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Women's narratives about identity, power and agency within a mining organisation in South Africa.
(2013)The purpose of this study was to examine the complexities that constitute women’s narratives within a mining organisation in South Africa. A review of the literature suggests that social constructions about gender influence ... -
Women's narratives of intergenerational trauma and post-apartheid identity : the 'said' and 'unsaid'.
(2009)This research has focused on the concept of intergenerational trauma, elaborating on the post-Apartheid condition. Drawing on trauma theory, such as that provided by clinical and psychoanalytic approaches on the one hand, ... -
Women's participation in housing delivery in South Africa : the extent of empowerment in post-1994 era, with specific reference to case studies in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2002)This study, Women's participation in housing delivery in South Africa: the extent of empowerment in post 1994 era, with specific reference to case studies in KwciZulu-Natal, begins with the premise that post-apartheid ... -
Women's representation and participation in the era of decentralisation.
(2015)The issue of women has been very complex when it comes to representation and decentralisation of power by governments in democratically organised societies. Decentralisation has been associated with good governance, as it ... -
Women's representation in public enterprises in Pietermaritzburg.
(2013)A democratic ―tsunami‖ is moving around the world, nations are embracing democracy which brings power to the people and enables their voices to be heard. South Africa has one of the most progressive Constitutions in the ... -
Women's stereotypes of masculinity across the different contexts of work, family, friendship and romantic partnerships.
(2013)The construction of hegemonic masculinity cannot be understood outside its relationship to emphasized femininity. Women’s negotiation of masculinity is dependent on their own feminine identity narratives (emphasized or ... -
Women, children and educare in Groutville: a feminist analysis of a community in KwaZulu-Natal.
(1996)This thesis focuses on childcare at two levels. Firstly, at the broader level of theoretical debate and policy making, and secondly, by examining the way in which it impacts on the lives of women in a specific community ... -
Women, HIV and AIDS : perceptions of the female condom among students on UKZN Howard College campus.
(2013)Unprotected heterosexual intercourse is the major cause of the transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS); however people still engage in unsafe sexual practices. ... -
Women, leprosy and Jesus feminist reconstruction in the context of women with HIV-AIDS in South Africa.
(2003)Leprosy in biblical times was a stigmatised skin disease. It was not an easily recognisable skin disease because any skin disease was suspected of being leprosy . However leprosy as a skin disease could not be hidden , ... -
Women, poverty and HIV/AIDS : a challenge to women's spirituality : a case study of Mpererwe Township, Kampala-Uganda.
(2006)This study is designed to assess the causes and the effects of poverty and HIV/AIDS on women's spirituality. A case study of Mpererwe Township in Kampala, Uganda was chosen because this researcher has been staying in this ... -
Women, poverty and livelihoods : development strategies for the Zambia Baptist Association in Ndola, Zambia.
(2005)This dissertation seeks to address the issue of women, poverty and livelihoods in Ndola and how the Zambia Baptist Association, (the Z.B.A.) could implement development strategies in response to this problem. Through my ... -
Women’s perspectives and experiences of climate change with specific focus on drought in Kwa-Ngwanase, KwaZulu- Natal, South Africa.
(2018)Climate change and drought are increasingly being discussed in South Africa, with many places being affected by the lack of seasonal rainfall. South Africa has some of most progressive policies in the world, yet most of ... -
Women’s voices, precarity, and commercialism in selected dystopian South African fiction.
(2019)This dissertation examines the use and effects of women’s voices, precarity, and commercialism in selected dystopian South African fiction, namely Moxyland (2008) by Lauren Beukes, For the Mercy of Water (2012) by Karen ... -
Wood chip exports and the challenges faced by private pulpwood farmers in Southern KwaZulu-Natal.
(2011)The South African forestry industry has contributed significantly to the economic growth of the country by the planting of trees and the processing of these trees for the export market. With the increased demand for wood ... -
Woolworths-Engen. : is a strategic alliance feasible?
(2003)The ability to grow market share in a saturated market is often difficult if that market is stable. In a country that has an economy that is not performing, growth of a company is often vital so as to allow the prosperity ... -
Wopko Jensma : a monograph, the interface between poety and schizophrenia.
(2002)This thesis is a monograph of South African poet and artist, Wopko Jensma. Jensma's published anthologies, Sing/or Our Execution (1973), Where White is the Colour, Where Black is the Number (1974) and Have You Seen My ... -
Word-level and phrase-level prefixes in Zulu.
(Akadémiai Kiadó., 2003)In Zulu, one of the nine officially recognised Bantu languages of South Africa, the predicate of a relative clause is usually modified with a prefix which expresses both relativisation and agreement with the subject of the ... -
"Words will always hurt me" : South African university students' experiences of female relational aggression.
(2016)This study explored a non-physical, covert form of aggression known as Relational Aggression (RA) from the perspective of young adult women. The aim of the study was to explore how young adult women defined and understood ... -
Words, lives and music: on becoming a teacher of English.
(1998)"How do student teachers experience the learning and teaching of English over different periods of their lives?" is the question that this research study attempts to address. Drawing on the biographical experiences of nine ... -
Work and life of women in the informal sector : a case study of the Warwick Avenue Triangle.
(1993)This thesis presents a case study of women working in the informal sector in the Warwick Avenue Triangle of Durban. It documents and analyses the ways in which twenty women experience and contribute to recent changes in ...