Browsing TD: 2013 Volume 9 No 2 by Title
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The new National Development Plan (2011) and the need to create jobs through agriculture: Is the South African olive industry ready for the challenge?
(2013)This paper provides a scan of the South Africa commercial olive industry between 2008 and 2012 and argues the case for greater industry cohesion in this small agricultural sector. The National Planning Commission’s ... -
The politics of performative ontology in information systems
(2013)This article argues that information systems (ISs) and information system ontologies (ISOs) are powerful devices that perform reality in profound ways. The development and use of ISOs are forms of ontological politics ... -
Silencing dissent in an online discussion forum of a higher education institution
(2013)In an online forum at a higher education institution in South Africa, interventions from management in order to moderate discussions, result in antagonism and the smothering of dissident discourse. Critical poststructuralist ...