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Infant mortality in Transkei.
(1992)Infant mortality is generally regarded as an indicator of the standard of health and it is probably one of the best measures of the general socio-economic conditions in a society. There are indications world wide (including ... -
The influence of transport on the life experiences and life chances of school goers : a case study of the Pietermaritzburg district.
(1999)Literature and case studies on transport and school goers lacks analysis of the influence of transport on school goer's experiences and opportunities. The research presented in this case study examines the extent to which ... -
Information and communication technologies and sustainable livelihoods : a case of selected rural areas of Tanzania
(2008)Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have, in the recent past, attracted enormous attention as important tools for socio-economic development. However, the role of ICTs in fostering development and addressing ... -
Information and communication technology (ICT) knowledge and skills of subject librarians at the university libraries of KwaZulu-Natal.
(2002)The study is based on the assumption that there is an underutilisation of ICT resources in the university libraries of KwaZulu-Natal amongst subject librarians due to a lack of appropriate ICT knowledge and skills. The ... -
Information literacy among Form Five students at the four government senior secondary schools in Gaborone, Botswana.
(2002)The study investigated the information literacy skills among Form Five students at government senior secondary schools in Gaborone, Botswana. The results of the study will be used in the improvement of the Information ... -
Information needs of agricultural researchers and extension agents in addressing farmers' production-related constraints and information needs in the Gambia.
(2001)This study investigated the information needs of agricultural researchers and extension agents in addressing farmers' production-related constraints and information needs in The Gambia. The overall objective of the study ... -
Information seeking behaviour and dissemination by the leadership of COSATU affiliated unions in the uMgungundlovu District.
(2017)The purpose of the study was to identify and get a better understanding of the crucial aspects of information seeking behaviour and information dissemination by the leadership of unions affiliated to the Congress of South ... -
Information seeking behaviour of students with visual impairments : a case study of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg.
(2009)The aim of the study was to establish the visually impaired students' information seeking behaviours, which comprises information needs, seeking and use. Identifying the students' information seeking behaviour helped to ... -
Information seeking patterns of distance learners registered with the Zimbabwe Open University.
(2002)The study ofinformation seeking patterns ofdistance learners registered with the Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU) was undertaken with a view to understand the paths taken by the distance learners to identifY, locate and make ... -
Integrated curriculum in Lesotho: challenges encountered by learners through their teachers’ views.
(2019)The Ministry of Education and Training in Lesotho (MOET), for the first time since the country attained its independence, published the Curriculum and Assessment Policy in 2009.The initiative was influenced by the challenges ... -
An investigation into the availability and adequacy of environmental information resources to support field workers at the wildlife and environment society of South Africa's four environmental education centres in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2000)This study is concerned with the availability and adequacy of environmental information resources to support field workers at the Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa's (WESSA) four environmental education ... -
An investigation into the challenges facing single parents in disclosing their HIV/AID status to their teenage children: a case study of the Vulindlela area in the Umsunduzi Local Municipality.
(2019)The continuing spread of HIV/AIDS has brought about unprecedented challenges to the ailing South African health care system, as well as the people infected and affected with HIV/AIDS.The study is qualitative in nature and ... -
An investigation into the effect of the world wide web on the citation behaviour of Master of Information Studies students at the University of Natal during the period 1996-2002.
(2004)Described as accommodating both traditional and new information spaces (Fourie 2002: 53), the Web has significantly changed the milieu of research and study. The study determined how this changing research and study ... -
An investigation into the management of electronic records in the public sector in Lesotho.
(2004)Government computers are generating enormous volumes of e-records such as e-mails, word processed documents and databases. The immediate challenge of the public sector is therefore to preserve these digital records and ... -
An investigation into the management of the records and archives of former liberation movements in east and southern Africa held by national and private archival institutions.
(2010)The struggle to liberate the continent of Africa from colonialism during the second half of the twentieth century represented an important epoch and as such this history needs to be documented accurately in whatever form ... -
An investigation into the retention strategies of two large banks towards affirmative action employees in Kwazulu-Natal.
(2000)Affirmative Action has been around in South Africa for about two decades. Recently, the government decided to impose Affirmative Action through the Employment Equity Act. Organisations are anxious to transform their ... -
An investigation of the role of microcomputers as information retrieval tools in the greater Pietermaritzburg schools' water audit projects.
(1999)In South Africa, government (Mbeki 1996:37) and educators (SAIDE Report 1998:9) have expressed concern over the provision of microcomputers for learners. Their provision to schools would allow their effective use across ... -
Is skills development a panacea to youth unemployment in the post-apartheid South Africa? : a case study of eThekwini Municipality.
(2014)This study investigates whether Skills Development is a panacea to youth unemployment in the post-apartheid South Africa? It utilizes the case study of eThekwini Municipality in ascertaining the levels of skills, experience ...