

Eckart Schumann
Eckart H Schumann is a Research Associate in the Department of Geosciences at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, and a former senior lecturer in the Department of Oceanography at the then University of Port Elizabeth. He has published widely in books and scientific journals on topics ranging from Agulhas Current structures, coastal ocean processes, estuarine dynamics, to weather and climate and coastal and estuarine sedimentary processes. Schumann is a life member of both the American Geophysical Union and the Royal Society of South Africa. He is also the author of two novels, Patterns of Change and The Gravity Machine.
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Perceptions of race
- By Eckart Schumann
- . Apr 1, 2025
The issue of race rears its head at every available opportunity, and yet in many (most?) cases it is used as a means of identifying

Perceptions of race
- By Eckart Schumann
- . Mar 24, 2024
The issue of race rears its head at every available opportunity, and yet in many (most?) cases it is used as a means of identifying

BEE – how do we deal with race classification?
- By Eckart Schumann
- . Apr 29, 2023
The ANC Government continues with its Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) efforts to ‘unleash the full potential of all South Africans to contribute to wealth creation’.

BEE and the question of race
- By Eckart Schumann
- . Jun 30, 2021
Black Economic Empowerment, or BEE, was defined in the 2001 Commission Report as an integrated and coherent socio-economic process. It is aimed at redressing the

Climate change matters
- By Eckart Schumann
- . Apr 15, 2021
Climate change is probably the gravest threat facing humanity today. Indeed, not only for humanity, but for all the myriad of species which have prospered

What race?
- By Eckart Schumann
- . Nov 5, 2020
Much of the political discourse in South Africa revolves around an undefined attribute, namely, race. Everywhere there are articles and commentaries describing what ‘blacks’, ‘whites’,

What race?
- By Eckart Schumann
- . Nov 5, 2020
Much of the political discourse in South Africa revolves around an undefined attribute, namely, race. Everywhere there are articles and commentaries describing what ‘blacks’, ‘whites’,