“…This suggests that there is a need for community engagement to be rigorously interwoven into the core business of teaching and learning and, more importantly, integrated into the culture of the university (Bhagwan, 2020;Mtawa, Fongwa & Wangenge-Ouma, 2016;Favish, 2010;Boyer, 1996). Regardless of the challenges, Paphitis and Kelland (2015) suggest that it is essential to advance a genuine engagement with the local context to contribute to developing a uniquely South African philosophical identity. Community engagement denotes interactions with the world outside the academy (Sachs & Clark, 2017;Schuetze, 2010;Hall, 2010), in a mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources, within a context of partnership and reciprocity (Benhayoun, 2020;Kliewer, 2013).…”