Thesis (Ph.D. (African Languages)) -- University of Limpopo, 2020 / Ndzavisiso lowu wu kongomisa eka nkanelo wa hilaha vaxisati va paluxisiwaka xiswona eka swin’wana swa switlhokovetselo swa Xitsonga. Vunyingi bya switlhokovetselo leswi kaneriweke eka ndzavisiso lowu hi leswi swi hlawuleriweke ku tirhisiwa hi vadyondzi va le ka Feyisi ya le Henhla (Giredi 10-12) va Afrika-Dzonga. Eka ndzavisiso lowu ku tirhisiwile maendlelo ya nkoka lama simekiweke ehenhla ka thiyori ya vugingirikelavaxisati va Afrika. Thiyori leyi yi tshuriwile hikwalaho ka nsusumeto wa swa tipolotiki na mitshikelelo leyi vaxisati va yi tokotaka evuton’wini bya vona. Switlhokovetselo leswi kaneriweke swi aviwile hi swigava ku ya hi swivuriso swa Vatsonga leswi tirhisiwaka ngopfu ku paluxa vaxisati. Ku kumiwile leswaku vundzeni na tinhlokomhaka ta switlhokovetselo swa Xitsonga swi kuceteriwile ngopfu hi swivuriso swo karhi swa Vatsonga leswi tirhisiwaka ku paluxa vaxisati. Mhaka yin’wana leyi kumekeke eka ndzavisiso lowu hileswaku hambiloko Afrika-Dzonga ri ri eka mafumelo ya xidemokirasi, vatlhokovetseri va ha kuceteriwa hi maendlelo ya xihlawuhlawu ehenhla ka vaxisati na vurhangisavatatana eka swiboho leswi fambisaka mindyangu na swisimekiwa swo karhi. Dyondzo leyi vumbaka xiphemu xa nkoka eka nhluvukiso wa Xitsonga hileswaku vuhlawulamarito na xitayili xa vatlhokovetseri swi na xiave lexikulu eka nkucetelo wa maehleketelo ya vahlayi kumbe vaamukeri va mahungu hi ku angarhela.

PhD / M.E.R. Mathivha Centre for African Languages, Arts and Culture

Thesis (M.A. (Xitsonga)) -- University of Limpopo, 2000 / Refer to document

Thesis (M.Ed.) -- University of the North, 1997 / Refer to the document

Thesis (M.A. (African Languages)), 2014

PhD (Xitsonga) / M. E. R. Mathivha Centre for African Languages, Arts And Culture

Thesis (M.A. (African Languages)) -- University of Limpopo, 2013 / This research focuses on the analysis of poems on the portrayal of women by the two Xitsonga poets: Magaisa, J.M., Mihloti and Xikolokolo Nguvu, ya Pitori and Marhanele, M.M. Vumunhu bya Phatiwa and Swifaniso swa Vutomi. The main focus will be on the influence of Xitsonga culture on their portrayal of women, basing the argument on what the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa of 1996 says. In Chapter 1, there is a problem statement, aims of the study, rationale for the study, the significance of the study, the methodology, referring to the collection of data, where there is a primary and secondary research methods, scope and delimitation of the study and the literature review. The focus on Chapter 2 is on the explanation of what culture is, that each culture has the good and the bad in it, no culture is static. Chapter 3 focuses on the techniques employed by the poets in their portrayal of women. The focus in Chapter 4 is on the functions of poetry, basing on different eras, that is, the apartheid and democratic South Africa. The analysis of the selected poems will be dealt with in Chapter 5, divided into the married and the unmarried women. Chapter 6 focuses on places where women are discriminated against. Chapter 7 is a conclusion of the dissertation, and also look at what can be done to alleviate this discrimination.

Thesis (M. A. (African Languages)) -- University of Limpopo, 2022 / Ndzavisiso wa “Mivilelo ya vatlhokovetseri va Xitsonga hi ku kongomisa eka swin’wana swa switlhokovetselo swa Xitsonga swa vantshwa” wu kombisa ku vilela loku nga kona ka vatlhokovetseri hi mahanyelo ya vantshwa va tiko ra hina. Vatlhokovetseri va ringeta ku kombisa kumbe ku lemukisa vantshwa hi khombo leri va langutaneke na rona ra ku tsan’wa milawu ya khale. Eka ndzavisiso lowu ku ta kaneriwa swihlawulekisi na swivangelo swa mikhuva leyi nga amukelekiki etikweni leswi vavisaka vatlhokovetseri emoyeni. Leswi swi xopaxopiwa eka matsalwa yo hambanahambana lama nga na minkongomelo yo vilela hi vutomi bya vantshwa. Ndzavisiso lowu wu avanyisiwile hi tindzima ta ntlhanu hi mukhuva lowu: Ndzima ya 1 yi kongomisiwile eka ku hlamusela manghenelo yo angarhela ya ndzavisiso, xitatimende xa xiphiqo, xikongomelo xa ndzavisiso, nkoka wa ndzavisiso, swivutiso swa ndzavisiso, nsusumeto na nhlamuselo ya matheme. Ndzima ya 2 yi kambisisa mitirho leyi endliweke hi valavisisi eka nkarhi lowu nga hundza leyi vulavulaka hi ku vilela hi karhi hi langutile ngopfu eka ku vilela ka vatlhokovetseri hi vantshwa na swihlawulekisi ku katsa na swivangelo swa vutlhokovetseri byo vilela. Ndzima leyi yi ta kanela na mitirho ya vutlhokovetseri byo vilela eka vanhu. Ndzima ya 3 yi hlamusela maendlelo lawa ya tirhisiweke ku hlengeleta vuxokoxoko bya ndzavisiso lowu. Vuxokoxoko lebyi katsaka maendlelo ya ndzavisiso wa nkoka, makunguhatelo ya ndzavisiso, sampulu ya ndzavisiso na mahlengeletelo ya mahungu. Ndzima ya vumune yi xopaxopa switlhokovetselo swa khumekaye swa mikongomelo yo vilela hi vantshwa ku huma eka tibuku to hambanahambana ta vutlhokovetseri. Yi ta kombisa ku vilela loku nga kona eka switlhokovetselo leswi hlawuriweke. (iii) Ndzima ya vuntlhanu (5) yi ta kombisa nkatsakanyo wa ndzavisiso, leswi kumiweke eka ndzavisiso, swibumabumelo, switsundzuxo eka vantshwa na vahlayi va ntirho lowu.

Thesis (M.A. (African Languages)) --University of Limpopo, 2015. / This research ‘Nxopaxopo wa switlhokovetselo hi ku kongomisa eka tsalwa ra Swilo swa humelela’ hi KJ Ngobeni na SJ Malungana highlights what happens in schools nowadays in the era of democracy. There is lack of discipline in schools. Educators are not respected by learners. Circuit managers no longer pay visits to schools for inspection. Black people fought to dismantle separate development, racial segregation and in particular to overthrow the white minority regime commonly known as Apartheid. This research also gives the historical background of protest poetry, its characteristics and its causes. Lastly, we analyse twenty selected poems from Swilo swa humelela by K.J Ngobeni and S.J Malungana. This research consists of five chapters. Chapter one outlines the background to the research, its aim and definition of important terms used in the study. These are terms about poetry such as protest poetry, enjambment and rhetorical questions. This chapter will also present the literature review. Chapter two examines the research methodology used in the study. Explication of two types of research methods, namely qualitative and quantitative research methods are discussed. Chapter three deals with protest poetry in details, its characteristics, origin, causes and its functions. Chapter four gives a critical analysis of twenty selected poems from the book Swilo swa humelela by K.J Ngobeni na S.J Malungana. Chapter five looks at the general conclusion, which indicates the research findings and recommendations of the study.

The new dawn that brought about democracy in South Africa in 1994 and the social and political experiences have since changed the expectations of women’s roles in society. Literature is the important part of this experience because it mirrors and interprets the experience from the point of view of those who write about it. This study, therefore, attempts to examine the image of women in Xitsonga literature, to investigate whether there is a link in the expected cultural roles of Vatsonga women and their roles as characters in Xitsonga literature; and whether there is a shift in the way women characters are portrayed to represent the current social and political reality. The study employs African feminist literary criticism as a tool in critically analysing the various literary genres. It also adopts purposive sampling of Xitsonga novels, poetry and proverbs that have women characters in them and analyse how these women characters have been portrayed. The naming of female characters is examined in relation to their roles in the texts and the titles of the texts are also investigated and critically analysed to establish whether they portray any gender stereotypes. The themes of the selected texts are also examined to establish if there is any gender biasness. Both male and female-authored texts have been investigated to explore whether male authors depict women differently from their female counterparts. The study concludes that there is gender-biasness in the manner in which women characters are depicted that do not reflect the current political and social order, however, some women authors, unlike their male counterparts do not reflect gender-biasness in their depiction of female characters. / African Languages / D. Litt. et Phil. (African Languages)