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Showing 1 to 20 of 54 for “"Contemporary South Africa"”.
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Migrant labour in contemporary South Africa
South Africa has a history of distorted and controlled migration. Remnants of this history are still present to this day. The purpose of this study is to understand the patterns of migration in contemporary South Africa. In particular we focus on the interactions between migration and labour force …
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Poverty alleviation, development and philanthropy in contemporary South Africa
… internationally based and this did not look at South Africa. This was a problem because the South African situation is different to what is happening internationally. But the literature with the South African context in mind helped in providing a context specific understanding. I used …
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Television advertising and television audiences in contemporary South Africa
The three television channels provided by the South African Broadcasting Corporation target different demographic sectors of the South African population. A survey was conducted quantifying advertisements shown on SABC 1, which caters for a mainly black audience, and on SABC3, which caters for a …
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The Lived Experience of Inheritance for Muslim Widows in Contemporary South Africa
… principles of equality and diversity in the South African Constitution. This research has found that fairness and reciprocity serve as guiding principles of inheritance practices in middle class Muslim families around Cape Town. This is evidenced by two prominent practices of inheritance …
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Transitional Justice, Decolonisation, and the Legitimation of Political Change in Contemporary South Africa
… impact of transitional justice discourse in contemporary South Africa. I argue specifically that even though transitional justice in South Africa became successful in terms of political justice, it failed to fulfill its promise of sociocultural and economic transformation. Precisely because …
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Ukusebenza nethongo (Working with Spirit): the role of sangoma in contemporary South Africa
… become a sangoma, a practitioner of traditional African medicine, in contemporary South Africa. The study is contextualized within the contemporary health dispensation in South Africa in which two major paradigms, traditional African healing, considered within the spiritual environment of …
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Performing Masculinities: Stereotypes and representations of the male body in contemporary South Africa
… the crisis of masculinity among black males in South Africa, I am concerned with how men oppress and terrorize women and retard the recovery of South Africa from apartheid through crime, violence and transgressive actions. Following Sirkin (1984) in this paper I term this behaviour …
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The convergence of labour and commercial law: executive dismissals in contemporary South Africa
… and grief as the aforementioned idea in our South African jurisprudence. For the past two decades lawyers have jousted in the CCMA, Labour Court and Labour Appeals Court on the question of whether or not a company director is an employee and subject to the protection from unfair dismissal …
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Traditional healing in contemporary South Africa : perspective from traditional health practitioners in Vhembe District (Limpopo).
… of traditional healing and their views in the contemporary society in the Vhembe district, the study discovered that traditional health practitioners admit that their healing practices cannot address all modern diseases facing patients as much as biomedical practices cannot address all diseases …
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A home for all? : exploring discourses that inform the construction of belonging in contemporary South Africa
… concerned with the construction of belonging in contemporary South Africa and how it is reproduced, challenged and negotiated within the social action of language. This is explored by investigating the situated meanings individuals assign to events, places, institutions and people in relation to …
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Emerging identities in contemporary South Africa : six individual identity narratives from central Cape Town high schools
… perspectives, it seeks to understand how young South Africans are making sense of their place in the world, and in the history of their country, through exploring the way in which identities are being constructed on the site of the individual. It seeks to identify what discursive and imaginative …
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The Unrapeable Black Woman: Understanding The Plight Of The Black Rape Complainant In Contemporary South Africa
… of victims, it remains a concern in South Africa. Victims often hesitate to disclose incidences of sexual violence, and those who do face challenges in being believed or having their cases heard in court. This difficulty arises from the inherent complexity of proving rape, …
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An analysis of the socio-political role of the Roman Catholic Church in contemporary South Africa
… the opposition of the Roman Catholic Church in South Africa to the policy and practice of apartheid during the period 1948-1989. It is argued that the divisions, tensions and contradictions of the Catholic Church reflect the socially divided character of the broader society. It is suggested that …
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“Die manskap”: How gender, class and race inform understandings of violence among young ‘coloured men’ in contemporary South Africa
… the construction of masculinities within the African context and end by considering research in South Africa with a focus in Cape Town on the Cape Flats area. As noted above, perhaps the earliest work that examined the social construction of masculine behaviours and manhood was that of Raewynn …
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IN PURSUIT OF A BLACK IDENTITY IN CONTEMPORARY SOUTH AFRICA: CULTURE, CLASS, AND GENDER IN WEDDING REALITY TV SHOWS, TV AUDIENCE COMMENTS, AND WEDDING SPEECHES
… which work to structure Black life in contemporary South Africa. Using a multi-modal critical discourse analysis, and four theories: hegemony, neoliberalism, post-feminism and African womanism, this study analyzes the representation of weddings in Our Perfect Wedding and Top Billing …
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Skins, scars, blankets and blood : a pictorial response to the tensions and conflicts that arise from the representation and the practice of Ulwaluko in contemporary South Africa
… Human longing for ritual is deep, and in our contemporary culture is often frustrated. As an artist working in such an environment, my close association with these 'visible experiences' or contradictions in life has been the source and stimulus of my creative impulse. Ulwaluko is very close to …
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“Rape and GBV is part of the TRC's unfinished business!”: Illuminating a culture of impunity through tracing the legacy and collective memory of sexual violence in contemporary South Africa
… of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in South Africa has ranked it as one of the countries with the highest rates of violence against women in the world – with interventions to address SGBV failing dismally to do so. A cursory glance at this issue may reveal that South Africa is in …
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Handsome Devil: an exploration of contemporary South African girlhood/s through playwriting
The play is set in an all-girls academy in contemporary South Africa.
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Meaning of forgiveness: analysing political and sexual violence cases
… in instances of political and sexual violence in contemporary South Africa. Truth Reconciliation Commission (TRC) proceedings about the well known St James church massacre, Brian Mitchell, and Thapelo Mbelo case guide my understanding of the role of forgiveness in instances of political violence. …
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Building an inclusive South African society: The position of young, white Afrikaans speaking women
… is known and understood as 'white privilege'. In contemporary South Africa, white privilege stems from colonialism and apartheid. The legacy of colonialism and apartheid is still felt today and has a direct and continuous consequence in the form of racial inequality. This dissertation confronts …
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