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Vaartversnelling vra verdieping van ons liturgie
(AOSIS, 1999)Spurt requests a deepening of our liturgy The science of Liturgy is currently experiencing a considerable expansion of knowledge and contributions from Reformed scholars need to bear a unique imprint. This article argues ... -
Validation and testing of the Lived Poverty Index scale (LPI) in a poor South African community
(Springer, 2016)The provision of basic needs is one of the integrated approaches to poverty alleviation. This study has its focus on the physical and material components of the concept of basic needs. Physical and material basic needs ... -
The validation of language tests
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Validation of the meaning in life questionnaire in a South African context
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)The aim of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ) in a South African sample. A multi-cultural group of undergraduate students (N = 326) completed the MLQ and ... -
Validity of the 16-metre PACER and six-minute walk test in adults with Down syndrome
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2016)Purpose: The purpose was to establish criterion-related validity of the 16-metre PACER and six-minute walk distance (6MWD) tests to VO2 peak as well as predictors of VO2 peak in adults with Down syndrome (DS). Methods: ... -
The valorisation of symbolic labour: the articulation of proper womanhood in post–apartheid Potchefstroom
(National Inquiry Services Centre (NISC), 2012)Drawing on ethnographic data gleaned from nine months of research conducted among elderly. middle-class, Afi'ikaansspeaking members of a voluntary woman's organisation that aims at providing adult education to women, ... -
Veranderinge in adverbiale tydsverwysing in Afrikaans van 1911 tot 2010
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2016)The Afrikaans tense system simplified somewhat in its development from Dutch, retaining only the present tense (which is unmarked), and a past tense (marked by the auxiliary verb "het" and, usually, the verbal prefix "ge-") ... -
Verification of Academic credentials for recruitment: a municipal response to the breaches of integrity
(SAAPAM, 2014)The paper evaluates the local government processes developed for ensuring the authenticity of educational credentials in the Sedibeng District Municipality. Verification of academic credentials forms part of the internal ... -
Verteerbare patriargie? Angus Buchan, die mighty men en manlikheid
(Litnet, 2013)OPSOMMING: Angus Buchan as charismatiese herlewingsevangelis en sy Mighty Men-beweging oefen sedert 2004 'n beduidende invloed uit op die Suid-Afrikaanse godsdienstoneel en spesifiek op konserwatiewe sienings van manlikheid ... -
Vervreemding in Leora Farber se The futility of writing 24-page letters (2009)
(AOSIS, 2012)This article investigates the concept of alienation in Leora Farber’s The futility of writing 24-page letters (as an extension of a work titled Between Cup and Lip as part of the Dis-Location/Re-Location, 2007/2008 ... -
‘Very happy’ is not always equally happy: on the meaning of verbal response options in survey questions
(Springer, 2015)Survey research is based on questioning and respondents typically answer to questions by picking one of several response options. These response options are labeled verbally with terms such as very happy or fairly happy ... -
Vier visies op Christus se teenwoordigheid by die nagmaal: 'n Analise van hulle filosofiese grondslae
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akad Vir Wetenskap En Kuns, 2015)Various Christian groups during the sixteenth century could not reach agreement on how Christ's presence at the Eucharist and the Lord's Supper should be understood - a controversy that persists even to the present. This ... -
Views from the frontline: a critical assessment of local risk governance in South Africa
(OASIS, 2013)In 2005 the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction introduced the ‘Hyogo Framework for Action’ (HFA) aimed at mainstreaming disaster risk reduction. Subsequently, the ‘Global Network for Disaster ... -
Views of a cohort of South African student teachers on feedback of their lesson presentations during teaching practice
(Kamla Raj Enterprises, 2015)Based on theoretical overviews covering feedback and partners in teaching practice, this paper reports on a cohort of South African third year B.Ed. student teachers impressions of feedback during a specific period of ... -
Views on unlawful water abstractions along the Liebenbergsvlei River, South Africa
(2010)As a result of the growing demand for additional water supplies, officials at the National Department of Water Affairs (DWA) continually monitor consumption patterns. The unlawful abstraction of water for irrigation ... -
Vigilantism: a theoretical perspective as applied to people's courts in post-1994 South Africa
(University of the Free State, 2011)The article investigated vigilantism as phenomenon in South Africa. A metatheoretical framework was developed through which the constructed contextual and specific criteria were tested against one case study on people's ... -
Violations of War: Testing the Meaning–Making Model Among Vietnam Veterans
(Wiley–blackwell, 2015)Objective: Posttrauma adjustment theories postulate that intense stressors violate people s beliefs about the world and perceived ability to achieve valued goals. Failure to make meaning from traumatic events exacerbates ... -
Violence, liberation and the legacy of modernity: towards a theology of peace
(University of Stellenbosch Department of Old & New Testament, 2012)Since the rise of democracy in South Africa violence has been erasing freedom and justice. In this article it is argued that the different theologies of Liberation, such as Black, Feminist, Ecological and other contextual ... -
A vision for a Reformed Christian college for South Africa
(AOSIS, 2012)A yawning gap has existed in the South African educational landscape since the effective termination of the Potchefstroom University (PU) for Christian Higher Education (CHE) by the government in 2004. The North-West ...