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Locating the African Renaissance in development discourse : a critical study.
(2001)The concern of this study is "locating the African Renaissance in development discourse: a critical study" and aims to investigate how the South African President Thabo Mbeki has conceptualized the African Renaissance. ... -
Manifestations of social closure in integrating state secondary schools.
(1993)This study considers the manifestations of social closure attitudes by pupils in the open white and Indian state secondary schools in the Durban and greater Durban areas. This study is contextualised with reference to the ... -
Masculinity and drinking and driving among male students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg.
(2008)This study examines the relationship between hegemonic masculinity and drunken driving behaviour among male students. Hegemonic masculinity is the most dominant form of masculinity and can be described as an ideological ... -
Max Weber, rationality and development: an investigation into the problem of "rationality" in liberal development perspectives.
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"The media is telling lies, it's all lies!" : post-apartheid racism and discourses of place-identity in a small town.
(2010)When a young white man from the small town of Swartruggens chose the informal settlement of Skierlik to go on a killing spree, this was labelled racist by the media. Only black people lived in Skierlik, and small towns in ... -
Migration: challenges and experiences of the Ethiopian diaspora in the city of Johannesburg (2000-2015) and the role of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church’s ministry.
(2017)Migration is a fact of international life as people continuously move from one place to another, have different experiences, and must react to new society and their cultures. Following the 1994 dispensation, South Africa ... -
Mkhumbane our home : African shantytown society in Cato Manor Farm, 1946-1960.
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The mobilisation of women : the Black Women's Federation, 1975-1977 : with particular reference to Natal.
(1992)No abstract available. -
Murder in Natal 1992-1993 : a sociological analysis of rates and patterns.
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The Natal volunteers in the Anglo-Boer War, September 1899 to July 1902 : reality and perception.
(2002)The Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902 has been the subject by contemporary and modem historians alike of a plethora of studies on most aspects of the conflict, including its military operations. None, however, has focussed ... -
The nature and causes of marital breakdown amongst a selected group of South African Indian Muslims in the Durban Metropolitan Area and its consequences for family life.
(2001)The institutions of marriage and family have existed throughout human kind and continue to do so as we enter the twenty first century. These are important institutions that prepare individuals as social actors. The ... -
The nature of relations and the metaphysical dilemma in Wittgenstein's Tractatus logico-philosophicus.
(2003)This thesis is concerned with an analysis ofLudwig Wittgenstein's Tractatus LogicoPhilosophicus that centers around the dilemma in which Wittgenstein finds himself in expressing the belief that the propositions of his work, ... -
The need for workplace democracy within the context of South Africa's developing political democracy.
(1998)This research undertakes a theoretical investigation of concepts related to industrial democracy and examines the need for workplace democracy within South Africa's dynamic contemporary context. It looks at the history of ... -
A needs assessment analysis of the Ntambanana Municipality : an empirical case study in development and underdevelopment.
(2005)The study attempts to provide an empirically analysis and assessment of the needs of the community of Ntambanana Municipality by focusing on development and underdevelopment issues. According to the findings of the study, ... -
A needs assessment for a workplace literacy programme : incorporating basic skills training with job-related instructional material within the textile industry.
(1992)Historically in South Africa, the education and social systems have worked together to deny black people both competencies and opportunities for significant participation.There are over nine million people in South Africa ... -
Negotiating sexuality: informal sexual cultures amongst young people at a township high school in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2017)This thesis is an ethnography of teenage girls and boys in grade 11 who are located in a township school in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Against the backdrop of major social and health problems in the ... -
A new diaspora : a study of South African Indian migration to New Zealand.
(2002)"I love this country with a passion, but I cannot live here anymore. I can no longer live slung about with panic buttons and gear locks. I am tired of driving with car windows closed and the doors locked, tired of being ... -
Organizational and innovation-centred factors that encourage the retention of skilled information technology professionals in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2001)This research project incorporates the theory that global integration is shaped by national, regional and local dynamics South Africa's integration into the globa arena is affected by its attempts to enhance empowerment, ... -
The origins and formation of the Zulu Congregational Church, 1896- 1908.
(1978)No abstract available.