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Study groups and peer roles in mediated academic literacy events in multilingual educational contexts in South Africa
(SUN Journals, 2007)
This paper explores the role of study groups in mediating academic writing, particularly
among multilingual black students at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). Using data
from questionnaires, focus groups, and ...
Alan Paton’s writing for the stage: towards a non-racial South African theatre
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2007)
Introduction:
It would not be an exaggeration to assert that no South African playwright in the 1950s and 1960s received as much international attention and recognition as Alan Paton, until eclipsed by Athol Fugard’s ...
The recycling industry and subsistence waste collectors: a case study of Mitchell's Plain
(Springer, 2007)
The article reflects the findings of a survey undertaken in Mitchell’s Plain and presents a case study of the factors that impact recycle-related employment tendencies and opportunities in the area of the Cape Flats in ...
Social capital: a fresh vision for public libraries in South Africa
(Library and Information Association of South Africa, 2007)
The article argues that the construct of social capital offers South African public
librarianship fresh vision – urgently needed if it is to fulfil its potential role in social
inclusion. Social capital refers to the ...
Information literacy: the missing link in South Africa’s educational transformation?
(United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, 2007)
Introduction:
This paper uses the lens of information literacy and information literacy education to
view educational change in South Africa. Although the focus is on South Africa, I hope
that the paper might resonate ...
The virtual stampede for Africa: Digitisation, postcoloniality and archives of the liberation struggles in Southern Africa
(University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2007)
This article presents a polemical argument for a politics of digitisation that aims to politicise the archival disciplines while making sense of the conjuncture in which digitisation initiatives are mooted in Southern ...
Met 'n diepe verlange, Hermann Giliomee: book review
(University of Pretoria, 2007)
Met 'n diepe verlange is Catherine Willemse se outobiografiese vertelling wat sy geskryf het om, soos sy dit stel, "vir my en my man Stephen se nageslag 'n bietjie meer sekerheid oor hulle afkoms te gee".
''Passing'' in die Suid-Afrikaanse literatuur: 'n vergelykende ondersoek
(Alv-Tydskriffonds, 2007)
This article examines how the phenomenon of passing, or playing white, is portrayed in selected South African texts. The findings of two studies conducted in the Cape Town area highlight the particular historical circumstances ...
Accidental feminists? Recent histories of South African women
(History Department, University of the Western Cape, 2007)
This article reviews Helen Scanlon's book, "Representation and reality", and Nombonisa Gasa's "Women in South African history", and locates each against the historiography of South African women's history
Apartheid's university: Notes on the renewal of the Enlightenment
(CODESRIA, 2007)
This paper sets to work on strategies for forging new and critical humanities at the institutional site of the university that appears to be trapped in the legacies of apartheid. The paper suggests that the university's ...