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NGO legitimacy in supporting informal settlements communities: representation, participation and accountability explored through a South African case study

Saibul, Georgina Peter Ole (2012-01-16)

This thesis studies the legitimacy of NGOs in supporting communities living in informal settlements in South Africa. The key objective is to explore how development NGOs derive legitimacy by using representation, ...
NGO's and food aid in Zimbabwe: a case study of World Vision International food aid intervention strategy in Gwanda District

Ncube, Leslie (2010-08-17)

Abstract The Zimbabwe food security situation has considerably worsened in view of the socio-economic and political climate at play in the country. It is argued in this research that food aid in the form of handouts, when ...
Ngqoko throat singing: the search for an effective musical notation

Tracey, Kerryn Ann (2009-09-02)

This report forms part of the output of a research team investigating the phenomenon of overtone singing as practiced by the women of the Ngqoko Women’s Ensemble in the village of Ngqoko outside the town of Lady Frere in ...
Nickel and copper catalysed synthesis of carbon fibers

Maubane, Manoko Stephina (2014-01-10)

Structured carbon nanomaterials have attracted considerable interest because of their unique structures and outstanding properties. Among other structured carbon nanomaterials, carbon nanofibers (CNFs) have been the ...
The Niger Delta Development Commission's approach to infrastructure and socio-economic development of the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria.

Okon, Unoanwanaile Mbiakudi (2010-08-17)

Over the past 50 years, The Niger Delta Region of Nigeria has generated millions of USD from its endowed sale of crude oil. Yet still, its people live in abject poverty and lack basic infrastructure. This propelled ...
The nitrogen and sulfur status and isotopes of soils within the vicinity of a coal-fired power station in South Africa

Angelova, Mia (2013-05-02)

Amplified loads of sulfate and nitrate have caused increased stress on soil systems in many areas of the world, as both are dominant components of acid rain. This is a critical environmental stress due to the damage ...
Nitrogen-containing derivatives of naphthoquinone and podophyllotoxin

Jeftic, Tanya Dushanka (2012-03-05)

In the initial, methodological part of this MSc project we intended to expand upon and improve various aspects of the ultrasound accelerated, iodine catalyzed, conjugate addition reaction of amines with 1,4-naphthoquinones ...
Noether, partial noether operators and first integrals for systems

Naeem, Imran (2009-04-21)

The notions of partial Lagrangians, partial Noether operators and partial Euler-Lagrange equations are used in the construction of first integrals for ordinary differential equations (ODEs) that need not be derivable ...
No free lunch and risk measures on Orlicz spaces

Offwood, Theresa Maria (2012-09-12)

The importance of Orlicz spaces in the study of mathematics of nance came to the for in the 2000's when Frittelli and his collaborators connected the theory of utility functions to Orlicz spaces. In this thesis, we look ...
Noise and whole-body vibration in underground locomotive operators

Southon, Sharon (2011-03-16)

Introduction Locomotive operators in the mining industry are exposed to high levels of noise and vibration. There is currently limited information indicating whole-body vibration exposure levels conducted over an 8-hour ...
Noise-induced hearing loss in a paper mill in KZN, South Africa

Viljoen, Christina Adriana (2008-07-17)

ABSTRACT It is well documented that repetitive exposures to high intensity sound can cause acoustic trauma to the ear resulting in hearing loss, and that occupational noise is a significant cause of adult-onset hearing ...
Noise modeling for standard CENELEC A-band power line communication channel

Familua, Ayokunle Damilola (2013-07-19)

Power line communications (PLC) usage of low-voltage electrical power supply network as a medium of communication provides an alternative for the telecommunication access and in-house communication. Historically, power ...
"No" - Jose Saramago's subversive creativity from The History of the Siege of Lisbon to The Stone Raft: voyages into the idea of national identity

Mihai, Corina M. (2009-02-19)

Abstract This study outlines a reading of Saramago’s novels as tracing a reflective itinerary into history, questioning the modalities informing a contemporary consciousness, thus acknowledging and re–configuring the past. ...
Noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium: factors associated with the compaction ratio in congenital and acquired paediatric cardiac disease

Hunter, Vivienne Isla (2009-11-17)

Left ventricular (LV) noncompaction is characterized by the presence of an extensive trabecular myocardial layer within the luminal aspect of the compact myocardium of the ventricular wall. The trabeculae are both excessive ...
Non-compliance with chemotherapy in the oncology patient with a good prognosis

Benjamin, Ruth Valerie Nona (2006-10-31)

This study on non-compliance with chemotherapy in the oncology patient with a good prognosis was done in the Johannesburg Hospital in South Africa. 114 compliant and 33 non compliant oncology patients with a good prognosis ...
Non-formal, christian religious education for adults at a local Charismatic church on the Witwatersrand

Mitchell, J (2014-05-30)

The case study, presented in this report, is concerned with a particular form of adult education, namely, non-formal, adult Christian religious education - a form of education associated with local churches and which is ...
The nonoxidative conversion of light alkanes over metal-loaded H-ZSM-5 zeolite catalysts

Ngobeni, Maropeng Walter (2008-06-20)

The study of the aromatisation of methane was conducted at 750oC over metalimpregnated H-ZSM-5 catalysts with a feed flow rate of 13 ml/min and the composition of the feed was 90% methane balance argon. Typical products ...
Non-oxidative conversion of methane into aromatic hydrocarbons over molybdenum modified H-ZSM-5 zeolite catalysts

Tshabalala, Themba Emmanuel (2014-07-02)

Dehydroaromatization of methane (MDA) reaction was investigated over platinum modified Mo/H-ZSM-5 catalysts which were pre-carbided at 750 oC. The influence of platinum on the catalytic performance and product selectivity ...
Non-planar Ads/CFT from group representation theory

Smith, Stephanie (2014-06-12)

In this thesis we explore certain limits of the AdS/CFT correspondence for integrability. This is done by calculating the action of the dilatation operator on operators known as restricted Schur polynomials, which are ...
Non-randomised clinical trial of intensive versus weekly physiotherapy for children with minor motor difficulties

Edelman, Stacey Lisa (2011-11-10)

Developmental Co-ordination Disorder (DCD) is a heterogeneous disorder that is said to present in five to eight percent of the school-aged population. Children with DCD have motor inco-ordination and poor fine function, ...

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