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Gender and difference : a comparative case study of grade nine students from five schools in the greater Pietermaritzburg area.
(1999)South African society is characterised by race, class and gender inequality. Social inequality is at the root of individual social identity formation affecting how individuals feel, think and relate to others. This study ... -
Gender as a mechanism of social control amongst Black workers in the textile industry in the Durban metropolitan area.
(1988)No abstract available. -
Gender essentialism : a conceptual and empirical exploration of notions of maternal essence as a framework for explaining gender difference.
(2010)The study sought to explore gender essentialism conceptually and empirically, and to specifically examine the concept of maternal essence as a framework for explaining gender difference. Gender, gender difference, gender ... -
Gendered impact of HIV/AIDS on livelihoods among infected and affected farm households in a selected community in Koinadugu District, in Sierra Leone.
(2016)This study explores the impact of HIV and AIDS on farming households in Koinadugu District, Sierra Leone. There is a strong relationship between HIV/AIDS and nutrition; as poor nutrition reduces the immune system’s ability ... -
Global transformation of the contemporary labour market for merchant navy seafarers: case studies of Filipino, South African and British seafaring labour markets.
(2008)The central aim of this thesis is to investigate how and why labour markets are formed in specific ways under contemporary global capitalism. This thesis achieves this through a sociological analysis and explanatory ... -
Globalisation and consumption of material and symbolic goods by black Africans Zulu-English speakers in DMA : clothing and its power of symbolisation within popular culture.
(2005)This dissertation is an attempt to shed light on the impact that global cultural consumption has had in the transformation of perceptions of material and symbolic consumption in everyday life among urban black African ... -
Grade 9 students' accounts of conflicts and abuses in a formerly Indian school near Durban.
(2007)The aim of my study was to investigate the nature of possible conflicts between Grade nine learners. Focus group discussions were conducted with about forty learners; boys and girls, Black and Indian, aged between fourteen ... -
Health sector transformation : an investigation of community participation in public health policy formulation at a local level in Mpumuza, KwaZulu-Natal.
(2007)The basis of my study is the belief that governance of the local delivery of health could usefully include full and wide community representation and participation by the stakeholders and the larger community. The study ... -
A history of college libraries in the Transkei from 1882-1994.
(1999)This study is a brief history of college libraries in the former Transkei, from 1882 (the period of the missionaries) to 1994 (the year when Transkei was reincorporated into the Republic of South Africa). The history of ... -
Household structure as a determinant of infant mortality in South Africa.
(2002)Infant mortality rates are used as indicators of a group or population's well being. A high rate indicates poor access to social services such as health care provision, and other socioeconomic factors. Sub-Saharan Africa ... -
The impact of government and non-government organizations’ economic empowerment programmes with respect to poverty reduction and gender equality in Manonyane rural community in Lesotho between 2010 and 2015.
(2016)Poverty, unemployment and gender inequality remain huge global problems despite measures to eliminate the scourges. In Lesotho, poverty and unemployment are particularly endemic in the rural areas. Economic empowerment is ... -
The impact of national unity of sustainable development in Rwanda.
(2002)Every country, nation and continent across the world has its own history. That history could be bad or good, according to what happened in that country or continent. Thus, the history of many countries and continents across ... -
The impact of the extended curriculum programme and students' experiences of the programme at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg.
(2010)This research responds to a body of literature that identifies the epistemological difficulties faced previously disadvantaged University entrants who are insufficiently prepared to successfully master the academic ... -
The impact of water service provision on the quality of life of the eMalangeni and eMahlongwa rural communities.
(2012)Through a case study of the Umdoni Local Municipality the study assessed the claims made in the Ugu District Municipality 2008 Report that eMalangeni and eMahlongwa communities have achieved 100 percent water provision. ... -
An implementation analysis of the Zibambele Road Maintenance Programme in the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport.
(2011)The primary aim of the research study was to analyse the implementation of the Zibambele Road Maintenance Programme within the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport. The Zibambele Programme is one of South African government ... -
The implications of emerging policy discourses in South Africa : a case study of the KwaZulu Natal Land Reform Pilot Programme.
(1999)This study is an exploration of the discourses which ha emerged in the KwaZulu Natal Land Reform Pilot Programme. It aims to identify the implications of these discourses for addressing poverty and inequality and for ... -
In search for a new social welfare system : is the basic income grant the appropriate policy framework for developing societies?
(2005)This paper critically discusses the Basic Income Grant debate in South Africa. It briefly looks at the theoretical framework on poverty as a background. Then it goes on to three major theories that help build a coherent ... -
India and its diaspora: making sense of Hindu identity in South Africa.
(Taylor & Francis., 2014)Indian immigrants to South Africa in the late nineteenth century differed in terms of their origins, motivations, belief systems, customs, and practices from the indigenous African population as well as from the ruling ... -
Industrial decentralization and everyday forms of class struggles : a case study of Isithebe (1988-1992)
(1997)No abstract available.