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A high degree of understanding and tolerance: veranderende denke oor die moderne gerformeerde kerklied
(Buro vir Wetenskaplike Tydskrifte / Potchefstroom, 2007)Currently, churches worldwide are experiencing an unparalleled increase in new hymns. Consequently, the requirements of the modern congregational song are much more challenging and demanding. Although the principles of ... -
Historical and systematic considerations regarding the four most basic philosophical assertions
(Ponte Editore, 2017)One of the hall-marks of early Greek philosophy is that it commences with an awareness of certain basic aspects of reality. Reflecting on these aspects gave rise to recurrent issues, such as the problem of unity and ... -
Historical evaluation of the roles of Public Service Commissions in South Africa, 1912-2008
(ASSADPAM (Associaton of Southern African Schools & Departments of Public Administration and Management), 2012)The historical development of public service commissions in South Africa had been a process that formed part of the administration of the country since Unification in 1910. Although public service commissions existed in ... -
Historical overview of specific local government transformatory developments in South Africa
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Historical perspectives on Christianity and the future of our societies: philosophical considerations
(Vereniging vir Christelike Hoër Onderwys, 2016)Organizing a conference on "Christianity and the Future of our Societies" jointly sponsored by "The Association of Reformational Philosophy" (ARP) and "The Evangelical Theological Faculty" (ETF - Leuven), certainly invites ... -
The historical roots of systematic distinctions
(Vereniging vir Christelike Hoër Onderwys, 2015)My first explicit acquaintance with philosophy as a scholarly discipline followed from a question to my father about the slogan of the French Revolution - liberty, equality and fraternity. His answer and the books he advised ... -
A historiography on past scientific research and references to environmental health concerns in the Mefarong gold mining region of South Africa
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Hitches affecting the utilization of immovable municipal assets in achieving tourism development in East London city, South Africa
(AJOL, 2017)This paper examines the challenges facing South African local municipalities in fully capitalizing on immovable municipal assets to develop, grow and promote tourism. Both qualitative and quantitative research approaches ... -
HIV and AIDS, worldviews and transformation in higher education
(Higher Education South Africa (HESA), 2016)Higher education students need to understand HIV not only as a disease, but as a social issue that intersects with other critical social and human rights issues in the South African context. To change students' attitude ... -
HIV Stigma Experiences and Stigmatisation Before and After a HIV Stigma-Reduction Community "Hub" Intervention
(NISC, 2017)This study sought to explore, describe and determine whether an HIV stigma-reduction community "hub" intervention would change the HIV stigma experiences of people living with HIV (PLWH) and the stigmatisation by the ... -
HIV, violence, blame and shame: pathways of risk to internalized HIV stigma among South African adolescents living with HIV
(Wiley Open Access, 2017)Introduction: Internalized HIV stigma is a key risk factor for negative outcomes amongst adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV), including non-adherence to anti-retroviral treatment, loss-to-follow-up and morbidity. This study ... -
Hoe jong Afrikaanssprekende kinders betekenis aan hul vroeë taalgebruik verbind
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2017)The acquisition of a first language can be described as becoming proficient in the phonology, morphology, lexicon, syntax and semantics (and pragmatics) of a language, as well as mastering the underlying abstract rules ... -
Hoe om die geskiedenis van die filosofie weer te gee: 'n verkenning van wysgerige historiografiese probleme en metodes
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2013)To design an appropriate methodology to study the approximate 2500years of Western philosophy, inclusive of many individual philosophers, constitutes a quite daunting challenge. Nevertheless, it is of vital importance that ... -
Homo ludens of homo respondens? ’n Christelikfilosofiese reaksie op ’n hedendaagse idee van die mens as primêr spelende in plaas van antwoordende wese
(OASIS, 2013)Homo ludens or homo respondens? A Christian-philosophical response to a contemporary view of the human being as primarily a player instead of an answerer. In this article the contrast between a contemporary view of the ... -
Homo sacer: Uitsondering en relasie in Eben Venter se Santa Gamka (2009)
(Afrikaanse Letterkundevereniging, 2011)Drawing on Giorgio Agamben's views on homo sacer, it is argued in this article that Eben Venter's novel Santa Gamka (2009) could be read as an exploration of the state of sovereign exception - when the law is temporarily ... -
Homogenizing responses to different survey questions on the same topic: Proposal of a scale homogenization method using a reference distribution
(Springer, 2014)Survey data are often used for comparison purposes, such as comparisons across nations or comparisons over time. To be effective, this would require equivalent questions and equivalent responses options to the questions. ... -
Hopelessness and shame in relation to suicide attempts by Cuban adolescents
(SAGE Publications, 2022)Youth suicide rates in Cuba are very high compared with most other countries, despite considerable improvement in recent years. The purpose of our study was to determine whether hopelessness and shame distinguish adolescent ... -
Horrors of the half-forgotten: explosive memories in Ivan Vladislavic's "The Firedogs"
(Institute for the Study of English in Africa (ISEA), 2017)The article presents the first scholarly engagement with Ivan Vladislavi?'s neglected short story "The Firedogs" (1996), which anticipates a concern that has gradually become more important in this author's work, namely ... -
How and why bewitching and wickedness are created and maintained within small, specific segments of the South African population
(WordPress, 2016)Background: Beliefs in the supernatural are maintained by strengthening the evils which the witch or the bewitched person can do to his or her fellows. This system is perpetuated by the repetition of stories of how the ... -
How critical is "critical thinking"?
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)Before criticism is justified, an account of the applicable criteria should be given. This task concerns first of all the well-known logical principles of identity, contradiction and the excluded middle. They connect ...