This study sought to critically reflect on the impact of Ubuntu on learner behaviour and academic performance in secondary schools in the Gweru district of Zimbabwe. The study was undergirded by two theoretical frameworks: Hirschi‟s (1969) Social Bond Theory and Welberg‟s (1981) Theory of Educational Productivity. The four elements of the Social Bond Theory and the three groups of nine factors of the Theory of Educational Productivity based on affective, cognitive and behavioural skills for optimisation of learning which affect the quality of academic performance were reviewed in order to reflect on the impact of Ubuntu on learner behaviour and academic performance in secondary schools in the Gweru district of Zimbabwe. The interpretivist paradigm was used in this study since it was participant oriented. The qualitative research design was adopted for this study which followed a phenomenological approach where semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions, document analysis and participant observations were used to collect data. Seven teachers and thirty-eight learners from four secondary schools in the Gweru district were purposefully selected to participate in this study. Findings indicated that both teachers and learners had a sound knowledge of the concept of Ubuntu. The study established that drug and alcohol abuse, pre-marital sex, poor time management and general indiscipline and low academic achievement characterised learners who lacked Ubuntu. Findings indicated that learners with Ubuntu were disciplined and had higher academic achievement. The study established that best performing schools were those that maintained an environment where members of the schools community maintained high levels of Ubuntu. The study recommended that school administrators should introduce values of Ubuntu as the core values to be taught and practiced by both staff and learners. It was further recommended that teacher training institutions should introduce Ubuntu as a mandatory course in the pre-service programmes so that graduates from these institutions are well grounded on various methods of teaching values of Ubuntu in secondary schools. / Educational Studies

This study examines the ways in which migrants' diverse experiences in urban Cape Town are mediated by their mobility, movement, and circulation of necessary livelihood objects and ideas. I explore how social formations are individually and collectively created and co-created by migrants' daily interactions, encounters, experiences, and social dynamics in the city. The research is innovative in its deliberate option not to classify migrants based on their country of origin (except where necessary to explain the experiences of actors), thereby challenging stereotypes and preconceptions about African migrants and migration as “people out of place”. Data for this study were gathered using a multi-sited ethnography between 2019 and 2021. Numerous visits in various Cape Town neighbourhoods, observations, interactions, and participation in migrants' social activities, as well as formal and informal interviews and group discussions with a sample of Cape Town's migrant population, were used. The data gathered were analysed using the framework of incompleteness and conviviality, to understand how migrants in Cape Town foster and sustain social networks, such as hushamwari (friendship) and mutuality inspired by ubuntu. The empirical data reveals that the category “migrant” generates and reinforces particular kinds of “borders” and “boundaries” that limit and restrict the mobility potential, access to space and livelihood opportunities of the people so categorized. Some of these obstacles consist of profiling based on belonging and non-belonging, roadblocks set up by law enforcement and local hostilities that implicitly or overtly target them. Due to the precarious nature of their situation, migrant women are confronted with a greater number of challenges. In addition to these challenges, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic added another layer of difficulty to the problems that migrants face. Their livelihoods, sources of income, and as a direct result, remittances were all negatively impacted. In coping with the challenges, migrants form connections with diverse people and embrace various social networks, such as hushamwari, inspired by ubuntu and conviviality. Social networks are an important factor in assisting migrants in gaining access to opportunities for livelihood, sending available money and goods home (during the COVID-19 lockdown) and developing sociality. Even though social networks exist, they are not easily accessible to everyone and will not last indefinitely. They may suffer and strain since they are not immune to conflicts, friction and tension. Conflicting religious practices, beliefs, and values have been demonstrated to strain and pose challenges to migrant social networks. Though social networks may be disputed among migrants as a result of conflict, the social bonds made through conviviality, mutuality, hushamwari and ubuntu appear to be strong and promising. By embracing these concepts, this study portrays migrants as rational individuals who rely on numerous interconnections and creative interdependencies to survive in Cape Town. In conclusion, this study underscores that more than nationality, networks such as hushamwari, which are built on incompleteness, ubuntu, and conviviality are more important in the everyday interactions, encounters, and livelihood struggles of migrants, and it is important to foreground this in research on urbanism and its cosmopolitan imperative.

The thesis is focused on personal computer security from the perspective of an ordinary user. This text in the theoretical part mainly introduces the reader to the most common risks associated with the use of a personal computer connected to the Internet. In the practical part based on the collected knowledge was created application used to configure and secure operating system Ubuntu.

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This thesis is focused on the possibility of better networking security operating system GNU/Linux with an appropriate set of rules Netfilter. There was established a program to allow easy configuration of rules for IP Address versions 4 and 6. This program not only allows to set individual rules, but also interfere with the newly required service and decide, how it will be further worked with. The first is the theoretical part describes the network communication with the model TCP/IP, the following is the introduction of Netfilter and outlining the local security. The practical part describes the various technologies and methods used for programming. The result of this work is easy to use program to set firewall rules for IP Address versions 6 with the possibility of deciding on the new established network traffic. The program is designed for new users of the operating system, who want to better secure their computer without the knowledge of Netfilter.

This is a qualitative study that explores meanings around fatherhood among Xhosa fathers in Cape Town. In so doing, the dissertation goes on to explore attitudes, beliefs, and needs of these township fathers have with regards to taking care of their children. This is a descriptive and exploratory qualitative study which was conducted with a sample of 4 Xhosa fathers. Responses around fathering clustered into the following themes: challenging notions of nurturing as women's roles, changing patterns in fatherhood, fatherhood as a process, multiple ways of fathering, communal and familial support structures, and deviation from ‘traditional' norms and ‘traditional' ideas around fathering. The fathers in this study identified a number of benefits and opportunities to being good fathers who were actively involved in their children's lives.

Ubuntu is an African humanist philosophy described by the Nguni aphorism “umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu” which translates as a person is a person through other people. While Ubuntu has been a domain of extensive scholarly research, to date almost all of this work has been philosophical or conceptual; by contrast, there is a dearth of empirical research examining the nature of Ubuntu. Scholars provide indicator values, namely descriptive abstract nouns, of Ubuntu with no consistency in how the indicator values were derived because the concept lacks a clear definition. The challenges arising from the lack of a clear definition of Ubuntu can be attributed to the fact that there is no empirical research that has been conducted to develop a reliable and valid measure of Ubuntu. This research operationalised Ubuntu by developing a psychometrically reliable and valid scale for measuring Ubuntu. The research established the underlying dimensions of Ubuntu. This thesis develops and validates a scale to measure Ubuntu using a mixed-methods, multiple study approach. First, a literature review identifies 82 indicator values of Ubuntu. Next, using focus groups, depth interviews, and q-sorting, three nascent components of Ubuntu emerge: humanness, interconnectedness, and compassion. Finally, across three quantitative studies, the scale is purified to seventeen items which exhibit a three-factor structure that is psychometrically reliable and valid. The Ubuntu scale has discriminant validity relative to a collectivism scale and demonstrates predictive validity in terms of charitable and altruistic behaviours. This study contributes towards the development of theory through conceptualisation of Ubuntu. The current study utilised large sample sizes to replicate the factor structure, reliability, and construct validity of the measure including nomological validity assessment and measurement invariance. / Thesis (DPhil)--University of Pretoria, 2020. / Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) / DPhil / Unrestricted