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Daughters as water-fetchers: ‘Streamlining’ water-gender dialectics in biblical narrative
(2021)
Biblical interpreters have often been unwittingly anthropocentric in their reading of
biblical narratives, ignoring the living and nonliving presence of physical world characteristics
that underpin the narrative’s overall ...
‘Was her worth only in her womb?’ a feminist reading of revelation 12:1-6 in the context of women’s bodies as reproductive capital
(2021)
A heteronormative reading of certain biblical texts pertaining to procreation perpetuates the notion
that femininity is closely related to reproduction. It was common practice for the patriarchal
biblical tradition to ...
An investigation of the perceptions and attitudes of postgraduate students interacting with Turnitin: The case of the University of Stellenbosch Business School
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Globally there is growing concern around increased levels of plagiarism. Gullifer and Tyson (2010, p. 463) claim that plagiarism is growing at a rapid rate, and universities are now required to devote enough time and ...
Systematics of subtribe Anthosperminae and the generic affinities of Anthospermum L. and Nenax Gaertn. (Rubiaceae: Anthospermeae)
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
The last taxonomic treatment of the subtribe Anthosperminae Benth. (Rubiaceae,
Rubioideae, Anthospermeae) was in 1986 by Puff., nevertheless, few attempts have
been made to resolve the phylogeny and the inter- and ...
“He asked me to pray afterward”: Exploring Cheryl Zondi’s mediated court testimony as a narrative of clergy sexual abuse
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
South Africa has one of the highest rape statistics in the world, and there are increasing reports of women who have been violated and abused in religious institutions, specifically by clergy. Research on clergy sexual ...
Use of social media as a marketing tool by the City of Cape Town Libraries
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Social media has become a popular tool adopted by libraries and play a major role in marketing library services, facilitating communication between libraries and staff, and assisting libraries in connecting with communities. ...
A multimodal discourse analysis of the material culture of multilingualism at three Western Cape universities
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
The advent of semiotic/Linguistic Landscapes (LL) as a new sociolinguistic enquiry has received considerable attention in the field of Language and Communication Studies. Although LL studies have been done in South Africa, ...
Masālik al-ʿillah in the convention of qiyās: An investigation of its foundations and contemporary Application
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
This study examines the foundations of the various methods of identifying legal
cause (masālik al-ʿillah). It studies its various theories, spanning the classical and
premodern period and investigates its application in ...
Southern African human remains as property: Physical anthropology and the production of racial capital in Austria
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
From 1907 to 1909, the Austrian anthropologist, Dr Rudolf Pöch (1870-1921), conducted an
expedition in southern Africa that was financed by the Imperial Academy of Sciences in
Vienna. Pöch enjoyed administrative and ...
Call centres: Anonymous ‘safe spaces’ for women’s experiences of abortion stigma
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
In South Africa, abortion became a right in 1996 in terms of the Choice on Termination of
Pregnancy Act, 92 of 1996 (CTOP). However, despite this legal dispensation, debates between
pro-life (those against abortion) and ...