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"By this, the parliament is reduced to an instrument of the ANC, for the implementation of its ideology and empowerment of its elite cadres, at the expense of South Africa. The opposition is still allowed to exist in order to obtain a form of apparent legitimacy."

"My response to the question posed in the title and introduction is that the legalisation of TOP on demand does not imply that ante-natal life has no moral significance. I contend that its moral significance does not necessarily justify a right to continued existence."

"Ultimately, as Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-Wen has conceded, Taiwan will do whatever it takes to ensure its survival. While the government in Taipei might prefer various paths, including dialogue and negotiation, to the nuclear one, the external environment hardly lends itself to such avenues today."

"This research highlights the fact that the Afrikaans Language Monument in Paarl is not the only commemorative structure for Afrikaans, but merely the best-known structure. One of the aims of article is to raise public awareness of the existence of several Afrikaans language memorial structures and the Afrikaans Language Museum."

"Possibility becomes reality through action. It is already happening at grassroots level when fellow citizens reach across existing divides to create new bonds in respect for and the strengthening of the common humanity they all share."

"This mixed methods research aimed to investigate the efficiency of collaborative experiential learning tasks to understand how my practice could be improved."

"The purpose of this article is to give an exemplary summary of the existing linguistic descriptions and lexicographic treatments of the contemporary Afrikaans fok (“fuck”), and other related words, such as befok (fucking A), fokken (fucking), fokkol (fuck-all), and opfok (to fuck up), with a view to formulating a research agenda for Afrikaans swearword research."

"RR was found to provide reliable, valid and consistent information to use for reading instruction if implemented correctly and consistently."

"By and large, the results of this sociophonetic study clearly show that Bruinafrikaans is a relatively homogeneous entity, as well as a very stable variant, in which few differences are found regarding the sociolinguistic factors of geographic location, age and gender."

"The distinguishing features serve as linguistic resources through which the participants create social meaning, which manifests as establishing online social identities and maintaining social relationships."

"The conclusion is reached that although no ecstatic mystical encounter is described, these poems deal with man’s intense awareness of God, his effort to comprehend the divine, and his realisation of the brokenness of this worldly existence."

"The article concludes that only strengthening the current approach will not be enough to reach the objectives because from the start, South Africa did not effectively implement the multi-agency approach."

"The aim of this article is to provide practicable, practical and constructivist recommendations to Afrikaans Home Language teachers, which can empower them to prepare youth literature in a self-directed manner."

"This article also confirms the value of P.P. Fourie’s novel within the Afrikaans literary system, as it confronts current issues concerning gender and violence against women and children, as well as the experience and processing of trauma, in an authentic, unsentimental way."

"To better understand how to use teaching and learning strategies to improve isiXhosa-speaking learners’ understanding of mathematics in English Grade 1 classrooms, the focus of this article was to explore, describe, and understand Grade 1 teachers’ perceptions on this topic."

"In his accounts of Babylas, Chrysostom uses three emperors to show how the new Christian standard of masculinity can also be applied to the highest authority in the empire. Where the emperor was often, in the past, the epitome of conventional Roman masculinity, the figure of the bishop or martyr replaces this position."

"It was found that there are an average of 10 ingredients per recipe, with salt, egg, oil, pepper, butter, water, sugar, cheese, milk and cream appearing in the largest number of recipes. The ingredients that appeared in most recipes belong to the spices category, followed by dairy, plant products, vegetables and meat. Nuts, alcoholic drinks and seafood occurred in the smallest number of recipes."

"This two-part article explores South African philosopher Martin (Marthinus) Versfeld’s (1909–1995) interpretation (shown to belong within the discipline of the history of ideas) and application (indicated as modern-critical) of medieval philosophy during his uninterrupted career as a lecturer and professor of philosophy at the University of Cape Town (UCT) from 1937 to 1972."

"By analysing his writings on medieval philosophy for the period 1937 to 1972 according to these criteria it is shown that although Versfeld’s work in several other philosophical disciplines could on justifiable grounds be considered profoundly original, this is not the case regarding his interpretation of the intellectual Middle Ages."

"Poetry forms part of Iran’s soft power and wider identity complex in its neighbouring regions, which serves as a counter to Western cultural and political influence. Khamenei has expressly stated the wish that Persian as a language of wisdom and science, and Iran as a Shia nation, thus command a leadership role in the Islamic world."