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Mapping liberation through song: the impact of anti-apartheid popular music and protest/liberation songs in South Africa and the diaspora, 1950-1994
(University of the Free State, 2021-11)This study aims to analyse the role that popular music and protest/liberation songs played in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, spanning across the era of apartheid rule from 1948 until 1994. This study ... -
Academic performance in Mathematics among selected high school students in Phuthaditjhaba as a function of the teacher's motivation
(University of the Free State, 2003-10)This study seeks to investigate the academic performance in Mathematics among selected high school students in Phuthaditjhaba as a function of the teacher's motivation. This investigation was triggered by the arguments put ... -
Variation in object marking of Biblical Hebrew verbs: a preliminary syntactic analysis
(University of the Free State, 2021-11)Biblical Hebrew exhibits considerable variation in the syntax of how object/complements appear with verbs. For example, a writer could use a direct object without any additional particles or prepositions, a direct object ... -
Marabi and poststructuralism(s): an inquiry into the possibility of forging a rapprochement between aspects of poststructuralist thinking and marabi in its context (1920’s-1930’s)
(University of the Free State, 2022-01)This study forges a rapprochement between aspects of poststructuralist theory and marabi in its socio-political, historical, ideological and labour contexts of the 1920s to 1930s. After considering the socio-historical ... -
A comparative cost analysis of functional neurological disorder with other neurological disorders in patients admitted at Universitas Academic Hospital Neurology Ward
(University of the Free State, 2021-05)Background: There is a lack of published data about functional neurological disorder and related costs incurred on the health care system in South Africa. Aim: To compare the health care costs of functional neurological ... -
Sociolinguistics of Lesotho English in the Kingdom of Lesotho
(University of the Free State, 2021-07)This study set out to investigate Sociolinguistics of Lesotho English in the Kingdom of Lesotho. Mainly premised on the principles of the qualitative research design and methodology, this study adopted the narrative ... -
John Chrysostom’s interpretation of the rhetoric of the letter to the Colossians
(University of the Free State, 2021-11)This study aims to investigate how John Chrysostom interpreted the rhetoric of Colossians in his homilies on this letter and to compare his interpretation with the current understanding of the rhetoric of Colossians. This ... -
Public sector accountancy education at South African universities
(University of the Free State, 2021-10)This study has been undertaken against the perceived insufficiency of public sector accountancy education and research at universities, locally and internationally, while the need for public sector accountancy exists. The ... -
Prefeasibility study for managed aquifer recharge within the Greater Kruger National Park, Limpopo province, South Africa
(University of the Free State, 2022-02)The Greater Kruger National Park (GKNP) is located in South Africa, which is a relatively dry country and among the 20 most water-scarce countries in the world. Two study sites for a prefeasibility study are situated along ... -
Reservation wages, transitions from, and the duration of, unemployment in South Africa
(University of the Free State, 2021-11)South Africa has one of the highest unemployment rates in the world, with women, youths, and people with low levels of education being especially likely to be unemployed. Most South African unemployed are also long-term ... -
Interethnic conflict and the role of traditional leaders in the truth and reconciliation programme in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo
(University of the Free State, 2021-11)This empirical research was built on the failure of military operations, and formal peacebuilding processes sought to curb the interethnic conflicts revolving around the issues of land, citizenship and political power in ... -
The effect of psychological capital and self-leadership on work engagement among agricultural extension advisors
(University of the Free State, 2021-11)Work engagement is considered highly important to organisations and within the field of industrial psychology as organisations hope to improve and increase employee’s engagement and in so doing, enhance employees’ performances. ... -
A crystallographic investigation of multidentate ligand hafnium(IV) halido complexes
(University of the Free State, 2021-11)Hafnium, the chemical element with atomic number 72 in the titanium-triad on the periodic table, was first discovered by Dirk Coster and George von Hevesy in 1923 by analysing X-Ray spectra of Norwegian zircon samples (sea ... -
Infusing disaster resilience thinking and practice into rural settlement planning, development and management in Zimbabwe
(University of the Free State, 2021-11)Rural areas in Zimbabwe, as elsewhere, are undergoing various transformations, some induced by natural processes and others by human interventions. One has to acknowledge the increase anthropogenic actions on the Earth ... -
The continuance use intention of mobile shopping applications: the role of experiential value
(University of the Free State, 2021-12)Globally and locally, the uptake of smartphones and mobile devices continues to increase, all of which can support business-to-consumer electronic commerce transactions. Consequently, mobile shopping applications (m-shopping ... -
Self-initiated strategies for labour market integration among tied migrants in South Africa
(University of the Free State, 2021-11)South Africa is a hub for migration in sub-Saharan Africa and a prominent reservoir of migratory flows within and beyond the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Since the early 2000s, this skills-constrained ... -
Developmental and gene expression changes during intra-puparial development in Chrysomya albiceps (Diptera: Calliphoridae)
(University of the Free State, 2021-11)Criminal investigations are dependent on postmortem interval estimations (PMI) to solve crimes by determining when a homicide occurred. Time of death is estimated using several components, including pathology; however, a ... -
Ceremonial cinema: world-creation and social transformation through film as ritual
(University of the Free State, 2021-11)The journey to the cinema and our experiences there form part of what is effectively a screening ritual geared toward affecting audiences. The power of cinema largely derives from being removed from general society – ... -
Socio-economic implications for teachers retrenched in Qwaqwa 1996-1999
(University of the Free State, 2005-03)The purpose of this research was to investigate the socio - economic effects of teacher retrenchments in Qwaqwa - Free State. Te administration of the survey method generated information that was analysed using both ... -
Biophilic placemaking: rooting aquaponics in the landscape of the Eastern Free State
(University of the Free State, 2021)How can we as architects build a new world of sustainable beauty? This thesis posits that it is possible by learning from nature. Biomimicry and permaculture look at nature as a catalogue of products that have undergone a ...
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