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A Soft Landing

Author: Mushwana, Wisani Date: 2021 For Andzani, home has always been a trigger for unpleasant memories, it has become the site for anxiety. After completing his Accounting Degree at the University of Cape Town and securing employment after, Andzani minimizes his visits back ... Read more
The alignment between curriculum objectives and assessment of IsiXhosa at Grade 12 level

Author: Poni, Zukiswa Date: 2015 In the new South Africa (after 1994), the education system required an extensive overhaul to ensure that the inequalities of the past do not continue to dominate the education system. As a result, a number of debates took place and in 1998 a ... Read more
An analysis of the lyrics of the top 10 African language pop songs on Umhlobo Wenene in 2016

Author: Gobodwana, Anele Date: 2019 In this dissertation I critically analyse the lyrics of the top 10 songs (sung in an indigenous African language) aired on uMhlobo weNene (the national broadcast station for the Xhosa language) during 2016. Before the analysis of the songs I ... Read more
An examination of how loanwords in a corpus of spoken and written contemporary isiXhosa are incorporated into the noun class system of isiXhosa

Author: Futuse, Liziwe Date: 2019 Lexical change is a natural phenomenon for all of the world’s languages. This change can be viewed in terms of language contact, technological innovation and the adoption of new lifestyles. Whereas in the past isiXhosa, a Nguni language spoken ... Read more
Analysis of language policy implementation in basic education

Author: Maponopono, Naledi Date: 2021 The South African society is plagued with a “complex and fascinating landscape of multilingualism that comprises of eleven official languages post the apartheid era” (Pluddeman et al, 2004: 13-14). The apartheid era saw only “English and ... Read more
An analysis of the causes and consequences of conflict and violence in A.C. Jordan's The Wrath of the Ancestors and R.L. Peteni's Hill of Fools

Author: Yola, Ziyanda Date: 2017 South Africa is one of the countries with high rates of violence in the world. The beginning of high rates of conflict and violence in South Africa can be traced as far back as the 17th century. During this era seven wars were fought in this ... Read more
Art as craft and politics : the literature of Mongane Wally Serote

Author: Mashigoane, Mncedisi Siseko Date: 2000 Includes bibliography (leaves 193-196) and index. Read more
Battle narrative in Virgil and Ovid

Author: Christie, Camilla Rose Date: 2015 The intent of this thesis is to examine the stylistics of Latin epic narrative as used to narrate and describe extended battle sequences, and to explore the way in which Latin authors working during the Augustan Era engaged with Homeric ... Read more
Careless Human Acts

Author: de Bruyn, Pippa Date: 2019 The novel is divided into three sections, a few days at a three times in an 18-year relationship. Part One is set in June 1976. A dissolute couple is flying home from Europe to Johannesburg. Elsa, who has concealed sexual contraband, is ... Read more
Character portrayal in three Icelandic sagas

Author: Rogers, Eirlys Anne Date: 1996 This dissertation outlines the political and social organization of the Icelandic Commonwealth, and analyses the characters of Gunnlaug in Gunnlaugs saga; of Brodd-Helgi, Geitir, Bjami and Thorkel in Vápnfirŏinga saga and of Snorri in Eyrbyggja saga. Read more
“Collecting spring water reminds us how to be human”: in search of an ethic of care for the springs of southern Cape Town

Author: Tyrrell, Jessica Date: 2021 Between 2015 and 2018 Cape Town was affected by a drought more severe than any on record. When it became clear that Cape Town might actually run out of water, thousands of its citizens flocked to the historical springs that flow from Table ... Read more
Dea Roma and the Roman virtues : a comparative study in the policy and practice of Deified abstractions

Author: Sharp, James Edward Date: 2013 The purpose of this thesis is to provide an in-depth study of the goddess Roma and the development and spread of her cult across the eastern and western halves of the Roman Empire from the second century BC to the reign of Augustus. In the ... Read more
Desire, Capital, Race and History at K Sello Duiker and Ishtiyaq Shukri’s Cape

Author: Morar, Rowan Date: 2018 Traits of post-independence disillusionment registered in African literature areapparent in the post-apartheid work of K Sello Duiker and Ishtiyaq Shukri. Duiker’s The Quiet Violence of Dreams (2001) and Shukri’s The Silent Minaret (2005), ... Read more
Die Bemiddelaars met middelvingers: n' studie oor die verhoudiing tussen mag en satire

Author: Vermaak, Johannes Date: 2019 Satire and power are inseparably interconnected. This study investigates satire and power as contextually informed by their socio-political milieu. The origins of satire, both etymologically and as genre, constitute the first section. This ... Read more
Eish - when to use -ish-: a study in the verbalization of English lexical items in spoken Xhosa

Author: Madubela, Ndumiso S Date: This study examines how Xhosa speakers incorporate verbs of English origin into their lexicons with a specific focus on the -ish- suffix. The study deals with historical treatments of this phenomenon and debates its relevance and applicability ... Read more
Elaboration d'un curriculum pour l'introduction des cours de francais langue etrangere au centre de formation continue de Lupane State University

Author: Mahanya, Kudakwashe Date: 2014 Read more
Essence Apparatus

Author: Schrattenholz, Maria Dorothea Date: 2021 Essence Apparatus is a collection of fiction short stories rooted in poetry and the traditions of ‘the uncanny' and ‘weird' writing. Included are also three expository essays relating to my creative work and its contextual and theoretical ... Read more
An exploration of teaching and learning in an isiXhosa communicative language skills course in a medical school

Author: Tyam, Nolubabalo Date: 2016 This thesis reports on research conducted into the teaching and learning of an isiXhosa Communication Skills course as a Second Language (SL) at the University of Cape Town (UCT). The research was an exploration of an isiXhosa language teaching ... Read more
Exploring the role of the postmodern feminist voice in the development of the school language text

Author: Perumal, Juliet Christine Date: 1997 Commencing with an abbreviated herstorical review of the various strands that comprise feminism's rich tapestry, this study proceeds with an enquiry into the postmodern feminist challenge against patriarchal ideological extravagances that ... Read more
Frauen schreiben uber Frauen : eine vergleichende Studie postfeministischer, weiblicher Selbstdarstellung in ausgewahlten deutschen und afrikaansen literarischen Texten

Author: Behrensmeyer, Annette Date: 2009 Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-114). Read more

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