MARCH/APRIL eISSN: 1996-7489 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF John Butler-Adam
SOUTH AFRICAN
Office of the Vice Principal: Research and Graduate Education, University of Pretoria
Journal of Science
MANAGING EDITOR Linda Fick
Academy of Science of South Africa
COPY EDITOR and PROOFREADER Margaret Chamberlain
volume 112
Academy of Science of South Africa
number 3/4
ONLINE PUBLISHING ADMINISTRATOR Nadine Wubbeling Academy of Science of South Africa
ASSOCIATE EDITORS Nicolaas Beukes
Department of Geology, University of Johannesburg
Tania Douglas
Division of Biomedical Engineering, University of Cape Town
Menán du Plessis
Department of General Linguistics, Stellenbosch University
Kavilan Moodley
School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Jolanda Roux
Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria
Pieter Steyn
Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, Stellenbosch University
Francis Thackeray
Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
Brian van Wilgen
Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University
Marco Weinberg
Department of Molecular Medicine and Haematology, University of the Witwatersrand
Merridy Wilson-Strydom Centre for Research on Higher Education and Development, University of the Free State
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Laura Czerniewicz Centre for Higher Education Development, University of Cape Town
Leader What really matters for students in South African higher education? John Butler-Adam ..................................................................................................................... 1
Commentary The essence of scholarship: Charting a path through the thickets of scholarly publishing Robin M. Crewe ........................................................................................................................ 3 For sustainable funding and fees, the undergraduate system in South Africa must be restructured Nico Cloete ............................................................................................................................... 5 Producing the next generation of water resource experts in South Africa Falko T. Buschke, Marinda F. Avenant, Surina Esterhuyse, Marthie E. Kemp, Fred J. Kruger Olusola O. Ololade, Maitland T. Seaman, A. Tascha Vos & Marie Watson ............. 10
Book Review Secret society, secret sources? Iain Edwards ............................................................................................................................. 14 Complexities and contradictions of doctoral education in South Africa Merridy Wilson-Strydom ........................................................................................................... 16 ‘No man is an island, entire of itself ...’ Anna Crowe .............................................................................................................................. 18
Review Article Treatment technology for brewery wastewater in a water-scarce country: A review Adesoji T. Jaiyeola & Joseph K. Bwapwa ................................................................................... 20 Use and usefulness of measures of marine endemicity in South Africa Charles L. Griffiths & Tamara B. Robinson ................................................................................. 28 Enhancing climate governance through indigenous knowledge: Case in sustainability science Nelson Chanza & Anton de Wit .................................................................................................. 35 Tuberculous meningitis in infants and children: Insights from nuclear magnetic resonance metabolomics Shayne Mason, Carolus J. Reinecke, Regan Solomons & A. Marceline van Furth ....................... 42 A review of the lunar laser ranging technique and contribution of timing systems Cilence Munghemezulu, Ludwig Combrinck & Joel O. Botai ...................................................... 50