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Abstracts in English, Southern Sotho and Afrikaans / The purpose of the study was to explore and describe the perceptions of electricity stakeholders (referred to for the purposes of the study as electricity customers) regarding their communication with Lesotho Electricity and Water Authority (LEWA) during electricity tariff reviews in 2016 and 2017. LEWA is the electricity regulator, while Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) is the national power distributor in Lesotho. The electricity customers participated in the review process. The study was framed within development communication, with particular focus on its derivative, participatory communication. The principles of stakeholder theory were also considered. The study combined both quantitative and qualitative research approaches for data collection. The findings of the study were triangulated using an online self-administered questionnaire, a focus group moderator’s guide and a qualitative document analysis. The results were interpreted in line with the proposed practical guidelines. The finding of the study is that although LEWA endeavoured to collaborate with electricity customers during electricity tariff review processes, its implementation of participatory communication was inadequate. Furthermore, electricity customers have not yet fully embraced the importance of participating in electricity tariff review processes, because they perceive such endeavours not to be useful. As a result, the findings of the study encapsulate revised practical guidelines to fit an electricity review setting, which could serve as a heuristic for similar organisations as well as provide insights into the benefits of participatory communication in the various aspects of their work. / Morero wa phuputso ena e ne e le ho hlahloba le ho hlalosa maikutlo a ba nang le seabo motlakaseng (ba boletsweng e le bareki ba motlakase molemong wa phuputso) mabapi le puisano ya bona le Lekgotla la Taolo ya Motlakase le Metsi Lesotho (LEWA) nakong ya ditlhahlobo tsa ditefiso tsa motlakase ka selemo sa 2016 le 2017. LEWA ke molaodi wa motlakase, athe Khampani ya Motlakase ya Lesotho (LEC) ke yona moabi wa matla wa naha ya Lesotho. Bareki ba motlakase ba nkile karolo tshebetsong ya tlhahlobo. Phuputso e hlophisitswe kahara puisano ya ntshetsopele, e shebane haholo le puisano ya yona eo eseng ya pele, le ya bonkakarolo. Ditekanyetso tsa dikgopolo tsa ba amehang le tsona di ile tsa hlokomelwa. Phuputso e kopantse mekgwa ya dipatlisiso ya bongata le boleng ka bobedi bakeng sa pokello ya datha. Diphumano tsa phuputso di ne di arotswe ka dikgutlo-tharo ka tshebediso ya lethathamo la dipotso le fumanehang inthaneteng, tataiso ya motho ya lekanyang wa sehlopha seo ho tsepamisitsweng maikutlo ho sona le manollo ya tokomane ya boleng. Diphetho di ile tsa hlaloswa ka tumellano le ditataiso tse sebetsang. Phumano ya phuputso ke hore leha e le hore LEWA e ne e leka ho sebedisana le bareki ba motlakase nakong ya ditshebetso tsa tlhahlobo ya ditefiso, ho kenngwa tshebetso ha yona ha dipuisano tsa bonkakarolo ho ne ho sa lekana. Ntle le moo, bareki ba motlakase ha ba so ka ba amohela bohlokwa ba ho nka karolo ditshebetsong tsa tlhahlobo ya ditefiso tsa motlakase, hobane ba bona boiteko bo jwalo bo sena thuso. Ka lebaka leo, diphumano tsa phuputso di akarelletsa ditataiso tse ntlafaditsweng tse sebetsang bakeng sa ho nepahala boemong ba tlhahlobo ya motlakase, bo ka sebetsang e le tharollo bakeng sa mekgatlo e tshwanang hammoho le ho fana ka lesedi la melemo ya puisano ya bonkakarolo dikarolong tse fapaneng tsa mosebetsi wa yona. / Die doel van hierdie studie was om die persepsies van elektrisiteitsbelanghebbers (waarna vir die doel van die studie verwys word as elektrisiteitskliënte) rakende hul kommunikasie met die Lesotho Electricity and Water Authority (LEWA) gedurende elektrisiteitstariefhersienings in 2016 en 2017, te ondersoek en te beskryf. LEWA is die elektrisiteitsreguleerder, terwyl die Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) die nasionale kragverspreider in Lesotho is. Die elektrisiteitskliënte het aan die hersieningsproses deelgeneem. Die studie het in die konteks van ontwikkelingskommunikasie geskied, met spesifieke fokus op die afleiding, deelnemende kommunikasie. Die beginsels van belanghebberteorie is ook in ag geneem. Die studie het kwantitatiewe en kwalitatiewe navorsingsbenaderings tot data-insameling gekombineer. Die bevindings van die studie is getrianguleer met behulp van ʼn aanlyn selfgeadministreerde vraelys, ʼn fokusgroepmoderatorsgids en ʼn kwalitatiewe dokumentontleding. Die resultate is geïՙnterpreteer ooreenkomstig die voorgestelde praktiese riglyne. Die gevolgtrekking van die studie is dat hoewel LEWA probeer het om met elektrisiteitskliënte saam te werk gedurende elektrisiteitstariefhersieningsprosesse, hul implementering van deelnemende kommunikasie ontoereikend was. Verder besef elektrisiteitskliënte nog nie ten volle die belangrikheid van deelname aan elektrisiteitstariefhersieningsprosesse nie, omdat hulle sodanige pogings nie as nuttig ervaar nie. Gevolglik is die bevindings van die studie ʼn samevatting van hersiene praktiese riglyne om by ʼn elektrisiteitshersieningskonteks te pas, en dit kan dien as heuristiek vir soortgelyke organisasies en kan ook insig gee in die voordele van deelnemende kommunikasie in die verskillende aspekte van hul werk. / Communication Science / M.A. (Communication)

This essay revolves around Jay Asher’s novel Thirteen Reasons Why (2007) or in this case theSwedish translation Tretton skäl varför (2010). When it was published Asher’s novel was aninstant hit among its primary YA audience, but the novel caused a lot of debate and concernamong parents and adults. The purpose of this essay is to examine the possibilities of usingthe novel in Swedish classrooms, both as a work of literature popular among young adults andas a way of opening up discussions about its heavy themes, such as suicide and bullying. Inthe essay previous research on Thirteen Reasons Why. both the 2007 novel and the 2017Netflix-series adaption, is accounted for. Previous research on reading and the connectionsbetween reading, mental health and suicide, as well as its relevance in an educational context,is also described. Furthermore, Asher’s novel is summarized chapter by chapter and itsnarratology is explored and described. Finally, suggestions are made as to how teachers couldwork with the novel in their classrooms and the essay’s main points are summarized inthirteen reasons why it could be beneficial to work with Thirteen Reasons Why.

MA (Northern Sotho) / Senthara ya M. E. R. Mathivha Dipopelong tsa Afrika, Bokgabo le Setso / See the attached abstract below

Watu wa pwani ya Afrika Mashariki wanaojumuisha vikundi vingi wana historia ndefu ya mitagusano na makundi mengine yakiwemo ya bara na wageni kutoka sehemu mbalimbali za ulimwengu. Mitagusano hiyo ya wapwani na wengine pamoja na athari zake ni mojawapo ya maudhui makuu ambayo Rocha Chimerah anashughulikia katika kazi zake zote. Makala hii inachanganua maudhui na vipengele vya fani vya kazi za mwandishi huyu ili kubainisha jinsi anavyoshughulikia suala lililotajwa hapo juu. Katika kufanya hivyo, makala inatathmini uhalisi wa kijamii na kihistoria unavyowakilishwa na kazi za Chimerah. Japo kazi zote za Chimerah zitarejelewa, zile za karibuni zaidi zitapewa kipaumbele.

Katika mapitio hayo, Irene Brunotti aliye Mhadhiri wa Lugha na Taaluma za Kiswahili na Mtafiti wa Chuo Kikuu cha Leipzig anausifu umakinifu wa uchambuzi wa hadhara za Kiislamu za Waswahili uliofanywa na Kai Kresse katika kitabu chake. Anatoa hoja mbalimbali za kusisitiza kwamba kazi hiyo ni mchango wenye thamani kubwa sana katika Taaluma za Kiswahili, Anthropolojia, Falsafa, Ubaadaukoloni na nyingi nyinginezo. / In this review of Kai Kresse’s book, Irene Brunotti, Lecturer in Kiswahili and Swahili Studies and Researcher at the University of Leipzig, highlights the humble attentiveness with which Kresse analyses Swahili Muslim Publics. She advances a variety of arguments which emphasize that Kresse’s is an excellent contribution to Swahili Studies, Anthropology, Philosophy, Postcolonial Studies, and a number of other disciplines.