M.Sc. / Local Agenda 21 requires the public to participate in water quality monitoring. This research aims to establish to what extent the youth/learners can play a role in the public participation requirement of LA 21, and how their participation can contribute to the water quality monitoring aspect of the Greater Pretoria Metropolitan Council (GPMC)’s Environmental Management Plan. This research is a case study and examines fresh water issues in an urban area, with the Greater Pretoria Metropolitan Area (GPMA) as the specific focus. The role of learners in participatory monitoring of the quality of surface water in the three river catchments in the GPMA is examined. Monitoring plays an integral role in the GPMC’s Environmental Management Plan (EMP). In order to solve this problem, the following steps are explained: The concepts of sustainable development, Agenda 21, the relevant national laws, Local Agenda 21, public participation, partnerships, the Greater Pretoria Metropolitan Council’s Environmental Management Plan and water quality monitoring. The role of public participation within the Agenda 21 framework is outlined with specific reference to the role the youth can play. The way learners can be involved in water quality monitoring is highlighted. The following research methods are used: a literature study focusing on the main issues of the research problem; a pre- and post-questionnaire answered by selected learners in the five schools in three catchment areas; interviews with three people in relevant environmental management and education fields and informal discussions with the educators at the selected schools. The aim was to correlate the findings in the literature, the data from the questionnaires and the information from the interviews. It was found that learners can play a role in the public participation requirement of LA 21 by monitoring and reporting any pollution incidents to the relevant local authority; inputting data into the State of the Environment Youth Report database and taking ownership of a particular stretch of the stream near their school and ‘adopting’ and ‘policing’ it. It is recommended that long-term environmental facilitators be appointed by (xiii) the GPMC to work with all schools in the GPMA to coordinate this monitoring. They can for example co-ordinate the allocation of particular stretches of each stream to a school and train the learners how to monitor water quality and report any pollution incidents to the relevant local authority. It was also found that learners do want to be trained to do more advanced water monitoring and be part of the GPMC and public- partnership in water monitoring, but only on a small-scale as they perceive the GPMC to be the main role player in local environmental management activities.

M.A. / It is true that public participation processes in local government do not produce the outcomes that reveal a fully optimised process. The aim of the study was to bring about a better understanding of the perceptions and experiences of Pretoria Central residents, in particular, with regard to the possible extent to which they feel they participated in discussions pertaining to the re-naming of Pretoria. This was achieved by way of a literature review and an analysis of the data collected during the focus groups. The methodological approach that was used by the researcher was a qualitative one, and purposive and snowball techniques were instrumental for the identification of participants. In chapter 1, the topic of the study is introduced and the background to the study, the research problem, the design and methodology as well as the outline of the chapters is explained. In chapter 2, the concept of public participation is discussed within the context of the local government. The role and involvement of the public in decision making is discussed, as well as public participation in other countries and how these relate to South Africa. The discussion is positioned within the broader context of Dahrendorf’s theory of conflict. Chapter 3 deals with the research design and methodology used to research the topic of this study. In chapter 4, the presentation of research findings is given, according to the themes that were used during data collection and analysis. The study shows that the respondents were unhappy about the manner in which the renaming of Pretoria was conducted. They were of the opinion that the municipality could have done better in terms of advertising and informing them about the process so that they could participate. The last chapter focuses on the conclusion and recommendations based on the findings discussed in the previous chapter. The researcher makes some recommendations based on the gaps that he identified on the findings. The study has some limitations which are also discussed.

Please read the abstract in the section 08back of this document / Dissertation (MA (Cultural History))--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Historical and Heritage Studies / unrestricted

Thesis (M.Med.(Community Health))--University of Pretoria, 2004. / Summary in English and Afrikaans. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 66-73). Also available online.

Thesis (M.A.(Kultuurgeskiedenis))--Universiteit van Pretoria, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references.

This study mainly focused on defining and determining the appropriateness of noncorporate governance principles for Local Government. The target, local government organisation, which was chosen for this study, was the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipal (CTMM). The principles, which were identified to be the most appropriate for this study, were accountability, integrity and disclosure as defined by the King II Report. These principles were separately measured and based on the underlying sub components, which defines these principles. The appropriateness and level of understanding of accountability was measured through the use of sub components, which focussed on a manager’s responsibility, as well as delegations received, guided by the code of conduct of the CTMM. Integrity was measured by fairness, respect for others in the organisation, by showing adequate compassion and by being an honest person. Disclosure on the other hand was measured by the status of information, which can and should be disclosed, whistle blowing policy and protection of whistle blowers, the openness of the CTMM towards their management and workforce and finally the handling of fraud by management. The method followed with this study was to approach managers and deputy managers from the CTMM in order to obtain first hand experience regarding non-financial corporate governance principles within the CTMM by means of a qualitative survey. Results from the questionnaire and the subsequent empirical analysis indicate that the CTMM do currently apply some of these principles to specific levels of satisfaction. The viewpoint of managers and deputy managers within the CTMM reflected by the Weaver “best combination” analysis that the appropriateness and the interaction of the sub components are related and important in measuring non-financial corporate governance at Local Government. These and other detailed findings are reflected in chapters four and five for further reference. In conclusion it is important to note that the findings indicate that non-financial corporate governance principles is indeed appropriate at local government. / Mr. J. Bredenkamp

Adolescence is a crucial period of transition from childhood to adulthood, in which significant changes occur in various domains, including physical and hormonal changes as a result of puberty, cognitive changes in understanding how they and others think, as well as socioemotional changes in which adolescents assume new roles connected to their environment. Amongst all the perceptions we experience throughout our lifespan, none have higher meaning than those we internalise concerning our own personal being and our perception of who we are, and where we belong in this world. Self-concept is significant in unravelling how individuals become what or who they are, how individuals change over time as well as their decision-making processes. This study used a cross-sectional research design to explore the influence age and gender have on the global and domain specific self-concept of adolescents in Pretoria. The final sample consisted of 145 black adolescent boys and girls from two schools in the Pretoria area. The main findings suggest that younger adolescents have a higher global self-concept compared to older adolescents, and also scored higher than older adolescents in the social and physical self-concept. The findings further showed a pattern of increase in the global, emotional and social self-concept during early adolescence, a decline during middle adolescence and an increase during late adolescence. With regards to gender, findings indicate that girls scored higher in emotional self-concept compared to their male counterparts. Based on the findings of this study, implications for practice and recommendations are noted. / Mini Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2019. / Psychology / MA Clinical Psychology / Unrestricted

The Abstract is not available / Dissertation (MSc (Applied Science))--University of Pretoria, 2004. / Town and Regional Planning / unrestricted

The mining of silver, although not as significant as the mining of gold, has a history of money being made and lost, as well as instances of fraud and theft. In the late 1880s, when silver and lead deposits were discovered 100 km south-east of Pretoria, the Barnato family was quick to invest and float a company to exploit the deposit. To the north of Pretoria, Alois Nellmapius, later famous as the founder of the Hatherly distillery, established a company to mine a silver and copper rich deposit. The Strubens, pioneers of the Witwatersrand gold fields, discovered a silver rich copper deposit on their farm ‘The Willows’ east of Pretoria. The successful silver mining companies listed on the Stock Exchange in Johannesburg soon attracted the attention of the Randlords of Johannesburg and specifically that of H Eckstein & Co. The development of the company’s activities in silver mining in the 1880s and 1890s forms a significant part of this study. The relationship between the mine owners and their managers during the nineteenth century is explored, along with local and international events in politics and economics that had an impact on the mining of silver in South Africa over the period from 1885 to 1999. Silver mining in South Africa has had a ‘rise and fall’ life from the 1880s with three significant periods of investment, mining activity and decline. As with most commodities, prices vary over time. The international metals market has been a dominant factor in the life of the silver mines of greater Pretoria. The relationship between rising and falling international metal prices, and the operating lives of the mines, form a theme throughout this dissertation as it will be shown that the operating periods all coincided with periods of strong metal prices. In the one hundred and fourteen years, coupled with large tonnages of base metals – lead, copper and zinc - the mines produced over ninety-three tons of silver. Over thirty silver mines and ventures were revealed during the research, but discussing all of them in this dissertation was not feasible. It is therefore limited to the history of the seven mines that produced the greatest amounts of silver and other metals such as lead, copper and zinc and how their individual and interrelated histories together form the dominant part of the history of silver mining in the greater Pretoria region. / History / MA (History)

This dissertation examines the growth and development of an urban African population in Pretoria from 1902 to 1923. African urbanisation in Pretoria took place within the context of limited industrial development and gave rise to a distinc!ive population, with an important permanently settled component. This study charts the struggles that ensued between the Town Council and the African population. The responses of the urban African population took on two forms: informal, defensive strategies and formal political organisation. In the early twentieth century Pretoria formed the locus of regional African political activity. However, the attempts of formal organisations to challenge the state were essentially conservative. It was rather in the realm of working class culture that real challenges were made to the municipal authorities' vision of an ordered urban environment and a controlled African proletariat. / History / M.A. (History)