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Murmurings in a new landscape: exploring Biblical models of collaborative leadership for the first multi-site campus of the Faith Community Church of Hopkinton in Massachusetts
No full textText in English, with summaries in English, Afrikaans and XhosaLeadership continually evolves. Therefore, leadership theories should adapt too. This research explores the biblical models of Deborah, Paul, and Jesus to find a theory of leadership application for the Faith Community Church of Hopkinton’s current context. A study of each biblical character reveals collaborative and emergent principles that can be used to develop a new approach to leadership development. These principles are adapted into a lay focused leadership development programme for the Faith Community Church of Hopkinton, a non-denominational church in Massachusetts, USA (www.faithma.org).
A new leadership theory is presented including a new definition of leadership within the collaborative and emergent philosophies, a leadership cycle for applying leadership skills to the context of the leader, a leadership pipeline for the people of the Faith Community Church of Hopkinton and leadership toolboxes containing relevant leadership skills. These components are presented in a leadership matrix, as a framework for leadership training and development.
While the focus of this research is on the Faith Community Church of Hopkinton, the leadership principles discovered could find application beyond this church community, in other faith communities, as well as other leadership environments such as business or government.Ubuholi buhlala buguquka. Ngakho-ke, imibono yobuholi kufanele ivumelane nayo. Lolu cwaningo luhlola amamodeli aseBhayibhelini kaDeborah, uPawulu, noJesu ukuze kutholwe ithiyori yokusetshenziswa kobuholi kumongo wamanje we-Faith Community Church yase-Hopkinton. Ukucwaninga komlingiswa ngamunye weBhayibheli kuveza izimiso zokubambisana nezivelayo ezingasetshenziswa ukuthuthukisa indlela entsha yokuthuthukisa ubuholi. Le migomo iguqulwa ibe wuhlelo lokuthuthukisa ubuholi obugxile ku-Faith Community Church yase-Hopkinton, isonto elingelona ihlelo e-Massachusetts, e-USA (www.faithma.org).
Kwethulwa ithiyori entsha yobuholi, ehlanganisa incazelo entsha yobuholi phakathi kwamafilosofi okusebenzisana navelayo, umjikelezo wobuholi bokusebenzisa amakhono obuholi kumongo womholi, ukulandelana kobuholi babantu beFaith Community Church yase-Hopkinton, nobuholi. amabhokisi amathuluzi aqukethe amakhono afanele obuholi. Lezi zingxenye zethulwa kumetriksi yobuholi, njengohlaka lokuqeqeshwa nokuthuthukiswa kobuholi.
Nakuba lolu cwaningo lugxile ku-Faith Community Church yase-Hopkinton, izimiso zobuholi ezitholiwe zingathola ukusebenza ngale kwalo mphakathi wesonto kweminye imiphakathi yezenkolo, kanye nezinye izindawo zobuholi ezifana nebhizinisi noma uhulumeniLeierskap is voortdurend aan die ontwikkel. Derhalwe moet leierskapteorieë ook aanpas. Hierdie navorsing ondersoek die Bybelse modelle van Debora, Paulus en Jesus om ’n teorie oor leierskaptoepassing vir die Faith Community Church of Hopkinton se huidige konteks te vind. ’n Studie van elk van die Bybelse karakters toon samewerkende en opkomende beginsels wat gebruik kan word om ’n nuwe benadering tot leierskapontwikkeling te ontplooi. Hierdie beginsels is aangepas in ’n leierskap-ontwikkelingsprogram vir leke van die Faith Community Church of Hopkinton, ’n niekerklike kerk in Massachusetts, V.S.A. (www.faithma.org).
’n Nuwe leierskapteorie word voorgelê, insluitende ’n nuwe definisie van leierskap binne die samewerkende en opkomende filisofieë, ’n leierskapsiklus om leierskapvaardighede binne die konteks van ’n leier toe te pas, ’n leierskappyplyn vir die mense van Faith Community Church of Hopkinton, en leierskapinstrumente wat die relevante leierskapvaardighede insluit. Hierdie komponente word binne ’n leierskapmatriks, as ’n raamwerk vir leierskap-opleiding en -ontwikkeling aangebied.
Hoewel die fokus van die navorsing op die Faith Community Church of Hopkinton gerig is, kan die leierskapbeginsels wat bloot gelê is, verder as hierdie kerkgemeenskap binne ander geloofsgemeenskappe asook ander leierskap-omgewings soos die sakewêreld of die regering toegepas word.D. Th. (Theological Ethics)Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theolog
Analysis of the dietary diversity status of agricultural households in the Nkomazi Local Municipality, South Africa
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Background
Dietary diversity is a good alternative measure of the nutritional adequacy and food security. The present study assessed the household dietary diversity status and its determinants among agricultural households in the Nkomazi Local Municipality, South Africa.
Methods
Out of 543 households in the study area that were supported by the Phezukomkhono Mlimi programme during the 2018/19 production season, only 355 met the inclusion criteria and consented to participate in this study. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics, computation of the Household Dietary Diversity Score (HDDS) and the ordered logit regression model.
Results
Most of the respondents were elderly (56.10%) and females (59.44%). Most had low levels of education (43.66%) and low farm income (96.34%). In addition, most (65.35%) had large households. The majority (49.86%) of the households in the study area had a HDDS of 4.40, while the median HDDS in the study area was 3.90. Over the recall period, the majority of households consumed cereals (100%) and vegetable (78.31%) food types. Households headed by respondents with no formal education had lower odds (OR = 0.20; 95% CI 0.06–0.61) of having a higher dietary diversity compared to those headed by heads who had attained tertiary education. Households with income ≤ R3000.00 had lower odds (OR = 0.51; 95% CI 0.31–0.85) of having a higher dietary diversity as compared to those with income > R3000.00. Households with 1–5 members had higher odds (OR = 10.41; 95% CI 1.05–103.20) of having a higher dietary diversity as compared to larger households. With every unit increase in the age of the household head, the odds of the household of having a higher dietary diversity increased by 1.03 (OR = 1.03; 95% CI 1.01–1.05).
Conclusion
Since cereals and vegetables dominated the diets of the respondents, findings of this study highlight the need for improved access to sources of protein among the respondents. Therefore, there is a need for programmes to educate respondents on the dangers of inadequate nutrition (lacking in protein). Strategies that enhance farm income and the level of education among respondents should be prioritised because of their potential to boost Household Dietary Diversity (HDD) in the study area. Collaborations between different stakeholders, such as nutritionists, extension workers and researchers, should be encouraged so as to develop a holistic approach to improving the HDD in the study area
“Xoxela umuntu okhathalelayo” : ubumqoka bokuqinisekisa ngenhloso ubukhona bokutakula umfundi ngempilo enhle ngokwemizwa kuyi-intanethi, kakhulukazi esikhathini sezinkinga
No full textAbstracts in English, Afrikaans and ZuluRather than being antithetical to thinking or reasoning, current research would suggest that emotion has a critical role to play in the teaching and learning process, especially in the online environment. While a literature review will soon reveal the importance of emotion, either as directly experienced by the student or as orchestrated by the online facilitator in the creation of a safe and respectful learning environment, it is far more challenging to find any documented research that refers to the importance of a third-party presence dedicated to the emotional wellbeing of students in an online context – particularly in times of crisis such as that experienced during Covid-19. Such a presence exists in the form of a Programme Success Tutor (PST), a role integral to the ODL model of a leading South African private higher tertiary (PHT) organisation.
Using a case study design and an interpretivist paradigm, 34 students – enrolled for distance studies with this PHT provider – shared their experiences of the PST role and the value they placed on having access to this affective support mechanism during the pandemic. Qualitative data was collected using a series of semi-structured and focus group interviews and then analysed using the thematic analysis model of Braun and Clark (2006; 2012).
The findings suggest that while students appreciate the PST presence and the support these individuals provide, they do not make a clear and immediate connection between the role, the support, and their emotional wellbeing. Rather than undermining the importance of the PST as affective support, the findings provide the opportunity to broaden the scope of the role to now also include the forms of generic support valued by the participants in this study.Eerder as om antiteties teenoor denke of redenering te staan, doen huidige navorsing aan die hand dat emosie ’n deurslaggewende rol speel in die onderrig- en leerproses, veral in die aanlynomgewing. Hoewel ’n literatuuroorsig spoedig die belangrikheid van emosie sal onthul (όf soos direk deur die student ervaar, όf soos deur die aanlyn fasiliteerder bewimpel in die skep van ’n veilige en eerbiedige leeromgewing), is dit ’n baie groter uitdaging om enige gedokumenteerde navorsing te vind wat verwys na die belangrikheid van ’n derdepartyteenwoordigheid wat aan die emosionele welstand van studente in ’n aanlynkonteks toegewy is – veral in krisistye, soos ervaar is tydens Covid-19. So ’n teenwoordigheid bestaan in die vorm van ’n sogenaamde programsuksestutor (PST), ’n rol wat integraal tot die ODL-model van ’n toonaangewende Suid-Afrikaanse private hoër tersiêre (PHT)-organisasie is.
Met behulp van ’n gevallestudieontwerp en ’n interpretatiewe paradigma het 34 studente wat vir afstandstudie by hierdie PHT-verskaffer ingeskryf is, hul ervarings gedeel ten opsigte van die PST-rol en die waarde wat hulle tydens die pandemie geheg het aan toegang tot hierdie affektiewe ondersteuningsmeganisme. Kwalitatiewe data is ingesamel met behulp van ’n reeks halfgestruktureerde en fokusgroeponderhoude, waarna dit ontleed is op grond van die tematiese-ontleding-model van Braun en Clark (2006; 2012).
Die resultate suggereer dat hoewel studente die PST-teenwoordigheid en die ondersteuning wat hierdie individue bied op prys stel, hulle nie ’n duidelike en onmiddellike verband tussen die rol, die ondersteuning en hul emosionele welstand waarneem nie. Die bevindinge ondermyn nie die belangrikheid van die PST as affektiewe ondersteuning nie, maar bied eerder die geleentheid om die omvang van die rol uit te brei om nou ook die vorme van generiese ondersteuning in te sluit wat deur hierdie studie se deelnemers na waarde geskat word.Esikhundleni sokuphikisa ukucabanga noma ukucabanga, ucwaningo lwamanje lungaphakamisa ukuthi imizwa inendima ebalulekile okufanele iyidlale enqubweni yokufundisa nokufunda, ikakhulukazi endaweni ye-inthanethi. Nakuba ukubuyekezwa kwezincwadi kuzokwembula maduze ukubaluleka kwemiza, njengoba umfundi ebhekana nayo ngokuqondile noma njengoba kuhlelwe umsizi we-inthanethi ekudaleni indawo yokufunda ephephile nehloniphekile, kuyinselele enkulu kakhulu ukuthola noma yiluphi ucwaningo olubhaliwe oluqondiswe kulo, ukubaluleka kokuba khona komuntu wesithathu okunikezelwe enhlalakahleni engokomzwelo yabafundi esimweni esiku-inthanethi - ikakhulukazi ngezikhathi zobunzima obufana naleso esiye sabhekana nabo ngesikhathi se-Covid-19. Ubukhona obunjalo bukhona ngohlobo loMfundisi Wempumelelo Yohlelo (MWY), indima ebalulekile kumodeli ye-ODL yenhlangano ehamba phambili yaseNingizimu Afrika ezimele yemfundo ephakeme (EYE).
Besebenzisa umklamo wesifundo sendaba kanye nepharadimu yokuhumusha, abafundi abangama-34 – ababhalisele izifundo zebanga nalo mhlinzeki we-EYE – babelane ngolwazi lwabo ngendima ye-MWY kanye nenani abalibeka ekufinyeleleni le ndlela yokweseka ngesikhathi sodlame. Idatha yesimo yaqoqwa kusetshenziswa uchungechunge lwezingxoxo zeqembu ezihlelekile nezigxilile zase zihlaziywa kusetshenziswa imodeli yokuhlaziya ingqikithi kaBraun noClark (2006; 2012).
Okutholakele kukhombise ukuthi nakuba abafundi bekwazisa ukuba khona kuyi-MWY nokusekelwa yilaba bantu, abawenzi uxhumano olucacile nolusheshayo phakathi kwendima, ukusekelwa kanye nokuphila kahle ngokomzwelo. Esikhundleni sokubukela phansi ukubaluleka kuyi-MWY njengokwesekwa okuthinta inhliziyo, okutholakele kunikeza ithuba lokwandisa ububanzi bendima ukuze manje ihlanganise izinhlobo zosekelo olujwayelekile olwaziswa ababambiqhaza kulolu cwaningo.M. Ed. (Open and Distance Learning)Educational Studie
Towards inclusive archives thorough collection of sports athletic memories at Gauteng Provincial Archives repository
No full textMany archival scholars in South Africa and elsewhere lament of archives repositories that continue to reflect the activities of colonial masters, while excluding the memories of the previously marginalised. This is also the case with memories and stories of the athletic running community in South Africa, especially black athletes. Sport, including athletics, has been demonstrated as an instrument of solidarity of fragmented cultures. In South Africa, where sport is of such significance, it is still minimally represented in public archival holdings. Despite the mandate to transform the archival system in South Africa, evidence suggests that imperialism and colonisation, or rather domination of whites, have shaped and remains to shape the country’s archival holdings. Even after the tangled pursuit of decolonising archive collections that began in 1996 through the enactment of the new constitution, archives and the archival profession remain as they were, animated in all aspects of life by Western colonials. This qualitative study explores the feasibility of building inclusive archives through collection of sports memories at the Gauteng Provincial Archives Repository (GPAR). The study adopted oral history as a design and triangulated it with content analysis to mitigate prejudices that come with orality. Athlete participants were identified through snowball sampling and data was collected using both oral testimony interviews from athletes with first-hand information and document analysis of policy and legislative framework, as well as old newspaper cuttings.
The study established that the provincial archives repository uses the GPARS Act enacted in 2013 to acquire non-public records. However, it was established that there is a tendency to perpetuate elitism by documenting mostly oral history of prominent members of the community with political power, while neglecting the stories of the minority and marginalised. As a result, records that can contribute to inclusive or total archives in South Africa are held in the care of a wide range of organisations, institutions and individuals. Indeed, the study revealed that of most historical athletes’ memories from their running careers, including awards ceremony certificates, trophies, winning medals, Springbok jerseys, newspaper clippings and pictures, are in their possession. However, there is no provincial register of such counter-archives.
In this regard, athletes’ houses have been transformed into museums encompassing all their running memories, displayed all over their living rooms. Not only do athletes safeguard their memories in their homes but they even possess rich, forgotten history of legendary runners from the apartheid era, including that of Benoni Malaka, Humphrey Kgosi, Mathews Batswadi, Titus Mamabolo, Mathews Motshwarateu, Albert Moholwa, Lawrence Peu, Simon Peu and many more. As such, only few athletes oversee forgotten historical memories of most legendary runners and in some instances without specialised handling, also compounded by that; these archival memories are only accessible to those blessed enough to be close to these legendary runners. As the athletes have indicated their willingness to donate their memories, this study recommends that to build inclusive archives, these athletes’ memories should be secured through GPAR initiatives that aim to collect non-public records valuable to aspects of province history from institutions and individuals. This is an opportunity not to be missed to build inclusive archives using athletics sporting code as the starting point to close gaps that has existed for a long time.M. Inf.Information Scienc
Health education guide for promotion of understanding and use of isoniazid preventative therapy uptake amongst HIV positive patients
Get PDFPURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to develop a health education guide to
promote understanding and use of Isoniazid preventive therapy amongst HIV positive
patients to decrease tuberculosis burden in HIV patients.
DESIGN: This study used explanatory sequential mixed methods; quantitative data
collection and analysis followed by qualitative data collection and analysis.
METHODS: The quantitative phase was followed by data collection and analysis of the
qualitative phase. Structured and semi-structured interview guide questionnaires were
used to collect both quantitative and qualitative data. A total of 252 patients and 12
health care providers enrolled in quantitative and qualitative study respectively. Simple
random sampling method was used for quantitative study. Descriptive statistics was
used, and percentages were calculated. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regressions
were applied to identify associations between variables. In subsequent qualitative
section of the study, health care providers were interviewed. Qualitative data was
organized in themes and analysis was done manually.
RESULTS: Quantitative and qualitative data was analyzed subsequently. Of the 252
study participants, 56.7% of the participants were provided with tuberculosis
preventive therapy. However, only 43.3% completed the prescribed treatment within
the specified period. In logistic regression analysis, participants’ gender (P=0.032),
residence (P=0.020), viral load suppression status (P=0.037), awareness and information on IPT benefit (P=0.000), awareness on IPT reduce the occurrence of
tuberculosis (P=0.017), was found significantly associated with IPT acceptance. In
addition, in an indepth interview of health care providers: patient’s refusal, non completion, inadequate providers counseling and patient education practices,
misconceptions and misunderstandings of patients about IPT, fear of drug resistance,
pill burden and drug side effect, lack of training and education guide were identified
barriers for IPT implementation.
CONCLUSION: Uptake of isoniazid preventive therapy in PLHIV in a tertiary hospital
is sub-optimal and the completion rate among initiated IPT was found low. Intervention
focused on initiation as well as completion of IPT needed. Consequently Health
education guide developed to improve IPT uptake; client focused individual
counseling; BCC and the need for initiation of short term TPT regimens were
recommended.D. Litt. et Phil. (Public Health)Health Studie
Resiliency amongst rural social workers in managing their experiences of work-related challenges
No full textBackground of the study - The notion of resilience was first recognised in the field of psychopathology in the 1970s. The concept can be used to explain the individual responses to challenges and traumatic events which led many researchers to develop an interest in researching resiliency in different fields including social work. This interest was highlighted in the 90s when more social work researchers researched child protection social workers, this was because it was discovered that many social workers experienced high levels of stress due to trauma that is work-related. However, researchers focused more on urban areas and there has been a gap in literature on the resiliency of rural social workers because social work was noted to be a creation of the city as it started and developed its connection to urban matters hence it took many years before it turned to the needs of people living in rural areas, including those of social workers.
Goal - The goal of this research study is to gain an in-depth understanding of the resilience amongst rural social workers in managing their experiences of work-related challenges.
Methods - A qualitative research approach was employed to explore, describe, and contextualise the resiliency amongst rural social workers in managing their experiences of work-related challenges. Phenomenology was employed which focuses on the person’s experiences, perceptions, and feelings. Piloting the data collection instrument and testing the researcher’s interview skills was concluded prior to commencing with the actual data collection phase. Rural social workers meeting the criteria of inclusion were purposively sampled and semi-structured interviews, based on questions reflected in an interview guide, were conducted as the data collection method. The eight steps suggested by Creswell (2014:197) were applied for data analysis, and data verification was based on the model proposed by Lincoln and Guba (1985). Ethical considerations observed in the study are informed consent, confidentiality, anonymity, beneficence, management of information and debriefing of participants should the need arise.
Results - Regardless of the challenges, trauma and hardship experienced by rural social workers, their experience in performing their daily duties showed resilience, as they tended to have the ability to look past their challenges to find solutions and possibilities in providing services to their clients and taking care of themselves.
Contribution - This study contributed to the scientific body of knowledge that provides how rural social worker manage their work-related challenges.Umlando werhubhululo – Umbono omalungana nokubekezela wahlonitjhwa kokuthoma emkhakheni weze-psychopathology eminyakeni yabo-1970s. Ngokulemuka ukobana leligama lingasetjenziswa ukuhlathulula iimpendulo zabantu ngamunye eentjhijilweni kanye nezehlakalweni ezitsirimezako, kurholela ekubeni abarhubhululi abanengi bona babe nekareko ekurhubhululeni ubudisi bokubekezela emikhakheni eyahlukahlukeneko, kufaka phakathi imikhakha enjengezehlalakuhle. Leli kareko lavezwa eminyakeni yabo-90, lokha irhubhululo elimalungana nabasebenzi bezehlalakuhle ephikweni lezokuvikelwa kwabantwana nabahlangabezana namazinga aphezulu wegandeleleko, ngenca yevalo lemsebenzini. Nanyana-kunjalo, abarhubhululi bebaqale khulu eendaweni zemadorobheni kanti kade kunesikhala emtlolweni wezobukghwari malungana nobudisi bokubekezela kwabasebenzi bezehlalakuhle beendaweni zemakhaya. Ibizelo lezehlalakuhle lathoma belakhulisa ithungelelwano lalo kokuthoma eendabeni zemadorobheni kanti lokho kuthethe iminyaka eminengi ngaphambi kobana liqale iindingo zabantu abahlala eendaweni zemakhaya, kufakwa Phakathi abosohlalakuhle abasebenza eendaweni lezi zemakhaya.
Irhuluphelo – Irhuluphelo lesiifundo serhubhululo kukuzuza ilwazi elingeneleleko elimalungana nokubekezela kwabasebenzi beendaweni zemakhaya ekulawuleni iintjhijilo zabo zemsebenzini.
Iindlela zokwenza (Methods) – Indlela yokurhubhulula edzimelele kukhwalithi (qualitative research) isetjenzisiwe ukuhlola, ukuhlathulula kanye nokuveza ubujamo obuphathekako bezinga lokubekezela kwabasebenzi bezehlalakuhle beendaweni zemakhaya, malungana nokuphatha iintjhijilo abahlangabezana nazo emsebenzini. Ifenomenoloji esetjenzisiweko ngileyo eqale ilwazi lomuntu laqobe lilanga, imiqondo kanye namazizo womuntu. Ihlelomlingo (pilot) lokubuthelela idatha kanye nokuhlola amakghonofundwa wehlolombono lomrhubhululi, kuphethwe ngaphambi kokuthoma isigaba samambala sokubuthelelwa kwedatha. Abasebenzi bezehlalakuhle bemakhaya abakhambisana nehlelo elifaka okuhlukahlukileko, isampula yehloso, kanti amahlolombono ahlelwe ngokwesiquntu, asuselwa phezu kwemibuzo evele kumhlahlandlela wehlolombono, athethwe njengendlela yokubuthelelwa kwedatha. Amagadango alithoba aphakanyiswe ngu-Creswell (2014:197) asetjenziselwe ukutsenga idatha, kanye nokuqinisekisa idatha kususelwe phezu kwemodeli ephakanyiswe ngu-Lincoln bano-Guba model (1985). Imibandela yokuziphatha elandelweko kurhubhululo kusivumelwano esizwakalako, ifihlo, ukungazivezi igama, i-beneficence, ukuphathwa kwelwazi kanye nokucoca kwabadlalindima , lokha nakunesidingo.
Imiphumela – Kungaqalwa iintjhijilo, ivalo/ukuthukwa kanye nobudisi obuhlangabezana nabasebenzi bezehlalakuhle bemakhaya, lokha nabenza imisebenzi yabo yaqobe lilanga, bakhombise ukubekezela lokha nabanande bakhombisa ikghono lokuqalana neentjhijilo zesikhathi esidlulileko, ngehloso yokuthola iinsombululo kanye nalokho okungenzeka lokha amakhasitamu nakenzelwa izenzelwa kanye nokuzitjheja kwabasebenzi ngokwabo.
Igalelo – Leli rhubhululo lifake igalelo ezikweni lezesayensi, okuliziko elitjhoko bona abasebenzi bezehlalakuhle bemakhaya baqalana bunjani neentjhijilo zomsebenzi ngendlela yokubekezelela ubudisi.M.A. (Social Work)Social Wor
A framework to enhance integrated reporting through the quantification and valuation of non-financial capitals : a study of companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
Get PDFThe measurement of the impact of non-financial capitals on company value within the context of integrated reporting (IR) has remained an elusive empirical and practitioner question. The IR framework was designed to provide an improved corporate reporting approach to different stakeholders. However, the framework falls short of providing a tool that practitioners and stakeholders could use to determine how company value has changed over time. The main objective of this research was to produce an enhanced IR framework through an Augmented Integrated Reporting Model (AIRM), which was validated through panel data fixed effects regression models. The model tested the relationship of five capitals (financial, manufactured, intellectual, human, and social and relationship capitals) to company value. Through quantitative research methodology that utilised panel data fixed effects regression analysis in EViews software, the effect of each capital on company value was assessed.
The AIRM demonstrates that social and relationship capital have a positive impact on market share price, EVA and TobinQ, while association to share price at book value is negative. Human capital has a positive relationship to market share price and a negative influence on EVA, TobinQ and share price at book value. Intellectual and manufactured capital have positive associations with the four dependent variables of company value. The findings of the study are in line with the IR concept, which states that capital may add, preserve, or diminish company value over time. Positive relationships mean the capital added value, while negative relationships mean company value was reduced.
This research implies that a contribution has been made in resolving the challenge of quantifying and measuring non-financial capitals and how they impact company value. The study recommends that IR report preparers, report analysts, investors, academics and other relevant stakeholders use the AIRM to measure and manage the various capitals in the process of company value creation.D.B.L.Graduate School of Business Leadershi
Wistfulness of Time
Get PDFAs Anaïs Nin said, “We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect”. No single collection of poems and short stories can encapsulate the range of human emotions both as part of living in the South African country and beyond its borders. Nevertheless, Wistfulness of Time offers a selection of poems and short stories that embody the theme of nostalgia and the idea of memory. From artists such as Petrus van Staden, Busisiwe Mahlangu, Janice Kudakwashe Mamukwa, Shaleen Jacobs, Thendo Netshivhera, Nivonne Jackson and many other students at the University of South Africa this anthology was born; the first of many to come. Despite the diversity of voices and the various depictions of the theme, these students have been successful in giving a voice to and describing the human condition. They are well on their way of carving their mark alongside the many great artists of South Africa and the world.Afrikaans and Theory of LiteratureDepartmental Research Fund; Department of Afrikaans and Theory of Literature; Unis
Blended funding model : an option to close the small and medium enterprise (sme) funding gap in South Africa
No full textOne of the constraints faced by owners of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) around the world is a lack of access to external funding. The majority of South African black-owned enterprises experience funding challenges arising from a lack of collateral security and a lack of trust among financiers that such enterprises would prove to be sustainable. The failure of SMEs to access external financing from private and public financing institutions has resulted in a funding gap. SMEs also fail to access external financing because of mismatches between demand and supply. Without improved access to external funding, the South African SME sector will be unable to realise the government’s goal to create about 11 million jobs by 2030, as stated in the National Development Plan (NDP).
This study reviewed literature on entrepreneurship theories, capital structure theories and entrepreneurship practice in South Africa. The literature review pays attention to entrepreneurial models, the behaviours and characteristics of entrepreneurs, and current SME funding models and options. This research adopted an ethnographic design using mixed methods. Purposive sampling was used to collect data using unstructured in-depth interviews and questionnaire techniques. 24 interviews were conducted during the qualitative phase. The survey phase attracted 160 participants. The thematic data analysis method perfectly guided the analysis of data obtained during the interviews.
The blended finance model offers practical options to accelerate SME funding and hence to close the existing funding gap. Improved collaboration and partnerships between the public and private sectors are vital for both improved access to funding and the creation of market access for SME products and services. The study further recommends the establishment of SME/entrepreneurial support structures in all nine provinces of South Africa to improve the accessibility of support and advisory services such as incubation, mentorship, product development support, funding, access to markets, accounting services, access to technology and office space. Improved collaboration and partnerships between the public and private sectors are vital for the success of the proposed model.Xin'wana xa swisivelo leswi vini va mabindzu lamatsongo na ma le xikarhi va langutaneke naswona (tiSME) emisaveni hinkwayo i ku pfumala mfikelelo eka mpfuneto wa le handle wa swa timali. Mabindzu yotala ya Vantima eAfriks Dzonga ya hlangana na mitlhontlho ya mpfuneto wa swa timali leyi tumbulukaka ku suka eka ku pfumala rifuwo kumbe nhundzu yo riha hi yona loko mali leyi va pfuniweke hi yona va nga ha koti ku yi hakela na ku pfumaleka ka ntshembho exikarhi ka vanyiki va mali hi leswaku mabindzu yalawo ya ta kota ku heta nkarhi woleha. Ku tsandzeka ka tiSME ku kuma mpfuneto wa le handle wa mali ku suka eka tiinstituxini to nyika mali ta phurayivhete na mfumo swi vangile vangwa ra nkayivelo wa mali. TiSME ti tlhela ti tsandzeka ku fikelela mpfuneto wa le handle wa mali hikwalaho ka ku va swikoxo na mphakelo swi nga fambelani/hlangani. Loko ku ri hava mfikelelo lowu antswisiweke wa mpfuneto wa le handle wa swa timali, sekithara ya Afrika Dzonga ya SME yi ta tsandzeka ku tekela enhlokweni xikongomelo xa mfumo xo tumbuluxa kwolomu ka 11 wa mimiliyoni ya mitirho ku nga se fika 2030, tanihi leswi swi kombisiweke eka Pulani ya Nhluvukiso wa Rixaka (NDP).
Dyondzo leyi yi valangile tibuku hi tithiyori ta swa vutivi bya mabindzu, tithiyori ta swivumbeko swa timali na maendlelo ya swa vutivi bya swa mabindzu eAfrika Dzonga. Mbalango wa tibuku wu nyika nyingiso eka mimodlele ya swa vubindzurisi, mahanyelo na swihlawulekisi swa vativivamabindzu, na mimodlele na tindlela ta sweswi ta mpfuneto wa swa timali eka SME. Ndzavisiso wu tirhisile dezayini ya etinogirafiki hi ku tirhisa maendlelo yo hlanganisiwa. Sampulu ya xikongomelo yi tirhisiwile ku hlengeleta datara hi ku tirhisa tiinthavhiyu leti nga riki ta ximfumo na tithekiniki ta nongoloko wa swivutiso. 24 wa tiinthavhiyu ti endliwile hi nkarhi wa xiyimo xa nkoka Xiyenge xa mbalango xi kokile rinoko ra vatekaxiave vo ringana 160. Maendlelo ya nxopaxopo wa datara ya thematiki ya leterile hi ndlela ya kahle nxopanxopo wa datara leyi kumiweke hi nkarhi wa tiinthavhiyu.
Modlele wa mali lowu hlangansiweke wu nyika tindlela leti kotekaka to hatlisisa mpfuneto wa swa timali eka SME naswona ku pfala vangwa ra nkayivelo wa mali leri nga kona. Nhlangano na vutirhisani lebyi antswisiweke exikarhi ka tisekithara ta phurayivhete na ta mfumo i swa nkoka eka hinkwaswo ku nga mfikelelo lowu antswisiweke wa mpfuneto wa swa timali na ntumbuluxo wa mfikelelo wa makete eka swimakiwa swa SME na vukorhokeri. Dyondzo yi ya emahlweni yi bumabumela ku simekiwa ka SME/swivumbeko swo seketela vutivi bya swa mabindzu eka swifundzakulu hinkwaswo swa kaye eAfrika Dzonga ku antswisa mfikelelo wa nseketelo na vukorhokeri bya vutsundzuxi byo fana na vulanguteri bya le kusunguleni, vulanguteri, nseketelo wa nhluvukiso wa ximakiwa, mpfuneto wa swa timali, mfikelelo eka timakete, vukorhokeri bya vunkota, mfikelelo eka thekinoloji na ndhawu ya hofisi. Nhlangano na vutirhisani lebyi antswisiweke exikarhi ka tisekithara ta phurayivhete na ta mfumo i swa nkoka eka ku humelela ka modlolo lowu ringanyetiweke.Esinye sezingqinamba abanikazi bamabhizinisi amancane naphakathi (ama-SME) ababhekene nayo emhlabeni wonke ukuntula ukufinyelela okuxhasweni ngemali yangaphandle. Iningi lamabhizinisi aseNingizimu Afrika aphethwe ngabamnyama linezinselele zokuxhaswa ngezimali ngenxa yokuntula isibambiso sokuvikeleka kanye nokuntula ukwethembana kwabaxhasi bezimali ukuthi amabhizinisi anjalo azobonakala esimeme.. Ukwehluleka kwama-SMEs ukuthola uxhaso lwezimali lwangaphandle oluvela ezikhungweni ezizimele nezikahulumeni ezixhasa ngezimali kubangele igebe lezimali. Ama-SME nawo ahluleka ukufinyelela uxhaso lwangaphandle ngenxa yokungafani phakathi kokufunekayo nokuhlinzekwa. Ngaphandle kokufinyelela ekuthuthukisiwe kwezimali zangaphandle, umkhakha waseNingizimu Afrika wama-SME angeke ukwazi ukufeza umgomo kahulumeni wokudala amathuba emisebenzi angaba izigidi eziyi-11 ngonyaka wezi-2030, njengoba kushiwo oHlelweni Lokuthuthukiswa Kwezwe okwaziwa ngokuthi (i-NDP).
Lolu cwaningo lubuyekeze izincwadi ezikhuluma ngamathiyori amabhizinisi, amathiyori esakhiwo semali kanye nokusebenza kwezamabhizinisi eNingizimu Afrika. Ukubuyekezwa kwezincwadi kubheka amamodeli amabhizinisi, ukuziphatha kanye nezici zosomabhizinisi, kanye namamodeli amanje oxhaso lwama-SME nezinto okukhethwa kuzo. Lolu cwaningo lwamukele ukwakheka kwe-ethnografikhi kusetshenziswa izindlela ezixubile. Ukusampula okuhlosiwe kwasetshenziselwa ukuqoqa idatha kusetshenziswa izingxoxo ezijulile ezingahlelekile kanye namasu ohlu lwemibuzo. Izingxoxo ezingama-24 zenziwa ngesikhathi sesigaba sesimo. Isigaba socwaningo sihehe ababambiqhaza abayi-160. Indlela yokuhlaziya imininingwane yesihloko iqondise kahle ukuhlaziya imininingwane etholwe ngesikhathi sezingxoxo.
Imodeli yezezimali ehlanganisiwe inikeza izinto okungakhethwa kuzo ezingokoqobo zokusheshisa uxhaso lwama-SME futhi ngaleyo ndlela kuvalwe igebe elikhona lokuthola imali. Ukusebenzisana okuthuthukisiwe kanye nobudlelwano phakathi kwezinkampani zikahulumeni nezizimele kubalulekile kukho kokubili ukufinyelela okuthuthukisiwe kwezimali kanye nokudala ukufinyeleleka kwemakethe kwemikhiqizo namasevisi ama-SME. Lolu cwaningo luphinde luncome ukusungulwa kwezinhlaka zokweseka ama-SME/osomabhizinisi kuzo zonke izifundazwe eziyisishiyagalolunye zaseNingizimu Afrika ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukufinyeleleka kwezinsiza zokweseka ezifana nokufukamela, ukweluleka, ukwesekwa kokuthuthukiswa kwemikhiqizo, uxhaso lwezimali, ukufinyelela ezimakethe, izinsiza zokublwa kwezimali, ukufinyelela kwezobuchwepheshe. kanye nendawo yehhovisi. Ukusebenzisana okuthuthukisiwe kanye nobudlelwano phakathi kwezinkampani zikahulumeni nezizimele kubalulekile ukuze imodeli ehlongozwayo ibe yimpumelelo.DBLGraduate School of Business Leadershi
“If It’s Yellow, Let It Mellow, If It’s Brown, Let It Drown”: Examining the Health Effects of Drought-Induced Water Rationing for Sanitary Needs
No full textThis paper focuses on the impacts of water stress on health outcomes. It specifically investigates the health effects of insufficiency of water for sanitary needs in drought-affected households. A focus group discussion that drew medical experts from such fields as medicine, virology, and microbiology was conducted to collect data. The findings of the study show that there is a possibility of vulnerability to negative health outcomes such as Cholera, Diarrhea, and respiratory problems by households that lack the necessary levels of water for domestic, sanitation, and hygiene uses. It is therefore important that individuals and households susceptible to the vagaries of drought be aware of this relationship so that they may forge necessary adaptive measures such as the use of purifiers, hand and surface sanitizers, and disinfectants to mitigate the health effects of a drought that are related to inadequate water use for sanitary purposes.Institute for Social and Health Studies (ISHS