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The friends and family interview: measurement invariance across Belgium and Romania
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)The Friends and Family Interview (FFI; Steele & Steele, 2005), a semi-structured interview assessing attachment representations, is used in the context of an international research project. In the current study, the first ... -
Frogs and climate change in South Africa
(Allergy Society of South Africa (ALLSA), 2011)This article explores the relationship between frog declines and climate change, discusses the possible impact of climate change on the South African frog fauna, and highlights the necessity for increased research and ... -
From a comedy of errors to tragedy: the cessation of Italian opera in Cape Town in 1877
(South African Society for Cultural History, 2016)The history of grand Italian opera (opera seria) in South Africa remains largely unwritten. With regard to the pre-Union period, the few scholarly investigations into this topic have revealed that European touring companies ... -
From a concentration camp to a post apartheid South African school: a historical-enviromental perspective in developing a new identity
(South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT), 2012)The overall goal of the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development 2005-2014, as proclaimed by the United Nations, is to integrate the principles, values and practices of sustainable development into all aspects ... -
From burning to learning: adaptive governance to wildfires in the North-West Province of South Africa
(Kamla-Raj, 2014)Wild fires are a recurring natural hazard on the African continent. Although wildfires are necessary for ecological management and regeneration of certain species, the risk posed transcends into impacts on sustainable ... -
From decolonisation to digitalisation of education in South Africa
(Ponte Editore, 2017)This article focuses on the literature related to the on-going discussions on decolonisation of education system and other sectors in South Africa and the digitalisation of teaching and learning in the country and continent ... -
From disaster relief to disaster risk reduction: a consideration of the evolving international relief mechanism
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From foreign to national: a review of the status of the French language in Gabon
(AOSIS, 2011)This article provides a review of the various statuses of the French language in Gabon, a French-speaking country in Central Africa. It reveals a process in which different generations of Gabonese people are increasingly ... -
From fund-raising to Freedom Day: the nature of women’s general activities in the Ossewa-Brandwag, 1939-1943.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2013)The Ossewa-Brandwag (OB) was a mass-movement that originated as a result of the euphoria created by the 1938 Centenary Celebrations of the Great Trek in South Africa. With far-reaching and very ambitious aims the OB was ... -
From grace to grass: Kenyan soccer players' career transition and experiences in retirement
(AFAHPER-SD, 2016)The purpose of this study was to investigate the main factors that compel Kenyan soccer players to retire from active participation and problems that they experienced after retirement. It was predicted that the above factors ... -
From green to gold: a South African example of valuing urban green spaces in some residential areas in Potchefstroom
(AJOL, 2015)Recent scientific studies identified multiple benefits of green areas in terms of liveability and sustainability. As such, the need to value green spaces within residential areas is increasing, especially in developing ... -
From happiness to flourishing at work: a Southern African perspective
(Springer, 2013)Organizations around the world recognize the importance of measuring subjective well-being and promoting it as part of a strategic approach to human resource management. The focus is increasingly shifting to multidimensional ... -
From inky pinky ponky to improving student understanding in assessment: exploring the value of supplemental instruction in a large first-year class
(African Minds, 2017)Large classes are a reality in many tertiary programmes in the South African context and this involves several challenges. One of these is the assessment process, including the provision of meaningful feedback and implementing ... -
From Kant’s critique of pure reason, to action research in improving the programming skills of students
(Springer, 2020)Action research (AR) is often used when doing research about social phenomena in the real-world, when change is part of the researcher’s intention. The researcher participates in the research environment with the intention ... -
From Makhaza to Rammulotsi: reflections on South Africa's "toilet election" of 2011
(Historical Association of South Africa, 2012)In the run-up to South Africa’s 2011 local election, the event was labelled the “toilet election” in the media. The message that struck a sensitive chord in the national newspapers was that some local authorities were ... -
From periphery to the centre: towards repositioning churches for a meaningful contribution to public health care
(AOSIS, 2012)The role of communities in health care has gained prominence in the last few years. Churches as community structures have been identified as instrumental in health-care delivery. Whilst it is widely acknowledged that ... -
From policy to projects: a public service value-chain network model
(Kamla-Raj, 2016)South Africa is characterised by an interdependent, three-sphere system of co-operative government. To foster coordination and co-operation in this system requires alignment of government programmes. Chain thinking provides ... -
From Song to Visual Art: Exploring Sehnsucht in the lived experiences of visual artists
(AOSIS, 2016)This article explored the experiences shared by four artists during their processes of creating an art work which represented a specific art song or Lied. During 2015, South African artists Marna de Wet, Kevin du Plessis, ... -
From South-West Africa to Namibia: Subjective Well-Being Twenty-One Years After Independence
(Springer, 2014)This chapter, endorsed by Martina Perstling (Namibia) and Ian Rothmann (South Africa), takes us to a historical and fascinating journey addressing the relationships between Namibia and South Africa. It brings the studies ... -
From the incompatible to the provisionally synthesised in the music of Robert Fokkens
(South African Society for Research in Music (SASRIM), 2015)Tracing Lines, an album containing seven works written between 2001 and 2011 by the UK-based South African composer Robert Fokkens, was released in 2014. In this essay two works from this album, representing two important ...
