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"The study will promote awareness of the economic viability of olive farming. If olive farming is economically viable and farmers adopt it, it will create jobs and stimulate the economy."

"The second-language lecturer can make minimal use of translation, especially for difficult words or terminology, as it helps the students to be less anxious. Short translation activities can be given to students to assist them with vocabulary learning on a weekly basis or every other week."

"The declaration of unconstitutionality comes at a time of crisis in terms of violence against women and children in South Africa, and is understandable from that perspective. Yet the ruling also coincides with an increase in bad behaviour among children, and alarming levels of juvenile crime."

"In computer-mediated communication (CMC) a need can arise to express certain paralinguistic cues since participants cannot see or hear one another. Punctuation marks, such as the question mark, can be used to express paralinguistic elements such as intonation. When internet users find standard punctuation insufficient to express the meanings or paralinguistic cues they wish to express, they may use punctuation marks in unconventional ways."

"At Stellenbosch University, accounting students can choose to be taught either in Afrikaans or English. However, after the announcement that the external accounting board examinations can only be written in English from 2022, Afrikaans-speaking accounting students regularly question their language of tuition."

"Local and international companies may for example be reluctant to consider mergers due to the uncertain application of the public interest requirements."

"This article maintains a feminist approach in two ways: Neethling-Pohl is put forward as a trailblazing Afrikaans woman translator, with special consideration of her documented opinions on gender role divisions in the Afrikaner-nationalist milieu in which she was based. Additionally, the insights that her translations shore up on an internationally venerated dramatist like Shakespeare are cast against the backdrop of the hegemonic representation of Afrikaner women in a mid- to late twentieth-century moment when feminism had not yet attracted much attention in South Africa."

"Individuals have preferences for certain linguistic items when using language. This means that writers leave traces of their authorship behind when they write a text (Louwerse 2004:307)."

"The text has a strong focus on breath and breathing – of using one’s breath to sing and praise God, to sing as part of the community, and to be carried by the singing of the community when one’s breath is gone, one’s voice is silent, and one cannot sing (any more)."

"The results confirmed that cultural tourists desire a creative presentation of Afrikaner cultural elements and that these elements and the creative principles should be integrated to offer a positive cultural experience."

"In South Africa a shift is taking place towards inclusive education that emphasises a diversification in learning and teaching possibilities. One such an example is the inclusion of blended learning models in course design, as well as the use of technological aids in classrooms."

"This article demonstrates that the discourse of reproduction and birth, in Chrysostom’s thought, was transformed by taking the form of androgenerativity. Masculinity was at its core, and both men and women could be reproductive agents or reproductive capital in this new framework."

"Language is described as an instrument for thought and communication which affords learners the opportunity to collect knowledge, to share their identity, feelings and ideas with self-confidence, and to manage their own reality."

"Trauma experienced is related to God and the result of this may be described as theological trauma. When that happens, tension is created between what the person or the group has to experience and God’s involvement, or not, in the traumatic events."

"In the first example hond÷ contributes only the meaning 'very' to the meaning of the construction that has only the meaning of 'very warm', with the literal or denotative meaning of hond, 'dog' as a four-legged animal not being present."

"On the one hand SACA played an activist role against slavery, which is often praised, but the newspaper also published advertisements for the slave trade. This contradiction invites the question whether the newspaper’s idealised position in journalism history needs to be reconsidered."

"It is not uncommon for couples to encounter negative outcomes and emotions during the divorce process. However, when children are part of the equation, it becomes crucial to identify divorce scenarios that could escalate into high-conflict situations."

"Genre indications such as 'novel', 'drama', 'autobiography', etc. play a determining role in these expectations as the reader entertains certain preconceptions of specific genres. Recognising certain genre conventions in the original text actually becomes a prerequisite for finding meaning in the new text."

"Joubert views her ageing as a journey through a new continent that she approaches with hope and courage, openly writing about the physiological, psychological, and sociological complications associated with ageing."

"Although it could argue different points of view, it was sympathetic towards a convicted murderer (Oscar Pistorius), but not towards a South African fighting against farm murders (Steve Hofmeyr). This might indicate a problem with its training as it could indicate that ChatGPT leans to the left. These limitations can have an impact on the usefulness of ChatGPT in classrooms."