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I paint therefore I am? : an exploration of contemporary Bushmen art in South Africa and its development potential.
(2009)In this research the contemporary art of the !Xun community in Platfontein, Kimberley is used as a case study to ascertain whether contemporary Bushman art, contrary to the mid-nineteenth century perception that it was ... -
ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 : sports broadcasting in South Africa, national interest and money.
(2003)This research is an investigation into the political economy of sports broadcasting within a South African context, using the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 (CWC2003) as a case study. The staging of this global event, hosted ... -
Ice core : an original collection of stories, plus a brief critical essay on the writing process.
(2014-10-20)This thesis comprises an original collection of short stories entitled Ice Core, plus a brief self-reflexive essay on the challenges, emphases and informing contexts which influenced the writing process. The stories in Ice ... -
Iconism as a tool for social identity : a proposed city hall for Durban.
(2012)The concept of iconic architecture has been around for thousands of years. It has taken the form of great structures that have portrayed powerful messages, to impress and to intimidate society, from the pyramids and tombs ... -
The idea of a hermeneutic of history.
(1982)Constantly confronted by history, man has what may be termed a natural impulse to make sense of the past. And indeed, the past cannot be understood without also understanding the present. Thus that fundamental historical ... -
Ideal, reality and opposition : white women in Durban, 1900- 1920.
(1991)In 1900 Durban's white' society closely resembled its British counterpart. As in Britain an ideal of womanhood encompassed various generalisations concerning woman's true nature and purpose. Women were upheld as pure, ... -
The identification of appropriate planning interventions to enable the minibus to make a more efficient contribution to public transport.
(1996)The mini-bus industry has been hailed as a major breakthrough in public transport. It fills a much needed void in the hierachy of public transport. However, despite its success story the industry is facing problems. This ... -
The identification of factors associated with stress among primary school teachers in Soshanguve.
(2003)The purpose of this study was to identify some of the factors associated with stress among primary school teachers in Soshanguve. The three main objectives were: • To identify factors associated with stress among primary ... -
Identifying and meeting the development needs of novice teachers : experiences at one school in Durban.
(2009)This study explored the experiences in identifying and meeting the developmental needs of novice teachers at one primary school in Durban. The researcher’s assumption was that mentoring and teacher development are a norm ... -
Identifying criteria for the successful implentation of community- based conservation initiatives : evidence from two case studies in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2004)For over a century, wildlife in Southern Africa has come under the exclusive management of states, which tends to centre on the exclusion of local communities from wildlife areas. In many cases, this approach has led to ... -
Identifying social network correlates of HIV testing behaviour (VCT uptake) amongst UKZN students.
(2010)South Africa has the highest burden of HIV and AIDS in the world, yet most of these infected people are unaware of their HIV status. HIV voluntary counselling and testing is shown to have manifold benefits in improving the ... -
The identities of transracially adopted adolescents in South Africa : a dialogical study.
(2006)Using the theory of the dialogical self, this study aimed to understand the identities of a sample of transracially adopted South African adolescents. Particular attention was paid to the identity domains of race and ... -
Identities under threat : a study of experiences of adult homelessness.
(2005)This study aims to explore the lives and narrative counts of five homeless people in contemporary South Africa: a post-apartheid context characterized by a rapidly emerging globalized consumer culture and an internal tension ... -
Identities, memories, histories and representation : the role of museums in twentieth century KwaZulu-Natal.
(2003)The history of museums in South Africa dates back to 1825 when the South African Museum (SAM) was established in Cape Town. Initially museums in South Africa were established for science and local history was seen as ... -
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Identity construction of Roman Catholic religious sisters in the church in Nigeria.
(2012)This study was designed against the background of the vital need for a comprehensive research on religious sisters in Africa and Nigeria in particular to address the problems and challenges of identity construction by them ... -
Identity formation in contemporary society : the influence of the media on the formation of identity.
(2009)This qualitative study explores identity formation in contemporary society, through investigating the influence of the media on identity formation. The focus is on identity and what people attribute from the media as ... -
The identity of difference : a critical study of representations of the Bushmen.
(1998)More than any other people, the Bushmen - like the Aborigines on the Australian continent - have epitomized the sub-human other in South African historiography. My primary concern in this study will be to interrogate the ... -
Ideological influences in the national curriculum statements for the further education and training band.
(2006)Since it assumed power in 1994, the government of South Africa had to meet the challenges of changing an education system that was established along racial lines. OBE and Curriculum 2005 were adopted into the school system. ... -
Ideology and agency in protest politics : service delivery struggles in post-apartheid South Africa.
(2011)My aim in this dissertation is to explore the manner in which protest leaders in the post-apartheid context understand themselves and their actions against the backdrop of the socio-historical, political and economic ...
