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The adherence of five nursing schools in Africa to regional educational standards : an evaluation report

Mtshali, N.; Uys, L.; Kamanzi, D.; Kohi, T.; Opare, M. (Unisa, 2007)

Background: Programme review has been used to evaluate and formulate conclusions about the strengths and effectiveness of programmes. This article presents findings of the internal and external programme reviews which were ...
Africa in international relations: agent, bystander or victim?

Van Wyk, Jo-Ansie (2016)

The purpose of this contribution is three-fold. Firstly, it attempts to survey some academic literature on African victimhood in contemporary international relations. Secondly, it attempts to dismiss the notion of Africa ...
African Christian leadership : cultures and theologies in dialogue

Wilhelm, Hans-Martin (1998-11)

Spiritual leadership for the church in Africa is facing a crisis. While much of traditional African leadership shares the same basic values found in the Scriptures; modern manifestations of African leadership have been ...
African political leadership

Swart, Gerrie; van Wyk, Jo-Ansie; Botha, Maryke (Oxford University Press, 2014)

A more holistic, in-depth, and incisive study of African political leadership has become an important part of scholarship in the study of political leadership. This realization generates a number of critically important ...
An African Reformation

Oliver, Erna; Oliver, Willem Hendrik (AOSIS, 2017)

The year 2017 is the year in which the Reformation, started by Martin Luther, is celebrating its 500th birthday. This depicts a milestone in the life of the Church of the Reformation and also in the life of Christians ...
Archie Mafeje : an intellectual biography

Nyoka, Bongani (2017-06)

This thesis is not a life history of Archie Mafeje. Instead, it is an attempt to grapple with his ideas. This thesis is said to be a ‘biography’ insofar as it is dedicated to a study of one individual and his contribution ...
A Bibliometric Analysis of Health and Medical Journals: Issues in Medical Scholarly Communication in Africa

Ezema, Ifeanyi; Onyancha, Omwoyo Bosire (2016)

The study was conducted to examine the scholarly impact of health and medical journals in Africa. A descriptive informetric research approach was used to analyse 134 health and medical journals hosted in the African Journal ...
China's changing foreign policy and resource diplomacy towards Africa : the role of China in the socio-economic development of Nigeria

Msimango, Nkanyezi (2016-11-08)

China’s economic expansion in recent years is one of the most important geopolitical developments of the 21st century (Mockli, 2007). More interestingly, Africa relations with China continue to be of keen concern to many, ...
Citizenship, nation-building and diversity: What is the role of the media in all this?

Bornman, Elirea (Routledge, 2013)

This article explores concepts and discourses regarding citizenship, nation-building and civic solidarity in particular with regard to diverse societies. Attention is given to diverging viewpoints on nation-building and ...
The contemporary trade arrangements between the developed and underdeveloped countries.

Mthembu, Ntokozo Christopher (2007)

This paper will try to unpack the current arrangements of the Economic Partnership Agreements between Europe -north and ACP (Africa; Carribean and Pacific) paying special attention to the SADC region. In doing so, the paper ...
Coverage of African countries in Pan-African business magazines : evidence of hierarchy in regional news flows

Ubomba-Jaswa, Florence Otae (2009-04)

This dissertation examines the flow of economic news in Africa, in order to investigate the potential existence of regional hierarchies in international news flow. The research was based on a framework of theories on ...
Covering Ethiopia: comparison of the Ethiopian news agency with Reuters

Abebe Demissie Banjaw (2009-08-25)

This dissertation examines the agendas and frames used by the Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) and Reuters in their coverage of issues and actors of the May 2005 Ethiopian Elections, by employing agenda-setting and framing ...
A critical assessment of African communitarianism for environmental well-being

Watadza, Mhazo (2016-02)

It is an undeniable truism that the world at large and Africa in particular is facing serious environmental problems such as deforestation, water pollution, air pollution, wetlands destruction, poaching as well as global ...
Emergence and culture : implications for Africa

Tshehla, Sam (Research Institute for Theology and Religion, 2013-11)

“What if Africa were to become the hub for global science?” is the title of a recent BBC News report. It is inspired by “real, serious scientific work ... taking place now in sub-Saharan Africa,” which raises the question ...
Evangelism by fire : eine kritische Untersuchung der Evangelisationsarbeit von Reinhard Bonnke in Afrika

Schott, Daniel (2009-08-25)

This dissertation analyses Reinhard Bonnke's evangelistic ministry in Africa, and examines to what extent his propagated "Evangelism by Fire" conforms with the New Testament ministry of evangelism. The results of an ...
Experiences of HIV / AIDS stigma of persons living with HIV / AIDS and nurses involved in their care from five African countries

Greeff, M.; Uys, L.R.; Holzemer, W.L.; Makoae, L.N.; Dlamini, P.S.; Kohi, T.W.; Chirwa, M.L.; Naidoo, J.R.; Phetlhu, R.D. (Unisa, 2008)

The concept of stigma has received significant attention in recent years in the HIV / AIDS literature. Although there is some change towards the positive, AIDS still remains a significantly stigmatized condition. AIDS ...
Genesis 1-11 and the African worldview : conflict or conformity?

Chalk, Jack Pryor (2009-08-25)

The purpose of this study was to present an analysis of the belief systems of the worldviews behind the religions of Christianity and African Traditional Religion with a view toward aiding the Christian church in African ...
Impact of Western colonial education in Zimbabwe's traditional and postcolonial educational system(s)

Masaka, Dennis (2016-01)

In this study, we employ the theory of deconstruction to challenge and reject the contention that a knowledge paradigm was non-existent among the indigenous people of Zimbabwe before the arrival of the colonisers. This ...
The importance and challenges of finding Africa in the Old Testament: the case of the Cush texts

Lokel, Philip (2009-08-25)

The thrust of this study proceeds from the presupposition that first, the Cush texts of the Old Testament which may be used as a conduit for finding `Africa' in the Bible have generally been `ignored' or not given the ...
In search of the understanding of the Old Testament in Africa : the case of the Lemba

Le Roux, Magdel (1999-11)

This project seeks to determine, to what extent the culture of early Israel (1250-1000 BC) is similar to African cultures, more specifically, to that of the Lemba. However, a comparison between the cultures of ...

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