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The mind’s eye: a photographic method for understanding meaning in people’s lives.
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)Although research relying on self-report inventories has built an increased appreciation of the importance of meaning in life, such research has strayed somewhat from the original promise of meaning in life research, which ... -
Ministry on the frontlines: reflections on pastoral care in Africa
(Reflective Practice: Formation and Supervision in Ministry, 2016)This essay attempts to reflect on how pastoral care is being practiced on the frontlines in Africa today. The basic question posed is: How is pastoral care in Africa being practiced? Stated differently, What is the common ... -
A minor character in C.S. Lewis's That Hideous Strength
(Oxford Univ Press, 2015)C. S. LEWIS’s That Hideous Strength, first published in 1945 in London and in 1946 in New York, is a novel in which Lewis allows his plot to develop as his characters present themselves in speech and action.1 Most of the ... -
Mission, migration and human development: a new approach
(AOSIS, 2015)Migration has been a fact of Judaeo-Christian life since the days when Abram left Ur of the Chaldeans to find God’s promised land. It has become a far greater reality since the late 20th century, mainly as a result of wars, ... -
Mistiek: van verwarring na waarheid? 'n Filosofiese verkenning
(AOSIS, 2015)In spite of the fact that a great variety of mystical and semi-mystical spiritualties are again popular today, for many people past and present mysticism is a mystery, something misty and vague. According to others, ... -
Mistieke klankwêrelde in Stefans Grové se musiek met spesifieke verwysing na sy Towermusiek vir klavier
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2013)Stefans Grové’s compositional ideas often come to him in dreams. This article explores the processes inherent in the creation, re-creation by the performer, and appreciation of Grové’s unique soundscapes, where the ... -
Mitigating the socio-economic consequences of mine closure
(SAIMM, 2018)An analysis of trends in the mining industry in South Africa reveals a general lack of understanding among mining companies of the significant socio-economic consequences that mine closure may have on affected communities. ... -
A model for psychosocial well-being of families in a South African context
(Elliott & Fitzpatrick & NISC [© 2010 Elliot & Fitzpatrick], 2013)This study applied the approach of Dickoff, James, and Wiedenbach (1968) to construct a conceptual framework and a model for the psychosocial well-being of families from diverse cultures in a South African context. Findings ... -
Modelling self-assessed vulnerability to HIV and its associated factors in a HIV-burdened country
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)Background: Globally, individuals' self-assessment of vulnerability to HIV infection is important to maintain safer sexual behaviour and reduce risky behaviours. However, determinants of self-perceived risk of HIV infection ... -
Moet en must : 'n geval van Afrikaanse invloed op Suid-Afrikaanse Engels
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2016)This article investigates the effect of the unique contact situation between users of Afrikaans and the native variety of South African English (SAfE) on the propagation of the distinctive macro-and microsemantic properties ... -
Moments of agreement: the reformational worldview in dialogue with other Christian worldviews
(Vereniging vir Christelike Hoër Onderwys, 2017)The reformational worldview is often discussed by focusing on its diversity from other Christian worldviews. After a brief discussion concerning the reformed type of worldviews, this article tries to identify "moments of ... -
Moments of Transition: Diane Victor’s Disasters of Peace Etches and Eben Venter and S. J. Naudé’s Narrative Texts
(Maney publishing, 2014)Barely twenty years into the new democracy, post-Apartheid South Africa can still be described as a country of extremes that is subject to continuous transition, and as a society characterized by the tensions inherent in ... -
A monitoring and evaluation system utilisation model for support to South African municipalities
(Sabinet, 2013)The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (Section 154), stipulates that national and provincial government must support and strengthen the capacity of municipalities to operationalise their constitutional ... -
Monitoring the standard of a Grade 12 English First Additional Language Reading, Comprehension, Summary and Grammar paper
((SAALT/SAVTO) South African Association of Language Teaching / Suid-Afrikaanse Vereniging vir Taalonderrig // Sabinet, 2009)Against the background of growing concern about the standard of the NSC assessment being lowered for various reasons, including political agendas, the value of proper monitoring mechanisms in the assessment chain cannot ... -
Monitoring the standard of a Grade 12 english first additional language reading, comprehension, summary and grammar paper
(North-West University, 2009)Against the background of growing concern about the standard of the NSC assessment being lowered for various reasons, including political agendas, the value of proper monitoring mechanisms in the assessment chain cannot ... -
Moraliteit, die opdringerige en die voorwaardelike
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The motivation and limits of compassion
(OASIS [OpenJournals Publishing/ © 2009.], 2013)What motivates people to serve others? Why do we help those in need, the poor, the sick, the lonely, orphans and widows? Is compassion for humans a natural instinct or is it a learnt response? In the biblical tradition, ... -
Motivation profiles at work: a self-determination theory approach
(Elsevier, 2016)Self-determination theory proposes that individuals experience distinct types of motivation to varying degrees. While it is well documented that these types of motivation differentially predict outcomes, very little attention ... -
Mozart's African jacket: Die Zauberflöte and its localisation in The Magic Flute (Impempe Yomlingo)
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)This article investigates, through a historical-interpretivist and post-apartheid lens, the change in time, space, context and symbolism in a localised or indigenised South African version of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, ... -
A multidimensional analysis of student writing in Black South African English
(John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2008)Evidence for the status of Black South African English (BlSAfE) as a variety of English is ambiguous. This paper examines 67 linguistic features of a corpus of BlSAfE student writing, the Tswana Learner English Corpus ...