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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 ... -
How do mentally tough athletes overcome self-directed anger, shame, and criticism? A self-forgiveness mediation analysis
(Edizioni Luigi Pozzi, 2018)We examined associations between mental toughness, self-directed, negatively toned emotions and cognitions, and self-forgiveness. With reference to their participation in competitive tennis, a sample of 343 competitive ... -
How early Judaism read Daniel 9:24-27
(Department of Biblical and Ancient Studies University of South Africa, 2014)The prophecy of the seventy sevens in Dan 9:24-27 has produced a variety of interpretations throughout the history of Christian interpretation. This article examines early Jewish readings of Daniel in order to determine ... -
How job characteristics relate to need satisfaction and autonomous motivation: implications for work effort
(Wiley, 2013)To explore the motivational potential of job design, we linked job demands and job resources, as defined in the job demands–resources model, to the motivational process defined in self-determination theory. Specifically, ... -
How job characteristics relate to need satisfaction and autonomous motivation: implications for work effort
(Clute Institute [for academic research], 2013)To explore the motivational potential of job design, we linked job demands and job resources, as defined in the job demands–resources model, to the motivational process defined in self-determination theory. Specifically, ... -
How Pat Metheny came to Carolina in Mpumalanga, South Africa: using music in transdisciplinary water research
(2013)Listening to music can help researchers to comprehend and gain insight into complex problems in transdisciplinary research. This article explains how members of a research group at North-West University in South Africa ... -
How school ecologies facilitate resilience among adolescents with intellectual disability: guidelines for teachers
(Education Association of South Africa (EASA), 2016)The global prioritisation of the inclusion of learners with disabilities, and of vulnerable young people's resilience, means that teachers worldwide require insight into how best to facilitate the resilience of adolescents ... -
How should agriculture produce enough food for the world?
(AOSIS, 2012)From an agricultural point of view, the question if the earth can feed adequately not only its current population of 7 billion people, but also the expected population of 9 billion people to 10 billion people by 2050, is ...