 9-11 June 2016 |
R992 000 |
Prof S Walters |
R992 000 |
|
Rethinking 'Apartheid's Golden Age' - South Africa 1966-1979. 20 June 2016, University of Pretoria. |
R132 500 |
Dr T Simpson |
R132 500 |
|
Narrative enquiry for social transformation (NEST) colloquium and summer school. 29-31 March 2017. University of Cape Town. |
R897 200 |
Prof B Peterson |
R897 200 |
|
The political and liberation struggle history of the free state, 1961-2012. 24 February 2017, University of the Free State (Protea Hotel). |
R120 000 |
Dr C Twala |
R120 000 |
|
The political and liberation struggle history of the free state, 1961-2012. 24 March 2017, University of the Free State (QwaQwa campus – Senate Hall). |
R120 000 |
Dr C Twala |
R120 000 |
|
Liberation Struggle Histories and Archival Practices. 22 February 2017 (co-hosted by NIHSS). |
R150 000 |
Mr Omar Badsha |
R150 000 |
|
History and Memory in Liberation Struggles: How far can you go? UNISA, 31 August 2016 (co-hosted by NIHSS). |
R150 000 for project funding |
Mr. Omar Badsha |
R150 000 for project funding |
|
Leading with productive creativity seminar. 29-30 June 2016, Orlando West, Soweto. |
R300 000 |
Dr D Krige |
R300 000 |
|
National Dialogue on exploring blackness in South African Universities. 23 May 2016, Rhodes University. |
R300 000 |
Prof G Khunou |
R300 000 |
|
National Dialogue on exploring blackness in South African Universities. 25 May 2016, North-West University. |
R300 000 |
Prof G Khunou |
R300 000 |
|
National Dialogue on exploring blackness in South African Universities. 19 October 2016, University of South Africa. |
R300 000 |
Prof G Khunou |
R300 000 |
|
National Dialogue on exploring blackness in South African Universities. 22 April 2016, University of Limpopo. |
R300 000 |
Prof G Khunou |
R300 000 |
|
National Dialogue on exploring blackness in South African Universities. 20 April 2016, (meeting of Gauteng Universities - venue not on invite). |
R300 000 |
Prof G Khunou |
R300 000 |
|
National Dialogue on exploring blackness in South African Universities. 1 June 2016, University of Cape Town. |
R300 000 |
Prof G Khunou |
R300 000 |
|
Democratic Marxism theory seminar. 2 March 2017, Robert Sobukwe House, University of Witwatersrand. |
R300 000 |
Prof V Satgar |
R300 000 |
|
Cruel Beyond Belief (book launch event held on 6 March 2017). |
R960 000 |
Prof E Webster |
R960 000 |
|
The Unresolved National Question (book launch event held on 7 March 2017). |
R960 000 |
Prof E Webster |
R960 000 |
|
Breaking Intergenerational Cycles of Repetition (book launch event held on 7 March 2017). |
R100 000 |
Prof P Gobodo-Madikizela |
R100 000 |
|
Mafika Gwala second annual lecture and book launch. 6 October 2016, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Howard College Campus. |
R75 000 |
Omar Badsha |
R75 000 |
c) The Chief Executive Officer approved the spending for each meeting and conference held.
d) The expenditure complied with the NIHSS’s policies. The NIHSS is neither a Department, nor a constitutional institution, nor a public entity listed in Schedule 2 or 3, and therefore the Public Finance Management Act is not applicable to the NIHSS. The Auditor-General of South Africa audits the NIHSS in terms of Section 38 of the Higher Education Act and since its inception has received unqualified audit opinions.