Academic literature on the topic 'Eersterust Pretoria'

AbstractThe Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) has introduced a process in South Africa in which healing became possible through storytelling. The Research Institute for Theology and Religion (University of South Africa) has taken up the challenge of extending this process to people who, for a variety of reasons, did not have the chance to tell their stories to this commission. This introduces a new era in oral history research in South Africa in which healing, that is discontinuity, and not truth or the establishment of a continuous tradition, is the aim of research on and through storytelling. Also, the present government, by withdrawing from moral legislation, now allows for religious communities to assist civil society in the formation of a social ethos. Consequently, the aim of oral history research for the RITR has shifted from establishing the liberational and interventionary moment in storytelling to that of focusing on its religious, healing and moral subtext. This article deals exclusively with the stories of coloured people in Eersterust, a town just outside Pretoria, which focus on the forced removals of the 1960s.

The context of this study is the National Youth Development Outreach Project (YDO) situated in Eersterust, Pretoria. This study is conducted within a qualitative research paradigm. The data comprises of sentence completion exercises designed to elicit information regarding at risk adolescents’ attitudes towards music. The data is coded, categorized and organized into themes. The themes highlight five different life aspects through which these at risk adolescents identify with music. The study revealed that music therapy is an effective and appropriate way to afford at risk adolescents access to these identified life aspects and is able to facilitate the addressing of various issues within these life aspects.
Dissertation (MMus (Music Therapy))--University of Pretoria, 2005.
Music
MMus (Music Therapy)
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Text in Afrikaans
As 'n gemeenskap is Eersterust 'n skepping van apartheid. Voor die Groepsgebiedewet (1950) het alle rassegroepe in Pretoria vermeng gewoon. Dit sou lei tot ondertrouery en kultuurvermenging - iets wat die geloofsgemeenskap van Eersterust se begrafnisritueel weerspieel. Die begrafnisritueel het nie in Eersterust ontstaan nie, maar is daar uitgebou - soos die toevoeging van die troosmaal na die begrafnis. Wat by 'n afsterwe in Eersterust opval, is die geweldige kollektiewe gemeenskapsbetrokkenheid vanaf afsterwe tot met die troosmaal. Daarna kom dit abrup tot 'n einde. Die fokus van die studie is drieledig. Eerstens word gekyk na die ontstaan van die begrafnisritueel. Daarna kom twee vrae aan die orde: Wat is die betekenis van die begrafnisritueel vir die geloofsgemeenskap? Watter invloed het die ritueel op treurendes binne die geloofsgemeenskap wat doodsverlies moet verwerk? Die eerste vraag weerspieel 'n gemeenskap se trots op wat binne 'n gegewe historiese en sos10- politieke situasie vermag kan word. Binne hul verhaal van swaarkry le die spore van 'n alternatiewe gemeenskapsverhaal met 'n sterk eskatologiese duiding. Die tweede vraag wek ambivalente gevoelens. Sommige medenavorsers voel die hulp aan die treurendes is hopeloos te min. Ander getuig weer van bystand aan treurendes na 'n afsterwe. Oor een aspek is daar eenstemmigheid: Die geloofsgemeenskap sal maniere moet vind om die bestaande pastorale sorg aan die treurendes nog beter te doen. Die sleutelkonsepte van die studie - soos uiteengesit in hoofstuk 2 - val in drie dele uiteen. Daar is begrippe eie aan die gekose epistemologie; begrippe eie aan die navorsingsonderwerp; asook eiesoortige taal- en woordgebruik.
Practical Theology
M. Th. (Practical Theology)

The researcher conducted a qualitative study to determine the relationship between Local Government and the welfare organizations in the Eersterust community. In the previous political dispensation Eersterust was a community that was disadvantaged in terms of services by Local Government. Although Local Government is now tasked with a social development responsibility, its role regarding welfare organizations still does not go beyond rendering basic services, such as making premises and recreational facilities available. The research findings indicated that there is no clarity on the relationship; welfare organizations are uncertain of what is expected of them by Local Government and what they can expect from Local Government.
Health Studies
M.A.(Social Science (Mental Health))

The focus of this study is the relevance and effectiveness of the support structures available to high school learners with substance abuse problems. This research was confined to learners in Eersterust, a township situated to the east of Pretoria. Substance abuse, especially among high school learners in South Africa and in Eersterust, has increased in recent years. Substance abuse obviously poses a major barrier to learning. Along with poor academic motivation, this problem seriously interferes with learners’ academic performance and results in lower educational achievement. As an institution, the school is not able to provide support to these learners and so is obliged to link them with support structures such as the South African National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependance (SANCA) and the National Youth Development Outreach (NYDO).
Inclusive Education
M. Ed. (Inclusive Education)