TD: 2017 Volume 13 No 1: Recent submissions
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The effects of leadership traits on transformation: a case study of a South African university
(AOSIS, 2017)This article investigated the effects of leadership traits on transformation in a merged and incorporated higher education institution in South Africa. Few studies have been conducted on leadership traits in universities, ... -
Shifting boundaries of racial space in post-apartheid South Africa: the case of Afrikaner youth in East London
(AOSIS, 2017)South African democracy has brought about changes like freedom of associations, as opposed to apartheid which emphasised separateness of races and cultures. This social change warrants new ways of living among South Africans, ... -
Climate wars and fat wars: a new role for law
(AOSIS, 2017)Public trust in science is eroding because of a number of conflicts. In the sphere of climate science and of nutrition science, a basic methodological difference between scientists has escalated into what can be called ... -
Using systems thinking to conceptually link the monitoring and evaluation function within development interventions and public policy
(AOSIS, 2017)The monitoring and evaluation function provides for accountability and to some extent transparency and, therefore, governance. However, this function can only be effective if it is conceptually linked within development ... -
Transition from growth point policy to liberal urban development in Zimbabwe: the emergence of Ruwa Town, 1980–1991
(AOSIS, 2017)This article traces the transition from growth point policy to liberal development in the emergence of Ruwa Town in Zimbabwe from independence in 1980 to 1990/1991 when the town was declared an urban area under the ... -
The San values of conflict prevention and avoidance in Platfontein
(AOSIS, 2017)The aim of this article is to identify measures that can prevent violent conflict through the maintenance of traditional cultural values that guide conflict avoidance. Moreover, the article focuses on the concepts of ... -
The impact of collaborative strategies on disaster risk reduction in Zimbabwe dairy supply chains in 2016
(AOSIS, 2017)Disasters are on the increase globally with accompanying devastating effects on dairy supply chains. The devastating effects, caused by disasters on economies in various countries such as United States of America, Japan, ... -
The Expanded Public Works Programme: perspectives of direct beneficiaries
(AOSIS, 2017)Scholarship on the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) in South Africa tends to focus on quantitative evaluation to measure the progress made in the implementation of EPWP projects. The number of employment opportunities ... -
Die positiewe invloed van esteties bevredigende geboue en ʼn goed versorgde skoolterrein op die skep van skoolklimaat
(AOSIS, 2017)The positive influence of aesthetically pleasing buildings and well cared for school grounds on the creation of school climate. In this article the positive effect of beautiful school buildings and well-kept school grounds ... -
’n Verkenning van Suid-Afrika se veranderende posisie in die wêreldhandelnetwerk 1948–1994
(AOSIS, 2017)An exploration of South Africa’s changing position in the World Trade Network 1948–1994. The World Trade Network (WTN) has been studied as a network in numerous studies. However, countries with smaller economies are usually ... -
Aligning mathematics with tutoring platform topics
(AOSIS, 2017)Dr Math was a mobile mathematics tutoring service, used by school learners across South Africa. The wealth of historic data available, with regard to the conversations between tutors and learners, may contain valuable ... -
Community development workers as agents of change and conduit of authentic public participation: the case of Mpumalanga Province in South Africa
(AOSIS, 2017)This article explores the role of community development workers (CDWs) in the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa. The CDWs are by law expected to regularly communicate, inter alia, government initiatives in a way which ... -
Learners’ constructions of bullying in a South African school context
(AOSIS, 2017)Drawing on social constructionism as a theoretical paradigm, this article foregrounds learners’ voices to depict the profiles of bullies and bullying victims within a cultural context of one coeducational secondary school ... -
The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region and the implementation of the Ezulwini Consensus: Challenges and prospects
(AOSIS, 2017)This article is evaluative assessing the implementation of the Ezulwini Consensus by the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR). In early April 2012, a mutiny started in the eastern part of the Democratic ... -
Exploring the epistemology of transdisciplinarity in public policy and administration in South Africa
(AOSIS, 2017)This article seeks to address and direct future research collaboration in public policy and administration from a transdisciplinary perspective in South Africa, by answering three major questions: Firstly, how can public ... -
Exploring judgement and internal bias of Life Orientation teachers in sexuality teaching
(AOSIS, 2017)There are various challenges in the teaching of sexuality within a South African multicultural context, as there is no uniform knowledge across learner backgrounds. As such, teachings often revert to the teacher’s beliefs, ... -
To blend or not to blend? Consumer attitudes towards mandatory use of ethanol-blended fuel in Zimbabwe
(AOSIS, 2017)Worldwide, the use of bioethanol is proliferating as an alternative to fossil fuels. Consistent with this trend, the Zimbabwean government mandated the blending of unleaded petrol with 10% ethanol. As the use of ethanol-blended ... -
The capacity of personnel in disaster risk management in South African municipalities
(AOSIS, 2017)Since 1994, fundamental transformation in South Africa in terms of disaster risk reduction taken place. The transformation process led to the promulgation of the Disaster Management Act (57/2002) (DMA) that introduced a ... -
Fusion of time and space in Hans Roosenschoon’s music: a pre-analytical strategy
(AOSIS, 2017)In order to promote access to non-tonal music, the fusion of musical time and space may be considered as a point of departure. As a pre-analytical strategy, it relies on direct experience of the music as it is heard instead ...
