Studies have shown that text-to-speech systems need detailed prosodic models of a language in order to
ideally sound natural to native speakers of the language. A text-to-speech system developed for Sesotho
needs to have ...
Abstract In this research report I address the question: "Are acts of the ritual slaughter of animals, of the kind recently engaged in by the Yengeni family, morally justifiable?" Using the Yengeni incident as a springboard ...
Thesis Abstract
Software process assessments are currently being conducted by organisations using de facto
assessment standards such as ISO/IEC 15504, ISO 9001, CMM and BOOTSTRAP. These
assessment standards require ...
Abstract
This study critically analyses whether ICASA effectively regulates the SABC so that it plays
its role as a public service broadcaster in the public interest and promotes democracy. The
study applies a combination ...
Topological groups and semigroups form the basic building blocks of many different
areas of mathematics. The aim of this work is to determine if a general cancellative
semigroup can be given a left shift invariant topology. ...
The Torch Commando is customarily regarded as a war veterans movement which emerged spontaneously as a response to the proposed violation of the Constitution by the Nationalist Government through the removal of the Coloureds ...
The modern world is dependent upon the continuous production of liquid fuels,
most of which are derived from crude oil. South Africa has very limited reserves
of crude oil, which means that the five oil refineries located ...
Global climate change, often referred to as „global warming‟ is possibly one of the most serious environmental challenges facing the world this century (DEAT, 2004; IPCC, 2007). There have been several studies (e.g. Viner ...
Through
a
case
study
of
the
relationship
between
the
rural
Makuleke
community
and
the
regional
tourism
operator
Wilderness
Safaris,
this
thesis
examines
the
impact
of
tourism
partnerships
on
c ...
A project aimed at the development of a robot-based patient positioning system for
high-precision proton radiotherapy is underway at iThemba LABS. Part of the project
included the development of a portal digital x-ray ...
This paper examines three different post-colonial sites where
there is a need for reconciliation. The mode of analysis suggested here is
based on the notion of post-colonialism. This is not a repudiation of the
African ...
The increasing demand for business analysts in recent years has brought about the
need for a proper articulation of the Business Analyst’s role. Despite the growth of the
business analysis field, and its value, academic ...
Web 2.0 was a phrase coined in 2004 to describe the characteristics of web sites
which survived the original Dot-com crash. Despite the discussion of this
phenomenon in a wide variety of both academic and mass media ...
ABSTRACT
With the change of regime in 1994, South African education policies for the
arts have been created without a conceptual base. Music is on the outskirts
of the present educational master plan that favours ...
This research report presents a pilot study exploring the possibility of applying a Lacanian
clinical methodology for analyzing unconscious dynamics in extra-analytic material. This
research initially investigates the ...
The minerals sector in the Southern African Development Community
(SADC) is considered to be the basis of economic reconstruction and
development. After several decades of mineral extraction, SADC member
States are still ...
This study aims at highlighting the politics of international cooperation with respect to
monetary integration in West Africa. Monetary integration was envisaged in the
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ...
Abstract
This research report attempts to investigate and articulate issues pertaining to Theatre as Activism
within the parameters of applied drama and theatre as experienced in Southern Africa. This analysis is
situated ...
The costs of injury are of obvious importance for the
purposes of priority setting in prevention planning by
policy makers and stakeholders in general. The economic
costs of injury and death have been the focus ...