Litnet

"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."

"This follow-up study focuses on using poems in task-based learning activities as a successful and interactive approach in language acquisition classes."

"The facts in the Gijima case were briefly that the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) concluded a state contract with Gijima Holdings to provide IT services to the Department of Defence but failed to follow the procurement proceedings prescribed by section 217 of the Constitution and legislation regulating procurement."

"The students were actively and meaningfully involved in the learning process, deeper forms of learning were promoted and the collaboration in groups had a positive impact on the academic success of distance education students."

"The objective of this article is to reinterpret the increasingly dominant economic approach to environmental governance. This objective will be achieved by focusing on three interrelated factors, namely the importance of the human person in environmental governance, the images of social and moral order, and the implications for human behaviour and decision-making."

"The conclusion is that names are translated using domestication as a translation technique in some cases and foreignisation in others, while there are also cases where both techniques are used, or where techniques seem to be used at random."

"By way of introduction the article points out how prominently animals and animal metaphysics feature in texts about Chaka written by early European visitors to southern Africa."

"Although acknowledging the importance of niche research from and within Arabic and other Semitic languages and contexts, the lack of reference to Medieval Arabic scholars in almost every introduction and compilation of Medieval philosophy over the past century needs to be addressed rather urgently."

"Can we as Westerners ever speak of 'Medieval philosophy' as a historical-discursive given, without our Other voice?"

"The literature indicates that citizens need to have social skills and higher cognitive thinking skills, such as problem-solving and creative thinking skills, in order to cope with the challenges posed by globalisation and the information explosion."