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VAN SCHALKWYK, J. Inventory of documents
No full textCOVERAGE: 1907-1954; 0.10 metresPublications, clippings and cartoon
Hetero-sexing the athlete: public and popular discourses on sexuality and women’s sport in South Africa
No full textOn the African continent sport has, particularly in the last two decades, been hailed as a useful tool in
the quest for nation building and social cohesion. A popular claim is that sport has a particularly powerful
role to play in achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment. Yet what often remains silenced in
assertions about the benefits and potentials of sport, are the ways in which sport also produces and sustains exclusion, frequently along sex/gender and racial lines. Sport has social and cultural significance precisely because it provides an avenue for the reproduction of normativities of embodiment, gender and sexuality. In this article, we critically examine how South African discourses on sport reproduce heteronormative and racialised ideas about women’s sport and women athletes. Focusing in particular on representations of South African women’ athletes, we raise questions about the type and form of visibility that is afforded South African sportswomen. Using examples of public debates and media coverage regarding three South African women athletes –Eudy Simelane, Caster Semenya and Portia Modise – we argue that three representational regimes shape discussions of gender, sexuality and women’s sport
in South Africa; annihilation, domestication, and expulsion.Publisher's versio
VAN NIEKERK, Gerhardus Lourens Hartman Inventory of documents
No full textCOVERAGE 1925-1955; 10 Files; 0,11 Metres.
AUDIO CASSETTES IN ARCA COLLECTION = 2Private papers of G.L.H. van Niekerk, National Party MP Boksburg [1958-1965]; Senator [1965-1970]
Tourism: a vehicle for local economic development in Aliwal North in the Eastern Cape
No full textFor a destination to be able to attract tourists, a portfolio of tourism products and
supporting services needs to be accompanied by proper tourism management,
aggressive marketing activities, funding for tourism and good stakeholder
relationships. The findings of the study positively point to availability of a mix of tourism
products to attract visitors to Aliwal North, a host of support services, an advantage of
being the gateway to the Eastern Cape Province from the Northern provinces and
being the main economic centre of the Joe Gqabi District Municipality. The findings
emerging from the study also negatively point to challenges such as the
mismanagement of tourism, limited capacity and funding for tourism, as well as broken
stakeholder relationships in Aliwal North.
The evidence from the study also points to tourism being featured as a possible LED
strategy for the town in documents such as the Joe Gqabi District Local Economic
Development Strategy and the Integrated Development Plans of the Maletswai Local
and Joe Gqabi District Municipalities. The evidence shows that in practice, tourism is
not a priority and is haphazardly planned for. At the local municipality, district
municipality and at the Joe Gqabi Economic Development Agency there are no
personnel employed solely for the tourism function. The function is managed by the
local economic development personnel. Some of these personnel do not have specific
qualifications in tourism and/or experience working within the tourism sector. There
was scant evidence of specific plans for further tourism development on the reviewed
documents except for an offering that was made by M1(2017) from the local
municipality of plans to develop the local nature reserve through funding from the
Department of Environmental Affairs. Further tourism development would result in
more jobs created which would increase the estimated 600 jobs offered by tourism
within the Aliwal North economy (M1, 2017).
The claim made by Visser and Hoogerndoorn (2012) that the benefits of tourism in
South Africa can be traced back to the marketing campaigns of South African Tourism
is a clear indication of the significance of marketing within tourism destinations. This
importance is supported by Hyttia and Kola (2013) in their research in Eastern Europe,
which showcased how poorly tourism performs in destinations where reliance is
placed on tourism products and services with marketing initiatives being ignored.
Findings from the study present Aliwal North as a destination that is not maximising
the power of marketing. The current marketing initiatives are generic, lack focus and
prove that implementation is only done for the sake of implementation. There is no
clear evidence that there is awareness on who the target market is or that the platforms
and tools utilised are indeed the best tools to reach that target market.
The importance of stakeholder relationships in literature is highlighted as key in the
implementation of local economic development. Agreement exists on the coming
together of the different elements of society, with varying expertise and roles that
create a suitable environment for LED implementation. Evidence from the study
showcased broken stakeholder relationships between local authorities and private
business, between the community and the local authorities and a non-existent
relationship between the community and private business. The study participants also
spoke of a mistrust of the local authorities. Therefore, the situation presented here
dictates fragmentation which can be analysed as a constraint to successful tourism
development and LED implementation.
Limited capacity for tourism emerged in contrasting views. The study participants from
the local and district municipalities that were interviewed, claimed that capacity for
tourism development and LED implementation is adequate. They placed blame on
limited budgets for travel and operations. The private sector on the other hand pointed
at government as incapable of tourism development and LED implementation. The
research conducted by Rogerson and Nel (2016) in distressed municipalities which
include the municipality within which the town of Aliwal North falls, concluded on
institutional as well as human resource capacity challenges as great obstacles that
were facing these areas.
The challenge of limited funding for tourism development and LED implementation
also came out as a point of concern. As was noted by Rogerson and Nel (2016)
funding is not set aside for tourism in most of the localities that were part of their study.
With such limited dedicated funding, the implementation of LED initiatives will remain
a challenge. This was supported by the respondent from the district municipality when
she offered that the impact of implemented initiatives was sporadic and insignificant
due to limited funding.
It can be concluded that tourism, as it is currently implemented in the town of Aliwal
North, is probably not the best strategy to drive LED within the town. A key tourist
attraction is not operational, a budget is not set for further development of tourism,
there is no research being conducted to analyse markets and trends for the town, and
marketing activities are few and not suitably focused. There is also an implication of
lack of capacity to implement tourism based LED and limited evidence of successful
implementation.
In the next section, recommendations will be made on how to create an environment
that is conducive to tourism as a driver for local economic development.Department of Touris
OBERHOLSTER, P.S. Inventory of documents
No full textCOVERAGE: 0.02 metresFounder of the National Party Branch in Douglas; Correspondence, circulars and information regarding inter alia the 1924 and other elections; pamphlets; photo
Incidental great public spaces and the role of urban design in South Africa
No full textUrban Design in South Africa as a formal profession has a relatively short history. However, in practice, there have been many examples of what must be considered both good and bad Urban Design. There have also been numerous debates at universities and conferences on what Urban Design should be. However, in the constant making and re-making of urban and rural space, Urban Design has a tenuous and weak presence. This article interrogates the rather low profile of Urban Design in the country and why it is not growing or better positioned compared to other countries. This is done through a discussion of three cases that illustrate the often incidental making of great public spaces in contrast to the thoroughly planned approach. The article argues that spontaneous projects of high quality, rather than over-planned projects, where shortcomings result from this preoccupation to rationalise, often have a greater potential to strengthen the role and value of Urban Design. Such an approach would favour incremental, flexible and sensitive proposals and interventions where spontaneity and adaptation are recognised and celebrated, as well as support the notion that urban design should set a framework for many role players to respond to in shaping the city.Publisher's versio
NUWE RUITERWAG
No full textCOVERAGE: 0.02 metresEstablished 20 October 1959 in Parow for the safety of South Africans; Article regarding its establishment and goal
BOTHA, V Inventory of documents
No full textCOVERAGE 1916; 0.10 metrePamphlet on political illustrations from DIE BURGE
Teacher's perspectives of a transformative history curriculum in Lesotho high schools
No full textThe study was undertaken with the aim to determine teachers’ perspectives of a transformative History curriculum in Lesotho high schools. The interest was brought by the realisation that the Lesotho Government through its Ministry of Education and Training published the revised curriculum in 2008 and implementation started in 2013. The review of literature suggests that curriculum change would also mean a shift in pedagogy. Hence the interest to establish the understanding that teachers have and if the methods they used addressed the requirements of the revised curriculum.
The Lesotho Curriculum and Assessment Policy Framework displays characteristics of transformative curriculum, hence the phenomenon of investigation in this study was transformative learning. Literature review suggests that transformative learning is a learning theory that challenges students’ thinking and highlights the importance of cultivating a process of critical reflection. Transformative learning places emphasis on students to become actively engaged in new awareness of social justice. Consequently this study was guided by critical pedagogy, a philosophy of education that applies concepts from critical theory.
Critical pedagogy is praxis in nature and in a classroom situation it requires those teachers who employ it to act as model for democratic process and to offer empowering education. Critical pedagogy therefore assisted the researcher to determine the meaning attached to and how effective teachers were implementing a transformative History curriculum.
Critical pedagogy is further aligned to constructivism and interpretive
paradigm in that knowledge is a social construct. Essentially this study
employed qualitative methodology because of its interpretive nature.
Qualitative methods namely interviews and observations were used for
data collection and they allowed for conversation and interpretation of
the actions and feelings of History teachers in three Lesotho high
schools.
Document analysis was another qualitative method used for data
collection and it offered an opportunity to interpret documents, which
among others included the History curriculum and lesson plans. A
Coding system was used to analyse data where themes were created to
facilitate for interpretation of the findings.
Findings from empirical research pointed to lack of sufficient knowledge
and skills of a transformative curriculum. Lack of understanding resulted
in ineffective implementation because teaching did not address skills
and was not in a manner that addressed a transformative History
curriculum.
The implications and conclusions drawn from the results pointed to a
need for a concerted effort by policy makers and the leadership of
schools to provide the necessary support to teachers for the effective
implementation of a transformative History curriculum in Lesotho high
schools. The study is however limited in that the sample was selected
using non-probability sampling therefore the sample was small and thus
the results might not be generalised.
However the credibility, reliability, validity and transferability of the
results can be found in the use of purposive sampling. This type of
sampling seeks saturation whereby participants were selected to
specifically understand and learn from them. The rigour of qualitative research through triangulation methods also allowed for confirmation, as data collected corroborated and complemented each other
VENTER, W.D. Photograph
No full textSingle photo of PH Torlage (MP and leader of the National Party, Nata