This study examines the language, identity and intercultural communication dynamics in the
Xhosa communities of Cape Town where some immigrant Shona speakers dwell. Language is a
complex and nuanced repertoire of culture ...
The study investigated language policy and planning in relation to minority languages and
specifically Tshwao, a Khoisan language, in Zimbabwe. The purpose of the study was to
establish its impact on the current ...
The aim of this study was to carry out a reading comprehension intervention to empower
teachers with knowledge and strategies for teaching reading, with the ultimate goal of
improving the low reading comprehension of ...
Reading literacy for many black South African learners is a problem. In order to understand what happens in the South African foundation phase classrooms that affect learners’ reading performance, this study uses the adapted ...
This study explored the communicative strategies which were used by participants who were
called in as witnesses before the Leon Commission and the Phumaphi Commission of Enquiry
in Lesotho in 1998 and 2015 respectively. ...
This study was an exploration of how language is managed in the subordinate courts of Machakos County in Kenya. It was an investigation into the language policy used in the courts,
and whether the languages serve the ...
Translators give us access to texts written in other languages, yet they remain mostly invisible to us. The translator’s preface therefore becomes the most important paratext where their voices are heard and where the text ...
The purpose of this study was to investigate how language used in the past was lost
with regard to pregnant women, as well as the rituals meant to be followed when a
woman is pregnant until child-birth. This study compared ...
The loss of a life for natural causes has always been, always is and always will be something tragic for human beings, even if it was foreseen. It is all the more tragic when the loss of human life is caused by violent ...
This dissertation investigates the revitalisation of Tonga, an endangered minority language in Zimbabwe. It seeks to establish why the Tonga people embarked on the revitalisation of their language, the strategies they used, ...
Analyses of suicide notes have been conducted from varied perspectives in both linguistics and
psychology. Not only have these studies added considerable value to the study of suicide, but they
have also enriched the ...
English proficiency is regarded important for economic empowerment in South Africa, since English is the official business language of the country. South Africa is, however, a multilingual country, with 11 official languages. ...
The study sought to investigate how the symbiotic relationship between amaXhosa and amaNdebele impacted on IsiXhosa language and amaXhosa culture in Mbembesi area in Zimbabwe. The study was conducted where two ethnic groups ...
This qualitative study analyses gendered metaphors in selected Zimbabwean Shona songs. The study explores how musicians deploy gendered metaphors to propagate, reinforce or challenge gender views and positions held in the ...
Underpinned by the premise that any text can be studied as a translation provided it is identified
as such, this study theoretically uses Descriptive Translation Studies (DTS) to investigate
English-Swahili healthcare ...
The research raises concern for the practical and theoretical problems confronting pre-primary to secondary schools regarding the implementation of indigenous African music in the present curriculum. This research investigates ...
Advertising is a genre of mass media communication which unearths the exceptional qualities of
products and services in a persuasive fashion. It is also a form of marketing communication
through which business organizations ...
The research raises concern for the practical and theoretical problems confronting pre-primary to secondary schools regarding the implementation of indigenous African music in the present curriculum. This research investigates ...
Advertising is a genre of mass media communication which unearths the exceptional qualities of
products and services in a persuasive fashion. It is also a form of marketing communication
through which business organizations ...
The study unravels moral perversion in selected post-independence detective Shona novels. Moral perversion is a multi-faceted concept and the study focuses on corruption, sexual harassment, abuse of office, stealing, ...