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Pianists’ lived experiences of accompanying singers: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
(North-West University (South Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2018)The purpose of this interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) is to explore how five professional accompanists, who work in South Africa, make sense of their lived experiences of accompanying singers. For this ... -
'n Historiese en sistematiese ondersoek na die teoretiese benadering van die klaviertegniek
(North-West University, 1965)Die teorie van klaviertegniek is om twee redes n aktuele prnbleem. Eerstens word aan ons Universiteite metodiek as n teoretiese vak aan- gebied en word verskillende eksamens vereis. Dit is dus van belang om vas te stel in ... -
Exploring social workers' utilisation of play based activities in child and youth care centres in Gauteng
(North-West University (South Africa). Vanderbijlpark Campus, 2018)Social workers’ main focus at a CYCC is the children. Social workers may specialise in play therapy. This study is guided by theories of play and play therapy. The aim of this study was to explore social workers’ utilisation ... -
Op soek na 'n omvattende tipologiese beskrywing van modaliteit: die Afrikaanse modale sisteem
(North-West University (South Africa). Vanderbijlpark Campus, 2019)Modality is a challenging and complex field in linguistics and together with tempus and aspect is probably one of the most dynamic and important terrains in current research. Many difficulties confront the researcher in ... -
The impact of oversight mechanisms on service delivery in the Midvaal Local Municipality
(North-West University (South Africa). Vanderbijlpark Campus, 2019)This study aimed to investigate the checks and balances in terms of oversight and accountability at Midvaal Local Municipality. The study explored the various oversight mechanisms and structures to promote accountability ... -
The role and characteristics of the professional intercultural trainer in the South African workplace
(North-West University (South Africa). Vanderbijlpark Campus, 2019)Organisations invest in training and development to compete financially on an international level. The organisational environment is characterised by cultural diversity as a result of international immigrants, organisations ... -
A qualitative exploration of a selected sample of South African women's experiences of belly dancing
(North-West University, Vanderbijlpark Campus, 2019)This mini-dissertation reports on a study that aimed to explore a selected sample of South African women’s experiences of belly dancing. A qualitative, exploratory research design was used. The study is contextualised in ... -
Behind the lady of the knight: mapping the Bond girls’ inter-emotional narratological functions in selected novels
(North-West University, Vanderbijlpark Campus, 2019)The Bond girl is one of the most renowned and most disregarded characters in the James Bond franchise. Although she is an important commercial element of the film franchise, she is mostly overlooked in many studies of the ... -
An assessment of public private partnerships in the road sector: a Case of Uganda National Roads Authority
(North-West University, Vanderbijlpark Campus, 2019)The study aimed at conducting an assessment of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in ensuring Value for Money (VFM) within the roads sector, a case of Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA). Globally, PPPs provide one of ... -
Linguistiese eienskappe en konvensionalisering in Zefrikaans op die WatKykJy?-blog: ’n korpuslinguistiese ondersoek
(North-West University, 2019)Previous research on Afrikaans on the internet has mainly focused on older Web 1.0 web applications and not so much on the newer Web 2.0 web applications. Zefrikaans, a variety of Afrikaans, on the internet has been ... -
Die erosie van kiesersvertroue as faktor in die kontemporêre Suid-Afrikaanse demokrasie (1994-2017)/ The erosion of voter trust as a factor in the contemporary South African democracy (1994-2017)
(North-West University, 2019)Internationally, voter trust in political systems is recognized as key to successful democratic governance and the effective co-ordination of collective interaction between government and civil society. For the purpose of ... -
Verb complementation patternsin Black South African English
(North-West University, 2019)In this thesis, some of the features pertaining to the verb-complementational patterns in the writing of experienced Black South African English (BSAE) speakers were investigated. These features are the ditransitive ... -
A qualitative exploration of flourishing among nurses working in palliative care
(North-West University, 2019)This mini-dissertation presents the findings of a study that qualitatively explored flourishing, as conceptualised in the model proposed by Keyes (2013), among a sample of nurses working in palliative care in South Africa. ... -
FAMILY LANGUAGE POLICY: delibrate decisions by parents to educate their children via Afrikaans despite access to English in the family
(North-West University, 2019)Despite an expressed awareness of the hegemony and high status of English in the world today, there are English dominant and English-Afrikaans families within the Vaal Triangle Region, who opt for Afrikaans as the language ... -
Examining the retention policy of law enforcement: South African Police Service Zamdela cluster, Free State Province
(North-West University, 2019)This research examines the retention policy of the law enforcement: South African Police Service (SAPS) at Zamdela Cluster in the Free State Province. In order to make this examination specific attention is placed on ... -
Implementing multilingualism in the Emfuleni Local Municipality for communication purposes with the residents of Bophelong Township
(North-West University, 2019)This study is an investigation into the use of different languages between local government and the community. The purpose is to examine the implementation of multilingualism by Emfuleni Local Administration and the benefits ... -
Evaluation of participatory governance for enhancing quality of local governments: a case of six selected local governments in Central Uganda
(North-West University, 2019)Public participation in government programmes has gained prominence, the world over as it enhances democratisation good governance and quality of governments. Involving the public in government activities is associated ... -
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, ... -
ʼn Eeu van verandering in die gebruik van geselekteerde Afrikaanse voorsetsels en die moontlike rol van preskriptivisme daarin
(North-West University, 2018)In navorsing oor Afrikaans is voorsetsels ʼn sintaktiese kategorie wat nog nie baie bestudeer is in diachroniese studies van taalverandering nie. Voorsetsels, meer spesifiek voorsetselverbindinge, het reeds baie aandag ... -
Historically disadvantaged youth negotiating for resilience resources to navigate towards violence prevention
(North-West University, 2018)This phenomenological study applied participatory visual methods to explore the social ecology of resilience in a rural Free State community. The purpose of this study was to investigate how visual messages created and ...