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International Tourism and Changes in the South African Tourism Product in the 1990s: Accomodation and tourist amenities in the Kruger National ParkChitura, Mildred Maidei 31 October 2006 (has links)
Student Number : 0311004X -
MA dissertation -
School of Geography, Archeology and Environmental Studies -
Faculty of Humanities / This research focuses on the accommodation development in the Kruger National Park
of South Africa. It makes a comparison of the accommodation that was there from
1980 to 1994 and the period after. The main objective is to analyze changes in
accommodation and other activities in the context of the changing tourism policies
and tourist tastes, a question which tourism literature to date has not paid much
attention to. This was done using the concept of a tourism product with
accommodation being the product that changes on the basis of supply and demand.
Major sources that were used are policy documents, parks annual reports and archival
resources and tourism and travel magazines and brochures.
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The nature and function of utopianism in the Communist Party of South Africa, 1921-1950Meny-Gibert, Sarah 14 May 2008 (has links)
Abstract
The following study is concerned with the nature of utopianism in the Communist Party of
South Africa (CPSA). The presence of utopianism is explored over the whole of the Party’s
history from 1921 to 1950. The study is essentially a historical sociology piece, and is based
on the assumption that ideas are constitutive of social reality, and in particular, that
utopianism is an active ingredient in society.
The CPSA’s utopian vision for a future South African emerged amidst the excitement
generated amongst socialists worldwide by the success of the Bolshevik Revolution. Over the
years CPSA members drew on a range of traditions and identities that shaped the content and
form of the CPSA’s utopianism. This utopianism was influenced by a modernist discourse of
Marxism, which was characterised by a strong confidence in the realisation of a socialist
future. The CPSA’s vision was also shaped by the political landscape of South Africa, and by
the influence of the Communist International. The discussions of the CPSA’s form and
content provide background to an analysis of the function of utopianism in the CPSA.
An investigation of utopianism’s function in the Party informs the most significant finding of
the research. Utopianism played a positive role in the CPSA: it was a critical tool, and a
mobilising and sustaining force. However, utopianism in the CPSA also revealed a
destructive side. The negative role of utopianism in the CPSA is explored via two themes: the
‘Bolshevisation’ or purging of the CPSA in the 1930s under the directive of the Communist
International, and the CPSA’s often blind loyalty to the Soviet Union.
The presence of utopianism in the CPSA is thus shown to have been ambiguous. In
conclusion it is suggested that utopianism is an ambiguous presence in society more
generally, as it has the potential to function as both a positive and a negative force in society.
This is an under explored topic in the literature on utopianism. The role that utopianism will
play in any given social group is context related, however. The study argues for a more
contextualised approach than is adopted in many of the seminal texts on utopia, to
understanding the way in which utopianism is manifest and functions in society.
The study sheds new light on the history of the Party, by revealing a previously unexplored
story in the CPSA’s history, and makes a contribution to sociology in providing a detailed
exploration of the nature and function of utopianism.
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Towards a justification for a philosophy of music education: a quodlibet for South AfricaBarker Reinecke, Marguerite Lillian 30 May 2008 (has links)
ABSTRACT
With the change of regime in 1994, South African education policies for the
arts have been created without a conceptual base. Music is on the outskirts
of the present educational master plan that favours mathematics, science
and literacy. The current situation of teacher shortages and emphasis on
‘basic’ subjects does not make posts possible for specialist music teachers in
primary schools. The generalist trained Arts and Culture teacher is tasked to
teach drama, music, and the visual arts. The attempt by policy makers to blur
the outlines of individual art forms has created the generic Arts and Culture
teacher who is unsure of the art forms in which he/she has little or no
training. This lack is exposed and justification for the necessity of a
philosophy of music education for South Africa will be proposed.
A philosophy of music education refers to a system of basic beliefs, which
underlie the operation of musical enterprise in an educational setting,
whether school, community centre, or tertiary institution. A philosophy of
music education would investigate and create an understanding of the
underlying assumptions and principles governing the teaching and learning of
music.Music is a modelling system for human thought and is a cognitive activity with
forms of knowledge as important as any school subject. The ‘out of school’
influences of music are all-encompassing and ubiquitous to intercultural
communication between peoples. Evidence is overwhelming that the political
history in South Africa has interfered with and disrupted an enculturation of a
musical life for children.
The literature research shows that music education in South Africa was used
as a political tool to support apartheid doctrines and processes. The
restoration of a culture of co-operative musicing would help music teachers.
Their active agency would positively affect policy in the arts. Furthermore
making music or ‘musicing’ in a collaborative manner would break downbarriers because musicing encourages inter-racial rapprochement in a
society where racial barriers are no longer dominant. Such harmonious
communicating will help to create a new and idiomatic South African music
culture.
For this purpose I have proposed the adoption of the musical genre called
quodlibet, a technique of composing music for many voices which are played
simultaneously. This provides a platform for the collaboration of musicians,
teachers, policy makers, and parents, within the wider community from which
the pupils come to from. The quodlibet becomes a guiding principle and
metaphor for the entire study.
The central focus is to articulate the need for a philosophy of music education
and to propose and defend conditions that would facilitate the growth of a
conceptual centre for music education.
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The viability of South African museums in the post-1994 landscapeTomose, Nkosinathi G. 21 April 2009 (has links)
Museum studies in South Africa have predominately focused on addressing issues of
politics and practice of museum displays and exhibitions, particularly in the period
following the 1994 South African elections. These studies have led to the transformation
of many past museum displays and exhibits. They have also opened up new research
opportunities within the field of museum studies, such as the current study on social
viability and economic sustainability of South African museums. In this research report I
assess a range of museum operational models in and around Johannesburg and make
recommendations about the best current operational model and on the potential model for
future developments of culture and heritage museums in Johannesburg.
Recommendations on some of the strategies that museums in and around Johannesburg
need to adopt in order to develop further their social responsibility projects are given,
based on my experience of how museums in Washington, D.C raised alternative funds
towards such projects. The Section 21 Company model is seen as the best current
museum operational model and has potential for future museum developments in Johannesburg.
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The role played by the University of the North student activism in the struggle against apartheid from 1968 to 1994Vuma, Sethuthuthu Lucky January 2018 (has links)
Thesis (M.A. (History)) --University of Limpopo, 2018 / Student activism is a global phenomenon which mostly refers to work by students to
cause political, environmental, economic, or social change. Most countries have
benefited tremendously from student activism. For example, the students have
played a central role in the independence and anti-colonial struggles in most African
countries. The dissertation focuses on an exploration of the role played by University
of the North student activism in the struggle against apartheid from 1968 to 1994.
This was a period which was characterised by an upsurge of the nationalist struggle
in South Africa led by political organisations such as the African National Congress
(ANC), the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), Azanian People’s Organization (AZAPO)
the South African Communist Party (SACP) and United Democratic Front (UDF).
Student organisations such as South African Student Organisation (SASO),
University Christian Movement (UCM), South African National Students’ Congress
(SANSCO), Azanian Student Organisation (AZASO) and many others played a
significant role.
The dissertation deployed both primary and secondary sources. Secondary data was
derived from published and unpublished dissertations, journal articles, newsletters,
books and autobiographies. Primary information was obtained through archival
materials, official university documents, speeches and, unstructured and interactive
interviews in order to provide evidence for the nature and character of student
activism in the university.
Periodisation theory as articulated by Hollander, Rassuli, Jones and Farlow (2005)
was utilised to interpret and illuminate the political struggle activities of the student
activists. This theory was the most appropriate frame to tackle student activism
because it divides the chronological narrative into separately labelled sequential time
periods with distinct beginning and ending points.
The investigation reveals that the dominant ideology at the beginning of the period
under investigation was Black Consciousness inspired by Steve Biko. However with
the lapse of time this ideology was watered down by the liberal ideology which
underpinned the Freedom Charter. The student activists operated within
organisations such as SASO, UCM, AZASO, SANSCO and many others. The
dissertation also reveals that while the students were relatively successful in
mobilising the support of rural schools and communities, they also faced vicious
repression by the apartheid security establishment. The dissertation lays a solid
foundation for further critical historical investigation.
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The family system resulting from the union between the Malawi men, working at the Zebediela estates with South African born Bantu women with special reference to the roles of the various family membersMabudafhasi, Dinani E. January 1973 (has links)
Thesis (M. A. (Sociology)) University College of the North, 1973 / Refer to the document
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Language policy and language use in South African Social Security Agency (SASSA),Limpopo ProvinceRikhotso, A. M. January 2015 (has links)
Thesis (M.A. (Linguistics)) --University of Limpopo, 2015 / This study is a qualitative descriptive study which analyses the words that the respondents used to provide their answers. The study is on language policy which should be available in each institution and it must also be implemented.
Questionnaire and interviews were used to collect data. The questionnaires were distributed to the officials of SASSA and the beneficiaries were interviewed in all six languages that are found in Limpopo province. Data was presented and interpreted in this study. The SPSS software has been used as it does not consume time in analysing data. The main issue was to get the opinions that the officials and beneficiaries has on the absence of language policy in SASSA.
The importance of language policy is to control on how language should be used in a particular institution. Language unit are responsible for establishing language policy as they will find facts on how many languages are used by the beneficiaries, how many speakers of each language, within the particular geographical area.
When language policy has been established, it has to be implemented to start working. Most institutions have language policy for submission to the government but it cannot be implemented as they mention impossible statements which cannot be implemented. When institutions establish language policy for submission they tend to make vague declarations which are impossible to implement. They are just statements which are kept in offices but are never used.
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Screening, purification and characterisation of an active Hydroxynitrile Lyase (Nitrilase) from indigenous South African PlantsMopai, Kgaugelo Lydia January 2013 (has links)
Thesis (MSc. (Biochemistry)) -- University of Limpopo, 2013 / Hydroxynitrile lyases (HNLs) are enzymes that catalyse enantioselective cleavage of the substrate in a reaction and are also used as important industrial biocatalysts for the synthesis of chiral cyanohydrins. The aim of the study was to screen indigenous South African plants for potential hydroxynitrile lyase activity, purify and biochemically characterise the active hydroxynitrile lyase(s) from the selected plants. Several indigenous plants were randomly collected, identified and screened for HNL activity. The plant parts (leaves, seeds or fruits) were processed using established experimental protocols in order to obtain the crude enzyme extracts. The enzymatic conversion of benzaldehyde and potassium cyanide to mandelonitrile was optimised and consequently used for the screening of HNL activity. Enzyme activity was detected in the crude enzyme extracts of Kalanchoe spp and Senecio spp and these were then designated as Ks and Sb, respectively. Ammonium sulphate fractionation, DEAE Toyopearl 650M and Concanavalin A chromatography techniques were then used in the purification process of the active crude enzyme extracts. Subsequently, two purified active fractions were isolated from each plant species with molecular masses estimated at 64.64 kDa and 64.06 kDa for the KsHNL enzymes and 70.60 kDa and 74.04 kDa for SbHNL enzymes. The optimum temperature and pH of all the isolated enzymes were determined as 50°C and pH 5, respectively. The experimental Km and Vmax values of the enzymes were respectively determined to be 0.33 and 0.73 mM and 1.238 and 1.948 μM/min for KsHNL; while that for SbHNL enzymes were 5.86 and 0.22 mM and 9.741 and 1.905 μM/min. The effect of additives and metal ions (viz., DTT, DEP, mercury chloride, magnesium chloride and zinc chloride) was determined. The experimental data obtained alluded to the notion that both KsHNL and SbHNL enzymes may contain the cysteine and serine residues next to their active sites and that a histidine residue may be involved in the catalytic activities of both the isolated KsHNL enzymes and one of the SbHNL enzymes. All the isolated enzymes from the two plant species did not seem to contain an FAD group. These findings compared favourably to the theoretical type II HNLs, although with a slight difference in that they displayed high molecular weights. Kalanchoe spp and Senecio spp are the two indigenous South African plants that were found to contain active HNLs. The isolated HNLs from the two plants have a potential to be xv
purified to homogeneity, cloned and overexpressed into robust recombinant enzymes that can be used for large scale industrial applications.
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The qualitative and quantitative evaluation of estrogen and estrogen-mimicking substances in the South African water environment / Liesl van der MerweVan der Merwe, L. (Liesl) January 1998 (has links)
Thesis (MSc (Farmaseutika))--PU for CHE, 1998.
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An evaluation of the "HIV and AIDS awareness" capacity building programme of the South African Police Service / by Motshegwa MontsiMontsi, Motshegwa Johannah January 2007 (has links)
Thesis (M.A. (MW))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2008.
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