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The meaning and types of friendships among older females in residential care facilities
(North-West University, 2007)This research explores the meaning that older persons ascribe to the friendships in which they engage. Previous research mostly focuses on the strain that the older population places on the self-reliant community. The ... -
The meaning of BMus studies for early career graduates : a phenomenological study
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)This study is a phenomenological investigation with the aim of understanding the meaning early career graduates ascribe to their BMus studies in the work environment. Open-ended interviews were conducted with fourteen ... -
The meaning of Zambian indigenous songs for early childhood teachers and learners
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2017)This thesis is a qualitative study case study to describe the meaning of Zambian indigenous songs for early childhood music education learners and teachers in the six schools in the Mongu district of the Western Province ... -
The meanings of inclusive and exclusive choir practices in selected junior secondary schools in Zambia
(North-West University (South Africa), 2022)The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore the meanings choristers, conductors and school administrators, in four selected junior secondary schools in Lusaka and the Copperbelt provinces of Zambia, ... -
Measuring improvement in first-year ESL university students’ productive knowledge of verb-noun collocations through integrated productive oriented teaching strategies
(North-West University (South Africa), 2022)Research has firmly established that vocabulary plays a crucial role in both receptive and productive skills. Several studies have shown that learners who are able to use complex vocabulary, particularly multiword items, ... -
Measuring the cognitive load induced by subtitled audiovisual texts in an educational context
(North-West University, 2019)Audiovisual aids are nowadays commonly utilised in classroom environments where lecturers are able to supplement verbal instruction with pictures or videos to enhance learning. To make these resources more accessible, ... -
Die medewerkwoord in Afrikaans
(Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 1992)The distinction between the so-called main and auxiliary verbs in Afrikaans is not drawn in the same manner by all linguists. The conclusions reached often do not take into account the nature and character of the functional ... -
Media reportage of civil unrest in Nigeria and its imact on the stat's foreign policy : 1990-2011
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Melankolie in gekose werke van Pauline Gutter
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2015)This dissertation presents an investigation into the role of melancholy as intermediate emotion in four selected paintings by South African artist Pauline Gutter (born 1980). These artworks include: Uit die blou van onse ... -
The menace of rape and reconstruction of identities in selected works of Coetzee, Mda and Tlhabi
(North-West University (South Africa), 2023)Writers in South Africa have actively written on topics on the rape and identity issues within the South African social and psychic spaces. However, studies on these contested matters have tended to overlook how apartheid ... -
"Mens kan nie altyd lag nie, mens moet soms huil ook": die verwerking van trauma deur skrywende karakters in drie romans van Marita van der Vyver
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)Characters making sense of trauma they experience by writing about such trauma – whether through fairy tales, diary entries, postcards, letters or e-mails – is a reoccurring phenomenon in the oeuvre of Marita van der Vyver, ... -
The metabolic syndrome and renal function in an African cohort infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus for at least 5 years
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)Motivation: The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is increasingly prevalent in South Africa, with approximately 6.12 million people living with HIV. As a result of the high infection rate, South Africa has the largest ... -
The metamorphosis of Sibande's hysterical Sophie in Long Live the Dead Queen, The Purple Shall Govern, I Came Apart at the Seams
(2021)This dissertation explores the South African artist Mary Sibande’s character Sophie and her transformation throughout the series Long Live the Dead Queen (2009), The Purple Shall Govern (2013, 2014) and I Came Apart at the ... -
The metaphors in Song of Songs and adolescents : a reception-theoretical investigation and proposed translation
(1995)The purpose of this study was to translate the metaphors of Song of Songs for teenagers according to translation-theoretical and reception-theoretical principles. The two prerequisites proposed for a successful translation ... -
A methodology for undertaking freshwater fish chemical contaminant surveys for human health risk assessment
(Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 2000)In South Africa the pollution of freshwater aquatic systems can be linked to point source discharges (waste water treatment works and industrial effluents) and diffuse surface runoff (agricultural, mining and urban). As a ... -
Metrum en ritme in bestaande analises van György Ligeti se klavieretudes
(North-West University, 2009)Gyorgy Ligeti se klavieretudes word vandag beskou as van die belangrikste klavierwerke wat in die twintigste eeu geskryf is. By het vanaf 1985 tot 1994 drie boeke met klavieretudes gekomponeer. Ligeti (1988:3) noem dat "a ... -
Migrants as a vulnerable group : the case of undocumented Zimbabwe migrants in Johannesburg, South Africa
(North-West University, 2018)In general, migrants are categorised as a population at risk in destination countries especially those who are undocumented or without a legal status. The statement is no exception to undocumented Zimbabwean migrants' in ... -
Migrasie en verplasing in Anderkant die stilte (André P. Brink), De reis van de lege flessen (Kader Abdolah) en Idil, een meisje (Tasmine Allas) : 'n genderbeskouing
(North-West University, 2012)Migration and the concomitant crossing of borders is a growing world wide theme in literature. This phenomenon can be attributed to growing mobility and globalisation which allow people to move freely across national ... -
Migration of Canadian and South African knowledge workers
(North-West University, 2011)South Africa is a country of great diversity. Different climate zones and a host of different habitats make South Africa the perfect platform for rich floral diversity. This floral diversity lends itself to the study of ... -
The Millennium development goals (MDGs) and challenges of development in Africa : a case study of Botswana vision 2016
(North-West University (South Africa), 2016)This dissertation examines the millennium development goals (MDGs) and challenges of development in Africa using Botswana as a case study. Against the fact that African continent remains largely undeveloped with many ...