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Africanism, Apocalypticism, Jihad and Jesuitism: Prelude to Ethiopianism
Oliver, Erna
Rukuni, Rugare
Ethiopianism
Jihad
Africanism
Zionism
Apocalypticism
Jesuits
Religious political self-definition
Ethiopian Christianity
Islam
Judaism
Ethiopianism conceptually shaped modern Africa. Perceivably, this has been deduced from distinguished events in Ethiopian history. This investigation explored Ethiopianism as a derivate of the multifaceted narrative of Ethiopian religious political dynamics. Ethiopianism has arguably been detached from the entirety of the Ethiopian Christian political establishment, being deduced separately from definitive events such as the Battle of Adwa 1896. This research reconnected Ethiopianism to a wholistic religious–political matrix of Ethiopia. Therefore, it offers an alternative interpretation of Ethiopianism, as a derivate of Africanism and Apocalypticism, also correspondingly as a factor of Islamic Jihad and Jesuit Catholicism. The research was accomplished mainly through document analysis and compositely with cultural historiography. This study was a revisionist approach to Ethiopianism as a concept, deriving it from the chronological narrative of Ethiopian Christianity’s religious and political self-definition. Consequently, this realigned Ethiopianism as a derivate of multiple influences. Ethiopianism was possibly a convolution of the Donatist biblical appeal to the nativity, Judaic apocalypticism, Islamic attacks and Jesuit missionary diplomacy. Throughout the narrative of the Ethiopian Christian establishment, autonomy and independence are traceable; in addition, there is an entrenched enculturation of native Christianity and synergy with the political establishment. This formulates a basis for Ethiopianism as an ideology of African magnanimity. Parallel comparisons of Ethiopianism against Donatism and Zionism decode the nationalistic matrix of Ethiopia. Dually encultured native religious practice coupled with theocratic symbiosis of politics and religion fostered resistance from Islamisation and Jesuit Catholicisation. Further enquiry of Ethiopian Christianity as an index of the Ethiopian political establishment, from which Ethiopianism is derived, is qualified.
2021-01-20T12:30:57Z
2021-01-20T12:30:57Z
2019
Article
Rukuni, Rugare, & Erna Oliver. "Africanism, Apocalypticism, Jihad and Jesuitism: Prelude to Ethiopianism." HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies [Online], 75.3 (2019): 10 pages. Web. 15 Feb. 2021
2072-8050 (Online) ; 0259-9422 (Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/27045
https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v75i3.5384
en
© 2019 Rugare Rukuni | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
AOSIS
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African languages – is the writing on the screen?
Bosch, Sonja E.
Due to copyright restrictions, uploading of the full-text to the repository is not permitted. Please follow the link to the online publisher version at http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16073610709486455
The trends emerging in the natural language processing (NLP) of African languages spoken in South Africa, are explored in order to determine whether research in and development of such NLP is keeping abreast of international developments. This is done by investigating the past, present and future of NLP of African languages, keeping especially the multidisciplinary nature of the field and the role of the linguist in mind. A Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) report of 1986, expressed concern about the backlog in South Africa regarding NLP, and called for dynamic action. As computational power increased and became less expensive, more interest began to be shown in NLP in South Africa. Pockets of expertise that have developed at various institutions over the past 20 years are discussed and the importance of cooperation in the field, across disciplines, is illustrated in this paper.
In order to facilitate coordinated action and prevent the duplication of language resources and the development of basic enabling technologies, the implementation of the concept of the Basic Language Resource Kit (BLARK) is recommended, while a new project, which aims to create a platform for WordNet development for African languages, is cited as prime example of international collaboration.
2016-09-30T13:12:09Z
2016-09-30T13:12:09Z
2007
Article
BSonja Bosch (2007) African languages — is the writing on the
screen?, Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 25:2, 169-181, DOI:
10.2989/16073610709486455
1607-3614
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/21566
http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16073610709486455
en
Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies;25(2)
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Adébáyò, Ayòbámi Stay with me
Alexander, Josephine Olufunmilayo
Book Review
Ayòbámi Adébáyò
Stay With Me
Imbizo Journal
Nigeria
Yoruba Cultural Beliefs on Marriage, child bearing and Naming
2021-07-29T06:12:12Z
2021-07-29T06:12:12Z
2018
Other
Alexander, Josephine Olufunmilayo 2018. Adébáyò, Ayòbámi Stay with me. Imbizo, 8, 2, 1-7
2078-9785
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/27727
en
© Unisa Press 2018
UNISA PRESS
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The End Conscription Campaign 1983-1988 : a study of white extra-parliamentary opposition to apartheid
Phillips, Merran Willis
Southey, Nicholas
Mouton, F. A.
The apartheid state was vulnerable to the opposition of the End Conscription Campaign (ECC) on
two fronts. From 1967 universal white male conscription was introduced, and progressively
increased until 1984. This indicated the growing threat to the apartheid state from regional
decolonisation which offered bases for the armed liberation movement. From 1977 a policy of
"reformed apartheid" attempted to contain internal black opposition through socio-economic
upliftment, but the failure of this containment intensified the need for military coercion. Minority
conscription created an ongoing manpower challenge, which the ECC exacerbated by making the
costs of conscription explicit, thus encouraging non-compliance and emigration.
Secondly, the National Party used a security discourse to promote unity among whites, offsetting
both its conscription demands and its decreased capacity to win white political support through
socio-economic patronage. After the formation of the Conservative Party in 1982, the state faced
conflicting demands for stability from the right, and for reform from the left. The ECC's opposition
intensified these political differences, and challenged conscription on moral grounds, particularly
the internal deployment of the SADF after 1984.
Through its single-issue focus the ECC was able to sidestep divisions which plagued existing
anti-apartheid opposition, uniting a variety of groups in national campaigns between 1984 and
1988. Since it could not afford to accommodate the ECC's demands, and in view of growing white
acceptance of aspects of the ECC's opposition, the state repressed the ECC to limit its public
impact.
By 1988 - in a climate of growing white discontent around the material and personal costs of
conscription, economic decline, political instability and conscript deaths in Angola - the ECC's
call for alternatives to military conscription encouraged a broader range of anti-conscription
sentiment, prompting the state to ban it.
2015-01-23T04:24:05Z
2015-01-23T04:24:05Z
2002-11
Dissertation
Phillips, Merran Willis (2002) The End Conscription Campaign 1983-1988 : a study of white extra-parliamentary opposition to apartheid, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/15771>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/15771
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/39442021-05-21T10:42:27Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_3752com_10500_2977com_10500_2749com_10500_423col_10500_23651col_10500_3753col_10500_5685
Workers' right to freedom of association and trade unionism in South Africa : an historical perspective
Budeli-Nemakonde, Mpfariseni
Workers rights
Right to freedom
Trade unionism
Journal article
Workers' right to freedom of association is the fundamental labour right. In the workplace, the right to freedom of association is essentially an ''enabling'' right which entitles workers to form and join workers' organisations of their own choice in order to promote common organisational interests. For workers, freedom of association is a means of facilitating the realisation of further rights, rather than just a right in itself. It is considered the single essential right for workers from which other rights flow and without which other rights are illusory. It is therefore referred to as a ''shorthand expression for a bundle of rights and freedoms relating to membership of associations of workers and employers''.
2011-01-20T08:58:15Z
2011-01-20T08:58:15Z
2009
Article
Budeli, M. 2009, 'Workers' right to freedom of association and trade unionism in South Africa : an historical perspective',Southern African Society of Legal Historians, Fundamina : A Journal of Legal History, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 57-74.
1021-545X
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3944
en
Southern African Society of Legal Historians
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/65652021-04-30T11:54:11Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_2722com_10500_172com_10500_1com_10500_506col_10500_23651col_10500_2723col_10500_507
The use of Chishona as a medium of instruction in the teaching of mathematics in primary schools
Chivhanga, Ester
Mutasa, D. E.
Mojapelo, Mampaka Lydia
Language planning
Language policy and development
Indigenous languages
Indigenous literature
Socio-cultural and economic development
Mother tongue
The study sought to explore possibilities of using ChiShona as a medium of instruction in the teaching of Mathematics in primary schools. The aim was to compare the use of English as a medium of instruction with ChiShona as medium of instruction in the teaching and learning of Mathematics to Grade 4 class. The other objective was to examine the people’s attitudes towards the use of mother tongue instruction in the teaching and learning of Mathematics in Zimbabwe primary schools.
A practical teaching experiment was used to investigate the feasibility of using ChiShona as medium of instruction in the teaching and learning of Mathematics to Grade 4 class. In addition a descriptive survey research design which used questionnaires and interviews as data collection methods was employed for its usefulness in exploratory studies. A total of 750 people participated in the research and these were 40 Grade 4 learners (used for teaching experiment) 260 teachers/lecturers, 250 parents and 200 college/university learners. Data gathered was subjected to both quantitative and qualitative analysis resulting in data triangulation for validation. Major findings of the research indicated that the use of ChiShona as a medium of instruction in the teaching of Mathematics to primary school children is possible and that the use of the mother tongue instruction (ChiShona) impacted positively in the teaching of Mathematics to Grade 4 learners. The use of ChiShona as a medium of instruction in teaching Mathematics was effective and comparatively the learners who used ChiShona performed better than those who used English as a medium of instruction. However the research further concluded that people preferred that English remain the only medium of instruction from primary up to university level as English offers them better opportunities for employment compared to ChiShona.
The study concludes that the continued use of English as medium of instruction means that African languages such as ChiShona will remain underdeveloped and fail to find their way in the classrooms as languages of instruction in education. The study finally recommends the need for an all-inclusive multi-lingual policy that uplifts the status of indigenous languages and their literature without annihilating English.
2012-10-08T09:28:53Z
2012-10-08T09:28:53Z
2012-06
Thesis
Chivhanga, Ester (2012) The use of Chishona as a medium of instruction in the teaching of mathematics in primary schools, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/6565>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/6565
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/143062018-11-17T13:04:27Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_6421com_10500_4671com_10500_506col_10500_23651col_10500_6433col_10500_507
Teachers’ perceptions of the implementation of multicultural education in primary schools in Chegutu district, Zimbabwe
Muchenje, Francis
Heeralal, Prem
Multicultural education
Gender
Curriculum issues
Phenomenology
Perceptions
Implementation
This study explored teachers’ perceptions on the implementation of multicultural education in Zimbabwean primary schools. The sample consisted of twenty teachers (10 male and 10 female) selected through purposive sampling technique. Teachers in the sample had a minimum of five years post qualifying experience. The study focused on five selected primary schools in Chegutu district. Qualitative research was chosen as the research method with phenomenology as the research design. Data collection instruments consisted of unstructured in-depth interviews and focus group discussions. Interviews were conducted with the teachers at their respective schools. Focus Group Discussions were also conducted with the teachers soon after the unstructured interviews at their schools. Data analysis consisted of a thematic approach where common themes were identified in participants’ responses.
A number of findings emanated from this study. Teachers were found to have a narrow focus in terms of their conceptualisation of multicultural education. The study revealed that multicultural education is being implemented at a superficial level as the participants felt that it is being implemented to a limited extent. Some school textbooks particularly those in the Languages, Social Studies, Religious and Moral Education and Environmental Science were seen as reflecting the multicultural character of Zimbabwe. In terms of the language policy, the teaching of marginalised indigenous languages such as Tonga, Nambya, Kalanga and others was seen as a way of addressing the needs of learners in a linguistically diverse nation. The study found out that parental participation in school activities involves parents from culturally diverse backgrounds.
The study recommends that multicultural education should be part of the curriculum in initial teacher education. Seminars and workshops should be hosted by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to conscientise teachers on the practice of multicultural education. Book publishers should liaise closely with the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education so as to ensure that the content of textbooks is multicultural in every respect. There is need to consider the teaching of Chewa particularly in those communities where it is commonly spoken. A policy framework regulating the practice of multicultural education needs to be put in place.
2014-10-31T08:22:47Z
2014-10-31T08:22:47Z
2014-06
Thesis
Muchenje, Francis (2014) Teachers’ perceptions of the implementation of multicultural education in primary schools in Chegutu district, Zimbabwe, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/14306>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/14306
en
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Racism as a contradiction of the official social teachings of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa (Anglican) and in particular the diocese of Johannesburg from 1948 to 1990
Molipa, Thato Paul
Mofokeng, T. A.
Racism
Political, social economic and religious spheres
Church
Church of the Province of South Africa (Anglican)
Diocese of Johannesburgh
Bishops
Clergy
Synod
Government
Descrimination
Opression
Racism as legislated by the government of South Africa, found its way into every sphere of
South African life, political, social, economic and religious. Racism became another culture.
It was in this culture that the Church of the Province of Southern Afiica (Anglican) and the
diocese of Johannesburg found itself.
To be credible and true to its calling, this church in its social teachings taught against racism
on the grounds that it is anti-Christian and denies the essential truths of the gospel. However
a contradiction in its teachings presented itself. Racism came to be found to be alive in its life
and structures. The church came to not practice what it preached. Its practice did not follow
its theory.
For this church to be the church, racism needs to be purged from its life, practice and
structures. A new way of life in the church has to be created and followed.
2015-01-23T04:23:54Z
2015-01-23T04:23:54Z
1997-11
Molipa, Thato Paul (1997) Racism as a contradiction of the official social teachings of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa (Anglican) and in particular the diocese of Johannesburg from 1948 to 1990, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17490>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17490
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Missionaries from within : the contribution of indigenous clergy to evangelisation in Southern Africa
Denis, Philippe, 1952-
Evangelisation
Indigenous clergy
Peer reviewed
This paper reviews the works devoted to the four-century-long
history of indigenous clergy in Southern Africa during the past
twenty-five years. The author proposes a periodisation which
refers to the political history of the region as well as to the
qualitative and quantitative transformation of the indigenous
clergy. The first period in the history of the indigenous clergy in
Southern Africa coincides with that of the first evangelisation in
South-East Africa, from the middle of the 16th century to the
beginning of the 19th century, under the Portuguese padroãdo.
During the second period, which covers the 19th century, the
European missionaries systematically recruited and trained
catechists and lay ministers. The bulk of missionary work lay
on their shoulders. The third period, which covers the first half
of the 20th century, is that of the growth and spread of
indigenous clergy. It is characterised by the multiplication of
seminaries. The fourth period, which may be described as that
of power sharing, is still in force. In the minority for a long time,
the indigenous clergy has become a major force in Christianity
in the region.
2011-06-29T09:59:17Z
2011-06-29T09:59:17Z
2007
Article
Phillipe, D. 2007,'Missionaries from within: the contribution of indigenous clergy to evangelisation in Southern Africa',
Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, vol. XXXIII, no. 1, pp. 57-69.
1017-0499
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4453
en
Church History Society of Southern Africa
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Black African township youth survival strategies in post-apartheid South Africa : a case study of the KwaMashu township within eThekwini Municipality
Mthembu, Ntokozo Christopher
Jansen, Z. L.
Youth discourse
Black African
Survival strategies
KwaMashu township
Afrocentricism
Indigenous knowledge system
Experiences
Post-apartheid South Africa
Text in English, Appendice 9 (pages 253-264) the isiZulu version of the corresponding English version.
The discourse on youth in South Africa’s post-apartheid era attempts to explore black African youth as agents for social change in their locale. Various perspectives define methods that are utilised by the youth to overcome the social challenges in this era. A case study approach was adopted in conducting this research. The role(s) played by the youth to influence social change were also investigated. The term youth in this research, refers to black African youth between 18 and 29 years of age, living in the township of KwaMashu in the KwaZulu-Natal Province. This investigation attempted to unravel the contributions made by youth towards community development, as well as the strategies that they adopted to secure their day-to-day livelihoods. In addition, various stereotypes and attitudes connected to youth were examined and were also documented. This study also investigated the role played by social agencies such as government institutions, education sector and also non-governmental and faith-based organisations in relation to the empowerment of young people in defining their futures. This investigation enabled the exploration of the impact of contemporary cultural value system(s) in shaping youth’s identities and their perceptions. The findings revealed that there is a need for relevant stakeholders and policy makers to consider interventions that will ensure support of youth initiatives, to curb the scourge of unemployment and poverty. It also recommends that the academic sphere needs to consider the decolonisation of the curriculum towards an Afrocentric Indigenous Knowledge orientation to enhance the aspirations of the Constitution of South Africa. The study also discovered evidence that suggests that the youth have a critical role to play in the development of their locales. Finally, the findings of this research acts as the baseline that could assist future studies in identifying possible themes that can provide [a fuller] understanding of the role played by black African youth in different social settings, i.e. township life, academic and political spheres in the post-apartheid era.
2017-03-15T12:34:39Z
2017-03-15T12:34:39Z
2017-02
Thesis
Mthembu, Ntokozo Christopher (2017) Black African township youth survival strategies in post-apartheid South Africa : a case study of the kwamashu township within ethekwini municipality, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22136>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22136
en
zu
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Musa W Dube and the study of the Bible in Africa
Togarasei, Lovemore
African biblical scholarship
Peer reviewed
This article tells the story of Musa Dube’s interpretation of
the Bible. It is not a biography of Dube’s personal life but
rather a story of how she has contributed to the direction of
African biblical scholarship; it is a story of how biblical
scholars can participate in the life of Christian communities.
The article begins with a brief biography of Dube. This
section is followed by a panorama of the history of African
biblical scholarship. The methods Dube uses to interpret
the Bible are then reviewed. The article concludes by
showing that although Dube has built on a foundation that
was laid by earlier African biblical scholars, her contribution
has been revolutionary.
2011-07-01T08:43:28Z
2011-07-01T08:43:28Z
2008
Article
Togarasei, L. 2008,'Musa W Dube and the study of the Bible in Africa', Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, vol. XXXIV, pp. 55-74.
1017-0499
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4481
en
Church History Society of South Africa
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/217872022-07-06T09:38:34Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_3752com_10500_2722com_10500_172com_10500_1col_10500_23651col_10500_3753col_10500_4132
African WordNet: a viable tool for sense discrimination in the indigenous African languages of South Africa
Mojapelo, Mampaka L.
Madonsela, Stanley
Mafela, Munzhedzi James
Masubelele, Rose
African WordNet
Indigenous African languages
Sense discrimination
In promoting a multilingual South Africa, the
government is encouraging people to speak
more than one language. In order to comply
with this initiative, people choose to learn the
languages which they do not speak as home
language. The African languages are mostly
chosen because they are spoken by the
majority of the country’s population. Most
words in these languages have many possible
senses. This phenomenon tends to pose
problems to people who want to learn these
languages. This article argues that the African
WordNet may the best tool to address the
problem of sense discrimination. The focus of
the argument will be on the primary sense of
the word ‘hand’, which is part of the body, as
lexicalized in three indigenous languages
spoken in South Africa, namely, Tshiven a,
Sesotho sa Leboa and isiZulu. A brief
historical background of the African
WordNet will be provided, followed by the
definition of the word ‘hand’ in the three
languages and the analysis of the word in
context. Lastly, the primary sense of the word
‘hand’ across the three languages will be
discussed.
2016-11-10T12:27:32Z
2016-11-10T12:27:32Z
2016
Research Article
• Madonsela, Stanley; Mojapelo, Mampaka Lydia; Mafela, Munzhedzi James & Masubelele, Rose. 2016. African WordNet: a viable tool for sense discrimination in the indigenous African languages of South Africa. In Verginica Barbu Mititelu, Corina Forǎscu, Christiane Fellbaum & Piek Vossen (Eds.) Proceedings of the Eigth Global WordNet Conference 2016 (GWC2016), p. 192-198. Bucharest, Romania. ISBN 978-606-714-239-6 (Print); ISBN ISBN 978-973-0-20728-6 (Online).
978-973-0-20728-6
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/21787
en
Proceedings of the Eigth Global WordNet Conference 2016;(GWC2016), p. 192-198.
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/186812019-08-22T07:06:15Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_14511com_10500_13602com_10500_1com_10500_506col_10500_23651col_10500_14518col_10500_507
Unmasking the spectre of xenophobia : experiences of foreign nations living in the 'zone of non-being' : a case study of Yeoville
Sibanda, Alois Baleni
Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Sabelo J.
Coloniality of power
Coloniality of being
Coloniality of knowledge
Zone of non-being
Citizenship
Decolonial epistemic perspective
Belonging
Global designs of power
Race and violence
This study deploys the decolonial epistemic perspective in an attempt to unmask the spectre of xenophobia. The decolonial epistemic thinking is in turn predicated on three important concepts, namely coloniality of power, coloniality of being and coloniality of knowledge. The study is focused on understanding the dynamics of the violent May 2008 attacks that took place in Alexandra and Yeoville. It problematised the use of the term xenophobia. The term occludes rather than enlightening the complex phenomenon of violence. Such violence has consistently and systematically engulfed people living in poor predominantly black areas of residence such as Yeoville and Alexandra. The study also used empirical evidence collected from the field to support its central arguments. What has been understood as xenophobia is in actual fact, part of the manifestation and outcome of abject living conditions of the poor. This study argues that what manifests itself as xenophobia is an additional element to various forms of violence taking place in locales such as Alexandra and Yeoville, places that decolonial theorists term ‘zones of non-being,’ where violent death is a constitutive part of human existence.
2015-06-03T06:42:49Z
2015-06-03T06:42:49Z
2014-08
Dissertation
Sibanda, Alois Baleni (2014) Unmasking the spectre of xenophobia : experiences of foreign nations living in the 'zone of non-being' : a case study of Yeoville, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18681>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18681
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/43222022-05-26T05:37:51Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_3752com_10500_4206com_10500_4090com_10500_1col_10500_23651col_10500_3753col_10500_4304
PL le Roux, Dutch Reformed missionary : Zionist preacher and leader of the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa, and the origin of some of the African Independent Churches in Southern Africa
Nel, Marius
African independent churches
Zionist preacher
Ethiopian churches
Apostolic Faith Mission
Peer reviewed
African Independent Churches in Southern Africa consist of
two major categories, Zionist and Ethiopian churches, with a
third minor category of Messianic churches. Other
researchers prefer to make a distinction between a religion of
the Book and a religion of the Spirit, these churches varying
along a continuum between the two. This article focuses on
the Zionist churches and the role played by Pieter L Le Roux in
the establishment of a segment of these groups and
churches. Le Roux was, initially, a missionary for the Dutch
Reformed Church (DRC) before joining the Zionist movement
initiated by John Alexander Dowie from America. Later he
joined the Pentecostal movement of John G Lake and
Thomas Hezmalhalch. His involvement with black leaders led
to the establishment of a conglomeration of groups from
both Zionist and Pentecostal (or ‘Apostolic’) backgrounds.
2011-06-10T09:32:12Z
2011-06-10T09:32:12Z
2005
Article
Nel, M. 2005,'PL le Roux, Dutch Reformed missionary : Zionist preacher and leader of the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa, and the origin of some of the African Independent Churches in Southern Africa',
Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, June Vol. XXXI, No. 1, pp. 127-143.
1017-0499
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4322
en
Church History Society of Southern Africa
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Ukusebenzisa indlela eyinqubo-mgomo yase-Afrika yokucwaninga isimo kanye nempilo yomuntu
Mthembu, Ntokozo
Indlela yokucwaninga yaseAfurukan/Alkabulan/Afrika - African centred research methods
Leliphepha limayelana nenqubo ekumele ilandelwe uma kuchazwa noma kucwaningwa ngesimo noma ingani ephathelene nabantu baseAfrika futhi ebukeka kuyindlela engahambisani nezindlela ezilandelwayo njengamanje. Leliphepha lizoqala, ngokubheka indlela esetshenziswa umuntu ngamunye uma ezama ukuqonda ngesimo akazithola ephila kusona, njengoba kujwayelekile ukuthi uqala ukulandela indlela akahlangabezana nayo njengokuqonda isimo azithola ekusona futhi kuba umkhawulo wocwaningo. Okwesibili, lizobheka isisekelo sohlaka lokucwaninga yaseKhushi esetshenzisiwe kuleliphepha. Okwesithathu lizobheka ukubuyekezwa kwenqubo yokuhlaziya ka-Djehowtey nemisebenzi yakhe. Okokugcina, lizobheka imigomo elandelwayo uma kusebenzisa imisebenzi kaDjehowtey. Ekugcineni lizophetha ngokubuyekeza kafishane obekushiwo iphepha.
2018-07-06T14:22:11Z
2018-07-06T14:22:11Z
2018-07-03
Learning Object
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/24452
isiZulu
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An investigation into the extent to which the Zimbabwean Government and civil society have implemented Millennium Development Goal Number 3 (gender equality and empowerment to women) : the case of Ward 33 of Mt Darwin District in Zimbabwe
Dekete, Winnie
Rakolojane, Moipone Jeannette
MDG 3
Rural areas
Girls' education
Gender equality
Women empowerment
Girls in rural areas face a number of challenges in their pursuit of basic education,
empowerment and gender equality. This thesis explores the extent to which gender
equality and empowerment of women have been achieved in education in ward 33 of
Mt Darwin. At the centre is what Zimbabwean government and civil society
organisations such as Campaign for female education (Camfed) have done to
implement strategies addressing challenges affecting implementation and
achievement of MDG 3. A multi-method research strategy, including focus group
discussions, questionnaires administration and interviews, was used in the data
collection process. The findings of the study show reciprocal linkage between
education, empowerment and gender equality. Ward 33 requires integration in
approach from assisting agencies and the general populace if Millennium
Development Goal 3 is to be achieved. Results showed the multiple barriers girls
face in the process of accessing education within the homes, along the way to
school and within the school system itself. Camfed and government’s interventions
have been pointed out to contributing to the achievement of MDG 3 in the ward.
Women’s quest for equality is evident. Specific actions recommended after this
research include the need for MOESAC to strategically post qualified teachers in
rural areas, sensitization and empowerment programmes targeting men, civil society
organisations and government ministries working with women to intensify advocacy,
capacity building and leadership trainings for women.
Overall recommendation is that there is need to implement MDG 3 beyond 2015 if
rural women are to be integrated into the MDG 3 empowerment and gender equality
agenda.
2014-07-14T09:48:28Z
2014-07-14T09:48:28Z
2014-07-14
Dissertation
Dekete, Winnie (2014) An investigation into the extent to which the Zimbabwean Government and civil society have implemented Millennium Development Goal Number 3 (gender equality and empowerment to women) : the case of Ward 33 of Mt Darwin District in Zimbabwe, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13632>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13632
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Signifying Islamic Psychology as a Paradigm: A Decolonial Move
Seedat, Mohamed
Islam
(de)coloniality
freedom
liberation
humanization
Recognizing the fluidity around the definitions and boundaries of Islamic psychology (IP), I propose that the assumption of decolonial thought may help IP reimagine its vision, orientation, and directions. Distinguished by three fundamentals – epistemic freedom, liberation, and humanization – paradigmatic IP may harvest psycho-spiritual, cognitive, and affective resources as well as methodological, ethical, and metaphysical substance through the creation of an archive of Islamic humanism to speak back to all areas of psychology and cognate disciplines focused on human behavior. The espousal of decolonial thought locates IP within larger bodies of solidarity and decolonizing scholarship committed to pluriversal and transformatory enactments of knowledge.
2022-01-18T15:32:36Z
2022-01-18T15:32:36Z
2020-07-09
Article
Seedat, M. (2021). Signifying Islamic psychology as a paradigm: A decolonial move. European Psychologist, 26(2), 131–141. https://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040/a000408
https://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040/a000408
https://hdl.handle.net/10500/28447
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oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/250802018-11-29T01:01:08Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_2722com_10500_172com_10500_1com_10500_506col_10500_23651col_10500_2723col_10500_507
African materialist aesthetics in African literature with special reference to isiZulu texts
Ncongwane, Sipho
African
Africentricity
Afrocentricism
Afrikan
Humanism
African Languages
Materialist
Aesthetics
Literature
Orality
Orature
Decolonisation
Feminism
Theory
isiZulu
Culture
Tradition
This six-chapter study is a qualitative research work conducted within the Afrocentricity framework covering the application and testing of three newly found Afrocentric theories in African literature with special emphasis on isiZulu texts.
The aim of this study is to test the application of Afrikan Humanism, Intsomi dream theory, and Africentricity theory. These theories were developed as a result of the debate between Eurocentric and Afrocentric scholars in literature and literary criticism.
In this study the research comprised of examination of existing literature on literary criticism with particular focus on Afrocentricity perspectives on the literary criticism debate.
The researcher employed the purposive sample on the theories as well as on the 5 short stories, and 2 novels on which Afrikana Humanisim, Intsomi dream theory, and Africentricity theory were applied.
Amongst the findings, it is evident that South African scholars are still yearning to contribute on the debate and this has led to modifications of theories and development of new ones such as the Afrikan Humanism, Intsomi dream theory, Africentricity theory, African materialist aesthetics, multi-approach reading, systems, inter-cultural.
Future research includes continued studies in decoloniality of African literature, orality research and empirical data should be generated to expand the field of African literary criticism with fresh approaches being tested and applied. New theories, literary frameworks need to be further investigated with a view of entrenching the application of Afrocentricity whilst decolonizing literature in Africa.
, Materialist, Aesthetics, Literature, Orality, Orature, Decolonisation, Feminism, Theory, isiZulu, culture, tradition.
Feministiese geleerdes voer al geruime tyd 'n warm debat oor die kwessie of die
normalisering van kosmetiese chirurgie vroue positief beïnvloed, vroue bemagtig deurdat dit
volmag en keuse vir hulle in die hand werk (Gimlin 2002; Kuczynski 2006), of vroue onderdruk
deurdat dit patriargale ideologieë voorstaan wat die vroueliggaam inperk en gevolglik die
vrou inhibeer om haar stem te laat hoor (Blood 2005; Blum 2005; Clarke en Griffin 2007;
Heinricy 2006; Tait 2007). In plaas daarvan om by hierdie debat betrokke te raak, gaan ek van
die veronderstelling uit dat die normalisering van kosmetiese chirurgie 'n vorm van implisiete
en eksklusiewe geweld is.
Aan die hand van post-strukturalistiese, feministiese en psigoanalitiese teorieë
ontleed ek die manier waarop hierdie vorm van geweld vroue se liggaam onderwerp en hul
psige vorm. Ek dekonstrueer die vorming van die genormaliseerde self, die bewussyn en die
daad van belydenis, soos dit in die konteks oorgebring word, aan die hand van Jacques Lacan,
Judith Butler en Michel Foucault se beskouings van herderlike oftewel pastorale mag.
Hierbenewens onderstreep ek die rol wat liberale feminisme in hierdie vorm van
onderwerping speel. Sodoende demonstreer ek teoreties hoe die voortdurende en
effektiewe funksionering van pastorale mag in die konteks van ’n individualiseringstegniek
vroue in die tweede dekade van die een-en-twintigste eeu onderdruk. Ek maak die aanname
dat die normalisering van kosmetiese chirurgie daartoe bydra dat vroue die swye opgelê
word, die individu se psige uitgebuit en onderdruk word en die lewende liggaam ontkragtig
word deur middel van ’n inkerkering wat minder sigbaar en minder eksplisiet is en agter ’n estetiese en morele sluier verdoesel word.
In hierdie konteks bied ek ’n teendiskoers aan vir die onderwerping wat onderliggend
is aan die normaliseringsdiskoerse wat die kosmetiesechirurgiebedryf ondersteun, en ek
bepleit dat die patriargale norme wat in diskoerse oor kosmetiese chirurgie vassit,
gedestabiliseer word. Ek demonstreer verder ’n teoretiese rekonstruksie wat ’n inskripsie
insluit van wat ek ’n geloofwaardige feministiese stem in die eietydse verbruikerskultuur
noem – ’n modus van intieme, onbewuste opstandigheid.
Ek bepleit 'n terugkeer na Julia Kristeva se teorie en die intieme oproer wat deur haar
etiese benadering voorgestaan word. Afgesien hiervan stel ek ’n stem voor wat ’n intieme
opstand demonstreer – ’n stem wat patriargale norme uitdaag en nie uitsluitlik onderdruk
word deur die normaliseringsmeganismes wat vorm gee aan die vrou van die een-entwintigste
eeu nie, waar die klem op die kosmetiesechirurgiebedryf en die boliggende
diskoerse daarvan val – Antjie Krog, Suid-Afrikaanse digter. Dit is juis Krog se kunstig
gestruktureerde digterlike tekste wat my teoretiese rekonstruksie fasiliteer.
Aan die hand van Kristeva se teorie oor semanalise toon ek teoreties dat Krog se werk
’n ruimte daarstel wat "uitstyg" bo die grense wat die wet van die Vader en die
normaliseringsmeganismes stel. Hierbenewens stel ek ’n "originêre gehegtheid" as
aanpassing van Kristeva se beskouing van die chora voor, en my voorstel van ’n "originêre
ideaal" daag Kristeva se opvating oor paragramme uit in die konteks van dit wat ten grondslag
lê aan die gebied van die paternalistiese metafoor.
Op grond van Louise Viljoen se ontleding van Krog se werk en Bridget Garnham se
navorsing oor opkomende diskoerse oor ontwerpers- kosmetiese chirurgie bied ek Krog se
digterlike tekste aan as ’n teendiskoers vir die "morele" diskoerse oor kosmetiese chirurgie
wat die verouderende individu in die tweede dekade van die een-en-twintigste eeu uitbuit.
Daarby, deur Kristeva se teorie oor paragramme op Krog se digterlike teks(te) toe te pas,
demonstreer ek 'n destabilisering van die patriargale norme wat implisiet in diskoerse oor
kosmetiese chirurgie teenwoordig is. Hierbenewens brei ek Kristeva se teorie oor die
negatiwiteitsbeginsel uit deur middel van ’n heroorsetting van die belydenisdaad in Krog se
digwerk(e), ’n uitbreiding van Foucault se pastorale mag en Butler se opvatting oor die
eksklusiwiteit van normalisering, en ’n opeising van Krog se verouderende liggaam in
Verweerskrif/Body Bereft (Krog 2006).
Sekubekhona izingxoxo-mpikiswano eziningi kwizifundiswa zama-feminist ukuthi
ngabe ukwenza isurgery yohlinzo olungajulile ukuzishintsha ukubukeka ngokwemvelo
(cosmetic plastic surgery) kunomphumela omuhle yini kwabesimame, ngabe kuhlinzeka
ngamandla kwabesimame ngokuphakamisela phezulu ukuthi umuntu azenzele akufunayo
kanye nokuzikhethela (Grimlin 2002, Kuczynski 2006) noma kuyinto ecindezela abesimame
ngokuqhubela phambili indlela nama-idiyoloji abekwa ngabesilisa ukuthi imizimba
yabesimame kumele ibukeke kanjani, kanti lokhu kucindezela izwi labesimame (Blum 2003,
Blood 2005, Heinricy 2006, Clarke and Griffin 2007, Tait, 2007). Kunokuthi iphuzu nami
ngingenele kule ngxoxo-mpikiswano, elami iphuzu lona liqhubeka ukusukela kwisimo
sokuthi ukwamukela uhlujzo olungajulile lokuzitshintsha ukubukeka kwabesimame
(cosmetic surgery) kuyindlela yodlame olungaqondile ngqo kanye nolukhipha inyumbazane
abesimame. Ngokusebenzisa amathiyori epost-structuralist, awe-feminist kanye nawepsychoanalytical,
ngihlaziya indlela le nhlobo yalolu dlame ecindezela ngayo imizimba
yabesimame kanye nokuhlela indlela okumele bacabange nokuzibona ngayo.
Ngokusebenzisa iphuzu likaJacques Lacan, Judith Buttle kanye noMichel Foucault lamandla
okukhokhela ngokomoya, ngiqhaqha indlela okubumbeka ngayo isithombe sokuzibona,
unembeza kanye nomoya wokuhlambulula ngokuzidalula (confession) lapho kubhekwa
izinto ngaphansi kwesimo somzimba wokuhlinzwa okungajulile ukuzishintsha ukubukeka
ngokwakho. Nangaphezu kwalokho, ngigqamisa indima ye-liberal feminism ngokwayo kule
nhlobo yencindezelo. Ngokwenza lokho, ngikhombisa ngokwethiyori ukuqhubeka
nokusebenza kwamandla esikhokhelo ngokomoya ngaphansi kwethekniki yokuzazi komuntu
eyedwa okucindezela abesimame kwiminyaka elishumi yesibili, yesenshuri yamashumi
amabili nanye . Ngiqhubela phambili iphuzu lokuthi ukwenziwa kohlinzo olungajulile
lokuzishintsha ukubukeka kuqala umoya wokucindezela izwi labesimame, ukuxhashazwa
kwabo, kanye nendlela umuntu azibona ngayo ngokwengqondo, kanye nokucindezela
umzimba ophilayo ngezindlela ezingazibonakalisi obala, ezifihlekile, indlela yokubopha
efihlwa yindlela yokubukeka kanye nokwembozwa umoya.
Kungaphansi kwalesi simo lapho ngethula khona i-discourse yencindezelo eyenza
ukuthi imboni yohlinzo olungajulile ukuzishintsha ukubukeka kwabesimame kube yinto
ephakanyiswayo nokubonwa iyinhle, ukuphazamiseka kwama-norm endlela yengcindezi yabesilisa, ngaphansi kwama-discourse okuhlinzwa okungajulile ukushintsha ukubukeka,
kanye nokwakha ithiyori ebandakanya ukubona izinto ngendlela ethize, engikuchaza
njengezwi okuyilo elifanele le-feminism, kwisimo sosiko esiphila ngaphansi kwaso samanje -
okuyindlela abantu abazibuka ngayo ezingqondweni ngendlela engekho obala.
Ngigcizelela ukubuyela kwithiyori kaKristeva, kanye nokuthi abantu babhoke
indlobana ngezindlela eziphansi, okuyinto ayiphakamisayo yenkambiso yokwazi okulungile
nokungalunganga (ethical approach). Naphezu kwalokho, ngiveza izwi elibonisa ukubhoka
indlobana kwabesimame ngendlela engekho sobala - izwi elifaka inselele kuma-norm
okubhozomelwa ngumqondo wokulawula kwabesilisa, kanti futhi leli zwi aligcinanga nje
kuphela umumo wabesimame ngendlela ejwayelekile njengowesimame wesenshuri
yamashumi amabili-nanye ngokugcizelela kwimboni yohlinzo olungajulile lokuzishintsha
ukubukeka, kanye nendlela lokhu okuyisihibe ngayo – ngokusho kukasonkondlo
waseNingizimu Afrika, u-Antjie Krog. Imibhalo yezinkondlo zikaKrog ezinobungcweti yiyo
eyenze ukwakha kwami kabusha ithiyori.
Ngokusebenzisa ithiyori kaKristeva ye-semanalysis, ngibonisa ngokwethiyori ukuthi
umsebenzi kaKrog uqambe okweqele ngaleya kwizihibe zomthetho kubaba kanye nezindlela
zokwenza izinto zibukeke ngendlela evamile noma zingavamile. Nangaphezu kwalokho,
ngifakela i-"originary attachment" njengokwenza ukuthi kube kwesinye isimo, iphuzu likaKristeva ku-chora kanti isiphakamiso sami se-"originary ideal" sifaka inselele kusigcizelelo
sikaKristeva ngamagremu efonethiki ngaphansi kwesimo esigcizelela umfanekiso
ngasohlangothini lobaba.
Ngokusebenzisa ukuhlaziya kukaLouise Viljoen kumsebenzi kaKrog kanye nocwaningo
lukaBridget Garnham ngokuvela kwama-discourse ohlinzo olungajulile ukuzishintsha
ukubukeka njengesisekelo, ngase ngethula imibhalo yezinkondlo zikaKrog njenge-discourse
yokuphikisa ama-discourse e-"moral" yama-discourse ohlinzo olungajulile lokuzishintsha
ukubukeka, elixhaphaza abantu abagugayo ngeminyaka eyishumi yesibili kwisenshuri
yamashumi amabili-nanye. Naphezu kwalokho, ngisebenzise ithiyori kaKristeva
kumapharagramu kwimibhalo yezinkondlo zikaKrog, ngaphazamisa imibono yokuphatha
kwabesilisa equkethwe kuma-discourse ohlinzo ulungajulile ukuzishintsha ukubukeka.
Ukuqhubekela phambili, nginwebe ithiyori kaKristeva ngesimiso se-negativity ukwethula
ukuhumusha kabusha umoya wokuzihlambulula ngokuzidalula otholakala kwizinkondlo zikaKrog, ukuwukunweba amandla umbono kaFaucault wamandla okuthi abantu bazibone
ngenye indlela kanye nephuzu likaButler wlkuthi into engavamile engaphandle ibonwe
njengento efanele, kanye nokwamukela umzimba ogugayo kwinkondlo ye-
Verweerskrif/Body Bereft (Krog 2006).
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2018-11-28T10:17:35Z
2018-02
Thesis
Ncongwane, Sipho (2018) African materialist aesthetics in African literature with special reference to isiZulu texts, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25080>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25080
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/131272022-06-30T12:48:45Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_4206com_10500_4090com_10500_1col_10500_23651col_10500_13124
Environmental management and African indigenous resources: echoes from Mutira Mission, Kenya (1912-2012)
Gathogo, Julius
Environmental management
Indigenous resources
Mutira mission
Kenya
Peer reviewed
Unlike other elements of culture, European missionaries did not explicitly dismiss home-grown
ways of environmental conservation as “fetish” as in the case of cultural practices such as female
circumcision. Indeed, they appreciated local resources in environmental protection as “other”
ways. To this end, the article sets out to show the contribution of African indigenous resources in
environmental preservation with particular reference to Mutira Mission of Kirinyaga County,
central Kenya, during and after the missionary era (1912-2012). In turn, the geographical area that
constitutes Mutira Mission in Mount Kenya region is dominated by the largest ethnic group in
Kenya, the Gikuyu, anglicised as the Kikuyu. They constitute 22% of the entire Kenyan
population of about 40 million people. In its methodology, the article uses Kikuyu cultural
practices such as proverbs, riddles, rituals and so forth to demonstrate African indigenous ways of
environmental preservation. The problem statement being unveiled is: How unique is the African
use of indigenous resources in environmental preservation; and how does the missionary era
compare with the pre-missionary era? The theoretical framework in this article is informed by
John S Mbiti’s view of natural phenomena, where he contends that traditional Africans live in a
religious environment where the cosmos is intimately associated with God. The materials in this
article are largely gathered through oral interviews and archival sources.
2014-01-30T08:50:11Z
2014-01-30T08:50:11Z
2013-12
Article
Gathogo, Julius 2013, "Environmental management and African indigenous resources: echoes from Mutira Mission, Kenya (1912-2012)", Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 33-56.
1017-0499
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13127
en
Church History Society of Southern Africa
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Integration of modern science and indigenous knowledge systems : towards a coexistence of the two systems of knowing in the South African curriculum
Masemula, Morongwa Bertha
Odora Hoppers, Catherine A. (Catherine Alum)
Indigenous knowledge systems
Modern science
Education
Holistic education
Scientific paradigm
Scientisization
Mathematization
Structural violence
Science policy
Cognitive justice
The integration of modern science and indigenous knowledge systems in the science education curriculum for South African schools represents social justice for the majority of South Africans as they determine the knowledge necessary for themselves and for future generations in the new South Africa.
An exploratory research reveals tension and a dichotomous relationship between modern science and IKS, caused by false hierarchies that are influenced by factors such as colonialism, capitalism and modernisation to the exclusion of the core values held by indigenous people in their relationship with nature.
The thesis demonstrates that the integration requires an epistemology that puts humanity first and a framework that accommodates both ways of knowing. This should allow for the best in the two systems of knowing to serve humanity in a dialogical manner.
2014-09-29T09:02:12Z
2014-09-29T09:02:12Z
2013-10
Dissertation
Masemula, Morongwa Bertha (2013) Integration of modern science and indigenous knowledge systems : towards a coexistence of the two systems of knowing in the South African curriculum, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/14141>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/14141
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/250962019-03-04T12:38:28Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_6418com_10500_4671com_10500_506col_10500_23651col_10500_6435col_10500_507
Integration of indigenous knowledge systems in the curriculum for basic education : possible experiences of Canada
Moichela, Keikantsemang Ziphora
Odora Hoppers, Catherine A. (Catherine Alum)
Integration
Indigenous knowledge systems
Western science
Basic education
Cognitive justice
Curriculum
Assimilation
Transformation by enlargement
Afrikology
This study is a meta-analysis of the transformation of the curriculum for basic education in South Africa. The integration of indigenous knowledge systems (IKSs) in the curriculum is one of the reconciliatory practices adopted in an effort to deal with the rights of indigenous people globally. The study analysed cases relating to IKSs and the curriculum in Canada for a case reference in juxtaposition with South Africa, in particular. Examples of cases drawn from elsewhere in the world have also been included briefly to justify the researcher’s claims for the urgent integration of IKSs into the curriculum, which complies with the human rights course of the rights of indigenous people. Cognitive imperialism – in the form of residential schools and their assimilation policies, which functioned in the context of an informal apartheid system as was the case in South Africa with Bantu education – has been an obstacle to transformation of the curriculum in the education system in Canada.
However, the Canadian government of the day has been held to account for recognising the knowledge of the indigenous people (IP) of Canada. In South Africa, the curriculum continues to be characterised by the “mute” tendencies of perpetuating a colonial-type of curriculum, which is still being European in nature and is largely excluding African interests and cultural practices. The affirmation of the United Nations Organisation’s (UNO 2007) advocacy for recognising the rights of indigenous people by means of various international forums motivated a number of scholars globally to shift their attention to a research agenda on IP issues such as their IKSs in relation to education systems that should be transforming their curricular programmes. This study forms part of that indigenous research agenda by proposing that IKSs be integrated into the curriculum for basic education in South Africa, in response to the UNO’s declaration on crucial guidance to developing societies for transforming their education systems to include relevant curricula related to IP.
The aim of this study is to explore ways in which the curriculum for basic education in South Africa can be transformed by, among other things, changing the paradigm of knowledge production through emerging concepts in developmental education and using, on the way to recovery, experiences of assimilation in the education system of South Africa, with reference to experiences from Canada, in particular, and elsewhere. An in-depth literature study relating to IKS perspectives of integration in the curriculum, and its implication for transformation in the basic education curriculum in South Africa, was done. The qualitative research approach was used and a cultural phenomenological design was used. Data were collected through a desk research, including pre-meta-analysis (PMA), meta-analysis (MA), in-depth desk research (IDR), and case studies (CSs). The collected data were investigated by means of a pre-meta-analysis, which demonstrated how the transdisciplinary approach can be used to immerse IKS in such a way that it may enable indigenous people to define their own perspectives instead of relying solely on Western research concepts of anthropology and history theorists, which have relegated IKSs to something “exotic”.
The synthesis of data in this study “opened a window” to the researcher, which also assisted the researcher to understand the concept of “coming to knowing”1 as an antithesis of the language of conquest that is used in the hidden agenda of assimilation in a curriculum that continues to marginalise the representation of IKSs. The transformation of the curriculum in the education system of South Africa is a political initiative driven by government, by virtue of the establishment of the South African Chairs Initiative (SAChI) which has been entrusted with the task of developing education in the country in the different disciplines. One of the driving concepts of this particular chair, the South African Chair Initiative in Development Education (SAChI-DE), is the methodology of immersion that is based on the notion of “transformation by enlargement” (TbE).
Using this methodology, the emergence of new concepts in transformative education is propagated, which, according to the findings of this study, may reverse the negative situation in which the indigenous worldviews is erased for indigenous learners (IL) throughout the world. The findings were used to invoke the attention of the Department of Basic Education (DBE), for them to consider validating the newly emerging concepts of the SAChI-DE, which can make a meaningful contribution to the guidelines for a suggested, Afriko-continuum curriculum for basic education at the foundation level.
2018-11-30T12:18:05Z
2018-11-30T12:18:05Z
2017
2018-11-30
Thesis
Moichela, Keikantsemang Ziphora (2017) Integration of indigenous knowledge systems in the curriculum for basic education : possible experiences of Canada, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25096>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25096
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/138482020-08-20T08:47:03Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_2722com_10500_172com_10500_1com_10500_506col_10500_23651col_10500_2723col_10500_507
Space, voice and authority : white critical thought on the Black Zimbabwean novel
Gwekwerere, Tavengwa
Mutasa, D. E.
Bopape, M. L. (Malekutu Levy)
Africa
African culture
African literature
Agency
Authority
Black critical thought
Black Zimbabwean literature
Europe
European culture
European hegemony
Imperialism of discourse
Knowledge economy
Literary-critical discourse
Metacriticism
Space
The black Zimbabwean novel
Voice
White critical thought
Zimbabwean literature
All bodies of critical discourse on any given literary canon seek visibility through self- celebration, subversion of competing critical ideas and identification with supposedly popular, scientific and incisive critical theories. Thus, the literary-critical quest for significance and visibility is, in essence, a quest for „space‟, „voice‟ and „authority‟ in the discussion of aspects of a given literary corpus. This research explores the politics of „space‟, „voice‟ and „authority‟ in „white critical thought‟ on „the black Zimbabwean novel‟. It unfolds in the context of the realisation that as a body of critical discourse on „the black Zimbabwean novel‟, „white critical thought‟ does not only emerge in an intellectual matrix in which it shares and competes for „space‟, „voice‟ and „authority‟ with other bodies of critical thought on the literary episteme in question; it also develops in the ambit of Euro-African cultural politics of hegemony and resistance. Thus, the
research sets out to identify the ways in which „white critical thought‟ affirms and perpetuates or questions and negates European critical benchmarks and cultural models in
the discussion of selected aspects of „the black Zimbabwean novel‟. The investigation considers the fissures at the heart of „white critical thought‟ as a critical discourse and the
myriad of ways in which it interacts with competing critical discourses on the „the black
Zimbabwean novel‟. It derives impetus from the fact that while other versions of critical
thought on „the black Zimbabwean novel‟ have received extensive metacritical discussion elsewhere, „white critical thought‟ remains largely under-discussed. This phenomenon enables it to solidify into a settled body of critical thought. The metacritical discussion of
„white critical thought‟ in this research constitutes part of the repertoire of efforts that
will help check the solidification of critical discourses into hegemonic bodies of thought. The research makes use of Afrocentric and Postcolonial critical tenets to advance the contention that while „white critical thought‟ on „the black Zimbabwean novel‟ is fraught with fissures and contradictions that speak directly to its complexity and resistance to neat categorisation, it is largely vulnerable to identification as part of the paraphernalia of European cultural and intellectual hegemony in African literature and its criticism, given its tendency to discuss the literature outside the context of critical theories that emerge from the same culture and history with the literary corpus in question.
2014-08-21T09:21:24Z
2014-08-21T09:21:24Z
2013-11
Thesis
Gwekwerere, Tavengwa (2013) Space, voice and authority : white critical thought on the Black Zimbabwean novel, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13848>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13848
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/44932022-05-17T13:00:36Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_3752com_10500_4206com_10500_4090com_10500_1col_10500_23651col_10500_3753col_10500_4218
Malla Moe and the founding of a nondenominational mission in Swaziland, 1893-1902
Hale, Frederick, 1948-
Malla Moe
Nondenominational mission
Peer reviewed
This article examines the early years of the career of Malla Moe
(1863-1953), a Norwegian who served in the Scandinavian Alliance
Mission of North America (SAMNA) and played a key role in the
opening of its field in Swaziland during the 1890s. Thematically,
emphasis is placed on this lay missionary’s decision to join the
SAMNA’s initial band of personnel who were commissioned to
Southern Africa, her itinerant evangelism, her evolving attitudes
towards the Swazi people and early delegation of responsibility to
Swazi colleagues, and the impact of the Second Anglo-Boer War
on her ministry. It is demonstrated that Moe, together with a small
number of Scandinavian and English fellow missionaries (the
majority of whom were women and unordained), responded
creatively to the challenges of a hitherto largely unevangelised field
and developed close ties with the Swazi, Afrikaans and other
people in Swaziland.
2011-07-01T09:22:35Z
2011-07-01T09:22:35Z
2008
Article
Hale, F. 2008,'Malla Moe and the founding of a nondenominational mission in Swaziland, 1893-1902',
Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, vol. XXXIV, pp. 141-158.
1017-0499
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4493
en
Church History Society of South Africa
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/283902022-02-08T06:42:38Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_14514com_10500_13602com_10500_1com_10500_506col_10500_23651col_10500_14523col_10500_507
How children make meaning of sexual trauma : towards decolonized African centered child-centric psychological interventions
Titi, Neziswa Vuyasande
Zethu, Cakata
African-centeredness
Child-centricity
Decolonisation
Language
Poly-victimisation
Sexual violence
Psychological interventions
Townships
Trauma
Voice
This thesis presents the narratives of 16 children between the ages of 9 and 11 years who experienced sexual violence and trauma, within poly-victimisation, and live in South African townships. The study aimed to determine and provide an in-depth understanding of how children make sense of experienced sexual violence and trauma through African-centred and child-centric theorising. The intersectional oppressions of race, class, gender, and age undergirded the framework with feminism as a salient theme. The framework offered a perspective for the reshaping of contextual and developmentally appropriate psychological trauma interventions. The study positioned children as knowledge producers who can offer insights and a deeper understanding of lived experiences. The study addressed the alienating nature of psychology praxis due to psychology’s colonial, inherently biased, unresponsive, and adult-centric orientation. It provided a contextual analysis of locale in understanding sexual trauma and as enrooted in Apartheid history. Methodologically, the study was situated within the qualitative interpretivism paradigm using participatory child-centric art-based life story research. Recruitment was through child welfare organisations and minimized re-victimisation. Ongoing child assent was sought while African and institutional protocol alongside child rights required negotiation and self-reflexivity. Main themes include the abnormality of life in townships and collective witnessing and -healing. The study offers a conceptual framework for decolonising African-centred and child-centric interventions for Black children and highlights the centrality of language in psychology praxis. Recommendations include macro-level strategies for policymakers about GBV interventions for improved child safety and strategies for decolonising understandings of the impact of sexual violence.
2021-12-08T13:20:30Z
2021-12-08T13:20:30Z
2021-01
Thesis
https://hdl.handle.net/10500/28390
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/167202018-11-17T13:05:17Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_2722com_10500_172com_10500_1com_10500_506col_10500_23651col_10500_2723col_10500_507
Foregrounding in IsiXhosa modern poetry with special reference to Qangule's poetry in Intshuntshe
Duka, M. M. (Minsie Meshach), 1948-
Ntuli, D. B. Z.
Saule, N.
Foregrounding
Deviant
Violation
Metaphorical language
Foregrounded sound
Syntactic foregrounding
This study is premised on the assumption that foregrounding is the dominant feature of
poetry. Such an assumption informs this study to the extent that it examines the role
of foregrounding in isiXhosa modem poetry.
Foregrounding, as an unusual or deviant usage of language, manifests itself as:
metaphorical language, foregrounded sound, syntactic foregrounding and the variation
of rhythmico-metrical structure. These are called foregrounding techniques. However,
this study deals only with the first three foregrounding techniques.
Qangule's poetry furnishes this study with examples that are used to illustrate that
foregrounding plays a significant role in isiXhosa modem poetry. The foregrounding
techniques depict, illustrate, dramatize and suggest the meaning of a poem. They also
have the ability to do that in a collaborative manner. Such a claim is evidenced by the
comprehensive analysis and interpretation of the poem Ukubonga (To praise).
2015-01-23T04:24:39Z
2015-01-23T04:24:39Z
1999-01
Dissertation
Duka, M. M. (Minsie Meshach), 1948- (1999) Foregrounding in IsiXhosa modern poetry with special reference to Qangule's poetry in Intshuntshe, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/16720>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/16720
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/283932022-03-17T07:50:59Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_14514com_10500_13602com_10500_1com_10500_506col_10500_23651col_10500_14523col_10500_507
Affected by rape
Helman, Rebecca
Ratele, Kopano
Shefer, Tamara
Jamieson, Lynn, 1952-
Stanley, Liz
Rape
Sexual violence
South Africa
Autoethnography
Feminist
Decolonial
Affect
Trauma
Shame
Rage
Hope
Udlwengulo
Ubundlobongela besondo
UMzantsi Afrika
Indlela yophando eqala esiqwini somphandi
Izifundo ezingeemeko zamabhinqa
Ezisusa ubukoloniyali
Ukuchukumiseka
Ukuxheleka emphefumlweni
Iintloni
Umsindo
Ithemba
Verkragting
Seksuele
Seksuele geweld
Suid-Afrika
Outo-etnografie
Feminis
Dekoloniaal
Emosie
Trauma
Vernedering
Woede
Hoop
As the starting point for this thesis, I take my own experience of rape and how my social
position as a ‘white’, middle class, womxn renders me out of place at a government rape clinic where the vast majority of patients are poor, ‘black’ womxn. The discomfort produced by being ‘out of place’ at the clinic prompted me to explore the ways in which sexual violence in South Africa has become normalised and the rapes of some womxn are considered ‘ordinary’. I situate my work in a context where sexual violence is hypervisible – reported in the media almost every day. However, I argue that, socially and politically, South African society is ‘unaffected’ by rape, which is repeatedly dismissed and denied as a serious social and political concern. By employing an interdisciplinary approach informed by critical feminist, decolonial and Africancentred perspectives, I locate this naffectedness in historical and contemporary matrixes of power. I argue that a state of unaffectedness is produced by intersecting raced, gendered and classed understandings of whose lives ‘matter’. Alongside an autoethnographic approach, through which I seek to critically situate and analyse my own experience of rape, I draw on indepth qualitative interviews with 16 other womxn – both ‘black’ and ‘white’– from across South Africa. I develop an affective analysis of participants’ narratives, focusing on how women’s feelings about their experiences of rape are structured by the broader social context of sexual violence. Working with notions of trauma, shame, rage, and unsettling hopefulness, I examine how the womxn I interviewed and I, both reproduce and contest dominant affective possibilities of rape. By engaging with the ways in which I am affected by doing research on rape, I propose an alternative way of ‘knowing about’ and writing about rape. This alternative way of knowing pays close attention to the intersecting inequalities that constitute both experiences of rape and research on sexual violence in South Africa. I argued that to engage with the way in which rape affects, individually and socially, is deeply ncomfortable, potentially hopeful, and crucial to disrupt the normalisation of sexual violence in South Africa.
Indawo endiqale kuyo kwesi sifundo sophando ngamava am okudlwengulwa, kunye ngendlela
endibonwa ngayo phakathi koluntu ngenxa yokuba ndingumfazi ‘omhlophe’ okwizinga
eliphakathi loluntu. Eli zinga lindikhuphela ngaphandle kwikliniki karhulumente, apho uninzi
lwamaxhoba ingabafazi ‘abantsundu’ abahluphekileyo. Ukungonwabi okwenziwa kukuziva
‘ndingangeni ndawo’ ekliniki kundenze ukuba ndiphonononge indlela apho kusuke kwayinto
eqhelekileyo ukuphathwa gadalala ngokwesondo eMzantsi Afrika, kwaye ukudlwengulwa
kwamanye amabhinqa kwabonakala kuyinto ‘eqhelekileyo’. Uphando lwam ndilubeka
kwimeko apho ubundlobongela besondo busematheni – kuthethwa ngabo yonke imihla
kumajelo onxibelelwano. Noxa kunjalo, mna ndithi ngokwasentlalweni nangokwepolitiki,
uluntu loMzantsi Afrika ‘aluvakalelwa’ kukudlwengula, nokusoloko kungahoywa, kwaye
kungathathwa njengento uluntu olunokuzikhathaza ngayo. Ngokusebenzisa indlela yophando
equka amasebe ezifundo ahlukeneyo, nephantsi kwefuthe lezifundo eziqwalasela imiba
yamanina, nezingenabukoloniyali, nezizikithiswe kwizimvo zobuAfrika, ndikubeka oku
kungakhathali kwiimeko zokungalingani kwamagunya mandulo nanamhla oku. Ndibeka uluvo
oluthi ukungachukumiseki kudalwa kukucinga apho kujongwa ubuhlanga, isini nezinga
lentlalo ukuze kuqondwe ukuba bobobani ubomi ‘obunolutho’. Ekusebenziseni indlela
yophando eqala esiqwini somphandi, apho ndiphengulula nzulu awam amava okudlwengulwa,
ndifumene ulwazi ngokuqhuba iindliwano ndlebe namanye amabhinqa ali-16 – ‘amhlophe’
kunye ‘nantsundu’ – aseMzantsi Afrika. Ndiphuhlisa uhlalutyo lwamabali abathathi nxaxheba,
kwaye ndigxila kwiindlela apho iimvakalelo zamanina ngokudlwengulwa kwawo zakhiwe
yimeko ebanzi yezentlalo kubundlobongela besondo. Ngokusebenza ngeengcinga zokuxheleka
komphefumlo, iintloni, umsindo nokuphelelwa lithemba, ndiphonononga indlela athi
amabhinqa endidlene nawo indlebe avelise kwaye aphikise iingcinga ezigqubayo malunga
nodlwengulo. Ngokujongana nezam iingcinga nokuchaphazeleka kwam kukudlwengulwa,
ndiphakamisa enye indlela eyahlukileyo ‘yokwazi malunga’ nokubhala ngokudlwengulwa. Le
ndlela yahlukileyo yokwazi iqwalasela kabukhali ukwahlula uluntu nokungalingani okuhamba
namava okudlwengulwa nokuphanda ngobundlobongela besondo eMzantsi Afrika. Ndibeka
uluvo oluthi ukujongana nendlela udlwengulo oluchaphazela ngayo umntu okanye uluntu,
ngumba odala ukungonwabi kakhulu. Ukwadala ithemba kwaye ubaluleke kakhulu
ekuphazamiseni iingcinga ezenza ukuba ubundlobongela besondo bube yinto eqhelekileyo
eMzantsi Afrika.
Ek neem, as uitgangspunt vir hierdie tesis, my eie ervaring van verkragting en hoe my sosiale
posisionering as 'n 'wit', middelklas, vrou my ontuis maak by ‘n regerings-verkragtingskliniek,
waar die oorgrote meerderheid pasiënte arm, 'swart' vroue is. Die ongemak wat veroorsaak is
deur ‘ontuis' by die kliniek te voel, het gelei tot my ondersoek na die maniere waarop seksuele
geweld in Suid-Afrika genormaliseer word en die verkragtings van sekere vroue as 'gewoon'
beskou word. Ek plaas my werk in 'n konteks waarin seksuele geweld baie sigbaar is – waarvan
feitlik elke dag in die media berig word. Ek argumenteer egter dat die sosiale en politiese Suid-
Afrikaanse samelewing 'onaangeraak' is deur verkragting - met verkragting wat herhaaldelik
afgemaak en ontken word as 'n ernstige sosiale en politieke saak. Die gebruik van 'n
interdissiplinêre benadering, ingelig deur kritiese feministiese, dekoloniale- en Afrikagesentreerde
perspektiewe, plaas hierdie onaangeraaktheid binne die historiese- en
kontemporêre matrikse van gesag. Ek stel voor dat ‘n toestand van ongeraaktheid gevorm word
deur oorkruisde ras-, geslag- en klasbegrippe van watter lewens 'saak maak'. Naas 'n outoetnografiese
benadering, waardeur ek poog om my eie ervaring van verkragting krities te
situeer en te ontleed, maak ek gebruik van in-diepte kwalitatiewe onderhoude met 16 ander
vroue – beide 'swart' en 'wit' – van regoor Suid-Afrika. Ek stel 'n affektiewe analise voor van
my deelnemers se narratiewe, met die fokus op hoe vroue se gevoelens oor hul ervarings van
verkragting gestruktureer word deur die breër sosiale konteks van seksuele geweld. Deur te
werk met begrippe van trauma, vernedering, woede en ontstellende hoopvolheid ondersoek ek
hoe ek, en die vroue met wie ek onderhoude gevoer het, dominante affektiewe moontlikhede
van verkragting beide reproduseer en bestry. Deur betrokke te raak by die maniere waarop ek
geraak word deur navorsing oor verkragting te doen, stel ek 'n alternatiewe manier voor van
'weet van' en skryf oor verkragting. Hierdie alternatiewe manier van weet gee baie aandag aan
die oorkruisde ongelykhede wat beide ervarings van en navorsing oor seksuele geweld in Suid-
Afrika uitmaak. Ek voer aan dat om betrokke te raak by die manier waarop verkragting
individueel en sosiaal affekteer, baie ongemaklik, potensieel hoopvol en noodsaaklik is om die
normalisering van seksuele geweld in Suid-Afrika te ontwrig.
2021-12-08T14:13:00Z
2021-12-08T14:13:00Z
2021-01
Thesis
https://hdl.handle.net/10500/28393
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/277392021-08-05T11:08:32Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_2722com_10500_172com_10500_1com_10500_506col_10500_23651col_10500_2723col_10500_507
The forms, contents and techniques of traditional literature in Southern Sotho
Guma, Samson Mbizo
Ziervogel, D.
African languages
South African indigenous content
2021-07-29T14:29:41Z
2021-07-29T14:29:41Z
1964
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/27739
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/186632020-07-31T09:58:15Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_2722com_10500_172com_10500_1com_10500_506col_10500_23651col_10500_2723col_10500_507
Multilingualism, localism and the nation : identity politics in the Zimbabwe Braodcasting Corporation
Mpofu, Phillip
Mutasa, D. E.
Phaahla, L. P.
Indigenous African languages
Local content broadcasting policy
Multilingual broadcasting policy
Multilingualism
Localism
Local content
National identity
Critical theory
Hegemony
Public sphere
Electronic colonisation
Ideology
Nationalism
Media economics
Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC)
Political economy
African critical theory
Glocalisation
Globalisation
Nation
This study examines the mediation of multilingualism, localism and the nation in the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation, henceforth, ZBC as the local content and multilingual broadcasting policies subsumed in the Broadcasting Services Act (2001) and the Broadcasting Services Amendment Act (2007) respectively translated into radio and television programming. This purpose is pursued by analysing the language choices and practices on the ZBC radio and television stations and programming. This study is informed by an eclectic approach within the critical theory tradition and therefore it disapproves the domination, marginalisation and exclusion of the indigenous African languages in the ZBC as a public sphere. Against this backdrop, the study envisages the promotion of linguistic diversity and indigenous African languages in the ZBC broadcasting. Data for this study was gathered from the ZBC employees, academics and the ZBC audience using questionnaires, interviews, and focus group discussions. As the local content and multilingual broadcasting policies translated into ZBC programming, this study detected a hierarchical organisation of the languages spoken in Zimbabwe on the radio and television stations where English is the most dominant language, while Shona and Ndebele dominate the minority languages, Shona dominates Ndebele and the supremacy of the Zezuru dialect in the Shona language is easily felt. This is a confirmation of the fragility of Zimbabwean linguistic nationalism in the ZBC which is convoluted by the ideological and political nature of the media, electronic colonisation, the political economy of broadcasting, the transformation of the ZBC public sphere by the market and state interests, the influence of the global media firms, and the relentless hegemony of the western countries in the world system. This study established that broadcasting in indigenous African languages is obligatory if the informative, communicative and symbolic functions of the public service broadcasting are to be achieved. However, this study contends that it is remarkably insufficient for linguists to minimally identify, lament and deplore the marginalisation and exclusion of the indigenous African languages in the ZBC without taking into account the economic, political and technological factors which contribute to the marginalisation and exclusion of these languages in the ZBC broadcasting in the context of the local content and multilingual broadcasting policies. Therefore, this study implores scholars in the discipline of language studies to ameliorate their sophistication by espousing a multidisciplinary approach to the study of language if they are to make meaningful arguments which can influence meaningful language policy outcomes instead of parroting.
2015-06-01T08:33:58Z
2015-06-01T08:33:58Z
2013-11
Thesis
Mpofu, Phillip (2013) Multilingualism, localism and the nation : identity politics in the Zimbabwe Braodcasting Corporation, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18663>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18663
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/55952022-02-23T12:33:52Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_14514com_10500_13602com_10500_1com_10500_506col_10500_23651col_10500_14523col_10500_507
Redefining psychology in a South African context : facilitating epistemological curiosity
Vermeulen, Justin Graeme
Baloyi, Lesiba
Epistemology
Epistemological curiosity
Mind
Soul
Psychology
Science
Reality
Lived experience
Relativity
Co-existence
Western psychology has in its current position and definition laid claim to the “psychology” landscape, despite being the construction of one epistemology. This imposition allows western psychology to dominate and control the “psychology” landscape, to the detriment of other equally valid and “scientific” “psychologies”.
We argue for redefinition of western psychology in terms of lived experience or soul, so that it can co-exist with other “psychologies”. This should co-facilitate the process of repositioning western psychology into a dialogically equal relationship with indigenous african psychology.
Redefinition of western psychology is dependant on psychologist’s appreciation of the relativity of epistemological frameworks and ability to challenge their own subjectivities. This in turn requires epistemological curiosity.
This study adopts a conceptual, autoethnographic approach and methodology. Our aim is not to provide answers, but rather create a context for dialogue.
2012-03-29T08:49:45Z
2012-03-29T08:49:45Z
2011-07
Dissertation
Vermeulen, Justin Graeme (2011) Redefining psychology in a South African context : facilitating epistemological curiosity, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5595>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5595
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/120652020-09-09T13:29:42Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_2722com_10500_172com_10500_1com_10500_506col_10500_23651col_10500_2723col_10500_507
Art and globalisation : the place of intangible heritage in a globalising environment
Grand, Nesbeth
Mutasa, Davie Elias
Mojapelo, Mampaka Lydia
Intangible heritage
Globalisation
Colonialism
Imperialism
Neo-colonialism
Internationalisation
Art
Heritage
Tangible heritage
Language
Culture
The thesis has investigated the place of Zimbabwean indigenous intangible heritage in a globalising environment. It used the Shona language and intangible heritage situation as a case study. It argued that Zimbabwean intangible heritage is continually being eroded by the agents of globalisation and that the only way of safeguarding it from extinction is through the preservation of Zimbabwean indigenous languages. The thesis has come to this conclusion after having established that there is an intimate and inseparable bond between language and its intangible values so much that it is not possible to talk of one devoid of the other. The relationship has been seen to be symbiotic. The Shona language has been established to embody, express and to be a carrier of all the intangible heritage of its speakers into the future by re-living them in the people’s daily life while these intangible values have been seen to conserve the language through their continued practice by the people. The research has also established that Zimbabwean intangible heritage marginalisation has roots in colonialism, dating as far back as the early Christian missionary days. The Shona intangible heritage has also been seen to be still of value despite the global threats as evidenced by the people’s continued re-living of it through language. The thesis has also noted that the Zimbabwean Ministry of Education, Sport and Culture is still using out-dated colonial language policies that still further the ascendancy of English and the intangible values it stands for while indigenous languages and values are marginalised in the education system, in government and in industry thereby worsening their predicament in the global environment. The current socio-economic and political developments in the country and some Shona novelists in Shona and in English are also culprits in this whole process as they continue to demonise and infantilise Zimbabwean intangible heritage. The thesis has therefore asserted that Zimbabwean intangible heritage is most likely to be eroded from the face of the earth if no measures are taken to safeguard it from extinction. It has therefore wound up by arguing that the survival of Zimbabwean intangible heritage lies in the survival of Zimbabwean indigenous languages through which it continues to be practised and felt by its people. The thesis has therefore recommended that the Zimbabwean government adopt sound language policies that safeguard the survival of Zimbabwean indigenous languages to enable the indigenous intangible heritage of the people to survive as well as the two are intricately related.
2013-11-22T12:23:18Z
2013-11-22T12:23:18Z
2013-06
Thesis
Grand, Nesbeth (2013) Art and globalisation : the place of intangible heritage in a globalized environment, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/12065>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/12065
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/31552018-11-17T13:04:44Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_2979com_10500_44com_10500_1com_10500_506col_10500_23651col_10500_2980col_10500_507
The function and significance of war names in the Zimbabwean armed conflict (1966-1979)
Pfukwa, Charles
Barnes, L.A. (Prof.)
Dembetembe, N.C. (Prof.)
Chimurenga
Connotation
Denotation
Descriptive backing
Erasure
Guerrillas
Identity
Ideology
Onomastics
Shona
War names
This study is a survey of war names adopted by guerrillas during the
Zimbabwean conflict (1966-1979). The study collects, describes and
analyses war names that were used by ZANLA guerrillas in the conflict. It
explores onomastic patterns and processes that influenced these war
names. Names collected from textual sources and from interviews of
former guerrillas are analysed and classified into nine categories. One of
the main findings is that the background of the namer influenced the
naming patterns and processes identified in the study. Another finding is
that most guerrillas named themselves and it was also observed that some
guerrillas have retained their names. The findings, analysed within the
theoretical framework developed earlier from the onomastic and identity
theories, indicate that the war name plays a vital role not only in
concealing the old identity of the guerrilla but also in creating new
identities, which were used as weapons for challenging the enemy and
contesting space. Onomastic erasure and resuscitation are proposed as
partial explanation for the creation of some war names. The study
contributes to onomastic research not only in that it has produced a large
corpus of war names that can be used for further research in that it is a
significant point of reference in onomastic research in Zimbabwe and in
southern Africa, especially in the area of nicknames and war names. It also
lays the foundation for further research on the role of naming patterns and
processes in peace building and conflict resolution in Zimbabwe, on the
southern African subcontinent and elsewhere.
2010-03-10T09:44:51Z
2010-03-10T09:44:51Z
2007-01
Thesis
Pfukwa, Charles (2007) The function and significance of war names in the Zimbabwean armed conflict (1966-1979), University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3155>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3155
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/245252018-11-17T13:06:34Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_14513com_10500_13602com_10500_1com_10500_506col_10500_23651col_10500_14522col_10500_507
Political unification before economic integration : a critical analysis of Kwame Nkrumah's arguments on the United States of Africa
Gudeta, Selamawit Tadesse
Jazbhay, Ahmed H.
Sithole, Tendayi
African unity
Nkrumah
Political unity
Colonialism
Neo-colonialism
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Agenda 2063
Sovereignty
Pan-Africanism
Cassablanca and Monrovia groups
Africanness
Kwame Nkrumah was the first African leader to pursue the idea of Africa’s continent-wide
unity with fervour. Many thought that African unity will only be the pooling of poverty and
that Nkrumah’s dream was impossible. Nkrumah was known for his philosophy "Seek ye
first the political kingdom and all things shall be added unto it". He thought that political
unity should precede economic unity, which would naturally follow. Even though the newly
independent African states agreed on the necessity of unity, his philosophy was not
welcomed when the Organisation of African Unity was established in Addis Ababa
(Ethiopia) in 1963. Rather, delegates opted for incremental political integration leading to
economic integration –an aspiration that Africa is still struggling to bring to fruition. This
study demonstrates that Nkrumah’s idea of political unity before economic integration was
and still is valid for Africa’s continent-wide unity. To this end, the study will use textual
sources and use diachronic and integrative approaches as analytical tools.
2018-08-02T09:19:19Z
2018-08-02T09:19:19Z
2018-01
Dissertation
Gudeta, Selamawit Tadesse (2018) Political unification before economic integration : a critical analysis of Kwame Nkrumah's arguments on the United States of Africa, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/24525>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/24525
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/43622022-05-30T07:34:23Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_3752com_10500_4206com_10500_4090com_10500_1col_10500_23651col_10500_3753col_10500_4224
De-colonising history : on being a church on the borders of South Africa
Matsaung, Lesiba E.
Black ministers
Missionary enterprise
Dutch Reformed Church
Peer reviewed
This article is a report on experiences of black ministers
while managing congregations situated on the borders of
South Africa. One such congregation is the Uniting
Reformed Church in Southern Africa (URCSA) found in the
area of Musina. The report is also about the missionary
enterprise of the Dutch Reformed Church in the erstwhile
Northern Transvaal in the years 1864 to 1961 and
subsequent years (1962-1976) up to the arrival and
ordination of a black minister in approximately1977 to
2005. The paper will also show how the church made an
input into the development of the Africans through
education. It will also show how the church works in a
community and that it has a role to play in history. The
research question is, therefore, relevant: What is the role
of the church in the process of de-colonising history?
Although many books have been written about the church
in the area, the researcher realised the need to report on
the contribution made by URCSA in Musina society up to
the present. Using the heuristic method of acquiring
primary and secondary source material and the
hermeneutic method of inspecting source material critically
while interpreting and evaluating various sources
scientifically, the information gathered was then
synthesised scientifically.
2011-06-14T10:28:09Z
2011-06-14T10:28:09Z
2005
Article
Matsaung, LE 2005,'De-colonising history : on being a church on the borders of South Africa',
Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, vol. XXXI, no. 2,pp. 427-442.
1017-0499
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4362
en
Church History Society of Southern Africa
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/16702023-07-06T11:41:46Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_181com_10500_172com_10500_1com_10500_506com_10500_18562col_10500_23651col_10500_183col_10500_507col_10500_18564
Covering Ethiopia: comparison of the Ethiopian news agency with Reuters
Abebe Demissie Banjaw
Bornman, Elirea
djagegjj@unisa.ac.za
Values and stereotyping
Ideology
Global journalism
Africa
Ethiopian Elections
Ethiopia
NWICO
Salience
Framing
Agenda-setting
National news agencies
Global news agencies
Reuters
Ethiopian News Agency
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 theories. The study applies quantitative and qualitative methods and examined fifty news stories from each news agency, and forwards five main findings: One, ENA and Reuters differed in setting agendas. While ENA focused on the legitimacy, Reuters emphasised on the killings and arrests of the electoral process. Second, ENA and Reuters differed in their motives to make some actors more salient than others. Third, ENA framed Elections processes as rightful, while Reuters framed them as disfigured. Fourth, ENA framed government parties as visionary and indomitable, and the oppositions as wrongdoers. Contrastingly, Reuters framed the oppositions as victims, and the government parties as brutal actors. And finally, by so doing, both agencies reflected their respective interests.
2009-08-25T10:55:30Z
2009-08-25T10:55:30Z
2009-08-25T10:55:30Z
2008-11-30
Dissertation
Banjaw, Abebe Demissie (2009) Covering Ethiopia: comparison of the Ethiopian news agency with Reuters, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1670>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1670
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/198042021-08-20T12:24:04Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_3752com_10500_2979com_10500_44com_10500_1col_10500_23651col_10500_3753col_10500_5526
Ministerial Formation and Practical Theology in South Africa
Naidoo, Marilyn
Ministerial Formation, Pratical Theology, South Africa
The time of theological training is crucial for ministers to encourage a
mature development of occupational and personal identity and foster a coherent
understanding of their role and function in ministry. Ministerial formation must
involve training and equipping of pastoral leaders to do theology by involvement
on a grassroots level and developing responsiveness to historical, biblical and
pastoral dimensions within its context in order to have relevance. The article will
map the South African scene in terms of ministerial formation, highlighting recent
higher education changes with a discussion on ministerial formation within
academic Practical theology in universities and conclude with wider contextual
and research needs.
2015-12-07T14:16:09Z
2015-12-07T14:16:09Z
2015-06-30
Article
Naidoo, M.Ministerial Formation and Practical Theology in South Africa. IJPT 2015; 19(1): 164–188.DOI 10.1515/ijpt-2015-0004
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/19804
en
International Journal of Practical Theology
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/282142022-04-06T06:22:05Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_2722com_10500_172com_10500_1com_10500_506col_10500_23651col_10500_2723col_10500_507
The adaptability of Zulu to new situations
Ziervogel, D.
Nkabinde, A. C.
South African indigenous content
African languages
The aim of this study is to investigate
the capability of the Zulu language to adjust itself
to new situations. What are the basic principles
governing the adaptability of this language ?
Emphasis is laid on the investigation of the linguistic
structural form as well as the vocabulary (in terms of
indigenous Zulu root morphemes) which apparently contribute
towards the preservation of this language in
spite of the great impact exerted on it by the languages
of technologically more advanced peoples, viz. The
Afrikaners and the English. The essential problem is
to find out exactly what enables the Zulu language to
survive. What enables this language to cope with the
pressure of naming new objects in Zulu fairly satisfactorily?
2021-10-27T06:10:39Z
2021-10-27T06:10:39Z
1968-01-31
Dissertation
https://hdl.handle.net/10500/28214
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/182492020-11-06T15:51:14Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_3752com_10500_173com_10500_172com_10500_1col_10500_23651col_10500_3753col_10500_176
Representations of the National and Trans-national in Phaswane Mpe's Welcome to Our Hillbrow
Lesibana, Rafapa
Michael Kgomotso, Masemola
Research Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGION
As creative agents of knowledge production in the domain of humanities
knowledge, South African writers such as Phaswane Mpe have the historical
burden of participating in the transformation of knowledge in ways that
revolutionize the role of artistic performance with a view to prompting social
transformation. In our context, Phaswane Mpe’s Welcome to our Hillbrow
(2001) actively generates emergent grammars that underpin a transformational
thrust through a distinctive transnational bent, where xenophobia and
rural myopia are countered through a deliberative narrative of doubt cast on a
putative insular South African-ness pitted against master narratives of
national unity, on the one hand, and disruptive vectors such as HIV/AIDS and
witchcraft, on the other. As a significant discourse that constitutes humanities
knowledge, a novel such as Mpe’s contributesto a project’s transformation of
knowledge in its departure from, and disavowal of, a totalizing master
narrative of nationalism, putting in place a macabre post-national struggle of
dystopia. It specifically tests the limits knowledge production and
consumption around the topical issues of HIV/AIDS and immigration. It
proceeds to show how Phaswane Mpe’s novel has successfully debunked
myths of a privileged autochthonous habitus. The novel eschews characterising
unstable homologies of the rural and urban divide and, in like manner,
the South African and ‘foreigner’ bar, as a starting point for meaningful
knowledge transformation about immigration and the HIV/ AIDS stigma
through transnationalism and transculturation of language by way of an idiom
of intertextuality represented by a transnational bent. We demonstrate
throughout that transnationalism prompts a signifcation of cultural transformation
in the novel under discussion, viz. Welcome to our Hillbrow.
2015-02-17T05:59:25Z
2015-02-17T05:59:25Z
2014
Article
Rafapa, Lesibana and Masemola, Kgomotso. 2014. Representations of the National and Trans-national in Phaswane Mpe's Welcome to Our Hillbrow. Alternation 21(2): 83-98.
1023-1757
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18249
en
Alternation
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Fishers and fish traders of Lake Victoria: colonial policy of fish and the development of fish production in Kenya, 1880-1978
Opondo, Paul Abiero
Musemwa, Muchaparara
VAN SITTERT, LANCE
Luo fishers
Coping strategy
Open access
Commercialisation
Fish production
Lake Victoria
The developemnt of fisheries in Lake Victoria is faced with a myriad challenges including overfishing, environmental destruction, disappearance of certain indigenous species and pollution. All these problems can be located within the social, economic and political systems that exists today and in the past. This thesis, ‘Fishers and Fish Traders of Lake Victoria : Colonial Policy and the Development of Fish Production in Kenya, 1880-1978’, argues that the Luo fishers had their own indigenous techniques of fishing, modes of preservation and systems of management that ensured sustainable utilisation of fisheries. The thesis examines the role of the Luo fishers in the sustainable usage of the Lake Victoria fisheries.
The British colonial settlers came up with new policies of plantation and commercial farming, taxation and forced labour, all of which encouraged the Luo fishers to partially break with their pre-colonial systems and create new ways of responding to the demands of the colonial state. The study argues that the coming of colonialism and its attendant capitalism introduced new fishing gear as well as new species, such as mbuta, that were inimical to the sustainable utilisation of the Lake Victoria fisheries. The colonial regime also introduced new practices of fisheries management such as scouts, licensing, closed seasons and the numbering of boats, practices geared towards ensuring the commercial production and development of the fisheries. This commercialisation led to cut-throat competition between Asian, European and African fish traders. The coming of independence in 1963 brought some changes, such as the provision of credit facilities, new technology, and attempts by the new African government to more effectively control and manage the fisheries. However, not much changed in terms of policy objectives, and most of the colonial policies remained unchanged. New industries were established around the fisheries, but most remained in the hands of Asians and a few African middlemen. The small-scale fishers continued to struggle against the commercialisation of fishery production, remaining voiceless and marginalised. The study recommends an all inclusive participatory approach to solve the problems currently affecting the Lake Victoria fisheries.
2011-06-09T06:16:19Z
2011-06-09T06:16:19Z
2011-02
Thesis
Opondo, Paul Abiero (2011) Fishers and fish traders of lake victoria : colonial of fish and the development of fish production in Kenya, 1880-1978, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4301>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4301
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/266542022-05-09T06:35:52Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_3752com_10500_4090com_10500_1col_10500_23651col_10500_3753col_10500_4091
The need for continued decolonisation and Africanisation of ordination in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa
Williams, Donald M.
Bentley, Wessel
Africanisation
Decolonisation
Ordination
Methodist Church of Southern Africa
Presbytery
Wesleyan theology
Being the church in Africa requires a continuous self-assessment by Christian denominations,
asking whether it is sufficiently contextualised both in its doctrines and practices. This selfcritique
is essential so as to not perpetuate negative colonial influences in the way churches
operate. The Methodist Church of Southern Africa (MCSA) has a rich history of challenging
itself to become truly instrumental in working towards ‘A Christ-healed Africa for the healing
of the nations’. This article explores the history of the MCSA’s engagement with its doctrine
and practices of ordination, its journey of decolonisation and its presentation of an emerging
Africanised theology of the presbytery.
2020-09-10T05:54:11Z
2020-09-10T05:54:11Z
2020
Article
The need for continued decolonisation and Africanisation of ordination in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa
2664-2980
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/26654
en
Theologia Viatorum
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/218052018-11-17T13:06:32Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_6425com_10500_4671com_10500_506col_10500_23651col_10500_6441col_10500_507
The amalgamation of traditional African values and liberal democratic values in South Africa : implications for conceptions of education
Letseka, Moeketsi
Venter, Elza
Pitsoe, Victor
This study investigated the seemingly conflicting and incompatible ideological positions that post-apartheid South Africa appears to straddle. On the one hand, South Africa is an aspiring liberal democracy courtesy of its constitution of 1996, which is liberal in that it enshrines a wide range of rights and freedoms for the individual. On the other hand, the same constitution recognises the institution of traditional leadership, whose claim to power is hereditary and not by popular vote. Thus the study established that South Africa is an aspiring liberal democracy that is also heavily steeped in African traditions and cultures. It offered a rebuttal of the view that existence and recognition of traditional institutions of politics and governance in a liberal democracy is a fundamental contradiction. Drawing on the literature the study showed that liberal democracies such as Japan, the United Kingdom (UK), Belgium, The Netherlands and Spain, have had monarchies from time immemorial. But their monarchies are not a hindrance to either liberalism or liberal democracy. The study underscored the importance of Ubuntu as a socio-cultural discourse in South Africa, more so given that South Africa is an African country whose population is 80 per cent African. Concomitantly the study proposed a philosophy of education that amalgamates some aspects of liberal education with some aspects of African traditional education. Aspects of liberal education that were found to pertain to the amalgamation are ‘cultivating humanity’ and ‘narrative imagination’, while aspects of African traditional education are the values and principles implicit in Ubuntu, the latter understood as a humane normative concept. At a practical classroom level the study proposed that such an amalgamated philosophy of education would be attained through storytelling and the teaching of history through chronology and causation. As a form of ‘narrative’, storytelling reveals the finite in its fragile uniqueness and illustrates how the past influences and shapes the present, and how the present determines aspects of the past that are useful and meaningful today. Similarly the teaching of history through chronology and causation enables the students to organise their historical thought processes and construct their own probable historical narratives. The teaching of history through chronology and causation therefore offers the students multiple opportunities to gain a better understanding of historical events, and lessons that can be learn from such events.
2016-11-24T10:44:19Z
2016-11-24T10:44:19Z
2016
Thesis
Letseka, Moeketsi (2016) The amalgamation of traditional African values and liberal democratic values in South Africa : implications for conceptions of education, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/21805>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/21805
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/199972018-11-17T13:03:59Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_173com_10500_172com_10500_1com_10500_506col_10500_23651col_10500_175col_10500_507
Modulations of hybridity in Abodunrin's It would take time:
Harawa, Albert Lloyds Mtungambera
Kalua, F.A.
Identity
Colonialism
Sell-outs
Eurocentric approach
Self discovery
African literature
Languages
Epic poetry
In this study I identify and argue for hybridity as a common feature in four postcolonial texts, namely Femi Abodunrin’s It Would Take Time, Edward Kamau Brathwaite’s Masks, Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Matigari and Mvona’s An Arrow from Maraka. The study advances that when two or more cultures encounter one another hybridity affects the new emergent culture socially, linguistically, historically and politically. Employing Homi Bhabha’s interrelated terms, notably ambivalence, mimicry, liminality, the third space, in-between space and interstitial space —all of which gesture towards the concept of hybridity, the study explains the emergence of corresponding and equally complex identities in the postcolonial world. With a specific reference to Africa, the study establishes that postcolonial discourse is not as transparent because hybridity does not necessarily mean coming up with completely new aspects of Africa but it implies coming up with mixed cultures since different histories and cultures affect each other in order to come up with a new brand. As such the study concludes that hybridity is opposed to cultural purity and the assumed status quo. In this dissertation I therefore argue for hybridity as a solution to identity crisis because the new personality displays different traces which, in the words of Homi Bhabha, are called “transcultural identities” and such a plurality of identities leads to the production of hybrid personalities and cultures. Such transcultural forms within the contact zone, which Bhabha calls the “in-between space,” carry the burden and meaning of the new cultures that emerge in the postcolonial condition.
2016-03-02T09:59:54Z
2016-03-02T09:59:54Z
2015-10
Dissertation
Harawa, Albert Lloyds Mtungambera (2015) Modulations of hybridity in Abodunrin's It would take time:, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/19997>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/19997
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/270492021-02-15T10:22:42Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_434com_10500_44com_10500_1col_10500_23651col_10500_435
Religious Afrikaners, irreligious in conflicts
Oliver, Erna
Afrikaners; History; Religion; Calvinism; Schism; conflict; obstinacy; Groot Trek; Britain, White tribe
From the first days of their settlement at the southern part of Africa – from 1652 onwards – the European settlers distinguished themselves from the indigenous people groups by referring to themselves as ‘Christians’. However, this Christian mindset came along with a unique stubbornness that could often be seen as contrary to their faith. This double mindset of the people (religious and stubborn) – of which a significant part was later called the Afrikaners – became the means by which they lived and operated, being called ‘unconsciously religious’. This new nation in the Cape was born Protestant, which carried in itself the notion of factional and schismatic tendencies, with different Protestant churches being formed alongside the original church that came to South Africa. Being devoted Christians on the one hand, and radical individualists on the other, they were in almost constant conflict with the people groups around them and with the government. This article explains how the two characteristics of religion and obstinacy sparked schism and influenced external conflict situations during the formation years of the nation up to the end of the 19th century. The Afrikaners portrayed a mix between their religiosity and their stubbornness, in which they ‘twisted religion to suit their purposes’. The consequences of this unholy bond are still haunting the Afrikaner nation today.
2021-01-20T12:32:25Z
2021-01-20T12:32:25Z
2019
Article
Oliver, Erna. "Religious Afrikaners, irreligious in conflicts." HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies [Online], 75.1 (2019): 7 pages
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/27049
https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v75i1.5204
© 2019 Erna Oliver | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
AOSIS
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Boswa jwa rona
Maluleka, Jan
Ngoepe, Mpho
Setswana Stories
Go botlhokwa thata gore baithuti ba itse go kwala le go ka buisa puo ya segabone gore ba kgone go atlega mo dithutong tsa bone. Gore motho a kgone go tlhaloganya puo ya bobedi, go tlhoka gore motheo wa puo ya ntlha o be o tiile. Ke ka moo go nnileng le kgolagano magareng ga Unibesithi ya Afrika Borwa (UNISA) le sekolo se segolwane sa Utsane go leka go rotloetsa bana go nna le kgatlhego mo puong ya ntlha. Boswa jwa rona ke lenane la dikgang khutswe tseo di kwadilweng ke baithuti ba sekolo se segolwane sa Utsane seo se fitlhelwang mo motsaneng wa Cyferskuil mo mmasepaleng wa Moretele, Porofenseng ya Bokone Bophirima. Ke tseo go tswa peneng le khiipotong ya baithuti!
2021-05-17T09:18:19Z
2021-05-17T09:18:19Z
2019-08-30
Book
978-0-620-85190-9
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/27326
Setswana
Vol;2
Department of Information Science, UNISA
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/252822019-02-21T13:31:03Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_3752com_10500_8544com_10500_18562col_10500_23651col_10500_3753col_10500_9850col_10500_18564
Land, violence and womxn's bodies: an overview of implications of land reform and customary law on the rights of women in South Africa
Songca, Rushiella
gender, inequality
communal land
land redistribution
womxn's bodies
Please follow the DOI link at the top of the record to access the full-text on the publisher's website
This focus on Land, Violence and Womxn’s bodies seeks to re-centre the debate on land as it relates to womxn’s
bodies. It highlights the dynamics engendered by womxn’s struggles for land, it explores the interface between
womxn’s rights and customary practices and demonstrates how womxn’s bodies, like land, have been shamed
and celebrated. This issue commemorates (un)celebrated womxn who continue to fight for their rights to land.
It incorporates themes on gender discrimination and land allocation, and it problematises the extent to which
land reform and other interventions have attempted to address gender inequalities which relate to the rights of womxn to communal and commercial land.
2019-02-21T13:01:53Z
2019-02-21T13:01:53Z
2018
Article
Rushiella Songca (2018) Land, Violence and Womxn’s Bodies: an overview of implications of land reform and customary law on the rights of women in South Africa, Agenda, 32:4, 3-9, DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2018.1549828
1013 0950
https://doi.org/10.1080/10130950.2018.1549828
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25282
en
Unisa Press and Francis &Taylor
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Media construction of reality : a critical analysis of the reportage of land reform in Shona and English Zimbabwean newspapers : the case of Kwayedza, The Herald, The Daily News and The Daily Mirror, 2000-2008
Mushore, Washington
Mutasa, D. E.
Vambe, Maurice Taonezvi
Framing
Land reform
Shona
English
Newspapers
Kwayedza
The Herald
The Daily News
The Daily Mirror
Zimbabwe
The study critically explored the language of reportage of the Zimbabwe Land Reform programme as presented in selected Shona and English newspapers in Zimbabwe. The study focused on Kwayedza, The Herald, The Daily News and The Daily Mirror. The objective was to find out whether or not the verbal and visual languages used in reporting the Land Reform programme left readers more knowledgeable about the programme, and then adopt a critical attitude towards the Land Reform exercise. The study used qualitative textual analysis to unpack the language frames used in representing Land Reform in the selected newspapers. Some relevant critical voices from readers were also enlisted in order to support or complicate interpretations of how Land Reform was portrayed in the selected stories.
Kwayedza and The Herald unequivocally supported the Land Reform. This official stance was contested in Chapter Four in which The Daily News adopted an ideological position opposed to both the idea of the Land Reform and the confiscatory way the land was repossessed. The Daily News’ extremely negative criticism of the Land Reform was challenged and then modified in The Daily Mirror. The Daily Mirror criticised both the government’s extremely supportive view of the Land Reform. The Daily Mirror also openly criticised The Daily News for refusing to acknowledge the historical inevitability and necessity of the Land Reform. The Daily Mirror advanced a perspective that suggested that Land Reform programme should benefit the masses more than the elites. It was argued that in contexts of political change such as that of Zimbabwe, newspapers take a stance and support particular ideological interests.
2013-07-26T09:04:29Z
2013-07-26T09:04:29Z
2012-06
Thesis
Mushore, Washington (2012) Media construction of reality : a critical analysis of the reportage of land reform in Shona and English Zimbabwean newspapers : the case of Kwayedza, The Herald, The Daily News and The Daily Mirror, 2000-2008, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/10201>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/10201
en
University of South Africa
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/43762023-03-13T11:47:21Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_14513com_10500_13602com_10500_1com_10500_506com_10500_18562col_10500_23651col_10500_14522col_10500_507col_10500_18564
Theory of building and an appraisal and analysis of the consolidation of democracy and theory
Steyn-Kotze, Joleen
Kotzé, Dirk, 1961-
Liberal democracy
Critical discourse analysis
Metatheory
Liberal democratic consolidation
Procedural liberal democracy
Substantive liberal democracy
Liberty, equality and the liberal civic virtue
Political culture and emerging liberal democracies
The dominant construction of democracy on a global scale is in the liberal tradition. It is evident in the criteria which constitute democratic barometers in organisations like Freedom House, the International Monetary Fund, the United Nations and the World Trade Organisation. This study seeks to provide a third-order analysis of liberal democratic consolidation theory in order to highlight that its theoretical discourse and underlying structure is not necessarily compatible with the cultural values of the non-Western world using a critical discourse analysis. Democratic consolidation in the non-Western world may not necessarily mirror the theoretical model of liberal democratic consolidation. Given the hegemonic position of liberal democracy‘s criteria and its dominant discourse and role as a barometer of democracy, this study focuses on democratic consolidation in this tradition. It is primarily due to the perceived inability of non-Western states to consolidate their democracies in the liberal democratic tradition and by default, construct thriving liberal democracies. Present theories of liberal democratic consolidation theory deal with governmental, political organisational and societal aspects of liberal democracy. The level of change these theories propagate is all encompassing, and consequently one cannot merely study one aspect of liberal democratic consolidation theory, but needs to analyse the paradigm as a whole in order to explore its metatheoretical structure. It is in this light that the study conducts an appraisal of liberal democratic consolidation theory. The critique developed in this study is aimed at addressing a disparity that currently exists within contemporary consolidation of liberal democracy theory, namely a failure of producers of liberal democratic discourse to understand the philosophical and ideological undertone of liberal democratic consolidation‘s understructure. The study does not seek to conceptualise alternative criteria of democratic consolidation in the non-Western context, but focuses on liberal democratic consolidation theory, to demonstrate that its criteria is not necessarily an appropriate barometer to measure democracy in the non-Western world.
2011-06-15T08:44:57Z
2011-06-15T08:44:57Z
2010-11
Thesis
Kotze, Joleen Steyn (2010) Theory of building and an appraisal and analysis of the consolidation of democracy and theory, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4376>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4376
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/265842020-08-03T13:59:55Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_3752com_10500_434com_10500_44com_10500_1col_10500_23651col_10500_3753col_10500_435
Propagating the fear of witchcraft: Pentecostal prophecies in the new prophetic churches in South Africa
Kgatle, Mookgo Solomon
Prophecy; Pentecostalism; witchcraft; new prophetic churches; fear; South Africa
Pentecostal prophecy is one of the major themes of the
theology and practice of religion among the prophets of
New Prophetic Churches in South Africa and a major factor
to the growth and expansion of Pentecostalism in Southern
Africa. This paper offers a reflection on the role of prophecy
in relation to the fear of witchcraft in the region. The
contribution is that Pentecostal prophecy is not always in
confrontation but sometime propels the fear of witchcraft.
Through media analysis, the paper illustrates with some
examples of Pentecostal prophecies on witchcraft how
Pentecostal prophecy can aid rather than dispel fear of
witchcraft. These prophecies raise several challenges to the
discernment of Pentecostal prophetic ministry.
2020-08-03T13:59:54Z
2020-08-03T13:59:54Z
2020-07-29
Article
Mookgo Solomon Kgatle (2020): Propagating the fear of witchcraft: Pentecostal prophecies in the new prophetic churches in South Africa, Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association, DOI: 10.1080/18124461.2020.1795420
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/26584
en
Taylor and Francis
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/197862021-08-20T12:28:36Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_3752com_10500_2979com_10500_44com_10500_1col_10500_23651col_10500_3753col_10500_5526
Racial Diversity and Social Cohesion in South African Theological Education
Naidoo, Marilyn
Racial Diversity, Social Cohesion, Theological Education, South Africa
In our post-apartheid South African society, church denominations have gone
through the process of reformulating their identity and have restructured
theological education for all its members resulting in growing multi-cultural
student bodies. These new student constituencies reflect a wide spectrum of
cultural backgrounds, personal histories, and theological commitments and
represent the diversity in race, ethnicity, culture, class, gender, age and sexual
orientation. The articulation of diversity and how people experience it is often
highly charged simmering with all sorts of resentments and half-understandings.
These issues of diversity are theologically complicated and contested as
they are attached to religious dogma. Diversity exists as a threat and promise,
problem and possibility. This article is a discussion on the idea of diversity and
the management of racial diversity in theological education showing that it has
real potential in offering a Christian intervention towards social cohesion in
post-apartheid South Africa.
2015-12-04T06:26:38Z
2015-12-04T06:26:38Z
2014-09-30
Article
Naidoo, M. Racial Diversity and Social Cohesion in South African Theological Education. The South African Baptist Journal of Theology, 23:242-255
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/19786
en
The South African Baptist Journal of Theology
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/138492020-08-19T12:51:05Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_14511com_10500_13602com_10500_1com_10500_506com_10500_18562col_10500_23651col_10500_14518col_10500_507col_10500_18564
The gender dimensions of land reform in South Africa : a case study of Daggakraal rural housing and resettlement project
Rakolojane, Moipone Jeannette
Swanepoel, Hennie
Gender
Land reform
Gender analysis framework (GAF)
Gender equity
Gender and development (GAD)
Participation
Rural development
This study is about the gender dimensions of land reform in South Africa. The case study is that of a housing and resettlement project in Daggakraal, Mpumalanga Province. The aim of the study was to describe and analyse empirical realities for rural women, in relation to land, in Daggakraal. The focus was on the research questions for the study namely the nature of land reform practice; whether gender issues were central in land reform at all stages of the project; whether or not participation of women was truly genuine; and the constraints that were faced in the process of land reform delivery. The study was conducted in Daggakraal, a rural town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa. Research methods employed were both quantitative and qualitative with more emphasis on the latter. A total of 100 respondents participated in the study. This number included 10 key informants 3 of whom were trained as research assistants.
The findings indicate that there was very little gender analysis carried out prior to land reform. For this reason land reform has not benefitted the women and men of Daggakraal. Land reform policies and other legislation put in place were not followed to the letter in Daggakraal and in other areas of the country where land reform was implemented; the first land reform (SLAG) has not benefitted the poor, especially women; the rural terrain is an area of contestation and competing interests between women and men. There is also a lack of institutional arrangements to implement a gendered approach to land reform. This study demonstrates the need to tackle and transform the existing power relations at the household level, if government is serious about the gender dimension of land reform in South Africa. In a small way it is hoped that this study will contribute to the limited writing on land reform and gender and also provide a gendered critique of the land reform programme in South Africa. The Gender Analysis Framework (GAF) and the feminist and gender perspectives have helped the researcher to understand and explain the gender dynamics in Daggakraal.
2014-08-21T09:25:17Z
2014-08-21T09:25:17Z
2013-11
Thesis
Rakolojane, Moipone Jeannette (2013) The gender dimensions of land reform in South Africa : a case study of Daggakraal rural housing and resettlement project, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13849>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13849
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/224782018-11-17T13:06:46Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_2722com_10500_172com_10500_1com_10500_506col_10500_23651col_10500_2723col_10500_507
Empowering Zimbabweans through the use of Indigenous languages in the media : a case of selected newspapers
Chirimuuta, Chipo
Mutasa, D. E.
Nakin, R.M.
Indigenous languages
Zimbabwe
Newspapers
This study explores the extent to which the use of indigenous languages in the publications of Kwayedza and uMthunywa has contributed to the empowerment of the indigenous people. It is informed by the idea that language is an important instrument of development which can either facilitate participation or engender exclusion, bringing about agency thereby inspiring a transformational and participative agenda. Given that the media plays a major role in informationdissemination, this study engages an important subject which has often been given cursory attention. The study is guided by the post-colonial theoretical framework. It employs the mixed methods approach which is premised on the assumption that life is characterised by complex realities which can be understood using multiple approaches. As such, elements of both quantitative and qualitative research are used. Findings revealed that the use of indigenous languages empower readers through making information accessible in a language that makes sense to them. The collected data also show that the newspapers are pivotal in resuscitating the indigenous languages that have been overshadowed by the hegemonic English. They promote the values, norms and general cultural features of indigenous people. Above all, the papers provide curriculum-specific columns for school going children. However, these newspapers are found wanting with regards to the scope of their coverage. Their coverage tends to concentrate on the socio-cultural lives of people at the expense of scientific, technological, political and economic issues. Furthermore, the papers‟ handling of the history of the nation is simplistic and lacks depth. In addition, issues of spirituality also tend to be concerned with the negative (witchcraft, bogus prophets and traditional healers) than the positive aspects. The study recommends a conversion of the papers from tabloid to a genre that accommodates politico-economic, scientific and technological news the social interest stories already being covered in these indigenous language papers; the development of orthographies of other local languages to avoid having Shona and Ndebele being the only indigenous languages that are used in these papers and that the papers present the best of all aspects of the Zimbabwean cultural heritage to restore the indigenous people‟s belief and respect in themselves. The study also suggests that the two papers and many more that are to come in indigenous languages, must showcase, develop, promote and institutionalise the positive aspect of the Zimbabwean cultural heritageand the infusion of all dimensions of indigenous knowledge systems into the current set-up.
2017-05-12T06:46:22Z
2017-05-12T06:46:22Z
2017-01
Thesis
Chirimuuta, Chipo (2017) Empowering Zimbabweans through the use of Indigenous languages in the media : a case of selected newspapers, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22478>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22478
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/131362022-06-30T11:01:39Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_3752com_10500_4206com_10500_4090com_10500_1com_10500_18562col_10500_23651col_10500_3753col_10500_13124col_10500_18564
Across the bridge: Polokwane Uniting Reformed Church of Southern Africa from dependency to autonomy
Kgatla, Selaelo Thias
Saayman, Willem
United Reformed Church
Polokwane
Peer reviewed
The authors analyse and discuss the history of an important “Dutch Reformed Mission Church”
congregation since its inauguration under the first DRC “foreign” missionary, Stephanus
Hofmeyr, in the late nineteenth century until today. They argue that it was a typical “mission
church” congregation, suffering under white paternalistic authority and developing the typical
'dependency syndrome'. It changed drastically in the era after 1994 and today the congregation has
developed full autonomy and independence; also in financial terms. The authors see this as one of
two possible models for church formation in the DRC in a democratic South Africa.
2014-01-30T09:51:04Z
2014-01-30T09:51:04Z
2013-12
Article
Kgatla, Selaelo Thias & Saayman, Willem 2013, "Across the bridge: Polokwane Uniting Reformed Church of Southern Africa from dependency to autonomy", Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, vol. 39, no. 2, pp 223-235.
1017-0499
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13136
en
Church History Society of Southern Africa
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/286302022-04-12T13:11:12Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_3752com_10500_8549com_10500_8544col_10500_23651col_10500_3753col_10500_8550
Examining the Dynamics of Belonging and Alienation in Higher Education Through Photovoice
Cornell, Josephine
Kessi, Shose
Ratele, Kopano
Photovoice
visual methods
LGBTQIA
race
higher education
South Africa
students
belonging
alienation
mental health
agency
The higher education system globally is inherently inequitable. Discriminatory practices and oppressive power dynamics are particularly prevalent in the South African higher education landscape, which is characterized by a legacy of colonialism and apartheid. As a result, although students from a wide range of backgrounds are increasingly participating in higher education, many students who do not fit the dominant status quo question their belonging within these spaces. Students’ experiences of alienation within higher education can have profoundly negative physical, psychosocial, and education outcomes. However, students also display agency in negotiating the exclusionary institutional cultures within their universities and succeed despite these experiences. Photovoice methodology can be a useful tool for critiquing and highlighting such agentic practices, and for foregrounding the voices of students. In this research brief, we reflect on two photovoice projects that sought to examine the complexity of students’ experiences of belonging and alienation in higher education in South Africa. Our findings illustrate that although students may experience alienation on campus, they may also create spaces of belonging, “speak back” to, and challenge the exclusions inherent to campus life.
2022-03-17T14:41:04Z
2022-03-17T14:41:04Z
2022-03-14
Article
Cornell J, Kessi S, Ratele K. Examining the Dynamics of Belonging and Alienation in Higher Education Through Photovoice. Health Promotion Practice. 2022;23(2):325-330. doi:10.1177/15248399211054779
https://doi.org/10.1177/15248399211054779
https://hdl.handle.net/10500/28630
en
Sage Publishing
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/45472022-05-26T09:38:28Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_3752com_10500_4206com_10500_4090com_10500_1col_10500_23651col_10500_3753col_10500_4306
The birth of Protestant education in East Africa : sampling Johannes Ludwig Krapf (1810-1881)
Gathogo, Julius
Krapf, Johannes Ludwig
Protestant education
Peer reviewed
Christian education, as in the Latin educatus sum, is basically to nourish, nurture and
guide everyone in the truth of the Gospel regardless of age, gender, denomination, status
and/or background. In this article I intend to highlight how Christian education (and
theological education in general) was shaped and reshaped by the pioneer Protestant
missionary in East Africa Johannes Ludwig Krapf in the nineteenth century. Krapf tried
to carry out his role despite the challenges that he faced. In view of this, the article
attempts to show the importance of various methodologies in Christian/theological
education, including biblical translations, working closely with the local people and the
use of schools as mediums of Christian/theological education. The history of Protestant
Christianity as it was propagated by Krapf shows that early theological education in
Africa was problematic because its pioneers had to devise different approaches as the
context demanded. This article is based on the premise that since the Church is always a
teaching community, the early missionaries’ work in Africa was a teaching ministry right
from its inception. In this article, I therefore seek to demonstrate that even though there is
room for improvement, Christian/theological education in Africa today should follow the
same trajectory that was propounded by Krapf and others. As we seek to reconstruct our
African history, Krapf’s pioneering efforts of indigenisation will have to be brought back
to our agenda.
2011-07-11T13:13:53Z
2011-07-11T13:13:53Z
2009
Article
Gathogo, J. 2009,'he birth of Protestant education in East Africa : sampling Johannes Ludwig Krapf (1810-1881)', Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, vol. XXXV, pp. 167-192.
1017-0499
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4547
en
Church History Society of Southern Africa
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/33272018-11-17T13:05:28Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_2722com_10500_172com_10500_1com_10500_506col_10500_23651col_10500_2723col_10500_507
The Tswana short story : from B.D. Magoleng to O.K. Bogatse
Sebate, Phaladi Moses
Mafela, M.J.
Kgobe, D.M.
Structuralism
Tswana short story
Proverb
Foreshadowing
Chapter One of this thesis investigates the growth and development of the Tswana short
story. It commences with an evaluation of studies done on this genre and proceeds to a
brief exposition of the Tswana short stories published prior to 1995. It also provides
theoretical backgmund on the modern short story.
The main focus of Chapter Two concerns the major themes explored in Tswana short
stories. These include tradition and culture, love and marriage, the makgoweng motif,
religion as well as corruption and other social problems. This thesis has discovered that
the Tswana Miters not only criticise the negative aspects of these realities, but also
recognise their significance and beauty.
Chapter Three examines the organisational patte~ of the Tswana short story and tests it
against the structural pattenl of the West. It is revealed that the Tswana short story, like
short stories of other cultures, shows a continuous sequence of exposition, development
and resolution. However, it occasionaHy deviates from the nonn and commences with
philosophical commentaries and details irrelevant to the developmental phase. In
structuring their stories, the Tswana writers also use flashback and foreshadowing to link
their events. However, what has been discovered is that foreshadowing occurs less
frequently than flashback in the Tswana short story.
Chapter Four focusses on the word, the sentence and the paragraph and refers to other
related clements such as repetition, rhetorical questions, proverbs, idioms and Biblical
allusions. These elements serve to enhance the style of the Tswana short story and bring
the readers into a dialogic relationship with their language and culture.
Creative writing in Tswana illustrates a strong, dynamic relationship with oral tradition.
Chapter Five shows how writers have cirawn from the wealth of their traditional and
cultural heritage original and wlique devices to improve their works of art. The threads
of oral tradition that reveal themselves in the Tswana short story pertain to the
organisation of material, characterisation, setting, style and language as well as narrative
perspective.
In Chapter Six the findings of the earlier chapters are highlighted and recommendations
for future research are outlined.
2010-05-18T09:39:37Z
2010-05-18T09:39:37Z
1999-06
Thesis
Sebate, Phaladi Moses (1999) The Tswana short story : from B.D. Magoleng to O.K. Bogatse, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3327>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3327
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/45512022-05-25T10:39:26Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_3752com_10500_4206com_10500_4090com_10500_1col_10500_23651col_10500_3753col_10500_4214
Missionary ecclesiology : a perspective from history
Saayman, W. A. (Willem A.)
Missionary ecclesiology
Peer reviewed
The concept of a missionary ecclesiology is analysed according to the statement of
Vatican II that the church is missionary by its very nature. The analysis is approached
from the perspective of history, since the historical context is deemed to have played an
important role in determining the nature of the missionary church. After World War II
the concept changed dramatically as a result of decolonisation and the growth of
liberation theology. The author supports Boff’s conclusion that the church is “a
community organized for liberation”. In the context of the article the concept of
“freedom” rather than liberation is preferred, and the demands this makes on our understanding
of a missionary church are indicated.
2011-07-11T13:16:18Z
2011-07-11T13:16:18Z
2009
Article
Saayman, W. 2009', Missionary ecclesiology: a perspective from history',Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, vol. XXXV, no. 2, pp. 287-300.
1017-0499
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4551
en
Church History Society of Southern Africa
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/266532022-05-16T06:25:54Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_3752com_10500_4090com_10500_1col_10500_23651col_10500_3753col_10500_4091
Historic Shifts towards the Decolonisation and Africanisation of Ordination in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa
Bentley, Wessel
Williams, Donald M.
Africanisation
Colonialism
Decolonisation
Methodist Church of Southern Africa
Ordination
Presbytery
The doctrine and practices of ordination in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa (MCSA) trace their origins from the Wesleyan Methodist Church. These initially adopted ordination practices proved to be culturally incongruent with ministry in the southern African context, raising the question as to whether the MCSA has made sufficient adaptations in its doctrine and practices to be culturally attuned to its context. Using a theoretical literary study, the article traces the colonial heritage of the doctrine of ordination and defines significant shifts and influences in the decolonisation and Africanisation of ordination in the MCSA. This article argues that while there have been significant changes, the doctrine and practices of ordination require further shifts to represent a truly African church.
2020-09-10T05:53:53Z
2020-09-10T05:53:53Z
2020
Article
2412-4265
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/26653
https://doi.org/10.25159/2412-4265/7145
en
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Studia Historiae Ecclesisaticae
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Affirmative action in Malaysia
Naidoo, Goonasagree
Affirmative Action
Malaysia
2019-04-08T14:41:50Z
2019-04-08T14:41:50Z
1997
Article
Naidoo, G. 1997. Affirmative action in Malaysia. People dynamics, 14(10), pp. 36-41
1019-6196
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25374
en
IPM
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/119362020-02-18T06:32:20Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_6425com_10500_4671com_10500_506col_10500_23651col_10500_6441col_10500_507
The role of secondary schools in averting xenophobia in South Africa
Mpofu-Chimbga, Walter Wawuruka
Meier, Corinne
Xenophobia
Causes of xenophobia
Effects of xenophobia
Social justice
Peace building programmes
The purpose of this study was to investigate the causes and effects of xenophobia in South Africa. The study also aimed at focussing on tracing whether there are any programmes in place to counter xenophobia. The ultimate goal was to establish ways in which secondary schools can play a role in averting xenophobia in the country. The research centred on gathering information through a review of literature, the use of questionnaires and conducting interviews. The literature reviewed highlighted a pattern of xenophobic tendencies since the dawn of independence in South Africa in 1994 which ultimately reached alarming levels in May 2008. Foreigners are accused of ‘stealing’ jobs and women from locals, commiting crimes, accessing government grants, accepting wages below the minimum laid down and enjoying better living standards than many locals. The foreigners’ way of life is not acceptable to some South Africans in terms of their language, lifestyles and personalities. Poverty seems to play a big role as most of the xenophobic acts occur in densely populated urban townships and squatter camps. The study did not come across significant efforts either from government or civic organisations aimed at countering xenophobia in South Africa especially in light of the extreme 2008 attacks on foreign nationls.
The questionnaires were administered on 241 South African learners and the interviews were conducted with 15 African foreign learners in South Africa. The information gathered through questionnaires and interviews was summarised and analysed leading to conclusions that mostly corroborated the findings of the literature review. Some of the responses to the questionnares are worrying as they clearly reveal some xenophobic tendencies whilst some reponses to the interview questions recount some disturbing experiences that the participants encountered.
Some of the recommendations made include the introduction of strict measures against name calling in schools, dealing with any xenophobic incidents in schools no matter how small the incident might be and organising regional sporting events together with educational exchange programs such as Mathematics Olympiads with schools from neighbouring countries. It is hoped that the implementation of the suggested recommendations may reduce the occurrence of xenophobia in South Africa.
2013-10-28T09:05:18Z
2013-10-28T09:05:18Z
2013-03
Thesis
Mpofu-Chimbga, Walter Wawuruka (2013) The role of secondary schools in averting xenophobia in South Africa, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/11936>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/11936
en
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The history of theologised politics of South Africa, the 1913 Land Act and its impact on the flight from the black self
Lephakga, Tshepo
Politics in South Africa
History of theologised politics
1913 Land Act
Black South African
Land dispossession
Theologised politics
Apartheid
Dutch reformed church
Peer reviewed
This article is an attempt to examine the role and impact of the history of theologised politics in
South Africa and the 1913 Land Act and its impact on the flight from the black self. This is done
specifically to locate the question of land and land dispossession of black South Africans that,
according to the author of this article, resulted from the theologised politics of South Africa. It is
the contention of the author that land dispossession, which was officialised in South Africa with
the passing of the 1913 Land Act, was chiefly responsible for the “flight from the black self”. This
is crucial, simply because the author is of the view that land dispossession had a terrible impact on
black people’s self-worth. It is for this reason that the author argues that black people in the main
have internalised oppression. On the basis of this, the author surmises that Apartheid, which was
rationalised as being biblically and theologically sanctioned, precipitated the 1913 Land Act and
in turn the flight from the black self. It is in this context of the flight from the black self that we
must understand the assertion that there are many South Africans within one South Africa.
2014-01-30T10:46:53Z
2014-01-30T10:46:53Z
2013-12
Article
Lephakga, Tshepo 2013, 'The history of theologised politics of South Africa, the 1913 Land Act and its impact on the flight from the black self', Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 379-400.
1017-0499
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13144
en
Church History Society of Southern Africa
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/186722020-08-19T09:50:33Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_2722com_10500_172com_10500_1com_10500_506col_10500_23651col_10500_2723col_10500_507
Lost his voice? interrogating the representations of sexualities in selected novels by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Manyarara, Barbara Chiedza
Vambe, Maurice Taonezvi
Agency
Alterity
Colonialism
Commercial sexual exploitation of children
Grotesquery
Hispanic
Honour killing
Incest
Machismo
Marianismo
Prostitution
Representation
Sexual passitivity
Silence
This thesis interrogates García Márquez’s representations of sexualities in the following selected novels: Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1981); The Autumn of the Patriarch (1975); One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967); The Sad and Incredible Tale of Innocent Erendira and her Heartless Grandmother (1972); and Memories of My Melancholy Whores (2004). It is argued here that García Márquez’s employment of the sexuality motif enables him to delve into many worldwide current concerns such as the irrelevance of some socio-cultural sexual practices; commercial sexual exploitation of children; the different manifestations of prostitution; and female powerlessness under autocratic rule. Earlier literary critics have tended to narrowly interpret García Márquez’s employment of the sexuality motif as just a metaphor for colonial exploitation of the colonised. The study also explores the writer’s artistic role and concludes that García Márquez speaks against commercial sexual exploitation of children as he concurrently speaks on behalf of children so exploited. Similarly, the writer speaks on behalf of prostituted womanhood by showing how prostitutional gains do not seem to cascade down to the prostitutes themselves. García Márquez also invests female sexual passivity as a coping mechanism against a dictator’s limitless power over the life and death of his citizens. However, the writer also constructs female agency that grows from the rejection of an initial victimhood to develop into an extremely flawed and corrupt flesh trade that co-opts and indentures children into sex work with impunity. Thus the study breaks new ground to show that García Márquez’s representations of different sexualities are not merely soft porn masquerading as art. His is a voice added to the worldwide concerns over commercial sexual exploitation of children in the main and also the recovery of a self-reliant female self-hood that was previously inextricably bound to male sexual norms. Quite clearly, García Márquez demonstrates that female prostitution is driven by a lack of social safety nets, a lack of other economically viable options and also a distinct lack of educational opportunities for female economic independence, hence the flawed female agency.
2015-06-01T10:50:28Z
2015-06-01T10:50:28Z
2013-11
Thesis
Manyarara, Barbra Chiyedza (2013) Lost his voice? interrogating the representations of sexualities in selected novels by Gabriel Garc{226}ia M{226}arquez., University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18672>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18672
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/62162021-03-03T13:02:49Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_14511com_10500_13602com_10500_1com_10500_21644com_10500_21636com_10500_25com_10500_506col_10500_23651col_10500_14518col_10500_21679col_10500_507
"Caught at crossroads -- which way for NGOs?" : an analysis of NGO post-drought "rehabilitation through to development" interventions in Machakos district Kenya, 2001-2006
Okwanga, Esther Loveness
Swanepoel, Hennie
Development partnership
Community participation
Empowerment
Sustainability
Accountability
Impact
Non Governmental Organisations have been operating in Africa since the 1940’s; then, their work was heavily biased towards relief work. From the 1980s however, the role of NGOs evolved to include development; understandably, African governments were finding it increasingly difficult to provide adequate levels of basic services for their people. To this effect and initially; NGOs got involved in development as short term "gap fillers" in the provision of basic services; health and education amongst others. As Africa’s development discourse continued unabated, NGOs were recognised by donors and host governments alike, as indispensible to the provision of such services; in time however, they became the subject of criticism for allegedly failing to irreversibly ameliorate the conditions of the poor.
In delivering services, NGOs work in a complex partnership characterised by power imbalances. The partnership involves donors who own the means of production which facilitate NGOs’ work and host governments who “own” the humanitarian space which NGOs need to fulfil their humanitarian mandate. While seemingly poor and powerless, the communities served wield the power to facilitate or block the success of NGO interventions through their commitment and/or lack thereof; respectively; NGOs’ contribution is their skills and humanitarian spirit. The success of NGO interventions is a function of resources, humanitarian space and the goodwill that donors, host governments and the communities served bring to the partnership table respectively.
The study sought to establish why between 2001-2006; NGO post-drought rehabilitation through to development interventions failed to irreversibly reduce vulnerability against drought in communities in Machakos District and the extent to which power imbalances which characterise “partnerships for development” contributed to the failure by NGOs to fulfil their mandate.
The study revealed that NGOs are unwaveringly committed to their humanitarian mandate however; the power imbalances that characterise “partnerships for development” and in particular, that between NGOs’ and donors militated against the fulfilment of their mandate in Machakos District. When NGOs fail to deliver on their mandate; they lose credibility amongst the other partners and this reinforces the power imbalances; it’s a vicious cycle. “Caught at Crossroads...” NGOs are indeed.
2012-08-23T09:07:03Z
2012-08-23T09:07:03Z
2012-02
Thesis
Okwanga, Esther Loveless (2012) "Caught at crossroads -- which way for NGOs?" : an analysis of NGO post-drought "rehabilitation through to development" interventions in Machakos district Kenya, 2001-2006, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/6216>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/6216
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/48512022-01-26T12:02:40Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_429com_10500_44com_10500_1com_10500_506col_10500_23651col_10500_2787col_10500_507
Re-reading 2 Samuel 13:1-14:33 in Tanzanian contexts : towards an HIV/AIDS Biblical Hermeneutics
Muneja, Mussa Simon
Van Dyk, P. J.
Biblical interpretation
Contextualisation
Reader response
Feminist interpretation
Narrative
HIV/AIDS
Qualitative study
2 Samuel 13-14
Liberation theology
Ordinary readers
It is arguably clear that the AIDS epidemic has infected and affected our world in radical
ways. Although every sector, including Biblical Studies, has come to its ‘senses’, by realising
the urgency to respond; there still appears to be inadequate contextual engagement with
the biblical text to stimulate empowering and transformative readings of the Bible. This case
study is aimed at contributing to scholarship by determining the extent to which the church,
the academy and Persons with HIV have adhered to stigmatising interpretations. The
theoretical framework used, was the reader response method as applied within the context
of African theology because it is socially located. The data was collected through focus
groups and personal interviews. The purposive sampling included 70 participants, who were
divided into three key categories: academic theologians, university students and persons
with HIV. All participants in the study re-read 2 Samuel 13:1-14:33 in order to ascertain if
the characters therein could be relevant to the context of AIDS. The overall findings showed
that characters from 2 Samuel 13:1-14:33 can provide an empowering message in the
context of AIDS. Although this biblical text has often been misused to promote stigma, this
study confirmed that it was nonetheless possible to use the same text to unearth
redemptive and empowering interpretations. Therefore the study recommends that the
move towards an HIV/AIDS Biblical Hermeneutics invites socially engaged scholars along
with ordinary readers to read the text together for transformative purposes.
2011-09-26T10:02:36Z
2011-09-26T10:02:36Z
2011-10
Thesis
Muneja, Mussa Simon (2011) Re-reading 2 Samuel 13:1-14:33 in Tanzanian contexts: towards an HIV/AIDS Biblical Hermeneutics, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4851>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4851
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/42412023-11-03T10:00:27Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_21644com_10500_21636com_10500_25com_10500_506com_10500_18562col_10500_23651col_10500_21679col_10500_507col_10500_18564
The public service anti-corruption strategy : a case study of the Department of Correctional Services
Webb, Werner Nicholaas
Wessels, J. S.
Pauw, J. C. (Jacobus Cornelis), 1947-
Corruption
Ethical culture
Ethics management
Null hypothesis
Policy evaluation
Policy response
Department of Correctional Services
Implementation variables
Pearson's correlation co-efficient
Public Service Anti-Corruption Strategy
The South African Government in 2002 accepted the Public Service Anti-Corruption Strategy
(PSACS) with the objective to reduce the manifestation of malfeasance in the public service. The
PSACS identified various goals and objectives to be achieved at both the systemic and
departmental levels. At the departmental level, the PSACS set out to increase the institutional
capacity of departmental institutions, and encourage the management of risk and of discipline in
the public service. Departments are required to establish the necessary capacity to formulate
fraud prevention and anti-corruption policies, receive and manage allegations of corruption, and
investigate allegations of corruption and detected risks at a preliminary level. To manage ethics
departments should inter alia identify early signs of a lack of discipline, improve the
accountability and capacity of managers to manage discipline, and encourage managers to act
against transgressions. However, various authors have been critical of the formulation of policies
and the establishment of structures as a policy response to public service corruption. In their
view, such an approach often leads to a reduction in the efficiency and effectiveness of public
programmes, and even creates opportunities for corruption. In response to such deficiencies,
some argue that a compliance-based approach to public service malfeasance should be
supplemented by a value-based approach with an emphasis on the development of internal selfcontrol
of individuals, the promotion of trust among employees, and the promotion of a culture
of responsibility. In this context, this researcher proposes that the promotion of an ethical culture
could enhance the implementation of the PSACS. In this dissertation, this researcher set out to
evaluate, among others, the ethical culture of the Department of Correctional Services (DCS). It
was decided that a survey would be the most appropriate data collection method. A questionnaire
was administered and the data was captured, analysed and interpreted. Various statistical tests
were performed and the findings suggest inter alia that the promotion of an ethical culture
coincides with lower levels of observed malfeasance. Consequently, when greater clarity of
operational and ethics policies is obtained, an increase occurs in both the severity and frequency
of penalties for malfeasance, and officials gain greater access to resources and time to execute
their responsibilities, the level of observed malfeasance is likely to be reduced. The promotion of
an ethical culture could significantly enhance the implementation of the PSACS.
2011-05-26T10:04:03Z
2011-05-26T10:04:03Z
2010-12
Thesis
Webb, Werner Nicholaas (2010) The public service anti-corruption strategy : a case study for the Department of Correctional Services, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4241>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4241
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/45272022-05-12T07:22:50Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_3752com_10500_4206com_10500_4090com_10500_1col_10500_23651col_10500_3753col_10500_4217
From UMCA to the Anglican Church in Malawi : attempts to transform the mission into the church in Malawi 1860-2001
Mbaya, Henry
Universities
Mission to Central Africa
Anglican Church
The article traces the transformation of the Universities
Mission to Central Africa (UMCA) from 1885 into the
modern Anglican Church in Malawi. The article shows that
sociopolitical factors as they developed in Malawi, rather
than the individual efforts of the missionaries, were the
principal forces that influenced the changes. In the
aftermath of the First World War, an attitude of mistrust
between the Africans and the Europeans was manifested
in the church in Cathrew Fisher's reluctance to ordain
African priests for the next fifteen years. In the context of
change ushered in by the Second World War, from 1936
Thorne began to initiate some changes, encouraging
African responsibility and African leadership. Overtaken by
political developments of the Federation of Rhodesias and
Nyasaland, Thorne resigned in 1961. In post-independent
Malawi (1964-1980), Donald Arden sought to transform
the UMCA structure, image and ethos. In the spirit of
nationalism and Africanism, Arden accelerated the
process of Africanisation in the church. During this period
the diocese of Malawi split into four others, Lake Malawi
and Southern Malawi in 1971, Northern Malawi in 1995
and Upper Shire in 2005.
2011-07-06T05:24:29Z
2011-07-06T05:24:29Z
2008
Article
Mbaya, H. 2008,'From UMCA to the Anglican Church in Malawi : attempts to transform the mission into the church in Malawi 1860-2001',
Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, vol. XXIV, no. 1, pp. 245-277.
1017-0499
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4527
en
Church History Society of Southern Africa
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/186652021-03-24T14:17:10Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_2722com_10500_172com_10500_1com_10500_506col_10500_23651col_10500_2723col_10500_507
Implementation of the language policy at Tshwane University of Technology : the case of indegenous languages
Rasila, Avhapfani Judith
Nkuna, P. H.
Implementation
Language
Language policy
Higher education system
Higher education institutions
University
University of Technology
Official languages
Indigenous language
TUT
Setswana
siSwati
The new South Africa is encouraging multilingualism. The Department of Education has given a mandate to promote African languages. The Department of Higher Education came up with higher education language policy in 2002. All the higher education institutions have to choose indigenous languages to promote. Tshwane University of Technology has decided to promote Setswana and siSwati as their primary and secondary languages, respectively, to be used within the university.
This study is about assessing the implementation of the Tshwane University of Technology’s language Policy. The researcher uses mixed methods to conduct the research. A survey and observation were used as tools to collect data. The researcher observed the implementation of the language policy at Tshwane University of Technology (Soshanguve Campus). The researcher also reviewed the language policies for Higher education and the Tshwane University of Technology’s language policy. The signage, marketing tools, billboards, directions and university documents were observed. This research was based on promoting the indigenous languages. From the data collected, Setswana is not used to convey the message within the university; therefore the indigenous languages are not yet implemented or promoted
2015-06-01T09:16:15Z
2015-06-01T09:16:15Z
2014-06
Dissertation
Rasila, Avhapfani Judith (2014) Implementation of the language policy at Tswane University of Technology : the case of indegenous languages, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18665>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18665
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/64282023-05-24T10:24:48Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_434com_10500_44com_10500_1com_10500_506col_10500_23651col_10500_2739col_10500_507
Orthodox Christian dialogue with Bayore culture
Akunda, Athanasius Amos M.
Botha, N. A.
Hayes, Stephen (Stephen T.)
Orthodox mission
Orthodox Church
Christian missions
African Christianity
Gospel and culture
Inulturation
Kenya
African culture
Bunyore
Bunyore people
Orthodox Church in Africa
Patriarchate of Alexandria
Mission and culture
Cultural imperialism
Mission and colonialism
Kenya history
Orthodox Christianity came to the Banyore people of
western Kenya in 1942. The Banyore are Bantu speaking
people whose language belongs to the Luhya group of
languages. The Banyore live near the Uganda border; they
are thought to be related to the famous Uganda Kingdom of
Bunyoro Kitara. The first Christian missionaries among the
Banyore were Protestants who came from South Africa in
1905. . The Orthodox faith reached Bunyore in 1942,
through a Kenyan missionary from central Kenya, Bishop
George (Arthur) Gathuna, and Fr Obadiah from Uganda.
The point of note here is that the first Orthodox Christian
missionaries to introduce the Orthodox Christian faith to the
Banyore people were Kenyans. I shall examine the relation
between Orthodox Christianity and Banyore culture, and
show how Orthodox Christianity, in dialogue with the
Banyore people, became indigenised in Bunyore culture.
Thus Orthodox Christians in Bunyore do not see Orthodoxy
as something foreign, but as something that has become
part of their own culture.
2012-09-07T12:08:50Z
2012-09-07T12:08:50Z
2010-06
Thesis
Akunda, Athanasius Amos M. (2010) Orthodox Christian dialogue with Bayore culture, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/6428>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/6428
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/280662022-02-07T09:00:32Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_3752com_10500_14512com_10500_13602com_10500_1col_10500_23651col_10500_3753col_10500_14519
An invitation to decoloniality in work on (African) men and masculinities
Ratele, Kopano
Coloniality
Decoloniality
Masculinities
Men
(non)masculinity
(non)men
Seeing masculinity is, according to Raewyn Connell, ‘a place in gender relations’, what is the place accorded to males once considered property in men and masculinities studies,
how are the practices of these ‘former properties’ fathomable as men’s, and what masculinities emanate from the place these ‘non-beings’ occupy? This article, which emerges from being seized with thinking on coloniality, pursues the question about the possible place/s of men once regarded as property from within masculinities studies.
A distinction is introduced in the way work on men and masculinities in the wake of colonialism is undertaken, the intention being to present an invitation to decoloniality.
2021-09-23T05:30:59Z
2021-09-23T05:30:59Z
2020-06-24
Article
Kopano Ratele (2020): An invitation to decoloniality in work on (African) men and masculinities, Gender, Place & Culture
https://doi.org/10.1080/0966369X.2020.1781794
https://hdl.handle.net/10500/28066
en
Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/263142020-05-11T07:59:40Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_506col_10500_23651col_10500_507
Textual analysis of selected articles from "The Thinker" magazine (2010-2016)
Lechaba, Leshaba Tony
Karam, B. S.
Mukhudwana, R. F.
Afrocentricity
African Renaissance
Apartheid
Articulation
Colonialism
Coloniality
Decoloniality
Decolonial turn
De-linking
Ubuntu
This study investigates the representation of post-apartheid discourses and decolonial messages of The Thinker magazine. It further examines how the magazine in question confronts and negotiates the aftermath of apartheid and coloniality. Particularly, the nature of these discourses and narratives in the context of a new dispensation in South Africa. South Africa experienced the brunt of apartheid and it is currently still grappling with the condition of coloniality. The latter manifests itself into the dimensions of power, knowledge and being. For this reason, a de-linking option from coloniality and apartheid becomes imperative if a new consciousness, liberatory trajectory and social justice are to be attained. Accordingly, the study sought to determine whether African Renaissance could be used as a de-linking tool/option. Taking into account The Thinker‘s messages from the year 2010 to 2016, the study examines whether the magazine promotes a decolonisation narrative. The study sought to provide a contribution to knowledge insofar as discourses of decoloniality and social justice in South Africa are concerned. The study employs a cultural studies lens, in particular, the principle of radical contextualism and Steward Hall’s model of articulation. Cultural studies was used because of its transdisciplinary/interdisciplinary and flexible approach to social phenomenon under study. A mixed-methods approach in the form of a sequential transformative design was employed, however, the qualitative aspect (thematic analysis) was prioritised as dictated by the research question and objectives. It was proven in this study that quantitative elements can be applied successfully within a decolonial inquiry. Hence, the methodological contribution of the study in that regard. The study found that The Thinker highlights the continuation of the atrocities of coloniality and apartheid in post-apartheid South Africa. It is thus suggested by the text that a decolonial trajectory and thinking is needed given the aftermath of apartheid and the condition of coloniality. Furthermore, African Renaissance can be used to reaffirm and repudiate the dominant discourses of coloniality and apartheid if employed authentically by its proponents. However, the text points out the challenges that may hinder the processes of decolonization and liberation such as the self-serving and corrupt leadership that perpetuate the status quo at the expense of the interests of the people.
2020-03-04T09:18:52Z
2020-03-04T09:18:52Z
2019-07
Dissertation
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/26314
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/263612020-11-02T04:52:13Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_3752com_10500_460com_10500_128col_10500_23651col_10500_3753col_10500_461
Towards Decolonization and Africanization of Computing Education in South Africa
Van der Poll, A.E.
Van Zyl, I.J.
Kroeze, J.H.
Computing Education
Decolonization
Africanization
Ethnocomputing.
Research Subject Categories::INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS
There has been a clarion call for the decolonization of South African universities. Decolonization focuses on the dismantlement of Western epistemological traditions and practices entrenched in the university culture and knowledge domains. In this paper, we explore decolonization as a site of struggle in national institutions of higher learning, not only politically, but also epistemologically. More specifically, we examine how the Africanization of Computing education is governed by hegemonic and neoliberal policies that work to the detriment of decolonization and indigeneity. We conclude with critical recommendations that can support Computing departments and faculties in enriching the syllabus with indigenous knowledge.
2020-04-07T12:17:10Z
2020-04-07T12:17:10Z
2020-04-01
Preprint Article
van der Poll, Arthur Emil; van Zyl, Izak; Kroeze, Jan: Towards Decolonization and Africanization of Computing Education in South Africa, Communications of the Association for Information Systems (forthcoming), In Press.
1529-3181
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/26361
en
CAIS;Forthcoming
Communications of the Association for Information Systems
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/48542022-02-23T12:15:09Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_21644com_10500_21636com_10500_25com_10500_506col_10500_23651col_10500_21679col_10500_507
Good governance in the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD): a public administration perspective
Maserumule, M. H. (Mashupye Herbet)
Wessels, J. S.
Van der Westhuizen, Ernst Johannes
Good governance
Governance
New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)
Public Aministration perspective
Binary logic
Contingent co-exisaitence of opposites
New Public Management(NPM)
Modernism
Post-modernism
New Public Service
New Public Administration theory
Citizen-focussed theory
Developmental state
Democracy
Minimalist state
Politics-administration dichotomy discourse
Humanistic theoretical variation
Heterodoxy and epistemological crisis
The object of this study is good governance, the context for its consideration is the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), and the disciplinary perspective from which it is considered is Public Administration. Good governance is a conceptual problematique. It is multi-dimensional, value-laden, trans-contextual and nebulous. The question of what good governance means is a subject of contestation. Good governance is used in NEPAD as a principle without the attempt to clarify its meaning at the conceptual level. Much of the existing body of scholarship on NEPAD also considers good governance largely as a principle rather than a concept. This erroneously presupposes unanimity on its meaning. The African leadership is divided on what good governance means in the context of NEPAD. In this regard scholarship largely fails to provide an intellectual solution.
The extent of complexity of the concept in the study lies in the fact that the context of its consideration [NEPAD] is itself a subject of contestation whereas the disciplinary perspective [Public Administration] from which it is considered has not yet reached a consensus with itself about its theoretical base. Against this background the question that the study asks is, what does the concept good governance in the context of NEPAD mean for Public Administration? The study examines this question to make a contribution towards a better insight into, and broadening of, the body of scientific knowledge by engaging in conceptual, theoretical and philosophical studies to understand good governance in the context of NEPAD and determine its meaning for Public Administration.
The study finds that the paradigm of engagement in the existing body of literature is framed in the binary logic, which is rooted in realist epistemology or positivism. This approach to scientific discourse is limited in dealing with complex conceptual, theoretical and philosophical questions. The study develops, as a contribution to science, an alternative epistemological framework from which good governance in the context of NEPAD could be understood. Such epistemological framework is, for the purpose of this study, termed the contingent co-existence of opposites. It is used to conceptualise good governance in the context of NEPAD and determine its meaning for Public Administration.
2011-09-27T12:46:28Z
2011-09-27T12:46:28Z
2011-06-10
2011
Thesis
Maserumule, M. H. (Mashupye Herbet) (2011) Good governance in the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD): a public administration perspective, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4854>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4854
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/55872021-05-12T08:21:50Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_4675com_10500_4671com_10500_2876com_10500_172com_10500_1com_10500_506col_10500_23651col_10500_4676col_10500_2877col_10500_507
The role of teacher understanding in aligning assessment with teaching and learning in Setswana home language
Sebate, P. M. (Phaladi Moses), 1956-
Niemann, M. M.
Alignment
Outcomes-based education
Assessment standards
Curriculum and assessment policy statements
Teaching
Learning
Assessment
Learning outcomes
Curriculum
Setswana home language
The study investigates Setswana Home Language teachers’ conceptions of assessment and assessment standards and determines to what extent teachers ensure that their teaching, learning and assessment practices are aligned. The achievement of the overall aim is facilitated by the achievement of a number of objectives, mentioned under Chapter 1 section 1.5. In order to answer to these questions; namely, How did curriculum changes influence teaching, learning and assessment practices in South Africa?, What does assessment entail and what are the principles of high quality assessment practices?, What is meant by the alignment of teaching, learning and assessment?, Do teachers understand the new approach to assessment and the role of assessment standards in aligning, teaching, learning and assessment?, To what extent do Setswana teachers use assessment standards to align teaching, learning and assessment in Setswana Home Language and what challenges do they face in this regard?, What can be done to help teachers to ensure that their teaching, learning and assessment practices in the teaching of Setswana Home Language are aligned?, the study utilizes qualitative research methodology specifically sampling and the three data collection strategies, namely, interviews, observations and document analysis, to obtain data from the research participants. The research acknowledges the educational changes that have been implemented in South Africa through Curriculum 2005, which was later revised and led to the development of the Revised National Curriculum Statement for Grades R-9 and the National Curriculum Statement for Grades 10-12. The study highlights that the problems with these curricula led to the development of yet another curriculum, namely the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements.
The study investigates Setswana Home Language teachers’ conceptions of assessment and assessment standards and determines to what extent teachers ensure that their teaching, learning and assessment practices are aligned. The achievement of the overall aim is facilitated by the achievement of a number of objectives, mentioned under Chapter 1 section 1.5. In order to answer to these questions; namely, How did curriculum changes influence teaching, learning and assessment practices in South Africa?, What does assessment entail and what are the principles of high quality assessment practices?, What is meant by the alignment of teaching, learning and assessment?, Do teachers understand the new approach to assessment and the role of assessment standards in aligning, teaching, learning and assessment?, To what extent do Setswana teachers use assessment standards to align teaching, learning and assessment in Setswana Home Language and what challenges do they face in this regard?, What can be done to help teachers to ensure that their teaching, learning and assessment practices in the teaching of Setswana Home Language are aligned?, the study utilizes qualitative research methodology specifically sampling and the three data collection strategies, namely, interviews, observations and document analysis, to obtain data from the research participants. The research acknowledges the educational changes that have been implemented in South Africa through Curriculum 2005, which was later revised and led to the development of the Revised National Curriculum Statement for Grades R-9 and the National Curriculum Statement for Grades 10-12. The study highlights that the problems with these curricula led to the development of yet another curriculum, namely the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements.
The study investigates Setswana Home Language teachers’ conceptions of assessment and assessment standards and determines to what extent teachers ensure that their teaching, learning and assessment practices are aligned. The achievement of the overall aim is facilitated by the achievement of a number of objectives, mentioned under Chapter 1 section 1.5. In order to answer to these questions; namely, How did curriculum changes influence teaching, learning and assessment practices in South Africa?, What does assessment entail and what are the principles of high quality assessment practices?, What is meant by the alignment of teaching, learning and assessment?, Do teachers understand the new approach to assessment and the role of assessment standards in aligning, teaching, learning and assessment?, To what extent do Setswana teachers use assessment standards to align teaching, learning and assessment in Setswana Home Language and what challenges do they face in this regard?, What can be done to help teachers to ensure that their teaching, learning and assessment practices in the teaching of Setswana Home Language are aligned?, the study utilizes qualitative research methodology specifically sampling and the three data collection strategies, namely, interviews, observations and document analysis, to obtain data from the research participants. The research acknowledges the educational changes that have been implemented in South Africa through Curriculum 2005, which was later revised and led to the development of the Revised National Curriculum Statement for Grades R-9 and the National Curriculum Statement for Grades 10-12. The study highlights that the problems with these curricula led to the development of yet another curriculum, namely the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements.
The study investigates Setswana Home Language teachers’ conceptions of assessment and assessment standards and determines to what extent teachers ensure that their teaching, learning and assessment practices are aligned. The achievement of the overall aim is facilitated by the achievement of a number of objectives, mentioned under Chapter 1 section 1.5. In order to answer to these questions; namely, How did curriculum changes influence teaching, learning and assessment practices in South Africa?, What does assessment entail and what are the principles of high quality assessment practices?, What is meant by the alignment of teaching, learning and assessment?, Do teachers understand the new approach to assessment and the role of assessment standards in aligning, teaching, learning and assessment?, To what extent do Setswana teachers use assessment standards to align teaching, learning and assessment in Setswana Home Language and what challenges do they face in this regard?, What can be done to help teachers to ensure that their teaching, learning and assessment practices in the teaching of Setswana Home Language are aligned?, the study utilizes qualitative research methodology specifically sampling and the three data collection strategies, namely, interviews, observations and document analysis, to obtain data from the research participants. The research acknowledges the educational changes that have been implemented in South Africa through Curriculum 2005, which was later revised and led to the development of the Revised National Curriculum Statement for Grades R-9 and the National Curriculum Statement for Grades 10-12. The study highlights that the problems with these curricula led to the development of yet another curriculum, namely the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements.
The study recognizes the new assessment approach as an important component in the teaching and learning process because assessment provides teachers with information that is significant in decision making in the classroom. The study also discusses the launch of the modern standards movement and its roots in the back-to-basics movement and the reasons behind its formation. It also discusses the concept of alignment and its links with the two well-known taxonomies of learning. The study also embarks on data analysis which brings forth findings that help develop recommendations and future research possibilities.
2012-03-27T13:22:02Z
2012-03-27T13:22:02Z
2011-11
2012-03-27
Dissertation
Sebate, P. M. (Phaladi Moses), 1956- (2012) The role of teacher understanding in aligning assessment with teaching and learning in Setswana home language, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5587>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5587
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/33102023-07-19T06:29:49Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_14514com_10500_13602com_10500_1com_10500_506com_10500_18562col_10500_23651col_10500_14523col_10500_507col_10500_18564
Tongue tied : the politics of language, subjectivity and social psychology in South Africa
Painter, Desmond
Terre Blanche, M. J. (Martin J.)
Language
Discourse
Language ideologies
Critical psychology
Social psychology
Postcolonial theory
Nationalism
Politics
South Africa
Colonialism
This thesis consists of a series of analytically independent, but conceptually interrelated studies of language ideologies across a number of different discursive terrains. The overarching objective of these interventions is to illuminate the relationship between language, politics and subjectivity from a number of different historical, philosophical, theoretical and empirical perspectives. This, in turn, is pursued with the aim to critically interrogate the ways in which social psychology has traditionally conceptualised and approached language (and language related phenomena), and to explore some of the conceptual, metatheoretical and theoretical requirements for a reconfigured, critical social psychology of language. Towards this end, the following specific themes are explored: (1) the political role language has historically played in South Africa, especially with regards to the articulation and political embodiment of various ethnically, racially and nationally mediated forms of subjectivity (Chapter 3); the politically productive role language has played in the emergence of nationalism, nation-state societies and the modern political order more broadly (and, vice versa, the role nationalism and the modern nation-state has played in delineating language as an ontologically, epistemologically and politically consistent object of state, academic and popular interest) (Chapter 4); (3) the way in which nationally mediated and state-oriented conceptions of language, politics and political subjectivity have been assumed, naturalised and reproduced by traditional social psychology throughout the twentieth century (Chapter 5); and (4) the way in which ordinary discussions about language in an everyday South African setting contribute (by invoking liberal and nationalist discourses, amongst others) to the continued racialisation of language and public space in this country, and to the further legitimisation of linguistically mediated forms of inequality and marginalisation (Chapter 6). In each instance the focus is on language as both constructed and constructive in relation to the emergence of particular social and political orders and their associated subjectivities. The thesis concludes with a reflection on the limits of discourse and ideology as frameworks for the study of language, politics and subjectivity, and develops a number of tentative ideas about language as a corporeal component of embodied and affective subjectivities (Chapter 7).
2010-05-12T11:54:24Z
2010-05-12T11:54:24Z
2010-03
Thesis
Painter, Desmond William (2010) Tongue tied : the politics of language, subjectivity and social psychology in South Africa, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3310>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3310
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/81192022-05-23T07:21:09Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_3752com_10500_4206com_10500_4090com_10500_1col_10500_23651col_10500_3753col_10500_8106
1820 Setlers, open spaces, and theology : a reflection on how the 1820 Settlers' theological views shape our understanding of uninhabited land
Grassow, Peter
1820 Settlers
Open spaces
Theology
Land
Peer reviewed
Not only did the English believe it was their right to colonise open spaces, they also believed that they had a God-given calling to cultivate all uncultivated land. They developed a theology of the
land that held the Garden of Eden was ordered and cultivated, whereas those banished from the Garden were in an uncultivated wilderness. A successful English missionary would cultivate land as a sign of moral and spiritual success. This is illustrated through an account of how one group of settlers, the Sephton Party, placed a village on the African map. More specifically, I draw attention to how their chaplain, the Rev. William Shaw, provided religious sanction for the occupation of uninhabited land.
2012-11-27T09:03:48Z
2012-11-27T09:03:48Z
2012-12
Article
Grassow, Peter S. (2012), 1820 Setlers, open spaces, and theology: a reflection on how the 1820 Settlers' theological views shape our understanding of uninhabited land. Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae Vol. 38(2), pp. 163-171
1017-0499
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/8119
en
© 2012 Church History Society of Southern Africa
Church History Society of Southern Africa
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Selves and others : the politics of difference in the writings of Ursula Kroeber le Guin
Byrne, D. C. (Deirdre C.)
Rabinowitz, Ivan Arthur
Literary studies
Science fiction and fantasy
Difference
The other
The politics of discourse
Deconstruction
Power
Poststructuralism
Ursula K. Le Guin
Differance
Selves and Others: The Politics of Difference in the Writings of Ursula Kroeber Le Guin
has two founding premises. One is that Le Guin's writing addresses the political issues of the late
twentieth century in a number of ways, even although speculative fiction is not generally
considered a political genre. Questions of self and O/other, which shape political (that is, powerinflected)
responses to difference, infuse Le Guin's writing. My thesis sets out to investigate the
mechanisms of representation by which these concerns are realized.
My chapters reflect aspects of the relationship between self and O/other as I perceive it
in Le Guin's work. Thus my first chapter deals with the representations of imperialism and
colonialism in five novels, three of which were written near the beginning of her literary career.
My second chapter considers Le Guin's best-known novels, The Left Hand of Darkness (1969)
and The Dispossessed (1974), in the context of the alienation from American society recorded
by thinkers in the 1960s. In my third chapter, the emphasis shifts to intrapsychic questions and
splits, as I explore themes of sexuality and identity in Le Guin's novels for and about adolescents.
I move to more public matters in my fourth and fifth chapters, which deal, respectively, with the
politicized interface between public and private histories and with disempowerment. In my final
chapter, I explore the representation of difference and politics in Le Guin's intricate but critically
neglected poetry.
My second founding premise is that traditional modes of literary criticism, which aim to
arrive at comprehensive and final interpretations, are not appropriate for Le Guin's mode of writing, which consistently refuses to locate meaning definitely. My thesis seeks and explores
aporias in the meaning-making process; it is concerned with asking productive questions, rather
than with final answers. I have, consequently, adopted a sceptical approach to the process of
interpretation, preferring to foreground the provisional and partial status of all interpretations.
I have found that postmodern and poststructuralist literary theory, which focuses on textual gaps
and discontinuities, has served me better than more traditional ways of reading
2015-01-23T04:24:22Z
2015-01-23T04:24:22Z
1995-11
Thesis
Byrne, D. C. (Deirdre C.) (1995) Selves and others : the politics of difference in the writings of Ursula Kroeber le Guin, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/16246>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/16246
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/48522022-01-28T10:26:22Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_2989com_10500_2749com_10500_423com_10500_506com_10500_18562col_10500_23651col_10500_2990col_10500_507col_10500_18564
The need for settlement support in land reform projects : focus on sustainable development
Rungasamy, Lezzane
Van Wyk, A. M. A. (Adriana Maria Anna)
Land reform
Post settlement support
Department of Land Affairs
Sustainable development
Land restitution
Land redistribution
Projects
Land dispossessions
South Africa
Failure
South Africa, emerging from the yoke of colonialism and imperialism embarked on an ambitious land reform programme during the 1990’s. It was anticipated that land reform would take place effectively and sustainably.
However, evidence to date revealed that land reform has been a failure and the cause thereof can be attributed to the lack of post settlement support.
The focus of the research was to find out whether post-settlement support is the reason behind successful projects and if so to highlight the necessity of post-settlement support in land reform projects.
The methodology used was through review of literature, legislations and policies on land reform and analysis of case studies.
Outcome of the research indicates an intricate relationship between land reform and post-settlement support. The transfer of land to land reform beneficiaries must go hand in hand with the effective provision of post-settlement support for projects to be success and sustainable.
2011-09-26T10:10:54Z
2011-09-26T10:10:54Z
2011-06
Thesis
Rungasamy, Lezzane (2011) The need for settlement support in land reform projects : focus on sustainable development, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4852>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4852
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/253342019-03-15T06:00:18Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_14514com_10500_13602com_10500_1com_10500_506col_10500_23651col_10500_14523col_10500_507
The lived experiences of postgraduate Black students : an exploration through the South African transformation lens
Palakatshela, Bongane Romeo
Matoane, Matshepo
Academic performance
Access
Financial constraints
Language of instruction
Learning experiences
Postgraduate Black students
Quality of education
Retention
Throughput rates
Transformation
Transformation of the higher education system has come under the spotlight recently. At the core of this debate are issues pertaining to access and throughput rates at universities. Although access has improved significantly, throughput rates remain relatively low especially amongst black students (Council on Higher Education, 2017). The current study aims to explore the learning experiences and academic performance of postgraduate black students at the university of South Africa. Through a qualitative approach that included interviews, a phenomenological research design and critical race theory to gain an insiders perspective. This approach is chosen for its ability to generate rich descriptive and interpretive accounts of events based on the participant’s narratives. The findings revealed that the variation in learning experiences and academic performance was accounted for by background factors rather than student’s own intellectual or academic competencies.
2019-03-14T10:41:38Z
2019-03-14T10:41:38Z
2018-05
Dissertation
Palakatshela, Bongane Romeo (2018) The lived experiences of postgraduate Black students : an exploration through the South African transformation lens, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25334>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25334
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/253052019-03-28T08:35:59Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_2876com_10500_172com_10500_1com_10500_506col_10500_23651col_10500_2877col_10500_507
A toponymic perspective on Zimbabwe’s post-2000 land reform programme (Third Chimurenga)
Jenjekwa, Vincent
Barnes, L. A.
Onomastics
Toponymy
Toponymic landscape
Ethnic slurs
Geo-linguistic landscape
Erasure
Resuscitation
Geo-semiotics
Political semiotics
Post-colonial theory
Colonisation
Post-coloniality
Land reform
Text in English
This qualitative study presents an onomastic perspective on the changing linguistic landscape of Zimbabwe which resulted from the post-2000 land reforms (also known as the Third Chimurenga). When veterans of Zimbabwe’s War of Liberation assumed occupancy of former white-owned farms, they immediately pronounced their take-over of the land through changes in place names. The resultant toponymic landscape is anchored in the discourses of the First and Second Chimurenga. Through recasting the Chimurenga (war of liberation) narrative, the proponents of the post-2000 land reforms endeavoured to create a historical continuum from the colonisation of Zimbabwe in 1890 to the post-2000 reforms, which were perceived as an attempt to redress the historical anomaly of land inequality. The aim of this study is to examine toponymic changes on the geo-linguistic landscape, and establish the extent of the changes and the post-colonial identity portrayed by these place names. Within the case study design, research methods included in-depth interviews, document study and observations as means of data generation. Through the application of critical and sociolinguistic theories in the form of post-colonial theory, complemented by geo-semiotics, political semiotics and language ecology, this study uncovers the richness of toponymy in exposing a cryptic social narrative reflective of, among others, contestations of power. The findings indicate that post-2000 toponymy is a complex mixture of pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial place names. These names recast the various narratives in respect of the history of Zimbabwe through the erasure of colonial toponyms and resuscitation older Chimurenga names. The resultant picture portrayed by post-2000 toponymy communicates a complex message of contested land ownership in Zimbabwe. There is a pronounced legacy of colonial toponymy that testifies to the British Imperial occupation of the land and the ideologies behind colonisation. This presence of colonial toponymy many years after independence is an ironic confirmation of the indelible legacy of British colonialism in Zimbabwe. The findings show a clear recasting of the discourses of violence and racial hostility, but also reveal an interesting trend of toponymic syncretism where colonial names are retained and used together with new names.
2019-03-06T06:39:36Z
2019-03-06T06:39:36Z
2018-11
Thesis
Jenjekwa, Vincent (2018) A toponymic perspective on Zimbabwe’s post-2000 land reform programme (Third Chimurenga), University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25305>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25305
en
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Postcolonial biblical interpretation in the context of the Democratic Republic of the Congo : selected texts from Joshua 1-12
Bwalya, Laishi
Masenya, M. J. (Madipoane Joyce)
Postcolonial
Biblical interpretation
Colonialism
Imperialism
Conquest narratives
Land grab
Rhetoric of violence
Exploitation
Gender issues
Human Rights
Dehumanization
Katanga
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The present research has been aimed at investigating how imperialism and colonialism are located both in the biblical text (cf. Joshua 1-12) and in present day interpretive postcolonial contexts such as that of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
An investigation was made of the unequal power dynamics at play between the Israelites who are depicted as mercilessly conquering the indigenous peoples of Canaan in the name of the deity, and the Canaanites. How were/ are such power dynamics played out in the Katangese, Democratic Republic of the Congo’s context in the relations between the then colonizers, that is, the Belgians as well as the neo-colonial African rulers and the Congolese peoples? It is argued that the Belgians assumed the role akin to that of the Israelite invaders as they mercilessly invaded the “promised land”, that is, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, ending with the brutal extermination of African peoples justified on biblical precedents.
A conclusion is made that within the context of postcolonial biblical interpretation, the conquest narrative of Joshua 1-12 is one of the most traumatic stories in which violence is committed by one nation on another in the name of the deity. Postcolonial biblical criticism was found to be an appropriate approach in assisting the researcher to navigate through violent biblical texts with a view to coming up with a transformative reading of the texts in the (Katangese) context of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2011-10-06T06:40:57Z
2011-10-06T06:40:57Z
2010-11
Thesis
Bwalya, Laishi (2010) Postcolonial biblical interpretation in the context of the Democratic Republic of the Congo : selected texts from Joshua 1-12, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4903>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4903
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/254732022-03-28T10:25:41Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_19909com_10500_18562col_10500_23651col_10500_19913col_10500_18564
Measuring the effectiveness of the code of conduct for SCM Practitioners within the Western Cape Government
Sidinana, Mzonyana Enoch
Annandale, Lea
Business ethics
Code of conduct
Code of ethics
Unethical behaviour
Ethical dilemma
Employee awareness
Supply chain management
Unethical behaviour is now recognised as one of the South African (SA) government’s greatest challenges in the public sector. The Public Service Commission (PSC) has stated that the five most common manifestations of the unethical behaviour which is on the increase in the SA public sector are corruption, fraud and bribery, mismanagement of government funds, abuse of government resources and procurement irregularities. The focus of this study is on the analysis of the effectiveness of the code of conduct for the SCM practitioners. It is an important task for the Western Cape Government (WCG) in ensuring that all the relevant employees are aware of such code. This study proposes a conceptual framework that has been developed from literature to assist WCG in effecting the said code, with the aim of improving supply chain management performance. The effectiveness was exploratively tested by means of empirical research to determine whether all the relevant employees are aware of the code of conduct for the SCM practitioners. The study concluded that the code of conduct for the SCM practitioners is not fully effective within the Western Cape Government, as some of the participants lack awareness of the said code.
2019-05-23T08:45:39Z
2019-05-23T08:45:39Z
2014-03-19
Research report
Sidinana, M.E. 2014.Measuring the effectiveness of the code of conduct for SCM Practitioners within the Western Cape Government .Pretoria: Graduate School of Business Leadership, University of South Africa. MBL Thesis.
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25473
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/274392022-07-20T11:36:55Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_3752com_10500_2585com_10500_172com_10500_1col_10500_23651col_10500_3753col_10500_2586
Africanisation of the South African archival curriculum: A preliminary study of undergraduate courses in an open distance e-learning environment
Saurombe, Nampombe
Ngoepe, Mpho
Archives
Curriculum
Education
Decolonisation
Open distance e-learning
Educators and archivists in Africa have repeatedly raised the need for redeveloping university curricula to reflect local and global best practice. An African education curriculum case study by the InterPARES project (2013–2018) that covered 38 countries out of 54 revealed the existence of few available archival training programmes in the continent. Literature further reveals that where educational programmes are available, the curriculum is mostly Eurocentric and thereby addresses archival issues from a Western perspective. As a result, the infinite problems facing archivists on the continent such as resources, skills, technology, infrastructure, advocacy, holdings, collaboration, displaced archives and many more (the list is endless) are not fully engaged. The archival programmes at the institution of higher learning appear not to address grand societal challenges such as unaccountability, poor governance, service delivery, as well as the low usage of archives repositories in the continent. In South Africa, there has been a call to use African epistemologies such as Ubuntu, a philosophy that provides an African reverview of societal relations or the Batho Pele, principles adopted by the post-apartheid South African government to guide and direct its public service and address imbalances of the apartheid regime. This study utilised the Africanisation pillar of Sibanda (2016)’s model to analyse the infusion of curriculum transformation into the ten modules for archives and records management in an open distance e-learning (ODeL) environment. In this regard, the content of ten archives and records management modules for a bachelor’s degree in an ODeL environment is analysed to explore the transformation of archival curriculum. Only one university in South Africa offers a fully-fledged bachelor’s degree with a major in archives and records management. The study established that an attempt was made to transform the archival curriculum at study material development and module delivery level. This resulted in a missed opportunity to transform archival curriculum in the development of the new bachelor’s degree being implemented in 2017. The study concludes by arguing
that failure to decolonise the archival curriculum will result in archivists being highly unlikely to contribute to solutions to societal problems that are difficult to solve confronting South Africa using local solutions. It is recommended that transformation of the curriculum should start at a programme level rather than module level.
2021-06-07T12:34:11Z
2021-06-07T12:34:11Z
2021
Article
Ngoepe, Mpho & Mnkeni-Saurombe, Nampombe. (2020). Africanisation of the South African archival curriculum: A preliminary study of undergraduate courses in an open distance e-learning environment. Education for Information, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 53-68, 2021
https://content.iospress.com/articles/education-for-information/efi190358
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/27439
en
Education for Information
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/225922018-11-17T13:06:48Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_2722com_10500_172com_10500_1com_10500_506col_10500_23651col_10500_2723col_10500_507
Short stories for life : implications of the Canonisation of the Zimbabwe story-telling tradition, with special reference to selected Zimbabwean short stories
Mbwera, Shereck
Sengani, T. M.|q(Thomas Maitakhole),|d1952-
Mutasa, D. E.
Africulture
Technauriture
Short story
Canonicity
African literary canon
Cybernetic literature
E-short story
This study examines the myth of the surrogate power of canonicity by exposing the condition of liminality of the Zimbabwean short story genre within African literary canon. Building on the hypothesis that canonisation distorts literature the study postulates that literary canon produce predictable biases in construing the position of the short story. It fossilises and condenses the marginal genres to the extent that the existing canon repertoire hardly recognises them. The peripheral but de facto canon of the short story genre entertains a strong relationship of heteronomy to the mainstream/central canon. This thesis studies this relationship which determines canon formation within the African literary systems. It challenges the prevailing status quo in which the short story is polarised against other literary modes. The polarity creates a charged diametric force between the presumed canonical genres and the supposedly non-canonical short story mess. What lacks in this equation of conflicts is a sense of revival, reformation and continuity of the short story canon. The marginality of the short story canon is predicated on factors external to the genre itself, such as the influence of colonial institutions, collegiate institutions and publishers on writers. These factors pervade the dialectics of canonical marginality of the genre. The study, which argues that there is no unanimity on theory of canon, proposes Africulture, as both a theory and praxis of Afrocentricity, to function as an arbiter of short story literary reputation and consecration. The research reveres the autonomous value of African story-telling tradition which withstood the test and movement of time, in the process, surviving not only the historical-cum-cultural threat of colonial loss and canonical displacement, but also the throes and will power of new media and digital technologies. The ascendancy of the electronic short story genre to canonical status remains questionable. Critical controversies abound about the canonicity of electronic literature. The study employs Technauriture as a theoretical model for rethinking the transcendence of the electronic short story canon. The study concludes that, by virtue of its resilience, the short story ought to be treated as a wholesale and independent genre, worth of full scale appreciation.
2017-05-23T14:54:30Z
2017-05-23T14:54:30Z
2016-12
Thesis
Mbwera, Shereck (2016) Short stories for life : implications of the Canonisation of the Zimbabwe story-telling tradition, with special reference to selected Zimbabwean short stories, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22592>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22592
en
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/35952023-07-14T11:01:05Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_173com_10500_172com_10500_1com_10500_506col_10500_23651col_10500_175col_10500_507
Mother Tongue : the use of another language and the impact on identity in Breyten Breytenbach's Dog Heart and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o 's Matigari
Sundy, Deborah
Motsa, Z. T.
Mother tongue
Codeswitching
Self-identification
Translation
South Africa
Kenya
Exile
Breytenbach
Ngũgĩ
This dissertation examines Breyten Breytenbach‟s memoir Dog Heart, and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong‟o‟s novel Matigari, with particular attention to the use of a mother tongue or another language in the texts, and whether these reflect or impact on the writers‟ sense of personal, cultural and political identity. It compares and contrasts the authors‟ views on, and experiences of, culture, language, translation and exile, and whether these aspects appear in the two primary works. Dilemmas associated with the authors‟ choice of language in their creative works, preferred audiences, and affiliations to their mother tongue speech communities are also explored. By drawing on Breytenbach‟s and Ngũgĩ‟s diverse stances on these issues, and following their respective publishing decisions, it is hoped an interesting conversation is created between these significant political activists and their writing.
2010-09-20T14:29:05Z
2010-09-20T14:29:05Z
2010-01
2010-09
Dissertation
Sundy, Deborah (2010) Mother Tongue : the use of another language and the impact on identity in Breyten Breytenbach's Dog Heart and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o 's Matigari, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3595>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3595
en
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The responses of trade unions to the effects of neoliberalism in South Africa : the case of COSATU and its affiliated unions
Kapp, Laura
Lesufi, I
Neoliberal(ism)
Trade unions
Working class
Globalisation
Revolution
Class analysis
Policy approach
National sovereignty
Welfare state
Informalisation
Social movement unionism
Capitalism
Socialism
This dissertation aims to critically evaluate the ways in which the trade union movement in South Africa has responded to the socio-economic effects of neoliberalism in this country, giving an obverview of these responses and their impact, and then trying to identify key weaknesses. Neoliberalism as an economic system has had far-reaching socio-political effects. In this dissertation we will show that the responses to the effects have been largely piecemeal and as such, while there have been small successes, a comprehensive strategy will be needed if there is any hope of influencing macroeconomic issues.
2014-11-25T12:49:16Z
2014-11-25T12:49:16Z
2013-10
2014-11-25
Dissertation
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/14466
en
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Africa in international relations: agent, bystander or victim?
Van Wyk, Jo-Ansie
Africa
International relations
Nuclear
Pelindaba Treaty
Victim
Agent
Bystander
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 as a passive bystander and a victim in international relations by illustrating African agency in international relations; especially in nuclear non-proliferation, disarmament and the peaceful uses of nuclear energy where the continent continues to impact on the global agenda in the run-up to the Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). The choice of this case study is deliberate as this is an area where the continent has made important contributions which are explained below. Finally, the contribution attempts to indicate African contributions to the study of International Relations (IR), and how this can be integrated into the universal study of IR.
2016-02-17T07:45:53Z
2016-02-17T07:45:53Z
2016
Book chapter
978138909786
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/19930
en
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Between capital and cathedral: essays on church-state relationships
Forster, Dion
Bentley, Wessel
Church and state
Politics
Christianity
Peer reviewed
2012-08-17T09:31:29Z
2012-08-17T09:31:29Z
2012
Book
97891868887149
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/6093
en
Research Institute for Theology and Religion, University of South Africa
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Academic theology as the yardstick of being Reformed in South Africa today: an appreciative critique of Calvin on the occasion of his 500th birthday
Tshaka, Rothney S. (Rothney Stok)
Academic theology
Peer reviewed
The 500th birthday of John Calvin provides us with an opportunity of revisiting the
legacy of this great theologian and teacher of the church. While there is no doubt that the
reformed legacy which is characterised as Calvinist has been controversial in South
Africa, Calvin’s legacy provided a platform of questioning certain half truths that were
made out to be the truth. This article notes that literature increasingly indicates that
Christianity is gravitating towards the global South. This poses significant questions
about how we continue to do theology in Africa today. This article bemoans the fact that
Reformed theology with its emphasis on academic theology has not done enough to
contribute towards the appropriation of this faith in Africa and in South Africa in
particular. As such many African Reformed Christians have at best become estranged
from the very communities which it is expected they must serve. The article provides an
appreciative critique of Calvin and therefore of the Reformed church tradition in South
Africa.
2011-07-11T13:28:29Z
2011-07-11T13:28:29Z
2009
Article
Tshaka, R. 2009,'Academic theology as the yardstick of being Reformed in South Africa today : an appreciative critique of Calvin on the occasion of his 500th birthday',Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, vol. XXXV, pp. 1-16.
1017-0499
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4585
en
Church History Society of Southern Africa
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Challenging the hegemony of English in post-independence Africa : an evolutionist approach
Charamba, Tyanai
Mutasa, D. E.
Phaahla, L. P.
Hegemonic theory
Evolutionist approach to the history of Africa
Essentialist approach
Multilingualist approach
Developmentalist approach
Postnationalism
Hegemony of English
Superpower
Superpower politics
Medium of instruction
Medium of academic essay writing
Standard English
Non-standard forms of English
Code-switching
Code-mixing
Indigenous Zimbabwean languages
Assimilationist approach
The code-switch/switch-code approach
Syncretist approach
Pre-national/pre-colonial era
Colonial era
Neocolonial era
Era of Nationalism
Era of Postnationalism
Transnationalism
Internationalism
Globalization
This study discusses the evolutionist approach to African history as an action plan for challenging the hegemony of English in university education and in the teaching and writing of literature in post-independence Africa. The researcher selected Zimbabwe’s university education and literary practice as the microcosm case studies whilst Africa’s university education and literary practice in general, were used as macrocosmic case studies for the study. Some two universities: the Midlands State University and the Great Zimbabwe State University and some six academic departments from the two universities were on target. The researcher used questionnaires to access data from university students and lecturers and he used interviews to gather data from university departmental Chairpersons, scholars, fiction writers and stakeholders in organizations that deal with language growth and development in Zimbabwe. Data from questionnaires was analysed on the basis of numerical scores and percentage of responses. By virtue of its not being easily quantified, data from interviews was presented through capturing what each of the thirteen key informants said and was then analysed on the basis of the hegemonic theory that is proposed in this study. The research findings were discussed using: the evolutionist approach to the history of Africa; data from document analysis; information gathered through the use of the participant and observer technique and using examples from what happened and/or is still happening in the different African countries. The study established that the approaches which have so far been used to challenge the hegemony of English in post-independence Africa are not effective. The approaches are six in total. They are the essentialist, the assimilationist, the developmentalist, the code-switch, the multilingualist and the syncretic. They are ineffective since they are used in a wrong era: That era, is the era of Neocolonialism (Americanization of the world). Therefore, the researcher has recommended the use of the evolutionist approach to African history as a strategy for challenging the hegemony in question. The approach lobbies that, for Africa to successfully challenge that hegemony, she should first of all move her history from the era of Neocolonialism as she enters the era of Nationalism.
2012-07-19T10:47:32Z
2012-07-19T10:47:32Z
2012-02
Charamba, Tyanai (2012) Challenging the hegemony of english in post-independence Africa : an evolutionist approach, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/6042>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/6042
en
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Afrocentric Science Education Approach in a Transformed Curriculum in Post-Apartheid
Mthembu, Ntokozo
Science
Afrocentric
Transformation
Curriculum
Education
Post-apartheid
The post-apartheid era in South Africa was intended to be a period in which to redress past injustices in
almost all social spheres, including education, particularly in terms of curriculum transformation to include
African-centered knowledge systems. However, research reveals the limitations posed by compensatory
education, particularly when it comes to the provision of skills that instil self-reliance abilities. In attempting
to gain a better understanding of such experiences, the qualitative research design was used to collect data by
conducting face-to-face interviews with young people residing in the labor reserves in South Africa. Findings
indicate that although some individuals possess certain academic qualifications, such qualifications tend to be
limited in securing their livelihoods. Based on these findings, it is recommended that the curriculum
incorporate the African knowledge systems to offer alternatives to assess the untapped skills that could be
useful to individuals to secure their daily life needs.
2019-10-15T11:50:25Z
2019-10-15T11:50:25Z
2019-10-03
Article
Mthembu, N.(2019). Afrocentric Science Education Approach in a Transformed Curriculum in Post-Apartheid. Open Journal, 3(2), 67-80
2560-5313
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25856
https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojer.0302.03067m
en
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Impact of new policy developments in higher education on theological education
Farisani, Elelwani
New policy developments
Higher education
Theologal education
Peer reviewed
This article analyses the impact of recent South African higher education policies on
education in general and theological education in particular. This will be done in three
stages. First, I offer a brief description of recent South African higher education policies
imposed by the state. Second, I reflect on the effects of this policy intervention on
curriculum practices in Theology. Finally, I highlight a few challenges facing theological
education in South Africa.
2011-07-12T08:16:20Z
2011-07-12T08:16:20Z
2010
Article
Farisani, E. 2010,'Impact of new policy developments in higher education on theological education',
Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, vol. XXXVI, pp. 287-303.
1017-0499
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4604
en
Church History Society of Southern Africa
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/154002022-06-21T11:24:22Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_4090com_10500_1com_10500_4206col_10500_23651col_10500_4091col_10500_15381
The gendered God in the Setswana Bible and the captivity of Modimo: Moffat and the translating of the Bible into Setswana
Mothoagae, Itumeleng Daniel
SeTswana Bible
Christianity
Translations
Batswana
Peer reviewed
The historiography of Christianity among the Batswana is incomplete without the missionary, Robert Moffat. This is because he is regarded as one of the pioneers of missionary activity in South Africa, particularly among the Batswana. He was the first missionary to translate the Bible into Setswana, first the New Testament in 1840, and finally, translating both the Old and New Testaments in 1857. Batswana intellectuals referred to the Bible as the English-Tswana Bible. It is in this translated Bible that I would argue that the Christian gendered God replaces the gender-neutral Modimo wa Batswana. Furthermore, the 1857 Bible forms the basis for later transla-tion of the Bible into other versions, such as the 1908 Setswana Bible by AJ Wookey. The translation process, I would argue, was an attempt by the translators to shackle Tswana Modimo and to demonise Badimo. The attitude, worldview and presuppositions of Moffat cannot be separated from the written translated text, the results of which were the subsequent versions from Wookey and Cole. Such an attitude is illustrated in the following manner:
These missionaries went to the country of the Bechuanas, in South Africa. It was a hot and thirsty country, and the people were dark-looking, and wild, and filthy, and savage.
It is the intention of this article to argue that the early stages of Christianity among the Batswana were based on the assump-tion that they had no idea of God (Modimo). The missionary activity was a total replacement of what they understood Modimo to be. Modimo was perceived to be an un-saving, lacking the characteristics of a Christian (gendered) God. The article will focus on the writings of Robert Moffat and Mahoko a Bechuana . I will further argue that in his attempt of transla-ting the Bible into Setswana Moffat can be elucidated by considering literal translation theory. According to the transla-tion theory the translator(s) should meet three important requirements; namely, the source language, the target language, and the subject matter. The decoloniality theory postulates the dismantling of relations of power and conceptions of knowledge that foment the reproduction of racial, gender, and geo-political hierarchies. Both these theories will be used as the theoretical framework. Conclusions and challenges will be suggested.
2015-01-20T08:57:34Z
2015-01-20T08:57:34Z
2015-01
Article
Mothoagae, Itumeleng Daniel, 2015, The gendered God in the Setswana Bible and the captivity of Modimo: Moffat and the translating of the Bible into Setswana, Ecclesiasticae, vol.40, no. 2, pp. 149-168.
1017-0499
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/15400
en
Church History Society of Southern Africa
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Youth in the mission to overcome racism: the formation and development of the Christian Youth Movement in Southern Africa (1995-2005)
Nel, Reginald Wilfred, 1966-
Racism
Christian Youth Movement
Peer reviewed
The article traces the history of the Christian Youth Movement,
and thus provides an approach for dealing with the current
surge of contemporary racism (which has religious undertones).
This approach to mission, namely the development of
missional youth theologies, by youth themselves, is presented
and illustrated through a thematic narrative of the formation
and historical development of this particular youth movement.
I develop this thematic narrative on the basis of the praxis
cycle, doing a literature review and a documentary search of
formation on the development of the youth movement. The
findings show a movement, which, in a specific social context,
was transformed through a postcolonial missional self-identity
sustained by rituals, to articulate its unity through negotiated
and newly forged symbols.
2011-07-21T14:04:04Z
2011-07-21T14:04:04Z
2010
Article
Nel, R. 2010, 'Youth in the mission to overcome racism: the formation and development of the Christian Youth Movement in Southern Africa (1995-2005',
Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, vol. XXXVI, no. 2, pp. 187-205.
1017-0499
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4614
en
Church History Society of Southern Africa
oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/197982021-08-20T12:30:00Zcom_10500_23650com_10500_3752com_10500_2979com_10500_44com_10500_1col_10500_23651col_10500_3753col_10500_5526
A Study of a Relevant Contextual Christian Education Model within a Township Baptist Convention Church
Naidoo, Marilyn
Sutcliffe-Pratt, Daniel
Christian Education, Baptist Convention, Grassroots Churches
If grassroots churches in South Africa are to empower their congregants, the use
of alternative pedagogical methods is necessary. Traditional models of Christian
education are having limited impact within churches due to a lack of importance
placed on the socio-cultural context within the education process. In contrast,
contextual Christian education places the participants’ context at the centre.
This article reports on an empirical study on whether Groome’s Shared Praxis
Approach to Christian education could serve as a type of contextual Christian
education in township churches. This study took place amongst young adults
in a bible study group of the Baptist Convention of South Africa, Munsieville,
Gauteng. Making use of a qualitative approach, this study highlights how
through engaging in a praxis approach to education, participants established
lines of connection between their socio-cultural contexts and the Christian faith.
It indicates how contextual Christian education has the potential to move away
from existing practices of spiritualised, individualistic and privatised forms of
Christian education, to more holistic, communal and public Christian education.
2015-12-07T14:13:34Z
2015-12-07T14:13:34Z
2015-06-30
Article
Naidoo, M. & Sutcliffe-Pratt, D. A Study of a Relevant Contextual Christian Education Model within a Township Baptist Convention Church. The South African Baptist Journal of Theology, 24:175-178
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/19798
en
The South African Baptist Journal of Theology
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The role of transformational leadership in enhancing the quality of school reform and transformation in Ethiopia
Abdella Yuya
Lekhetho, Mapheleba
Growth and transformational plan
Quality education
Transactional leadership
Transformational leadership
The aim of the current research was to analyse existing trends in school leadership and to
explore how transformational leadership could be the root for aligning the Growth and
Transformation Plan (GTP) with school change and transformation. Accordingly, the study
was conducted in two phases. The first phase was to identify the type of leadership style
currently practised by school leaders (principals). The second phase was to implement
transformational leadership in the educational leadership system of the country.
In this research project, the researcher used the mixed-method approach. The data collection
methods used were a structured questionnaire and unstructured interviews. Data were analysed
using the Social Sciences Statistical Package (SPSS) and the computer data analysis system for
the ATLAS-TI software.
The general findings of this study are the following: currently the transactional leadership style is
more common among school principals in Ethiopia. Many respondents explained that the focus of
their principals was on routine work and much of the training content provided by Region
Education Bureau (REB) was not related to the actual problems of schools, which made them
reluctant to work towards the development of their school. The other major finding was that school
leaders had no motivation to develop and maintain the teachers’ commitment for effective teaching
and school reform. Teachers perceived their principals as passive and inactive in their efforts to
adjust themselves to reform and transformation in their schools. From the analysis of interview
data, it was found that the education plan, the GTP and leadership guidelines were not
synchronised; students, teachers, and school leaders were not visionary people who could
effectively facilitate the school reform and transformation. The interview results showed that the
current school leadership system is not transformational. Respondents confirmed that though in
some schools, leaders reflected some characteristics of transformational leadership, in most cases,
the prevailing practices in school systems reflected transactional leadership behaviour. Generally,
the results of analysis of both quantitative and qualitative data showed that in the Harari region
(Ethiopia) currently the most practised leadership style at school level is the transactional
leadership one. After intervention, at the school level, the transformational leadership style (TrLS)
began to be implemented by principals as opposed to the transactional leadership style. Therefore,
adequate training on the model of transformational leadership should be given to school
principals and community. In addition, continuous follow-up and updating the awareness of
school leaders is essential for effectiveness and quality of the school system. The Ministry of
Education (MOE) should incorporate transformational leadership behaviour in the national training programme for leadership in conjunction with the GTP for the incumbent school
leaders.
2021-06-11T10:26:34Z
2021-06-11T10:26:34Z
2020-11
2021-06-11
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/27470
en
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Interpreting the Bible in the context of apartheid and beyond: An African perspective
Farisani, Elelwani B.
Apartheid
Apartheid ideology
Dutch Reformed Churches
Bible interpretation
Peer reviewed
During the apartheid era in South Africa, the Bible was used both as a tool to legitimise the apartheid ideology and as a site of struggle against it. Today, in the post-apartheid context, the Bible still plays a significant role in addressing the current challenges. Accordingly, in this article my aim is twofold: first, to chronicle how the biblical text has been used to support the apartheid ideology and second, to spell out the role of the biblical text in the post-apartheid context. I begin by discussing how uncritical and literal interpretations of Scripture have been used by the white minority to exclude, oppress and sideline the black majority in South Africa. I then present a biblical inter-pretation which may serve as a safeguard against our tenden-cies to exclude, oppress, marginalise and sideline any minority or powerless group in our society. I conclude by suggesting ways to interpret the Bible that are less likely to lend them-selves to abuse by the powerful in the post-apartheid context.
2015-01-20T09:10:01Z
2015-01-20T09:10:01Z
2015-01
Article
Farisani, Elelwani B., 2015, Interpreting the Bible in the context of apartheid and beyond: An African perspective, Historiae Ecclesiasticae, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 207-225.
1017-0499
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/15403
en
Church History Society of Southern Africa
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The road to constitutionalism and democracy in post-colonial Africa: the case of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Mangu, André Mbata Betukumesu
Van Wyk, D. (Prof.)
Bautolinga, E.M.B. (Prof.)
Constitutionalism
Democracy
Separation of powers
Federalism
Human rights
Democratic Republic of Congo
African renaissance
African union
Globalisation
Colonialism
Independence
Monopartyism
Multipartyism
This study on "The road to constitutionalism and democracy in post-colonial Africa: the case of the Democratic Republic of Congo" revolves around a major research problem: What has been the road to constitutionalism and democracy in Africa since independence and how can constitutionalism and democracy be established and consolidated on the African continent? The importance of the problem and its implications for the life of millions of African people and the state of the literature still dominated by persons foreign to Africa make constitutionalism and democracy one of the most fascinating and challenging intellectual projects, particularly among African scholars. This work is a contribution to the development of knowledge and to the building and consolidation of constitutionalism and democracy in Africa. It revisits and critically examines the concepts and the various discourses and voices we have heard form both inside and mostly outside the continent. It highlights the African struggle, explores the major trends, and stresses the challenges and prospects for constitutionalism and democracy in Africa. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a case study. The research deals with the unfinished struggle of the people of the Congo and explains why the Congo has gone from DRC to DRC via Zaire, from one crisis of the Congo in the 1960s to another crisis of the Congo since the early 1990s and why the DRC history has been rehearsing in a vicious circle of coups and countercoups, rebellions, unsuccessful national conferences, authoritarian and unconstitutional regimes. Central to the crisis in many African states, including the DRC, is the crisis of constitutionalism and democracy and the failure of the post-colonial state. The study ends with the conclusion that constitutionalism and democracy also belong to Africa and constitute a prerequisite for African survival and renaissance.
2009-08-25T10:56:23Z
2009-08-25T10:56:23Z
2009-08-25T10:56:23Z
2002-01-01
Thesis
Mangu, André Mbata Betukumesu (2009) The road to constitutionalism and democracy in post-colonial Africa: the case of the Democratic Republic of Congo, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1761>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1761
en
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Black theology : challenge to mission
Kritzinger, J. N. J. (Johannes Nicolaas Jacobus), 1950-
Bosch, David J., 1929-1992
This thesis proposes that Christian mission in South Africa
should be understood in terms of liberation. To achieve this aim,
the author listens attentively to Black Theology, and then
responds from a position of solidarity to the double challenge
which it poses: a negation of traditional mission and an affirmation
of liberating mission. Since black theologians grapple with
the concrete implications of their blackness, a white theologian
needs to make a consciously white =esponse in order to do justice
to it.
Since Black Theology emerged out of the Black Consciousness
movement and developed in dialogue with it, the study begins with
an examination of the theory and praxis of the Black Consciousness
movement. Then follows an overview of the two phases of
Black Theology in South Africa, in which the emphasis is placed
on the organisations and events which embodied this approach,
rather than on individual theologians.
In the systematic analysis of Black Theology, attention is first
given to the element of negation. In this section the five inte=related
dimensions of South African Christianity which cause
black suffering are examined. Then an analysis is made of the
element of affirmation: the liberating action proposed by black
theologians for the eradication of suffering and the attainment
of new human beings in a new South Africa. Since Black Theology
has an holistic understanding of mission, attention is given to
personal, ecclesial and societal dimensions.
The final section is a white response to this double challenge.
First, it develops the notion of liberating mission and conversian in the white community. Secondly it establishes a number of
fundamental criteria for liberating mission. This final part
draws conclusions from the analysis done in the earlier parts,
and asks critical questions about some aspects of Black Theology.
In this way the basis is laid for white involvement in liberating
mission and for ongoing interaction with Black Theology.
2018-02-26T10:16:54Z
2018-02-26T10:16:54Z
1988-11
Thesis
Kritzinger, J. N. J. (Johannes Nicolaas Jacobus), 1950- (1988) Black theology : challenge to mission, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/23627>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/23627
en
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Ethiopian Christianity: A Continuum of African Early Christian Polities
Oliver, Erna
Rukuni, Rugare
Church History; Ethiopian Christianity; Byzantine Christianity; Imperial Christianity; Self-definition; Monophysite; Miaphysite
The 4th century CE was definitive for Early Christianity as there emerged an imperial orthodoxy establishment. This was the inception of an era of a Christian polity characterised by symbiotic ties between the imperial establishment and a developing charismatic political Christianity. The established narrative is one overshadowed by the Byzantine influence even in Africa through Alexandria and Carthage. There were, however, dynamics that conceived an African Christian polity, by extension Ethiopian Christianity posed relevance as a complexly diverse Christian political entity. The investigation reviewed 4th-century CE Christianity with regard to the influence of an African Christian polity and, additionally, how it was implied upon relations with the imperial orthodox establishment. Ethiopia became the case in consideration. This was established through descriptive research using document analysis to formulate literature reviews. The development of a Christian political matrix was a dominant feature of Early Christianity, especially after the emergence of a mutual enterprise under imperial orthodoxy. The formative manner of the political characteristic of ecclesiastical leadership was composite to the council resolutions and expansion policy. Inadvertently, the thin line between imperial geopolitical policy and custody of Christendom diminished. Ethiopia intrinsically saw the development of its own Christian political entity, one that curtailed the challenges of ethnic enculturation and schism between charisma and hierarchy. Perceivably, the complexity of the religious political matrix of Ethiopia as derived from its interaction with Byzantine Rome, Alexandria and the Arabian Peninsula was the source for its prolonged existence, thereby establishing basis for further investigation.
2021-01-20T12:31:13Z
2021-01-20T12:31:13Z
2019
Article
Rukuni, Rugare, & Erna Oliver. "Ethiopian Christianity: A continuum of African Early Christian polities." HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies [Online], 75.1 (2019): 9 pages
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/27046
https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v75i1.5335
en
© 2019 Rugare Rukuni | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
AOSIS
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African challenges unfolding identities
Du Toit, Cornel W.
Peer reviewed
2011-06-07T12:28:06Z
2011-06-07T12:28:06Z
2009
Book
9781868885961
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4261
en
Research Institute for Theology and Religion
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Prospects and challenges of revitalising a cross-border language : a study of Chichewa in Zimbabwe
Mubonderi, Believe
Mutasa, D. E.
Mheta, Gift
Minority languages
Cross-border languages
Language revitalization
Devitalization
Commodification
Globalization
Cross-border languages
Language planning and policy
Indigenous languages
Language in education policy
Domain
Language ecology
Language ideology
Language status
Nation-state
Bibliography: leaves 179 - 191
The study discusses the prospects and challenges of revitalizing a cross-border language in the Zimbabwean context. The researcher selected ChiChewa for this study because it is one of the prominent cross-border languages in Zimbabwe and one of the identified twelve cross-border languages by Academy of African Languages (ACALAN). The research study used interviews, focus group discussions, observations, and document analysis to solicit for information regarding the challenges and prospects of revitalizing a cross-border language. Data for this study was collected from ChiChewa native speakers, language experts and officials from the Ministry of Primary and Secondary education. Findings in this research study were discussed using the language ecology and language ideology paradigms. The study established that the prospects of revitalizing ChiChewa in Zimbabwe lie with the officialization of multilingualism and multiculturalism, vitality of ChiChewa and the education institutions. The constitution of Zimbabwe recognizes the existence of many languages in the country and clearly stipulates that all languages must be developed and used in equality. Even though the vitality of ChiChewa in Zimbabwe is compromised by a reduction in intergenerational transmission, the language is still spoken extensively by second and third generation Chewa speakers. The research also established that the education institution, regardless of its role in the endangerment of minority languages, remains key to the possible revitalization of ChiChewa in Zimbabwe. The researcher identified language shifts, language policy, language activism and representation, globalization, language status, ideological clarification, and the hegemony of English, ChiShona and IsiNdebele as the main challenges that work against the revitalization of ChiChewa in Zimbabwe. Therefore, the researcher has recommended that the status of cross-border languages needs to be enhanced through the equitable allocation of functional and instrumental roles if the cultural and intellectual wealth enshrined in languages is to be sustained. The study recommends that African languages policy and planning should be informed by African socio-historical and linguistic peculiarities. Such creation of a balanced language ecology is attainable only after challenging the hegemony of English, ChiShona and IsiNdebele in Zimbabwe.
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2022-10-26T13:03:28Z
2021-12
Thesis
https://hdl.handle.net/10500/29491
en
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Applied ethics and tertiary education in South Africa : teaching Business Ethics at the University of South Africa
Bentley, Wessel
Kretzschmar, Louise
Applied ethics
Business Ethics
Tertiary education
This article explores how Applied Ethics, especially Business Ethics, is taught at the University of South Africa (Unisa). This discussion refers to the content of a particular Unisa module, Theoretical and Applied Ethics, which serves as an introduction to Bio-medical Ethics, Business Ethics and Environmental Ethics. The fundamentals of this course are: defining ethics; providing methods for moral decision-making; describing the role of ethics in a particular f ield and addressing common dilemmas in a specific context. The intention is to empower students to identify issues they are likely to face in the workplace, and to grow in confidence in their ability to make sound moral decisions when required to do so. The aim of this article is to contribute to the ongoing discussion between tertiary institutions about how the teaching of Business Ethics can be promoted, how moral decision-making in the workplace can be encouraged and what role theological ethics can play in this regard
2013-09-04T14:50:25Z
2013
Article
Kretzschmar, L. & Bentley, W., 2013, 'Applied ethics and tertiary education in South Africa: Teaching Business ethics at the University of South Africa', Verbum et Ecclesia 34(1), Art. #804, 9 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ve.v34i1.804
2074-7705
www.ve.org.za/index.php/VE/article/viewFile/804/1691
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/10468
en
Verbum et Ecclesia
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