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In J.M Coetzee’s Age of Iron, Mrs Elizabeth Curren recounts the life-altering events of her last days battling cancer in a letter to her estranged daughter. The novel is set in Cape Town, South Africa in 1986-89 – a time of division, injustice and revolution....
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Abstract This paper would like to demystify how the post-apartheid South African universities neglected the Humanities and Social Sciences. How did this neglect affect the entire South African society when institutions of higher learning took such a stance? What is the government, the main funder...
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Over the years, major conflicts between countries have led to the proliferation of deadly weapons of all kind, chemical and biological, when parties involved in the conflict decide to resort to the usage of arms, thereby starting an arms race. In Africa, general and complete...
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Languages French, English, Kinyarwanda, and Swahili are the official languages that are spoken by the Republic of Rwanda. With more than 12 million speakers, Kinyarwanda is a Bantu ethnic language in various countries including: the Demographic of Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda. In Rwanda, the only...
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Parklands is a west coast suburb of Cape Town, named after its view of plane lands after Table View. It has expanded rapidly since the 1970s .The region is located along the seafront road. This beautiful coast area is faced with air pollution threats as...
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It is no secret that President Jacob Zuma, the Gupta brothers, his son Duduzani Zuma, Malusi Gigaba, Brian Molefe just to mention a few have been involved in corruption for very long time. And neither did it surprised the public when it was said that...
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NANDO’S ART INITIATIVE AND NANDO’S HEARTFELT CELEBRATION OF SOUTH AFRICAN DESIGN PROJECT Socio-economic issue: Unemployment, exposure for upcoming entrepreneurs and youth empowerment Nando’s has the world’s largest collection of contemporary South African artworks, furniture and designs showcased internationally, presenting African creativity while increasing public access...
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Water pollution refers to when non-naturally occurring substances build up in water to an extent that causes problems for organisms making use of the water. Large bodies of water have the ability to somewhat naturally clean a certain amount of pollution by harmlessly dispersing it...
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Measuring public violence is complicated by the difficulty of developing a suitable definition that adequately describes the phenomenon in all its various forms. Moreover, the nature of public violence can shift or expand, with, for example, a protest starting over inadequate housing but resulting in...
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The South African fast food market is growing exponentially and has shown a rapid increase of international brands, local brands and consumer interest over the last few years. Fast food in South Africa is predicted to have an annual growth of 9% from 2014 to...
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There has been a research concerning absent parents in South Africa. Almost half of South Africa’s children are growing up without their parents, the widespread of absent parents has been a growing trend that is amongst other things seen to be contributing to our generation’s...
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Nelson Mandela – the world-wide known and one of the most important leaders around the world In my opinion, one of the most important leaders around the world, and especially in America, is the world-wide known Nelson Mandela. Nelson Mandela was a South African Politician...
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South Africa isn’t particularly known worldwide for any groundbreaking ideas in the culinary world. Theirs is a similar story to that of many other countries, particularly ones belonging to former empires. South Africa is strategically located between two oceans, allowing it easy access to Eastern...
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Strategic management is necessary to plan appropriately and ensure thatorganisations outperform their rivals. With regards to the externalenvironment relating to Africa, we will explore the roles of the African Union(AU) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) inpromoting the well-being, attitude and competitiveness of African...
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Introduction Cape Town, home to approximately 4 million people, listed as the 10th most populous city in South Africa. Cape Town is a coastal city located in the South West region of South Africa, a coordinate of approximately 33.9249°S, 18.4241 The water crisis began in...
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What factors are affecting first additional language teaching in South African foundation phase classes? There are many factors that affects the teaching of a first additional language in South African classrooms. However I will be focusing on the factors that I observed during my teaching...
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Philanthropy is not new in Africa but there is not nearly enough record and systematic documentation of individual or institutional philanthropy within the African context to show for it. There are examples (Rosemary & Mutunkei , 2016) and numerous accounts of Africans coming together either...
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According to the adventurous tourists and holidays makers, it has been told that that cuisine of Seychelles is quite tasty and special. You should know about the cuisines to taste in Seychelles if you want to explore this city in the upcoming winter vacations of...
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In the course of the most recent a half year, the cost of oil dropped from $110 to its present cost of simply over $60 a barrel. Therefore, there were three separate petrol value cuts in South Africa, from simply over R14 per liter in...
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Introduction Elon Musk is a South-African serial entrepreneur and is the founder of Tesla Motors, SpaceX and PayPal. All three of which are valued at well over a billion dollars making Elon’s net worth an astonishing $20. 8 billion (“Elon Musk Biography. ”, 2005). Musk...
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The Injaka Bridge project was in a small town called Bushbuckridge in South Africa. It was proposed to be a seven-span 300m steel structure. In July 1998 it was being constructed using the incremental launching method when disaster struck, and the bridge collapsed. The bridge...
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This essay seeks to analyse a practice in the North West University Potchefstroom campus. This practice involves “curriculum of higher education that has not yet been a decolonized”. Since 2015 students across South African universities have been campaigning for the decolonization of higher education. This...
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I belong to United Arab Emirates and I’m a strong follower of the Arab Islamic culture and values. The Arab culture along with the Islamic faith is intensely knotted. While Islam is the major religion, other spiritual groups are believed and treated with esteem. Most...
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The challenges associated with imposed and fractured constitutionalism could be solved by adopting transformative constitutionalism. Klare (1998), views transformative (objective) constitutionalism as a meaningful change in constitutional settings, culture and attitude; that is, practical change in terms of progressive realisation of democracy and rights on...
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Introduction Crime can be described as an action that leads to an offence and consequences of being punished, because it is against the law. Punishments to criminal offences ranges on the kind of crime one has done, criminal offences include murder; robbery; rape and child...
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If you had all the money in the world to buy anything you want, what would it be? Many people would say a car, a mansion, make a business, clothes, shoes, food or anything that would satisfy their needs. But would you ever think of...
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Introduction Land Value Capture (LVC) consists of a number of different instruments which can be implemented by state to increase the land value market around a certain urban area. Some of these instruments which is associated with LVC includes strategies such as incentive zonings, development...
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Remuneration trends in South Africa are changing very rapidly and it is essential to keep abreast of the latest and current reward trends in order to gain a competitive edge. Rewards play an important role in determining employees’ attitudes toward their work. South African organizations...
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Introduction This document aims to address disease prevention and health promotion in the South African context. First, burnout and engagement will be conceptualised. Second, these two concepts will be compared and contrasted based on components, Job demands-resource mode, research and last, the South African perspective...
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Introduction Violence in schools whether towards educators or students is an ever-growing problem present in the country and ineffective disciplinary measures are to blame. When the consequence does not weigh up to the severity of the action, the student will not see the reality of...