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Deep learning for spatial multi-omics: predicting cardiomyocyte differentiation efficiency at single-cell resolution

Kgabeng, Tumo (2026-03-06)

Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of global mortality, with limited regenerative capacity of adult cardiac tissue presenting significant therapeutic challenges. The primary cause of death worldwide is ...
Factors influencing third-year accounting student dropout during Covid-19 at the Tshwane University of Technology

Dladla, Veli Godfrey (2025-08-25)

For years, student dropout in higher education has been a significant challenge for global tertiary institutions, persisting even when resources were allocated to address the issue. COVID-19 affected all higher education ...
Strategies for enhancing changes in the implementation of records and archives management programmes in Tanzania

Kiyabo, Hamisi (2026-04)

This study aimed to develop strategies for enhancing changes in the implementation of records and archives management programmes in Tanzania. The objectives included determining the effects of inputs such as resources and ...
Enablers and strategies of knowledge sharing in small, medium and micro-enterprises (SMMES): a case of the construction industry in South Africa

Boya, Boitumelo Christina (2025)

The Small, Medium and Micro-Enterprises (SMMEs) form the backbone of employment and economic growth in South Africa. However, despite this, their sustainability remains a significant challenge, mainly due to poor knowledge ...
Exploring leadership styles of Gauteng primary schools' principals during corona virus-19 pandemic: a case study

Kunene, Enicah Busisiwe (2025-10)

The COVID-19 crisis presented challenges for all systems worldwide, yet it also shed light on the significant potential for a groundbreaking leadership style to tackle them. In the Ekurhuleni North District of Gauteng, ...
"Raw is law": exploring sexual behaviours of gay men who use pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in Gauteng, South Africa

Gama, Dalisu Dumisani Thanduxolo (2025-11)

This study explored the sexual behaviours of gay men who use pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in Gauteng, South Africa, through the perspectives of Erving Goffman’s stigma theory and Berger and Luckmann’s social constructionism ...
Teachers' experiences of implementing the curriculum, abridged version of section four amendments in grade 12

Mashaba, Juliet Bodibadi (2025-12)

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted schooling and required education systems to adjust curriculum delivery to address learning losses. In South Africa, the Department of Basic Education introduced the abridged ...
Investigating effective strategies for integrating littering management into education for sustainable development in Vhembe East District, Limpopo

Rambuda, Nndivhiseni Gloria (2025-10)

Littering in schools remains a persistent global challenge with significant implications for learners’ health and environmental well-being. Despite the efforts of governments and schools to maintain clean and safe learning ...
Ubuntu education in secondary schools' curriculum: challenges and perspective in Zimbabwe

Zhakata, Revi (2024-09-26)

This study examines the relevance and potential integration of Ubuntu as a formal subject within the secondary school curriculum in Zimbabwe, framed through the pedagogical lens of Ubuntugogy. Grounded in the context of ...
A socially constructed strategy to improve grade 5 mathematics problem-solving through indigenous knowledge systems

Guduza, Stephen (2025-11)

This study explores the collaborative development, implementation, and evaluation of a culturally responsive mathematics problem-solving framework for Grade 5 learners that integrates Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS). ...
An investigation into the attitudes of parents and teachers on reporting child abuse in Nigeria

Ayinde, Abosede Hellen (2025-11-30)

Child abuse represents a significant threat to the safety and well-being of school-aged children globally, particularly in Nigeria, where impoverished children face pervasive insecurity. Often subjected to maltreatment ...
A model of employee engagement, motivation and resilience for women retention within the science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (stem) field

Baloyi, Joyce (2026-01)

The primary aim of this study was to develop a model of employee engagement, motivation and resilience for women retention within science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) field. The secondary aim was to ...
Investigating teachers’ awareness of socio-economic, behavioural and literacy barriers to learning in primary schools in Elim Circuit, Limpopo Province.

Kutama, Tshimangadzo Beauty (2025-09)

Education plays a very important role in shaping people’s lives. In South Africa, it is seen as a way to fight poverty, build strong communities, and support social development. However, there are many barriers to learning ...
Examining cultural diversity in organisational communication: a case study of worldwide industrial systems engineering in South Africa

Kganyago, Shatadi Rebecca (2026-03-22)

The research project examined how people from various cultural backgrounds communicate during their duties at the Worldwide Industrial Systems Engineering company in South Africa (WWISE). The primary objective was to better ...
Strategies for monitoring curriculum delivery: lessons from primary schools during the COVID-19 pandemic

Tshirangwana, Munyadziwa Nobel (2025-08)

This study investigates lessons learned from curriculum delivery strategies in primary schools during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on perceptions from principals, teachers, and Heads of Department (HODs). Its primary ...
Exploring stakeholders' experiences in student support at selected technical vocational education and training college in Mpumalanga Province

Sibambo, Samkelisiwe Dorothea (2025-01-21)

This study aimed to explore stakeholders’ experiences in student support at a Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) college in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. The interpretive paradigm was chosen for ...
Exploring the possibilities of blended learning in higher education institutions in Lesotho

Mokhets’engoane, Setho John (2025-11)

This study explored the possibilities of implementing blended learning in higher education institutions in Lesotho. Guided by the Community of Inquiry (CoI) and the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) ...
Qualitative study: Lived experiences and coping strategies of unemployed male adults in Mamelodi township, South Africa

Seleoane, Nobantu Fezeka (2026-01)

In South Africa, unemployment remains a significant challenge, with its most severe impacts concentrated among the Black population. Although unemployment is pervasive in South Africa, scholarly literature has paid limited ...
The new golden age: decoloniality and African futures in South African and Nigerian speculative fiction

Hope, Gerhard Ewoud (2025-07)

This thesis examines South African and Nigerian speculative fiction as a decolonial mode of world-making through which alternative futures, memories, and epistemologies are articulated within conditions of planetary ...
Education stakeholders’ roles in the effective management of learner bullying at public secondary schools in Vhembe East district

Nembahe, Azwimmbavhi Grace (2026-03)

The phenomenon of bullying among learners, particularly at the public secondary education level, is a global issue that many public secondary schools encounter worldwide. Education stakeholders struggle to implement laws ...

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