2024-03-28T22:08:55Zhttps://repository.nwu.ac.za:443/oai/requestoai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/39142019-06-24T09:10:03Zcom_10394_3605com_10394_1149col_10394_3855
Institutional Repository Development | North-West University | NWU
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Mckenzie, R S
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Wegelin, W
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Mohajaneand, P
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Shabalala, S
2011-01-12T07:07:16Z
2011-01-12T07:07:16Z
2007
MCKENZIE, R.S., WEGELIN, W., MOHAJANEAND, P. & SHABALALA, S. 2007. Hidden benefits of public private partnerships: the case of water pressure management in Sebokeng. TD: The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 3(2):395-409, Dec. [http://dspace.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/3605]
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http://hdl.handle.net/10394/3914
Many water distribution systems in South Africa are deteriorating due to many years of
neglect resulting in a serious maintenance backlog. Recent government legislation has
introduced free basic water to all South Africans up to a limit of 6 Kl/month per property
which in turn causes certain confusion regarding payment among many residents.
These key issues and others have led to serious problems with service delivery
specifically in the low income areas where the maintenance has been neglected for more
than 30 years in some cases. The potential for support from the Private Sector has been
highlighted at the highest levels within government as a possible solution to addressing
the existing backlogs despite the fact that there are relatively few successful projects to
support this view.
This paper presents the results after 30 months of operation of a small scale public
private partnership in one of the largest low income areas in South Africa where the
Sebokeng/Evaton Pressure Management Project was commissioned in July 2005. The
savings both in terms of volume of water saved as well as financial savings to the
municipality are impressive and exceed all initial expectations. The most interesting
a1spect of the project, however, is not the savings achieved from the installation, but the
numerous other additional benefits that have materialised which were not originally
anticipated when the project was commissioned. Such benefits, include the identification
of many network problems that had been undetected for more than 9 years as well the
sudden interest in helping the residents by several government and semi-government
organisations. These organisations were unable or unwilling to provide any support to
the area prior to the successful Public Private Partnership.
The project represents a significant advancement in Public-Private Partnerships (PPP’s)
and clearly demonstrates that small scale Public Private Partnerships can be viable
despite the general view that this type of project is confined to large scale initiatives due
to the effort and expense in developing the PPP type of contract. The paper provides
details of the processes involved in setting up and implementing such a project and
highlights that the model used by the Project Team to address leakage in Sebokeng and
Evaton can be adapted for use in other areas and other applications to improve service
delivery throughout South Africa as well as elsewhere in the world where conditions
permit.
The paper presents the results from the project after the first 30 months of operation and
summarises some of the many additional benefits that have arisen from the project.
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Public private partnerships (PPP)
Water supply infrastructure
Sebokeng
Emfuleni Local Municipality
Rand Water
Water supply
Water pressure management
Hidden benefits of public private partnerships: the case of water pressure management in Sebokeng
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oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/39122018-08-24T13:03:08Zcom_10394_3605com_10394_1149col_10394_3855
Institutional Repository Development | North-West University | NWU
author
Nyandoro, M
researchID
21982325 - Nyandoro, Mark
2011-01-11T10:39:43Z
2011-01-11T10:39:43Z
2007
NYANDORO, M. 2007. The Gowe Irrigation co-operative society and its role in Sanyati (Zimbabwe), 1967-1969. TD: The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 3(2):319-350, Dec. [http://dspace.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/3605]
1817-4434
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The paper focuses on the origins and development of agricultural co-operative societies
in Zimbabwe since 1954 with particular reference to Gowe-Sanyati and evaluates their
role in facilitating the channelling of production inputs to farmers and the marketing of
their produce. It examines the criteria for eligibility to membership of such associations,
namely who could belong and who could not, as well as their administrative structures
and practices. In addition, the paper evaluates the societies’ impact on their members,
on African development and on the national economy.
In 1954 the Government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) began investigations on the need
for co-operative societies (co-ops) in order to promote African development through
facilitating the acquisition of production inputs and the marketing of agricultural products.
In 1956, the first co-operative society was established, while the main focus of this
paper’s interest, the Gowe Irrigation Co-operative Society of Sanyati in the northwestern
part of the country, was established in 1967. Established by a government agency
known as the Tribal Trust Land Development Corporation (TILCOR), now the Agricultural
and Rural Development Authority (ARDA), the co-operative society flourished and became
a model for the distribution of agricultural inputs and credit to African farmers. It collapsed in 1969 due to a number of factors, among them poor management and
corruption.
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Agricultural so-operative societies in Zimbabwe
Rhodesia
Sanyati
Irrigation
Zimbabwe (Rhodesia)
African farmers
Trust lands
The Gowe Irrigation co-operative society and its role in Sanyati (Zimbabwe), 1967-1969
Article
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Institutional Repository Development | North-West University | NWU
author
Mellet, A
researchID
11831103 - Mellet, André
2011-01-11T10:52:06Z
2011-01-11T10:52:06Z
2007
MELLET, A. 2007. The role of technology in the economic growth of South Africa: The case of frequency allocations to cellular operators. TD: The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 3(2):351-394, Dec. [http://dspace.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/3605]
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Economists associate long-term economic growth with technological progress. Earlier growth
literature, as well as modern literature, states to sustain a positive growth rate of output per
capita in the long run, there must be continual advances in technological knowledge. This
fact is embedded in one of the main growth models, namely the Solow growth model. This
article firstly discusses the connection between technology and growth in the various
models. Any country needs a positive real growth to develop. To create a better scenario for
all its inhabitants, it is therefore important that technological development must be employed
in the system. Secondly the focus is on analyzing the role of technology and mobile phones
from a growth perspective in developing countries. Various studies by independent annalists
are referred to regarding studies about the impact of mobile phones in Africa. Various
African countries experienced development by using more mobile phones. Finally, attention
is given to frequency allocation to provide voice or data access services for mobile phone
users by ICASA, as the controlling body in South Africa. This scarce resource is not
effectively allocated for the following reasons:
the allocation between government institutions and private sector companies is
not economically equitable; and
the allocation amongst private sector companies is also not economically equitable.
Ineffective frequency allocation is then considered to be a waste of a scarce resource. This
wastage, against the background of studies in Africa regarding mobile phones and GDP, will accordingly reduce the potential development of all the inhabitants of South Africa.
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Economics
Cellular technology
Frequency allocations
Production factors
Growth theories
Technology and growth
Nobile phones
Developing countries
Africa
Competitiveness
AsgiSA
The role of technology in the economic growth of South Africa: The case of frequency allocations to cellular operators
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oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/39182018-08-24T13:00:17Zcom_10394_3605com_10394_1149col_10394_3855
Institutional Repository Development | North-West University | NWU
author
De Witte, H
researchID
13285440 - De Witte, Hans
2011-01-12T08:43:40Z
2011-01-12T08:43:40Z
2007
DE WITTE, H. 2007. Unskilled blue collar workers: Bourgeois and/or authoritarian? Results from a small scale survey in Belgium. TD: The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 3(2):279-303, Dec. [http://dspace.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/3605]
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In this article, two contrasting theories on the attitudes of unskilled blue collar workers
are confronted: the ‘embourgeoisement’ thesis and the hypothesis of the ‘authoritarianism
of the working class’. The ‘embourgeoisement’ thesis states that blue collar workers
adopted the attitudes (and life style) of white collar workers, from whom they can no
longer be distinguished. Lipset’s hypothesis of the ‘authoritarianism of the working
class’, on the other hand, states that blue collar workers more strongly endorse a
conservative attitude on socio-cultural matters and a progressive stand concerning
socio-economic issues. Both hypotheses are tested using data from a small scale survey
(N = 135) among unskilled blue collar workers and lower- and mid-level white collar
workers from different large companies in the region of Leuven, Belgium. The results
indicate that the interviewed unskilled blue collar workers still hold a set of attitudes
that distinguishes them from the interviewed white collar workers. So, the ‘embourgeoisement’
thesis was refuted. Instead, the unskilled blue collar workers were more conservative on a
socio-cultural level, and more progressive concerning socio-economic issues. These results
are in line with Lipset’s ‘authoritarianism of the working class’ hypothesis.
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Embourgeoisement thesis
blue collar workers
white collar workers
working class in Belgium
authoritarianism of the working class
socio-cultural attitudes of occupational groupings
Unskilled blue collar workers: Bourgeois and/or authoritarian? Results from a small scale survey in Belgium
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oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/39192016-04-28T20:52:40Zcom_10394_3605com_10394_1149col_10394_3855
Institutional Repository Development | North-West University | NWU
author
Bezuidenhout, S
author
Summers, R S
2011-01-12T08:52:15Z
2011-01-12T08:52:15Z
2007
BEZUIDENHOUT, S. & SUMMERS, R.S. 2007. HIV/AIDS awareness among first year pharmacy students and the role of the university. TD: The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 3(2):305-318, Dec. [http://dspace.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/3605]
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As HIV/AIDS continues to spread and affect the lives of millions of people, a sense of
urgency has developed about the imperative need to stop the epidemic. Education is the
key to change knowledge, attitudes and behaviour. There is currently a gap in education
programmes targeting youths of ages 18-24 years, for example, those enrolled in tertiary
institutions. The aim of the study was therefore to establish the level of HIV/AIDS
awareness among undergraduate pharmacy students at the University of Limpopo
(Medunsa Campus)/Tshwane University of Technology Schools of Pharmacy. A structured
questionnaire was administered to pharmacy students on entry to the programme. Although
the students of 2003, 2004 and 2005 obtained mean percentage HIV/AIDS awareness
scores in the range of 70%-80%, they had inadequate knowledge of some transmission
routes, events that occur when HIV invades the body, the “window period” and some
symptoms. These knowledge gaps should be addressed by universities by integrating
HIV/AIDS policies and education fully into all aspects of their planning, operations and teaching.
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HIV/AIDS awareness
Undergraduate students
Institutions of Higher Education
HIV/AIDS awareness among first year pharmacy students and the role of the university
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oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/39162016-04-28T20:51:42Zcom_10394_3605com_10394_1149col_10394_3855
Institutional Repository Development | North-West University | NWU
author
De Beer, C S
2011-01-12T07:35:31Z
2011-01-12T07:35:31Z
2007
DE BEER, C.S. 2007. Knowledge is everywhere: a philosophical exploration. TD: The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 3(2):227-237, Dec. [http://dspace.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/3605]
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In this article, I would like to argue that interdisciplinarity belongs to the very nature of
knowledges in their diverse manifestations and any disregard for this idea would mean
a distortion of knowledge while creating at the same time a situation that puts not only
individuals but humanity in general in danger. The role of myths, paradigms, the
position beyond-method, and the impact and interference of knowledges on each other,
that illustrate the point of a universally distributed intelligence, is used as arguments in
the development of this statement. The nature and scope of the danger is spelled out as
well. Ways and strategies are proposed that should be invented to avoid this danger for
the well-being of all human beings in their societies.
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Transdisciplinarity
Knowledge
Myths paradigms
Methodology
Beyond-method
Royal science
Nomad science
Ambulant science
Creativity
Knowledge is everywhere: a philosophical exploration
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oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/39172018-08-24T12:58:30Zcom_10394_1865com_10394_3605com_10394_1149col_10394_1866col_10394_3855
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Weyer, W.
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Spies, B.
researchID
11201010 - Weyer, Waldo Wilhelm
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10173544 - Spies, Bertha Margaretha
2011-01-12T08:09:21Z
2011-01-12T08:09:21Z
2007
WEYER, W. & SPIES, B. 2007. ‘Music is Life’ – The influence of transcendentalist philosophy on Ives’s Concord Sonata. TD: The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 3(2):239-278, Dec. [http://dspace.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/3605]
1817-4434
http://hdl.handle.net/10394/3917
Although the Concord Sonata is traditionally regarded as a sonata, it is atypical of the
genre and is often considered as enigmatic. To understand this composition, a
transdisciplinary approach is essential by, more specifically, incorporating knowledge
of the philosophies of Transcendentalist authors Emerson, Hawthorne, the Alcotts and
Thoreau. Charles Ives set out the Transcendentalist ideas which influenced his conception
of this piano sonata in his Essays before a sonata. His view of musical structure is
based on the motto ‘Music is Life’, which he derived from their philosophy. The analysis
of the first and last movements of this sonata also facilitates access to the ideas of
Emerson and Thoreau. By linking the results of a musical analysis to extra-musical
knowledge from literary art, this article demonstrates how abstract ideas of the
Transcendental writers can be expressed through music. Interpretations arrived at in
this manner help to promote a better understanding of the work as a whole. This essay
shows how mediating between two different fields of knowledge and between knowledge
and understanding as complementary concepts can enhance understanding and therefore
appreciation of the music.
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Charles Ives
Knowledge and cognition
Transcendentalism
Henry David Thoreau
Walden
Music is life
‘Music is Life’ – The influence of transcendentalist philosophy on Ives’s Concord Sonata
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