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The lived experiences of youth residing in Elias Motsoaledi Municipality at Sekhukhune District about NyaopeMamukeyani, Eric January 2021 (has links)
Thesis (MPH.) -- University of Limpopo, 2021 / The purpose of this study was to determine and describe the lived experiences of
youth residing in Elias Motsoaledi Municipality at Sekhukhune District about Nyaope.
A qualitative research was applied using the Phenomenolgical research design to
explore the lived experiences. The purposive sampling technique was used to select
the participants at Rite Substance organization between the age of 18 and 35, and
also the convenient sampling applied to select key informants. The study revealed that
the youth Nyaope users experienced; the lived physical effects such as ;bodily
weakness and strenght, bodily pains, drowsiness, loss of appetite and poor hygiene,
the psychological effects such as mental relaxation, regret and worry, drug
dependency and addiction, and the social effects such as family rejection, community
stigmatization, relationship failure, engagement in crime, and economic and
educational failure. As such, more funds, staff and resources are needed to assist in
dealing with the Nyaope crisis.
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The importance of participatory communication for the voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) project in Alexander township in Gauteng, South AfricaBhengu, Charity January 2017 (has links)
A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Humanities, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Arts in Journalism and Media Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand in 2016 / The research set out to investigate how the Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision
(VMMC) programme in South Africa facilitated stakeholder participation in its
communication processes to improve the uptake of services in the context of national
targets. Studies reviewed have highlighted challenges in the implementation of the
participatory model to achieve communication goals. This qualitative study used
document analysis, in-depth interviews and Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) for data
collection. The research has revealed other limiting factors including unequal
opportunities to influence decisions as a result of varying levels of authority and access
to mediated public spheres. While those with power end up being further empowered
through participatory approaches in terms of voice and visibility, the representation of
the inputs of the lower level stakeholder group is limited to head count. A five-day visit
to a VMMC clinic in Alexandra Township attributes marginalisation by exclusion from
decision-making processes as one of the reasons for people’s inability to translate
knowledge into the positive public response. The study was inconclusive about the
influence of the model on the actual service uptake because the purpose was to provide
a textual description of the participants’ experiences and not the impact. / XL2018
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Adolescents' experiences and coping strategies with parental substance addiction within a rural farming community : a social work perspectiveMarinus, Denise Ronelle 02 1900 (has links)
The abuse of and addiction to substances by parents of adolescents, especially in rural areas, is recognised as a major national and international social concern. South African legislation and policy documents provide a framework that emphasises the need to protect and care for children of addicted parents. Literature and recent studies, however, do not focus on how adolescents in rural communities experience dealing with an addicted parent. For this reason, this research study explored and described the experiences and coping strategies of adolescents in rural communities regarding the parents’ addiction. The study was based on a qualitative research approach and made use of the contextual, explorative, descriptive and narrative research designs. The findings illustrate the descriptions of participants’ perceptions and experiences related to living in a farming community, the nature of parental substance addiction, how it affects them, how they deal with it and their perceptions of support needed by them. Recommendations in terms of the micro, mezzo and macro levels serves as guidelines for social workers to assist adolescents of substance-addicted parents with the needed support, protection and care. / Social Work / M.A. (Social Work)
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Investment decisions in a changing South Africa from 1990 to 1999 (transition) : analysis of the decade of the 1990sHarris, Stanley E. 03 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2003. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study is an investment performance review covering the ten years from 1990 to 1999.
To many investors the 1990s were a tough decade because of the political, economic and
social changes, which caused investment uncertainty. The primary focus is to examine the
implications of these changes during the 1990s on the investment strategies of South
Africans. Furthermore, the aim is to provide insight into investment decision-making
during the period of transition and transformation. The analyses specifically address the
importance of the investment environment on portfolio construction and maintenance.
The objective is to see how far the investors ventured in their efforts to 'beat" the South
African share market under changing conditions. The structure of the portfolio was
evaluated as well as the investor's preferences and beliefs during the period under review.
It also looked at the investors' attitudes and philosophies. Effective portfolio management
was important because changing conditions were becoming challenging. The investor's
investment mix and the risk associated with each investment determined the effectiveness
of managing the portfolio. Furthermore, this study examines the investors' objectives,
constraints and strategies.
In the final analysis, this study examines investment strategy and investment performance
in retrospect. It presents a ten-year historical analysis of the South African environment
which was affecting investment decisions. It was also found that investors were fulfilling
their expectations, they were looking at medium and long-term investment opportunities.
Furthermore, stock-picking was done with greater caution. The opening of global
investment markets further enhanced the investment opportunities. Moreover the
investors realised the importance of diversification in order to reduce risk.
The investors will be presented with challenges and opportunities in the next decade (or
century). Therefore this study also concludes with an assessment of possible future investment
scenarios for the South African investors.
Finally, investment decision was interpreted against the political, economical, social and
other changes that took place during the period of transition. The key to investment success
was the investor's ability to manage the changing South African environment. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie is 'n oorsig van die beleggingsvaardighede gedurende die tydperk 1990 tot
1999. Vir baie beleggers was die negentigs 'n baie moeilike dekade as gevolg van die
politieke, ekonomiese en sosiale veranderings. Hierdie veranderings het onsekerheid laat
ontstaan by die beleggers. Die primêre fokus is om die implikasies van die veranderings
op die beleggingsstrategieë van die Suid Afrikaanse belegger te ondersoek. Verder, is die
doelook om insig te bekom oor die beleggingsbesluitneming gedurende die periode van
verandering en transformasie. Hierdie analise salook in besonder aandag gee aan die
belangrikheid van die gepaardgaande beleggingsomgewing en op die konstruksie en
instandhouding van die beleggingsportefeulje.
Die doel is om ook vas te stel hoe die beleggers gespekuleer het om die Suid Afrikaanse aandele
mark te klop gedurende die periode van verandering. Die samestelling van die portefeulje is
ge-evalueer sowel as die beleggers se voorkeure en menings. Daar is ook ondersoek ingestel na
die belegger se houding en filosofie. Effektiewe beleggingsbestuur was belangrik gedurende die
tydperk omdat die veranderde omstandighede uitdagend geword het. Die belegger se
beleggingssamestelling en die gepaardgaande risiko het die doeltreffendheid van die bestuur
van die portefeulje bepaal. Verder ondersoek hierdie studie ook die beleggers se doelwitte,
beperkinge en strategieë.
In die finale analise is dit hoofsaaklik 'n retrospektiewe ontleding van
beleggingbestuursvaardighede gedurende die 1990s. Dit is n tienjaar historiese analise van die
Suid Afrikaanse beleggingsomgewing wat 'n invloed gehad het op die
beleggingsbesluitnemings. Die beleggers het hul verwagtings goed hanteer en het gesoek na
medium- en langtermyn beleggingsmoontlikhede. Bowendien is die beleggings gedoen met
groter omsigtigheid. Die opening van die wêreld markte het ook groter beleggingsmoontlikhede
geskep. Verder het die beleggers ook besef dat diversifikasie belangrik is om
risiko te verminder.
Beleggers sal te staan kom voor uitdagings sovel as gunstige beleggingsmoontlikhede in die
volgende dekade (of eeu). Daarom sluit hierdie studie af met toekomstige beleggingsmoontlikhede
en die faktore wat sal bydra tot die toekomstige beleggingsaksie en
besluitneming.
Ten slotte, die beleggingsbesluit is geïnterpreteer teen die politieke, ekonomiese en sosiale
veranderinge wat plaasgevind het. Die sleutel tot die beleggingssukses was die vermoë van die
beleggers om die veranderde omstandighede te kan hanteer.
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Adolescents' experiences and coping strategies with parental substance addiction within a rural farming community : a social work perspectiveMarinus, Denise Ronelle 02 1900 (has links)
The abuse of and addiction to substances by parents of adolescents, especially in rural areas, is recognised as a major national and international social concern. South African legislation and policy documents provide a framework that emphasises the need to protect and care for children of addicted parents. Literature and recent studies, however, do not focus on how adolescents in rural communities experience dealing with an addicted parent. For this reason, this research study explored and described the experiences and coping strategies of adolescents in rural communities regarding the parents’ addiction. The study was based on a qualitative research approach and made use of the contextual, explorative, descriptive and narrative research designs. The findings illustrate the descriptions of participants’ perceptions and experiences related to living in a farming community, the nature of parental substance addiction, how it affects them, how they deal with it and their perceptions of support needed by them. Recommendations in terms of the micro, mezzo and macro levels serves as guidelines for social workers to assist adolescents of substance-addicted parents with the needed support, protection and care. / Social Work / M.A. (Social Work)
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“Doing” gender in South Africa : footprints of tension for transgender personsRamphele, Lesego Phenyo Will 03 1900 (has links)
Text in English / The ‘doing’ of gender in our society is constructed along the lines of power, knowledge and being. Power structures angle knowledge and understanding of transgender people and transgender lives in a way that relegates them almost to the museum to be observed as a spectacle or exotic objects. The emphatic frames of man and woman, even in South Africa where the Constitution is considered and understood to be liberal and generous, the life of a transgender body is an Other life. One is either male or female; any other form of doing and being gender suffers peripherisation and classification as special, different, strange or any other exteriorising definitions. This dissertation attempts to question the power or the tyranny of categorisations and classifications of man and woman, drawing from various discourses such as the medico-legal discourse classification. It further looks at how gender is being performed by transgender people. Further it aimed at gaining an in-depth understanding of the experiences and challenges of transgender people with regards to doing gender within a gendered society. The findings within the dissertation tells us, that the performativity of gender is not a neutral space, but enacted by various power structures and those who live outside the norms such as the transgender people, they are subjected to precariousness. It this dissertation seeks to contribute to an unmasking of some easy but harmful assumptions about gender and sexuality. Gender and sexuality may not be taken for granted and assumed according to fixed templates but they are fluid, mobile and flexible beyond the limits of convention. / Psychology / M.A. (Psychology (Research Consultation))
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Trials and triumphs in public office: the life and work of E J N MabuzaSarimana, Ashley January 2011 (has links)
Enos John Nganani Mabuza's life and work is used as a case study to highlight the conceptual and methodological theories and challenges in academic biographical writing regarding history, memory and legacies. This thesis answers the question: Who was Mabuza and what is his place or relevance in South Africa's history? We over-simplify and stereotype people because it is convenient. We judge others but there is no saint without a past or a sinner without a future. Mabuza reconciled with the main liberation movements and moved from a maligned position on the political fringes to a respectable one within the emerging black economic elite. History, like reference systems and values is not calcified or static. It is prone to interpretation, adaptation, modification, invention, manipulation, decomposition and re-composition. Bourdieu's habitus-field analysis, theory or logic of practice, notions of capital (symbolic, political, social, cultural and economic) is used together with Latour's actor-network theory as the basis of analysis of the social contracts and trust bonds that Mabuza was able to create and which enabled him to navigate South Africa's socio-political and economic milieus during apartheid and the transition in the early 1990s. As people or actors, we believe in the mantra, nothing ventured, nothing gained. We exercise agency and take risks every day. We make choices and those choices have consequences. Mabuza's choices in the fields of education, politics and business had implications for how he is perceived or has been written into history. His choices put notions of identity, citizenship, power, legitimacy, ambition, elite accommodation, class, personal and professional networks, popular struggles, agency and structure under the spotlight. Mabuza's involvement in Bantustan politics, for instance, is contextualised in terms of a historical overview of the unpopular role played by traditional authorities in South Africa before and during colonialism and apartheid. His later foray into the world of business, however, was facilitated in part, by the personal and professional contacts that he made whilst he was in politics and the opportunities which opened up during the country's political transition. Mabuza adapted to changing circumstances and demonstrated a level of versatility which other Bantustan functionaries did not or could not exercise.
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The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa and social development: an exploratory study of the link between the Bill of Rights and social developmentWinter, Wilbur 11 1900 (has links)
Text in English with summaries in English and Afrikaans / Bibliography: leaves 89-108 / Democracy in South Africa came at a price. The apartheid era did not accommodate or
incorporate democratic and constitutional principles. The year 1996 saw a democratic
Constitution being adopted, having been certified by the Constitutional Court. The Bill of
Rights in the Constitution guarantees the rights and freedoms of all South Africans. The
apartheid era ensured that the rights which are enjoyed today were reserved for only a portion
of the South African population. This study emphasises the importance of the Constitution and
the role and responsibility of every citizen to defend it. In defending the Constitution, the rights
and freedoms of all South Africans are defended. The Bill of Rights promotes social
development for all South Africans, as opposed to disparate social development under the
divisive apartheid era. The Constitution is a powerful enabler for democracy and social
cohesion and unity. This study depended on secondary sources which are vital to keeping
historical facts alive and truthful. Desktop research is qualitative and, while less expensive,
produces acceptable results and findings. / Demokrasie in Suid-Afrika het met 'n prys gekom. Die apartheidsera het nie demokratiese en
grondwetlike beginsels geakkommodeer of opgeneem nie. In 1996 word 'n demokratiese
Grondwet aanvaar, wat deur die Grondwet Hof gesertifiseer was. Die Handves van Menseregte
in die Grondwet waarborg die regte en vryhede van alle Suid-Afrikaners. Die apartheidsera het
verseker dat die regte wat vandag geniet word, slegs vir 'n gedeelte van die Suid-Afrikaanse
bevolking gereserveer is. Hierdie studie beklemtoon die belangrikheid van die Grondwet en
die rol en verantwoordelikheid van elke burger om dit te verdedig. Deur die Grondwet te
verdedig word die regte en vryhede van alle Suid-Afrikaners verdedig. Die Handves van
Menseregte bevorder sosiale ontwikkeling vir alle Suid-Afrikaners, in teenstelling met
uiteenlopende sosiale ontwikkeling onder die verdelende apartheidsera. Die Grondwet is 'n
kragtige instaatsteller vir demokrasie, sosiale samehorigheid en eenheid. Hierdie studie was
afhanklik van sekondêre bronne wat noodsaaklik is om historiese feite lewendig en waaragtig
te hou. Desktop-navorsing (boek) is kwalitatief en hoewel dit goedkoper is, lewer dit
aanvaarbare resultate en bevindings op. / Development Studies / M.A. (Development Studies)
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Church and community during the Apartheid Era, 1970s-1980s: a focus on the projects of the Transkei Council of Churches (TCC)Moreku, Clement 28 February 2003 (has links)
History / M.A. (History)
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The state, non-state actors and violation of economic, social and cultural rights : making the case for paradigm shift in human rights advocacy and protection in AfricaBusia, Nana K. A. 06 1900 (has links)
For many sets of reasons, including the unequal power relationship between them and most underdeveloped states, and probably more in Africa than anywhere else in the world, non-state actors (NSAs) like states are involved in the violation of human rights. With the phenomenon of globalization, their role has become even more pronounced with some of the traditional functions of the state being performed by them, with implications for human rights, especially socioeconomic rights. Unfortunately, state-centred traditional international law has proved to be ill-equipped to hold NSAs directly accountable and liable for their violations of human rights. NSAs are only expected to adhere to non-binding voluntary standards, such as codes of conduct. Yet, if properly interpreted and enforced, the African Charter for Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR) can be relied upon to hold them accountable.
Against this backdrop, the study interrogates the existing universal and regional human rights laws and systems with the view to identifying any rules, principles, case law or literature that can help hold NSAs directly accountable for human rights violations. For better advocacy and protection of human rights on the African continent, it makes a case for a paradigm shift away from a state centred to a holistic approach that would include NSAs and ensure that they are also bound to protect human rights and become accountable for their violations. / Private Law / LL.M.
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