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South Africa`s democracy: Mandela's "Cherished Ideal"

  • Authors: Tom, Mvuyo
  • Subjects: Twenty Years of Democracy - Mandela's "Cherished Ideal" , South Africa -- Democracy
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: vital:12229 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1014366
  • Description: Dr Tom was in the UK from 17-23 September 2014 to: attend events surrounding the Exhibition, give talks at these, raise awareness of Fort Hare, especially the 2016 Centenary, and renew acquaintance and meet with friends of and potential donors to Fort Hare.Report of Visit of Dr Mvuyo Tom, Vice Chancellor of the University of Fort Hare, one of three participating SA universities.
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South Africa`s reflections and juxtapositions of puffery psychodynamic evaluation of public administration shortcomings: public protests versus elections outcomes

  • Authors: Ijeoma, Edwin Okechukwu Chikata
  • Subjects: Public procurement , Service delivery , Corruption , Tender fraud , Cadre deployment , Law courts
  • Language: English
  • Type: Inaugural lecture
  • Identifier: vital:11972 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1007762 , Public procurement , Service delivery , Corruption , Tender fraud , Cadre deployment , Law courts
  • Description: As the country concludes the second decade since the dawn of the new democratic dispensation in South Africa, there has been an explosion in the magnitude and intensity of service delivery related protest in the entire country. Such grumbling actions are a sign of the perceived growing frustration of the citizens of the failure of their government to provide service to them or a situation catalysed by the “enemies of the state”?. The governing party has to reflect on its policies and practices so as to rectify these in line with satisfying the citizens since these are the voters-cum-tax payers. Ironically, the protests related to service rendering are more frequent in the strongholds of the governing party, a situation which has led to some scholars handpicking the cadre deployment policy of the governing party as a failure. There are various incidences where residents or citizens had to take to the streets in protest of the manner in which the government has addressed the plight of the ordinary citizens. Some of these protests have turned into running battles between the residents and the police, sometimes even leading to death of protestors. One case in point is the death in Ficksburg of Andres Tatane on the 13 of April 2011, a protester from rubber bullet wounds in the Free State Province. The death has also been labelled a failure on the side of the police, same as those of the Marikana miners and the Mozambican Mido Macia on the 27 of February 2013, who also succumbed to police inflicted injuries. This paper probes the outcomes of elections and service delivery in the wake of the protracted rise in public service delivery protests. The paper also provides some recommendations which the governing parties can consider in reshaping its mandate and policies aimed at elimination the frequency of Public protest everywhere in the country.
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South African breweries, what it is and what it does

  • Authors: South African Breweries (SAB)
  • Subjects: SAB
  • Language: English
  • Type: text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/168866 , vital:41655
  • Description: This booklet is to be used by unions organising in South African Breweries subsidiaries. The aim of this booklet is to provide an understanding of SAB which will help in working out how to negotiate with a monopoly of this size. As such, the booklet is divided into two sections. The first section looks at SAB, who owns it, how it is structured, how profitable it is, what it owns, etc. This section summarises the essential information about the company. We have drawn on a report by the Labour Research Service to assist in this section.
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South African exiles' Thunderbolt

South African local government bargaining council

  • Authors: SAMWU
  • Subjects: SAMWU
  • Language: English
  • Type: text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173941 , vital:42423
  • Description: The headings of the clauses in this agreement are for the purpose of convenience and reference only and shall not be used in the interpretation of nor modify nor amplify the terms of this agreement for any clause hereof.
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Speaking at Union Meetings

  • Authors: Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU)
  • Subjects: ICTU
  • Language: English
  • Type: text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174145 , vital:42446
  • Description: The type of meetings we have in mind are general members’ meetings with more than ten people in attendance. These notes are relevant where you have an opportunity to think beforehand about what you are going to say and to spend some time on preparation. Sometimes you may have to speak 'on the spur of the moment' in response to information, a statement or an event. In these circumstances, you should try to get your thoughts together before you speak, rather than simply 'thinking out loud’. The most important point about the 'spur of the moment' type of situation is to say what’s on your mind. Don’t leave it to someone else. These ‘spontaneous’ contributions to meetings can be very effective. People usually can recognise when someone is speaking ‘from the heart’! Sincerity, honesty and conviction are much more important for effective speaking than ‘polish’ and presentation. Hundreds of books have been written and millions of pounds ’earned’ telling people how to get their message across. While good presentation can help, for the trade union movement what people say is more important than how they say it. A speech is effective if the audience remembers most of the points made by the speaker.
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Speaking out : Africa orality and post-colonial preoccupations in selected examples of contemporary performance poetry

  • Authors: Mnensa, Mabel Thandeka
  • Subjects: Oral interpretation of poetry , Poetry slams , Oral tradition -- Africa , Folk literature -- Africa
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
  • Identifier: vital:8455 , http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1193 , Oral interpretation of poetry , Poetry slams , Oral tradition -- Africa , Folk literature -- Africa
  • Description: Contemporary performance poetry is a democratic art form that elicits dialogue and is a catalyst for social change. Yet it is an art form that is still not well understood: it is accused of unconsciously mimicking hip-hop and being a watered-down, lesser version of "real" poetry. However once its power is harnessed it may be a powerful art form that can be used to address social ills and act as a medium for memory work. The themes that are prevalent in contemporary performance poetry illustrate society‘s preoccupations. Different South African and American poets from a wide range of socio-economic, national, generational and racial backgrounds are examined to explore the collective preoccupations that keep emerging in the poetry, issues pertaining to race and class, gender, and to the politics of the past and its effect on the present. There is a long debate around the influences of contemporary performance poetry, which is negotiated in Chapter One. Though Gil Scott-Heron‘s "The Revolution will not be Televised" is identified as being a major influence, Saul Williams‘s "Black Stacey" challenges some of the arguments made by Scott-Heron. Lesego Rampolokeng lays the foundation for South African performance poetry by criticising the new black elite in the country in "Riding the Victim Train". Chapter Two examines how the poets challenge the status quo in their work. Sarah Jones‘s "Blood" illustrates how the new black middle class in America is complicit in keeping poor people on the margins, while Kgafela oa Magogodi levels his criticism against state sanctioned poets in South Africa. Mxolisi Nyezwa‘s "The Man is Gone" illustrates that the new class based hierarchal system in South Africa is potentially harsher than the apartheid one that was based on race. Chapter Three focuses on gender issues that are prevalent in South Africa. Tumi Molekane‘s "Yvonne" illustrates the danger that is embedded in the hetero-normative narrative while oa Magogodi‘s "Samson and deli(e)lah" and Sam‘s "Eve" explore how this narrative is unjustly informed by misinterpretations of the Bible. History and the impact of the past on the present is the focus of Chapter Four. "76" by Molekane illustrates how the apartheid legacy still affects many in South Africa, while Andrea Gibson‘s "Eli" explores the devastating effects of America‘s war efforts in Iraq. Dennis Brutus highlights the cathartic attributes of poetry that is community-driven in "So Neat They Were" and "Mumia". The chapter ends with an exploration of how the form of izibongo is used by Chris Thurman in "Holy City (A Jozi Praise-Poem)". The last poem illustrates how the past informs the present and suggests that despite the bleakness of the past, there is hope for South Africa because of its rich cultural heritage.
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Spectral properties and photophysical behaviour of water soluble cationic Mg(II) and Al(III) phthalocyanines

  • Authors: Idowu, Mopelola A , Arslanoglu, Yasin , Nyokong, Tebello
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: vital:7277 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1020292
  • Description: Peripherally and non-peripherally tetrasubstituted-[(N-methyl-2-pyridylthio)]phthalocyaninato magnesium (II) (5 and 6) and chloro aluminium (III) (7 and 8) tetraiodide have been synthesized and characterized. The photophysical properties of the complexes in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and aqueous medium in the presence and absence of cremophore EL have been studied. These complexes show high solubility in aqueous medium though they were aggregated. The triplet state quantum yields (FT) and the triplet lifetimes (tT) were found to be higher in DMSO with ΦT ranging from 0.32 to 0.51, while tT ranged from 282 to 622 ms in DMSO, compared to aqueous medium (pH 7.4 buffer) where ΦT ranged from 0.15 to 0.19 and tT from 26 to 35 ms. Addition of cremophore EL in aqueous solution resulted in partial disaggregation and increased photoactivity. The fluorescence lifetimes of the complexes showed strong dependence on their immediate environment. The ionic magnesium(II) and aluminium(III) phthalocyanines strongly bind to bovine serum albumin (BSA). , Original publication is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/s11532-013-0388-z
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Speech at D.S.G. Dinner - 14th October, 1975

Speech Day, St. Alban's College, Pretoria, 1978

  • Authors: Henderson, Derek Scott
  • Language: English
  • Type: Text
  • Identifier: vital:7373 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017253
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Speech Day, St. Dominics Priory, 1977

  • Authors: Henderson, Derek Scott
  • Language: English
  • Type: Text
  • Identifier: vital:7355 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017084
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Speech Day, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet

  • Authors: Henderson, Derek Scott
  • Language: English
  • Type: Text
  • Identifier: vital:7399 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017288
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Speech in honour of Chief Minister L.L.W. Sebe

Spirits - Rejoice

Spirits in action

  • Authors: Vickery, Steve , Wilmer, Val
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: vital:13665 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012577
  • Description: Photocopied article from the magazine Coda. This article is based on the book written by Maxine McGregor, Chris McGregor's wife "My Life With A South African Jazz Pioneer" (Bamberger Books). The article is reviewing Chris McGregor's life and his relations with the other members of the band Blue Notes who exiled in Europe, such as Dudu Pukwana, Mongezi Feza, Louis Moholo or Nick Moyake. There are 4 pictures with this article. A photo of Chris McGregor outside with a horse is on the first page; on the second page there is a picture of the Blue Notes; a photo of Dudu Pukwana and Mongezi Feza is on the third page and on the last page, a photo is showing Louis Moholo (in the front) with the band Viva la Black.
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Sponono and African Jazz

  • Authors: Walker, Oliver
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: vital:13668 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012580
  • Description: Photocopied article from the newspaper The Star about a concert by Chris McGregor's Blue Note jazz band and hymnal choruses from Sponono, organized by Union Artists. 25 men and women shared folk musics and jazz on stage in the University Hall.
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Sponono Farewell Concert Programme

  • Authors: Unknown
  • Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Dollar Brand , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Jazz
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: vital:13743 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012758
  • Description: Photocopied article about the emergence of the new South African jazz sound overseas, led by Dollar Brand who recorded the very first jazz South African LP. Chris McGregor with his band the Blue Notes is developing this new style.
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St. Andrew's College/Rhodes University 100 years

  • Authors: Henderson, Derek Scott
  • Language: English
  • Type: Text
  • Identifier: vital:7376 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017256
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St. Andrews College Speech Day, Thursday October 7th 1976: "the future belongs to those who prepare for it"

  • Authors: Henderson, Derek Scott
  • Language: English
  • Type: Text
  • Identifier: vital:7340 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017069
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Startin' to roll...

  • Authors: Unknown
  • Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Pukwana, Dudu , Jazz
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: vital:13744 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012759
  • Description: Photocopied article from the newspaper The Post about the Jazz festival at Johannesburg's Dorkay House. There is also a picture of (from left to right) Dudu Pukwana and Chris McGregor with this article.
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