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"Research has shown that exposure to the theatre from a young age provides various developmental advantages to children and encourages the development of a love for the theatre."

"My research focused on the use of Instagram within a task-based blended-learning approach to help Afrikaans language acquisition students to learn new vocabulary."

"Even Afrikaans, with its huge terminology heritage, is facing survival problems, and subject specialists, academics, language practitioners and even laypeople should participate in the process of creating Afrikaans terms ..."

"The research findings indicated that a number of distinct factors contributed to workplace insecurity amongst FET technology teachers, most notably that several key role players did not fulfil their professional responsibilities."

"In religious circles the apocalypses of the Bible are interpreted in different ways. Among the popular readings found mostly in fundamentalistically inclined groups, the contents of these revelations are understood literally."

"As Israel’s partner, protector and financier, America has the power to enforce a decision. Biden can end the carnage in Gaza; he can allow Israel to be held accountable by the UN Security Council; and he can contribute to the realisation of Palestinian self-determination."

"Clinic clients do not only lean on the practitioner’s technical legal knowledge, but they also place their confidence in the practitioner’s ability to reason and to form a judgement in an ethical and responsible manner, without discrimination."

"The findings further demonstrate the value of critical reflection for teacher educators to navigate a diverse university environment positively, enabling them to embrace a transformed teaching approach."

"The article discusses changes in masculinity, the emergence of new masculinities, and the phenomenon of masculinity in crisis, attributed to events such as the rise of feminist movements, global shifts away from traditional male roles, and changes in consumerism."

"There is an increase in the prevalence of linguistic and cultural diversity worldwide. This requires speech-language therapists and other early childhood development practitioners to provide effective and equitable services to clients with a language and cultural background that often differs from their own."

The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAF) will participate in the seminar “Young Scientists and the Future of Science” on 3 July 2024 at the National Academy of Medicine, as part of the G20 agenda. 

"The Karoo was selected for this study because of its far-reaching influence on South Africans and its strong presence in the Afrikaans prose tradition."

"Online communication on social media platforms like WhatsApp is not only becoming ubiquitous but it has also influenced the way we use language for communication."

"The Amendment Act amends the CPA and creates a framework which permits the Minister of Justice, in consultation with the National Director of Public Prosecutions, to declare certain offences which do not constitute previous convictions upon the payment of an admission of guilt fine."

"SAVAK also shaped the ideological and cultural field through domestic and international propaganda campaigns, censorship, selective support for artists and thinkers, and the use of informers on the boards of media and cultural organisations."

"Research indicates that intercultural differences may influence a person’s ethics and morality and that the preparation of students in this regard is important. The Western philosophical approach differs from the African approach."

"Does confessional poetry constitute a distinct movement with a specific cultural context or does it merely amplify tendencies inherent in lyric poetry?"

"Slavery had a significant influence on early Christian thought, mainly because slavery was a widespread institution in the ancient world during the time when Christianity arose."

"Critics of forensic firearm examinations question the reliability of the findings of firearm examinations and state that these examinations are not based on valid scientific research and that the absoluteness of the findings is over-represented/exaggerated."

"... Houellebecq thus seems to subscribe to a theory of desire that Girard explicitly rejects, namely that the source of desire is the object of desire, while Houellebecq in turn seems to reject the theory of desire that Girard develops; that is, that others are the source of the subject’s desires ..."