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    Bottom-half Intergenerational Mobility Among the Coloured Population in South Africa
    (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2023) De Kock, Tryston; Roberts, Gareth
    I examined the intergenerational mobility of education among the Coloured population in South Africa between 1975 and 1990. I used the National Income Dynamics Study to measure intergenerational mobility among Coloured children born to parents at the bottom of the education distribution-this includes parents with an educational attainment lower than grade 10. I found across the whole population; the median rank of education is grade 10 – making grade 10 my middle point. I compared several intergenerational mobility indices with bottom-half mobility and look at the IGE and IGC indices for sons, as well as the summary statistics for the coloured, African, and White populations. I suggested that Coloured daughters born to mothers in the bottom half of the education distribution have experienced a decrease in upward mobility meanwhile upward mobility has increased for Coloured sons. However, I suggested Coloured daughters born to parents with educational attainment lower than grade 10 have a higher chance of increasing their educational attainment compared to Coloured sons. I also compared mobility estimates between Coloured children born in the Western and Northern Cape with Coloured children born elsewhere. I found that Coloured children born in the former have lower upward mobility compared to Coloured children born elsewhere
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    Tales as old as time: an evaluation of intellectual property and the protection of traditional knowledge
    (University of the Witswatersrand, Johannesburg, 2023) McCall, Vianca; Forere, Malebankeng
    The aim of this paper is to assess the need to protect Traditional Knowledge and the adequacy of the existing legislative measures to protect Traditional Knowledge in South Africa. In the process, consideration will be given to the nature and value of Traditional Knowledge, the rationale for protecting Traditional Knowledge and whether the current Intellectual Property laws are capable of providing adequate protection for Traditional Knowledge. Consideration will be given to the efforts of the South African government to protect the Traditional Knowledge generated by the traditional community and alternative methods of protecting Traditional Knowledge