Carnegie Corporation Oral History Project [Staging]

Morifi, Mary-Jane

Name: Morifi, Mary-Jane (Interviewee)
Format: oral histories
Date: 1999
Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 2
Abstract: Initial involvement with the Carnegie Corporation of New York: studying at the University of Cape Town [UCT], participation in Second Carnegie Inquiry into Poverty and Development in Southern Africa [Second Inquiry]; researching First Carnegie Inquir y and its effects: the Job Reservation Act, Afrikaner affirmative action; thoughts on the Second Inquiry: not as much impact as first due to lack of government support, impact of apartheid on acceptance of the study, study as testimony of poverty in rural South Africa, other researchers on project, methodology; different reactions of Second Inquiry interviewees to researchers; personal impact of Carnegie project experience: interest in nongovernmental and educational institutions, formation own company based on black economic empowerment; Second Inquiry conference at UCT; political role of research in the 1980s; ideas for addressing poverty through women and media; role of the Legal Resource Centre in giving poor blacks access to legal aid; role of Carnegie and organizations in eliminating future poverty.

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