Browsing Faculty of Humanities by Author "10147284 - Botha, Dorothea"
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The 2010 FIFA World Cup - service delivery, 'Afrophobia' and Brand Imperialism: Through the eyes of Frantz Fanon
Botha, Dorothea; Cronje, Johannes Frederik; Van Wyk, David (Alternation, 2010) -
Barriers to career advancement of women in mining: a qualitative analysis
Botha, Doret (UNISA Press, 2017)In recent years, various initiatives, protocols and legislation have been developed globally to promote gender equality and address existing discrimination against women. South Africa is no exception to this trend. In the ... -
Occupational health and safety considerations for women employed in core mining positions
Botha, Doret; Cronjé, Freek (AOSIS, 2015)Orientation: Despite various liberalisation and feminisation processes with regard to gender and sex roles, traditionalistic typologies, especially in terms of occupational roles, are seemingly very reluctant to disappear ... -
The perception on women working in core mining environment
De Klerk, I.; Botha, C.J.; Botha, D. (Kamla Raj Enterprises, 2015)Until 1996, all women in South Africa were prohibited, by law, from working underground. With the introduction of the Mining Charter all, this changed and companies started hiring women for different positions. The ... -
The physical ability of women in mining: can they show muscle?
Botha, D.; Cronjé, J.F. (Southern African Inst Mining Metallurgy, 2015)Although women all over the world have been involved in mining activities for centuries, mining has always been considered a very masculine industry due to its heavily male-dominated workforce as well as the physicality ... -
Progress in implementing the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 of 2002 (MPRDA) provisions for the employment of women in mining
Botha, C.; Fourie, J.D.; Botha, D.; Bisschoff, C. (SAIMM, 2012)The South African democratically-elected government instituted policies and legislation that are intended to bring about change and transformation in the country and have drastically affected different industries, among ... -
Undergraduate students’ perceptions of factors affecting job satisfaction
Van der Schyff, Rhyno; Botha, Doret; Ellis, Suria (AOSIS, 2018)Orientation: Globally, people engage in work and sell their services to an organisation in exchange for compensation. This compensation can have a significant effect on employees’ attitude towards their work, resulting in ... -
Views from the frontline: a critical assessment of local risk governance in South Africa
Botha, Dorothea; Van Niekerk, Dewald (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 ... -
Women in mining still exploited and sexually harassed
Botha, Doret (AOSIS, 2016)Orientation: Globally, women have become an essential part of the mining workforce. Among other jobs, they fulfil management positions, operate heavy machinery and are involved in artisanal mining processes. In South Africa, ... -
Women in mining: a conceptual framework for gender issues in the South African mining sector
Botha, Doret; Cronjé, Freek (University of South Africa, 2015)New mining legislation aims to rectify previous inequalities and disadvantages in the mining sector and specifically provides for the inclusion of women in core mining activities. Although there is no lack of good will, ... -
Women in mining: an assessment of workplace relations struggles
Botha, Doret (Kamla-Raj, 2016)In 1994, the newly elected democratic government of South Africa adopted a number of strategies to open up the mining sector to historically disadvantaged South Africans which include women, as part of its economic empowerment ... -
Women in mining: engaging men in the dialogue
Botha, D. (Prof. Ansie Lessing, 2016)For decades women have battled for a place in the mining industry. In South Africa, the newly elected democratic government (1994) initiated a number of actions to redress injustices of the past. Among others, new mining ...