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Olufuko revisited: female initiation in contemporary Ombadja, Northern Namibia.
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
This thesis analyses post-independence Namibian Heritage and identity discourse and its contestations through the contemporary public performance of olufuko. Olufuko is the ritual of female initiation that marks the ...
The making of Ruacana as place and its construction as future heritage
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
Ruacana is a town in northern Namibia, located on the border with Angola on the Kunene River. It is about 150 kilometres north of Oshakati. The town was established in the early 1970s by the South West Africa Water and ...
Use of social media tools by library staff at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa and the National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe.
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
Academic libraries in the economically developed countries have taken the lead in adopting and appropriating various social media platforms to enhance services offered to their patrons. However, there are many unanswered ...
The role of library services in the research of postgraduate students at the University Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
More and more, research is becoming the core business of every university. There are a number of reasons as to why governments are encouraging their universities to make research activities a priority. Research leads to ...
The use of web 2.0 by students and lecturers at Mzuzu University, Malawi: the case of the Faculty of Information Science and Communications
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
The aim of the study was focused on investigating how Web 2.0 technologies are being utilised by students and lecturers to accomplish their learning and teaching activities in the Faculty of Information Science and ...
The Relationship between remorse and offering forgiveness: selected case studies from the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
This study investigates three case studies, namely, the “Pepco Three”, the “St James Church incident”, and the “Gugulethu Seven incident” from the perspective of ongoing reflections on the nature of reconciliation in the ...
Community safety and social solidarity: the role of neighbourhood watch organisations in effecting social integration and cohesion in Cravenby, Ravensmead and Parow West
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
The study explored and examined new forms of social relations at the interpersonal, community and institutional levels that have emerged in the social organisation of Neighbourhood Watch Organisations in Parow West, Parow ...
A critical analysis of colonial and postcolonial discourses and representations of the people of Mozambique in the Portuguese newspaper ‘O Século de Joanesburgo’ from 1970-1980
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
The aim of this thesis is to probe how Mozambican people were represented or constructed in the colonial and post-colonial periods through the columns of the Portuguese newspaper, ‘O Século de Joanesburgo’. The study ...
Collaboration in the management and preservation of audio-visual archives: a case study of the national archives of Zimbabwe
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
The study investigated the significance of collaboration in the management and
preservation of audio-visual archives at the National Archives of Zimbabwe
(NAZ) in light of the challenges presented by this heritage resource. ...
A sociolinguistic study of euphemisms on HIV and aids by Manenberg’s youth and adults
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
This thesis is a sociolinguistic exploration of the research that was conducted on the
Manenberg community. It focuses on the community’s socio-economic vices such as
gangsterism, drug trafficking, drug addiction, ...