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Knowledge Interfaces: Kruiekenners, plants and healing in Genadendal
(University of Western Cape, 2021)This thesis was informed by what I perceived to be a tense relationship between Western biomedical science and, for example, “traditional” or “indigenous” ways of producing knowledge about medicinal plants used to manage ... -
Knowledge management and organizational learning in religious organizations: A case study of Christian faith revival ministries of South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2021)Knowledge Management (KM) has developed over the years into a mainstream organisational necessity to achieve success and organisational effectiveness. The goal of this study is to assess KM and organisational learning ... -
Knowledge management practices in the public sector in Botswana
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)The study investigates knowledge management (KM) practices in the public sector in Botswana. The underlying premise is that good KM leads to efficiency and effectiveness. The study assesses the KM practices in the government ... -
Knowledge of predatory publishing: A case study of Malawi University of Business and Applied Aciences
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)This study investigated knowledge of predatory publishing amongst academics and researchers at the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS). The underlying aim of the study was to develop evidence-based ... -
Knowledge sharing practices amongst academics at the Zimbabwe Open University
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)This study investigated knowledge sharing (KS) practices at the Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU) in Zimbabwe. The study assessed the knowledge sharing practices in the ZOU regional campus faculty departments and identified ... -
The knowledge-power nexus: towards a political ecology of South Africa’s Integrated Coastal Management policy
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)Integrated coastal management (ICM) has been unequivocally established in policy and legislation as the preferred framework within which environmental management in South Africa’s coastal environment should be undertaken. ... -
The knowledge-power nexus: towards a political ecology of South Africa’s Integrated Coastal Management policy
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)Integrated coastal management (ICM) has been unequivocally established in policy and legislation as the preferred framework within which environmental management in South Africa’s coastal environment should be undertaken. ... -
Lady Liberty
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Land tenure and rural livelihoods in Zambia: case studies of Kamena and St. Joseph
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)This study explores how land and natural resources in rural communities are accessed, used, and managed in livelihoods. In particular it examines first, crop field tenure, and livelihoods in natural resources. Second it ... -
Language attitudes, medium of instruction and academic performance: a case study of Afrikaans mother tongue learners in Mitchell's Plain
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)The purpose of this study was to determine the implication for learning for learners whose home language is different from the medium of instruction at school.The study is focused on a group of Afrikaans learners for whom ... -
The language factor in students’ experience of assessments: A case study from the University of the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Recent statistics show that 25% of university students in South Africa drop out in their first year of study (Stats SA, 2018). This figure is all the more worrisome when older but still relevant statistics are considered, ... -
Language ideologies and attitudes of Francophone learners towards English in Yaoundo, Cameroon
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)English is the most widely spoken language in the world and for this reason it would be of advantage for everyone to learn it. This thesis reports on the language ideologies and attitudes of Francophone learners towards ... -
A language in decline ? :a constrastive study of the use of, and motivation and de-motivation for, learning Afrikaans among two groups of learners at an English medium high school in Cape Town, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)Afrikaans in practice replaced Dutch and became one of South Africa's official languages (along with English) from 1925. It reached the apex of its development and influence during the years of Nationalist party rule and ... -
Language in education policy and literacy acquisition in multilingual Uganda: a case study of the urban district of Kampala
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)This thesis is concerned with Language in Education Policy (LiEP) and literacy acquisition in multilingual Uganda with the urban district of Kampala as the case study. Specifically, the study investigates the implementation ... -
The language of forms: A discourse analysis of municipal application forms.
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)This thesis focuses on the genre of municipal documents (application forms) and the variety of written and visual languages that make up their corpus to reveal the various lexical semantics used in the forms as communication ... -
Language use and mode of communication in community development projects in Nyanza province, Kenya
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)The concept of community development is founded on the premise that changes in the living conditions of people are best effected by the people themselves. The term community evokes the idea of a homogeneous social group ... -
Language, identity and nationhood: language use and attitudes among Xhosa students at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2000)This thesis is a study of patterns of language attitudes and use among Xhosa home language speakers at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. Speakers of Xhosa, according to Statistics South Africa 2000, form ... -
Language, migration and identity: exploring the motivations of selected African migrants in learning isiXhosa in Cape Town, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)This study is an exploration of the motivations of a particular group of Cameroonian and Nigerian migrants in Cape Town for learning isiXhosa. South Africa is a multilingual and multicultural country with eleven official ... -
Language, migration and identity: Exploring the trajectories and linguistic identities of some African migrants in Cape Town, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)This study is an exploration of the different trajectories of a selected number of African migrants into and around South Africa, focusing on the effects of these different trajectories on their language use patterns and ... -
Law and gospel in the light of Torah: An analysis of South African Lutheran and Reformed sermons in the light of a Jewish understanding of Torah.
(University of the Western Cape, 2001)Taking the recent history and the present situation of South Africa as my context, I have found that with regard to their ethical stance the Lutheran Church has been accused of taking the "cheap grace" (anti-nomian) ...