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Christianity and African traditional religion in dialogue: an ecological future for Africa
(2016)Caring for the environment has been an inherent part of every society since creation and has extended across different cultures, influencing their worldview. The African perspective belief portrayed the land as the “mother”, ... -
Investigating the impact of responsible leadership on corporate social responsibility within a South African company : the case of Keypak
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a strategic concern that requires companies to accept their responsibility towards society. Within South Africa, the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Codes of Good ... -
Towards sustainability follow-up : the Port of Ngqura evaluation
(North-West University (South Africa), 2016)Sustainability assessment has become more prominent in recent years, in the wake of the general requirement to introduce sustainability thinking into environmental assessment (EA). Although sustainability assessment practice ... -
An assessment of the financial management in Naledi Local Municipality
(2012)It is important to bear in mind that local government in South Africa has contributed much to the achievement of a number of significant social and economic development advances since the introduction of a new democratic ... -
Financial management literacy of early childhood development centre managers in Mafikeng
(2012)This study investigated the level of financial management literacy of Early Childhood Development (ECD) centre managers. According to Hutchinson, Sohl and Vlahos (2004) the running of a child care centre require "substantial ... -
The global galerkin finite element method as applied to the 1d beam equation: a systems approach
(SAAM, 2006)The paper focuses on the finite element solution of the fourth-order differential for an EulerBernoulli beam. In this approach the point point loads and concentrated moments are treated in a natural way as part of the ... -
A systems CFD model of a packed bed high temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactor
(Elsevier, 2006)The theoretical basis and conceptual formulation of a comprehensive reactor model to simulate the thermal-fluid phenomena of the PBMR reactor core and core structures is given. Through a rigorous analysis the fundamental ... -
The idea of a ‘Just State’ (Rechtsstaat) (with reference to a unique feature of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa)
(Taylor & Francis, 2015)In South Africa the acquisition of full political and civil rights for all rectified the former political situation of apartheid South Africa. Against the background of key developments in the political legacy of the West, ... -
Between postmodernism, positivism and (new) atheism
(KOERS Society of South Africa, 2015)The Renaissance introduced the autonomy of being human which in turn resulted in promoting the position of human understanding as the formal law-giver of nature. Twentieth century philosophy of science acknowledged the ... -
Communicating paradigmatic intellectual orientations: the mediating role of persistent themes
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2015)All humans have the capacity to live in organised societies and to communicate the basic patterns of such societies to forthcoming generations. If they are accompanied by persistent themes operative within intellectual ... -
Theology and philosophy within radical orthodoxy (Milbank) and reformational philosophy (Dooyeweerd)
(University of Free State, Faculty of Theology, 2015)This article aims to show that, despite agreeing on some basic issues such as rejecting the dogma of the autonomy of reason and accepting that there is no territory independent of God, Radical Orthodoxy and Reformational ... -
Outobiografie as hermeneutiek van die self: Van Rousseau tot Le Clézio
(AOSIS, 2015)Hierdie artikel ondersoek die hipotese dat outobiografie as ’n soort hermeneutiek van die self beskou kan word. Vir hierdie doel word ’n seleksie van Franse outobiografieë behandel. Aangesien hierdie studie ’n verwerking ... -
Loin de mon père de Véronique Tadjo : la transformation du biographique en fiction porteuse d’espoir$^1$
(University of Pretoria/ Dept Frans, 2015)Véronique Tadjo’s novel Loin de mon père seems to continue the author’s constant involvement in contemporary Africa, but in a more personal mode. Taking its cue from the first epigraph to the novel, this article strives ... -
Improvement in South African students' outlook due to music involvement
(Taylor & Francis, 2015)In the spring of 2009, we started a concert band programme at a high school in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. In the fall of 2011, we returned to the school to measure the impact of participating in a concert band on the ... -
The convergence of sacred and secular spaces in three selected contemporary novels
(Taylor & Francis, 2015)This article focuses on the return and revitalisation of traditional Christian themes, such as sacrifice, guilt, sin and redemption, and the manifestation of supernatural phenomena, such as visions, faith healing and ... -
Darem meer as moffies? Stereotipering in die voorstelling van homoseksueles en homoseksualiteit in die Afrikaanse jeugliteratuur
(LitNet, 2015)In hierdie artikel word daar op vergelykende wyse aangetoon watter stereotipes in die voorstelling van homoseksuele en homoseksualiteit in die Afrikaanse jeugliteratuur onderskei kan word, asook hoe hierdie stereotipes ... -
A condition based maintenance approach for a rotary drum crop shear
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2015)An alternative solution was proposed to the current replacement strategy employed to maintain the rotary drum crop shear at ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) Vanderbijlpark Hot Strip Mill (HSM). Process and production ... -
Inference for linear regression models in the presence of heteroskedasticity
(North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)The linear regression model is a highly versatile tool with which one can model a response variable in terms of one or more predictor variables. The classical linear model is based on six primary theoretical assumptions. ... -
Validation of a transient thermal-fluid systems CFD model for a packed bed high temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactor
(Elsevier, 2006)This paper provides an overview of the theoretical basis for a new thermal-fluid systems CFD simulation model for high temperature gas-cooled reactors, contained in the Flownex software code. Flownex provides for detailed ... -
Development of a project management structure for final year engineering projects in a fast growing university
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)With the increasing number of registrations for final year engineering students at the North West University, Potchefstroom campus, the current final year project structure is not ade-quate. This current structure results ...
