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Successful information literacy through librarian-lecturer collaboration
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)This study supports the need for information literacy training for first year or new incoming Community and Health Science (CHS) students at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) and describes the use of a collaborative ... -
Successful land reform? A critical analysis of the Harmony Trust Land Reform Project, Koue Bokkeveld, Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)Land reform can be an effective vehicle for addressing poverty and landlessness, especially in rural areas where these are prevailing conditions. For land reform to succeed, the land must be used in ways that contributes ... -
The suppression of communism, the Dutch Reformed Church, and the instrumentality of fear during apartheid
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)Between the 1917 Russian Revolution and demise of the Soviet Union, the communist Other, as godless deviant and arch enemy of the capitalist state, inhabited a specific space in the minds and imaginations of much of the ... -
Sustainable tourism development: A case study of Bazaruto Island in Inhambane, Mozambique
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)Sustainable tourism development strategies are regarded as suitable for developed countries, while pro-poor tourism strategies are seen as suitable approaches for underdeveloped countries. Both approaches stress the ... -
Swart feminisme in Afrikaanse en Nederlandse poësie met betrekking tot die werke van Ronelda Kamfer en Simone Atangana Bekono: ’n Vergelykende studie
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)Volgens die Suid-Afrikaanse grondwet het vroueregte na die eerste demokratiese verkiesing in 1994 deel ontstaan. Dié vryhede wat die vrou ontvang het, was egter nie onproblematies nie – Suid-Afrikaanse vroue word steeds ... -
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 ... -
A systemic functional analysis of two Truth and Reconciliation Commission testimonies: transitivity and genre
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)This thesis examines how two narrators construe their experiences of the same events differently through the linguistic choices that they make, through a systemic functional analysis, as well as a genre analysis of two ... -
A systemic functional linguistics (SFL) analysis of Yoruba students’ narratives of identity at three Western Cape universities
(University of Western Cape, 2012)There has been a great deal of research exploring Halliday’s (1978, 1994, 2004)Systemic Functional Linguistic (SFL) approach. However, there has been little work that specifically targets SFL to explore African discourse. ... -
Taalbeplanning vir veeltaligheid: 'n Suid-Afrikaanse perspektief
(University of Western Cape, 1994)Die teoretiese tradisie aan die basis van die navorsingstuk is dié van die sosiolinguistiese teorie. Eksponente van hierdie teorie, maak benewens die linguistiese ook bemoeienis met die sosiale dimensie van taal. In ... -
Taboo topics in fiction: The case of Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)An important aspect of my thesis is the discussion of the various narrators in the novel; Vladimir Nabokov, John Ray Jnr. and Humbert Humbert. The novel, or Humbert’s memoirs, is only published after Lolita has died in ... -
‘Taking hold’ of mobile phone stories in a Cape Flats reading club
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)This ethnographically-orientated intervention explored how members of a Cape Flats reading club “took hold” (Street, 2009) of digital literacy in their engagement with online fictional stories accessed by a mobile phone. ... -
Talk and play as interactions among bilingual children in Beacon Valley, Mitchell’s Plain
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)This study investigates talk and play as interactions in a “small context” among so-called coloured bilingual children and their interactions amongst themselves in the community of Beacon Valley (Mitchell’s Plain). One of ... -
A taxonomy of problems in arabic-english Translation: a systemic functional Linguistics approach Tawffeek abdou
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)Working with Arab students pursuing a degree in English Language and Translation at the Taiz University, Republic of Yemen, has brought to the researcher‟s attention a number of errors or problems encountered in Arabic ... -
Teaching humanity: Placing the Cape Town Holocaust Centre in a post-apartheid state
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)This dissertation examines the development of Holocaust education in South Africa, specifically in the period of political transition to democracy and the two decades after apartheid. The history of placing the Holocaust ... -
Teaching reading in English as a foreign language: a study of a grade 10 class in Taiyuan City, China
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)Since economic reform started in China in 1978, the educational objectives for English language teaching have undergone many changes. In secondary school, reading and writing abilities have become increasingly important, ... -
Telling tales of identity: an interpretation of women's narratives
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)This paper examines selected discourses found in the journals kept by 21 working-class women during a training course for domestic workers in South Africa. The principal aim of the paper is to examine how emotion, voice ... -
Territory and exclusion: Contestations over space in Mitchell’s Plain
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)In the post-apartheid city, protest action has become synonymous with land invasions. The constant growth of informal settlements in South Africa places significant pressure on local and national authorities, but more ... -
Textuality in near-synonyms translations of the Holy Qurʾān into English
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)The Holy Qurʾān, like the Bible, is an acknowledged literary masterpiece. Its linguistic and aesthetic vivacity with an amalgam of religious beliefs, moral values, religious social orthodoxy and historical backgrounds pose ... -
Textuality in near-synonyms translations of the Holy QurʾᾹn into english
(2011)The Holy Qurʾān, like the Bible, is an acknowledged literary masterpiece. Its linguistic and aesthetic vivacity with an amalgam of religious beliefs, moral values, religious social orthodoxy and historical backgrounds pose ...