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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 politics of service delivery in South Africa: the local government sphere in context
(AOSIS, 2016)
The post-1994 democratic developmental South African state opted for a strong local government system which has been constitutionalised, in terms of Chapter 7 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 108 of ...
A comparative investigation into the representation of Russia in apartheid and post-apartheid era South African History textbooks
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2018)
In this comparative study we employed a quantitative approach, underpinned by the interpretivist paradigm, to analyse the content on Russia as found in Apartheid and post-Apartheid History textbooks. This was done by means ...
“The British coloureds of Sophiatown”: the case of St. Joseph’s Home for coloured children, 1923-1998
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2017)
During apartheid South Africa (1948-1994), black, coloured, and Indian children did not enjoy the same privileges as their peers of European descent – because of racial discrimination. However, some destitute coloured ...
Linking energy efficiency legislation and the agricultural sector in South Africa
(2017)
There are different ways of measuring energy efficiency. Although there is no generally agreed definition of the concept, it should, however, always be approached according to particular circumstances and contexts. As such, ...
The politicisation of health in Zimbabwe: the case of the cholera epidemic, August 2008-March 2009
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2018)
In this article the case of the August 2008 to March 2009 cholera epidemic is used to examine the intersections between health and politics in Zimbabwe. The focus is on the different narratives deployed by the mainstream ...
The Institutionalisation of endemic corruption: State capture in South Africa
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2019)
Systemic corruption has become the norm in South Africa. This is evident in the recent Transparency International’s Corruption Index. During the Zuma Administration, the scale and magnitude of corruption intensified and ...
Inclusive histories for inclusive futures: Interactions and entanglements then and now
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)
This article makes a case for the production and dissemination of inclusive
histories in public dialogue and public spaces of history consumption, including
classrooms, lecture halls, monuments and textbooks. Inclusive ...
Reconceptualising the standard of care in Sport: the case of youth rugby in England and South Africa
(2015)
Sport is an important area of civil society in both South Africa and England, and this article is broadly concerned with the relationship between sport and personal injury. More specifically, the article compares how rugby ...