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"Ah, what an age it is, when to speak of trees is almost a crime" : national landscapes and identities in the fiction of Nadine Gordimer

Author: Middleton, Jemima Date: 2016 In this study, I will explore the ways in which Nadine Gordimer engages with the natural world in three of her novels: The Conservationist (1974), July's People (1981), and No Time Like the Present (2012). I argue for the importance of the ... Read more
Archaeology education in South Africa : developing curriculum programmes in three Cape Town schools

Author: Sealy, Emma Georgina Date: 2002 The history of educational archaeology in South Africa and the intersection of the discipline and the South African school curriculum informed the choice of the research question for this project. This question is "What happens when an ... Read more
Between consolidation, promotion and restoration : trade unions and democracy in South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Swaziland

Author: Ranchod, Rushil Date: 2007 This thesis critically examines the ability of trade unions to consolidate, promote and restore political democracy in South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Swaziland. The process of democratisation is premised on two transitions. First, is the ... Read more
Beyond the frame : a liminal space in contemporary South African photography

Author: Hotsko, Jennifer Date: 2009 Anthropologists and ethnographers documenting the African subject – as soldiers of the colonial enterprise, dominated early practices of photography in Africa. These endeavors manufactured a visual narrative that was uniform in its approach ... Read more
Black women in post-apartheid South Africa, nation-building and radio: the case of Ukhozi FM

Author: Nkosi, Lethiwe Date: 2014 Nation-building as it relates to the notion of belonging, is a pertinent topic in post-apartheid South Africa. This is primarily because of the prevailing discourse about nation and belonging in apartheid South Africa, whereby citizenship to ... Read more
Can intangibles be tangible? : safeguarding intangible heritage in the new South Africa : towards formulating policy for the conservation and sustainable management for living heritage

Author: Manetsi, Thabo Date: 2007 This dissertation takes its lead from ongoing research associated with the process of formulating policy and developing instruments for safeguarding living heritage or intangible heritage as it is commonly known. In the absence of a national ... Read more
Carefully hidden away: excavating the archive of the Mapungubwe dead and their possessions

Author: Kashe-Katya, Xolelwa Date: 2013 Ever since Jerry Van Graan first stumbled upon golden artefacts in 1933, Mapungubwe - an Iron Age civilisation that existed in the confluence of the Shashe and Limpopo rivers between 900 and 1300 AD - has been the subject of contestation. ... Read more
Changing the lens of stigma : an exploration of disclosure in self-portraits by South Africans living with HIV in the Through Positive Eyes Arts Initiative.

Author: Ress, Hanni Eran Date: 2012 This thesis analyses a collaborative arts initiative, Through Positive Eyes South Africa. The thesis focuses on how photography and personal narrative can contribute to changing the lens through which HIV-positive individuals see themselves ... Read more
Constructing social reality in conversation : a generic and transitivity analysis of life history texts

Author: Rowe, Joy Date: 2003 Language is a primary medium through which members of society construct a social reality in which they may meaningfully conduct day-to-day lives. The choices speakers make in language encode experiences and notions of the world in particular ... Read more
Culture, gender and patriarchy : a study of sixteen female teachers in gender specific schools of Lesotho

Author: Monyane, Temelo Date: 2005 Includes bibliographical references (leaves 102-109). Read more
Die Boerseun in die volkspele rok = The Boer's son in the volkspele dress : (Mis)performing masculinity in the Afrikaner nation

Author: Santillanes, Alexander V Date: 2007 Includes bibliographical references (leaves 106-109). Read more
The early years of black radio broadcasting in South Africa : a critical reflection on the making of Ukhozi FM

Author: Mhlambi, Thokozani Ndumiso Date: 2008 The history of black radio in South Africa demonstrates the legacy of colonialism, but also exhibits the performance of novel identities in the 'modem' state. In this dissertation I look at the early years of black radio in South Africa circa ... Read more
Exploring the tourism potential of heritage sites : the case of the Botha Bothe Plateau in Lesotho

Author: Ramakau-Ntene, Moliehi Date: 2006 This paper examines how the cultural landscape of the Botha Bothe Plateau can contribute towards improving the lives of people in the area, through the management of its heritage resources. The main objectives of the study are: (a) to examine ... Read more
Frantz Fanon and the Dialetic of Decolonisation

Author: Ndlovu, Siphiwe Date: 2010 It has been more than five decades since the wave of decolonization swept across Africa. For people on the continent, the rise to power by the former liberation movements brought hope for a better future in the post-colonial state. However ... Read more
From tin trunk to world-wide memory : the making of the Bleek collection

Author: Weintroub, Jill Date: 2006 This research sketches the history of the Bleek-L1oyd collection by documenting the cataloguing and archiving of material which has occurred in the years subsequent to the recording of the original manuscripts and certain related material ... Read more
How new is New Frank Talk? Steve Biko's philosophy of Black Consciousness in the post-aparthed context

Author: Van der Wolf, Marthe Date: 2012 The main aim of this thesis is to examine the usage and modification of the philosophy of Black Consciousness in post-1994 South Africa. The usage and modification is examined through an intertextual analysis, which investigates what notions ... Read more
Hungry for the other: representation of HIV/AIDS in the South African media

Author: Wallis, R Ewan Date: 2008 Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 61-69). Read more
'If it's not black gold, then it's bone gold' : contested knowledges of the Prestwich Street dead

Author: Ralphs, Gerard Date: 2008 The aim of this mini-dissertation is to map out the nature of these contested knowledges of the Prestwich Street dead, and to describe and analyse the struggles of dominance and resistance these different ways of knowing gave rise to. My ... Read more
In the halls of history: the making and unmaking of the life-casts at the ethnography galleries of the Iziko South African Museum

Author: Cedras, Robyn-Leigh Date: 2016 This mini-dissertation is a study of the phenomenon of life-casting and the display of these in the museum space. It looks specifically at the practice as it came into use at the turn of the twentieth century at the South African Museum in ... Read more
A Kalahari family : the makings of a family, a filmmaker and a film

Author: Luty, Anna Date: 2007 Includes bibliographical references (leaves 111-120) Read more

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