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Oriental traits in Liam de Noraidh's collection of Irish folk melodies : a particular instance of a general cultural condition.
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Orientations to development: a comparative analysis in Natal and KwaZulu.
(1990)In the last four decades social scientists have been preoccupied with the process of modernisation and development. Theorists who emphasised a normative perspective distinguished between value systems relating to individuals ... -
Orientations to happiness and subjective well-being among teachers in Swaziland.
(2011)Teachers play a pivotal role in the education system and in society at large. With this in mind, the government should address their particular needs. In the context of positive psychology, issues of happiness and subjective ... -
The origin and development of the Pentecostal Churches among the Dalits in Kerala : a critical evaluation of the missionary methods of Robert F. Cook (1913-1950).
(2005)The following work is a humble probe into the background and history of the Dalit Pentecostal churches and critically evaluates the mission methods of Robert F. Cook. The word Dalit means the oppressed or broken victims ... -
The origin and dynamics of Wakkerstroom Vlei, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.
(2009)The formation and common occurrence of riparian wetlands within the semi-arid Highveld interior of South Africa, a landscape setting undergoing extensive long-term fluvial incision, is an enigma and the underlying controls ... -
The origin and evolution of Dartmoor Vlei in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, South Africa.
(2009)Dartmoor Vlei is a 42ha un-channelled valley-bottom wetland system located in the headwaters of the Myamvubu River in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, South Africa. The wetland and its catchment are entirely underlain by a ... -
The origin and geomorphological significance of earth mounds in the Mkhuze wetlands, KwaZulu-Natal.
(2009)The study sheds light on the occurrence and development of earth mounds in the Mkhuze Wetlands, KwaZulu-Natal. It compares this system with the Okavango Delta. The conceptual model developed by Ellery and co-workers for ... -
The origins and formation of the Zulu Congregational Church, 1896- 1908.
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The origins of Phoenix, 1957-1976 : the Durban City Council and the Indian housing question.
(1987)The period between the nineteen fifties and the seventies in South Africa witnessed the emergence of a central state housing policy incorporating large scale mass housing for Black people in delineated Group Areas based ... -
Orion, Ram's-horn and Labyrinth : quest and creativity in Marlene van Niekerk's Triomf, Agaat and Memorandum.
(2014)This study of Marlene Van Niekerk’s three novels, Triomf, Agaat, and Memorandum, explores the motifs of quest and creativity, and their association with the spiritual and numinous. Notions of self-creation, the imaginative ... -
Orphaned and vulnerable children : a development challenge to the Christian community of Pietermaritzburg.
(2007)The Christian community and local government in Pietermaritzburg is confronted with a crisis of orphan and vulnerable children (OVC). Orphan numbers are expected to peak between 2006 and 2010. No amount of external policies ... -
Orphans and vulnerable children's perceptions of child poverty in Cator Manor, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2020)Child poverty has proven to have a massively negative effect on children psychologically, physically, academically and spiritually. Although child poverty affects all children, however, orphans and vulnerable children are ... -
Orphans in an orphanage and in foster care in the Inanda Informal Settlement : a comparative study exploring the ways the children cope with loss and create purpose in their lives.
(2003)The number of orphans in South Africa is reaching crisis levels. This is a cause for concern. Most of the deaths seem to be due to the HIV/AIDs pandemic. Children left orphaned have to develop coping strategies. The focus ... -
The orthopaedic manifestations of osteogenesis imperfecta : a collective review.
(2016)Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), or brittle bone disease, is a debilitating genetic disorder of connective tissue which is characterized by reduced skeletal mass and bone fragility. OI results from mutations in genes encoding ... -
Ostracods as bioindicators to reconstruct past environmental conditions at Lake St Lucia, South Africa.
(2017)Lake St Lucia, situated along the east coast of South Africa, is a highly dynamic system subject to both tidal and freshwater influences with changing environmental conditions. These fluctuating salinity regimes effect the ... -
The Osun Osogbo festival in Nigeria: an investigation of Nigerian migrants in South Africa as homebound tourists and festival participants.
(2021)This study investigated how members of the diaspora negotiate their identity during and through their return travel back to their home country. It explored the perceived significance of the tangible site, the intangible ... -
The Other and I : Turkish teachers in South Africa.
(Routledge, 2013)Traditionally the analysis of school curriculum draws from the literature of ‘policy implementation analysis’. Instead, this paper focuses on a humanistic and socially responsive philosophy guiding curriculum action, ... -
Other than ourselves : an exploration of "self-othering" in Afrikaner identity construction in Beeld newspaper.
(2014)This thesis explores Afrikaner identity construction in Beeld using the concept of “self-othering”, by which is meant first, the representation of the group as “othered” or marginalised, and second, the re-articulation of ... -
Our victory was our defeat : race, gender and liberalism in the union defence force, 1939-1945.
(2006)The Second World War marked the point at which South Africa stood at a crossroads between the segregation which came before it and apartheid that came after. Over the past twenty years social historians have placed greater ...