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South Africa’s LIS Transformation Charter: policies, politics and professionals
(IFLA, 2014)
The rhetoric of public librarianship includes many ringing claims for the role of libraries in
democracy; and, on the 20-year anniversary of the advent of democracy in South Africa in 1994, it is
an opportune moment to ...
Theology for the twenty-first century - "Going beyond Barth?"
(SUN, 2013)
Dirkie Smit is honoured in this contribution as a theologian who has persistently and ingeniously
held together two poles in Reformed theology: Karl Barth's emphasis on Christology:
God's salvation and free grace as ...
How school libraries improve literacy: some evidence from the trenches
(Unisa Press, 2013)
The article comes out of a panel discussion, featuring five teacher-librarians, which was
broadcast to schools across the Western Cape Province of South Africa in 2011. Four
of the panelists are graduates of the University ...
Post-modern ‘languagers’: the effects of texting by university students on three South African languages
(Taylor & Francis, 2015)
The present post-modern society has witnessed a growth spurt in technology, and with the development of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), mobile text messaging (texting) is now seen as the norm among the ...
The missionary role of mainstream Christianity: Towards a narrative paradigm for social integration of minorities in pluralistic post-apartheid South Africa
(AOSIS, 2015)
This article attempts to add to the existing approaches of practical theology and specifically
to the missionary approaches of mainline churches towards immigrants. This is an attempt
to enhance the mission amongst ...
Twelve theses on the place of Christian theology in multi-disciplinary conversations
(SUN, 2015)
I dare to offer the following reflections on the place of Christian theology
in multi-disciplinary conversations in order to invite further reflection.
Men in Africa: masculinities, materiality and meaning
(Elliot & Fitzpatrick Inc., 2010)
At a public lecture in Cape Town earlier this year, Professor
Sandra Harding, an internationally renowned feminist author,
spoke to the question ‘Can men be subjects of feminist
thought?’ (1 March 2010, District Six ...
Race, resistance and translation: the case of John Buchan’s UPrester John
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2011)
In postcolonial translation studies, increasing attention is being given to the asymmetrical relationships between dominant and indigenous languages. This paper argues that John Francis Cele’s UPrester John (1958), is not ...
Lecturers’ perceptions: the value of assessment rubrics for informing teaching practice and curriculum review and development
(Taylor and Francis, 2015)
The assessment rubric is increasingly gaining recognition as a valuable tool in teaching and learning in higher education. While many studies have examined the value of rubrics for students, research into the lecturers’ ...
'We can be united, but we are different': discourse of difference in postcolonial Namibia
(Forum Press, 2010)
Social scientists who have written about the dynamics of festival rituals have analysed such practices variously as celebrations of commonality, as the enhancement of social cohesion, or as expressions of nostalgia. Festivals ...