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Adolescent sexual behaviour and its relationship to familial environment and perceptions: a study of Cape Town, South Africa.
(2020)Worldwide, adolescents are exposed to an array of challenges that include unplanned pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). In South Africa, UNAIDS (2019) estimates ... -
An analysis of communication in development in the eThekwini Msunduzi municipalities.
(2003)The ushering in of the new democratic government came with high expectations from all South Africans in terms of how development processes were to unfold. The previous system had made it virtually impossible for people on ... -
An analysis of staff responses to the merger at University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN).
(2010)This study examines the challenges and opportunities that face the merging of Higher Education institutions with the focus on staff’s responses to the merger at the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal (UKZN). The focus of the ... -
Are engineers people? : an investigation into the approach of civil engineers to development in South Africa.
(1998)Engineers have throughout history performed an important role in the technical advancement of mankind. The record of development in the less developed countries of the world, however, has been less than successful. These ... -
Assessing the relationship between sports engagement and school performance amongst learners in Chesterville Secondary school, Durban.
(2011)There is a growing body of knowledge in the field of sociology of sports and education which speaks to the positive relationship between youth engagement in organised sports and school performance. These sources of ... -
Assessment of information literacy skills of first-year students at Mangosuthu Technikon at a pre-library orientation and instruction phase.
(2005)This study assessed the information literacy (IL) skills of first-year students at Mangosuthu Technikon (MANTEC) at a pre-library orientation and instruction phase. What is evident is that students do, to a greater or ... -
An assessment of the orphan reunification and rehabilitation program in Zoba Ma'akel, Eritrea.
(2004)This study aims at investigating the orphan reunification and rehabilitation program in Zoba Ma'ekel, Eritrea. The orphan reunification and rehabilitation program is an intervention devised by Eritrean government in an ... -
An assessment of the sociology undergraduate curriculum at the four universities in the Eastern Seaboard region.
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Attitudes of teachers and pupils toward use of corporal punishment in Nakuru municipal primary schools, Kenya.
(2003)The use of corporal punishment in schools is a highly topical and much debated subject worldwide. With the advent of humanitarian principles, corporal punishment was classified by the United Nations (UN) as violence and ... -
Authoring and information seeking on the world-wide web : an experimental study.
(1997)The research reported in this thesis is focused on some of the implications for Library and Information Science of the development of the Internet, and the World-Wide Web (WWW) in particular. It highlights the need for a ... -
Between hope and uncertainty: a no returning journey of African graduates from the United States of America to their home countries.
(2022)International Migration is steadily growing and has become a global phenomenon that is unavoidable. In Africa, there are thousands of people who move to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries ... -
A bibliometric study on HIV/AIDS literature in South Africa from 1982-2002.
(2003)The pandemic of HIV/AIDS has been felt by nations throughout the world. It is a well-known fact that the AIDS epidemic is catastrophic in sub Saharan Africa, which heads the list of the most affected regions. As the epidemic ... -
British emigration to Durban, South Africa : a sociological examination of Richardson's conceptual framework.
(1968)No abstract available. -
Challenges facing informal sector micro-enterprises in Newlands West : the case of female owned home-based dress-making enterprises.
(2007)This study seeks to investigate the challenges facing informal sector micro-enterprises in Newlands West, using the case study of female owned home-based dress making enterprises in the South West of Durban. The ... -
The challenges of building an information society in the Limpopo Province, South Africa.
(2010)The participants in the World Summit on the Information Society, including South Africa, have committed themselves to building the information society in their respective countries and communities. Most countries and ... -
Child mobility, time use and social exclusion : reframing the discourses and debates.
(2013)This study asserts that the everyday life, daily activities and mobility interaction remains peripheral within the Sociology of Childhood and Mobilities in particular and sociology in general. This is not to say that there ... -
Child sexual abuse : a phenomenological study of the experience of adult male perpetrators
(1999)Sexual abuse of children has been a problem for decades not only in South Africa, but internationally. There is little evidence that any preventative measures are working effectively. In this study the focus was not on the ... -
Churches and service delivery in South Africa : the Black Charismatic Church Ministries (BCCMs), as agents for service delivery in the Eastern Cape.
(2013)The research presented in this thesis is both a qualitative and quantitative case study of two Black Charismatic Church Ministries (BCCMs) from semi-urban areas in the Eastern Cape Province; one in uMdantsane Township in ... -
Class, consciousness and conflict in the Natal Midlands, 1940- 1987 : the case of the B.T.R. Sarmcol workers.
(1987)No abstract available.