Everywhere in countries around the world, there is an urgent call for governments in
Nations to enforcement democracy for its citizens. One of the measures of democracy
is in an election where citizens are able to freely ...
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This research report looks at the coverage of the Strategic Defence Procurement Package by two South African daily newspapers: The Star and Sowetan and ANC president Jacob Zuma alleged involvement to determine ...
Development Communication theories suggest that media plays a critical role in the
transformation of societies (Melkote, 2003). In line with this thesis, this research
discusses the extent to which news media can provide ...
Even though investigations of knowledge construction within CMC have been conducted (e.g.
Gunawardena, Lowe and Anderson, 1997; Schellens & Valcke, 2004), no research has compared
F2F communication and CMC in terms of ...
This research report focuses on the ‘media trial’ claim of current South African president Jacob Zuma and his allegation, after the dropping of the charges by the National Prosecuting Authority that he was unfairly ‘tried ...
This study investigated the effectiveness of Feuerstein’s mediated intervention programme on a sample of the Grade Five population, in a remedial school. The participants (n=20) were systematically sampled and they constituted ...
International and local guidelines for designing distance education materials advise
designers to use feedback from students in the redesign of their materials. This study is a
response to the researcher’s failed attempt ...
This study evaluated the mediational role of Muslim School teachers‟ workplace spiritualty
on perceptions of principal behaviour, individual job satisfaction and organisational
commitment. In this regard The Meaning and ...
There is consensus in media scholarship that in the best conditions, the media can play fundamental roles as institutions of the public sphere in both established and fledgling democracies. This study applies the critical ...
Although the management of Motor Neuron Disease (MND) remains devoid of a
cure, persons affected by this devastating condition are nonetheless entitled to the best
quality care that is available. A paucity of information ...
Objective The high prevalence rates of HIV/AIDS in South Africa clearly point
towards the need to mobilise all available resources in order to adequately respond to
the epidemic and its outcomes. It seems that strategies ...
Introduction: The deleterious health effects of tobacco use and smoking in
particular have been well documented. Anti-smoking campaigns have been in
existence for decades. Doctors, generally perceived as role models by ...
Membrane assisted passive sampler (MAPS) is an informative, cost-effective and
environmentally friendly approach for monitoring of ionisable organic compounds in water
bodies. The sampler uses no organic solvent. By ...
In recent years there has been much progress in understanding and defining the key
protein structure-function relationships that mediate Human Immunodeficiency Virus
(HIV-1) entry into host CD4+ cells. This process ...
Small towns represent a neglected area of study in South Africa, particularly those with a population of less than 5000 people. This report attempts to respond to this gap and gain a greater understanding of the workings ...
This thesis investigates the role of masculinities on men’s sexual and reproductive
health in Botswana. Botswana is currently in the throes of a severe heterosexually
driven HIV/AIDS epidemic that has eroded some of the ...
Mental health in South Africa has undergone many changes since
the pioneering work of colonial doctors in the early 1900’s. With the
advent of a human rights based constitution in the 1990’s, mental
health was forced ...
Reading comprehension proficiency is vital for learners to be successful in their academic career, however, South African studies have revealed that reading comprehension skills are severely underdeveloped in secondary ...
Mental models can be defined as mental representations or cognitive mappings of external
systems that allow for effective descriptions, explanations and predictions of those systems
(Staggers & Norcio, 1993). The quality ...