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This thesis investigated perceptions of HIV/AIDS at the Walter Sisulu University (WSU), situated in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. The study focused on understanding opinions related to HIV/AIDS using data derived from interviews with twenty HIV/AIDS key role players from across the entire institution, and twenty students at the Institute for Advanced Tooling (IAT), a postgraduate section of the Mechanical Engineering Department in the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology (FSET)...
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This book considers these issues by reviewing selected large-scale interventions to improve education quality in South African schools. These interventions include the District Development Support Programme (DDSP), the Education Quality Improvement Partnership Programme (EQUIP), the IMBEWU programme, the Integrated Education Program (IEP), the Khanyisa School Programme, the Learning for Living (LFL) Project, and the Quality Learning Project (QLP). It locates these interventions by providing...
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In recent years, higher education institutions in South Africa and, more specifically, private higher education institutions, have faced increasing pressures on many fronts. These pressures include increased competition, changing technology and greater emphasis on efficient and effective management. The aim of this article is to report on the findings of a study that investigated the impact of leadership practices on service quality in private higher education (PHE) in South Africa as a...
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Perhaps more than any other African government, the government of Rwanda has focused on higher education, as a core component of its national development strategy.In the face of donor pressure to prioritize primary education, Rwanda has championed the importance of higher education as a catalyst for development.In many ways, Rwanda is a unique case, given its small size, land-locked location, and recent tragic history.However, the Rwandan experience offers valuable insights into the enormous...
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Siyazama: Art, AIDS and education in South Africa focuses on an art project in KwaZulu-Natal, run under the auspices of the Durban University of Technology (DUT), but which has also involved input from key partner institutions - amongst them the Michigan State Art Museum. Siyazama (isiZulu for 'we are trying') was initiated by Kate Wells in the late 1990s, in the department of Graphic Design at the ML Sultan Technikon (MLST) in Durban (later absorbed into DUT). Wells had been working with...
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Do households in the Eastern Cape of South Africa demonstrate adaptive capacity to climate change, as measured by their structural importance, livelihood diversity, household health, and perceptions of environmental change? I explore this question through the lens of adaptive capacity. I use it as an analytic heuristic but I also seek to add meaning to adaptive capacity as a practitioners’ framework. I do this through an exploration of South African communities sharing comparable...
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Angu, okugenderesya obhuturo bhwa abhaana bha Echiafrika mu-kusoma bheyagaarire, eyiija okusakira abheyigisya okusooka bhuraaya na jifurumbendo jeebhwe okwikirisimbwa mu-bhyaro bha Abhaafrika na mu-nyaika jinyafu? Anu echirora ati, okusoma emisango jinu jikaamirwe era, okukora abheyigisya okwiigisya mu-kanariiye era, amatokeo ga obhuyenjeresi bhwone inguru ya abhayiki bha inyaika ya Echijungu aamwi na rikusyo/obhutinge bhwa obhukaami na jinyaika ja Abhaafrika mu-bhwiganirisya ara. Nawe anye...