NUMSA Western Cape Voter Education Programme, 4 September 1993
- National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa
- Authors: National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa
- Date: 1993-09-04
- Subjects: Uncatalogued
- Language: eng
- Type: text , pamphlet
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/104439 , vital:32385
- Description: This Congress resolves that: That the Central Committee decision in regard to membership of political parties be adopted by this congress. That Numsa as an organisation would encourage its members to support the ANC in the coming elections. Cosatu should remain independent of the political parties or government both now and in the post-apartheid State. The future of the Alliance will be decided by the Alliance partners themselves. Cosatu must intensify efforts to strengthen its structures and develop its leadership in order to ensure it has a strong support base. The workings of the Alliance need to be improved by strengthening the local and regional Alliance structures so that decisions can be taken involving members and lower structures and not only a top down process of decision making. The Alliance should establish a report back process and establish a mandating process. The reportback should start at a national level and go down to all levels. The mandating process should start from bottom structures to the national level. This process should be done within a specific time period. Numsa should conduct regular discussions Locally, Regionally and Nationally wherein positions pertaining to the political negotiations should be adopted. These positions should reflect the interests of our members and through Cosatu we should influence the positions of the Alliance.
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- Date Issued: 1993-09-04
- Authors: National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa
- Date: 1993-09-04
- Subjects: Uncatalogued
- Language: eng
- Type: text , pamphlet
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/104439 , vital:32385
- Description: This Congress resolves that: That the Central Committee decision in regard to membership of political parties be adopted by this congress. That Numsa as an organisation would encourage its members to support the ANC in the coming elections. Cosatu should remain independent of the political parties or government both now and in the post-apartheid State. The future of the Alliance will be decided by the Alliance partners themselves. Cosatu must intensify efforts to strengthen its structures and develop its leadership in order to ensure it has a strong support base. The workings of the Alliance need to be improved by strengthening the local and regional Alliance structures so that decisions can be taken involving members and lower structures and not only a top down process of decision making. The Alliance should establish a report back process and establish a mandating process. The reportback should start at a national level and go down to all levels. The mandating process should start from bottom structures to the national level. This process should be done within a specific time period. Numsa should conduct regular discussions Locally, Regionally and Nationally wherein positions pertaining to the political negotiations should be adopted. These positions should reflect the interests of our members and through Cosatu we should influence the positions of the Alliance.
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- Date Issued: 1993-09-04
Reading Conference recommendations in a wider context of social change
- Authors: Lotz-Sisitka, Heila
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/373792 , vital:66723 , xlink:href="https://www.ajol.info/index.php/sajee/article/view/122783"
- Description: This short Viewpoint paper considers the role and value of conference recommendations in shaping the field of environmental education. It explores the social politics, and often contested nature, of conference recommendations and their institutional histories, arguing that the act of producing conference recommendations forms part of the practices of new social movements. The paper recommends historicising conference recommendations and OEcross readings‚ to consider changing discourses and new developments in the field. Accompanying the short Viewpoint paper, are two sets of recently produced conference recommendations, one from the 4th International Environmental Education Conference held in Ahmedabad, India, and the other from the 1st International Conference on Mainstreaming Environment and Sustainability in African Universities held in Nairobi, Kenya.
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- Date Issued: 2008
- Authors: Lotz-Sisitka, Heila
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/373792 , vital:66723 , xlink:href="https://www.ajol.info/index.php/sajee/article/view/122783"
- Description: This short Viewpoint paper considers the role and value of conference recommendations in shaping the field of environmental education. It explores the social politics, and often contested nature, of conference recommendations and their institutional histories, arguing that the act of producing conference recommendations forms part of the practices of new social movements. The paper recommends historicising conference recommendations and OEcross readings‚ to consider changing discourses and new developments in the field. Accompanying the short Viewpoint paper, are two sets of recently produced conference recommendations, one from the 4th International Environmental Education Conference held in Ahmedabad, India, and the other from the 1st International Conference on Mainstreaming Environment and Sustainability in African Universities held in Nairobi, Kenya.
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- Date Issued: 2008
Can Jamaica put music first?: a comment
- Authors: Stanley Niaah, Sonjah
- Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/145941 , vital:38480 , https://0-doi.org.wam.seals.ac.za/10.1080/00086495.2018.1480319
- Description: Many development programmes fail because they don’t account for cultural contexts. In a context where cultural and creative industries represent 10% of the GNP in economies such as Brazil, China, India, and Indonesia, there is no doubt that culture is vital for their sustainable development.
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- Date Issued: 2018
- Authors: Stanley Niaah, Sonjah
- Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/145941 , vital:38480 , https://0-doi.org.wam.seals.ac.za/10.1080/00086495.2018.1480319
- Description: Many development programmes fail because they don’t account for cultural contexts. In a context where cultural and creative industries represent 10% of the GNP in economies such as Brazil, China, India, and Indonesia, there is no doubt that culture is vital for their sustainable development.
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- Date Issued: 2018
Factors affecting the well-being of the science faculty academic employees at a public university in the Eastern Cape Province
- Authors: Maqungo, Akhona
- Date: 2021-04
- Subjects: Employees -- Psychological aspects , Universities and colleges -- Employee , Well-being
- Language: English
- Type: Master'stheses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/51852 , vital:43378
- Description: Academia is faced with several challenges apart from attracting and retaining a high calibre of academics. As the main driving force in universities, academic employees are confronted with challenges such as increased workloads, emotional and physical exhaustion, bullying, job insecurity, violent and disruptive protest actions, uncompetitive salary scales, and poor working conditions. These aspects threaten the attractiveness of the academic profession as well as the well-being of academic employees. The ever-changing academic work environment requires universities to comprehend the impact of workplace aspects on employee’s well-being. Understanding the work aspects that affect the well-being of academics could help universities create a conducive working environment that enables employees to flourish, be resilient, manage everyday life stresses, and subsequently improve the well-being of its most valuable resource. An empirical study consisting of an online survey was conducted to gather and analyse data among 113 science faculty academic employees at the public university. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between work aspects such as employee recognition, job insecurity, working conditions, protest actions, workplace health and safety and well-being. Furthermore, this study determined the well-being needs and challenges experienced by the academic employees. The key findings indicated a significant relationship between the selected workplace aspects and well-being. The need for workplace conflict resolution strategies, financial management skills, improved employment relations, handling abuse of authority and bullying were found to be significant in improving the employees’ well-being. Workplace safety, lack of employee recognition, work overload, lack of management support, sexual misconduct, work-life balance, racial tensions, and a disregard for employee well-being were identified as some of the challenges experienced by the academic employees at the public university. Recommendations were made to enhance the well-being of the academics and pro-actively address the well-being needs and challenges of the science faculty academic employees. , Thesis (MBA) -- Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences, Business Administration, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-04
- Authors: Maqungo, Akhona
- Date: 2021-04
- Subjects: Employees -- Psychological aspects , Universities and colleges -- Employee , Well-being
- Language: English
- Type: Master'stheses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/51852 , vital:43378
- Description: Academia is faced with several challenges apart from attracting and retaining a high calibre of academics. As the main driving force in universities, academic employees are confronted with challenges such as increased workloads, emotional and physical exhaustion, bullying, job insecurity, violent and disruptive protest actions, uncompetitive salary scales, and poor working conditions. These aspects threaten the attractiveness of the academic profession as well as the well-being of academic employees. The ever-changing academic work environment requires universities to comprehend the impact of workplace aspects on employee’s well-being. Understanding the work aspects that affect the well-being of academics could help universities create a conducive working environment that enables employees to flourish, be resilient, manage everyday life stresses, and subsequently improve the well-being of its most valuable resource. An empirical study consisting of an online survey was conducted to gather and analyse data among 113 science faculty academic employees at the public university. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between work aspects such as employee recognition, job insecurity, working conditions, protest actions, workplace health and safety and well-being. Furthermore, this study determined the well-being needs and challenges experienced by the academic employees. The key findings indicated a significant relationship between the selected workplace aspects and well-being. The need for workplace conflict resolution strategies, financial management skills, improved employment relations, handling abuse of authority and bullying were found to be significant in improving the employees’ well-being. Workplace safety, lack of employee recognition, work overload, lack of management support, sexual misconduct, work-life balance, racial tensions, and a disregard for employee well-being were identified as some of the challenges experienced by the academic employees at the public university. Recommendations were made to enhance the well-being of the academics and pro-actively address the well-being needs and challenges of the science faculty academic employees. , Thesis (MBA) -- Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences, Business Administration, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-04
Asymmetrical and symmetrical zinc phthalocyanine-cobalt ferrite conjugates embedded in electrospun fibers for dual photocatalytic degradation of azo dyes: Methyl Orange and Orange G
- Mapukata, Sivuyisiwe, Kobayashi, Nagao, Kimura, Mutsumi, Nyokong, Tebello
- Authors: Mapukata, Sivuyisiwe , Kobayashi, Nagao , Kimura, Mutsumi , Nyokong, Tebello
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186960 , vital:44551 , xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2019.04.048"
- Description: The conjugation of a symmetrical and an asymmetrical zinc phthalocyanine with amine functionalised cobalt ferrite magnetic nanoparticles (CoFe MNPs) for enhanced photophysics and photocatalysis is reported. The MNPs, 2-[5-(phenoxy)-isophthalic acid] 9(10), 16(17), 23(24)-tris (tertbutyl) phthalocyaninato Zn (II) (2) and 2, 10, 16, 24 – tetra 5-(phenoxy)-isophthalic acid phthalocyaninato] Zn (II) (3) as well as their respective conjugates are embedded into electrospun polyamide-6 (PA-6) fibers for support and catalyst regeneration. The resulting photocatalyts (CoFe/PA-6, 2/PA-6, 3/PA-6, CoFe-2/PA-6, and CoFe-3/PA-6) were compared based on their photophysical properties and photocatalytic efficiencies in degrading azo dyes; Methyl Orange (MO) and Orange G (OG). CoFe-2/PA-6 and CoFe-3/PA-6 were found to be more effective photocatalysts than their respective electrospun Pcs and MNPs. The degradation of OG was found to follow pseudo first order kinetics and the Langmuir–Hinshelwood model while that of MO does not.
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- Date Issued: 2019
- Authors: Mapukata, Sivuyisiwe , Kobayashi, Nagao , Kimura, Mutsumi , Nyokong, Tebello
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186960 , vital:44551 , xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2019.04.048"
- Description: The conjugation of a symmetrical and an asymmetrical zinc phthalocyanine with amine functionalised cobalt ferrite magnetic nanoparticles (CoFe MNPs) for enhanced photophysics and photocatalysis is reported. The MNPs, 2-[5-(phenoxy)-isophthalic acid] 9(10), 16(17), 23(24)-tris (tertbutyl) phthalocyaninato Zn (II) (2) and 2, 10, 16, 24 – tetra 5-(phenoxy)-isophthalic acid phthalocyaninato] Zn (II) (3) as well as their respective conjugates are embedded into electrospun polyamide-6 (PA-6) fibers for support and catalyst regeneration. The resulting photocatalyts (CoFe/PA-6, 2/PA-6, 3/PA-6, CoFe-2/PA-6, and CoFe-3/PA-6) were compared based on their photophysical properties and photocatalytic efficiencies in degrading azo dyes; Methyl Orange (MO) and Orange G (OG). CoFe-2/PA-6 and CoFe-3/PA-6 were found to be more effective photocatalysts than their respective electrospun Pcs and MNPs. The degradation of OG was found to follow pseudo first order kinetics and the Langmuir–Hinshelwood model while that of MO does not.
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- Date Issued: 2019
Conjugates of platinum nanoparticles with gallium tetra–(4-Carboxyphenyl) porphyrin and their use in photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy when in solution or embedded in electrospun fiber
- Managa, Muthumuni, Antunes, Edith M, Nyokong, Tebello
- Authors: Managa, Muthumuni , Antunes, Edith M , Nyokong, Tebello
- Date: 2014
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/193791 , vital:45396 , xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2014.03.050"
- Description: The conjugation of Pt nanoparticles with ClGa(III) 5,10,15,20-tetrakis-(4-carboxyphenyl) porphyrin (ClGaTCPP) showed greater antimicrobial activity against a gram positive and drug resistant bacteria Staphylococcus aureus, than when the porphyrin was used alone. ClGaTCPP and its conjugate with platinum nanoparticle was successfully electrospun into a polystyrene polymer where the diameter ranged from 10 to 22 μm. The conjugates within the fiber still showed activity towards S. aureus.
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- Date Issued: 2014
- Authors: Managa, Muthumuni , Antunes, Edith M , Nyokong, Tebello
- Date: 2014
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/193791 , vital:45396 , xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2014.03.050"
- Description: The conjugation of Pt nanoparticles with ClGa(III) 5,10,15,20-tetrakis-(4-carboxyphenyl) porphyrin (ClGaTCPP) showed greater antimicrobial activity against a gram positive and drug resistant bacteria Staphylococcus aureus, than when the porphyrin was used alone. ClGaTCPP and its conjugate with platinum nanoparticle was successfully electrospun into a polystyrene polymer where the diameter ranged from 10 to 22 μm. The conjugates within the fiber still showed activity towards S. aureus.
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- Date Issued: 2014
Spotlight on the Art of Darkness: The Kin Artstudio
- Authors: Tshilumba Mukendi, J S
- Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/146434 , vital:38525 , https://artafricamagazine.org/magazine-archive/?v=e4dd286dc7d7
- Description: Issue December 2016. What Really Matters.
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- Date Issued: 2016
- Authors: Tshilumba Mukendi, J S
- Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/146434 , vital:38525 , https://artafricamagazine.org/magazine-archive/?v=e4dd286dc7d7
- Description: Issue December 2016. What Really Matters.
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- Date Issued: 2016
Chemical composition and in vitro ruminal degradation of diets containing Vachellia karro leaf meal and their effect on physiological responses of indigenous Xhosa lop-eared goats
- Authors: Mfisi, Khanyisa
- Date: 2021-09
- Subjects: Ruminants--Feeding and feeds , Animal nutrition
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/20719 , vital:46460
- Description: The objective of this study was to determine the chemical composition and in vitro ruminal dry matter degradation (DMD) of Vachellia karro leaf meal-containing diets and their effect on feed intake and physiological responses of indigenous Xhosa lop-eared goats. Experimental diets containing 0 percent (Treatment 1), 15 percent (Treatment 2) and 30 percent (Treatment 3) Vachellia karroo leaf meal were mixed with grass hay and crushed maize. Samples of each diet were analysed for chemical composition and in vitro ruminal DM degradability. A total of 18 eight-month-old indigenous Xhosa lop-eared goats, initially weighing 20.81 ± 1.83 kg were randomly assigned to each diet in a Completely Randomized Design. The goats were confined in individual well-ventilated roofed pens and each dietary treatment had a total of 6 goats. The feed was offered at a rate of 3 percent of live weight twice a day, at 08:00 in the morning and at 16:00 in the afternoon. The experimental feeding trial lasted for 80 days, where 10 days was allowed for adaptation. Goat live weight, Average daily feed intake (ADFI), and Body condition scores (BCS) were recorded weekly FAMACHA scores and fecal eggs counts were also determined weekly. Blood samples were collected via vein puncture on the last day of the feeding trial for determination of glucose, total cholesterol, albumin and blood urea. Significantly higher (P < 0.05) crude protein (CP) and condensed tannins (CT) levels were observed in Vachellia karroo containing diets., while acid detergent fibre (ADF) and neutral detergent fibre (NDF) were significantly higher (P < 0.05) in the control diet. During early hours of incubation, DMD was similar (P > 0.05) across all dietary treatments. At 12 to 72 hours, the DMD was significantly higher (P < 0.05) in Vachellia karroo containing diets except at 48 hours. Correlation between DMD and NDF, ADF and fat was only visible at 24 hours. Fibre (ADF and NDF) were negatively related to DMD, while fat was positively related. A positive correlation was observed between DMD and DM, CP and ADFI. The body weight and BCS of goats was similar (P > 0.05) in all dietary treatments (P > 0.05). The ADFI was significantly higher (P < 0.05) in Vachellia karroo supplemented goats. Faecal egg count and FAMACHA scores were significantly higher (P< 0.05) in the control group compared to the Vachellia karroo supplemented treatments; while glucose levels were significantly higher in goats supplemented with Vachellia karroo compared to non-supplemented goats. Cholesterol levels were similar (P > 0.05) across all experimental groups. Goats consuming 30 percent of Vachellia karroo leaf meal had higher (P < 0.05) creatinine levels than the non-supplemented treatment. Urea levels were significantly higher (P < 0.05) in goats fed 30 percent of Vachellia karroo leaf meal than other treatments. It was concluded that the inclusion of Vachellia karroo leaves improves diet quality, diet degradability, average daily feed intake and physiological responses. , Thesis (MSc) (Animal Science) -- University of Fort Hare, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-09
- Authors: Mfisi, Khanyisa
- Date: 2021-09
- Subjects: Ruminants--Feeding and feeds , Animal nutrition
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/20719 , vital:46460
- Description: The objective of this study was to determine the chemical composition and in vitro ruminal dry matter degradation (DMD) of Vachellia karro leaf meal-containing diets and their effect on feed intake and physiological responses of indigenous Xhosa lop-eared goats. Experimental diets containing 0 percent (Treatment 1), 15 percent (Treatment 2) and 30 percent (Treatment 3) Vachellia karroo leaf meal were mixed with grass hay and crushed maize. Samples of each diet were analysed for chemical composition and in vitro ruminal DM degradability. A total of 18 eight-month-old indigenous Xhosa lop-eared goats, initially weighing 20.81 ± 1.83 kg were randomly assigned to each diet in a Completely Randomized Design. The goats were confined in individual well-ventilated roofed pens and each dietary treatment had a total of 6 goats. The feed was offered at a rate of 3 percent of live weight twice a day, at 08:00 in the morning and at 16:00 in the afternoon. The experimental feeding trial lasted for 80 days, where 10 days was allowed for adaptation. Goat live weight, Average daily feed intake (ADFI), and Body condition scores (BCS) were recorded weekly FAMACHA scores and fecal eggs counts were also determined weekly. Blood samples were collected via vein puncture on the last day of the feeding trial for determination of glucose, total cholesterol, albumin and blood urea. Significantly higher (P < 0.05) crude protein (CP) and condensed tannins (CT) levels were observed in Vachellia karroo containing diets., while acid detergent fibre (ADF) and neutral detergent fibre (NDF) were significantly higher (P < 0.05) in the control diet. During early hours of incubation, DMD was similar (P > 0.05) across all dietary treatments. At 12 to 72 hours, the DMD was significantly higher (P < 0.05) in Vachellia karroo containing diets except at 48 hours. Correlation between DMD and NDF, ADF and fat was only visible at 24 hours. Fibre (ADF and NDF) were negatively related to DMD, while fat was positively related. A positive correlation was observed between DMD and DM, CP and ADFI. The body weight and BCS of goats was similar (P > 0.05) in all dietary treatments (P > 0.05). The ADFI was significantly higher (P < 0.05) in Vachellia karroo supplemented goats. Faecal egg count and FAMACHA scores were significantly higher (P< 0.05) in the control group compared to the Vachellia karroo supplemented treatments; while glucose levels were significantly higher in goats supplemented with Vachellia karroo compared to non-supplemented goats. Cholesterol levels were similar (P > 0.05) across all experimental groups. Goats consuming 30 percent of Vachellia karroo leaf meal had higher (P < 0.05) creatinine levels than the non-supplemented treatment. Urea levels were significantly higher (P < 0.05) in goats fed 30 percent of Vachellia karroo leaf meal than other treatments. It was concluded that the inclusion of Vachellia karroo leaves improves diet quality, diet degradability, average daily feed intake and physiological responses. , Thesis (MSc) (Animal Science) -- University of Fort Hare, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-09
Informal learning in local farming practices by rural women in the Lake Chilwa Basin, Malawi: towards coping and adaptation to climate variability and climate change
- Authors: Mphepo, Gibson Yadunda
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Women -- Non-formal education - Malawi , Non-formal education -- Malawi , Women -- Malawi -- Social conditions , Crops and climate -- Malawi , Agricultural extension work -- Government policy -- Malawi , Environmental education -- Malawi
- Language: English
- Type: text , Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/167540 , vital:41490
- Description: Evidence reveals that informal learning is a neglected research area, globally and nationally. Informal learning, like formal and non-formal learning, is context specific. In the case of my study, the context was in local maize cultivation and the associated local farming practices which are also neglected. Research has shown that rural women in Malawi are significant change agents in socio-economic sectors, yet they are heavily affected by inequality. For example, extreme weather events of droughts and floods in the Lake Chilwa Basin, disproportionately affect more women than men because of their traditional gendered roles such as home care. The complexity of the dualistic nature of being change agents and victims of injustices at the same time offers a catalytic opportunity for potentially transformative social learning for transformative adaptation. Against this backdrop, I conducted a study to investigate and expand informal learning processes to contribute to building the resilience of women and other community members in Domasi and Nsanama Extension Planning Areas (EPA) within the Lake Chilwa Basin. Specifically, the study answered the following question: “How do drought and inter-seasonal dry spells influence informal learning processes to enable transformation adaptation among rural women cultivating maize in the Lake Chilwa Basin, Malawi?” To address the question, the first stage was to review local farming practices and the associated informal learning processes in Malawi. I then used third generation Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) as an overarching theoretical framework to guide the subsequent research processes which were split into three main phases: mirror data collection for expansive learning, formative change laboratory workshops, and data analysis and reflection. CHAT is a theoretical framework that helps us comprehend and analyze the relationship between the human mind (i.e. what people think and feel) and activity (what people do). It is a formative and activist learning theory that posits learning as occurring through collective activities to meet or change a common object (Mukute and Lotz-Sisitka, 2012, p. 345). For Koszalka and Wu, 2001(p. 493), within a CHAT framework, knowledge is socially constructed by individual learners, building on existing historical experiences, within the learners’ context. To construct this knowledge, learners use technology or mediating tools, as Vygotsky (1978) calls them. To collect mirror data, I conducted focus group discussions, observation studies, and document analysis. I also conducted key informant interviews with selected extension workers responsible for the two case study sites. The hub of my research constituted change laboratory workshops to expand learning through four of the seven expansive learning actions, namely questioning, analysis, modeling and testing the model. One of the essential procedures I relied on to expand learning during these change laboratory workshops was identification and analysis of contradictions that were mirrored back to women. The use of contradictions as fertile ground for learning is premised on Engstrom’s arguments that contradictions form a catalyst for learning. Data were analysed using two approaches: layered and power relations. A layered analysis is a step-by-step process of understanding a situation from the lower to a higher level (mature stage). For my research, this meant understanding sequential learning from questioning (session 1 – lower level) to testing the model (session 8 – higher level). The second data analysis approach, power relations, relates to the Women Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI), a measure of the degree of women empowerment, their agency and inclusion in farming (Ruth et al., 2013, p. 3). I used this type of power analysis tool because my research was agriculture based. Both data analysis approaches relied on N-vivo which is a form of computer-based qualitative data management software. The software was ideal for my study which was also mostly qualitative. During phase 1 of data collection, I identified five local farming practices associated with local maize cultivation, a focus of my study. These practices were slash and burn (mphanje); traditional insect pest control measures; soil fertility enhancement techniques through kuojeka (crop residue incorporation) and livestock manure; traditional weather forecasts; and multiple cropping (mixed and sequential cropping). Among these, the most preferred by the women I interacted with were kuojeka, livestock manure and mixed cropping. I discovered that these local farming practices are informally learned mainly through word of mouth, observation, trials, women-dominated social networks and drama. I also discovered that some of these informal learning pathways are catalyzed by drought and dry spells. For example, during the 1949 and 2002 drought periods, women reported that they had learned new types of coping strategies such as the use of sawdust and banana root flour in place of maize flour to prepare nsima, a staple food in Malawi. During phase 2, change laboratory workshops, I identified 19 contradictions associated with local farming practices, most of which were related to the Government of Malawi bias towards modern farming practices such as hybrids. Other contradictions were related to traditional structures and norms and religion and traditional beliefs. Solutions were suggested for each of the contradictions. Some of these solutions were tested for their workability. These included setting up diversity blocks (demonstration plots) for local maize cultivation under irrigation and engagement of the youth through WhatsApp groups for the first time at the study sites. The results of the tests show that there is potential to transform local farming practices at the study sites and build social resilience against drought and dry spells. For example, from a local maize demonstration plot in Nsanama Extension Planning Area (EPA), farmers learned that kafula local maize is fast maturing and therefore cushions them against hunger as they wait for the main harvest in later months. Eighty-eight households shared local maize seed harvested from the demonstration gardens for upscaling. The Head of Nsanama EPA had also set up another demonstration garden in 2018-2019 growing season consisting of kafula at Nsanama EPA Headquarters for further informal learning purposes. This research has contributed new knowledge to the existing knowledge base about local farming practices and informal learning. These contributions are in the form of methods I used as well as results obtained. Among the key highlights of my contribution to the knowledge base is the development of scenarios as double stimulation tools for the emerging local farming activity system which emanates from the new model solutions resulting from change laboratory workshops. To the best of my knowledge, this was the first time rural communities were engaged in scenario development in Malawi. The first scenarios of this type were developed in 2010 for the Malawi State of Environment and Outlook Report and the process involved middle to senior managers of various institutions in Malawi. Through historical analysis, my research identified local crops that existed in the past but which are currently non-existent or rare. My study also identified unique local farming practices that even puzzled professionals, including the use of ripe banana peels of makumbuka and sukari to eradicate nansongole grass and native bamboos respectively. Both plant species are considered a nuisance in that they colonize land for cultivation. A breakthrough for radical transformation of local farming practices via informal learning requires development and review of relevant policies in Malawi. Such a process requires evidence. This research has provided background information for this process. For those policies already developed, this research has provided information that can help guide implementation of the generalized list of activities outlined in implementation plans of the respective policies.
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- Date Issued: 2020
- Authors: Mphepo, Gibson Yadunda
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Women -- Non-formal education - Malawi , Non-formal education -- Malawi , Women -- Malawi -- Social conditions , Crops and climate -- Malawi , Agricultural extension work -- Government policy -- Malawi , Environmental education -- Malawi
- Language: English
- Type: text , Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/167540 , vital:41490
- Description: Evidence reveals that informal learning is a neglected research area, globally and nationally. Informal learning, like formal and non-formal learning, is context specific. In the case of my study, the context was in local maize cultivation and the associated local farming practices which are also neglected. Research has shown that rural women in Malawi are significant change agents in socio-economic sectors, yet they are heavily affected by inequality. For example, extreme weather events of droughts and floods in the Lake Chilwa Basin, disproportionately affect more women than men because of their traditional gendered roles such as home care. The complexity of the dualistic nature of being change agents and victims of injustices at the same time offers a catalytic opportunity for potentially transformative social learning for transformative adaptation. Against this backdrop, I conducted a study to investigate and expand informal learning processes to contribute to building the resilience of women and other community members in Domasi and Nsanama Extension Planning Areas (EPA) within the Lake Chilwa Basin. Specifically, the study answered the following question: “How do drought and inter-seasonal dry spells influence informal learning processes to enable transformation adaptation among rural women cultivating maize in the Lake Chilwa Basin, Malawi?” To address the question, the first stage was to review local farming practices and the associated informal learning processes in Malawi. I then used third generation Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) as an overarching theoretical framework to guide the subsequent research processes which were split into three main phases: mirror data collection for expansive learning, formative change laboratory workshops, and data analysis and reflection. CHAT is a theoretical framework that helps us comprehend and analyze the relationship between the human mind (i.e. what people think and feel) and activity (what people do). It is a formative and activist learning theory that posits learning as occurring through collective activities to meet or change a common object (Mukute and Lotz-Sisitka, 2012, p. 345). For Koszalka and Wu, 2001(p. 493), within a CHAT framework, knowledge is socially constructed by individual learners, building on existing historical experiences, within the learners’ context. To construct this knowledge, learners use technology or mediating tools, as Vygotsky (1978) calls them. To collect mirror data, I conducted focus group discussions, observation studies, and document analysis. I also conducted key informant interviews with selected extension workers responsible for the two case study sites. The hub of my research constituted change laboratory workshops to expand learning through four of the seven expansive learning actions, namely questioning, analysis, modeling and testing the model. One of the essential procedures I relied on to expand learning during these change laboratory workshops was identification and analysis of contradictions that were mirrored back to women. The use of contradictions as fertile ground for learning is premised on Engstrom’s arguments that contradictions form a catalyst for learning. Data were analysed using two approaches: layered and power relations. A layered analysis is a step-by-step process of understanding a situation from the lower to a higher level (mature stage). For my research, this meant understanding sequential learning from questioning (session 1 – lower level) to testing the model (session 8 – higher level). The second data analysis approach, power relations, relates to the Women Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI), a measure of the degree of women empowerment, their agency and inclusion in farming (Ruth et al., 2013, p. 3). I used this type of power analysis tool because my research was agriculture based. Both data analysis approaches relied on N-vivo which is a form of computer-based qualitative data management software. The software was ideal for my study which was also mostly qualitative. During phase 1 of data collection, I identified five local farming practices associated with local maize cultivation, a focus of my study. These practices were slash and burn (mphanje); traditional insect pest control measures; soil fertility enhancement techniques through kuojeka (crop residue incorporation) and livestock manure; traditional weather forecasts; and multiple cropping (mixed and sequential cropping). Among these, the most preferred by the women I interacted with were kuojeka, livestock manure and mixed cropping. I discovered that these local farming practices are informally learned mainly through word of mouth, observation, trials, women-dominated social networks and drama. I also discovered that some of these informal learning pathways are catalyzed by drought and dry spells. For example, during the 1949 and 2002 drought periods, women reported that they had learned new types of coping strategies such as the use of sawdust and banana root flour in place of maize flour to prepare nsima, a staple food in Malawi. During phase 2, change laboratory workshops, I identified 19 contradictions associated with local farming practices, most of which were related to the Government of Malawi bias towards modern farming practices such as hybrids. Other contradictions were related to traditional structures and norms and religion and traditional beliefs. Solutions were suggested for each of the contradictions. Some of these solutions were tested for their workability. These included setting up diversity blocks (demonstration plots) for local maize cultivation under irrigation and engagement of the youth through WhatsApp groups for the first time at the study sites. The results of the tests show that there is potential to transform local farming practices at the study sites and build social resilience against drought and dry spells. For example, from a local maize demonstration plot in Nsanama Extension Planning Area (EPA), farmers learned that kafula local maize is fast maturing and therefore cushions them against hunger as they wait for the main harvest in later months. Eighty-eight households shared local maize seed harvested from the demonstration gardens for upscaling. The Head of Nsanama EPA had also set up another demonstration garden in 2018-2019 growing season consisting of kafula at Nsanama EPA Headquarters for further informal learning purposes. This research has contributed new knowledge to the existing knowledge base about local farming practices and informal learning. These contributions are in the form of methods I used as well as results obtained. Among the key highlights of my contribution to the knowledge base is the development of scenarios as double stimulation tools for the emerging local farming activity system which emanates from the new model solutions resulting from change laboratory workshops. To the best of my knowledge, this was the first time rural communities were engaged in scenario development in Malawi. The first scenarios of this type were developed in 2010 for the Malawi State of Environment and Outlook Report and the process involved middle to senior managers of various institutions in Malawi. Through historical analysis, my research identified local crops that existed in the past but which are currently non-existent or rare. My study also identified unique local farming practices that even puzzled professionals, including the use of ripe banana peels of makumbuka and sukari to eradicate nansongole grass and native bamboos respectively. Both plant species are considered a nuisance in that they colonize land for cultivation. A breakthrough for radical transformation of local farming practices via informal learning requires development and review of relevant policies in Malawi. Such a process requires evidence. This research has provided background information for this process. For those policies already developed, this research has provided information that can help guide implementation of the generalized list of activities outlined in implementation plans of the respective policies.
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- Date Issued: 2020
Transformation through engagement: developing Grade 9 leadership opportunities through activity system using change laboratory intervention in a secondary school in Omusati region of Namibia
- Authors: Vaino, Loide Mwasheka
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: School management and organization Namibia Omusati , Student participation in administration Namibia Omusati , Educational leadership Namibia Omusati , Student government Namibia Omusati
- Language: English
- Type: text , Thesis , Masters , MEd
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/61569 , vital:28038
- Description: The evolution of traditional educational leadership theory to contemporary leadership theory came as a response to an increased demand for better services in schools by creating platforms for learner leadership such as distributed leadership where learner leadership is located. This study of learner leadership is conducted in a secondary school in Omusati region of Namibia. Drawing on distributed leadership theory, the study sought to promote the distribution of leadership opportunities amongst all educational stakeholders, including learners, as provided for by policy and projected by educational leadership theory. The motivation of this study was the need to understand the problems associated with learner leadership as identified by past research. In addition, this study hoped to address the gap in the literature by exploring learner leadership development opportunities developing agency in learners through a Change Laboratory (CL) intervention. This study was as a transformative case study, how the grade 9s in the case study school were involved in leadership, the constraining factors that hindered the involvement of grade 9 learners in leadership, the enhancement of learner leadership at school, the positive contributions of CL workshops to participants and the leadership growth brought about by an intervention. This study generated data through observation, questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, focus group interviews, and Change Laboratory Workshops. The findings revealed that the grade 9 learners were marginally involved in leadership at the school. The most substantial challenge relates to traditional and outdated views of leadership on the part of teachers and educational managers. Additionally, the findings from the Change Laboratory workshops revealed that despite grade 9 learners being the youngest at school, they have the potential to be learner leaders. Hence in addition to several practical recommendations, the study recommends a change of mindset towards learner leadership so that opportunities are provided to contribute to the growth and development of learners. Finally, these research study findings will help my professional colleagues and policy makers in education to better understand the significance role of learner leadership involvements in schools.
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- Date Issued: 2018
- Authors: Vaino, Loide Mwasheka
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: School management and organization Namibia Omusati , Student participation in administration Namibia Omusati , Educational leadership Namibia Omusati , Student government Namibia Omusati
- Language: English
- Type: text , Thesis , Masters , MEd
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/61569 , vital:28038
- Description: The evolution of traditional educational leadership theory to contemporary leadership theory came as a response to an increased demand for better services in schools by creating platforms for learner leadership such as distributed leadership where learner leadership is located. This study of learner leadership is conducted in a secondary school in Omusati region of Namibia. Drawing on distributed leadership theory, the study sought to promote the distribution of leadership opportunities amongst all educational stakeholders, including learners, as provided for by policy and projected by educational leadership theory. The motivation of this study was the need to understand the problems associated with learner leadership as identified by past research. In addition, this study hoped to address the gap in the literature by exploring learner leadership development opportunities developing agency in learners through a Change Laboratory (CL) intervention. This study was as a transformative case study, how the grade 9s in the case study school were involved in leadership, the constraining factors that hindered the involvement of grade 9 learners in leadership, the enhancement of learner leadership at school, the positive contributions of CL workshops to participants and the leadership growth brought about by an intervention. This study generated data through observation, questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, focus group interviews, and Change Laboratory Workshops. The findings revealed that the grade 9 learners were marginally involved in leadership at the school. The most substantial challenge relates to traditional and outdated views of leadership on the part of teachers and educational managers. Additionally, the findings from the Change Laboratory workshops revealed that despite grade 9 learners being the youngest at school, they have the potential to be learner leaders. Hence in addition to several practical recommendations, the study recommends a change of mindset towards learner leadership so that opportunities are provided to contribute to the growth and development of learners. Finally, these research study findings will help my professional colleagues and policy makers in education to better understand the significance role of learner leadership involvements in schools.
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- Date Issued: 2018
An investigation of the challenges experienced in South Sudan (2004-2011): a military component perspective
- Authors: Mbaakanyi, Christopher
- Date: 2020-04
- Subjects: Port Elizabeth (South Africa) , Eastern Cape (South Africa) , South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/54794 , vital:47692
- Description: This study deals with the conceptual analysis of the challenges experienced by military peacekeepers in the United Nations (UN) operations. The research focused on the problems that military personnel encountered during the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) between 2005 and 2011. Many findings summarised from the respondents and through documents reviewed elucidated various challenges peacekeepers in UN missions experience. This study’s specific objectives were to assess the necessary preparations that made military peacekeepers operationally ready for the UNMIS Peace Support Operations (PSO); to determine whether there was any pre-deployment training conducted for military peacekeepers during the UNMIS; to investigate whether there were command and control issues in the mission; and finally, to examine whether military peacekeepers were acquainted with the fundamental UN principles and core values. The study used the purposive sampling technique to identify relevant subjects best suited to provide informed feedback through interviews and a questionnaire. Most of the respondents were from Botswana and Malawi, with additional valuable subjects from the different countries who participated in the UNMIS as staff officers, formed units, and observers. The level of operational readiness of individual military personnel was found inconsistent among participants from different countries due to the varying level of attention given to pre-deployment training and planning. Some individuals did not know about the UN core values, principles and critical resolution documents such as the Status of Mission Agreement (SOMA), Status of Force Agreement (SOFA), Rules of Engagement (ROE), and the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that were critical towards operationalising the UNMIS mandate to achieve the operational objectives. The concepts of command and control and reporting procedure continue to cause severe rifts between uniformed personnel and their civilian counterparts. Some of the areas that require further study include the challenges in command and control, vagueness in the rules of engagement, lack of clarity of the chain of leadership in the field area, lack of interoperability of equipment, the necessary operational readiness training, and the development of joint doctrine. , Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Humanities, School of Governmental and Social Sciences, 2020
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- Date Issued: 2020-04
- Authors: Mbaakanyi, Christopher
- Date: 2020-04
- Subjects: Port Elizabeth (South Africa) , Eastern Cape (South Africa) , South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/54794 , vital:47692
- Description: This study deals with the conceptual analysis of the challenges experienced by military peacekeepers in the United Nations (UN) operations. The research focused on the problems that military personnel encountered during the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) between 2005 and 2011. Many findings summarised from the respondents and through documents reviewed elucidated various challenges peacekeepers in UN missions experience. This study’s specific objectives were to assess the necessary preparations that made military peacekeepers operationally ready for the UNMIS Peace Support Operations (PSO); to determine whether there was any pre-deployment training conducted for military peacekeepers during the UNMIS; to investigate whether there were command and control issues in the mission; and finally, to examine whether military peacekeepers were acquainted with the fundamental UN principles and core values. The study used the purposive sampling technique to identify relevant subjects best suited to provide informed feedback through interviews and a questionnaire. Most of the respondents were from Botswana and Malawi, with additional valuable subjects from the different countries who participated in the UNMIS as staff officers, formed units, and observers. The level of operational readiness of individual military personnel was found inconsistent among participants from different countries due to the varying level of attention given to pre-deployment training and planning. Some individuals did not know about the UN core values, principles and critical resolution documents such as the Status of Mission Agreement (SOMA), Status of Force Agreement (SOFA), Rules of Engagement (ROE), and the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that were critical towards operationalising the UNMIS mandate to achieve the operational objectives. The concepts of command and control and reporting procedure continue to cause severe rifts between uniformed personnel and their civilian counterparts. Some of the areas that require further study include the challenges in command and control, vagueness in the rules of engagement, lack of clarity of the chain of leadership in the field area, lack of interoperability of equipment, the necessary operational readiness training, and the development of joint doctrine. , Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Humanities, School of Governmental and Social Sciences, 2020
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- Date Issued: 2020-04
Disquieting high school learners’ indiscipline behaviour: A systematic review exploring the impact of learner indiscipline on learning and teacher’s impetus
- Vuyolwetu Soni https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7306-0368
- Authors: Vuyolwetu Soni https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7306-0368
- Date: 2022-03
- Subjects: High school students -- Conduct of life , School discipline
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/23829 , vital:60913
- Description: High school teachers in South Africa have been voicing out their distress to the government, caused by the indiscipline of learners. The indiscipline became evident after the South African government scrapped punitive behaviour modification methods such as corporal punishment. Although the government had introduced alternative forms of behaviour modification, the teachers still maintain that these are not effective hence the rife indiscipline behaviour among high school learners. This study reviewed 14 articles on the impact of the alternative forms of punishment on high school learners’ indiscipline and the teachers’ motivation. Further, the studies highlight several factors involved in developing the learners’ indiscipline. This review indicates that high school learners’ indiscipline continues to be rife in South African schools and negatively affects high school teachers’ motivation. This is regardless of the government's introduction of alternative forms of punishment. , Thesis (MSoc) -- Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2022
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- Date Issued: 2022-03
- Authors: Vuyolwetu Soni https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7306-0368
- Date: 2022-03
- Subjects: High school students -- Conduct of life , School discipline
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/23829 , vital:60913
- Description: High school teachers in South Africa have been voicing out their distress to the government, caused by the indiscipline of learners. The indiscipline became evident after the South African government scrapped punitive behaviour modification methods such as corporal punishment. Although the government had introduced alternative forms of behaviour modification, the teachers still maintain that these are not effective hence the rife indiscipline behaviour among high school learners. This study reviewed 14 articles on the impact of the alternative forms of punishment on high school learners’ indiscipline and the teachers’ motivation. Further, the studies highlight several factors involved in developing the learners’ indiscipline. This review indicates that high school learners’ indiscipline continues to be rife in South African schools and negatively affects high school teachers’ motivation. This is regardless of the government's introduction of alternative forms of punishment. , Thesis (MSoc) -- Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2022
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- Date Issued: 2022-03
Consistencies far beyond chance: an analysis of learner preconceptions of reflective symmetry
- Mhlolo, Michael K, Schäfer, Marc
- Authors: Mhlolo, Michael K , Schäfer, Marc
- Date: 2013
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/141139 , vital:37947 , DOI: 10.15700/saje.v33n2a686
- Description: This article reports on regularities observed in learners’ preconceptions of reflective symmetry. Literature suggests that the very existence of such regularities indicates a gap between what learners know and what they need to know. Such a gap inhibits further understanding and application, and hence needed to be investigated. A total of 235 Grade 11 learners, from 13 high schools that participate in the First Rand Foundation-funded Mathematics Education project in the Eastern Cape, responded to a task on reflective symmetry. Our framework for analysing the responses was based on the taxonomy of structure of the observed learning outcome. The results indicated that 85% of learner responses reflect a motion understanding of reflections, where learners considered geometric figures as physical motions on top of the plane. While this understanding is useful in some cases, it is not an essential aspect of mapping understanding, which is critical for application in function notations and other analytical geometry contexts. We suggest that if this gap is to be closed, learners need to construct these reflections physically so that they may think of reflections beyond motion.
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- Date Issued: 2013
- Authors: Mhlolo, Michael K , Schäfer, Marc
- Date: 2013
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/141139 , vital:37947 , DOI: 10.15700/saje.v33n2a686
- Description: This article reports on regularities observed in learners’ preconceptions of reflective symmetry. Literature suggests that the very existence of such regularities indicates a gap between what learners know and what they need to know. Such a gap inhibits further understanding and application, and hence needed to be investigated. A total of 235 Grade 11 learners, from 13 high schools that participate in the First Rand Foundation-funded Mathematics Education project in the Eastern Cape, responded to a task on reflective symmetry. Our framework for analysing the responses was based on the taxonomy of structure of the observed learning outcome. The results indicated that 85% of learner responses reflect a motion understanding of reflections, where learners considered geometric figures as physical motions on top of the plane. While this understanding is useful in some cases, it is not an essential aspect of mapping understanding, which is critical for application in function notations and other analytical geometry contexts. We suggest that if this gap is to be closed, learners need to construct these reflections physically so that they may think of reflections beyond motion.
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- Date Issued: 2013
Engaging the female voice in understanding gender and sexuality interaction: the school and social work as medium for empowerment
- Authors: Madikizela, B M
- Date: 2021-04
- Subjects: Sex (Psychology)
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/51298 , vital:43261
- Description: The lack of the female voice in relationships with men means that they cannot negotiate safe sex, friendships with both male and female peers, their freedom of movement within the parameters of their relationships, etc. As a result of this, HIV and teenage pregnancy rates remain unacceptably high. The public health sector in present-day South Africa finds itself increasingly strained due to high levels of new incidents of HIV in young women between the age of 18 and 24. Statistics show that pregnancies are on the rise due to early sexual interactions. These statistics stand in stark contrast with the fact that gender and sexuality are topics taught in the school system through subjects such as Life Orientation. The assumption is often that young people, and in the context of this study, young women, will translate the knowledge into skill sets and behaviours that would help them assert themselves more and have control of their bodies. The statistics, however, seem to tell a different story. The purpose of the study is to understand why, despite the fact that there are subjects in the school curriculum and programs offered by different organisations, HIV infection amongst young women as well as teenage pregnancies remain a problem, an indication that the female voice remains marginalised in intimate spaces. The theoretical frameworks for this study include a Humanising Pedagogy, interrogating education and training engagements for social change while also engaging with various works of Judith Butler as a lens to view the marginalisation of young women in a gendered society. This study is qualitative in nature as it uses a critical ethnographic research design. It aimed to uncover and understand the deeper meanings of the phenomena experienced by young women from their point of view. The study employed a non-probability, purposive sample technique, in addition to the ethnographic analysis. A sample of 15 young women between the ages of 18 and 24 in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro engaged in the study. These young women were recruited from Rise out of School Programme, part of the Khethimpilo prevention program. Informed consent to participate in the study was secured before interviews were conducted and participants were not coerced into participation and were free to drop out at any point. All endeavours to protect participants from physical harm and mental stress were taken. Misconceptions and misunderstandings which arose in the piloting phase of the study were removed and complete confidentiality was maintained in the management of all information obtained about participants. Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with the participants. Thematic analysis was used to analyse data. Guba’s model of ensuring trustworthiness of the data was applied. , Thesis (MSW) -- Faculty of Health Sciences, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-04
- Authors: Madikizela, B M
- Date: 2021-04
- Subjects: Sex (Psychology)
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/51298 , vital:43261
- Description: The lack of the female voice in relationships with men means that they cannot negotiate safe sex, friendships with both male and female peers, their freedom of movement within the parameters of their relationships, etc. As a result of this, HIV and teenage pregnancy rates remain unacceptably high. The public health sector in present-day South Africa finds itself increasingly strained due to high levels of new incidents of HIV in young women between the age of 18 and 24. Statistics show that pregnancies are on the rise due to early sexual interactions. These statistics stand in stark contrast with the fact that gender and sexuality are topics taught in the school system through subjects such as Life Orientation. The assumption is often that young people, and in the context of this study, young women, will translate the knowledge into skill sets and behaviours that would help them assert themselves more and have control of their bodies. The statistics, however, seem to tell a different story. The purpose of the study is to understand why, despite the fact that there are subjects in the school curriculum and programs offered by different organisations, HIV infection amongst young women as well as teenage pregnancies remain a problem, an indication that the female voice remains marginalised in intimate spaces. The theoretical frameworks for this study include a Humanising Pedagogy, interrogating education and training engagements for social change while also engaging with various works of Judith Butler as a lens to view the marginalisation of young women in a gendered society. This study is qualitative in nature as it uses a critical ethnographic research design. It aimed to uncover and understand the deeper meanings of the phenomena experienced by young women from their point of view. The study employed a non-probability, purposive sample technique, in addition to the ethnographic analysis. A sample of 15 young women between the ages of 18 and 24 in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro engaged in the study. These young women were recruited from Rise out of School Programme, part of the Khethimpilo prevention program. Informed consent to participate in the study was secured before interviews were conducted and participants were not coerced into participation and were free to drop out at any point. All endeavours to protect participants from physical harm and mental stress were taken. Misconceptions and misunderstandings which arose in the piloting phase of the study were removed and complete confidentiality was maintained in the management of all information obtained about participants. Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with the participants. Thematic analysis was used to analyse data. Guba’s model of ensuring trustworthiness of the data was applied. , Thesis (MSW) -- Faculty of Health Sciences, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-04
Anisotropic copper oxide nanorods decorated with gold and palladium nanoparticles and their enzymatic properties
- Authors: Sicwetsha, Simbongile
- Date: 2021-04
- Subjects: To be added
- Language: English
- Type: thesis , text , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/178547 , vital:42949
- Description: Access restricted until April 2023. , Thesis (MSc) -- Faculty of Science, Chemistry, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-04
- Authors: Sicwetsha, Simbongile
- Date: 2021-04
- Subjects: To be added
- Language: English
- Type: thesis , text , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/178547 , vital:42949
- Description: Access restricted until April 2023. , Thesis (MSc) -- Faculty of Science, Chemistry, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-04
The politics of news production within public service broadcasting: a critical analysis of Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC)
- Authors: Mkoko, Egbert Emmanuel
- Date: 2021-04
- Subjects: Television broadcasting of news , Public broadcasting -- Tanzania , Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation
- Language: English
- Type: Doctorate's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/60411 , vital:64839
- Description: This study examines the diversity of news items aired by Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) television and explores the focal points and decisive factors surrounding news bulletin production within this television station, which operates as a public service broadcaster. The thesis investigates not only the adherence to professionalism and newsroom policies that guide operations of TBC, but also inquires whether clear and open guidelines exist on how the broadcaster’s contents should be structured. It further examines how TBC faces political and external pressures (if any) that might influence the news bulletin production and, as a result, jeopardise the image of the public service broadcaster in the country. In this study, TBC is explored as a case study because it claims to be Tanzania’s public service broadcaster; as such, TBC is expected to serve the public interest and not to remain loyal only to the ruling party or the government of the day. The study employs news production and liberal pluralism as theoretical points of departure and uses interviews, document review, focus group discussion, and content analysis as methods of data collection sourced from professionals in the major cities of Tanzania. Meanwhile, the researcher employs ethnographic study within the TBC newsroom to trace the behaviour of journalists in their professional setting while producing news for the 8 pm news bulletins. The study revealed that TBC, from 2007-2011, passed through transformation, moving from a state-owned entity into public service broadcasting. This placed TBC among the leading stations with the largest share of audience in Tanzania. Due to a political shift in staffing in 2011, TBC has since been operating as a purely state-owned broadcaster, while ignoring the public interest mandate and the opposition parties. Thus, TBC news bulletins regularly lack objectivity, balance and impartiality, silencing people’s voices through various editorial practices. In response to this, audiences shifted from watching TBC to commercial channels offering news bulletins that serve the public interest and give space to public voices. This study proposes various remedial measures for TBC to regain the audience, which include the return to the principles of PSB proposed by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). New management appointment mechanisms and funding models are proposed, which would guarantee the autonomy of the broadcaster while keeping a distance from the state. , Thesis (DPhil) -- Faculty of Humanities, School of Language, Media and Communication, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-04
- Authors: Mkoko, Egbert Emmanuel
- Date: 2021-04
- Subjects: Television broadcasting of news , Public broadcasting -- Tanzania , Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation
- Language: English
- Type: Doctorate's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/60411 , vital:64839
- Description: This study examines the diversity of news items aired by Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) television and explores the focal points and decisive factors surrounding news bulletin production within this television station, which operates as a public service broadcaster. The thesis investigates not only the adherence to professionalism and newsroom policies that guide operations of TBC, but also inquires whether clear and open guidelines exist on how the broadcaster’s contents should be structured. It further examines how TBC faces political and external pressures (if any) that might influence the news bulletin production and, as a result, jeopardise the image of the public service broadcaster in the country. In this study, TBC is explored as a case study because it claims to be Tanzania’s public service broadcaster; as such, TBC is expected to serve the public interest and not to remain loyal only to the ruling party or the government of the day. The study employs news production and liberal pluralism as theoretical points of departure and uses interviews, document review, focus group discussion, and content analysis as methods of data collection sourced from professionals in the major cities of Tanzania. Meanwhile, the researcher employs ethnographic study within the TBC newsroom to trace the behaviour of journalists in their professional setting while producing news for the 8 pm news bulletins. The study revealed that TBC, from 2007-2011, passed through transformation, moving from a state-owned entity into public service broadcasting. This placed TBC among the leading stations with the largest share of audience in Tanzania. Due to a political shift in staffing in 2011, TBC has since been operating as a purely state-owned broadcaster, while ignoring the public interest mandate and the opposition parties. Thus, TBC news bulletins regularly lack objectivity, balance and impartiality, silencing people’s voices through various editorial practices. In response to this, audiences shifted from watching TBC to commercial channels offering news bulletins that serve the public interest and give space to public voices. This study proposes various remedial measures for TBC to regain the audience, which include the return to the principles of PSB proposed by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). New management appointment mechanisms and funding models are proposed, which would guarantee the autonomy of the broadcaster while keeping a distance from the state. , Thesis (DPhil) -- Faculty of Humanities, School of Language, Media and Communication, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-04
Merger of NEHAWU and SAMWU
- Authors: NEHAWU, SAMWU
- Date: Aug 1995
- Subjects: NEHAWU, SAMWU
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/110526 , vital:33291
- Description: On 9 to 13 August 1995,NEHAWU and SAMWU will be coming together to launch a new public service union in COSATU. The new union will be organising all workers who work for government — at national, provincial and local levels as well as parastatals. It will also be Organising all workers that serve the people of our country — in private and public clinics, old age homes and schools.
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- Date Issued: Aug 1995
- Authors: NEHAWU, SAMWU
- Date: Aug 1995
- Subjects: NEHAWU, SAMWU
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/110526 , vital:33291
- Description: On 9 to 13 August 1995,NEHAWU and SAMWU will be coming together to launch a new public service union in COSATU. The new union will be organising all workers who work for government — at national, provincial and local levels as well as parastatals. It will also be Organising all workers that serve the people of our country — in private and public clinics, old age homes and schools.
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- Date Issued: Aug 1995
Electrochemical Characterization of Self-Assembled Monolayer of a Novel Manganese Tetrabenzylthio-Substituted Phthalocyanine and Its Use in Nitrite Oxidation
- Matemadombo, Fungisai, Griveau, Sophie, Bedioui, Fethi, Nyokong, Tebello
- Authors: Matemadombo, Fungisai , Griveau, Sophie , Bedioui, Fethi , Nyokong, Tebello
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/265950 , vital:53903 , xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1002/elan.200804269"
- Description: Manganese phthalocyanine MnPc(SPh)4 has been synthesized and used to form self assembled monolayers on gold electrodes. The well packed SAM monolayer was characterized by analyzing the blocking of a number of Faradic processes by cyclic voltammetry, evaluating the electrical characteristics of the modified electrode by electrochemical impedance and imaging the modified surface by electrochemical scanning microscopy. Finally, MnPc(SPh)4-SAM modified electrode displayed an electrocatalytic behavior toward the oxidation of nitrite.
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- Date Issued: 2008
- Authors: Matemadombo, Fungisai , Griveau, Sophie , Bedioui, Fethi , Nyokong, Tebello
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/265950 , vital:53903 , xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1002/elan.200804269"
- Description: Manganese phthalocyanine MnPc(SPh)4 has been synthesized and used to form self assembled monolayers on gold electrodes. The well packed SAM monolayer was characterized by analyzing the blocking of a number of Faradic processes by cyclic voltammetry, evaluating the electrical characteristics of the modified electrode by electrochemical impedance and imaging the modified surface by electrochemical scanning microscopy. Finally, MnPc(SPh)4-SAM modified electrode displayed an electrocatalytic behavior toward the oxidation of nitrite.
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- Date Issued: 2008
Yancothulwa ingqambu
- Authors: Komanisi, Nomnikelo
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Xhosa poetry -- 21st century , Women in literature , Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature , Xhosa poetry -- 21st century fiction -- History and criticism
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: text , Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/63448 , vital:28412
- Description: I have written a collection of isiXhosa poems for my thesis. I was influenced by the conditions in life women often find themselves, as well as the cultural stereotypes that perpetuate these conditions. Writers who have had an impact on my writing are W. B. Rubusana, S. E. K. Mqhayi and J. J. R. Jolobe because of their language, rhythm and the richness of their writing more generally. It is as if they are voices of a past generation who reach out on us, today. More recent American poets such as Amiri Baraka, on the other hand, have shown me how poems can meet you, can come as bullets that pierce your heart, soul and brain. Combining these old and new poetic styles, I intend for my poems to be of value and benefit to women who seek mental, spiritual and physical healing.
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- Date Issued: 2018
- Authors: Komanisi, Nomnikelo
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Xhosa poetry -- 21st century , Women in literature , Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature , Xhosa poetry -- 21st century fiction -- History and criticism
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: text , Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/63448 , vital:28412
- Description: I have written a collection of isiXhosa poems for my thesis. I was influenced by the conditions in life women often find themselves, as well as the cultural stereotypes that perpetuate these conditions. Writers who have had an impact on my writing are W. B. Rubusana, S. E. K. Mqhayi and J. J. R. Jolobe because of their language, rhythm and the richness of their writing more generally. It is as if they are voices of a past generation who reach out on us, today. More recent American poets such as Amiri Baraka, on the other hand, have shown me how poems can meet you, can come as bullets that pierce your heart, soul and brain. Combining these old and new poetic styles, I intend for my poems to be of value and benefit to women who seek mental, spiritual and physical healing.
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- Date Issued: 2018
The implementation of foundational provision programmes in a rural based University in South Africa: implications for student academic development practices
- Authors: Marhaya, Luyanda
- Date: 2016-05
- Subjects: Education, Higher -- South Africa , College student development programs
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/24706 , vital:63529
- Description: The purpose was to establish how foundational provision programmes were implemented in a rural based university in South Africa and implications to student development practices. The study was located in the- post- positivism research paradigm, followed a mixed methods research approach and utilised a concurrent triangulation research design. For the qualitative component of the research, participants (academics and Coordinators of the foundation programmes and senior students who had enrolled through foundational provision programmes) were purposively sampled. The sample for the quantitative data comprised all the students who enrolled in foundation provision programmes between the years 2008 to 2011 and mainstream students who had enrolled between the years 2009 and 2012. For qualitative approach, focus group discussions were conducted, semi-structured interviews and document analysis. Quantitative data was sought from university institutional data storage warehouse, HIGHER EDUCATION MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (HEMIS). For qualitative approach, the data analysis for all data collection methods was done through thematic analysis. For quantitative approach, a longitudinal analysis was conducted to track and compare two cohorts of mainstream and foundation students in terms of retention, attrition and graduation rates. Quantitative data were analysed statistically by use of descriptive and some inferential statistics. Main findings were that: there was inadequate capacity institutionally for developed systems of admission for students entering foundation programmes, lack of curriculum compliance by different lecturers and lack of knowledge of curriculum reforms by lecturers who teach in foundation level, funding for foundation provision programmes was not adequate and lacked transparency. However, there were adequate recruitment processes in the university for lecturers that teach in foundational foundation provision programme and there was no government interference into how foundation programmes are governed. The study also found that students had experienced the student development practices positively, however, these practices were not enough, and equally most responsive student development practice did not exist at the institution under study. The study also found that there had been consistent funding from government but there was no proper expenditure systems in the institution. The study found that, in terms of graduation rates, the two groups compared relatively the same as there was no significant differences in patterns and trends that were observed. However, retention rates suggest that, in the first year, the two groups perform relatively the same, thereafter, there is a significant difference into how the two groups perform as they proceed to other years, especially the second year, where the mainstream cohort showed better performance than their foundation provision programme counterparts. Consequently, high attrition rates were experienced by foundation provision students than mainstream students, this was also experienced a lot more during the second year and third year transition. The implication of these findings was that due to institutional factors that affect the implementation of foundation programmes, these had notable impact on the attrition and dropout rates on foundation provision students. In addition, due to a lack of responsive student development practices, foundation programmes compared relatively low to their mainstream counterparts in retention. The study has recommended a model that can be implemented in the institution. The first component of the model is to put an admission system in place. Institution has to establish a platform where faculties present development plans for foundation provision programmes. In addition, there should be a dedicated Accountant managing finances of the foundation programme. The institution should establish the Tracking and Monitoring student development practice, establish Writing Centres and Learning Communities and employ more people in the Centre for Higher Education, Teaching and Learning department to ensure full implementation of existing student development practices and those that will be established. , Thesis (PhD) -- Faculty of Education, 2016
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- Date Issued: 2016-05
- Authors: Marhaya, Luyanda
- Date: 2016-05
- Subjects: Education, Higher -- South Africa , College student development programs
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/24706 , vital:63529
- Description: The purpose was to establish how foundational provision programmes were implemented in a rural based university in South Africa and implications to student development practices. The study was located in the- post- positivism research paradigm, followed a mixed methods research approach and utilised a concurrent triangulation research design. For the qualitative component of the research, participants (academics and Coordinators of the foundation programmes and senior students who had enrolled through foundational provision programmes) were purposively sampled. The sample for the quantitative data comprised all the students who enrolled in foundation provision programmes between the years 2008 to 2011 and mainstream students who had enrolled between the years 2009 and 2012. For qualitative approach, focus group discussions were conducted, semi-structured interviews and document analysis. Quantitative data was sought from university institutional data storage warehouse, HIGHER EDUCATION MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (HEMIS). For qualitative approach, the data analysis for all data collection methods was done through thematic analysis. For quantitative approach, a longitudinal analysis was conducted to track and compare two cohorts of mainstream and foundation students in terms of retention, attrition and graduation rates. Quantitative data were analysed statistically by use of descriptive and some inferential statistics. Main findings were that: there was inadequate capacity institutionally for developed systems of admission for students entering foundation programmes, lack of curriculum compliance by different lecturers and lack of knowledge of curriculum reforms by lecturers who teach in foundation level, funding for foundation provision programmes was not adequate and lacked transparency. However, there were adequate recruitment processes in the university for lecturers that teach in foundational foundation provision programme and there was no government interference into how foundation programmes are governed. The study also found that students had experienced the student development practices positively, however, these practices were not enough, and equally most responsive student development practice did not exist at the institution under study. The study also found that there had been consistent funding from government but there was no proper expenditure systems in the institution. The study found that, in terms of graduation rates, the two groups compared relatively the same as there was no significant differences in patterns and trends that were observed. However, retention rates suggest that, in the first year, the two groups perform relatively the same, thereafter, there is a significant difference into how the two groups perform as they proceed to other years, especially the second year, where the mainstream cohort showed better performance than their foundation provision programme counterparts. Consequently, high attrition rates were experienced by foundation provision students than mainstream students, this was also experienced a lot more during the second year and third year transition. The implication of these findings was that due to institutional factors that affect the implementation of foundation programmes, these had notable impact on the attrition and dropout rates on foundation provision students. In addition, due to a lack of responsive student development practices, foundation programmes compared relatively low to their mainstream counterparts in retention. The study has recommended a model that can be implemented in the institution. The first component of the model is to put an admission system in place. Institution has to establish a platform where faculties present development plans for foundation provision programmes. In addition, there should be a dedicated Accountant managing finances of the foundation programme. The institution should establish the Tracking and Monitoring student development practice, establish Writing Centres and Learning Communities and employ more people in the Centre for Higher Education, Teaching and Learning department to ensure full implementation of existing student development practices and those that will be established. , Thesis (PhD) -- Faculty of Education, 2016
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- Date Issued: 2016-05