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Chemicals and fuels from wastes and CO₂ : a route of sustainability
No full textThe conversion of waste CO2 into sustainable fuels and chemicals through advanced technologies like Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, highlighting its environmental benefits and potential applications.College of Engineering, Science and Technolog
Assessing the use of electronic data recovery in e-procurement fraud investigation
No full textThis study explores the significance of utilising electronic data recovery applications in e-Procurement fraud investigations. Data was collected by conducting in-depth interviews with forensic investigators, senior forensic investigators, senior forensic audit specialists and managers at the Group Audit and Risk (GAR) department of the City of Tshwane (CoT). The in-depth interviews provide a comprehensive understanding of participants’ experiences relating to the utilisation of electronic data recovery applications in e-Procurement fraud investigations conducted by the GAR. Moreover, a review of international best practices provided an enhanced understanding of the investigation of e-Procurement fraud.
The research findings indicate shortcomings in the GAR's effectiveness in utilising electronic data recovery applications in e-Procurement fraud investigations, which limits its impact on the investigation. Based on these findings, a theoretical framework that outlines best practices of electronic data recovery in e-Procurement fraud investigations in the form of progressive stages is proposed, thus contributing to the current body of knowledge.Nyakisiso ye e nyakisisa bohlokwa bja go somisa didiriswa tsa tsosoloso ya datha ya ilektroniki ka dinyakisisong tsa bofora bja i-phorokhuwamente. Datha e kgobokeditswe ka go swara dipoledisano tse di tseneletsego le dioditha tsa forensiki, ditsebi tse kgolo tsa odithi ya forensiki le balaodi ka Lefapheng la Kotsi le Odithi ya Mokgatlo (GAR) la Toropokgolo ya Tshwane (CoT). Dipoledisano tse di tseneletsego di fa kwesiso ye e feletsego ya maitemogelo a bakgathatema a go amana le tshomiso ya didiriswa tsa tsosoloso ya datha ya ilektroniki ka dinyakisisong tsa bofora bja i-phorokhuwamente tsa go dirwa ke GAR. Gape, tshekatsheko ya mekgwa ye mekaone ya boditshabatshaba e fa kwesiso ye e oketsegilego ya nyakisiso ya bofora bja i-phorokhuwamente.
Dikutullo tsa nyakisiso di laetsa ditlhaelelo mo go someng gabotse ga GAR tshomisong ya didiriswa tsa tsosoloso ya datha ya ilektroniki ka dinyakisisong tsa bofora bja i-phorokhuwamente, tseo di fokotsago khuetso ya yona go nyakisiso ya bofora bja i-phorokhuwamente. Go ya ka dikutullo tse, foreimiweke ya teori yeo e hlalosago bokaone mekgwa ya tsosoloso ya datha ya ilektroniki ka dinyakisisong tsa bofora bja i-phorokhuwamente ka sebopego sa dikgato tsa kgatelopele e a sisinywa, bjalo e ba le seabe ka gare ga sehlopha sa bjale sa tshedimoso.Lolu cwaningo luhlola ukubaluleka kokusebenzisa izinhlelo zokusebenza zokuthola imininingwane yethuluzi elisetshenziswa ukwenza umsebenzi ophenyweni lokukhwabanisa lokuthengwa nokudayiswa kwezinsiza, okokusebenza, imisebenzi, nezinsizakalo ngewebhusayithi. Imininingwane iqoqwe ngokwenza izingxoxo ezijulile nabacwaningi mabhuku abahlola uphenyo, ongoti abakhulu babacwaningi mabhuku abahlola uphenyo kanye nabaphathi eMnyangweni Wokucwaninga Amabhuku Nezingozi (GAR) yeDolobha laseTshwane (CoT). Izingxoxo ezijulile zinikeza ukuqonda okuphelele kokuhlangenwe nakho kwabahlanganyeli okuhlobene nokusetshenziswa kwezicelo zokutholwa kwemininingwane yethuluzi elisetshenziswa ukwenza umsebenzi ophenyweni lokukhwabanisa lokuthengwa nokudayiswa kwezinsiza, okokusebenza, imisebenzi, nezinsizakalo ngewebhusayithi olwenziwa yi-GAR. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukubuyekezwa kwezinqubo ezihamba phambili zamazwe ngamazwe kunikeza ukuqonda okuthuthukisiwe kophenyo lokukhwabanisa lokuthengwa nokudayiswa kwezinsiza, okokusebenza, imisebenzi, nezinsizakalo ngewebhusayithi.
Okutholwe wucwaningo kubonisa ukushiyeka ekusebenzeni kahle kwe-GAR ekusebenziseni izicelo zokutholwa ophenyweni lokukhwabanisa lokuthengwa nokudayiswa kwezinsiza, okokusebenza, imisebenzi, nezinsizakalo ngewebhusayithi, okukhawulela umthelela wayo ophenyweni lokukhwabanisa lokuthengwa nokudayiswa kwezinsiza, okokusebenza, imisebenzi, nezinsizakalo ngewebhusayithi. Ngokusekelwe kulokhu okutholiwe, kuhlongozwa uhlaka lombono oluveza izindlela ezingcono kakhulu zokuthola imininingwane yethuluzi elisetshenziswa ukwenza umsebenzi ophenyweni lokukhwabanisa lokuthengwa nokudayiswa kwezinsiza, okokusebenza, imisebenzi, nezinsizakalo ngewebhusayithi ngendlela yezigaba eziqhubekayo, ngaleyo ndlela kube nesandla endikimbeni yamanje yolwazi.Ph. D. (Criminal Justice)Criminology and Security Scienc
An assessment of security measures at shopping malls : case study from Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
No full textA sharp rise in crimes at shopping malls in KwaZulu-Natal and other provinces around the country has prompted shopping mall owners to keep shopping malls safe. Some of the crimes that shopping malls experience include armed robberies, customer robberies, parking lot crimes, assaults, store holdups, shopliftings, and property crimes. Shoppers and retailers at malls are concerned with their safety.
Criminals commit crimes for numerous reasons, and the situations are always different. In this context, shopping mall owners must ensure that improved security measures are in place to maximise safety by considering different facets of security and mitigating risks.
Security measures are the first line of defence at shopping malls and, when properly implemented, will comprehensively meet the security objectives of the facility. This study aimed to assess the security measures at shopping malls in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, to make recommendations for improvement.M. Tech. (Security Management)Criminology and Security Scienc
Sithwelenzim Bazalikazi
No full text1. Sithwelenzima series 1 – Abazalikazi (single mothers) (Size 62cm x 74cm) Lino cut print (1/10)
2. Sithwelenzima series 2 - Umthwalo’ nzima ( heavy load) (81cm x 108cam) Photography.
3. Sithwelenzima series 3 - Abazalikazi bexhotha mashangusha (women performing a cleansing ritual at a waterfall) (110cm x1 46cm) Photography.
4. Sithwelenzima series 4 - Abazalikazi bethatha’ mathansanqa (6 mothers collecting blessings from a waterfall) (110cm x 146cm) Photography.
5. Sithwelenzima series 5 – Abazalikazi neengxakeko zabo (mothers presenting difficult Multiple roles) (110cm x 146cm) Photography.
6. Sithwelenzima series 6 – Abazalikazi bevela elwandle (six mother from the ocean) (110cm x 146cm) Photography.
7. Sithwelenzima series 7 – Umzalikaz’ omithiyo emlanjeni (pregnant women at the river) (86cm x 110cm) Photography.
8. Sithwelenzima series 8 – Umzalikaz’ omithiyo nembhelesi) (A pregnant woman with nurse) (86cm x 110cm) Photography.
9. Sithwelenzima series 9 - Umthwalo’ nzima (woman carrying a heavy load in the forest) (86cm x 110cm) Photography.
10. Sithwelenzima series 10 – Abafaz’ ababini ebusuku namanzi (women returning home at twilight with water) (110cm x 146cm) Photography.SITHWELENZIMA BAZALIKAZI
“Sithwelenzima Bazalikazi series 2022” (we are struggling fellow mothers) is composed of photographs of staged performances of myself and sometimes with other women performing challenging mundane chores. Sithwele (we are carrying) nzima (heavy or difficult) Bazalikazi (mothers). Zala (verb = give birth) Nzima can also mean experiencing challenging problems, translated to mean carrying something heavy. The heaviness does not necessary refer to heavy material or physical load, but also emotional and spiritual. The women in these photographs are carrying buckets on their heads supposedly filled with water, heavy boxes characterising women’s struggles as providers, nurturers, and in this situation working and singing together symbolising solidarity. They are also walking in darkness portrayed by the moon and the stars, sometimes led by a heavily pregnant woman (the artist) as seen in “Sithwele nzima series 1, 2022”, a print which interprets/summarises this series. The episode portrayed in this series was a 10 kilometres journey to and from a waterfall in Kwazulu Natal (KZN) Province of South Africa. At the waterfall we performed a cleansing scene where we were immersed in water scooping and throwing it with the buckets metaphorically driving away all evils that surround us as black women in our respective habitats and daily living. These evils include gender-based violence (GBV) which leads to single or divorced women headed households.
The objective of this series was to highlight these struggles by appraising black women’s strengths as breadwinners even though this important responsibility is hardly recognised or is under acknowledge in our society. When the participants were asked to participate in this event, they were told that the buckets will be filled with essential food items, and after the event they will take them home. Their response was “whatever that is will help us feed our children”, and they participated diligently after being briefed about the objective and significance of the project. The 10-kilometre walk with heavy buckets on our heads epitomised black women day-to-day struggles for survival. Although we all knew we were going to a waterfall, but we were not aware of how far it was, but depended on our leader, and once we had started walking, we were determined to reach the waterfall. This determination is testimony to women’s strength which is usually overlooked, because women are said to be weak and just emotional beings. This belief is supported by patriarchal belief systems and several other socially constructed cultural norms. This is another distinguishing characteristic of women in general which make them achieve what they set out to do, and they sometimes achieve these outcomes without prior knowledge. An example is nurturing of children which they perform without a formula, if they are lucky to have mentors learn by seeing, or just by doing.
My initial plan as the artist was to perform with fellow women something that symbolised ordinary black women day-to-day chores especially those associated with women from rural areas, hence the water buckets. I had consciously envisaged a rural background where the July 2022 KZN floods had stricken. The waterfall was located near this environment, and when we were walking, we could still see the damage caused by the floods. The reason for this choice was to acknowledge the fact that once again the most affected people by these floods were black women from rural areas.
Thus, my work advocates for black women’s/mothers’ struggles which are not acknowledge and sometimes are used to discriminate them by silencing them through accepted cultural norms. My performance deliberately portrays me as an ordinary woman because I have experienced all these struggles in one way or another, and revoking them is not only showing my strength, but appraising this unacknowledged phenomenon, giving the women represented their deserved agency. Set within intersectional feminism my work seeks to not only appraise these women’s struggle but to showcase them towards a transformative change. My artworks are meant to be a beam of hope and optimism for the younger generation encouraging the youth in general (girls and boys equally) to reconsider and choose to live their lives and cohabit in respect with one another.Art and MusicN
Ukuhlanganiswa kochungechunge lokuhlinzeka uhlobo lokudayisa oluhlanganisa izindlela ezahlukene zokuthenga ezitholakala kubathengi: umbono onamadla wamakhono
No full textAbstracts in English, Afrikaans and ZuluThe proliferation of digital devices and services has fundamentally changed customers’ shopping behaviour and has occasioned a new type of retailing called omnichannel retailing. Omnichannel retailing requires retailers to completely transform, moving away from managing processes in silos towards offering fully integrated and seamless shopping experiences across all the retailers’ physical and digital channels and touchpoints. The imperative to create seamless shopping experiences has rippled through every part of the retail supply chain. Accordingly, internal supply chain integration (SCI) has become central to a retailer’s ability to integrate the vast network of channels and functions that need to collaborate to create an omnichannel shopping experience. However, retailers highlight numerous difficulties when transforming their supply chains from previous types of multichannel retailing to omnichannel retailing.
By applying the strategic management theory of the dynamic capabilities view (DCV) this study explores the question of which dynamic capabilities facilitate the internal SCI of omnichannel retailers. To answer this question, the study employed a multimethod qualitative methodology. First, an in-depth literature review was conducted to identify dynamic capabilities within the scope of this study. Based on this process, a coding frame was developed. The coding frame was used to conduct a content analysis of 40 South African omnichannel retailers’ integrated annual reports (IARs). Second, 17 semi-structured interviews were conducted with top managers employed at South African omnichannel retailers. The interview data were transcribed and then analysed employing reflexive thematic analysis. Following the analysis of these two datasets, the findings were triangulated and a conceptual framework of dynamic capabilities that facilitate the internal SCI of omnichannel retailers was developed. The conceptual framework identified 14 dynamic capabilities that facilitate internal SCI, and elaborated on how each capability promotes internal SCI. These findings make a unique contribution as managers can use the list of dynamic capabilities to appraise their internal competencies to identify and prioritise the development of capabilities that facilitate competitiveness and adaptability in an ever-changing omnichannel environment. Furthermore, these findings make a unique contribution by being among the first to take an end-to-end approach to the investigation of omnichannel supply chain integration.Die toename in digitale toestelle en dienste het die koopgedrag van kliënte grondig verander en tot ’n nuwe wyse van kleinhandel aanleiding gegee. Dit heet allekanaalkleinhandel. Vanweë allekanaalkleinhandel kan kleinhandelaars nie voortgaan om prosesse apart van mekaar te bestuur nie. Kleinhandelaars moet gevolglik in al hulle fisiese en digitale kanale en raakpunte ’n geïntegreerde, soomlose inkopiebelewenis kan bied. Soomlose inkopiebelewenisse het dus in elke faset van die kleinhandelsaanbodketting noodsaaklik geword. Gevolglik staan interne aanbodkettingintegrasie (AKI) in die kern van ’n kleinhandelaar se vermoë om sy ontsaglike netwerk van kanale en funksies te integreer om ’n allekanaalinkopiebelewenis te bied. Kleinhandelaars wys egter op verskillende probleme wat met die transformasie van hulle aanbodkettings van meerkanaalkleinhandel na allekanaalkleinhandel gepaard gaan.
Hierdie studie vra dus op grond van die strategiese bestuursteorie uit die oogpunt van dinamiese vermoëns (ODV) welke dinamiese vermoëns interne AKI van allekanaalkleinhandelaars verg. Om hierdie vraag te beantwoord, is ’n kwalitatiewe metodologie van meerdere metodes toegepas. Ten eerste is die literatuur grondig ondersoek om die dinamiese vermoëns vir hierdie studie aan te toon. ’n Koderingsraamwerk is vervolgens op grond hiervan ontwikkel om die inhoud van die geïntegreerde jaarverslae (GJV’s) van 40 Suid-Afrikaanse allekanaalkleinhandelaars te ontleed. Ten tweede is 17 halfgestruktureerde onderhoude met die topbestuurders van Suid-Afrikaanse allekanaalkleinhandelaars gevoer. Die data van die onderhoude is getranskribeer en daarna met nadenke tematies ontleed. Ná die ontleding van die twee stelle data is die bevindings getrianguleer. ’n Konseptuele raamwerk van die dinamiese vermoëns wat die interne AKI van allekanaalkleinhandelaars moontlik maak, is opgestel. Die konseptuele raamwerk toon 14 dinamiese vermoëns aan wat interne AKI bevorder en beskryf ook hoe elke vermoë interne AKI moontlik maak. Hierdie bevindings lewer ’n wesenlike bydrae aangesien bestuurders volgens die lys van dinamiese vermoëns hulle eie interne vermoëns kan beoordeel om die ontwikkeling daarvan te prioritiseer met die oog op mededingendheid en aanpasbaarheid in ’n immerveranderende allekanaalomgewing. Hierdie bevindings lewer ’n unieke bydrae aangesien dit die heel eerste keer is dat ’n ent-tot-entbenadering in ’n ondersoek na allekanaalaanbodkettingintegrasie gevolg is.Ukwanda kwamadivayisi edijithali namasevisi kuye kwashintsha ngokuyisisekelo ukuziphatha kokuthenga kwamakhasimende futhi kuye kwabangela uhlobo olusha lokuthengisa olubizwa ngokuthi uhlobo lokudayisa oluhlanganisa izindlela ezahlukene zokuthenga ezitholakala kubathengi. Ukuthengiswa kohlobo lokudayisa oluhlanganisa izindlela ezahlukene zokuthenga ezitholakala kubathengi kudinga abathengisi ukuthi baguqule ngokuphelele, basuke ezinqubweni zokuphatha ezinqolobaneni baye ekunikezeni ulwazi lokuthenga oludidiyelwe ngokuphelele futhi olungenazihibe kuwo wonke amashaneli angokoqobo nawedijithali kanye nezindawo zokuthinta zabathengisi. Isidingo sokudala isipiliyoni sokuthenga senzeke kuzo zonke izingxenye zochungechunge lokuthengwa kwempahla. Ngokufanelekile, ukuhlanganiswa kochungechunge lokuhlinzeka (UKL) sekuyinto engqala yekhono lomthengisi lokuhlanganisa inethiwekhi enkulu yamashaneli nemisebenzi edinga ukubambisana ukuze kudalwe okuhlangenwe nakho kokuthenga kohlobo lokudayisa oluhlanganisa izindlela ezahlukene zokuthenga ezitholakala kubathengi. Kodwa-ke, abathengisi bagqamisa ubunzima obuningi lapho beguqula uchungechunge lokuhlinzeka okunikezwayo kusuka ezinhlotsheni zangaphambilini zokuthengisa kabusha kweziteshi eziningi kuya ekuthengisweni kohlobo lokudayisa oluhlanganisa izindlela ezahlukene zokuthenga ezitholakala kubathengi.
Ngokusebenzisa ithiyori yokuphatha yesu lokubuka kwamakhono anamandla (LKA) lolu cwaningo luhlola umbuzo wokuthi yimaphi amandla aguqukayo asiza UKL yangaphakathi yabathengisi beziteshi zonke. Ukuze kuphendulwe lo mbuzo, ucwaningo lusebenzise izindlela eziningi eziyindlela yekhwalithi. Okokuqala, ukubuyekezwa kwemibhalo okujulile kwenziwa ukuze kutholakale amakhono ashukumisayo ngaphakathi kwendawo yalolu cwaningo. Ngokusekelwe kule nqubo, uhlaka lwekhodi lwenziwe. Uhlaka lwekhodi lusetshenziswe ukuhlaziya okuqukethwe kwemibiko edidiyelwe yaminyaka yonke (IYE) yabathengisi bohlobo lokudayisa oluhlanganisa izindlela ezahlukene zokuthenga ezitholakala kubathengi ezingama-40 baseNingizimu Afrika. Okwesibili, izinhlolokhono eziyi-17 ezihlelwe kancane zenziwa nabaphathi abaphezulu abaqashwe ezitolo ezidayisa uhlobo lokudayisa oluhlanganisa izindlela ezahlukene zokuthenga ezitholakala kubathengi zaseNingizimu Afrika. Idatha yenhlolokhono yabhalwa yabe isihlaziywa kusetshenziswa ukuhlaziya kwengqikithi ezenzakalelayo. Ngemuva kokuhlaziywa kwalawa madathasethi amabili, okutholakele kwaphindwa kathathu futhi kwasungulwa uhlaka lomqondo lwamakhono ashukumisayo asiza UKL yangaphakathi yohlobo lokudayisa oluhlanganisa izindlela ezahlukene zokuthenga ezitholakala kubathengi. Uhlaka lomqondo luhlonze amakhono ayi-14 anamandla asiza UKL yangaphakathi, futhi lwachaza kabanzi ngokuthi ikhono ngalinye liyithuthukisa kanjani UKL yangaphakathi. Lokhu okutholakele kube nomthelela oyingqayizivele njengoba abaphathi bengasebenzisa uhlu lwamakhono aguqukayo ukuze bahlaziye amakhono abo angaphakathi ukuze bahlonze futhi babeke phambili ukuthuthukiswa kwamakhono asiza ukuncintisana nokuzivumelanisa nezimo endaweni ehlala ishintsha uhlobo lokudayisa oluhlanganisa izindlela ezahlukene zokuthenga ezitholakala kubathengi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, lokhu okutholakele kube nomthelela oyingqayizivele ngokuba phakathi kwabokuqala ukuthatha indlela yokuphela kophenyo lokuhlanganiswa kochungechunge lokuhlinzekwa uhlobo lokudayisa oluhlanganisa izindlela ezahlukene zokuthenga ezitholakala kubathengi oluhlanganisa uchungechunge lokuhlinzeka.D. Phil. (Logistics, Transport Economics, Purchasing and Supply Chain)Transport Economics, Logistics and Touris
Experiences of Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation Among HIV-Positive Adults in Ethiopia: A Descriptive Phenomenological Design
Get PDFPurpose: The aim of the study was to explore and describe the lived experiences of HIV-positive adults on antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation in West Shoa Zone, Ethiopia.
Materials and Methods: A descriptive phenomenological design was utilized in the study to gain insight into participants’ lived experiences regarding ART initiation in West Shoa Zone, Ethiopia. Data were collected through semi-structured in-depth interviews
and analyzed by means of thematic analysis. Results: The study found that spousal influence, denial of status, inconsistent ART initiation protocol, poverty, fear of side effects,
religion and shortages of staff were factors that caused delayed ART initiation. A low CD4 count, the development of opportunistic infections and the prevention of future illness were factors that promoted ART initiation. Conclusion: This study provides an overview of experiences of adults living with HIV regarding ART initiation. The study emphasizes the need to improve adequate provision of resources to address issues related to finance, human capital, guidelines and inequity to enhance early ART initiation among HIV-positive adults in West Shoa Zone. The study findings have implications for policy implementation, ART service delivery, and the enhancement of prompt ART initiation in the study settings.College of Human Science
Best practices for assessing parental alienation: perspectives of clinical psychologist's working as experts in a South African setting
Get PDFThe occurrence of parental alienation and its associated traits have long been discussed in
literature. The pathological alignment of a child with a parent in a high-conflict divorce has
been independently studied and characterised by several clinicians. Richard Gardner first
used the term parental alienation syndrome (PAS) in the 1980s, and he defined PAS as a
child's obsession with criticising a parent caused by indoctrinating behaviour of the other
parent. The criticism against PAS includes that it is a contentious, poorly understood, and
researched construct that is mostly employed in the context of child custody battles. It is
claimed that it takes the form of a "child's campaign of denigration against a parent"
(Gardner, 2001)This study has found this criticism to be frequently exaggerated and
unfounded, as findings show that in high-conflict divorces, the alienating parent does engage
in conscious and unconscious behaviour that shapes the child's perception of the alienated
parent unfavourably; and this does impact on the child’s emotional wellbeing as well as that
of the alienated parent. This indicates that PAS is an avenue for further research considering
its prominent influence on family dynamics in South Africa..
A qualitative study was undertaken to explore best practices for assessing parental
alienation. It addressed the perspectives of mental health professionals working as experts
in a South African setting. The study took place in the Gauteng province of South Africa. The
expert participants were selected using purposive sampling, and data was gathered using semi-structured interviews. The data obtained was analysed using qualitative content
analysis.
According to the expert participants in this study, in order to identify PAS, the evaluator
needs a grounded understanding of the conceptualisation of parental alienation and should
be able to differentiate parental alienation from the concepts of gatekeeping and
estrangement, which may co-occur with parental alienation. A series of clinical interviews, psychometric assessments and parent-child observations have to be conducted, and the
evaluator should collect collateral to further strengthen the assessment procedure. The most
common instruments used in the evaluation for adults were the MMPI-3, MCMI-IV and PAI
and the most common assessments used to evaluate children were the Draw-A- Person,
Kinetic Family Drawing, Bene Anthony Family Relations Test and the Childrens
Apperception Test. This study provided to be useful to novice evaluators as this can serve
as a guideline for the assessment of parental alienation for the novice evaluator. This study
only included clinical psychologist, further studies should include all mental health
professionals that deals with parental alienation for a richer and more comprehensive output.
A compilation of an assessment for parental alienation and common training for the legal
professionals and psycho-legal professionals will be beneficial to this divisive field.M.A. (Clinical Psychology)Psycholog
The theory-practice imbalance in the electrical engineering subject at a technical vocational education and training college : implications for student training
Get PDFAbstracts in English, Sotho and Northern SothoThe purpose of this study was to explore the theory-practice imbalance in the TVET College programmes at Moses-Kotane Local Municipality in the North-West Province. The problem faced by the students at the TVET Colleges, especially in the Electrical Engineering programme, is that they find it difficult to comprehend practicals as they cannot relate it to the theory. The problem emanates from the lecturers who are not artisans and therefore find it difficult to conduct practicals.
I interviewed 16 participants, i.e. 10 students, two lecturers, one Head of Department, and three host employers. From this study, it was revealed that some students do not have sufficient Electrical Engineering background, there is lack of resources for balancing theory and practice, and thus problems for students in conducting their practicums. It was discovered that some lecturers, who are not yet artisans and without relevant qualifications to lecture, contribute to the poor academic performance of students.
From the findings, I recommended that all relevant stakeholders should have a sound knowledge and a strategy to balance theory and practice. The College needs to allocate sufficient funds for lecturing and practicum purposes. The lecturers without relevant qualifications need to obtain those qualifications through financial assistance from the College. The Electrical Engineering workshops need to be renovated so that there is sufficient space for students and that there is a free flow of traffic. The lecturers should prepare students thoroughly prior to their placement at workplaces.Maikemisetso a thutopatlisiso eno e ne e le go tlhotlhomisa go tlhoka tekatekano ya tiori le tiragatso ya tiro mo mananeong a Electrical Engineering kwa Kholetsheng ya TVET kwa Lekgotlatoropong la Selegae la Moses-Kotane kwa Porofenseng ya Bokonebophirima. Bothata jo bo lebaneng baithuti kwa Dikholetsheng tsa TVET, bogolo segolo mo lenaneong la Electrical Engineering, ke gore ba fitlhela go le boima go tlhaloganya tiragatso ya tiro ka ntlha ya fa ba sa kgone go e amanya le tiori.
Ke botsoloditse bannileseabe ba le 16 dipotso, k.g.r., baithuti ba le 10, batlhatlheledi ba le 2, Tlhogo ya Lefapha e le 1 le bathapi ba ba amogelang baithuti ba le 3. Go tswa mo thutopatlisisong eno, go senogile gore baithuti bangwe ga ba na lemorago le le lekaneng la boenjiniri jwa motlakase, mme ditlamelo tsa go lepalepanya tiori le tiragatso di a tlhaela; dintlha tseno di bakela baithuti mathata fa ba dira tiragatso ya tiro. Batlhatlheledi bangwe, ba ba iseng ba nne baathisene le ba ba se nang borutegi jo bo maleba go ka tlhatlhelela, ba tshwaela mo tiragatsong e e bokoa ya thuto ya baithuti.
Go tswa mo diphitlhelelong, ke atlenegisa gore baamegi botlhe ba ba maleba ba nne le kitso e e feletseng le togamaano ya go lepalepanya tiori le tiragatso ya tiro. Kholetshe e tlhoka go rebola matlole a a lekaneng mo mabakeng a botlhatlheledi le tiragatso ya tiro. Batlhatlheledi ba ba se nang borutegi jo bo maleba ba tshwanetse go bona borutegi joo ka thuso ya matlole go tswa mo Kholetsheng. Mafelobodirelo a boenjiniri jwa motlakase a tlhoka go ntshwafadiwa gore go nne le sebaka se se lekaneng sa baithuti le gore motsamao o elele bonolo. Batlhatlheledi ba tshwanetse go siamisa baithuti mo go lekaneng pele ga ba isiwa kwa mafelotirong.Maikemisetso a nyakisiso ye e be e le go nyakisisa go se lekalekane ga teori le tlhahlo ya mosomo ka gare ga mananeo a Boentsenere bja Mohlagase Kholetsheng ya Thuto le Tlhahlo ya Sethekniki le Mesomo (TVET) ka Masepaleng wa Selegae wa Moses Kotane ka Profenseng ya Leboa Bodikela. Bothata bjo baithuti ba lebanego le bjona dikholetsheng tsa TVET, kudukudu ka lenaneong la Boentsenere bja Mohlagase, ke gore ga ba kgone go kwesisa diprakethikhale ka ge ba palelwa ke go di amantsha teori.
Ke bile le dipoledisano le batseakarolo ba 16; e lego baithuti ba 10, bafahlosi ba 2, Hlogo ya Lefapha, le benggae ba e lego bengmosomo ba 3. Diphihlelelo tsa nyakisiso ye di utulotse gore baithuti ba bangwe ga ba na botsebi bjo bo lekanego bja boentsenere bja mohlagase, le didiriswa tsa go lekanetsa teori le tlhahlo ya mosomo di a hlaelela; dintlha tse di hlolela baithuti mathata ge ba dira diprakethikhale tsa bona. Bafahlosi ba bangwe ga se diathisene ebile ga ba na mangwalo a maleba a dithuto go ka ruta, ba tsea karolo mo go someng gampe ga baithuti dithutong tsa bona.
Go diphihlelelo tse di fihleletswego, ke sisinya gore batseakarolo ka moka ba maleba ba be le tsebo ya go kwagala le leano la go lekalekanya teori le tlhahlo ya mosomo. Kholetshe e swanetse go fana ka thekgo ya tshelete ye e lekanego ya thuto le tlhahlo ya mosomo. Bafahlosi bao ba se nago mangwalo a maleba a thuto ba swanetse go hwetsa mangwalo ao a thuto ka thekgo ya maseleng go tswa kholetsheng. Diwekesopo tsa boentsenere bja mohlagase di swanetse go mpshafatswa gore go be le sekgoba se se lekanego sa baithuti le sa go dira mosomo wa bona. Bafahlosi ba swanetse go netefatsa gore baithuti ba hwetsa bokgoni bja maleba pele ba romelwa mafelong a mosomo.M. Ed. (Technology Education)Science and Technology Educatio
Lecturers’ use of open educational resources for teacher education delivery effectiveness at South African universities
No full textAbstract in English and TswanaThe introduction of Open Educational Resources (OERs) has come to the fore as a solution for enriching teaching and learning practices at universities. OERs have forced many universities to adopt new ways of teaching and learning by integrating them in their teaching practices. Accordingly, this study sought to explore the use of OER by lecturers at teacher education faculties in South African Universities. However, the continued dependence by universities on printed materials like course hand-outs, despite the availability of volumes of OERs on the net, is still a cause for concern. The study concentrated on lecturers from the three public universities in South Africa, namely, the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), University of Mpumalanga (UMP) and the University of South Africa (UNISA).
The study combined the two theories namely Siemens (2004) Connectivism learning theory and Roger’s (2003) diffusion of innovation theory (DOI) to the research findings to evaluate their relevancy.
The study used an exploratory mixed-method, informed by a pragmatic paradigm, to explore the use of OERs by lecturers at selected South African Universities. The exploratory mixed-method investigation consisted of semi-structured interviews conducted with twenty-three lecturers from the three participating universities and a closed structured questionnaire drawing response from one hundred and twenty one (n=121) lecturers from the three participating South African universities. The findings from this exploratory mixed-method indicate that though the lecturers are aware of OERs and their benefits, their understanding and knowledge of OER and its use was inadequate. There is also evidence of lecturers’ self-initiated use of OER principles in their daily teaching and learning practices. Most of the lecturers who participated were eager to attain training workshops that will enable them to use OER in their daily teaching and learning activities. The study revealed that lecturers’ reluctance to use OER in teaching and learning was a result of three main challenges, namely, little or no understanding of OERs, inadequate access to the internet and technological tools and lack of awareness on OER licenses and copyrights. The crafted OER distribution framework proposes that the 5R principles of OER can be central in lecturers’ use of OERs in teaching and learning. The little or no effectiveness of the 5R principles of OER in daily teaching and learning practices indicates the need for the review of current teaching and learning policies. The study provides recommendations for universities over and above the suggestions for future research.Kitsiso ya OERs tlisiwa jaaka tharabololo go humisa tlhaelo ya kitso le thutelatirong/ katiso mo yunibesithi. OERs e tlhagisitswe le go itsisiwe kwa diyunibesithing ka bontsi go ikamanya le mekgwathuto e meswa ya ikatiso.
Patlisiso e e kobisitswe mo batlhatlheleding ba thuto mo magorong a diyunibesithi tsa Aforikaborwa. Ka fa letlhakoreng le lengwe tlwaelo ya didiriswakgatiso di tshwana le ditokomane tsa diyunibesithi, e sa ntse e le tlhoraboroko le fa OERs di le teng mo mafaratlhatlheng a tlhaeletsano. Patlisiso e e itlameletse mo batlhatlheleding ba diyunibesithi di le tharo, e leng tsa; Thekenoloji ya Tshwane, Mpumalanga le ya Aforikaborwa.
Patlisiso e e bapisa mekgwa e tshwana le ya ga Siemens (2004) Connectivism learning theory le Rogers (2003) ya phatlhalatso ya itshimololelo (DOI) go batlisisa diphitlhelelo tsa go batlisisa bomaleba ba yona. Patlisiso e ke mokgwa o o tsenyeleditseng (a pragmatic paradigm) go dirisiwa ke batlhatlheledi ba diyunibesithi tse di tlhophilweng mo Aforikaborwa. Mokgwa o wa patlisiso o rulagantswe ka go dirisa dipotsotherisano mo batlhatlheleding ba le 23 ba diyunibesithi di le tharo tse di tsayang karolo le go rulaganya tsibogelo ya dipotsotherisano ka batlhtlheledi ba le 121 go tswa mo diyunibesithing tse di tsayang karolo mo Aforikaborwa. Diphitlhelelo di tlhagisa gore le fa batlhtlheledi ba itse ka ga OER le mesola ya yona, kitso le go tlhaloganya mokgwa o ga di a lekana.
Go bopaki jwa gore batlhtlheledi ba na le mekgwathuto e ba e itlhametseng yona ka ga OER ba e dirisa letsatsi le letsatsi le go rulaganya ditirwana.
Patlisiso e ribolola gore go ngodiega ga batlhtlheledi go tsenya OER tirisong go ruta go bakwa ke dikgwetlho -dikgolo di le tharo e leng; kitsopotlana kgotsa go tlhokakitso ka OER, tlhaelo ya inthanete le didiriswa tsa yona le botlhokakitso ka tetla/laesense ya OER.
Thulaganyo ya phatlhalatso e atlenegisa melawana e le tlhano (5Rs principles) e ka nna botlhokwa mo thuto le thutego. Tlhokego kgotsa kitsopotlana ya melawana ( 5Rs principles) mo thutong ya letsatsi le letsatsi ke sesupo sa tlhokego ya tshekatsheko ya mekgwathuto ya jaanong.
Patlisiso e e atlenegisa gore mo godimo ga mekgwathuto e e tlaa batlisisiwang mo isagong go akarediwe mekgwathuto Ono wa OER mo diyunibesithing.Ph. D. (Curriculum and Instructional Studies)Curriculum and Instructional Studie
Factors that affect adherence to corporate social responsibility guidelines and principles in South African junior mining companies
No full textThe study aimed to assess and evaluate the extent to which Corporate Social Responsibility
(CSR) principles and guidelines are adhered to in 6 South African junior mining companies. A
report issued by the South African Chamber of Mines (2017) for the annual year 2015/2016
recommends that CSR guidelines and principles are vital for ensuring sustained growth,
development and profitability in emerging and junior mining companies. CSR principles
enable companies to adhere to business ethics, good leadership and good corporate governance
principles. The study aimed to use quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection and
analysis in the study. As part of the quantitative aspect of study, data was collected from 439
employees of junior mines by using a pre-tested, validated and structured questionnaire of
study. As part of the qualitative aspect of study, data was collected from 12 officials who are
responsible for CSR related activities in the 6 junior mines by conducting individual in-depth
interviews by using a tape recorder. Interviews were later transcribed, coded and tallied.
Quantitative data analysis was performed by using methods such as confirmatory factor
analysis, ordered logit regression analysis and structural equations modelling. Qualitative data
analysis was performed by using thematic analysis and triangulation. The study found that 52%
of respondents were satisfied with the extent to which junior mining companies adhered to
CSR guidelines and principles in the course of conducting routine mining operations.
Adherence to CSR guidelines and principles was significantly influenced by 3 predictor
variables. These factors were the ability to produce better products by adhering to CSR
guidelines and principles, a track record of helping out local communities, and the promotion
of awareness about good deeds. Similar results were obtained from personal interviewsD. B. L.Business Managemen