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Adaptive Project Management: a tool for more realistic municipal planning?
(ASSADPAM: Association of Southern African Schools and Departments of Public Administration and Management, 2011)Municipal developmental projects are typically embedded in complex, dynamic environments that involve many unpredictable components with diverse stakeholders and are characterised by a high degree of uncertainty. Most ... -
Addressing climate change in Southern Africa: any role for South Africa in the Post-Paris Agreement?
(Sage, 2016)Climate change is a global challenge. Its ramifying effects on both natural and human systems cut across different regions of the world. While Africa as a whole is being confirmed to be more affected by climate change due ... -
Adjustment, psychological well-being and mental health of first year students in a South African university
(NAJP, 2017)The relationships among adjustment, psychological well-being, and the mental health of first year students in a South African university were assessed. We also determined if relationships differed between male and female ... -
Adolescents' precocious and developmentally appropriate contributions to their families' well-being and resilience in five countries
(Wiley, 2011)An exploratory qualitative study of 16 disadvantaged youth in 5 countries suggests that making both precocious and developmentally appropriate contributions to their families' well-being is advantageous to adolescents ... -
Advancing student research in education law
(HESA / Unisa Press, 2014)On the one hand, the popularity of education law for postgraduate studies is calling for a reflection on a sound research approach that would complement both the boundaries of the law as substantive discipline and how ... -
Africa: signs of hope?
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African female adolescents experience of parenting and their sense of well-being
(Elliott & Fitzpatrick & NISC [© 2010 Elliot & Fitzpatrick], 2011)The objective of this study was to explore and describe South African, African female adolescents' experience of parent-adolescent relationships and their perceptions of the influence of the parent-adolescent relationship ... -
African traditional religion: a new struggle for African identity
(Association For Theological Education In South East Asia, 2015)This article investigates the social status attributed to African Traditional Religion (ATR) in determining culture and identity. Since ATR is seen to be the sum total of the peculiarities shared by African people, African ... -
Afrikaans and Dutch as closely-related languages: a comparison to West Germanic languages and Dutch dialects
(University of Stellenbosch, 2015)Following Den Besten s (2009) desiderata for historical linguistics of Afrikaans, this article" aims to contribute some modern evidence to the debate regarding the founding dialects of "Afrikaans. From an applied perspective ... -
Afrikaans as Standaard Gemiddelde Europees: wanneer 'n lid uit sy taalarea beweeg
(Natl Inquiry Services Centre (NISC), 2015)OPSOMMING: ʼn Onlangse tendens in die studie van Standaard Gemiddeld Europees (Standard Avarage European), is die sogenaamde “ekstra-territoriale perspektief”. Hiermee word gepoog om te bepaal tot watter mate tale van ... -
The Afrikaans orthographic rules as guide for other South African languages
(Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal (US), 2013)The spelling and orthographic rules of a language are very important for compilers of general and technical dictionaries. When compiling a dictionary, the lexicographers and terminographers should adhere to these rules. ... -
Afrikaanse historici as politieke kritici en koers-aanduiders
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2012)Although professional historians usually concentrate on specific areas of research, they sometimes use their knowledge and understanding of history to give a perspective on contemporary events and provide guidelines regarding ... -
Afrikaanse historici as politieke kritici en koers–aanduiders
(University of the Free State // Institute for Contemporary History Sabinet, 2012)Although professional historians usually concentrate on specific areas of research, they sometimes use their knowledge and understanding of history to give a perspective on contemporary events and provide guidelines regarding ... -
Afrikaanse Jakkals-en-Wolftrieksterverhale : strukturele en inhoudelike patroonmatighede Afrikaans Jackal and Wolf trickster stories : patterning in the structure and general content
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns/South African Academy of Science and Arts, 2022)Afrikaans Jackal and Wolf trickster stories: Patterning in the structure and general content This article explores characteristic or repetitive pattern formations in the structure and general content of selected Afrikaans ... -
Afrikaanse verbandsmerkers: uitbreiding en herkategorisering van voorbeeldwoorde
(National Inquiry Services Centre (NISC), 2016)Verbandsmerkers is woorde of frases wat dele van ʼn teks aanmekaar skakel na aanleiding van die verhouding tussen teksdele. Dié merkers ressorteer onder metadiskoersindeling, maar die probleem is dat daar in die meeste ... -
Afrikaner identity formations in Willem Boshoff’s 32 000 Darling Little Nuisances (2003) and Jan van der Merwe’s Wag (2000)
(AHWG, 2015)Hierdie artikel ondersoek die wyses waarop die Suid-Afrikaanse konseptuele kunstenaars Willem Boshoff in 32 000 Darling Little Nuisances [32 000 Skattige Klein Lasposte] en Jan van der Merwe in Wag kompleksiteite van ... -
Afrikanerliberalisme in die tydperk 1775 - 1975 – die interpretasies van GD Scholtz en H Giliomee.
(North-West University, 2011)Two historians, GD Scholtz and H Giliomee, have written extensively about liberal political thought among Afrikaners during the period 1775-1975. Their interpretations of the influence of liberalism on Afrikaner political ... -
After Onto-Theology: what lies beyond the 'End of Everything'
(MDPI, 2017)This article takes up the onto-theological critique of metaphysics and questions whether onto-theology is not something to evade or overcome, but is inevitable. Consequently, it furthers the exploration of onto-theology ... -
'Against extremity': Eben Venter's Horrelpoot (2006) and the quest for tolerance
(Routledge, 2009)Eben Venter's (2006) novel Horrelpoot (Clubfoot) responds to the various forms of degeneration in present-day South Africa, taking it to the extreme and, indeed, right to the deepest heart of fear. Horrelpoot is, ultimately, ... -
Age and gender differences in photo tagging gratifications
(Elsevier, 2016)The immense popularity of Facebook use among people from varying demographic groups has attracted the attention of communication scholars. While much is known about the age and gender differences in Facebook usage patterns ...