Mbeki: UNISA’s New School of Public and International Affairs Should Avoid Turning Students Into Corporate Stooges

THABO MBEKI

FIRST of all I would like to congratulate UNISA, including its Council, Senate, the SRC and the Trade Unions for the bold step they have taken to establish the Thabo Mbeki African School on Public and International Affairs. Indeed I am humbled by the decision to attach my name to this important School.

A College Library at Dr es Salaam University has a number of Doctoral Theses and Master’s Dissertations produced by Tanzanian scholars. It is important to note that these scholars graduated at Universities in various countries including Tanzania, South Africa, China, Germany, the UK, the United States and so on.

Here are a few examples of these Theses and Dissertations:

• one is about “Early Career Academics’ Professional Experiences within a Neoliberal Context: A Case of the University of Dar es Salaam”;
• another concerns the “Employability of Higher Education Institutions Graduates: Exploring the Influence of Entrepreneurship Education