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A comparative study of the costs and benefits of journal ownership versus full-text electronic access in the Faculty of Science at the University of Natal, Durban, Libraries.
(2004)There has been a huge increase in the costs of the journal collection at the University of Natal, Durban Libraries. This is due to the increased foreign exchange rate compounded by the frequent increase in the price of ... -
A comparative study of the role of donors in three telecentre projects in Africa.
(2006)The purpose of the study was to investigate the role of donors in the establishment, implementation and sustainability of donor-funded telecentres in Africa. This was achieved by looking at success factors and reasons of ... -
Competitiveness and social redress at the Monte Vista Hollywood, and Sugar Mill casinos in KwaZulu Natal.
(2001)Organisations in South Africa are facing many local and global pressures for reconfiguration through various interventions that encourage global integration and competitiveness, and simultaneously aim to promote social ... -
Conducting a knowledge audit at the National Department of Housing.
(2009)Knowledge Management (KM) has become an important area of focus in many organizations. This is not surprising given that KM is increasingly associated with organizational success in today’s business environment. However, ... -
A contribution to understanding contemporary people-environment dynamics : South African approaches in context.
(1996)People's level of development is a significant determinant in their relationship to wild nature. People today characterized by a high level of development value wild natural resources primarily for non-consumptive aesthetic ... -
Coping with political corporatism: state-international non-governmental organisation relations in post-2000 Zimbabwe.
(2021)This thesis focuses on the relations between International Non-governmental Organisations (INGOs) and the State in post-2000 Zimbabwe (2000–2009). This was an epoch depicting the democratisation process as posing a threat ... -
A core-periphery analysis of population and urbanisation patterns in Natal/KwaZulu.
(1989)This study aims to expose the impact of racial separation policies on the spatial distribution of the population groups in Natal/ KwaZulu, and on Black urbanisation, within a core-periphery framework. Chapter One focuses ... -
"The corporate guerillas" : class formation and the African corporate petty bourgeoisie in post-1973 South Africa.
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Corporate policy on HIV/AIDS intervention : a policy analysis.
(2001)This study is concerned with corporate policy on IllV/AIDS. This was investigated by speaking to key-informants from fifteen enterprises in KwaZulu Natal. They were asked about their policies and programmes and what they ... -
A critical analysis of social regulatory policy: the case of female genital mutilation legislation in Nigeria.
(2008)The practice of female genital mutilation is a global problem and it is prevalent in Africa. According to the United Nations Children's Education Fund (2005), each year about three million women and girls are subjected to ... -
A cross-generational study of the perception and construction of South Africans of Indian descent as foreigners by fellow citizens.
(2014)This thesis examined how the perceptions of South Africans of Indian descent as foreign, by fellow South African citizens, have changed or the extent to which they have remained the same from the time of the first arrival ... -
Culture contact : the Afrikaner as a minority in Durban : a study in network theory and practice.
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'Cycling out of poverty' through a culture of bicycle ownership and use : a case study.
(2003)South Africa does not currently have a strong bicycle culture, as most cycling is of a recreational nature. At the same time, inadequate and expensive transport, particularly for many rural individuals and groups, is one ... -
The Department of Information Studies, University of Natal : its role in education for librarianship in South Africa, 1973-1994.
(1998)This thesis investigates the development of the Department of Information Studies, with the aim of assessing the role it has played in education for librarianship in South Africa from 1973 to 1994, a period of change and ... -
Designing and assessing the feasibility of an active learning approach to the teaching of legal research.
(2008)This study set out to design and assess the feasibility of an active learning approach to a legal research module. The study was a case study of the second year undergraduate Legal Research Writing and Reasoning (LRWR) ... -
Development of a model for knowledge auditing in the Eastern Cape estuaries with special reference to the Tyolomnqa estuary.
(2003)Estuaries are irreplaceable natural resources that must be managed carefully for the mutual benefit of all who enjoy and depend on them. The estuarine environment is a very dynamic and complex environment, which poses ... -
Diakonia as a case study in Christian non-violent social action for peace and social justice in South Africa, 1976-1982.
(2009)Diakonia is a Christian, church-based, development agency operating in the greater Durban area. It was conceived and established by the Roman Catholic Archbishop Denis Hurley. A qualitative, conceptual, and historical case ... -
Discourses and practices of diversion : policy and practice of the child justice system.
(2010)Diversion is one of the programmes instituted within the Child Justice System. Its aim is to make punishment more rehabilitative and restorative. Prior to the Child Justice Bill, juvenile offenders were prosecuted under ...