relevence of propriety in South Africa and trademarks copyright
The Google Books project is under scrutiny in many countries. An excellent discussion from a South African perspective is linked below.
Using the arts to encourage African American progress
Copyright in the project itself is held by Michigan State University, but individual journals and their articles retain their original copyrights.
You would need to go directly to the rightsholders individually.
The Copyright Act, the Counterfeit Goods Act, and the Trademarks Act are three separate acts of South African legislation.
Yes; the scanning of protected materials constitutes unlicensed duplication.
African indigenous education is often community-based, holistic, practical, and focused on social values, cultural identity, and environmental sustainability. Its relevance to modern formal education lies in promoting student-centered learning, incorporating local knowledge and practices, fostering critical thinking skills, and nurturing social responsibility and ethics. By integrating elements of African indigenous education into formal education systems, it can help create a more inclusive, culturally responsive, and effective learning environment for students.
It's virtually impossible to say; writers active prior to the first federal copyright act (Phillis Weatley, Jupiter Hammon, and others) may have been covered by earlier private copyright acts.
According to "The Baptist Hymnal", copyright 1991, this song is a traditional African-American spiritual.
I assume you are referring to the South African Copyright Act of 1978 since it is the only significant revision of copyright law from that year I could find.In terms of software and privacy, there is no mention of computers or software (not unexpected since computers were not in widespread use outside of governmental agencies at the time).
Yes; this type of trademark is referred to as a geographical indication. Businesses may apply to use the logo through a form on the Proudly South African website.