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Investigating a proposed standardised method for authorship attribution in l1/2 english texts
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)
Authorship attribution is a method of revealing the obscure or unknown individuals who may have played a part in the creation of texts (Kotze, 2007). The purpose of authorship attribution is both to test claims of authorship ...
Things pretty dull: materiality and the making of Muizenberg in the 20th and 21st centuries
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)
The purpose of this research is to explore processes of historical production and ideas about public space in Muizenberg, South Africa. It argues that the dominant narrative told about Muizenberg from the late nineteenth ...
What on earth is wrong with the world? Five Christian voices on hamartology and ecology
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
This study is situated in the context of Christian ecotheology, which offers both a Christian critique of ecological destruction and an ecological critique of Christianity. One dimension of Christian ecotheology involves ...
Inter- and intralingual translations of complainants’ police sworn statements: a co-construction of a legal text in a South African context
(University of the Western Cape, 2024)
English is the dominant language of record in the South African criminal justice system, despite the constitutional provision that affords all twelve languages equal status and usage. As a result of English hegemony, sworn ...
Die invloed van Kaaps op die skryfwerk van Afrikaanssprekende leerders
(University of the Western Cape, 2024)
Taalkundiges stel al ’n geruime tyd belang in die studie van taalverandering. Die huidige taaldebatte rakende taalverandering fokus oorheersend op taalvariëteite en die insluiting daarvan in die klaskamer. Studies toon dat ...
Black theology and ubuntu theology: antagonists or soulmates? a black theological perspective
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)
This thesis delves into the well-documented link between Black Theology and liberation,
particularly in the context of liberation theology in South Africa. Black Theology emerged as
a direct response to the inadequacy ...
Signal to noise: sonic reflections on the South African transition period (1984-1998)
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)
This dissertation is set against the backdrop of my involvement with Shifty Studios, a small independent mobile recording studio based in Johannesburg, between 1983 and 1997. Most of this content is drawn from a wide range ...
Preferable to whom? a critique of david benatar’s anti-natalism
(University of the Western Cape, 2024)
Can we spare from harm those who will never exist? Well-known anti-natalist David Benatar believes that we can and that we should save future children from the harms of existence by choosing to never have them be brought ...
The role of women in small-scale livestock farming: South African case studies.
(University of the Western Cape, 2024)
The importance of gender equality has gained traction in academic and political spheres over the past decade. Agriculture is among the various sectors that have experienced an increase in the empowerment of women's ...
Un/becoming viole(t)nce: ecofeminist entanglements in the (un)making of pitbull/caregiver identities in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)
Central to this study is the well-established ecofeminist thinking that race, gender, and species are deeply entangled and interconnected in the colonial logic. With this as a starting point, this thesis explores the ...