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Southern African Rurality in Higher Education
Rurality:
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The concept of rurality is demographic, geographic, cultural and
contextual (Roberts and Green, 2013).
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In Southern Africa, space is a deeply political matter due to the
displacement effects of apartheid and rural students are one of the
most marginalised groups, attracting little attention in widening
participation research to date (Mgqwashu, 2016).
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The few students from rural areas that gain access into higher
education – experience HE differently to the majority of students.
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Things are changed to remain the same.