College of Humanities: Recent submissions
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Public participation in the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) radio stations: a case study of Ukhozi FM and SAfm.
(2020)Radio has always and still remail one of the most useful, available, and affordable medium. Radio has remained relevant and continue to build communities through its programming. This is not different from the South African ... -
Can’t you see it is mine? A consideration of the appropriation of space through the use of building materials (earth, clay and bricks) in art making.
(2022)The purpose of this dissertation is to consider the extent to which the materiality of an artist’s art making materials can demonstrate an appropriation of the space in which the work is exhibited. The specific medium I ... -
Electronic records management and information culture in Botswana's parastatals.
(2023)Abstract available in PDF. -
Immanent umthakathi: critically self-reflexive dung beetle doing: contextually appropriate education for be(com)ing better with_in the world now.
(2021)‘Yearning to be bold’, carefully crossing borders of transformative, pragmatic and indigenous paradigm spaces in search of decolonised radical democratic living and learning liberation, this PhD addresses the question: How ... -
The role and value of special library services in the information age: a case study of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC).
(2022)With technological advancements and the rise of the information age, this study investigated the role of special library services in the information age specifically in the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). ... -
The Nigerian internal security policy : an assessment of the human security threats to Nigeria in the post – military era (2006 – 2021)
(2022)The Nigerian internal security policy is designed to deter all forms of real or perceived physical and human security threats to the people’s lives, property, interest and personal welfare. Since the post-military era, ... -
Corruption and reporting: an ethno-cultural assessment of the morality of whistle-blowing as a strategy for reporting corruption in Zimbabwe.
(2022)The bane of corruption invariably exists in most societies and cultures. However, its deleterious effects on socio-economic growth and political development varies from country to country. In countries like Zimbabwe, the ... -
An Ethical interrogation of coal mining activities and its implications on women’s health and the environment in South Africa.
(2022)Coal mining is one of the earliest forms of economic activity that is still practised today in the majority of African countries, including South Africa. Because it also offers employment opportunities to a large number ... -
An exploration of how language and context augment the construction of a prototypical female identity represented in the portrayal of Desdemona and Lady Macbeth in William Shakespeare’s Othello and Macbeth.
(2022)My research is based on a qualitative study of the characterisation of females in two Shakespearean tragedies, Othello and Macbeth. The focus of the study is the impact of language and contextual factors of the Shakespearean ... -
Sustaining livelihoods in Norton town after deindustrialization in Zimbabwe
(2019)This thesis explored urban livelihoods in the context of rapid urbanisation and failing economic/industrial growth in Norton town, Zimbabwe. The aim was to explore alternative livelihoods in the town in a constricted ... -
Just drawing: a case study of Visual Arts as a subject in an urban northern KwaZulu-Natal state high school.
(2022)This qualitative study investigated a well-established urban public high school that offers Visual Arts at Further Education and Training level. This was based on the aim of understanding the role and status of Visual ... -
The media’s image construction of African women with multiple and conflicting social roles and the impact of multiple roles on women’s mental health.
(2020)This study investigates how African women with multiple social roles are portrayed in the media and whether the media reports on how these multiple roles impact their mental health. The study sampled eight articles that ... -
The experiences of rural working mothers pursuing higher degrees at a South African University.
(2020)This research explored the experiences of rural working mothers pursuing postgraduate degrees at a South African university. The focus of the study was on the experiences of older women coming into higher education. After ... -
Towards a decolonised philosophy of African history: theoretical reflections of the history academics in South Africa.
(2022)This study sought to investigate the coloniality and decolonised philosophy of African history through the theoretical reflections of the designated history academics in South Africa. The research was informed by the quest ... -
Transnational experiences of teacher leadership: narratives of South African expatriate teachers.
(2022)Over the past two decades, teacher migration has become popular amongst South African teachers. South African teachers are leaving their home country to go to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) country schools owing to ... -
Exploring social and emotional learning in a grade 4 classroom: a teacher’s self-study.
(2020)I am a teacher at a primary school in South Africa. This thesis presents a self-study project exploring social and emotional learning in my personal history and my Grade 4 classroom. I wanted to discover ways of improving ... -
Theatre roots, learning routes: educating through formal theatre productions in higher education – a self-study.
(2021)My study grew out of a desire to root my research in my creative practice as both drama lecturer and director of formal theatre productions in higher learning institutions. From my own lived experience, I knew that ... -
The burden of affliction: a literary analysis of representations of HIV-positive women and girls in selected southern african texts.
(2022)This thesis proceeds from the understanding that literature is the mirror of society, reflecting problematic features, failures to provide social justice, and attempts to live with dignity and hope. Statistics show that ... -
A feminist critique of ecumenical bodies’ silence to the sexual abuse of the women with mental disability in Zambia.
(2019)The study analyses how the three ecumenical bodies (the church mother bodies) – the Council of Churches in Zambia, the Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia and the Zambia Council of Catholic Bishops – respond to the sexual ...