Levey, David(Koers, published by North-West University, 2007-01)
This article draws on recent research into the early unpublished
work of Alan Paton to suggest that the interrelationship of
(English-language) literature and religion in South Africa is a
much under-researched field ...
Inheriting a dualistic value system, Europeans often perceived the people they encountered on their voyages of exploration in terms of Manichean polarities of good and evil. Thus, the concepts of the noble and ignoble ...
A discussion of So long a letter by the West African woman writer, Mariama Ba, is
used as a basis for highlighting the empowering and disempowering effects of particular
types of education for women in the traditional ...
This study covers some of the issues relating to marketing strategies and tools that can be used to attract non-users of LIS and the associated products. The reason for this study arose from the fact that the information ...
Ontology, an explicit specification of a shared conceptualisation, captures knowledge about
a specific domain of interest. The realisation of ontologies, revolutionised the way data
stored in relational databases is ...
As an alternative to existing research which states that the phenomenon of displacement resists theorisation because of its complex nature, this study conducts a Phenomenological examination of the nature of displacement ...
The new higher education system of South Africa is in the process of transformation. Part of the transformation process involves raising the use and status of indigenous languages to become essential part of the country‟s ...
This dissertation examines the flow of economic news in Africa, in order to investigate
the potential existence of regional hierarchies in international news flow. The research
was based on a framework of theories on ...
SMMEs contribute to socio-economic development, and play a critical role in reducing
unemployment. Information and communication technology infrastructures (ICTs)
impacts on the establishment, growth, and success of SMMEs ...
Social regulation, as applied specifically to the telecommunications sector, is a new
phenomenon in most countries. It was only in the 1960s, with the establishment of
regulatory agencies, that social regulation became ...
This dissertation examines selected love lyrics composed during the 1930s by Cole Porter, whose witty and urbane music epitomized the Golden era of American light music. These lyrics present an interesting paradox – a man ...
This study deals with the relationship between culture and national development in Angola. It is self-evident that folktales are integral to the cultural heritage of any people, and the Lunda-Cokwe of Angola are no exception. ...
Systematic excavations have uncovered a faunal assemblage from the central court (kgotla) midden at Kaditshwene,
a large stone-walled complex in the Marico. Kaditshwene served as the capital of the Bahurutshe booMenwe, ...
This study investigates the use of telecentres for educational purposes in telecommunications under-serviced regions of South Africa. The problem addressed by this research has both equity and efficiency aspects. In ...
The objective of this article is to present the identifying features of the Northern Sotho proper name as a
subcategory of the broader word category N (noun). The article analyses the identifying morphological
features ...
Languages express the needs of their users, opening windows to information and knowledge. A language
of excellence and empowerment is seen through the quantity of literature and thought it can express. In
the information ...
The meaning-making process is a central focus of study of both Cognitive linguistics and
religion. It is also a fundamental issue in studies on intertextuality. In this paper, I will
look at how we are able to interpret ...
Fourie, Pieter J.(University of Johannesburg, 2010-12)
The purpose of this article is to motivate a new model for South African public service broadcasting, namely, distributed public service broadcasting. The motivation is done against the background of a description of the ...
The Karretjie People, or Cart People are a peripatetic community and are descendants of the KhoeKhoen and San, the earliest inhabitants of the Karoo region in South Africa. As a landless and disempowered community they are ...
After independence, in 1990, the government of the Republic of Namibia perceived the need to replace
the old Language-in-Education Policy (LiEP) for schools with a new one that promotes the use of the mother tongue alongside ...