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The Litterateur’s Citadel: fostering literary appreciation in-between the realms of reality-space and fantasy-place
(University of the Free State, 2021-12)The term “literature” is often approached as purely educational or academic. However, its origin as stories and tales illuminates a much more significant role of literature. Carried over from generation to generation, ... -
A stratigraphic-structural investigation of an area south of Pofadder, Namaqua Mobile Belt, South Africa
(University of the Free State, 2021-12)The area of the Namaqua Mobile Belt investigated is situated in the eastern part of the Aggeneys Terrane (2-1.06 Ga), south of Pofadder in the Northern Cape. The mapping campaign covered an area of 1,350 km², in the eastern ... -
Recycling Rex Trueform: adaptive reuse of an unutilised heritage site in Salt River Cape Town by giving it a new function as a textile hybrid
(University of the Free State, 2021)The garment industry is one of the largest industries in the world. Due to rapid technological advancements, the production process of textiles has changed. These changes have resulted in the production of more affordable ... -
Oikos of relational encounters: an Eco-Tourist Visitor’s Centre and Extension to Twinstreams Environmental and Education Centre in the Umlalazi Nature Reserve
(2021-10)In the time of the Anthropocene, we have reached a point as humans where we have removed ourselves from nature and, in turn, have idealized and romanticised views of our initial natural habitat. We have abandoned our initial ... -
A memory exchange hub: encapsulating memory through an architectural intervention
(University of the Free State, 2021)This dissertation is an exploration and design of a Memory Exchange Hub in Lephalale in between the Maroela Old Age Home and the local Lephalale Library. Lephalale is situated in Limpopo where the EXXARO coal mine is crucial ... -
Understanding sustainable livelihood strategies of female-headed households: the case of Renosterberg Municipality, Pixley ka Seme District, Northern Cape
(University of the Free State, 2021-11)The population of female-headed households in South Africa has significantly risen. The Statistics SA General House Survey (GHS) of 2020 revealed an estimate of 7.2 million or 41.9 percent of these households are headed ... -
Before the dust settles: a Nama Arts and Culture exhibition complex Springbok, Northern Cape
(University of the Free State, 2021)The acts of preserving and exhibiting ephemeral African arts are important, as it safeguards cultural identities for generations. In order for museums and galleries to preserve art, the idea of the white cube was developed. ... -
Ode to tragedies lost between land and sea
(University of the Free State, 2021)The ocean, a vast and mysterious force, sets the stage for tragic shipwreck events around the Southern Tip of Africa. Nearly 3 000 historical shipwrecks of different nationalities met their untimely demise at the hands of ... -
Cosmic perspectives: an astronomical narratoscope at boyden observatory used to interpret borrowed moments from indigenous cosmology
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Sweet - pea’s garden : an urban green cemetery which invites a more positive grieving process through biophilia
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Embedding tamper-resistant, publicly verifiable random number seeds in permissionless blockchain systems
(IEEE, 2022)Many blockchain processes require pseudo-random numbers. This is especially true of blockchain consensus mechanisms that aim to fairly distribute the opportunity to propose new blocks between the participants in the system. ... -
Influence of clay mineral amendments characteristics on heavy metals uptake in vetiver grass (Chrysopogon zizanioides L. Roberty) and Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L. Czern)
(MDPI, 2022)Phytoremediation is limited when heavy metals reduce soil quality and, subsequently, inhibit plant growth. In this study, we evaluated the use of attapulgite and bentonite as amendments in soil contaminated with multiple ... -
Youths' perceptions and aspiration towards participating in the agricultural sector: a South African case study
(MDPI, 2022)Agriculture is considered as a leading source of employment while ensuring food security to the world and especially rural communities. However, the youth do not appear to be interested in the agricultural sector due to ... -
Anthropogenic light, noise, and vegetation cover differentially impact different foraging guilds of bat on an opencast mine in South Africa
(Frontiers, 2022)Bats are known to be sensitive to changes in their environment. The impact of natural vegetation cover, artificial light intensity and noise (dBA) were investigated on the bat community on the opencast Venetia diamond mine ... -
An analysis of drought preparedness interventions in Daluka ward, Lupane district, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe
(University of the Free State, 2021)Drought is a natural phenomenon and affects almost all areas of the world. What is important is for those communities at risk to prepare and plan for drought to lessen its impact on their livelihoods. Analysis of drought ... -
Integration of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) into disaster management: a case of Kwazulu-Natal Human Settlements in response to October 2017 storm damage
(University of the Free State, 2020)Geographic Information System (GIS) has been used internationally as the support system to better respond to disasters. Since South Africa is not immune to disasters the intention of the study was to establish whether GIS ... -
The prevalence of trauma symptoms and coping used in a disaster-affected community in Johannesburg, South Africa
(University of the Free State, 2021-11)Worldwide, the prevalence of trauma symptoms and coping mechanisms used in a disaster-affected community have received little attention, especially in developing countries. This study, therefore, assessed the prevalence ... -
Linking geographic origin and mitogenomes of the ground pangolin in southern Africa
(University of the Free State, 2021-11)The order Pholidota includes the most trafficked mammal species globally. The family Maninae with recognized species are categorized as Endangered and Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Due ... -
The Sr isotopic stratigraphy of the LCZ-UCZ transition in the Western Limb of the Bushveld Complex
(University of the Free State, 2021)Data on the modal mineralogy, whole-rock geochemistry, plagioclase mineral chemistry and Sr isotopic compositions in lithologies covering an interval of ~100 m across the Upper Critical Zone (UCZ) and Lower Critical Zone ... -
The socio-economic impacts of floods in Kudube informal settlement in the city of Tshwane, Gauteng province of South Africa
(University of the Free State, 2021-11)Flooding is a common natural disaster around the world, and the City of Tshwane is not excluded from this commonality. Both informal and formal settlements in the city are affected by flooding though the impacts are not ...
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