Academic research

LitNet Akademies is LitNet's accredited academic journal. An extended English abstract is published with every article.

A world view of clinical legal education: Latin America and North America

Riette du Plessis Academic research 2026-06-30

"Law clinics and externships, the primary forms of CLE, each have their own pedagogical norms and best practices. A distinct clinical methodology was developed to prepare students for the actual practice of law and to inculcate the values of the profession, with an emphasis on reflection as a critical component."

Levinas and the postcolony: from abstract alterity to concrete justice

Benda Hofmeyr Academic research 2026-06-30

"The central research problem concerns whether Levinas’s ethical philosophy – especially his concepts of alterity, responsibility and the ethical relation to the Other – can meaningfully contribute to postcolonial debates despite the apparent Eurocentrism, racism, and political ambiguities present in his work."

From language learning to interpreting learning (part 2): Creating cognitive and metacognitive interpreting-learning strategies for process-oriented interpreter training

Kanja van der Merwe, Elbie Adendorff Academic research 2026-06-29

"In this article, cognitive and metacognitive interpreting-learning strategies are discussed as they facilitate task performance and enable learners to coordinate the interpreting-learning process."

Solidariteit en AfriForum Afrikaanse Onderwysberaad: ’n beraad wat uitsluit?

Danie van Wyk SA Skoleseminaar | Schools Seminar 2026-06-29

"As daar dus oor die toekoms van Afrikaanse onderwys beraadslag word, en oor die toekoms van gehalte- Afrikaanse onderwys, moet dit ’n nasionale gesprek wees wat nie slegs tot die Voortrekkermonument beperk word nie. Soos die viering van die 100ste herdenking van Afrikaans as ’n amptelike taal, so sal daar ook ’n nasionale gesprek oor die toekoms van Afrikaanse onderwys beplan en gehou moet word, want Afrikaans is inderdaad groot en vind ’n tuiste in van die kleinste gehuggies tot die grootste stede en dorpe, in die noorde – en in die Wes-Kaap."

Poetry as an emotional bridge: an analysis of poems for Grade 8 Afrikaans First Additional Language

Lydia Barnett, Emma Groenewald Academic research 2026-06-25

"The study argues that poetry, as a literary genre, is uniquely suited to developing these competencies in adolescent learners because of its concentrated emotional power, its use of imagery and sound devices, and its capacity to reflect universal human experiences in accessible and memorable ways."

A world view of clinical legal education: The United Kingdom and Ireland

Riette du Plessis Academic research 2026-06-18

"Another benchmark measures universities on the different ways in which they engage with external partners. As academics are no longer viewed solely as teachers, the impact on law clinic teachers is that they have holistic, multidisciplinary opportunities for study, service and impact."

The Humpty Dumpty dilemma of curriculum: an exploratory study of pre-service teachers’ understanding of curriculum

Chris-Mari Le Hanie Academic research 2026-06-11

"In curriculum discourse this dilemma reflects the persistent challenge that curriculum is interpreted differently by scholars, policymakers, and practitioners. Despite this theoretical richness, curriculum is often understood in educational practice in a narrow and technical sense, typically reduced to policy documents, syllabi, or prescribed content which teachers must deliver."

Operation Savannah: The "slight mistake" that economically hurt the apartheid state

Kobus du Pisani Academic research 2026-06-08

"Operation Savannah had far-reaching military, diplomatic, political and economic consequences for the Republic of South Africa (RSA). The international community condemned the apartheid state’s violation of the international law principle of non-interference in the domestic affairs of another state."

Innovative curriculum design for sustainable development: Whole Brain®-based Coding and Robotics curriculum

Soené Botha-Zietsman Academic research 2026-05-20

"The study contributes to the field of technology and curriculum studies by providing an empirically grounded example of how cognitive diversity frameworks and sustainability agendas can be integrated into primary school Coding and Robotics education."

Epistemic expectations and realities in stock price returns

Abie Bouwer, Eben Maré Academic research 2026-05-07

"[This article] explores how returns should behave if they are entirely driven by information and compares these theoretical expectations to actual market data. The central question is whether the statistical features of price returns can be reconciled with the notion that prices reflect only the arrival and processing of new information."

Adrianus van Selms (1906–1984) unlocks the Arabic-Afrikaans literature against the background of the origin and development of the Afrikaans language

Piet Boshoff Academic research 2026-04-14

"Arabic-Afrikaans is coined and defined by Van Selms as Afrikaans written in Arabic script. The community where these texts were used consisted of the offspring of the slaves and tradesmen shipped to the Cape by the Dutch East Indian Company. They established Islam in South Africa."

Between two worlds: Extended liminality in migrant literature – a case study of Landuit want jy wil mos by Zirk van den Berg

Marietjie Lambrechts Academic research 2026-04-14

"[T]he article introduces the concept of liminality not as an inevitable result of the migration process, but uses it to describe the long-term emotional and identity-related effects after migrants have achieved a degree of stability."

COVID-19 as a turning point for the development of a conceptual strategic disaster management plan for the South African education system

Chris-Mari Le Hanie, Hennie Steyn, Julia Correia Academic research 2026-04-09

"This article examines the COVID-19 pandemic as a critical external determinant that fundamentally disrupted the functioning, structure, and resilience of the South African education system at all levels."

South Africa as a criminal state – a critical evaluation

André Duvenhage Academic research 2026-04-01

"The focus is especially on the functioning (nature and effect) of criminal tendencies within the South African political dispensation and the implications thereof for the democratic political dispensation."

The science of reading: a conceptual overview and implications for reading comprehension instruction in South Africa

Amanda Anker Academic research 2026-03-24

"In this article, elements of various models and frameworks are discussed, including the simple view of reading, Scarborough’s rope, the pillars of reading, and the active view of reading. Frameworks of the reading system, such as the linguistic and writing system of reading by Perfetti and Stafura, and the direct and inferential mediation model of reading (DIME), are also discussed."

An investigation into the quality of technical translation by ChatGPT-4o

Adél van den Bergh, Kanja van der Merwe Academic research 2026-03-19

"[T]he aim of the research project was to investigate the technical translation quality of ChatGPT-4o from English into Afrikaans at two different reader levels, namely an expert reader level and a lay reader level. More specifically, the study sought to determine to what extent human intervention is still necessary to achieve a high-quality translation."

From language learning to interpreting learning (part 1): Creating memory and compensation interpreting-learning strategies for process-oriented interpreter training

Kanja van der Merwe, Elbie Adendorff Academic research 2026-03-17

"The creation of interpreting-learning strategies from language-learning strategies is investigated to enrich the field of interpreting as a lifelong learning process."

Ethics guidelines in practical teaching: teaching practice coordinators’ perspective

Carike Kriel Academic research 2026-03-10

"The assumption, therefore, is that preservice teachers and other role-players in teaching practice would try to comply with a code of ethics and code of conduct to act ethically during their teaching practice if these codes were available to them. The assumption is therefore that codes of ethics and conduct specific to teaching practice and with direct guidelines of what is expected of various role players, could enhance ethics in teaching practice."

VivA’s Lees-en-luister application in a task-based approach for Afrikaans Additional Language teaching in the Intermediate Phase

Nina-Lari Brewis, Elbie Adendorff Academic research 2026-03-05

"VivA’s Lees-en-luister application was examined to determine how it could be utilised as a teaching aid to support the development of reading and listening skills among Grade 4 to 6 Afrikaans FAL learners within a task-based teaching and learning approach."

The translation and interpretation of συμμαρτυρέω in Romans 8:16 – in conversation with the Bible Society of South Africa’s 2020 Afrikaans translation

Hermie van Zyl Academic research 2026-02-26

"This article therefore wants to explore the logic behind the 2020 At of Romans 8:16. Why did it find it necessary to change the previous translations’ 'saam met' ('with') to 'teenoor' ('over against')?"

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