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“A more nuanced awareness of the issue might lead to a decline in protest actions.”

“South Africa has a fast-growing population, and all indications are that by 2040 South Africa will have to import approximately 66% of its basic produce to feed the nation.”

“Is there a typical South African military doctrine?”

“Sustainable development and, consequently, sustainable rural livelihood development, will always be relevant topics for analysis, as these affect people's lives on a daily basis.”

“I investigate trauma theories of loss and argue that mourning is a natural therapeutic way of dealing with and reacting to loss.”

“This article touches on the features of China’s military base in Djibouti and what some observers regard as the newly created Chinese gateway to Africa.”

“In this article the claim is made, on the basis of an extensive investigation of the nature and appearance of primary stress, that Afrikaans cannot, contrary to what is often claimed elsewhere, be characterised as a stress-initial language.”

"Arend, a web-based learning environment, was designed, developed and published in 2012 to serve as meeting place for South African teachers."

"Which aspects should be considered during the grading and sequencing of tasks for a task-based programme?"

"How is technology used in the Afrikaans Home Language classroom of schools in the Western Cape?"

"The primary sources bear witness to the fact that, despite historical and contextual differences, in the Reformed tradition there was an abiding undercurrent of racial thinking involving the sentiment that people of European descent formed a separate race, even as descendants of Japheth."

"Not only does Gospel of Judas demonstrate the varieties of early Christian views of Jesus, but it also shows how these views – like the views of those who portray Jesus in some ways today – are informed by theology, cosmology, social and cultural contexts, and psychological factors."

"Even though the homework was in Afrikaans, the WhatsApp communication between the parents and the teacher was in English. We found that with the growth in the parents’ confidence, the communication between them and the teacher increased and expanded."

"This article investigates Antjie Krog’s role as cultural mediator of South Africa and Afrikaans in the Low Countries."

"The article has a threefold purpose: To introduce an important new doctoral study in organisation theory; to provide a critical overview of core aspects of the dissertation and to develop these further; and to stimulate a conversation between sensemaking theory and hermeneutics."

"Why would one publicly join the Palestinian cause if one is not Palestinian oneself? What about Israel, which also suffers violent attacks? Views on Israel and the Palestinians are often positioned as though there is a conflict between two equal entities."

"Indeed, within the agricultural concept of a barometer as an indicator of weather patterns, and thus as being of vital importance to agriculture in terms of good or bad news, it could be said that the magazine has been, and still is, a social barometer of its time over its existence of one hundred years."

"The most important conclusion reached in this study is that /ɛ/ lowering as a phonological process occurs over a wide front and is far more complicated than suggested by available descriptions."

"This article investigates how migrant literature themes in Die wêreld van Charlie Oeng are used to draw a comparison between the field of experience of non-Western migrants in Western host countries and the indigenous black population in South Africa during the apartheid era."

"The search for a multilevel union serves a continuous theme in Mede-wete. The need for interconnectedness, a concept closely linked to African philosophy, is a recurring theme in Krog's oeuvre."