Browsing AA 2003 Volume 35 Issue 1 by Issue Date
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Newspaper coverage of South African tobacco issues, 1997-2001
(University of the Free State, 2003)English: The purpose of this study was to investigate the way in which the tobacco issue has been framed in the mass media in South Africa. 363 South African newspaper articles published from January 1997 to December 2001 ... -
Coping styles and quality of life in people with HIV/AIDS: a review
(University of the Free State, 2003)English: In the midst of the dramatic global escalation of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, the relative longevity of patients continues to increase. The success with which one manages to cope with the continuous stress attached to ... -
Moral and medical ‘prescriptions’ in a fifteenth-century Sacrament play
(University of the Free State, 2003)English: The purpose of this article is to investigate the manner in which Christ, perceived as present in the eucharistic host, is portrayed as the Suffering Physician in the “quack doctor” scene in the Croxton Play of ... -
Mythmaking as self-making and nation-building: a reading of Wole Soyinka’s “Idanre”
(University of the Free State, 2003)English: This paper investigates how Soyinka uses Yoruba mythology in his poem “Idanre”. It avers that Soyinka uses Ogun as his tutelary deity in an attempt at self-reclamation and nation-building. It shows how Soyinka ... -
AIDS in schools: a human rights perspective on parameters for sexuality education
(University of the Free State, 2003)Englsih: This article is set against the background of a sustained HIV/AIDS epidemic affecting the South African population, including the education sector. It explores the education sector’s responses to the epidemic in ... -
Aggressive adolescent behaviour in privileged schools
(University of the Free State, 2003)English: This article offers a perspective on the topic from educational psychology, with a focus on adolescents, who often air their frustrations at growing up and developing their own unique identity by way of opposition. ... -
The necessity of a challenge to western discourses by the African renaissance
(University of the Free State, 2003)English: One of the goals of the African renaissance and related projects is the transformation of the power relations between the West and Africa. This paper demonstrates the way in which western discourses on Africa ... -
Creating knowledge-based organisations by means of knowledge management and organisational learning
(University of the Free State, 2003)English: Knowledge-creating organisations are successful. They have the ability consistently to produce new knowledge, circulate it through their organisations, and embody it in new products and services. Knowledge is a ... -
(De)constructing systems discourses in South Africa’s Education White Paper 6: Special Needs Education
(University of the Free State, 2003)English: White Paper 6, on Special Needs Education, released in July 2001, is a response from the South African government’s Ministry of Education to the inclusion movement. In this article we examine systems discourses ... -
Poverty eradication: the need for good citizenship
(University of the Free State, 2003)English: This paper makes use of game theory to argue that poverty and inequality can be understood as the outcome of a repeated game in which the players are caught in a poverty trap, or “prisoners’ dilemma”. They can ... -
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, time perspective and the self
(University of the Free State, 2003)English: In a study aimed at establishing a greater understanding of the subjective experience of sufferers from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), time perspective was identified as one of the most affected dimensions of the ... -
Two-way symmetrical communication and interactivity on the web: a case study of two South African non-governmental organisations
(University of the Free State, 2003)English: Practitioners who use the internet as part of their public relations efforts often still do not apply the interactive features to their fullest potential. This article is based on a study that aimed to address ... -
After theory
(University of the Free State, 2003)English: In French literary studies the reign of “Theory” has come to an end and its demise has left a void. This article proposes that literary studies be founded on anthropological considerations. In order to justify ... -
Multiculturalism(s)? A critical appraisal
(University of the Free State, 2003)English: Various normative stances or responses in respect of multiculturalism are distinguished and briefly evaluated. The article focuses on what can be called “mosaic multiculturalism” — a multicultural condition (and ... -
Minimum wages for domestic workers: a comprehensive analysis
(University of the Free State, 2003)English: This article investigates the impact of a minimum wage for domestic workers on employment levels. A comparative analysis of two surveys undertaken in a Bloemfontein suburb challenges the Minister’s statement that ... -
Narrative temporalities in a Bushman rock painting site
(University of the Free State, 2003)Englsih: Proposing narrative readings of Bushman rock painting in terms of historical timeframes and narrative temporalities, this investigation of the consequences of musealisation at the Tandjesberg rock art site examines ... -
The development of dramatic symbolism and satire in the plays of Zakes Mda on the realities of South Africa’s political situation
(University of the Free State, 2003)English: This article examines Mda’s artistic development, specifically in his use of symbolism and satire, while considering reasons why he chose to use these devices. The analysis will cover the period from the seventies, ... -
Die rol van die Unieverdedigingsmag in die onderdrukking van die nywerheidsonluste aan die Rand, 1922
(University of the Free State, 2003)English: Wage and labour disputes between the Chamber of Mines and white unionised workers on the Rand led to an industrial strike in March 1922. Negotiations failed and militant strikers attacked several police stations ... -
Serieuse selfstandige soeker: C M van den Heever (1902-1957)
(University of the Free State, 2004)English: The Afrikaans poet and author C M van den Heever was the first professor of Afrikaans and Dutch at the University of the Witwatersrand. During the term of his appointment (1933-1957) he played a key role in the ...