Browsing TD: 2019 Volume 15 by Title
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Exploring the quality of Grade 12 accounting education textbooks
(AOSIS, 2019)The availability of quality textbooks is one of the critical factors in the enhancement of teaching and learning in accounting. What makes a high-quality textbook depends on the presence of certain characteristics for ... -
The feasibility of electronic voting technologies in Africa: selected case examples
(AOSIS, 2019)The use of electronic voting technologies (EVTs) presents hurdles to election management bodies (EMBs) and other election stakeholders in Africa. The constitutionality and feasibility of such technologies provoke several ... -
The financial sustainability challenges facing the South African non-profit sector
(AOSIS, 2019)Non-profit organisations (NPOs) operating in South Africa are financially weak and the sustainability of their organisations is often at risk. Post-2008, large numbers have ceased to operate, in part, because of the weak ... -
Heinz Kimmerle’s intercultural philosophy and the quest for epistemic justice
(AOSIS, 2019)Since the 1990s epistemic (in)justice has been a central issue of post-colonial and feminist studies. But only during the last decade the term has become paradigmatic and new aspects of the issue have been addressed – ... -
Impact of social entrepreneurs on community development in the Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality area, South Africa
(AOSIS, 2019)Social entrepreneurs are well positioned to tackle socio-economic problems in deprived communities. The impact of social entrepreneurs is becoming important for addressing social challenges and providing innovative, ... -
Into the future: Donkergat Military Training Area and the Langebaan Ramsar site
(AOSIS, 2019)Militaries need natural areas for offensive and defensive combat-readiness programmes. Here soldiers, war machinery and munitions are employed to prepare forces to execute warfighting tactics. Integration of environmental ... -
Investigating career guidance implementation between historically advantaged and disadvantaged schools
(AOSIS, 2019)This study examined school learner views on career guidance processes and outcomes contrasting historically advantaged and disadvantaged schools in the Free State province, South Africa. The study comprised 430 learners ... -
Investigating sexuality education in South African schools: a matter of space, place and culture
(AOSIS, 2019)Sexuality education has faced various challenges in being successfully implemented within secondary schools in South Africa. Research points towards barriers thereto, which include teacher bias and limited knowledge as ... -
The Moravian heritage of community musicking
(AOSIS, 2019)In this article, the authors firstly provide a brief historical narrative of the origin of the Moravian Church and its hymnody. Secondly, they proceed to trace the origins of Moravian hymnals and their use in South Africa. ... -
A narrative analysis of barriers encountered by a sample of immigrant entrepreneurs in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa
(AOSIS, 2019)A growing movement of foreign nationals is settling and starting up businesses in South Africa. Given this fact, there is a need to understand those factors influencing the human capital side of being an immigrant entrepreneur ... -
A reflection on the role, potential and challenges of transdisciplinarity at the University of Fort Hare
(AOSIS, 2019)The world is currently grappling with a myriad of challenges such as unemployment, poverty, inequality, violent crimes and HIV and AIDS. These challenges exist on multiple levels and are viewed from different perspectives ... -
The role of Parliament in promoting active citizenship in relation to the Grade 11 Life Orientation in the South African curriculum
(AOSIS, 2019)The Parliament of the Republic of South Africa plays a pivotal role in promoting active citizenship to ensure the deepening of democracy. This article, as based on the study by Arendse, explored the extent to which Parliament ... -
Solid waste management practices in Zimbabwe: a case study of one secondary school
(AOSIS, 2019)The discourse on waste management in general and solid waste management in particular has captured the interest of many scholars. Although there is a plethora of literature on the solid waste management phenomenon globally, ... -
Towards strengthening collaboration between district and local municipalities in South Africa: insights from Ehlanzeni District Municipality
(AOSIS, 2019)This article examines the state of collaboration between a district municipality and its local municipalities using Ehlanzeni District Municipality as a case study. This is important because in terms of the Local Government: ... -
Transdisciplinary relationship between mathematics and accounting
(AOSIS, 2019)Accounting and mathematics are closely related. There is little mathematics content that a profound relationship exists between mathematics and accounting. There is, however, a limited understanding of the nature of this ... -
Understanding the impact of financial sustainability on South African municipalities
(AOSIS, 2019)This article acknowledges the lack of skills and poor financial governance within South African municipalities but argues that these factors are an insufficient explanation of their increasing fiscal distress, which was ... -
Views from the margins: Theorising the experiences of black working-class students in academic development in a historically white South African university
(AOSIS, 2019)A significant amount of South African literature on academic development often focuses on the ideological and theoretical shifts that have occurred within the academic development field across different periods in the ... -
Xenophobic violence and criminality in the KwaZulu-Natal townships
(AOSIS, 2019)This study’s focus on the xenophobic violence in South Africa is topical, mostly concentrating on the economic competition between foreign nationals and local people as a root cause. Whilst the South African government’s ...