The programme was filled with multiple plenary sessions of 19-themes Abstracts and Papers, as well as seven-themed Posters derived from student submissions.

It was interesting to take note of the evident opportunities pointing to the fact that some of these doctoral research projects (if not most of them), once complete, published, and used in university courses, they would no doubt contribute to the transformation agenda and the drive for quality education relevant to the South African and greater African perspective.