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Showing 1 to 20 of 128 for “"South African society"”.
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An analysis of the role of firearms control laws in South African society
… grounds the role firearms control laws play in South African society. A holist methodological position was adopted from among the alternatives available for scientific social research, and the structural-functional theoretical framework of the main line tradition was employed for the purposes of …
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Building an inclusive South African society: The position of young, white Afrikaans speaking women
… 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 the legacy of …
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The role of the psychologist in South African society : in search of an appropriate community psychology
… an appropriate community psychology practice in South Africa, and to explore the implications for the training of psychologists within this context. In order to develop these proposals an understanding of the South African social context and the location of psychology in that context was sought. …
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The role of the Christian church in South African society : with scriptural focus on the care of widows and orphans
… brief review is made of the Christian Church in South Africa, with reference to early Christian missionaries who helped establish the Christian faith in this country. The devastation caused to the Church and the nation by fifty years of Apartheid is discussed. Attitudes towards the role of the …
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The role of philosophy in the establishment of a framework of values for educational practice in a pluralist South African society
… issues of the present time in the Republic of South Africa is the problem of all members of the school-going population securing equal educational opportunities. All pupils basically have the freedom to learn. However, pupils cannot reach their full development when denied equal educational …
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Phillip collective hubb : architecture as a catalyst for socioeconomic and spatial equality in Cape Town
Sixteen years after the abolition of apartheid, South African society may be democratic and free, but do all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities? The initial interest of the M Arch (Professional) Architectural Project is the issue of persistent socioeconomic and spatial …
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From madrasah to museum : a biography of the Islamic manuscripts of Cape Town
… and original use, to their role in contemporary South African society, as objects of heritage and identity. It approaches the kietaabs as objects, emphasizing their movements, status and use, rather than their content.
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White South Africa and defence, 1960-1968 : militarization, threat perceptions and counter strategies
… is concerned with the militarization of white South African society in the 1960s. It argues that the military threat perceptions of the period were crucial in altering white views of the South African Defence Force (SADF) and reinforcing support for the National Party government. The military …
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South African teenagers reading about themselves in fiction : their response within the cultural practice of reading in South Africa
… was commissioned as a competition challenging South African writers to produce novels for teenagers that were relevant to their lived reality in South African society today. All the novels examined in this dissertation can be defined as realism. In this study the text is examined as a written …
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The viewer as conscript : dynamic struggles for ideological supremacy in the South African Border War film, 1971-1988
Fourteen South African films made between 1971 and 1988, and dealing with the Border War, are examined. The focus of this examination is on the ways in which films were used to persuade the white public to accept the legitimacy of the Border War. The period under examination is one during which the …
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Advancing and protecting the interests of creditors and employees under the Companies Act 71 of 2008
… have on the socio-economic transformation of the South African society and point out areas where corporate law can do more to help bring about this transformation. It focuses on creditors and employees as key corporate constituencies whose interests the board of directors have to constantly …
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A group of satirical sculptures examining social and political paradoxes in the South African context
… embracing paradoxes within the broad South African context. My intention was to work within the tradition of social and political satire. Strict definitions of satire were to be expanded to include both comedy and tragedy. By satirising particular stupidities, abuses and "evils of all …
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Teachers' League of South Africa 1913-40
… examining the history of the Teachers' League of South Africa, a specifically coloured teachers' association, during its conservative phase from 1913 to 1940, this thesis in addition attempts to investigate the nature and development of this organization in the context of the wider social dynamic …
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Freedom of action : significant factors for disabled people
… freedom of physically disabled people, within South African society, to make choices that will enable them to conduct their daily lives independently. Qualitative research methods (observation and semi-structured interviews) were utilised to explore the problem from the disabled person's …
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White men speaking : an exploration of intersections, tensions and alternative ways of being white and a man in South Africa
… also responsible for social transformation. In South Africa, white men still dominate these centres. Some white men have recognised this and have taken on the task of confronting their prejudice and acknowledging their privilege, in order to forge more transformative ways of being a white man in …
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"Getting to the roots" : a critical examination into the social construction of hair amongst Coloured women living in Cape Town.
… to a 'white' imagery. The Apartheid regime in South Africa, in part, heightened these beliefs through social and structural means. All though not static, the influences of these racist ideologies remain prevalent in 21st century South African society and are prevailing in perceptions of hair. …
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Crash landing in Cape Town : testing the port-of-entry conceptualisation and examining Cape Town's spatial policy for cognisance of migrant's diverse spatial and livelihood strategies
… Apartheid, and the subsequent dawn of democracy, South Africa has increasingly become a destination space for asylum seekers and refugees from throughout Africa. It is apparent that many of these asylum seekers and refugees (collectively defined as migrants within this dissertation) although …
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The impact of social media on the development and promotion of Indigenous African Languages: a case study of the Rural University
… on the development and promotion of indigenous African languages at a rural university. The study adopts a qualitative approach in order to attain holistic results. Data collected from social media platforms, namely; Facebook and WhatsApp from the students‟ chat groups were analysed within the …
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The study of independent African migrant women in KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) : their lives and work experiences
African migration to South Africa is not a recent phenomenon bu in recent history, dates back to about one hundred and fifty years when African men migrated from some southern African countries to work in the South African mines. During this period however, the apartheid regime restricted African …
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Group and interpersonal conflict at Rocklands Secondary School : an organisational analysis to ascertain the implications for policy making
… organisational conflict occurring in schools in South Africa is heightened by the fact that the country is in the throes of national political change. The main force influencing political events in the country, democratisation, maintains its prominence when one looks at the causes of …
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