SOUTH African musician Johnny Clegg has lent his name to a Master of Business Administration (MBA) scholarship aimed at professionalising the local music and creative industries.Johannesburg-based Henley Business School will launch an MBA degree aimed squarely at the industries next month.Dean Jon Foster-Pedley said on Monday that creative industries could make an important contribution to the country’s economic growth but they needed specific business skills. The Henley MBA is intended to "offer creative workers and arts practitioners a tailor-made business qualification that addresses the unique scenario that the creative industries present".The Johnny Clegg Scholarship will cover one student for the R220,000 cost of the part-time MBA programme, which will start next month and last for 30 months.Prof Foster-Pedley said the school would probably offer a second scholarship next year. He said Mr Clegg would help to select the successful candidate but would have no active part in the ...
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