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An optimality theoretic account and systemic functional linguistics analysis of the acquisition of cicewa idiom interpretation by cicewa speaking children in Malawi
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)This research is in the area of child language acquisition, especially, acquisition of figurative language. It investigates how native Cicewa speaking children learn to interpret Cicewa idioms. This is done through examination ... -
Optimising benefits for rural communities in and around Protected Areas through ecotourism Public Private Partnerships (PPPs): the case of De Hoop Nature Reserve
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)Recent years have seen an upsurge of interest from governments and development organisations in adopting the Public Private Partnership (PPP) approach when developing and operating ecotourism projects. A PPP is a contract ... -
Opting for silence: A history of the history of the Golden Arrow Bus Services drivers’ strike of 1992
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)The primary purpose of this research is to examine the production of history and oral history related to Golden Arrow Bus Services in Cape Town, with specific reference to the silences regarding the bus drivers’ strike in ... -
Oral history in the exhibitionary strategy of the District Six Museum, Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)District Six was a community that was forcibly removed from the centre of Cape Town after its demarcation as a white group area in 1966. In 1989, the District Six Museum Foundation was established in order to form a project ... -
The orality - literacy debate with special reference to selected work of S.E.K. Mqhayi
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)The focus of this thesis is on Xhosa oral and written poetry. The discussion in the thesis is based on the information from existing literature, the responses from the questionnaires and the interviews with some Xhosa ... -
Organization of urban agriculture in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Cape Town has arguably the most diversified urban agriculture sector across the country. Nevertheless, the desired gains of urban agriculture are barely realized. The organization of urban agriculture, specifically the ... -
Our memories of the liberation war: How civilians in post war Northern Namibia remember the war.
(University of the Western Cape, 2003)This research looks at the gap that exists between public representation and personal narratives of the Namibian liberation war. Having observed the absence of private narratives in the grand national memory, I address the ... -
Out of place: a re-evaluation of the poetry of Dennis Brutus
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)The main aim of my dissertation is to re-evaluate the poetry of the South African writer Dennis Brutus (1924-2009). Even though he produced a substantial number of poems over more than half a century, his work continues ... -
The palaces of memory: a reconstruction of District One, Cape Town, before and after the Group Areas Act
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)This thesis started off as a biographical discussion on my association with District One. I was able to widen the scope of this thesis as my research brought more information to light with regard to the city’s past. The ... -
Parodic imagination and resistant form in historical fiction: A study of Ann Harries' manly pursuits
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)In this dissertation, the author examines the historical novel Manly pursuits (1999), by Ann Harries. The novel deals with the late nineteenth century in Oxford, England, and inparticular the year 1899 in Cape Town. The ... -
The parousia-expectation: does it have any effect on mission? A historical-missiological perspective of the pentecostal movement
(University of Western Cape, 1997)Although there were various small Pentecostal experiences (like baptismsin the Holy Spirit accompanied by glossolalia utterances) just before and after the beginning of the twentieth century, the origin of the Pentecostals ... -
Partnership in mission: mismeeting in Jesus' name
(University of the Western Cape, 1998)The focus of this study on partnership came out of experiences of living, working and growing up, in a missionary family, in and "between" South Africa and the United States. In the 1980sI was placeda s a pastor in the ... -
Partnerships between faith-based organizations in Elsies river and the Western Cape government: a critical assessment
(University of Western Cape, 2020)With the National Development Plan vision 2030, the South African government has charted a path to ensure that through social development, poverty, inequality and unemployment will be eradicated in post-apartheid South ... -
"Passing women": gender and hybridity in the fiction of three female South African authors
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)A key aim of this study is to shed light on the representation of coloured women with reference to racial passing, using fictive characters depicted in Sarah Gertrude Millin’s (1924) God's Stepchildren, Zoë Wicomb's (2006) ... -
Pastoral care responses to clergy sexual abuse: a case study of the Anglican church of Southern Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2021)While media attention seems to suggest that clergy sexual abuse (CSA) occurs primarily in the Roman Catholic church, specifically with children, or in the so-called ‘unregulated’ charismatic churches between charismatic ... -
Pathways to healing from intimate partner violence: Voices of young women in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Research shows that there is a process of surviving after being violated by an intimate partner. However, it does not adequately address the pathways to healing and recovery from intimate partner violence (IPV). A research ... -
Patriarchy in the House of Jacob and PhaloPatriarchy in the House of Jacob and Phalo: Contribution to Contextual Hermeneutics
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)This study investigates the privileges and hermeneutical advantages enjoyed by a Phalo Phalo1 interpreter of practices in t he biblical text that are similar to or the same as those found in Phalo’s patriarchal culture. ... -
Patriarchy in the house of Jacob and the house Phalo: Contribution to contextual Hermeneutics
(University of Western Cape, 2020)This study investigates the privileges and hermeneutical advantages enjoyed by a Phalo interpreter of practices in the bilbical text that are similiar to or the same as those found in Phalo's patriarchal culture. The study ... -
Pentecost, process, and power: a critical comparison of Concursus in Operational Pentecostal-Charismatic Theology and Philosophical Process-Relational Theology
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)This doctoral thesis comprises a critical comparison of the theme of concursus, the way in which God and humanity interact, in the Pentecostal-Charismatic and Process-Relational traditions. The comparison is literature-based; ... -
Pentecost, process, and power: A Critical Comparison of Concursus in Operational Pentecostal-Charismatic Theology and Philosophical Process-Relational Theology
(University of Western Cape, 2010)This doctoral thesis comprises a critical comparison of the theme of concursus, the way in which God and humanity interact, in the Pentecostal-Charismatic and Process-Relational traditions. The comparison is literature-based; ...