No abstract available. / Thesis (LL.M.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville, 2005.

Lolu cwaningo lugxile ekubalulekeni kwemvunulo yomdabu osikompilweni lwabantu besifazane abangamaZulu basendaweni yakwaNobamba. Imvunulo yomdabu ayembathelwa ukwemboza umzimba kuphela, kodwa ngokwesiko, ihlukanisa abesifazane ngokobuzwe nangokwezigaba zokukhula. Ingane engakathombi ayivunuli njengomuntu osethombile okungaba itshitshi noma iqhikiza. Ongakagcagci akavunuli njengosegcagcile yena obonakala ngokufaka isicholo nangokubhinca isidwaba ukuhlonipha umyeni wakhe nabasemzini (Msimang, 1975: 173). Ipharadaymu eqondayo yiyona eyasetshenziswa kulolu cwaningo. UMazibuko (2008: 68) uthi ngokwepharadaymu eqondayo lokho okucwaningwayo kwisayensi yenhlalo kufanele kube nokuxhumana, okucwaningwayo kumele kube nencazelo futhi kuhlukaniseke kulokho okubonwayo. Lokho okucwaningwayo kumele kube ngokuthintene nomuntu. Kulolu cwaningo kwacwaningwa ngemvunulo yomdabu eyembathwa ngabantu kanye nokubaluleka kwayo. Kwasetshenziswa indlela yokuxoxisana kanye nendlela yokuqaphelisisa ukuze kutholakale ulwazi olwabe ludingeka. Injulalwazi ye-Oral Style kanye neyeSocial Identity yizona ezasetshenziswa kulolu cwaningo. Injulalwazi ye-Oral Style iveza ukubaluleka kobuciko bomlomo, ngakho-ke ilufanele lolu cwaningo lapho kubonakala abesifazane bevunule ngemvunulo abayazi ngokudluliselwa yona ngomlomo kusuka kokhokho babo. Injulalwazi iSocial Identity nalo ilufanele lolu cwaningo lapho owesifazane ngemvunulo yakhe ekwazi ukuhlukaniseka ngokobulili, ngokobuzwe nangokwesigaba sokukhula. Isidingo esikhulu salolu cwaningo ukuthola imbangela eyenza ukuba abesifazane bezigodi zakwaNobamba ezaziwa ngokuthi kuseMsobotsheni, eKucasheni, kwaNhliwe naseMgwamama, belokhu besalugcinile lolu siko lokuvunula. Akulula kubona ukwehlukana naleli siko ngoba bazalelwe emphakathini owembatha le mvunulo. Bakholelwa ekutheni amadlozi abo ahlala emvunulweni, ngakho-ke ukuhlukana nayo kungasho ukulahla amadlozi okuyiwona abavikelayo. Abesifazane bayahlangana bafundisane ukwakha ubuhlalu, obuyingxenye yemvunulo. Leli khono lidluliselwa ngisho ezinganeni zabo zamantombazane ukuze zikhule zikwazi ukuzenzela imvunulo. Ukuhlangana kwabesifazane bakha imvunulo, kudala umoya wokuzwana nokuchitha isizungu besele bodwa amasoka nabayeni besemsebenzini emadolobheni amakhulu njengaseGoli. Ukuguquka kwezikhathi kudala ukuba nemvunulo yomdabu iguquke ibe nomthelela wesilungu. Izinga lokwembathwa kwemvunulo yomdabu alisafani nakuqala ngenxa yokuthi abanye besifazane bayasebenza kobelungu. Amatshitshi namaqhikiza ayaphoqeleka ukuba ekwembatheni kwawo angavezi amabele namathanga. Abesifazane asebegcagcile bembatha amaphinifa amboza sonke isidwaba singabonakali ngoba sizongcolisa. Izingane zamantombazane ezifunda isikole zigqoka umfaniswano wesikole uma zisesesikoleni; seziyobuyela emvunulweni yazo lapho sekuphume isikole sezisemakhaya. Abesifazane bakwaNobamba basalugcina lolu siko lokuvunula ngokuvunula uma kukhona imicimbi efana nehlamvu, (ukuhalalisela ukubuya kwamasoka nabayeni bevela emadolobheni amakhulu njengaseGoli), umholo wezalukazi nomchanguzo. Bayavunula futhi ngokugcwele emicimbini esuke ihlelwe nguMasipala lapho bejabulisa umphakathi njengeqembu lesigekle nengoma. Othisha bayazigqugquzela izingane zesikole ukuba zembathe imvunulo yomdabu uma kunemikhosi egujwayo. Uma owesifazane efisa ukusho okuthile emphakathini, kubo lapho ezalwa khona, kumnakwabo, nasesokeni noma kumyeni, akakukhiphi ngomlomo wakhe kepha kudluliswa yimvunulo ayembethe. Okutholakele kulolu cwaningo ukuthi abantu besifazane bakwaNobamba bayazigqaja ngale mvunulo yabo ephinde ikhuthaze amantombazane ukuba ahlale egcine ubuntombi bawo kuze kufike isikhathi sokugcagca. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2013.

No abstract supplied. / Thesis (M.Ed.) - University of Durban-Westville, 1985.

No abstract available / Thesis B.A.(Hons)-University of Natal, 1983.

South African nurses have accepted the challenge that was brought about by the Health Reform Policy of 1990 which opened health service centres to people of all racial and cultural groups. However, recent studies on multicultural nursing have revealed that problems have occurred when delivering care across cultural barriers. Most of these studies have approached these problems from the patients point of view, where issues of dehumanized care, labelling and discrimination have been reported. Therefore, this study was an attempt to look into these problems from the nurses point of view, by exploring the source of these problems, their effect on health care delivery and possible solutions. The researcher focussed on three critical issues, namely, lack of cultural knowledge, negative attitudes, as well as difficulty in communication. Through focus group interviews (FGI) and responses to given scenarios, student nurses who had experienced problems with culturally different patients were given a chance to reflect on their experiences, report on these experiences and recommend possible solutions to the experienced problems. The results revealed that: 1. The major source of the problems was lack of experience due to inadequate exposure to culturally diverse groups which in tum led to inappropriate decisions and actions at care delivery level. 2.Difficult perceptions and negative attitudes lead to the formation of stereotypes which block the delivery of culturally congruent care. 3 .Inability to communicate due to differences in spoken language lead to difficulty in building the trust relationship and hence inadequate care delivery. / Health Studies / M.A. (Nursing Science)

This thesis studies the impact of the terminal illness and awareness of undergoing the dying process and inevitable death, at the KwaZulu Government hospital Ngwelezana, at Empangeni in the Lower Umfolozi District. A case study, drawing both upon nursing and social anthropology, was conducted to establish the experiences of death and dying of Zulu patients, their families and caregivers. The basic trend reflected in the findings is the need to discuss dying with patients, the lack of skills and knowledge on the part of caregivers, lack of recognition of patients' cultural beliefs. The study does not claim to deal with a complete spectrum of the experiences of death and dying of all Zulus but is a meaningful and significant innovation into an unresearched area of patient care. / Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of Natal, Durban, 1989.

This study investigates the function of dreams and visions in the Shembe church at Inanda. It looks at who Isia Shembe (the church founder) and his lineage are to Shembeites, the nature of the relationship between Shembe and the amadlozi (ancestors) and what roles they play in Shembeite life. The data was collected using qualitative methodology - in-depth interviews that were transcribed and where necessary, translated. The study is best understood within a structural-functionalism framework, which accounts for the social and cultural aspects of the religion. The study concludes that Isia Shembe and his lineage are generally thought of as prophets through whom God works. Shembe and the amadlozi often work as a unit and perform the roles of converter, purveyors of good fortune and guides or directors. In addition, Shembe solely performs the roles of cultural leader and mediator between Shembeites and the amadlozi and between Shembeites and God. Dreams and visions function to guide Shembeites, as communication with the spiritual realm, as a method of conversion and as re-affirmations of faith. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of Natal, Durban, 2003.

South Africa is going through a difficult time due to HIV/AIDS pandemic (amongst other things) which has caused countless deaths leading to major concern about municipal burial sites since such land is limited. There is currently a shortage of burial sites enough in to accommodate the vast numbers to deaths. It has been announced that some graveyards in KwaZulu-Natal, Alexandra and Soweto are full. Consequently, municipalities have been seriously considering campaigns to encourage people to opt for cremation as a way of disposing of their deceased loved ones (Daily News, 2010:1). Cremation is an act of disposing of a deceased person by burning their body remains. It has recently featured in the national newspapers in keeping with efforts on the part of the Government to familiarise people within eThekwini and elsewhere in the country with the practice of cremation. Cremation is, however a widely unpopular practice throughout African culture, especially among the Zulu people. Some of them think of cremation as a curse and something that contradicts their culture. In the Zulu culture there is a belief that death is not the end: a person who dies enters into the afterlife and becomes a provider for the family. Such a person is referred to as idlozi (an ancestor). The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions of the Zulu people on cremation as an alternative to the traditional practice of burial. In this study the population from which a sample was drawn were the Zulu people living in uMlazi and Zwelibomvu, a semi-urban area and a rural area respectively. As a researcher I believed that this study was necessary and important because it was hoping to help educate people so that they will be able to make an informed judgement around the issue of cremation. / Thesis (M.Dev.Studies)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2011.

This research study, in its efforts to discuss the consequences of the introduction of literacy among the Zulu people in Umbumbulu, will embody the social and educational aspects of the oral Zulu people before and after the introduction of writing. People have been made to believe that by learning to read and write, they would be empowered: literacy and education would enable them to get decent jobs and earn more money. Western civilization which has been adopted by many African peoples, attaches great value to money economy than subsistence economy, hence there has been a shift from orality to literacy. It is assumed that the acquisition of literacy skills may not change the intelligence quotient of an individual. This work will therefore investigate if the Zulu people did have a form of civilization before they met with the Whites. One will further investigate if the oral life of the Zulu man without the knowledge of reading and writing, was miserable and imbalanced. I shall then look into the method of how literacy was introduced among the Zulu people in Umbumbulu and lastly, check on the impact of literacy and education on the social life of Umbumbulu people. This project falls within the orality-literacy debate and will compare some often conflicting theories. Finally, one would propose suggestions of how school going pupils in Umbumbulu would improve their school performance by applying teaching methods and content that has relevance to their oral culture. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of Natal, Durban, 1997.

South African nurses have accepted the challenge that was brought about by the Health Reform Policy of 1990 which opened health service centres to people of all racial and cultural groups. However, recent studies on multicultural nursing have revealed that problems have occurred when delivering care across cultural barriers. Most of these studies have approached these problems from the patients point of view, where issues of dehumanized care, labelling and discrimination have been reported. Therefore, this study was an attempt to look into these problems from the nurses point of view, by exploring the source of these problems, their effect on health care delivery and possible solutions. The researcher focussed on three critical issues, namely, lack of cultural knowledge, negative attitudes, as well as difficulty in communication. Through focus group interviews (FGI) and responses to given scenarios, student nurses who had experienced problems with culturally different patients were given a chance to reflect on their experiences, report on these experiences and recommend possible solutions to the experienced problems. The results revealed that: 1. The major source of the problems was lack of experience due to inadequate exposure to culturally diverse groups which in tum led to inappropriate decisions and actions at care delivery level. 2.Difficult perceptions and negative attitudes lead to the formation of stereotypes which block the delivery of culturally congruent care. 3 .Inability to communicate due to differences in spoken language lead to difficulty in building the trust relationship and hence inadequate care delivery. / Health Studies / M.A. (Nursing Science)