Journal articles: 'Ethnic attitudes – South Africa'

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Urban, Boris, Jurie J. Van Vuuren, and Rina H. Owen. "Anticedents to entrepreneurial intentions: Testing for measurement invariance for cultural values, attitudes and self-efficacy beliefs across ethnic groups." SA Journal of Human Resource Management 6, no. 1 (October 24, 2008): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajhrm.v6i1.132.

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Building on previous research on antecedents of entrepreneurial intentions, various measures were tested across different ethnic groups in South Africa. Factorial homogeneity is an important attribute for any scale intended for use in multicultural research, and since tests of equivalency are not routinely applied, this article hypothesised measurement invariance across ethnic groups. Theoretical discussions on Hofstede’s (2001) value survey module (VSM 94), attitudes towards and beliefs about entrepreneurial intentions, general self-efficacy (GSE), and entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE) preceded the use of statistical analysis. Confirmatory factor analysis based on 210 respondents indicated that equivalence for the underlying factors across the different ethnic groups could not be established, and that the three groups demonstrated different underlying structures. In conclusion, stereotypic declarations of an integrated South African culture were not supported by this research in terms of entrepreneurial intentions and their antecedents.

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Bornman, Elirea. "Factors Influencing Ethnic Attitudes in South African Work Situations." Journal of Social Psychology 132, no. 5 (October 1992): 641–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00224545.1992.9713903.

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Appelgryn, Ans E. M., and Johan M. Nieuwoudt. "Relative Deprivation and the Ethnic Attitudes of Blacks and Afrikaans-Speaking Whites in South Africa." Journal of Social Psychology 128, no. 3 (June 1988): 311–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00224545.1988.9713748.

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Moos, Aziza, and Kelvin Mwaba. "BELIEFS AND ATTITUDES ABOUT TRANSRACIAL ADOPTION AMONG A SAMPLE OF SOUTH AFRICAN STUDENTS." Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal 35, no. 8 (January 1, 2007): 1115–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2007.35.8.1115.

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Transracial adoption, defined as the adoption of a child from a race that is different from that of the adoptive parent, has attracted interest among social scientists seeking to understand how the public views adoption. Studies conducted mostly in industrialized countries suggest that most people approve of such adoption, believing it is a better alternative to out-of-home care. Those who are opposed believe that it risks damaging the racial or ethnic identity of the child. In South Africa, it is just over 10 years since the new democratic government repealed all previous laws that prohibited mixing of races including interracial marriage and transracial adoption. In the present study we sought to understand South African students' beliefs and attitudes about transracial adoption. A sample of 72 mostly black undergraduate students was surveyed. The results showed that most of the students approved of transracial adoption and believed that it promoted racial tolerance. Less than 5% believed that transracial adoption could lead to the loss of a child's culture. The results were interpreted as suggesting that young South Africans may be committed to the vision of a multiracial nation.

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Schröder, Anne, Frederic Zähres, and Alexander Kautzsch. "Ethnic variation in the phonology of Namibian English." English World-Wide 41, no. 2 (June 9, 2020): 193–224. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/eww.00046.sch.

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Abstract Studies on the pronunciation of Namibian English (NamE) have shown strong evidence for ethnically conditioned variation within the NamE vowel system. Thus, NamE should not be seen as a monolithic entity but rather as a group of ethnically and/or socially conditioned varieties. In this paper, we undertake a first approach to Baster English, a potential ethnic variety of NamE. The Rehoboth Basters constitute a unique ethnically mixed Afrikaans-speaking group from South Africa, who settled in Namibia in the 19th century and are known for their strong sense of a separate local and ethnic identity. Triangulating the results of a quantitative questionnaire on language attitudes and acoustic analyses of vocalic features in informants’ pronunciation, we demonstrate how the Basters’ unique identity translates into linguistic practice in a multi-ethnic and multilingual environment.

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Álvarez-Mosquera, Pedro. "Young Coloureds’ implicit attitudes towards two historically White English accents in the South African context." English World-Wide 40, no. 3 (September 24, 2019): 325–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/eww.00034.alv.

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Abstract This study explores the implicit language attitudes of a sample of 84 young Coloured South Africans towards two historically White accents in the country: the Standard South African English accent and Afrikaans-accented English. In order to shed light on the role of language in the process of social categorization among the younger generations, I present a mixed-methodological approach that investigates the interrelation between the results of an Implicit Association Test (IAT) towards the two selected accents and the participants’ linguistic background, language exposure, and social distance levels. Within the target demographic, the data confirm the existence of an overall positive implicit attitude towards Standard South African English, although positive attitudes towards Afrikaans-accented English were not uncommon. Correlations between IAT effect and the variables “social distance levels with Whites” and “places of residence” provide potential explanations and valuable sociolinguistic information about the language dynamics in this diverse ethnic group.

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Francis, Leslie J., Shirley Kerr, and Christopher Alan Lewis. "Assessing Attitude towards Christianity among Adolescents in South Africa: The Francis Scale." South African Journal of Psychology 35, no. 1 (March 2005): 147–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/008124630503500109.

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To facilitate cross-cultural research in the psychology of religion, a sample of 453 young people from Grades 8, 9,10,11 and 12 attending a secondary school within the provincial education department in South Africa completed the Francis scale of Attitude Towards Christianity. The data provide preliminary evidence that supports the reliability and validity of this instrument, and commend it for further examination across a wider and more representative sample of learners within other ethnic and language groups in South Africa.

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Russell, S. Garnett, and Prudence L. Carter. "When the Past Is in the Present: The Paradox of Educational Opportunity and Social Inclusion in South Africa and Rwanda." Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 5, no. 4 (July 9, 2018): 547–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2332649218783517.

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The legacies of a racial and ethnocentric past continue to have implications for the present in South Africa and Rwanda, particularly within the realm of education. Although in both societies, the governments have addressed their repressive and violent histories through the implementation of color-blind (or nonracial/ethnic) policies that espouse national unity and reconciliation, these very same policies inadvertently reinforce old divisions. They suppress candid discussion about past and current intergroup tensions, resulting in a paradox of social inclusion. In this article, the authors interrogate how historically ascribed identities, which were used for the purposes of oppression and social divisions in South Africa and Rwanda, are reconstituted in the postapartheid and postgenocide eras. The authors draw on empirical evidence from case studies of contemporary schools in both countries and argue that the nations’ two approaches—nonracialization and nonethnicization, respectively—aim to mute explicit discourse and language about racial and ethnic differences though the spread of “color-blind” ideologies. However, everyday behaviors and attitudes of individuals—students and educators—who are inculcated with ideas of past racial/ethnic ideologies remain rigid and continue to affect micro-level and school-level interactions that undermine the legitimacy of either color-mute or color-blind ideologies and contribute to boundary maintenance.

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Slabbert, André. "CROS S-CULTURAL RACISM IN SOUTH AFRICA – DEAD OR ALIVE?" Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal 29, no. 2 (January 1, 2001): 125–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2001.29.2.125.

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Race, discrimination, prejudice and stereotypes remain emotive words in numerous societies around the globe. Racism implies that a definitive social/psychological process exists through which individuals are categorised, despite the fact that there is often no clear delineation, and this causes chaos in setting evaluative parameters for the structuring of this categorisation process. A non-racial world can exist only if theories and postulations re race are rendered irrelevant. Subsequent to the 1994 South African elections, it became imperative to do this. This artificially polarized society had the opportunity to develop racial unity and hegemony. To assess the relative status of racist paradigms in students, 265 students completed a questionnaire which attempted to measure ethnic group identification and particular interracial attitudes. Results were disappointing, indeed distressing. Significant indications of racist stereotypes were found in all racial groups, with a strong bias towards subjects'own racial groups. The primary conclusion is that racist perceptions and stereotypes remain very prevalent and active in the South African society. A number of recommendations to address the issue are made, e.g. school curricula should include particular components to develop greater understanding/sensitivity re other racial groups; social emphasis should be on cultural solidarity rather than on cultural diversity; national governments should contribute funding towards setting up an international forum to study/combat racism, etc.The concept of race, and the existence of the phenomenon in the minds of perceivers, must be attacked and discarded on an international level if the world is to achieve a state of racial harmony.

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Haron, Muhammed. "Islam, Democracy, and Public Life in South Africa and in France." American Journal of Islam and Society 25, no. 1 (January 1, 2008): 151–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v25i1.1507.

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During 3-5 September 2007, scholars associated with University of Witwatersrand’sDepartment of Anthropology and key members of the Johannesburg-based Institute of French Studies in South Africa explored ways toengage South African and French scholars in forms of cooperation. Toaddress this event’s focus, “Muslim Cultures in South Africa and France,”the organizers brought along the School of Social Sciences and Humanities(University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg) and the Institut d’Etudesde l’Islam et des Societes du Monde Musulman (Ecole des Hautes enSciences Sociales [EHESS]) to partner with them.The theme, “Islam, Democracy, and Public Life in South Africa and inFrance,” identified three basic objectives: to re-imagine Islam as an objectof academic enquiry, explore the epistemological dimensions of the study ofIslam, and foster scientific networks. The organizers highlighted a key question:“How do Muslims employ their religion to explain and clarify theirposition and role in public life in South Africa and France?” and identifiedthree focus areas: The Status ofMinority Religions: The Case of Islam; ReligiousIdentity - Political Identity; and Trans-nationalism/regionalism.The “Southern Africa” panel, chaired by Aurelia Wa Kabwe-Segatti(French Institute of South Africa [IFAS]), consisted of Alan Thorold’s (Universityof Melbourne) “Malawi and the Revival of Sufism,” SamadiaSadouni’s (Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research [WISER])“Muslim Communities in South Africa,” Liazzat Bonate’s (Eduardo MondlaneUniversity) “Leadership of Islam in Mozambique,” and Eric Germain’s(EHESS) “Inter-ethnic Muslim Dialogue in South Africa.” Sadouni examinedsuch crucial concepts as religious minorities and extracted examplesfrom both countries. Thorold, who analyzed Sufism’s revival in Malawi,relied on the work of ErnestGellner. Some participants, however, argued thathis ideas have been surpassed by more informed theoretical scholarship.Bonate reflected upon the differences that played out within northernMozambique’s Muslim communities vis-à-vis the government. Germain,who explored early Cape Muslim social history, provocatively argued thatmuch could be learned from this community’s make-up and attitude. Asexpected, he was criticized for sketching a romantic picture.The “Media and Power” panel, chaired by Eric Worby, featured GabebaBaderoon’s (post-doctoral fellow, Penn StateUniversity’sAfricana ResearchCenter) “Islam and the Media in South Africa.” She traced how Islam ...

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Duckitt, John, Jane Callaghan, and Claire Wagner. "Group Identification and Outgroup Attitudes in Four South African Ethnic Groups: A Multidimensional Approach." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 31, no. 5 (May 2005): 633–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167204271576.

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Cant, Michael Colin. "Small Business Attitudes Towards Ethical Issues: Survival Or Ethically Correct?" International Business & Economics Research Journal (IBER) 11, no. 12 (November 29, 2012): 1347. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/iber.v11i12.7414.

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Small businesses play a vital role in most economies worldwide. These businesses are in many instances the creators of jobs and in many instances barely surviving. In Africa, in general, and South Africa in particular, there are huge pressures on small business development and to assist in alleviating poverty and help with social mobility. Many small business entrepreneurs are forced into business in order to survive which in turn may lead to them being less ethically inclined and more focussed on survival. This in itself can lead to a moral dilemma for them. It is therefore important to consider the attitude employees have towards ethical issues in the business sector, and to what extent they would compromise on these issues in order to survive. The main purpose of the study is therefore to determine the attitude employees of small businesses in South Africa have towards the ethical environment in which they operate. The research followed a quantitative approach where a survey questionnaire was used as the data collection method. The results indicate that employees of small businesses have a negative attitude towards the ethical responsibilities of the organisation in which they operate. Alternatively, respondents do understand what is meant by ethics and what it entails. Their attitude regarding their perception of what an organisation should commit to in order to be ethical shows that respondents understands what constitutes ethical behaviour.

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Caradas, A. A., E. V. Lambert, and K. E. Charlton. "An ethnic comparison of eating attitudes and associated body image concerns in adolescent South African schoolgirls." Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics 14, no. 2 (April 2001): 111–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-277x.2001.00280.x.

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Dzansi, Dennis Yao, and Akwasi Arko-Achemfuor. "Understanding entrepreneurship in the South African context: Insights from entrepreneurial risk attitudes of four major ethnic groups." African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development 8, no. 2 (June 10, 2016): 146–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20421338.2016.1147199.

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Zukowski, Arkadiusz. "Emigration of Polish Jews to South Africa during the second Polish republic (1919–1939)." Nordisk Judaistik/Scandinavian Jewish Studies 17, no. 1-2 (September 1, 1996): 61–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.30752/nj.69530.

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The term “the wandering Jew” could be properly referred to the situation of Polish Jews during the Second Polish Republic. Polish Jews constituted the largest separate ethnic group within overseas emigration from Poland during the years 1918–1939. They left Poland mainly for economic, and later for political reasons. The settlement schemes were supported and sponsored by Polish governmental agencies and Jewish societies in Poland and abroad. During the years 1918–1939 about several thousand Polish Jews emigrated to South Africa. A new immigration law implemented after 1930 had seriously reduced the influx of Polish Jews. That emigration had a very permanent character and included mainly members of the lower middle class. From the great variety of social, cultural, religious and professional activity of Polish Jews who settled in South Africa a pro-Polish attitude and activity was only evident in a tiny proportion of immigrants. The pro-Polish activity of Polish Jews was focused in Johannesburg (e.g. The Polish-Hebrew Benevolent Association) and in Cape Town (e.g. The Federation of Polish Jews in the Cape). An integrating role in that activity was played by Polish consular posts.

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Puthussery, Shuby, Katherine Twamley, Seeromanie Harding, Judith Mirsky, Maurina Baron, and Alison Macfarlane. "‘They're more like ordinary stroppy British women’: Attitudes and expectations of maternity care professionals to UK-born ethnic minority women." Journal of Health Services Research & Policy 13, no. 4 (October 2008): 195–201. http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/jhsrp.2008.007153.

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Objective: To explore the attitudes and expectations of maternity care professionals to UK-born ethnic minority mothers. Methods: Qualitative in-depth interviews with 30 professionals from eight NHS maternity units in England that provide services for large proportions of women of black Caribbean, black African, Indian, Pakistani and Irish descent. Results: All the professionals reported providing care to both UK-born and migrant mothers from ethnic minorities. Most of them felt that they could differentiate between UK-born and migrant mothers based mainly on language fluency and accent. ‘Westernized dress’ and ‘freedom’ were also cited as indicators. Overall, professionals found it easier to provide services to UK-born mothers and felt that their needs were more like those of white English mothers than those of migrant mothers. UK-born mothers were generally thought to be assertive and expressive, and in control of care-related decision-making whereas some South Asian Muslim women were thought to be constrained by family influences. Preconceived ideas about ethnic minority mothers’ tolerance of pain in labour, use of pharmacological pain relief measures and mode of delivery were recurring themes. Women's education and social class were felt to be major influences on the uptake of maternity care, regardless of ethnicity. Conclusions: Professionals appeared to equate the needs of UK-born ethnic minority women with those of white English women. Overall, this has positive implications for care provision. Despite this, specific behavioural expectations and unconscious stereotypical views were evident and have the potential to affect clinical practice.

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Rathod, Shanaya, David Kingdon, Peter Phiri, and Mary Gobbi. "Developing Culturally Sensitive Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Psychosis for Ethnic Minority Patients by Exploration and Incorporation of Service Users' and Health Professionals' Views and Opinions." Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 38, no. 5 (July 15, 2010): 511–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1352465810000378.

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Background: Studies of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for schizophrenia demonstrate that African-Caribbean and Black African patients have higher dropout rates and poor outcomes from treatment. Aim: The main aim of the study was to produce a culturally sensitive adaption of an existing CBT manual for therapists working with patients with psychosis from specified ethinic minority communities (African-Caribbean, Black-African/Black British, and South Asian Muslims). This will be based on gaining meaningful understanding of the way members (lay and service users) of these minority communities typically view psychosis, its origin and management including their cultural influences, values and attitudes. Method: This two-centre (Hampshire and West London) qualitative study consisted of individual semi-structured interviews with patients with schizophrenia (n = 15); focus groups with lay members from selected ethnic communities (n = 52); focus groups or semi-structured interviews with CBT therapists (n = 22); and mental health practitioners who work with patients from the ethnic communities (n = 25). Data were analyzed thematically using evolving themes and content analysis. NVivo 8 was used to manage and explore data. Results: There was consensus from the respondent groups that CBT would be an acceptable treatment if culturally adapted. This would incorporate culturally-based patient health beliefs, attributions concerning psychosis, attention to help seeking pathways, and technical adjustments. Conclusion: While individualization of therapy is generally accepted as a principle, in practice therapists require an understanding of patient-related factors that are culturally bound and influence the way the patient perceives or responds to therapy. The findings of this study have practical implications for therapists and mental health practitioners using CBT with people with psychosis from BME communities.

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Mould, J., Aa Grobler, Dc Odendaal, and L. De Jager. "Ethnic differences in age of onset and prevalence of disordered eating attitudes and behaviours: a school-based South African study." South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition 24, no. 3 (January 2011): 137–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16070658.2011.11734365.

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Lumsden, Jason, and Olawale Fatoki. "An Investigation into the Attitudes of Business and Non-business University Students toward Business Ethics in South Africa." Anthropologist 15, no. 3 (May 2013): 249–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09720073.2013.11891315.

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de Araujo, Marcelo. "The Ethics of Genetic Cognitive Enhancement: Gene Editing or Embryo Selection?" Philosophies 5, no. 3 (September 3, 2020): 20. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/philosophies5030020.

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Recent research with human embryos, in different parts of the world, has sparked a new debate on the ethics of genetic human enhancement. This debate, however, has mainly focused on gene-editing technologies, especially CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats). Less attention has been given to the prospect of pursuing genetic human enhancement by means of IVF (In Vitro Fertilisation) in conjunction with in vitro gametogenesis, genome-wide association studies, and embryo selection. This article examines the different ethical implications of the quest for cognitive enhancement by means of gene-editing on the one hand, and embryo selection on the other. The article focuses on the ethics of cognitive enhancement by means of embryo selection, as this technology is more likely to become commercially available before cognitive enhancement by means of gene-editing. This article argues that the philosophical debate on the ethics of enhancement should take into consideration public attitudes to research on human genomics and human enhancement technologies. The article discusses, then, some of the recent findings of the SIENNA Project, which in 2019 conducted a survey on public attitudes to human genomics and human enhancement technologies in 11 countries (France, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Brazil, South Africa, South Korea, and United States).

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Mosler, Gioia, Victoria Oyenuga, Emmanuel Addo-Yobo, Olayinka Olufunke Adeyeye, Refiloe Masekela, Hilda Angela Mujuru, Rebecca Nantanda, Sarah Rylance, Ismail Ticklay, and Jonathan Grigg. "Achieving Control of Asthma in Children in Africa (ACACIA): protocol of an observational study of children’s lung health in six sub-Saharan African countries." BMJ Open 10, no. 3 (March 2020): e035885. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035885.

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IntroductionLittle is known about asthma control in the rising number of African children who suffer from this condition. The Achieving Control of Asthma in Children in Africa (ACACIA) study is an observational study collecting evidence about paediatric asthma in urban areas of Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe. The primary objectives are: (1) to identify 3000 children aged between 12 years and 14 years with asthma symptoms; and (2) to assess their asthma control, current treatment, knowledge of and attitudes to asthma and barriers to achieving good control. Secondary objective is to develop interventions addressing identified barriers to good symptom control.Methods and analysisEach centre will undertake screening to identify 500 school children with asthma symptoms using questions from the Global Asthma Network’s questionnaire. Children identified to have asthma symptoms will fill in a digital survey, including: Asthma Control Test, questions on medication usage and adherence, medical care, the Brief-Illness Perception questionnaire and environmental factors. Exhaled nitric oxide testing and prebronchodilator and postbronchodilator spirometry will be performed. A subgroup of children will participate in focus group discussions. Results will be analysed using descriptive statistics and comparative analysis. Informed by these results, we will assess the feasibility of potential interventions, including the adaption of a UK-based theatre performance about asthma attitudes and digital solutions to improve asthma management.Ethics and disseminationThe ACACIA study has been reviewed by the Queen Mary University of London Ethics of Research Committee in the UK. All African centres have received local ethical approval for this study. Study results will be published in academic journals and at conferences. Study outputs will be communicated to the public via newsfeeds on the ACACIA website and Twitter, and through news media outlets and other local dissemination.Trial registration number269211.

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Salako, E. T., and O. A. Ojeyibi. "Teaching Social Studies from multicultural perspective: a practical approach to re-fashion African Studies for transformation." Contemporary Journal of African Studies 6, no. 1 (May 31, 2019): 96–113. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/contjas.v6i1.6.

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Currently, global education and global citizenship for social transformation addresses the issues of cordial and harmonious existence of our time. Africa is a multilingual and multicultural continent with about 3.000 ethnic groups and 2000 languages spoken; therefore, introduction of multicultural approach in teaching will ensure effective socialization and transformative education in Africa. The roots to challenge bias, prejudice and creating classroom environment that reflects the learner’s culture for national unity lies in multicultural education. Multicultural education is a system of instruction which attempts to foster cultural pluralism and acknowledges the difference between race and culture in order to promote societal change and orderliness. This work examined a multicultural educational strategy which could be used in helping students from diverse racial, cultural, ethnic and language groups to experience academic success. Multicultural Concepts Knowledge Test (r=0.82), Multicultural Concept Attitude Scale (r= 0.86) were administered on 251 junior secondary school students from five secondary schools in the south-west region of Nigeria using the simple random technique. Two null hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, analysis of covariance. Treatment had significant main effect on students’ posttest knowledge scores in multicultural concepts (F (2,340) = 5.835; p<.05). and attitude to multicultural concepts (F (2,340) = 34.055; P<.05). The MCA shows that the cooperative learning group had higher adjusted posttest knowledge score (x =10.14; Dev. =.83) In summary, findings of this study revealed that the cooperative multicultural learning strategy is effective for teaching multicultural classrooms. Therefore, this calls for improved approaches towards teaching by educators in order to bring us closer to the goal of multicultural education

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Duffett, Rodney Graeme. "Facebook advertising’s influence on intention-to-purchase and purchase amongst Millennials." Internet Research 25, no. 4 (August 3, 2015): 498–526. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/intr-01-2014-0020.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of behavioural attitudes towards the most popular social medium in the world, Facebook, amongst Millennials in South Africa (SA), and to determine whether various usage and demographic variables have an impact on intention-to-purchase and purchase perceptions. Design/methodology/approach – Quantitative research was conducted by means of a survey among a sample of over 3,500 respondents via self-administered structured questionnaires in SA. A generalised linear model was used to analyse the data. Findings – The results confirm that advertising on Facebook has a positive influence on the behavioural attitudes (intention-to-purchase and purchase) of Millennials who reside in SA. The usage characteristics, log on duration and profile update incidence, as well as the demographic influence of ethnic orientation also resulted in more favourable perceptions of Facebook advertising. Research limitations/implications – Research on Facebook advertising was only conducted in SA, whereas other emerging countries warrant further investigation to establish if they share the slight positive sentiment towards intention-to-purchase and purchase. This inquiry only provides a “snap shot” of behavioural attitudes, usage and demographic factors towards social media advertising, whereas future research could consider the development of cognitive, affective and behavioural attitudes towards Facebook advertising by employing longitudinal and qualitative research designs. Practical implications – Organisations and managers should consider that their existing Facebook advertising strategies may only have a limited effect on intention-to-purchase and purchase in SA. However, certain usage characteristics, namely the more time spent logged on to Facebook and the greater frequency of profile update incidence, as well as the demographic variable, namely black and coloured Millennials, resulted in more favourable behavioural attitudes towards Facebook advertising. Hence, organisations and managers should be prepared to alter or adapt their Facebook advertising tactics accordingly when targeting the notoriously fickle Millennials. Originality/value – This investigation found that Facebook advertising has a nominal positive influence on behavioural attitudes among Millennials, which is in congruence with the communications of the effect pyramid model that was established through traditional advertising research. This paper also makes a noteworthy contribution to attitudinal research in emerging countries where there is a dearth of research in social media advertising.

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Fatoki, Olawale, and William Chiliya. "An Investigation into the Attitudes toward Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility by Local and Immigrant SME Owners in South Africa." Journal of Social Sciences 32, no. 1 (July 2012): 13–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09718923.2012.11893048.

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White, Janine A., Duane Blaauw, and Laetitia C. Rispel. "Social exclusion and the perspectives of health care providers on migrants in Gauteng public health facilities, South Africa." PLOS ONE 15, no. 12 (December 28, 2020): e0244080. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244080.

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Background Universal health coverage (UHC) for all people, regardless of citizenship, is a global priority. Health care providers are central to the achievement of UHC, and their attitudes and behaviour could either advance or impede UHC for migrants. Using a social exclusion conceptual framework, this study examined the perspectives of health care providers on delivering health services to migrants in public health facilities in Gauteng Province, South Africa. Methods We used stratified, random sampling to select 13 public health facilities. All health care providers working in ambulatory care were invited to complete a self-administered questionnaire. In addition to socio-demographic information, the questionnaire asked health care providers if they had witnessed discrimination against migrants at work, and measured their perspectives on social exclusionary views and practices. Multiple regression analysis was used to identify predictors of more exclusionary perspectives for each item. Results 277 of 308 health care providers participated in the study–a response rate of 90%. The participants were predominantly female (77.6%) and nurses (51.9%), and had worked for an average of 6.8 years in their facilities. 19.2% of health care providers reported that they had witnessed discrimination against migrants, while 20.0% reported differential treatment of migrant patients. Exclusionary perspectives varied across the different items, and for different provider groups. Enrolled nurses and nursing assistants were significantly more exclusionary on a number of items, while the opposite was found for providers born outside South Africa. For some questions, female providers held more exclusionary perspectives and this was also the case for providers from higher levels of care. Conclusion Health care providers are critical to inclusive UHC. Social exclusionary views or practices must be addressed through enabling health policies; training in culture-sensitivity, ethics and human rights; and advocacy to ensure that health care providers uphold their professional obligations to all patients.

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Taylor, Stephen. "The long shadows cast by the field: violence, trauma, and the ethnographic researcher." Fennia - International Journal of Geography 197, no. 2 (December 9, 2019): 183–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.11143/fennia.84792.

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As more geographers utilise ethnographic methods to explore pressing contemporary issues such as abandonment, precarity, and resilience, they enter into research environments often defined by social marginality and violence. There are emotional and psychological risks associated with embedded research in such contexts, however these challenges have largely been ignored in existing methodological literatures. A frank debate is needed about the emotional and psychological burden that ethnographic research can exact upon lone researchers and how these burdens interface with researcher identity and positionality. Drawing on a reflexive analysis of the author’s experience of fieldwork in South Africa, this paper highlights the emotional consequences of conducting ethnographic research with marginal groups in dangerous contexts. It specifically examines the ripple effect of exposure to traumatic events that culminated in the author’s diagnosis with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In so doing, the paper draws attention to the acute emotional and psychological consequences of ethnographic research, while also challenging prevalent professional attitudes within the neoliberal university that promote the downplaying or silencing of such repercussions. The paper concludes with a series of suggestions for how (early career) researchers, our discipline, and institutions might better promote and realise an ethic of collective care for field researchers.

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Manley, Leanne L., and Michael C. Cant . "Attitudes of Small Business Owners towards Counterfeit Merchandise: Ethics or Survival?" Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies 7, no. 4(J) (August 30, 2015): 48–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.22610/jebs.v7i4(j).593.

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Counterfeiting of products is an industry that affects many countries worldwide and it is an industry that has grown exponentially in the 21st century, due to the value associated with branded products. It is the demand from individuals that fuels this trade and what will keep the trade growing for years to come. It therefore becomes essential that research be conducted to investigate the attitudes held towards the trade in order to gain a better understanding of the current counterfeit environment. This article aimed to investigate the attitudes that South African small business owners have with regard to counterfeit merchandise. Quantitative research was undertaken by means of a self-administered web-based questionnaire that was e-mailed to individuals that either have an active SME (Small, Medium Enterprise) or individuals that are seeking to start their SME, who reside in the provinces of the Mpumalanga and the Western Cape. The data obtained was then analysed by means of SAS JMP version 11 whereby attitudes held towards counterfeit merchandise were established. The main conclusions emanating from the research, was that South African SMEs generally have a negative attitude towards purchasing counterfeit fashion branded merchandise.

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Christofides, Nicola J., Abigail M. Hatcher, Angelica Pino, Dumisani Rebombo, Ruari Santiago McBride, Althea Anderson, and Dean Peacock. "A cluster randomised controlled trial to determine the effect of community mobilisation and advocacy on men’s use of violence in periurban South Africa: study protocol." BMJ Open 8, no. 3 (March 2018): e017579. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017579.

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ObjectiveThis paper describes the design and methods of a cluster randomised controlled trial (C-RCT) to determine the effectiveness of a community mobilisation intervention that is designed to reduce the perpetration of violence against women (VAW).Methods and analysisA C-RCT of nine intervention and nine control clusters is being carried out in a periurban, semiformal settlement near Johannesburg, South Africa, between 2016 and 2018. A community mobilisation and advocacy intervention, called Sonke CHANGE is being implemented over 18 months. It comprises local advocacy and group activities to engage community members to challenge harmful gender norms and reduce VAW. The intervention is hypothesised to improve equitable masculinities, reduce alcohol use and ultimately, to reduce VAW. Intervention effectiveness will be determined through an audio computer-assisted self-interview questionnaire with behavioural measures among 2600 men aged between 18 and 40 years at baseline, 12 months and 24 months. The primary trial outcome is men’s use of physical and/or sexual VAW. Secondary outcomes include harmful alcohol use, gender attitudes, controlling behaviours, transactional sex and social cohesion. The main analysis will be intention-to-treat based on the randomisation of clusters. A qualitative process evaluation is being conducted alongside the C-RCT. Implementers and men participating in the intervention will be interviewed longitudinally over the period of intervention implementation and observations of the workshops and other intervention activities are being carried out.Ethics and disseminationEthical approval was obtained from the University of the Witwatersrand Human Research Ethics Committee and procedures comply with ethical recommendations of the United Nations Multi-Country Study on Men and Violence. Dissemination of research findings will take place with local stakeholders and through peer-reviewed publications, with data available on request or after 5 years of trial completion.Trial registration numberNCT02823288; Pre-result.

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Dickman, Beverley J., and Leslie Swartz. "Ethnic labels in South Africa." British Journal of Psychiatry 150, no. 4 (April 1987): 566. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/s0007125000106853.

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Moore, Robert S., and Sarah E. Radloff. "Attitudes towards business ethics held by South African students." Journal of Business Ethics 15, no. 8 (August 1996): 863–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf00381854.

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Singh, Prakash, and Thembinkosi Twalo. "Impact Of Human Factors On The Labour Process: A Case Study." International Business & Economics Research Journal (IBER) 13, no. 2 (February 27, 2014): 305. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/iber.v13i2.8445.

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The sustainability of the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality (BCMM) in South Africa is being threatened by the reported cases of poor administration, weak management of resources, inappropriate job performance, and inappropriate job behaviour of some of its employees. Since the structural-functionalists assume that formal education is a solution to societal challenges, it therefore means that the BCMM should not be experiencing this threat since many of its workers have various levels of formal education. Consequently, this case study using the mixed method research approach set out to investigate the paradoxical co-existence of inappropriate job behaviour and performance with formal education at the BCMM. It moved from the premise that labour (ability to work) is a product of multifarious forms of capital and thus amalgamated four forms of capital - human, social, cultural, and reputation into a theoretical framework in order to get a broader explanation of the employees job behaviour and performance. This made it possible for job behaviour and performance to be investigated from multiple perspectives, as opposed to the dominant human capital model that predominantly uses schooling to explain the workers performance. This drew attention to the view that the labour process does not take place in a vacuum, but in a particular context that is shaped by several imperatives and it involves humans with particular motives, will, attitudes, ethics, and values. Hence, this exploratory case study demonstrates how the sustainability of the BCMM is undermined by different factors that are human in nature.

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KADT, ELIZABETH. "Attitudes towards English in South Africa." World Englishes 12, no. 3 (November 1993): 311–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-971x.1993.tb00032.x.

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Kokobili, Alexander. "An Insight on Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s Struggle Against Apartheid in South Africa." Kairos 13, no. 1 (April 18, 2019): 115–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.32862/k.13.1.5.

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This article focuses of Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s role against the apartheid system of racism and socio-political inequality in the Republic of South Africa. Tutu often denounced apartheid in his speeches and public advocacy promoting equality, reconciliation, and peaceful coexistence of all South Africans. The ideology of apartheid robbed the black race in South Africa of their human dignity which contradicts the Holy Bible which states, “So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them” (Genesis 1:27). Despite this, the white National Party of South Africa in 1948 legitimized apartheid as a political system and gained support from the Dutch Reformed Church despite its anti-Christian ethics. Apartheid was adopted to place the white minority in the upper class, while the black majority was left with fewer rights and fewer privileges in South Africa. Desmond Tutu was one of the few Christian leaders in Africa who championed the course for black theology in the demolition of apartheid in South Africa. Tutu’s attitude during the apartheid struggle was not by violent protest or riots but rather through his sermons and public participation in activities clamoring for national unity, love, and equality of all South Africans.

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Assensoh, A. B., and Vincent Crapanzano. "White Attitudes toward Blacks in South Africa." Phylon (1960-) 47, no. 3 (1986): 248. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/274992.

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Reddy, Vijay, Michael Gastrow, Andrea Juan, and Benjamin Roberts. "Public attitudes to science in South Africa." South African Journal of Science 109, no. 1/2 (2013): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/sajs.2013/1200.

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Ghosh, Sudeshna. "Ethnic diversity and managerial effectiveness in South Africa." Academy of Management Perspectives 15, no. 3 (August 2001): 136–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ame.2001.5229670.

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Bornman, Elirea. "Self-image and Ethnic Identification in South Africa." Journal of Social Psychology 139, no. 4 (August 1999): 411–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00224549909598401.

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Adam, Heribert. "The politics of ethnic identity: Comparing South Africa." Ethnic and Racial Studies 18, no. 3 (July 1995): 457–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01419870.1995.9993874.

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Mouton, Nelda, G. P. Louw, and G. Strydom. "Critical Challenges Of The South African School System." International Business & Economics Research Journal (IBER) 12, no. 1 (December 22, 2012): 31. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/iber.v12i1.7510.

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The emphasis in the new curriculum after 1996 in South Africa was placed on the transition from the traditional aims and objectives approach to Outcomes-based education (OBE) and Curriculum 2005. This paradigm shift was interpreted as a prerequisite for achievement of the vision of an internationally competitive country. When analysing the school system in South Africa it became clear that the education system was flawed, with poorly performing teachers, poor work ethics, lack of community and parental support, poor control by education authorities, poor support for teachers and very low levels of accountability. These factors further spilled over into the morale of learners and could be seen in the lack of discipline, brutal violence in schools, low moral values, truancy, absenteeism, late coming and high dropout rates from Grade 1 to Grade 12 and very poor performance in essential areas such as Mathematics and Literacy. Citizens in historically disadvantaged areas tend to become victims of poverty, gangs and drug abuse. These factors further blend with the evil of politics in South African schools which are furthermore plagued by various forms of corruption and socio-economic challenges. Eighteen years after the end of the apartheid dispensation, apartheid is still blamed by many for any real or imagined ills in society, but the reality is that there is no political will to enforce the law or to meet public expectations of accountability, efficiency and delivery. In the light hereof, recommendations are proposed that will address these challenges. The critical message of this article will convey that the fact of the matter is that learner enrolment is not the same as attendance and attendance does not imply learning. Therefore, teaching in South Africa must become a profession of preference and pride as opposed to the present very lackadaisical attitude.

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Lowes, Sara, Nathan Nunn, James A. Robinson, and Jonathan Weigel. "Understanding Ethnic Identity in Africa: Evidence from the Implicit Association Test (IAT)." American Economic Review 105, no. 5 (May 1, 2015): 340–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.p20151075.

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We use a variant of the Implicit Association Test (IAT) to examine individuals' implicit attitudes towards various ethnic groups. Using a population from the Democratic Republic of Congo, we find that the IAT measures show evidence of an implicit bias in favor of one's own ethnicity. Individuals have implicit views of their own ethnic group that are more positive than their implicit views of other ethnic groups. We find this implicit bias to be quantitatively smaller than the (explicit) bias one finds when using self-reported attitudes about different ethnic groups.

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Stones, Christopher R., P. C. L. Heaven, and C. Bester. "POLITICAL CHANGE AND SOCIAL ATTITUDES IN SOUTH AFRICA." Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal 25, no. 2 (January 1, 1997): 105–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.2224/sbp.1997.25.2.105.

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This investigation sought to determine the correlates of attitudes towards the new ANC-dominated government in South Africa among two groups of White university students. To a large extent, the research replicates an earlier project conducted in 1986 which investigated the predictors of attitudes towards the ANC at a time when it was banned as were its leaders who were either imprisoned or in exile. Results indicate that conformity to group norms was of importance in the Afrikaans-speaking sample as was patriotism, authoritarian behavior and prejudiced attitudes. Conversely, attitudes in the English-speaking group seemed to be held less strongly and attitudes towards the ANC-led government appeared no longer to be related to such factors as prejudice, authoritarianism, patriotism or self-esteem. Results are understood in terms of long-standing sociopolitical differences between White English-speaking and Afrikaner groups in South Africa.

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van der Bijl, Charnelle, and Philip N. S. Rumney. "Attitudes, Rape and Law Reform in South Africa." Journal of Criminal Law 73, no. 5 (October 2009): 414–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1350/jcla.2009.73.5.591.

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In the last decade South Africa has undergone an extensive process of sexual offence law reform. This process has attempted, amongst other things, to address deficiencies in the criminal justice response to rape and has also recognised some of the limits to the impact of legal reform. These limits are partly defined by rape supportive attitudes and myths that appear to influence decision-making at all points in the criminal justice process. In South Africa, and many other jurisdictions, evidence suggests that police, prosecutorial and judicial decision-making is influenced, in part, by a range of social attitudes that misconstrue sexual violence, as well as serve to undermine the credibility of complainants. This article examines the impact of myths, social definitions of rape on rape law reform in South Africa and the points at which these reforms are likely to be undermined by social attitudes and what potentially might be done to address this problem.

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Lemmer, Eleanor M. "Invisible barriers: Attitudes toward women in South Africa." South African Journal of Sociology 20, no. 1 (February 1989): 30–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02580144.1989.10432899.

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Stones, Christopher R., and Joseph L. Philbrick. "Love Attitudes Among Xhosa Adolescents in South Africa." Journal of Social Psychology 129, no. 1 (February 1989): 131–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00224545.1989.9711712.

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Schlemmer, Laurie. "Disinvestment and black worker attitudes in South Africa." Review of African Political Economy 14, no. 38 (April 1987): 77–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03056248708703716.

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Durrheim, Kevin, and Don Foster. "The Structure of Sociopolitical Attitudes in South Africa." Journal of Social Psychology 135, no. 3 (June 1995): 387–402. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00224545.1995.9713967.

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Rumney, Philip N. S., and Charnelle van der Bijl. "Rape, Attitudes, and Law Enforcement in South Africa." New Criminal Law Review 13, no. 4 (2010): 826–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/nclr.2010.13.4.826.

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This article examines the nature of social attitudes toward adult rape in South Africa and the ways in which they may influence the response of criminal justice professionals to cases of rape. Tis article draws on a small study of law students who completed a questionnaire that sought to examine specific beliefs regarding rape victims and their behavior during and following rape. Te questionnaire examines issues that do not appear to have been explored within attitude surveys thus far in South Africa. Te findings from this survey, along with the wider research literature on attitudes toward rape, suggest that rape myths and stereotypes are widespread in South African society and that they are also shared by some criminal justice professionals. Te article also notes some encouraging trends in South Africa. In particular, the judiciary has shown clear disapproval of the institutional failure to protect victims of rape and sexual assault. Te judiciary has also explicitly rejected myths pertaining to the behavior of rape victims, which will be discussed in this article. Although these trends are encouraging, there remains a clear need to address the problem of rape myths and stereotypes both in the general population and within the criminal justice system.

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Adam, H. "Israel and South Africa: Conflict Resolution in Ethnic States." Telos 1989, no. 82 (January 1, 1989): 27–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.3817/1289082027.

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Bornman, Elirea, and Ans E. M. Appelgryn. "Predictors of Ethnic Identification in a Transitionary South Africa." South African Journal of Psychology 29, no. 2 (June 1999): 62–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/008124639902900202.

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Kosciejew, Marc Richard Hugh. "Disciplinary documentation in Apartheid South Africa." Journal of Documentation 71, no. 1 (January 12, 2015): 96–115. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jd-10-2013-0130.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to argue that information is an important effect of documentation. It is in this way that documentation studies distinguishes between concepts of and practices with “information” and “document”: that is, documentation studies helps illuminate how information is created, stabilized, and materialized such that it can emerge and, in turn, how it can then be controlled, deployed, enforced, entrenched, managed, and used in many different ways, in various settings, and for diverse purposes. Design/methodology/approach – This paper presents a conceptual framework on documentation, drawing upon the work of Bernd Frohmann, Michel Foucault, Bruno Latour, Hannah Arendt, @@and Ian Hacking, and applied to a case study of Apartheid South Africa. Findings – Apartheid’s documentation helped achieve apartness at the macro and micro levels of society: on the macro level, the creation and subsequent separation of different racial and ethnic identities were drafted, adopted, and turned into law through legislative documents; on the micro level, these identities were reinforced through routines with personal documents and public signs. This documentation functioned as a documentary apparatus, providing a tangible link between individuals and their official racial and ethnic categories by creating a seamless movement of documents through various institutions; further it helped transform these racial and ethnic identities into lived facts that disciplined and controlled life. Originality/value – By examining documentation, one can present a fresh and unique perspective to understanding the construction of various things, such as the construction of identities. This conceptual framework contributes to Library and Information Science (LIS) by illuminating the central role of documentation in the creation, stabilization, materialization, and emergence of information. By using Apartheid South Africa as a case study, this paper demonstrates how this framework can be applied to shed new light on different kinds of phenomena in diverse contexts; consequently, it not only contributes to and extends parts of the scholarship on documentation studies within LIS, but also presents new directions for other academic disciplines and multidisciplinary analyses and research.

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