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State of IFRS in Namibia. (Presentation).
No full textPresentation made at the IFRS Namibia Workshop, 2009, Windhoek Namibia.The study looked at the following research problems: That IFRS is not appropriate for small national economies and small entities; That IFRS is an expensive venture especially for small entities and for local entities; That IFRS makes no value addition, but is only for general-purpose financial statements.
The objectives of the research were to establish: The reasons for non-adoption or compliance; The technical problems with IFRS adoption or compliance; The benefits of IFRS, if any
The girl child is not a "hen that wants to be a cock": A short survey of the portrayal of the girl child in Alumenda's selected children's books.
No full textThis paper illustrates that Stephen Alumenda represents the girl-child in a positive way in four of his children’s books. The girl-child is portrayed as active, assertive, wise and independent. Alumenda satirises the patriarchal belief system that discriminates against and demeans the girl-child in society. Alumenda’s girl-child emerges dignified, proving that girls can do what boys do equally well if given the same opportunities. Through carefully crafted plots involving Marita, Tambudzai and
Thandiwe, the author demonstrates that children’s literature is an indispensable
medium which can be used to empower the girl-child
Mission impossible - The pentangle breaks.
No full textThe poet’s complex and ambiguous treatment of Gawain’s adventure leaves the nature of the heroic role continually in doubt, and the ending of the poem is designed to make us wonder whether Gawain has fulfilled such a role or not.
This article attempts to advocate a sympathetic reading of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, hereafter referred to as SGGK. I propose to show that Gawain, despite failing in his mission, is indeed a hero and that the circumstances he finds himself in, make it impossible for him to succeed
Television and film as popular culture.
No full textThis article is part of a Unit for the BA in Media Studies module
The impact of the HIV/AIDS Awareness Campaign on knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, sexual behaviour change and confidence in sexual practices.
No full textThe Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) which is caused by the Human
Immune-deficiency Virus (HIV) is the greatest threat facing Namibia today. It is
the largest management challenge facing the education sector in Namibia. It has
negatively impacted on management, teaching and learning activities in this vital
sector. In response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, the NUST started
its HIV/AIDS Awareness Campaign in 1997 under the auspices of the Office of
the Dean of Students. The campaign focused on (1) knowledge, (2) attitude, (3)
beliefs, (4) sexual behaviour change and (5) confidence in sexual practices. The
intention of the 5 aspects was to empower students with knowledge on HIV/AIDS
in order to make informed choices and decisions. The major objectives of the study
were to: ascertain student knowledge of HIV/AIDS; change the attitudes of student
since stigma and discrimination are widespread; gather information on the belief
system of students on HIV/AIDS; gather information on sexual behaviour change of
students; and develop confidence in sexual practices.
The population for the study was the students of the NUST. The
sample size of the three hundred and ninety nine (399) students was randomly selected from the total sample frame. This comprises one hundred and sixty six (166) males and two hundred and thirty three (233) females. The total number is the unit of analysis.
A 3 point scale response survey questionnaire to evaluate the effectiveness of the NUST HIV/AIDS Awareness Campaign and to understand the behaviour that put students at risk of HIV/AIDS infection was administered to the unit of analysis.
Data obtained was analysed using percentage computation on knowledge, attitude,
belief, sexual behaviour change and confidence in sexual practices of the unit of analysis. The results of the analysis indicate that the awareness campaign has a
positive effect on the participants’ knowledge, attitude, belief, behaviour change and sexual practices
Are urban land tenure regulations in Namibia the solution or the problem?
No full textThis is an electronic version of an article published in Land Use Policy, 26, 2009. Land Use Policy is available online at http://www.journals.elsevier.com/land-use-policy/Land tenure in Namibia is regulated by a variety of Acts, some of which date back to as far as 1937, and some of which are
yet to be approved by Cabinet. This variety of Acts makes it difficult to evaluate the performance of land administration as a
whole, and the appropriateness of coercive instruments with regards to urban land tenure in particular. In this article we
evaluate how urban land tenure regularization practices are conducted in Namibia, and to compare new formal procedures,
designed to address problems of efficiency and efficacy, to older existing procedures, supposedly not efficient or effective.
This evaluation uses a theoretical framework of (Pritchett and Woolcock, 2004) , which deals with public service delivery
and transaction-intensive services. Applying this framework for a comparative analysis of 5 different land subdivision
practices – each relying on a different land-related act - we conclude that the degree of regulation and regularization is
perhaps not so much a solution for urban land tenure problems but perhaps more of a problem in itself
Okot p’Bitek’s revision of aspects of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s "The Mask of Anarchy".
No full textThis paper examines the extent to which Okot p’Bitek revises aspects of Shelley’s The Mask of Anarchy. It begins by establishing the theoretical background to revisionism and takes as its working statement a key passage from Wordsworth. The substance of this passage is pursued and related to Johnsonian newness which, implicitly, is a neo-classical revision of the Wordsworthian stance. This position is pursued further in twentieth-century theoretical views as espoused by T.S.Eliot especially his view about relationships between texts. This section ends by drawing Harold Bloom into the paper’s theoretical framework and indicating which of his revisionary ratios are seen in p’Bitek’s revision of Shelley’s poem. The next section of the paper justifies p’Bitek’s revisionism and the third part applies two of Bloom’s revisionary ratios to Okot p’Bitek’s Song of Prisoner and Song of Soldier. The paper ends by assessing p’Bitek’s anxiety. It affirms that p’Bitek achieves identity and poetic distinction in revising aspects of The Mask of Anarchy
Leadership potential for credibility.
No full textLeadership is the process of guiding and directing the behaviour of people in the work environment. Formal Leadership occurs when and organisation officially bestows on a leader the authority to guide and direct other in the organisation. Informal leadership occurs when a person is unofficially accorded power by others in the organisation and uses influence to guide and direct their behaviour. Leadership on the job is summed up in the effect that everything a leader says and does has on the workforce. It involves securing willing cooperation, interest and desire to do the job the way the leader wants it done. S/he is ahead of the group, showing the way, finding the best path to the objective as indicated by the leader. A leader must have the ability to create and articulate a realistic a, credible and attractive vision of the future for an organisation or business unit that grows out of and improves on the present. This vision must be value centred, realizable, evokes superior imagery and well articulated. The leader must be able to explain the vision to others, model the vision and extend vision to different leadership contexts
The necessity and implications of creative power or poetic authority in Wole Soyinka and Okot p’Bitek.
No full textWole Soyinka and Okot p’Bitek see Ogun and Lawino as their deities without whose blessing they cannot create poetry. My paper treats the case in which Soyinka ands Okot p’Bitek in their anxiety, pursue the creative tradition practised
by the major English Romantics. In the same vein they express the need to attain authority to create poetry before beginning to speak for and on behalf of their trapped societies. As its theoretical base, the paper is informed by intertextuality as espoused especially by Harold Bloom and Jonathan Culler in their theories
of influence. The paper begins by a brief presentation of the contexts that inform
and significantly enrich the poetry of Soyinka and p’Bitek. From this position, the paper then considers the process, necessity, and implications of attaining creative power or poetic authority and concludes by examining the necessity in the mind of the poet-initiate in the creative process of a presence or equivalence. It observes that it is only creative artists in this condition who can attain poetic authority.
Throughout the paper, the extent to which Soyinka and Okot p’Bitek extend the
range of romantic continuity and intra-poetic relations in their poetry is indicated.
The paper concludes by giving a brief evaluation of the Romantic inclination that the two poets display