• The implications of Setswana hare folktales contemporary for South African children 

  Boya, Thapelo Bernard (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  In previous research, it has been stated that folktales are primarily told to teach moral lessons to children. However, this study demonstrates that Setswana hare folktales potentially teach the opposite of the intended ...
• Gender inequality in South African Nguni cultures, as portrayed in selected Nguni literary text. 

  Memela, Mbalenhle Melodious (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  This research seeks to highlight the gender inequality brought by some of the rituals and traditions practised by South African Nguni cultures. It seeks to work as a mediator or a mouth for the parties that are being treated ...
• Critical analysis of issues that depict gender inequality and conflict between human rights and culture in Isiko Nelungelo and Intando Kamufi 

  Mathe, Siyabonga Muziwandile Gift (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  ABSTRACT South Africa has a diverse range of languages, races, religions, and ethnic communities. It has faced significant challenges – political, cultural, and socio-economic – since the arrival of democracy in 1994. ...
• Tshekatsheko yaleboko la Kgosi Hendrick Rantebeng Mathibe Makapan 

  Makofane, Peter Mpoko (University of Pretoria, 1994)

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• Grammar of the pronouns in SiSwati 

  Zwane, Nonsikelelo Barbara (University of Pretoria, 1995)

  The main aim of this investigation is to give a detailed description of the morphology, the syntax and finally the semantic function of the different pronouns found in siSwati. Before this is done (in Chapters 2 - 4) ...
• ’n Teoreties gefundeerde, geannoteerde Afrikaanse vertaling van Alan Paton se roman Cry, the beloved country 

  Brümmer, Anné (University of Pretoria, 2015)

  Alan Paton’s world famous debut novel, Cry, the beloved country (1948), is seen as one of the most important literary texts in the polysystem of South Africa’s literature of the twentieth century. With more than 15 million ...
• Cultural challenges in translating Tayeb Salih’s novel Season of Migration to the North (1969) from Arabic into English : a comparative and analytical study with a focus on metaphors and similes 

  Elkhalifa Mohamed, Amani Elmahi (University of Pretoria, 2020)

  This study investigates how and to what effect metaphors and similes from Tayeb Salih‘s novel Mawsim al-Hiǧra ilā ash-Shamāl (1966) were translated into English – a worthy topic, given the many linguistic and cultural ...
• The Evolution of the Sesotho sa Leboa Young Adult Novella : A Critical and Comparative Study (1940-1969) 

  Nkomo, Puleng Samuel (University of Pretoria, 2020)

  This is a critical and comparative study that examines the blossoming and maturation of the Sesotho sa Leboa (Northern Sotho) Young Adult (YA) novella from the canon of novels in that language. The periods under examination ...
• Tebelelonyaki_i_o ya nonwanekakanywa ya Sepedi 

  Matji, Ngwanamphaga Alettah (University of Pretoria, 2019)

  This study examines Mologadi Ngwana’ Magolego Sepedi tale Mo_emane wa moimana as an example of fantasy. Fantasy as a genre creates a headache for theorists, because they struggle to distinguish this genre from other types ...
• The potential of an Afrikaans translation of Zakes Mda’s The Heart of Redness to renew the South African national narrative 

  Alberts, Margaretha Johanna (University of Pretoria, 2019)

  This study demonstrates one possible way of countering social stratification and creating an inclusive South African identity–renewing the South African national narrative to include the narratives of the people groups ...
• An evaluation and analysis of detective narratives in African languages with specific reference to IsiZulu and Sepedi 

  Bokaba, Nomadlozi Brenda (University of Pretoria, 2019)

  The aim of this study is to compare and contrast isiZulu and Sepedi detective narratives, a genre which has not been fully embraced by literary scholars and authors in the African languages. The intention is to compare and ...
• Terminology development in isiNdebele : challenges and solutions 

  Mabena, Christinah Sibongile (University of Pretoria, 2020-08-31)

  Terminology development plays a significant role in the development of a language. IsiNdebele, as a South African language in its developmental stages, has been the focus of a great deal of attention since the dawning of ...
• African authors' perceptions of women's achievements : exploring cultural expectations in selected isiZulu literary texts 

  Nkosi, Vusumuzi (University of Pretoria, 2020)

  In indigenous African societies, cultural expectations compel women to restrict themselves from excelling in whatever they do as a way of conforming to prevailing customary expectations. This is because those women who ...
• Tlhotlheletso ya lemorago la loago mo bokwading jwa padi ya Matlhoko, Matlhoko le dikgankhutshwe tse di mo go Mmualebe ka R.M. Malope 

  Motsepe, Queen Mmadikhu (University of Pretoria, 2020-04-30)

  Tlhotlhomisi e e ikaegile ka lemorago la botshelo jwa ga mokwadi Melato Recias Malope, modibelapuo yo o itsegeng wa puo ya Setswana, morutabana le mokwadi yo o manontlhotlho wa ditlhangwa le dibuka tsa thutapuo. O kwadile ...
• Pegonyakišišo ya kgopolo ya balade ya Sepedi 

  Nkadimeng, Stephen Manangane (University of Pretoria, 2019)

  This study aims to investigate two Sepedi ballads, Moganedi’s ‘Maletsoge’ (1985) and Matome Fela’s ‘Sebilwane’ (1961) to consider their style and genre. The investigation starts with a review of prior studies of the Sepedi ...
• Interpreting services among the French-speaking asylum seekers at the Pretoria Home Affairs Refugee Centre and its aftermath 

  Lukusa, John Katompa (University of Pretoria, 2018)

  This research was encouraged by the growing trend of migration that not only South Africa is facing but the world in general. French-speaking asylum seekers who require interpretation services constitute the subject of ...
• Re-interpreting Sen and Chihiro's spiriting away : a semiotic analysis and translation of Japanese animation 

  Sanders, Lisa (University of Pretoria, 2018)

  Both within the field of translation studies and outside of the academic realm entirely, audiovisual translation is becoming an increasingly relevant and important topic, especially considering the rapid rate of globalisation ...
• Teaching Setswana as a home language subject in secondary schools in a linguistically diverse community in North West 

  Mokgoko, Bodibadi Dorothy (University of Pretoria, 2019)

  ‘’Language is without any doubt the most important factor in the learning process, for the transfer of knowledge and skills” (Bamgbose, 1992:7). This study was focused on the challenges of teaching Setswana as a Home ...
• Corpus-based Lexicography for Sesotho 

  Setaka, Mmasibidi (University of Pretoria, 2018)

  For centuries, dictionaries were compiled based upon the knowledge of the lexicographer and information retrieved from manually consulted sources, mainly through a process of reading and marking. This approach meant that ...
• Aspekte van die ontwerp en samestelling van 'n veeltalige aanlyn termbank vir Suid-Afrikaanse universiteitstudente 

  Goosen, Michelle (University of Pretoria, 2018)

  Afrikaans: Hierdie studie stel ondersoek in na die daarstel van ’n veeltalige aanlyn termbank. Die doel van so ’n veeltalige aanlyn termbank sou wees om aan die meerderheid van Suid-Afrikaanse studente ’n platform in hulle ...

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