Introduction to Various Levels of Communication: CMS 120
- Authors: Usadolo, S , Osunkunle, O
- Date: 2010-01
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18297 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011304
- Description: Introduction to Various Levels of Communication: CMS 120, supplementary examination Jan/Feb 2010.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2010-01
- Authors: Usadolo, S , Osunkunle, O
- Date: 2010-01
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18297 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011304
- Description: Introduction to Various Levels of Communication: CMS 120, supplementary examination Jan/Feb 2010.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2010-01
The History of Writing and Print Technology: LIB 111
- Authors: Snyders, M P
- Date: 2011-06
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18058 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010651
- Description: The History of Writing and Print Technology: LIB 111, degree examination June 2011.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2011-06
- Authors: Snyders, M P
- Date: 2011-06
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18058 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010651
- Description: The History of Writing and Print Technology: LIB 111, degree examination June 2011.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2011-06
Introduction to Documents on Christian Scripture: TNT 121
- Abrahams, S P, Chetty, Irvin G
- Authors: Abrahams, S P , Chetty, Irvin G
- Date: 2010-01
- Subjects: Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18135 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011028
- Description: Introduction to Documents on Christian Scripture: TNT 121, supplementary examination January 2010.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2010-01
- Authors: Abrahams, S P , Chetty, Irvin G
- Date: 2010-01
- Subjects: Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18135 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011028
- Description: Introduction to Documents on Christian Scripture: TNT 121, supplementary examination January 2010.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2010-01
Hiv/Aids communication and youth behaviour in South Africa: a study of female high school students in the Eastern Cape Province
- Authors: Mpofu, Nkosinothando
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: HIV infections -- Social aspects -- South Africa , AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects -- South Africa , Communication in public health -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD (Com)
- Identifier: vital:11368 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1015374 , HIV infections -- Social aspects -- South Africa , AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects -- South Africa , Communication in public health -- South Africa
- Description: Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus and Acquired Immune-Deficiency Syndrome communication remains one of the most significant tools in the fight against HIV/AIDS given the absence of the cure to fight the growth and spread of the global pandemic. Through the use of information, HIV/AIDS communication seeks to empower recipients or societies with skills that will help reduce their risk of infection. South Africa has seen a high visibility of HIV/AIDS communication programmes or campaigns aimed at empowering different audiences, whilst paying particular emphasis on the most vulnerable. Young people, in particular young women, have a higher prevalence of HIV/AIDS in South Africa. This has prompted the development of many youth focused communication campaigns which have sought to address factors that increase young people`s vulnerability to HIV infection. However, despite the high visibility of HIV/AIDS communication campaigns targeting young people, high risk behaviours are still being seen among young women. Important to note are the high teenage pregnancy rates, growing abuse of substances and even the premature engagement of sexual activities among female youths. This, therefore, raises questions on the effect of HIV/AIDS communication programmes in encouraging protective behaviour against risky behavioural practices amongst young women. Using both quantitative and qualitative research approaches to this study, an investigation was conducted into whether current HIV/AIDS communication campaigns have been limited (in terms of effectiveness) when it comes to communicating with young women on issues relating to HIV/AIDS. Awareness of HIV/AIDS and HIV/AIDS communication programmes, relevance of HIV/AIDS communication programmes, the factors that influence the use and understanding of HIV/AIDS messages and the impact of HIV/AIDS communication on attitude and behaviour change amongst female youths is measured. A total of 350 questionnaire copies were self-administered to 350 participants, with a 100 percent response rate. From the 350 participants, seventy five took part in focus group discussions. Data obtained was analysed using SPSS (for descriptive statistics), and the grounded theory. The results of the study indicate that all participants were aware of HIV/AIDS with at least 60% of the participants aware of at least three HIV/AIDS communication campaigns. When measuring the relevance of HIV/AIDS communication campaigns, participants (58%) indicate that issues discussed in most HIV/AIDS communication campaigns increased the relevance of HIV/AIDS messages to young women although such relevance was, for some respondents, affected by limited access to communication campaigns. Results also show that levels of knowledge and understanding of factors that expose young women to HIV infections differed amongst participants in as much as the factors that hinder the use of advice contained in HIV/AIDS messages also differed. Sixty-nine percent of the participants have knowledge and a better understanding of factors that expose young females to HIV infections. Twenty-five percent of the participants identified peer pressure, whilst 23% identified limited access to HIV/AIDS communication campaigns and another 18% identified a disregard of HIV/AIDS messages as significant factors that limit the ability of individuals to implement advice contained in HIV/AIDS messages. The results also indicate that although HIV/AIDS communication campaigns seem to have played a role in empowering some participants, there is still a significant minority whom communication has not effectively communicated with. Based on these findings, the study suggests, amongst other things, the need to intensify current HIV/AIDS communication campaigns through the provision of consistent messages on appropriate condom use, the identification of easily accessible communication channels and the development of thought provoking and attention grabbing campaigns as well as the need to continue to directly involve young women in the processes of their own development.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2012
- Authors: Mpofu, Nkosinothando
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: HIV infections -- Social aspects -- South Africa , AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects -- South Africa , Communication in public health -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD (Com)
- Identifier: vital:11368 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1015374 , HIV infections -- Social aspects -- South Africa , AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects -- South Africa , Communication in public health -- South Africa
- Description: Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus and Acquired Immune-Deficiency Syndrome communication remains one of the most significant tools in the fight against HIV/AIDS given the absence of the cure to fight the growth and spread of the global pandemic. Through the use of information, HIV/AIDS communication seeks to empower recipients or societies with skills that will help reduce their risk of infection. South Africa has seen a high visibility of HIV/AIDS communication programmes or campaigns aimed at empowering different audiences, whilst paying particular emphasis on the most vulnerable. Young people, in particular young women, have a higher prevalence of HIV/AIDS in South Africa. This has prompted the development of many youth focused communication campaigns which have sought to address factors that increase young people`s vulnerability to HIV infection. However, despite the high visibility of HIV/AIDS communication campaigns targeting young people, high risk behaviours are still being seen among young women. Important to note are the high teenage pregnancy rates, growing abuse of substances and even the premature engagement of sexual activities among female youths. This, therefore, raises questions on the effect of HIV/AIDS communication programmes in encouraging protective behaviour against risky behavioural practices amongst young women. Using both quantitative and qualitative research approaches to this study, an investigation was conducted into whether current HIV/AIDS communication campaigns have been limited (in terms of effectiveness) when it comes to communicating with young women on issues relating to HIV/AIDS. Awareness of HIV/AIDS and HIV/AIDS communication programmes, relevance of HIV/AIDS communication programmes, the factors that influence the use and understanding of HIV/AIDS messages and the impact of HIV/AIDS communication on attitude and behaviour change amongst female youths is measured. A total of 350 questionnaire copies were self-administered to 350 participants, with a 100 percent response rate. From the 350 participants, seventy five took part in focus group discussions. Data obtained was analysed using SPSS (for descriptive statistics), and the grounded theory. The results of the study indicate that all participants were aware of HIV/AIDS with at least 60% of the participants aware of at least three HIV/AIDS communication campaigns. When measuring the relevance of HIV/AIDS communication campaigns, participants (58%) indicate that issues discussed in most HIV/AIDS communication campaigns increased the relevance of HIV/AIDS messages to young women although such relevance was, for some respondents, affected by limited access to communication campaigns. Results also show that levels of knowledge and understanding of factors that expose young women to HIV infections differed amongst participants in as much as the factors that hinder the use of advice contained in HIV/AIDS messages also differed. Sixty-nine percent of the participants have knowledge and a better understanding of factors that expose young females to HIV infections. Twenty-five percent of the participants identified peer pressure, whilst 23% identified limited access to HIV/AIDS communication campaigns and another 18% identified a disregard of HIV/AIDS messages as significant factors that limit the ability of individuals to implement advice contained in HIV/AIDS messages. The results also indicate that although HIV/AIDS communication campaigns seem to have played a role in empowering some participants, there is still a significant minority whom communication has not effectively communicated with. Based on these findings, the study suggests, amongst other things, the need to intensify current HIV/AIDS communication campaigns through the provision of consistent messages on appropriate condom use, the identification of easily accessible communication channels and the development of thought provoking and attention grabbing campaigns as well as the need to continue to directly involve young women in the processes of their own development.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2012
Tolerance in intergroup relations: cognitive representations reducing ingroup projection
- Authors: O'Sullivan, Clodagh M
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: Group identity , Social groups , Intergroup relations
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Soc Sc (Psych)
- Identifier: vital:11604 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/140 , Group identity , Social groups , Intergroup relations
- Description: This study assessed the personal, career and learning skills needs of 196 psychology students (M= 56, F= 103). The preferred means of counselling assistance, preferred experience of counselling and preferred counselling provider were also assessed. The most highly endorsed needs were time management skills (83.5 pecent, n=162), learning test-taking strategies (82 percent, n=159), job search strategies (73.6 percent, n=142), increasing self-confidence (70.3 percent, n=135), increasing motivation (72.4 percent, n=134), controlling anxiety and nervousness (68.7 percent, n=134), public speaking anxiety (68 percent, n=134), understanding career interests and abilities (67.5 percent, n=131), fear of failure (68.1 percent, n=130), and improving study skills (66.5 percent, n=129). Significant sex differences were found for the following, finding a greater purpose in life, controlling weight, job search strategies, concerns about career choice, understanding career interests and abilities in the selection of major subjects and improving study skills. Males highly endorsed the need for finding a greater purpose in life, job search strategies, and concern about career choice, understanding career interest and abilities, selection of major subjects and to improve study skills, whereas females endorsed the need for controlling weight. Respondents indicated individual counselling as being their preferred means of counselling assistance, but lectures were the most prevalent means of assistance previously received by respondents. Most respondents (78.1 percent) found the assistance they had received to be helpful.
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- Date Issued: 2008
- Authors: O'Sullivan, Clodagh M
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: Group identity , Social groups , Intergroup relations
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Soc Sc (Psych)
- Identifier: vital:11604 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/140 , Group identity , Social groups , Intergroup relations
- Description: This study assessed the personal, career and learning skills needs of 196 psychology students (M= 56, F= 103). The preferred means of counselling assistance, preferred experience of counselling and preferred counselling provider were also assessed. The most highly endorsed needs were time management skills (83.5 pecent, n=162), learning test-taking strategies (82 percent, n=159), job search strategies (73.6 percent, n=142), increasing self-confidence (70.3 percent, n=135), increasing motivation (72.4 percent, n=134), controlling anxiety and nervousness (68.7 percent, n=134), public speaking anxiety (68 percent, n=134), understanding career interests and abilities (67.5 percent, n=131), fear of failure (68.1 percent, n=130), and improving study skills (66.5 percent, n=129). Significant sex differences were found for the following, finding a greater purpose in life, controlling weight, job search strategies, concerns about career choice, understanding career interests and abilities in the selection of major subjects and improving study skills. Males highly endorsed the need for finding a greater purpose in life, job search strategies, and concern about career choice, understanding career interest and abilities, selection of major subjects and to improve study skills, whereas females endorsed the need for controlling weight. Respondents indicated individual counselling as being their preferred means of counselling assistance, but lectures were the most prevalent means of assistance previously received by respondents. Most respondents (78.1 percent) found the assistance they had received to be helpful.
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- Date Issued: 2008
Intergroup conflict in soccer stadiums
- Authors: Mazibuko, Vela Onke
- Date: 2009
- Subjects: Collective behavior , Soccer fans , Soccer hooliganism , Police -- Violence against , Football stadiums , Group identity
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Soc Sc (C Psy)
- Identifier: vital:11858 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/234 , Collective behavior , Soccer fans , Soccer hooliganism , Police -- Violence against , Football stadiums , Group identity
- Description: The aim of the present research is to investigate three factors, namely perceptions of fairness in intergroup situations, ingroup identification and spatial dimensions that are assumed to contribute to why individuals participate in violence against the police in soccer stadiums. In Study 1 perceptions of fairness, identification and spatial perspective were manipulated and the results indicated a significant interaction effect between identification and spatial perspective. This interaction effect had a significant influence on negative behavioural tendencies towards police. In Study 2, identification and spatial perspective were manipulated and once again the interaction effect between identification and spatial perspective was found. A main effect of identification was found in that participants who identified lower with fans showed significantly more positive attitudes towards police. The results of the two studies highlight the importance of looking beyond the inherent nature of the crowd itself when analysing situations of police/fan conflict, and also the need to further investigate the spatial dimension and how it influences social judgment and decision making.
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- Date Issued: 2009
- Authors: Mazibuko, Vela Onke
- Date: 2009
- Subjects: Collective behavior , Soccer fans , Soccer hooliganism , Police -- Violence against , Football stadiums , Group identity
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Soc Sc (C Psy)
- Identifier: vital:11858 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/234 , Collective behavior , Soccer fans , Soccer hooliganism , Police -- Violence against , Football stadiums , Group identity
- Description: The aim of the present research is to investigate three factors, namely perceptions of fairness in intergroup situations, ingroup identification and spatial dimensions that are assumed to contribute to why individuals participate in violence against the police in soccer stadiums. In Study 1 perceptions of fairness, identification and spatial perspective were manipulated and the results indicated a significant interaction effect between identification and spatial perspective. This interaction effect had a significant influence on negative behavioural tendencies towards police. In Study 2, identification and spatial perspective were manipulated and once again the interaction effect between identification and spatial perspective was found. A main effect of identification was found in that participants who identified lower with fans showed significantly more positive attitudes towards police. The results of the two studies highlight the importance of looking beyond the inherent nature of the crowd itself when analysing situations of police/fan conflict, and also the need to further investigate the spatial dimension and how it influences social judgment and decision making.
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- Date Issued: 2009
Library Management: LIB 222
- Authors: Moyo, M , Chitsamatanga, N
- Date: 2011-01
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18011 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010588
- Description: Library Management: LIB 222, supplementary degree examination January 2011.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2011-01
- Authors: Moyo, M , Chitsamatanga, N
- Date: 2011-01
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18011 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010588
- Description: Library Management: LIB 222, supplementary degree examination January 2011.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2011-01
Cultures of South & North America: ANT 321
- Authors: Myaluza-Masina , Lamla, C M
- Date: 2010-01
- Subjects: Anthropology
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18337 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011466
- Description: Cultures of South & North America: ANT 321, Jan 2010-Supp.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2010-01
- Authors: Myaluza-Masina , Lamla, C M
- Date: 2010-01
- Subjects: Anthropology
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18337 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011466
- Description: Cultures of South & North America: ANT 321, Jan 2010-Supp.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2010-01
The meaning women attach to their experiences of intimate partner violence: an interpretative phenomenological study
- Authors: Da Silva, Sheila
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: Women -- Violence against -- South Africa , Abused women -- South Africa , Wife abuse -- South Africa , Family violence -- Psychological aspects
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Soc Sc (C Psy)
- Identifier: vital:11853 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/153 , Women -- Violence against -- South Africa , Abused women -- South Africa , Wife abuse -- South Africa , Family violence -- Psychological aspects
- Description: This study investigates the meaning that women attach to their experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV). It seeks to explore how women who have experienced violence in the context of an intimate relationship understand, or make sense of, that experience. It is important to investigate this in order to address some of the assumptions that often inform understandings of the phenomena. Moreover, such information can be used to inform the design and implementation of appropriate interventions. Nine women who had previously experienced violence within the context of an intimate heterosexual relationship participated in this study. For ethical reasons only women who had extricated themselves from those relationships were interviewed for this study. Participants’ accounts were therefore retrospective. The women who participated in this study constituted a homogenous group in terms of their level of education, geographic location and employment status. Data was collected through personal, face-to-face interviews which were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Data in the form of text was analyzed following Willig’s (2001) criteria for Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Disclosure of the women’s experiences, how they made sense of their experiences, as well as the resources they identified as available to them are reported in the results and analysis chapter.
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- Date Issued: 2008
- Authors: Da Silva, Sheila
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: Women -- Violence against -- South Africa , Abused women -- South Africa , Wife abuse -- South Africa , Family violence -- Psychological aspects
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Soc Sc (C Psy)
- Identifier: vital:11853 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/153 , Women -- Violence against -- South Africa , Abused women -- South Africa , Wife abuse -- South Africa , Family violence -- Psychological aspects
- Description: This study investigates the meaning that women attach to their experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV). It seeks to explore how women who have experienced violence in the context of an intimate relationship understand, or make sense of, that experience. It is important to investigate this in order to address some of the assumptions that often inform understandings of the phenomena. Moreover, such information can be used to inform the design and implementation of appropriate interventions. Nine women who had previously experienced violence within the context of an intimate heterosexual relationship participated in this study. For ethical reasons only women who had extricated themselves from those relationships were interviewed for this study. Participants’ accounts were therefore retrospective. The women who participated in this study constituted a homogenous group in terms of their level of education, geographic location and employment status. Data was collected through personal, face-to-face interviews which were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Data in the form of text was analyzed following Willig’s (2001) criteria for Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Disclosure of the women’s experiences, how they made sense of their experiences, as well as the resources they identified as available to them are reported in the results and analysis chapter.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2008
An evaluation of a bank’s clients’ preference for particular communication channels
- Authors: Chapwanya, Marvelous
- Date: 2021-04
- Subjects: Communication , Mass media
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/26615 , vital:65663
- Description: This study aims to establish clients’ preference for particular communication channels of a particular bank in Alice. The study, focusing on marketing communication, was guided by the tenets of media richness theory. The study employed both quantitative and qualitative research methods. This particular bank is one of the biggest banks in South Africa and it has many branches across the country and abroad. However, this study only focused on clients in the small town of Alice in the Eastern Cape. Alice has three major groups of clients: those who are highly educated, those who are illiterate and those who fall in between. This diversity in the demographics of the clients affects the way people react to the communication channels used by this bank including modern communication channels and traditional channels. It was discovered that education level, age (as related to literacy level), language, geographical location and access to computers and the internet have an impact on the way the clients evaluate the preference for particular communication channels of this bank. The results of the study show that the majority of the clients prefer communication channels that are interactive like face-to-face communication and cell phone calls. The other channels at the clients’ disposal are television, radio, newspapers, printed mail, internet and emails. However, some of these channels are not regarded as very effective by the clients in Alice for several reasons such as the rural nature of Alice, lack of access and resources, being illiterate, and a lack of education. The clients suggested that the bank make use of other communication channels that suit a rural and less developed area in order to effectively communicate with the clients. The study also brought to light that the use of the new ICTs in Alice is still lagging, resulting in many customers experiencing problems when they want to use some of the communication channels offered by the bank. , Thesis (MSoc ) -- Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-04
- Authors: Chapwanya, Marvelous
- Date: 2021-04
- Subjects: Communication , Mass media
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/26615 , vital:65663
- Description: This study aims to establish clients’ preference for particular communication channels of a particular bank in Alice. The study, focusing on marketing communication, was guided by the tenets of media richness theory. The study employed both quantitative and qualitative research methods. This particular bank is one of the biggest banks in South Africa and it has many branches across the country and abroad. However, this study only focused on clients in the small town of Alice in the Eastern Cape. Alice has three major groups of clients: those who are highly educated, those who are illiterate and those who fall in between. This diversity in the demographics of the clients affects the way people react to the communication channels used by this bank including modern communication channels and traditional channels. It was discovered that education level, age (as related to literacy level), language, geographical location and access to computers and the internet have an impact on the way the clients evaluate the preference for particular communication channels of this bank. The results of the study show that the majority of the clients prefer communication channels that are interactive like face-to-face communication and cell phone calls. The other channels at the clients’ disposal are television, radio, newspapers, printed mail, internet and emails. However, some of these channels are not regarded as very effective by the clients in Alice for several reasons such as the rural nature of Alice, lack of access and resources, being illiterate, and a lack of education. The clients suggested that the bank make use of other communication channels that suit a rural and less developed area in order to effectively communicate with the clients. The study also brought to light that the use of the new ICTs in Alice is still lagging, resulting in many customers experiencing problems when they want to use some of the communication channels offered by the bank. , Thesis (MSoc ) -- Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-04
Development of Urban, Human, Environmental & Technological Systems: DEV 222
- Authors: Tichagwa, C G , Monyai, P B
- Date: 2010-11
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18077 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010734
- Description: Development of Urban, Human, Environmental & Technological Systems: DEV 222, examination November 2010.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2010-11
- Authors: Tichagwa, C G , Monyai, P B
- Date: 2010-11
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18077 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010734
- Description: Development of Urban, Human, Environmental & Technological Systems: DEV 222, examination November 2010.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2010-11
Rural Sociology: SOC 520
- Nekhwevha, F, Duma, V, Makhanya, M
- Authors: Nekhwevha, F , Duma, V , Makhanya, M
- Date: 2010-01
- Subjects: Sociology
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17944 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010514
- Description: Rural Sociology: SOC 520, Special Examinations January 2010.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2010-01
- Authors: Nekhwevha, F , Duma, V , Makhanya, M
- Date: 2010-01
- Subjects: Sociology
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17944 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010514
- Description: Rural Sociology: SOC 520, Special Examinations January 2010.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2010-01
Women, land rights and HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe: the case of Zvimba communal area in Mashonaland West Province
- Authors: Arisunta, Caroline
- Date: 2010
- Subjects: Land tenure -- Zimbabwe , AIDS (Disease) in women -- Zimbabwe , Agricultural productivity -- Zimbabwe , Women farmers -- Zimbabwe , Women in agriculture -- Zimbabwe , Widowhood -- Zimbabwe , Inheritance and succession -- Zimbabwe , HIV-positive persons -- Zimbabwe
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Soc Sc (Rural Development)
- Identifier: vital:11939 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/233 , Land tenure -- Zimbabwe , AIDS (Disease) in women -- Zimbabwe , Agricultural productivity -- Zimbabwe , Women farmers -- Zimbabwe , Women in agriculture -- Zimbabwe , Widowhood -- Zimbabwe , Inheritance and succession -- Zimbabwe , HIV-positive persons -- Zimbabwe
- Description: This study explores women’s access to land under the customary tenure system. It examines how the changes in land tenure, access and rights to land as a consequence of HIV/AIDS are affecting agricultural productivity, food security and poverty, with a specific focus on women who have lost their husbands to HIV/AIDS in Zvimba. Zvimba is a village community located in Zvimba District in the Mashonaland West Province of Zimbabwe. The study also discusses policy responses designed to cushion the impact of HIV/AIDS on local communities especially women living with HIV/AIDS. The study highlights the vulnerability of widows to land rights violations, mainly inflicted by relatives but sometimes by the wider community. The main form of abuse encountered included the use of abusive language, threats of evictions and at times, beatings. The legal route for seeking redress was rarely used. Fear of witchcraft, low educational levels and fear of causing conflict between children and their paternal relatives also led widows to abandon the fight for their rights. The study further reveals that widows are heavily exposed to dispossession of their land rights. HIV/AIDS has increased the vulnerability of widows and other women to threats and dispossession of their land and other property rights. Dispossession of arable fields was observed in the four wards. The dispossessions and threats to livelihoods were directly related to the HIV positive status of the widows. The findings from this study illustrate the predominant role that male members of the household or family have over land. Thus, culture and traditional practices still affect women in other cases, disadvantaging them in favour of men, as in inheritance of land and property in the household.
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- Date Issued: 2010
- Authors: Arisunta, Caroline
- Date: 2010
- Subjects: Land tenure -- Zimbabwe , AIDS (Disease) in women -- Zimbabwe , Agricultural productivity -- Zimbabwe , Women farmers -- Zimbabwe , Women in agriculture -- Zimbabwe , Widowhood -- Zimbabwe , Inheritance and succession -- Zimbabwe , HIV-positive persons -- Zimbabwe
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Soc Sc (Rural Development)
- Identifier: vital:11939 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/233 , Land tenure -- Zimbabwe , AIDS (Disease) in women -- Zimbabwe , Agricultural productivity -- Zimbabwe , Women farmers -- Zimbabwe , Women in agriculture -- Zimbabwe , Widowhood -- Zimbabwe , Inheritance and succession -- Zimbabwe , HIV-positive persons -- Zimbabwe
- Description: This study explores women’s access to land under the customary tenure system. It examines how the changes in land tenure, access and rights to land as a consequence of HIV/AIDS are affecting agricultural productivity, food security and poverty, with a specific focus on women who have lost their husbands to HIV/AIDS in Zvimba. Zvimba is a village community located in Zvimba District in the Mashonaland West Province of Zimbabwe. The study also discusses policy responses designed to cushion the impact of HIV/AIDS on local communities especially women living with HIV/AIDS. The study highlights the vulnerability of widows to land rights violations, mainly inflicted by relatives but sometimes by the wider community. The main form of abuse encountered included the use of abusive language, threats of evictions and at times, beatings. The legal route for seeking redress was rarely used. Fear of witchcraft, low educational levels and fear of causing conflict between children and their paternal relatives also led widows to abandon the fight for their rights. The study further reveals that widows are heavily exposed to dispossession of their land rights. HIV/AIDS has increased the vulnerability of widows and other women to threats and dispossession of their land and other property rights. Dispossession of arable fields was observed in the four wards. The dispossessions and threats to livelihoods were directly related to the HIV positive status of the widows. The findings from this study illustrate the predominant role that male members of the household or family have over land. Thus, culture and traditional practices still affect women in other cases, disadvantaging them in favour of men, as in inheritance of land and property in the household.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2010
English for carrer purposes: ECP 122
- Authors: Wood, F , Makwela, N
- Date: 2010-01
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18287 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011293
- Description: Examination on English for carrer purposes: ECP 122- Jan 2010-supp.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2010-01
- Authors: Wood, F , Makwela, N
- Date: 2010-01
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18287 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011293
- Description: Examination on English for carrer purposes: ECP 122- Jan 2010-supp.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2010-01
History of African Christianity: TCH 111
- Authors: Mbaya, D H , Williams, D T
- Date: 2011-06
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18155 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011078
- Description: History of African Christianity: TCH 111, degree examination June 2011
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2011-06
- Authors: Mbaya, D H , Williams, D T
- Date: 2011-06
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18155 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011078
- Description: History of African Christianity: TCH 111, degree examination June 2011
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2011-06
Collective Behaviour and Social Change: SOC 123F
Social and Political Philosophy: PHL 224E
- Authors: Brouwer, P , Olivier, A
- Date: 2012-01
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18197 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011186
- Description: Social and Political Philosophy: PHL 224E, supplementary degree examination January 2012.
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- Date Issued: 2012-01
- Authors: Brouwer, P , Olivier, A
- Date: 2012-01
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18197 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011186
- Description: Social and Political Philosophy: PHL 224E, supplementary degree examination January 2012.
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- Date Issued: 2012-01
Community Psychology: PSY 524
- Authors: Sandlana, N S , Mfusi, S K
- Date: 2010-11
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18057 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010648
- Description: Community Psychology: PSY 524, degree examination November 2010.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2010-11
- Authors: Sandlana, N S , Mfusi, S K
- Date: 2010-11
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18057 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010648
- Description: Community Psychology: PSY 524, degree examination November 2010.
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- Date Issued: 2010-11
Urban Sociology: SOU 221
- Authors: Wana, L , Makapela, L S
- Date: 2008-11
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17971 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010543
- Description: Urban Sociology: SOU 221, examination November 2008.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2008-11
- Authors: Wana, L , Makapela, L S
- Date: 2008-11
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17971 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010543
- Description: Urban Sociology: SOU 221, examination November 2008.
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- Date Issued: 2008-11
African Christianity in Antiquity: TCH 121
- Authors: Mbaya, H D , Williams, D T
- Date: 2012-01
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18141 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011039
- Description: African Christianity in Antiquity: TCH 121, supplementary degree examination January 2012.
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- Date Issued: 2012-01
- Authors: Mbaya, H D , Williams, D T
- Date: 2012-01
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18141 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011039
- Description: African Christianity in Antiquity: TCH 121, supplementary degree examination January 2012.
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- Date Issued: 2012-01