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Walker, Nigel. "Urban crisis in South Africa 1986-1993 : the politics of the built environment." Thesis, University of Leeds, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.367496.
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Nina, Daniel. "Popular justice in a "new South Africa": from people's courts to community courts in Alexandra." Centre for Applied Legal Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/72807.
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Imagine a "new South Africa" in which, to borrow an idea from a former bureaucrat of the US State Department, history has come to an end.3 A new society in which class, race and gender are no longer necessary categories to define the social phenomenon. South Africa will be, then, the "terrestrial paradise". However, I am afraid to remind the reader that in this particular African country, history has not come to an end. This country experiences the most open and rude expression of struggle (class, race and gender), and it is difficult to foresee that in this period of transition, history or the struggle, will come to an end. Popular justice vis ei vis state justice is, perhaps, one of the best examples in which the struggle between the oppressed and the oppressors is manifested. But the popular justice that I am thinking of, is that particular experience of "people’s legality" that has emerged in South Africa since the popular revolts of the mid-1980s. It could have its origins in African (customary) traditions (Bapela, 1987), but the cultural experience that emerged during the last decade went beyond its traditionalist roots (Suttner, 1986). Thus, the distinctive element of popular justice is that it has been ingrained in a democratic movement for empowering the people. What people?4 Whose justice? In the specific context of South Africa, by people I understand the working class and working classes, unemployed and marginal sectors, and different social sectors that are struggling for equality (ie the youth, women, gays and lesbians, and others). By justice, I mean the development of a new legality that will take into consideration the many gains that have been achieved within the Western legal system of "rights and obligations" (Pashukanis, 1978:100), and that goes beyond that model in the construction of a democratic society with wider social participation. So far, it has been in South Africa’s black townships that an incipient expression of popular justice has emerged.6 The 1980s people’s courts represented a synthesis of a popular project defining its own structures of legality. State repression over these popular structures did not represent the end of the project. In contrast to other points of view that have viewed this experience as a prefigurative enterprise that did not accomplish its aims (see in general Allison, 1990), I argue that the experience of popular justice of the 1980s laid the foundation for a (long term) project leading towards a radical conception of democracy (Laclau, 1990:chapter 6).Occasional papers (University of the Witwatersrand. Centre for Applied Legal Studies) ; v. 15
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Carter, Charles Edward. "Comrades and community : politics and the construction of hegemony in Alexandra township, South Africa, 1984-1987." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.303727.
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Illgner, Peter Mark. "The morphology and sedimentology of two unconsolidated quaternary debris slope deposits in the Alexandria district, Cape Province." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1005519.
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Research on hillslope surface processes and hillslope stratigraphy has been neglected in southern Africa. The amount of published literature on hillslope stratigraphy in southern Africa is very limited. Hillslope sediments provide a record of past environmental conditions and may be especially useful in calculating the recurrence interval of extreme environmental conditions such as earthquakes and intense rainfall events. The characteristics of hillslope sediments provide information as to their origin, transport and mechanisms of deposition. No published work could be found that had been undertaken on hillslope surface processes or stratigraphy in the eastern Cape coastal region. This study attempted to fill this gap in the geomorphic literature for southern Africa. The surface processes acting on hillslopes at Burchleigh and Spring Grove in the Alexandria district of the eastern Cape were examined in terms of slope morphology, surface sediment characteristics and the internal geometry of the hillslope sedimentary deposits. The late Quaternary hillslope sedimentary deposits at the two study sites are composed of fine grained colluvial sediments intercalated with highly lenticular diamicts. The fine grained colluvial sediments were emplaced by overland flow processes while the diamicts were deposited by debris flows. The sedimentary sequences at both study sites have a basal conglomerate interpreted as a channel lag deposit. Most slope failures preceding debris flow events were probably triggered by intense or extended periods of rainfall associated with cold fronts or cut-of flows. Seismic events may also have triggered slope failure, with or without the hillslope sediments being saturated. The results of this study indicate that a continuum exists between the slopewash dominated processes of the presently summer rainfall regions of Natal to the present winter rainfall regions of the western Cape where mass movement processes are significant. Hillslope deposits, therefore, provide a record of environmental conditions which may greatly facilitate proper management of the landscape.
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Nicol, Tracy-Lee. "Aspects of memory in the sculptural work of Jane Alexander 1982-2009." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002213.
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Over three decades of research has shown that memories have significant effect on the behaviour, attitudes, beliefs, and identities of individuals and collectives, revealing also how experiences of trauma and acts of narrativisation have pertinence to the ways in which memories are stored and reconstructed. In this thesis a link is developed between memory, trauma, narrativisation processes and the interpretation of works by Jane Alexander, a contemporary artist whose work is informed by observations about South African life. Alexander’s sculptures are revealed to be not only important vessels of collective memories and experiences, but also evocations of individuals’ countermemories and traumas that remain unarticulated and invisible. Through an exploration of the workings of memory and its relation to her art, it is revealed how the past continues to exert its influence on many of South Africa’s present sociopolitical concerns and interpersonal dynamics. Indeed constantly changing memories have a significant effect on future generations’ perceptions of, and connectedness to, the past. While theories about memory have been deployed in Art History as well as the Humanities in general, Alexander’s work has not previously been considered in light of the influence of these ideas. This thesis thus contributes a new dimension to literature on the artist.
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Moloto, Paul Pitsi. "The dynamics of housing privitization in South Africa : a case study of Alexandria township." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68755.
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Boonzaaier, Devandre. "A theoretical study on the Alexander technique for the organ." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1015727.
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The aim of this research is to provide a theoretical framework of the Alexander Technique for organists. Frederick Matthias Alexander was an Australian actor who developed a technique to enable and enhance his own performance. This innovative technique is now used across the world, including South Africa. In this study the researcher provides a Literature Study of the Alexander Technique. Furthermore, he investigates and reports on the practises of a number of organists. A multiple case study approach was adapted and data was collected by means of questionnaires, personal observations and informal interviews. The data gathered in this study is described and analysed. The study culminates with a description of a theoretical framework for the application of the Alexander Technique for organists.
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Fischer, Lennart Alexander [Verfasser]. "The Upper Zone of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa: Parental Magma and Crystallization Processes / Lennart Alexander Fischer." Hannover, 2018. http://d-nb.info/1160378800/34.
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Fischer, Lennart A. [Verfasser]. "The Upper Zone of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa: Parental Magma and Crystallization Processes / Lennart Alexander Fischer." Hannover, 2018. http://d-nb.info/1160378800/34.
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Cox, Frances Jayne. "The notion of physicality in vocal training for the performer in South African theatre, with particular reference to the Alexander technique." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002366.
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Voice training has been influenced by separatist attitudes which have allowed for classes which train the body to be separate from those which train the voice. This study acknowledges that to train an actor in separate compartments and then expect the completeness of human expression in performance, is to train under false pretences. There is a need to address the imbalance of separatism and this is examined within the context of voice training. An holistic approach to voice training forms the basis of the argument, which focuses on the need to re-educate the notion of physicality in voice training. Chapter one proposes an understanding of the notion of physicality by drawing on the attitudes of selected theatre practitioners towards the physical nature of the theatre encounter. The expressive energies of the actor's body are responsible for the physicalisation of a play; for this reason the movement of voice and speech is not only examined as source movement, but also as the movement of an actor's response and communication. Chapter two examines some practices which led to attitudes of separatism in voice training, and introduces prevalent practices which are attempting to involve the energy of the physical experience. Chapter three proposes that the Alexander technique be used as the foundation for an awareness of individual physicality. Where chapter one examines the theory of this notion, chapter three proposes an experiential understanding of the same. The Alexander technique is a training in effective body use and it's principles are fundamental to an awareness of body use and functioning. It is argued that these principles should underlie a re-education of physicality. The final chapter of the thesis argues for physicality in South African voice training programmes which would complement the physicality of contemporary theatre forms. It is hoped that this study will provide further incentive for the continued review and adjustment of drama training in South Africa.
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Desmet, Philip George. "The vegetation and restoration potential of the arid coastal belt between Port Nolloth and Alexander Bay, Namaqualand, South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9271.
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Includes bibliography.This thesis introduces the environment and the vegetation of the Namaqualand coastal belt between Port Nolloth and Alexander Bay. Aspects of the abiotic environment are discussed and related to patterns and processes observed in the vegetation of the study area. The restoration of the natural vegetation impacted by diamond mining activities is discussed. 1-4 The study area, located within the winter rainfall area of the Namib Desert, is one of four global fog deserts. The area is characterised by a near ubiquitous covering of Recent to Tertiary amorphous dunes of marine origin. The dunes can be divided into two broad categories: Recent, mobile white dunes, and Tertiary to Late Quaternary, semi-mobile red dunes. The red dune soils are considered arenosols, underlain by dorbank and calcrete hardpans, whereas the white dunes generally lack this structure, unless they are superimposed on an older dune series. The dune landscape is interrupted by outcrops of bedrock, such as river canyons (Holgat River); inselbergs (Buchu Twins); and koppies. Gravel plains and rocky outcrops cover much of the area on the south bank of the Orange River, as far south as Cape Voltas. The low rainfall ( <70 mm) is offset by frequent fog and dew. Summers are dominated by high energy, southerly winds and winters by gentle land-sea breezes interrupted by occasional, warm-easterly "berg" winds. A complete bio-inventory of higher plants of the study area was undertaken. Patterns of diversity and endemism were analysed in relation to plant growth form and habitat. 300 plant species were collected in the study area representing 40 families, with 28 being endemic to the coastal region. The flora is dominated by the Asteraceae (53 species), Mesembryanthemaceae (47), Crassulaceae (28), Poaceae (17) and Aizoaceae (15). Endemic species are over-represented in the Mesembryanthemaceae (60 endemic) and Crassulaceae (44), and under represented in the Asteraceae (8), Poaceae (0) and Aizoaceae (0). Rocky outcrops have the highest species:area ratio (3.77). They are characterised by their own distinct flora as well as representing a significant proportion ( 46) of the species from the surrounding dune landscape. Endemic species are concentrated on these, as well as on the gravel plain habitats. Dune habitats are the most widespread. However, they are characterised by a widespread, generalist flora with low species:area ratio (0.81), few endemics, and share an expected number of species with other habitat types (21 ). An endemic species in the southern Namib can be characterised as being a dwarf leaf succulent in the Mesembryanthemaceae which is most likely to be encountered on a rocky outcrop.
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Botzat, Alexandra [Verfasser], and Nina [Akademischer Betreuer] Farwig. "Fragment quality rather than matrix habitat shapes forest regeneration in a South African mosaic-forest landscape / Alexandra Botzat. Betreuer: Nina Farwig." Marburg : Philipps-Universität Marburg, 2012. http://d-nb.info/1024770656/34.
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Odipo, Victor [Verfasser], Christiane [Gutachter] Schmullius, Alexander [Gutachter] Brenning, and Christian [Gutachter] Thiel. "Spatio-temporal and structural analysis of vegetation dynamics of Lowveld Savanna in South Africa / Victor Odipo ; Gutachter: Christiane Schmullius, Alexander Brenning, Christian Thiel." Jena : Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1216945276/34.
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Ssemakalu, John. "A case study of the implementation of the communicative approach to English second language progress testing in one secondary school in the Alexandria Circuit of the Eastern Cape Department of Education." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002645.
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This study explores the implementation of the communicative approach (CA) to English second language progress testing in an African secondary school which falls under the Eastern Cape Department of Education. The goal of the research is to establish how teachers access, conceptualise, and apply the CA to language testing in their specific working conditions. The report of the findings of the research reveals that teachers' understanding of the CA to testing differs from that of the linguists, curriculum designers, innovators, and syllabus writers. This is caused by a combination of factors including teachers' poor working conditions, the lack of focused pre-service training and effective in-service structures for their empowennent as the agents of innovation, coupled with the poor circulation and a lack of clarity in official documents on the CA to language testing. These constraints made it impossible for teachers to implement the CA to language testing. In order to carry on with their work, however, teachers developed coping strategies by drawing, probably unconsciously, on a mixture of structuralist, sociolinguistic-psycholinguistic, communicative and any other testing practices they may have acquired during their years of service. Although based only on one school, the findings of this study indicate that for fundamental innovations such as the CA to take root, there is a need for the adoption of more dedicated, reflective implementation strategies involving proper planning and monitoring, as well as evaluation and re-evaluation of the entire process. This necessarily slow process must go hand-in-hand with a dedicated pre-service and in-service empowerment program based on consultative communication between innovator and agent; and a persuasive education/re-education approach which will encourage teachers to change their entrenched practices.
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Hartwig, Alexander Verfasser], Primio Rolando [Akademischer Betreuer] Di, Zahie [Akademischer Betreuer] Anka, Brian [Akademischer Betreuer] Horsfield, Ralf [Akademischer Betreuer] [Littke, and Wilhelm [Akademischer Betreuer] Dominik. "Hydrocarbon migration and leakage dynamics of the Orange Basin, South Africa / Alexander Hartwig. Gutachter: Brian Horsfield ; Ralf Littke ; Wilhelm Dominik. Betreuer: Rolando di Primio ; Zahie Anka ; Brian Horsfield." Berlin : Technische Universität Berlin, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1067386726/34.
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Hartwig, Alexander [Verfasser], Primio Rolando Akademischer Betreuer] Di, Zahie [Akademischer Betreuer] Anka, Brian [Akademischer Betreuer] Horsfield, Ralf [Akademischer Betreuer] [Littke, and Wilhelm [Akademischer Betreuer] Dominik. "Hydrocarbon migration and leakage dynamics of the Orange Basin, South Africa / Alexander Hartwig. Gutachter: Brian Horsfield ; Ralf Littke ; Wilhelm Dominik. Betreuer: Rolando di Primio ; Zahie Anka ; Brian Horsfield." Berlin : Technische Universität Berlin, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1067386726/34.
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Muntingh, Le Roy. "The integration of Meridian Brokers (Pty) Ltd into Alexander Forbes Limited : a change process to incorporate the different cultures and management styles of these two companies to maximize the benefits of the merger." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52542.
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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2001.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This project examines the implications of a merger of two companies, Alexander Forbes Limited and Meridian Brokers (Pty) Ltd. The emphasis of the study is the identification of the differences in corporate culture between the two organisations, and having done this identification, the selection of the change process required to facilitate the smoothest possible integration of the two companies. In the first instance the project research methodology is explained. The method of information gathering is done by means of questionnaires. Three major models which have been specifically designed to extract the necessary information are used in the project, namely the Beehive model, the Growth Curve model and the VISA model. Furthermore, the models to be used to drive the change process are also described in this initial stage. These models are the ESP of change and the ROP. During the next stage of the project the analyses of the data is done. The data is then compared in order to show certain differences between the cultures and management styles of the two organisations. The major differences between the two companies are then highlighted in graphic form to show where the emphasis must be laid during the change process, in order to create a new culture going forward. The final stages of this study project refer to the recommended change process for the integration. The emphasis here is to highlight what specific actions need to take place so that the new Alexander Forbes group can be an even stronger force to be reckoned with by becoming a globally competitive insurer. In conclusion the study project examines whether it has fulfilled its objective as set out initially, and whether there is cause for any other further study in this regard in the future.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die projek ondersoek die implikasies van 'n samesmelting van twee maatskappy, Alexander Forbes Beperk en Meridian Brokers (Edms) Bpk. Die doel van die studie is die identifikasie van die verskille in korporatiewe kultuur tussen die twee oorspronklike en deur die identifikasie te doen, die seleksie van die veranderingsproses vereis om die beste moontlike integrasie tussen die twee maatskappye to bewerkstellig. In die eerste plek word die projeknavorsingsmetode verduidelik. Die metode om inligting te versamel word gedoen deur vraelyste. Drie hoofmodelle, naamlik die Beehive model, die Growth Curve model en die VISA model, wat spesifiek ontwerp is om die nodige inligting te trek, word in die projek gebruik. Verder, modelle wat ook gebruik word om die veranderingsproses te dryf, word hier beskryf. Hierdie modelle is die ESP en die ROP. Gedurende die volgende fase van die projek word die analise van die data gedoen. Die data word dan vergelyk om sekere verskille tussen kulture en bestuursstyle van die twee maatskappye te wys. Die hoof verskille tussen die twee maatskappye word dan uitgewys in grafiese vorm om te wys waar die beklemtoning gelê moet word gedurende die veranderingsproses, om 'n nuwe kulturele vooruitgang te skep. Die finale stappe van die studie projek verwys na die aanbevele veranderings proses vir die integrasie. Die doel hier is om te beklemtoon watter spesifieke aksies nodig is om plaas te vind sodat die nuwe Alexander Forbes groep selfs 'n sterker mag kan wees, deur 'n globale mededingende versekeraar te word. In samevatting ondersoek die studieprojek of dit voldoen het aan sy doel soos eerstens uitgestip, en of daar enige rede is om 'n verdere studie in die verband in die toekoms te doen.
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Brado, Dominik Alexander [Verfasser], Thomas [Gutachter] Dandekar, Carsten [Gutachter] Scheller, and Hartwig [Gutachter] Klinker. "Genetic diversity and baseline drug resistance of South African HIV-1 Integrase sequences prior to the availability of Integrase strand-transfer inhibitors / Dominik Alexander Brado ; Gutachter: Thomas Dandekar, Carsten Scheller, Hartwig Klinker." Würzburg : Universität Würzburg, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1222439581/34.
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Tourikis, P. N. "The "political economy" of Alexandra Township, 1905-1958." Thesis, 2014.
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Mokgwatsana, Edwin Ntwampe. "The impact of government housing subsidies in Alexandra-Gauteng." Thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25386.
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The purpose of the study was to investigate and examine the impact of the government housing subsidies in Alexandra, Gauteng, in terms of improving the socio-economic conditions of poor people. The ANC government promised to change the material conditions of people by among other things eliminating poverty when it ascended to power. Access to adequate housing is regarded as a fundamental right in terms of the prescripts of the South African constitution. By implication the government has a developmental duty to provide housing to eligible citizens.
A policy decision by government in 1995 to provide housing subsidies to poor households, particularly those earning between R0-3500 rand provided a significant catalyst in the objective to improve the socio-economic conditions of poor people. That is why the study was conducted in the Alexandra Township, given the proximity of the area to affluent suburbs such as Sandton. This also provided a perfect case study to measure the effectiveness of the housing subsidy system and how the system has been managed to maximise the housing delivery impact in terms of outcomes.
In terms of research findings, the expectation was that delivery of low cost housing using government subsidies should not have experienced problems on housing delivery backlogs and administrative blockages. The research results revealed that the failure to quickly improve the socio-economic conditions of poor people through providing adequate housing and creating a progressive environment to create and access job opportunities has exacerbated the state of poverty, which perpetuates dependency on state assistance. The research findings further showed that there is no conclusive evidence that many if not all beneficiaries were using their subsidised house as an asset in terms of leveraging it to improve their financial position; and that there is still a high level of dependency on government for assistance even on maintenance of these units, especially after taking ownership. This has exposed a grave lack of knowledge or information on the side of beneficiaries on how to utilise the house as an asset in order to be progressive as far as improving social and economic conditions. The overall research results demonstrated that
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the existing low cost housing funding model (in Gauteng) is not sustainable in terms of delivering subsidised housing units; and significantly improving the quality of life and standard of living of poor people. In terms of limitations, the study took to account that the new government needed enough time to translate policy into concrete implementable ideas as far as housing was concerned, hence the period of study was from 1995 to 2012.
This study is important because its findings contribute knowledge in the field of Public Administration and housing literature; and also assists the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) to explore recommended solutions to improve the Housing Subsidy System. Most importantly, the study provides valuable data relating to the impact of government housing subsidies, including challenges on housing allocations and subsidies management.
The study concludes with recommendations on what an effective government subsidy programme should look like. This provides an opportunity to review the entire government subsidy system, as recommended in the National Development Plan (NDP) 2030 vision. The government of the day needs to urgently review the existing grant and subsidy regime for housing with a view to ensuring diversity in product and finance options that allows for more household choice and greater spatial mix and flexibility. Moreover, government should ensure that state funding does not support the further provision of non-strategic housing investments in poorly located areas.Public Administration
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Kimemia, David Kimani. "Biomass alternative urban energy economy: the case of Setswetla, Alexandra Township, Gauteng." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/11490.
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Broadhead, Leanne Hazel. "[EM]Powerment: industry as regenerative architecture: a biomass power plant & environmental education centre in Alexandra." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/22088.
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Thesis (M.Arch. (Professional))--University of the Witwatersrand, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, School of Architecture and Planning, 2016.The 21st century has been defined by urbanisation and rapid growth but seemingly not by the resultant ecological detriment. Modern communities, entrenched in anthropocentric thinking have managed to unwittingly destroy the biotic assemblage of natural ecologies, this to the detriment of their urban ecosystem. This has left modern settlements in ecological crisis. [EM]POWERMENT is an investigation of eco-industrial intervention within the 21st century paradigm. This dissertation explores the potential of eco-industry as an urban catalyst, one of altered consciousness and environmental awareness. It imagines the completion of natural cycles by industry so that a sustainable urban ecology may be realised and environmental systems regenerated. If communities are to rise above ecological crises, it is apparent that the ways in which individuals think needs to be redefined. Communities should be steered toward an eco-anthropocentric view where man and nature can exist as a harmonious system capable of regeneration. [EM]POWERMENT introduces a power generating eco-industrial catalyst within densely populated townships, rectifying the current paradox where power is not “to the people”, as our South African heritage may suggest. [EM]POWERMENT provides community upliftment through the provision of basic services and it also empowers communities through education, reconnection with nature and equity in the success of the system.
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Bantsi, Kgotlaetsho. "The anatomy of environmental racism and injustice in South Africa: a case study of Alexandra." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/20456.
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Khalo, Kebaabetswe Neo Dorah. "Alexandra residents’ views on xenophobic attacks." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/8454.
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M.A. (Industrial Psychology)South Africa is a diverse country with people from different races, cultures, and socio-economic backgrounds. Yet the differences that exist amongst its citizens are neither embraced nor accepted by all its people. Alexandra Township was chosen as the research site to investigate the xenophobic attacks of May 2008 as this was where the attacks first started. The purpose of this study is to explore the perceptions of Alexandra residents towards the attacks of May 2008 in order to determine their attitudes towards black foreigners. Twenty in-depth interviews were conducted in different sections of Alexandra. Interviews were conducted with twelve males and eight females. The findings revealed that lack of service delivery and competition for scarce resources was the major factors that contributed to xenophobic attacks on foreigners. Other factors that played a role included frustration and anger by residents about a feeling of entitlement, i.e. things they felt were owing to them but they had not received such as houses and employment. The study found the views differed between perpetrators of the attacks and observers of the violence. It is clear that xenophobic sentiments are rooted in multiple factors.
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Allie-Nieftagodien, Shariefa. "Pro-poor tourism in Alexandra since 1994 : a case study of St Michaels Church and SA Jewel." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/13181.
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Tourism has increasingly been viewed as an important means to challenge poverty,
especially in developing countries. Since the beginning of democracy in South
Africa, the ANC government has emphasised the importance of overcoming poverty,
and identified tourism as an important intervention in pursuit of this objective. The
study will assess “pro-poor” tourism initiatives in Alexandra Township since 1994,
with particular focus on the arts and crafts at St Michaels Church and SA Jewel. It
will investigate whether projects similar to bead craft, initiated at the same time with
the same objectives have benefited the residents of Alexandra. Finally, the study will
consider if tourism initiatives being implemented in Alexandra conform to
‘sustainable development’ objectives.
The research report reviews the literature on Tourism Development domestically and
Local Economic Development. Furthermore the report extends to literature reviews
specifically in Sustainable Tourism and Pro-Poor Tourism, its definitions and its
examples in the tourism industry. It examines the various arguments for tourism
development and alleviating poverty through these initiatives.
The research findings that follow provide my opinion and those of the different
stakeholders involved in tourism in Alexandra and those who were affected by the
initiatives in Alexandra.
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Mophosho, Zanele Theresa. "The retention of treatment supporters within the community based DOTS programme in Alexandra township." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/4206.
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M.Cur.In 1995, the South African Department of Health described tuberculosis (TB) as South Africa's number one health problem. The Directly Observed Treatment Short-course (DOTS) strategy was thereafter implemented as a way of managing TB patients. One of its key elements is a network of trained treatment supporters who are able to support and observe TB patients swallow their treatment. In Alexandra Township a group of treatment supporters was trained in 1998 and another in 2002 but have subsequently I left the community based DOTS programme. ,..~ Why do treatment supporters leave the community based DOTS programme? What can be done to make treatment supporters stay on the community based DOTS programme? An exploratory, descriptive, qualitative contextual study was undertaken to determine the factors: • that interfere with the retention of treatment supporters within the community based DOTS programme in Alexandra Township; • that can facilitate the retention of treatment supporters on the community based DOTS programme; and • to formulate strategies that can be used to promote the retention of treatment supporters within the community based DOTS programme in Alexandra Township. Community nurses, treatment supporters and members of the Anti-TB Association were selected for the study. Focus group interviews were conducted with all three sample groups. The following questions comprised the focus group discussions with all respondents: • What do you think makes treatment supporters leave the community based DOTS programme in Alexandra Township?; and • What do you think should be done to make treatment supporters stay within the community based DOTS programme in Alexandra Towns hip? iii Under.,the following categories factors that interfere as well as factors that can facilitate the retention of treatment supporters were identified: • factors relating to the working relationship between community nurses and treatment supporters; • factors relating to the training of treatment supporters; • factors relating to the management of the community based DOTS programme in Alexandra township. I Data was analysed by using Kerlinger's (1986:477-483) method of content analysis. Strategies for the retention of treatment supporters within the community based DOTS programme in Alexandra Township were formulated. These were based on the study findings and the reviewed literature.
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Jochelson, Karen Jane. "Urban crisis: state reform and popular reaction: a case study of Alexandra." Thesis, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/21013.
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Thesis (B.A. (Hons.))--University of the Witwatersrand, Arts Faculty (Political Science), 1988This study examines state reform policy and popular township response from 1976 to 1987 in Alexandra, a black township bordering Johannesburg and Sandton's richest white suburbs.
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Nkere, George Okezie. "The role of NGOs in the development of technical skills among the youth in Alexandra, Johannesburg." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/17682.
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A research report submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science in Development Planning in the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of the Witwatersrand, JohannesburgThe failure of government to provide social services to the people has become an opportunity for the NGOs. NGOs entrance into the development arena was not to take over the work of the government but to assist the government in improving the living condition of the people. NGOs were able to develop various development programmes at grassroots level. These programmes were developed to empower the people and provide them with skills that will enable them gain employment or become self-reliant or entrepreneurial. Irrespective of the successes and failures of NGOs programme in the development arena, they are still faced with challenges of skills scarcity and unemployment. This report is interrogating the role NGOs play in Johannesburg and Alexandra in particular. This is in the context of technical skills development. It assesses the impact of NGO’s on the youth in Alexandra. Various methods are used in the gathering of data ─ these include written materials, case study, structured and semi-structured Interviews, in-depth Interviews, purposive sampling, focus groups, and sampling methods. We also look at various areas such as, youth attitude towards skills development, and problems faced by the NGOs in the study area. These include lack of NGO autonomy; difficulty of access; lack of finance and the rate of crime. In the end the research demonstrates that the programmes implemented by the NGOs have not had any significant impact.
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Khoza, Olga Ntswaki. "Citizen participation in the Alexandra Urban Renewal Project." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/3181.
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M.A.Many national, provincial and local governmental programmes initiated to promote greater economic growth as well as alleviating poverty and unemployment includes, among others, Urban Renewal Projects. The Alexandra Urban Renewal Project (AURP) which is the focus of this study typically concentrates on the elimination of inadequate housing (informal dwellings, backyard shacks, hostels and formal housing in poor conditions) located in critical, life threatening or badly situated locations. It further contributes to the reconstruction and upgrading of the Alexandra Township through building affordable housing, delivering health services, restructuring welfare services, improving safety and security, providing arts, sports and recreational facilities, and preserving heritage precincts. It is evident that the need to address urban renewal has been firmly placed at the centre of the Gauteng Provincial Housing Department. The Urban Renewal Strategy that is implemented in the Gauteng Housing Department is a locally driven process by which the public, business and local government work collectively together to create better conditions for urban renewal in order to sustain livelihood and to improve future housing and economic prospects. The central problem this research addresses is to establish if the Gauteng Housing Department’s Alexandra Urban Renewal Project constitutes a form of participatory decision-making, especially through the participation of the citizens of Alexandra. This study explored the phenomenon of citizen participation in a developmental local governmental context as understood globally and investigated the perspectives in urban renewal context. The research is furthermore applied, as it seeks to improve the application and existing practice around the participation of the Alexandra citizens in this project. The research proposes the extension of the use citizen participation in the Alexandra Urban Renewal Project beyond that of merely participatory tool, into the realm of the decision-making process. The objectives of this dissertation were to provide an overview of the history of Urban Renewal Projects in general as well as the specific Urban Renewal Projects that took place in Alexandra Township from 1980 to 2008. It discusses specific issues pertaining to the participation of the citizens of Alexandra Township. These included groups such as the business community, civic associations, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and the youth and women – all were stakeholders in the proceedings, planning and implementation of the AURP. Furthermore, it explores the role of community representatives, structures or forums and their role and the influence in the Urban Renewal Project – particularly in the decision–making process. The study also provided a strong case for the tangible success of the Gauteng Housing Department in embracing a totally new approach in urban renewal by incorporating the citizens of Alexandra.
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Wilkinson, Zizke Rolenda. "Social fiction: an imaginary journey through the Alexandra-Sandton corridor: temporarily subverting everyday acceptance." Thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/23025.
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Thesis is submitted in partial fulfilment for the degree of Master of Architecture (Professional) to the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, School of Architecture and Planning at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2017ABSTRACT The aim of this dissertation is to explore alternative ways of looking at architecture through the use of theory, the type of theory, alternative building programme development, representing architecture and how architecture is implemented. By doing so, an intervention is designed to expose various social truths, stimulating self reflection and adding value to the Alexandra-Sandton corridor context. This research project utilises the spirit of carnivals as subversive and radical events to change a community’s behaviour. This dissertation explores Bakhtin’s theory of the “carnivalesque”. This theory was used as the theoretical framework based on four characteristics. Throughout the research process these are used to analyse site context and create an intervention. The four carnivalesque characteristics are: - Usurping of hierarchies; - Pushing taboos; - Unusual connections; - Eccentric behaviour. The social inequalities along the Alexandra-Sandton corridor are broken down into every day activities and juxtaposed to amplify and expose hidden rules that we have come to accept in Johannesburg. The intervention acts as a commentary on the future connection of the two contrasting communities for spectacle and self reflection, transcending the everyday experience into a surreal playground through virtual reality and other means. Architecturally, Social Fiction has three main design strands 1. Theoretical exploration; 2. Architecture as emotional stimulus; 3. Virtual reality as fictional representation. Social Fiction is a project that bridges architecture, politics, socioeconomics and philosophy, using the medium of virtual reality and comic book fantasy as an open and accessible way, challenging the traditional plan, section elevation as a means of communication.
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Lucas, Justine Clare. "Space, society and culture: housing and local level politics in a section of Alexandra township, 1991-1992." Thesis, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/23394.
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A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Arts,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg,
in fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of Master of Arts, 1995This thesis presents an analysis of the relationship between social processes, cognitive understandings and the organisation of space, as this pertains to local-level politics in a section of Alexandra township, South Africa, during 1991 and 1992. The context of the thesis is the attempts by the Alexandra Civic Organisation and the Alexandra branch of the African National Congress to elicit support from people living in formal and inform~i housing during a period of intense violence. The focus of the ethnographylis on local-level civic structures and political leadership, which in some ways support and in others contradict the aims and objectives of these two organisations. The reason for this internal political diversity is that local-level politics is embedded within social maps - cognitive orderings of space that represent patterns of social relations and structures of power. This points to the main theoretical focus of the thesis: the interrelationship of space, culture and society in an urban context. Urbanism is conventionally defined in sociological and geographical terms as the articulation between social process and urban spatial form. The thesis shows how anthropology can make a contribution to this field of study by incorporating a concern with culture. The mutually constitutive relationship of urban space, culture and society presents a way of looking at urbanism that does not depend on a rural-urban dichotomy; a social. and cultural dualism which is conventionally fitted into a modernist narrative of urbanisation. The ethnography in the thesis demonstrates the inapplicability of this narrative, and the categories of rural tradition and urban modernity which it implies. Keywords: anthropology, urbanism, urbanisation, rural-urban dichotomy, space, Alexandra, politics, civic organisation, informal housing.
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Patel, Shyam. "The rehabilitated city : the redesign of Rich's Intrepretation Centre to address contemporary needs of Alexandra." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14808.
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M.Tech. ( Architecture)With a lack of recreational and sporting facilities in Alexandra, the lkasi Gym (founded by local resident Tumi Masite) is one of very few establishments which promote health, in a variety of ways, in a setting where space is valuable and, heart disease is a serious concern 1. The gym has become a strong focal point for Alexandra residents in recent years. Adjacent to the lkasi Gym sits the Alexandra Interpretation Centre, designed by South African architect Peter Rich, incomplete and un-used in this prime township location ...
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Musengi, Daniel. "Adoption of mobile banking by low-income earners in Tembisa and Alexandra townships." 2013. http://encore.tut.ac.za/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?sp=1001311.
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M. Tech. Business AdministrationThe aim of this research is to investigate the extent of mobile banking usage among low-income people in Johannesburg. A descriptive design was conducted; data by means of a survey, using self-administered questionnaires, was collected from the inhabitants of the informal settlements of Tembisa and Alexandra Townships in Johannesburg. This represented a total population of about 6000 households. From which, a sample of 200 households was systematically selected randomly.
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Asare-Bediako, Josephine. "Sexual behaviours of circumcised men in a private practice in Alexandra, South Africa." Thesis, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/28187.
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This research report is submitted in partial fulfilment of the Master of Public Health in
the Faculty of Health Sciences, at the University of the WitwatersrandBackground Three randomized controlled trials (RCT) conducted showed that voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) reduces the risk of female to male HIV transmission by approximately 60%. However, data from countries such as South Africa where VMMC programs have been scaled up are needed to assess changes in sexual behaviours of circumcised men as a result of perceived reductions in risk and factors associated with these behaviours. This risk compensation is a concern for policy makers and programme implementers due to its possible negative effect on HIV incidence. Methodology This was a cross-sectional study conducted at a private practice in Alexandra. One hundred and forty-three (n=143) men,18 years and older, medically circumcised three months before commencement of the study were randomly sampled and interviewed using a questionnaire. The questionnaire covered sociodemographic characteristics and elements of condom use, multiple sexual partners, transactional sex and VMMC knowledge. Logistic regression was used to determine factors associated with their sexual behaviour. Results Out of the one-hundred and forty-three (n=143) men interviewed, more than half (51%) of the men reported condom use in last sexual intercourse. However, 49% indicated no condom use, which indicates some risk compensation. Men aged 40 years and older, were slightly more likely (UOR 1.04, 95% Cl 0.31 - 3.55) to use condoms at last sexual intercourse. HIV positive men were found to be twice likely to use a condom at last sex (UOR 3.72 95% 1.46 - 9.46) and engage in transactional sex (UOR 2.68 95% Cl 1.10 - 6.50) than their HIV negative counterparts, indicating a possible link to knowledge of HIV transmission after HIV diagnosis. Conclusion Some risk compensation was found in this study, however, the possibility was difficult to determine due to the lack of adequate baseline analysis of the sexual behaviour of the men before circumcision. Several factors such as marital status and being in a long term relationship were among the reasons given for non-condom use. Results indicate the importance of VMMC and HIV prevention education and counselling and it is recommended that all VMMC programmes include this aspect. Risk compensation should not impede the scale-up of VMMC.
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Mothapo, Maphoko Sarah. "Assessing disaster risks in Alexandra township: Towards a disaster risk inventory." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/4562.
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ABSTRACT
South Africa faces increasing levels of disaster risk. The country and citizens are
exposed to a wide range of weather hazards, including drought, cyclones and severe
storms that can trigger widespread hardship and devastation. The country’s extensive
coastline and proximity to shipping routes present further numerous marine and
coastal threats.
Despite ongoing progress to extend essential services to poor urban and rural
communities, large numbers of people live in conditions of chronic disaster
vulnerability. They are located-in underserved, ecologically fragile or marginal areas,
where they face recurrent natural and other threats that range from drought to repeated
informal settlement fires. Several literature on Disaster Risk Management identifies a
number of risk factors that people can be exposed to. These include:
· Proximity/exposure: people who occupy or, for their livelihoods depend on
areas of high hazard’s risk,
· Capacities and resources: people who have limited means and capacity to
mobilise them in order to increase their defences against hazard and
· Disadvantaged or marginalized people: people who are vulnerable due to
gender, race, ethnicity and class.
The assessment and evaluation of risk to a range of hazards therefore becomes a
necessity as it provides a sound basis for planning and for allocation of financial and
other resources, as well as designing interventions and future mitigation activities.
Valid and systematic information on disasters and their impacts has, however, not
been widely available within local development programmes. More often, information
pertaining to disaster risks is not available, and where it is, it is in fragmentary bits
usually derived from different sources and stored in different formats. These data
shortcomings have been to the obvious detriment of effective relief and mitigation,
both at international, national and local municipal levels. Alexandra Township,
located to the north of Johannesburg is facing a problem of a usable and
comprehensive disaster data inventory.
In this research report, an initial disaster inventory for Alexandra Township has been
undertaken. Available data on disasters that have occurred in Alexandra Township for
over the decade (1991-Aug 2005) are collected. These data are drawn from various
sources including newspaper clippings, community- based records, data from the Red
Cross, data from the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and others. The
beginning of such an information gathering system is a basic requirement for a
coherent disaster programme.
While in no way as rigorous as the data capturing methods and systems as those
adopted in LA RED, South America or in MANDISA (University of Cape Town),
where the disaster capturing data systems are more advanced, this report begins to
illustrate some of the preliminary results that can be used to begin to develop an
effective data management system for Alexandra Township. Such data also should be
able to determine the detection of trends, that can begin to inform a more systematic
and rigorous identification of complex disaster risks in urban settings. Some of these
preliminary trends are profiled in this report.
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Pinto, Miguel Faria Rocha. "Bridging the divide: a creativity hub in Alexandra’s Marlboro Gautrain precinct." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/9684.
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M.Tech. (Architectural Technology)Alexandra's Far East Bank, formerly an apartheid buffer zone, is caught up in a reactive process by government to provide both housing and public transport. This process has resulted in a segregated relationship between the Marlboro Gautrain Station and the adjacent Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) housing scheme. The station is completely cut off from the immediate community by a perimeter fence with 24-hour security. This further entrenches the division between the Gautrain commuters and surrounding community. This forced physical relationship sets up an opportunity to design and create a space that aims to straddle the current socioeconomic gap. After on-site investigation and research, a This project would be the first catalytic response to the City of Johannesburg’s Regional Spatial Development Framework (RSDF) for Region E (CoJ 2009/10: 149). The
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Manala, Maria. "The urban stage: reinventing interstitial space in Alexandra." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/18330.
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This thesis seeks to explore the role of the performing arts in reconfiguring an unjust spatial history. By
exploring the performing arts as a vehicle for creativity, freedom and a new consciousness within the city.
Alexandra Township is still one of the impoverished settlements with very few public facilities,
amenities and public space. The quality of its infrastructure is timeworn and does not meet all the needs of a society that is modernising. Finally there is now an increase in learners passing matric and wanting exposure to potential career options in the performing arts.
This thesis will critically explore performance in the city - where the performer is seen as the self of all selves. It will also explore the meaning of public space in Alexandra and how the residents of Alexandra utilise public space for the purpose of performance.
The idea of the building is to borrow from Alexandra where the building is seen as backstage and the township as the backdrop; A building that shapes and watches the urban life of Alexandra. This building speaks of an architecture which is connected with pockets of dignified public space. Fused with green spaces to create a theatre which becomes a green node for public space and the celebration of a
performance culture found in Alexandra Township.
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Ghoor, Raeesa. "An examination of the use of urban design instruments in promoting spatial equity in a non-motorized priority route: the case of an alternative Sandton-Alexandra NMT route." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/22353.
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This document is submitted in partial fulfilment for the degree
Master of Urban Design at the University of the Witwatersrand, 2016The planned non-motorized transport (NMT) route in Sandton is part of the Corridors of Freedom project which seeks to change spatial patterns in Johannesburg. This research seeks to understand this route and how an alternative route would respond to the context and present an opportunity to create spatially equitable spaces between Alexandra and Sandton on the NMT priority space. This will be done using the mechanism of urban design tools. Urban design tools themselves face various challenges as the underlying institutional context is often not conducive to creating some of the urban design objectives of spatial equity and the prioritization of NMT. This research, through a design strategy, proposes an alternative mechanism of coding.
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Mawela, Ailwei Solomon. "Barriers to managing environmental education projects in Alexandra township primary and secondary schools." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/23757.
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Successful management of Environmental Education (EE) projects in schools is essential as it enhances teaching and learning in different subjects. The fact that EE is not a subject on its own, but is integrated into other subjects, has many detrimental effects with regard to the management of EE projects in schools. There are several barriers attached to the poor management of EE globally, in Africa and in South Africa. This study explored barriers to managing EE projects in Alexandra Township primary and secondary schools. This study was underpinned by total quality management theory. The research method used in the study followed a qualitative interpretative approach and data collection methods included a literature study, Participatory observation and open-ended questionnaires in order to examine the barriers to managing EE projects. Participants in the study were school principals, educators, subject facilitators and Institutional Development Support Officers (IDSOs). Findings indicated that, although school have EE projects, but there is a lack of competency and expertise in managing EE projects in schools. Non-governmental organisations are key role plays with expertise and competency in managing EE projects in schools. The study further indicated limited support offered by subject facilitators and IDSOs on how to manage EE projects in schools. However, there are number of factors that hinder successful management of EE projects in schools: these include lack of integration of EE into other subjects, lack of funds and other required resources, lack of time, and inadequate training. It was concluded that there were no systems in place that acted as a guideline for school principals and educators to overcome the barriers in EE project management in schools. It was concluded that school principals, educators and stakeholders, including subject facilitators and IDSO’s should work together in managing EE projects in schools. Hence, this study calls attention to the provision of in-service training for EE project management for school principals, educators, subject facilitators and IDSOs. Further, more relevant resources should be provided to schools in order to manage EE projects.Science and Technology Education
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"Secondary school learners' experience of aggression in a classroom in Alexandra township." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/3694.
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Kehinde, Ekanade Israel. "Challenges of 'reintegration' of Zimbabwe foreign nationals into South Africa society : a case study of Alexandra Township." Diss., 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11602/326.
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Mawela, Ailwei Solomon. "The level of environmental education awareness regarding water pollution-related diseases on children who live in the Stjwetla informal settlement adjacent to the Jukskei river in Alexandra." Diss., 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3467.
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Environmental Education is a foundation in strengthening learners and community awareness in all environmental issues, including water pollution-related diseases.
This study aimed at investigating the level of environmental education awareness on water pollution-related diseases by learners who live in the informal settlement. And lastly, if possible and feasible, to propose solutions to the perceived water pollution-related diseases found in this informal settlement adjacent to the Jukskei river in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg.
The research focused on the introduction of the dissertation in Chapter 1 Theoretical foundations of the research in Chapter 2 Research methodology in Chapter 3 Data analysis, interpretation and discussion in Chapter 4 Conclusions and recommendations in Chapter 5 The study provided various definitions of environment, Environmental Education, The goal, Aims & Objective, Classification & Outcomes, Environmental literacy; water pollution-related diseases, the integration of Environmental education in the RNCS & water pollution-related diseases awareness; Education for Sustainable
Development; and the relationship between the development of informal settlement and water pollution related diseases.
The outcomes of the investigation indicated that the level of environmental education awareness on water pollution –related diseases by learners at the informal settlement is less at primary level and partially increases at the high schools. In order to increase learners’ awareness on water pollution-related diseases across the curricula there should be an adequate integration of Environmental Education in the RNCS.Educational Studies
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Kahkonen, Sauli. "Stretching the peace: the role of kundalini yoga in lives of youth in a township of Alexandra, South Africa." Master's thesis, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/22968.
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Conflicts in the world have become increasingly complex, chronic, and violent, causing
enormous humanitarian and economical costs. The peacebuilding paradigm has attempted to
address the issue but has struggled to build peace. Some alternatives, such as yoga, have been
implemented with promising results. The research has shown regular yoga practice to increase
mental wellbeing, emotional control, improve relationships, and increase feelings of belonging.
Kundalini yoga has presented similar outcomes, but there is no previous evaluation in peace
context. In this research, I studied how youth in the township of Alexandra, Johannesburg,
South Africa experience Kundalini yoga practice, and if Kundalini yoga could be used as a
peacebuilding tool. The mixed-methods single case study was analysed using Reflexive
thematic analysis and discussed according to transrational peace philosophy. Findings show
that Kundalini yoga played an important role in the yogi’s lives creating personal
transformation, restored relationships, new opportunities, and overall improved wellbeing.
Implications to society were lower, but they existed. The role of Yoga4Alex was significant as
a community builder, offering a safer place for the yogis, and as a provider of socio-economical
help. Thus, Kundalini yoga might be a potential peacebuilding tool, because of its positive
effects on individual lives and society.Os conflitos no mundo têm-se tornado cada vez mais crónicos, prolongados e violentos, causando enormes custos humanitários e econômicos, que muitos dos paradigmas de peacebuilding não conseguiram resolver. Algumas alternativas, como a ioga, foram implementadas com resultados promissores. Foi demonstrado que a prática regular de ioga aumenta o bem-estar mental, o controlo emocional, melhora as relações entre individuos e aumenta os sentimentos de pertença. Kundalini yoga apresentou resultados semelhantes, mas sua adequação como uma ferramenta de peacebuilding não foi estudada previamente. Nesta pesquisa, estudei como os jovens do município de Alexandra, em Joanesburgo, na África do Sul, vivenciam a prática da Kundalini ioga e como esta pode ser usada como uma ferramenta de peacebuilding. O estudo de caso único de métodos mistos foi investigado por meio de análise temática reflexiva e debatido de acordo com a filosofia da paz transracional. As descobertas indicam que a ioga Kundalini desempenhou um papel importante na vida do iogue, criando transformação pessoal, melhores relações interpessoais, novas oportunidades e um bem-estar geral melhorado. As implicações para a sociedade são menores, mas todavia existiam. O papel do Yoga4Alex foi significativo como um construtor do sentimento de comunidade, oferecendo um lugar mais seguro para os iogues e também como fornecedor de ajuda socioeconómica. Assim, Kundalini Yoga pode ser uma potencial ferramenta de peacebuilding, devido aos seus efeitos positivos na vida individual e, consequentemente, na sociedade.
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Muzah, Patson. "An exploration into the school related factors that causes high matriculation failure rates in Physical Science in public high schools of Alexandra Township." Diss., 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5299.
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The exploratory study investigated school related factors responsible for high matriculaion failure rates in physical science in public high schools of
Alexandra Township in South Africa. The target population included all Further Education and Training (FET) science educators and learners in Alexandra
Township. An extreme-case sampling method was used to select a sample of two schools. Data was collected through two different closed questionnaires, one for educators (n=10) and the other for learners (n=250). The results were analyzed using mainly descriptive tatistics.
The results, according to the views and opinions of educators and learners showed that the main causes of high failure rates are poor educator qualifications, outdated teaching methods, massive workloads, high levels of
absenteeism and acute deficiencies in aspects related to: resources, subject content, classroom management skills, proficiency in language of instruction and assessment, motivation and perseverance.
Recommendations for practice and policy are suggested.Further Teacher Education
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Nyapokoto, Raimond. "The road between Sandton and Alexandra Township : a Fanonian approach to the study of poverty and privilege in South Africa." Diss., 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18682.
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The key challenge to socio-economic transformation in South Africa is closing the gap between the poor and the rich. What is distinctive about South Africa is the uneasy coexistence of poverty and opulence. This study seeks to explore the structural, historical roots of poverty among the blacks in South Africa by deploying Fanonian Critical Decolonial theory. This is the ideal theoretical approach to unmask the structural causes of poverty and inequality in South Africa. Colonial ambitions and the global political engineering of the world by America and Europe spans more than four hundred years, and is still very much alive today in subtle forms. This study asserts that this imperial history is the cause of poverty, lack of agency, and the hellish conditions under which many black people live. The rise of industrial capitalism and attendant urbanisation is at the core of this impoverishment of the black man. It is also shown that, once impoverished, the black man’s poverty gathers its own momentum, leading to more poverty that is then handed down to succeeding generations. Contrary to Eurocentric theorising, the study shows that blacks are not ‘problem’ people but people with problems, who, instead of being condemned, should be regarded with sympathy. This research thesis focuses on Alexandra Township and Sandton as symbols of poverty and privilege, respectively. The former represents Fanon’s zone of non-being where life is lived in conditions of want and poverty, whilst the latter represents the zone of being characterised by good living and prosperity. The thesis will demonstrate the fact that these anomalous socio-economic disparities are not natural but man-made, and therefore require the action of human beings to correct them.Development Studies
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Madonsela, Thembekile Gwendoline. "The perspectives of marital couples in Alexandra Township on the protection order under the Domestic Violence Act 116 of 1998." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/1240.
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M.A.Domestic violence is widespread in South Africa, with one in four women being the victims of it. Victims of domestic violence try to change their conditions in the hope that things will get better. Domestic violence takes many forms. Some of the victims experience only one form of violence while others experience different forms. Domestic violence has physical, emotional, sexual, and economic dimensions (Goosen and Shaik, 1998: 1). The Domestic Violence Act 116 of 1998 was passed in the South African Parliament and became operational on 15 December 1999. Unlike the old Act (i.e. the Prevention of the Family Violence Act of 1993), the new Act addresses a number of problems specific to domestic violence. It also recognizes the range of relationships within which domestic violence occurs as broader than only the relationship between a man and a woman. (Fedler in Reclaiming Women’s Spaces, 2000: 132). Gangaloo (in Naidoo, 1999: 17) mentioned that the preamble of the Domestic Violence Act aims to provide protection to the victims of domestic violence. The Protection Order under the Domestic Violence Act orders that perpetrators of domestic violence stop their violent behaviour against the victims and also that they be of good behaviour towards them. The research problem of the study can be formulated as follows: After the implementation of the Domestic Violence Act 116 of 1998, on 15 December 1998, a number of victims of domestic violence applied for and were granted the Protection Order in Alexandra Township. However, no follow-up studies have been done in Alexandra on the perspectives of the affected marital couples on the Protection Order. The main goal of the study is to explore the perspectives of marital couples in Alexandra Township on the Protection Order under the Domestic Violence Act 116 of 1998 with the intention of finding out whether the Act is achieving its primary purpose, i.e. to protect victims of domestic violence. The objectives of the research study are: * To explore perceptions on the impact of the Protection Order on family stability * To investigate the attitude of affected marital couples towards the Protection Order * To investigate the understanding of the Protection Order by affected marital couples * To investigate, using the results of the study, whether the Protection Order is achieving its primary purpose – i.e to protect victims of domestic violence. The researcher will be using qualitative research method to conduct the study. The goal of the study is exploratory as it will add new information and knowledge to the field of domestic violence. The research will focus on marital couples, married either in a civil or customary marriage, who applied for and were granted the Protection Order between January 2000 to January 2001. The age group of the respondents varies from 30 to 55 years. The research results of the study show that legal remedies alone will not eradicate domestic violence. The study demonstrates that physical violence may have stopped but victims are still abused emotionally.
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Hartman, Becca. "Making meaning amidst xenophobia: how Apolistic Zionist Churches make sense of outsiders, scarcity, and entitlement in Alexandra Township, South Africa." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/11367.
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M.A, Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, 2011Reports from the May 2008 surge of ‘xenophobic’ violence in Johannesburg’s Alexandra Township and across the country name the causes of the attacks as: poor service delivery and high unemployment; a sense of entitlement and chauvinistic nativism; increasingly pervasive and publicly accepted anti-foreigner sentiments alongside a practice of vigilante justice; and the absence or agendas of local leadership. Drawing on these reports’ findings this dissertation firstly names the conceptual foundations that describe the causes and overlap with political and religious rhetoric: entitlement and work; outsider and insider; and scarcity and abundance. The role of leadership is utilised for its structural, as well as existing conceptual implications. Secondly, this research uses analysis of discourses of the above named concepts, observed in two meaning-making institutions located in and near Alexandra Township’s, where the 2008 surge began. These case studies are one majority Zulu and one majority Xhosa Apostolic Zionist Churches, and are based on one month of ethnographic research in each church and semi-structured interviews with approximately one third of both churches’ members and leaders, commonly using translation. Finally, this dissertation argues that the particularities of these churches position them as unique pockets of passive resistance to the xenophobic mobilisations that have and continue to engage many of South Africa’s Township residents, through a savvy assessment of needs and strategies; these reflect both the historic moment from which such churches emerged in South Africa and members’ current experiences as urban labour migrants. Ultimately, this research aims to provide insight into the role of one particular type of meaning-making and action-shaping institution, in areas where traditional political engagement often does not operate.
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Phyo, U. Wai Lin. "The effect of fortified food, e'pap, on oral candidiasis in adult TB patients attending clinics in Alexandra, Johannesburg, South -Africa." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/15265.
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Introduction
The association between tuberculosis (TB) and malnutrition is well known. Malnutrition also weakens the immune system increasing the chance of latent TB progressing to active disease. Nutritional interventions can help improve overall quality of life and can reduce susceptibility to opportunistic infections including all forms of Oral Candidiasis (OC) which includes: (1) pseudomembranous candidiasis (oral thrush), (2) atrophic (erythematous) candidiasis, (3) hyperplastic candidiasis, and (4) angular cheilitis. This secondary data analysis of a longitudinal follow-up study evaluates the impact of a fortified supplementary food on OC among adult TB patients over a three month period.
Results
At baseline, an overall prevalence of 33% of OC (27 out of 83) was found in 83 adult TB patients; (pseudo-membranous 46% (16 out of 35), erythematous 26% (9 out 35), angular chelitis 20% (7 out 35) and hyperplastic 8% (3 out of 35). Thirty five different types of OC were found in 27 of the subjects some of whom manifested with more than one type of OC. Almost 89% of these TB patients had low levels of malnutrition (8% for selenium, 55% for iron, 62% for Vit-A, 42% for albumin, 47% for Vit-D and 34% for zinc). Their p values related to OC were (p=0.64 for selenium, p=0.74 for iron, p=0.19 for Vit-A, p=1 for albumin, p=1 for Vit-D and p=0.09 for zinc) showing no statistically significant difference for malnutrition in each different type of micronutrient related to OC at baseline. However, there was a statistically significant difference in HIV status (p=0.01) related to OC among factors such as sex (p=0.34), employment status (p=0.74), ARV status (p=0.46) and wellbeing (p=0.18) at baseline. OC was statistically significant at both 2nd and 3rd visits using univariate analysis p=0.04 (95%CI 0.22 to 0.97) and p=0.00 (95%CI 0.06 to 0.43) and also multivariate analysis p=0.01(95%CI 0.17 to 0.85) and p=0.00 (95%CI 0.04 to 0.34) with reference to the 1st visit (the prevalence of OC was significantly decreased in both 2nd and 3rd visits). For different types of clinical OC, pseudomembranous candidiasis was the only type of OC that showed statistically significant
difference at the 3rd visit in both univariate analysis (p= 0.01, 95%CI 0.01 to 0.46) and multivariate analysis (p= 0.00, 95%CI 0.01 to 0.38) with reference to 1st visit.
Discussion and Conclusions
This study found no significant association between overall micronutrient level and the presence of OC at baseline. However, micronutrient interventions to the 83 adult TB patients receiving treatment at Johannesburg city clinics located in Alexandra showed a decrease in prevalence of different types of OC in both 2nd and 3rd visits. This analysis showed encouraging results which indicated a beneficial effect of e’Pap in adult TB patients.
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Langa, Malose. "Becoming a man: exploring multiple voices of masculinity amongst a group of young adolescent boys in Alexandra Township, South Africa." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/11759.
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Ph.D. University of the Witwatersrand, Faculty of Humanities, 2012The current study was aimed at exploring multiple voices of masculinity amongst township black adolescent boys in a particular South African setting of Alexandra Township, historically a working class community situated on the east side of Johannesburg. Thirty-two adolescent boys between the ages of 12 and 19 were recruited from two high schools in Alexandra and provided with disposable cameras to take 27 photos under the theme ‘my life as a boy’ in South Africa. Arrangements were made for these photos to be collected and processed. These photos were used to facilitate in-depth focus group discussions and individual interviews with each of the participants. In analyzing the data, the researcher combined discursive and applied psychoanalytic perspectives to identify meanings and contradictions that boys made in spoken texts about hegemonic and non-hegemonic masculinities. The key themes that emerged are that there are different ways of being a boy and that this process is characterised by mixed feelings of ambivalence, hesitation and self-doubt. It was evident that the process of negotiating all these voices of masculinity was not easy. The participants in the study seemed to simultaneously comply with and oppose hegemonic norms of masculinity in their narratives, revealing that negotiating alternative voices of young township masculinities is fraught with emotional costs and sacrifices. In conclusion, it is recommended that appropriate interventions need to be initiated and implemented to reduce high risk-taking behaviours associated with ‘hegemonic’ views of masculinity.
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Ngwenya, Angels. "Successes and challenges of Vhutshilo 2 HIV prevention programme in reducing HIV infections amongst adolescent girls and young women in Alexandra." Diss., 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/23835.
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The purpose of this research study was to explore successes and challenges of Vhutshilo 2 HIV Prevention Programme in reducing HIV Infections amongst Adolescent Girls and Young Women [AGYW] in Alexandra. Qualitative, narrative research design was conducted to explore the experiences of the adolescent girls and young women in the Vhutshilo 2 programme. In order to obtain the data for this research the researcher used focus group interviews. Since the current study did not seek to generalize findings, a purposive sampling approach was seen as appropriate to use for this study. Two groups of respondents participated in the study. The first group of 7 participants were from Ratang Bana Organisation from Alexandra and the second group of 12 participants was from Friends for Life from the Mayibuye site. The data of this research project was analyzed using thematic analysis. Findings revealed that Vhutshilo was successful in achieving its desired results of helping adolescents to adopt healthy sexual behavior, developing positive values and behavior through exploring options, promoting assertiveness, understanding different influences on their lives and coming to their own views and decisions, rather than being told what to do. Recommendations made included taking the Vhutshilo 2 to other places like rural areas as the adolescent girls in the rural areas are at high risk of getting infected by HIV mostly due to cultural practices that expose them to such risks together with ignorance and limited access to health facilities.Health Studies
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