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Theses and Dissertations (Sociology): Recent submissions
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(University of Pretoria, 2020-01-13)By posing a provocative question, “What is a Woman?” this thesis intended to deconstruct normative conceptions of womanhood which are essentialised to marriage. To achieve these ends, I located the key questions of this ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)The national project of the African National Congress (ANC), the National Democratic Revolution (NDR), guides the post-apartheid state’s work to develop a new African middle class through policies such as Affirmative Action ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020-06)This study is focused on the relationship between mothers and their daughters, and the ways in which this relationship serves as a critical site from which black women (specifically from rural Venda area in Northern South ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Drawing primarily on post-structural feminist conceptualisations of identity and power, this study explored Zimbabwean men’s comprehension of their own experiences of women-perpetrated abuse and the ways they construct ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)This study on conflict management in the South African Police Service (SAPS) as an essential service is based on available literature and interview-based research. It explores and discusses the issue of labour rights and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Youth engagement in public policy is a widely trumpeted notion supported by participatory democracy as espoused in various legislative and policy instrument; however, the interventions associated with this commitment do ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)The urban landscape is always a politicised space characterised by struggles centred on the right to control it. The major actors in these struggles are usually: government officials, developers, as well as urban and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)The increasing visibility of gender based violence in South Africa is one indicator of the insidious gender inequalities rampant in the country. We are socialised to internalise and reproduce unequal gendered power ...
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Challenges to and innovations in state feminism in a post-colonial society : a study of South Africa (University of Pretoria, 2018)The South African National Gender Machinery (NGM) is proclaimed to be more advanced than many of its counterparts across developing and post-industrial contexts. However, while the state has enacted various legislative and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)This study explores the experiences of Black lesbian activists in South Africa between 1980 and 2016. The study asks where does Black lesbian activism fit in the history of the broader struggle for political liberation, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)This dissertation investigates how mineral resource exploitation intersects with development in Zambia. The main objective is to understand mining contributions to local community development and how these vary according ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)The Education White paper 6 gazetted that no disabled child should be left behind. It called for full-service schools but there are debates about the extent of the inclusion of disabled learners in mainstream schools. This ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)No abstract
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)This study investigated the perceptions of the beneficiaries of a learner transport programme in the Idutywa District of the Eastern Cape. Learner transport in South Africa continues to be a challenge, especially for those ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)In this thesis, I examine the centrality of travel geographies – with a specific focus on urban commuter railway lines between Mamelodi and central Tshwane – and their influence upon political identities of South African ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)The dilemma of accounting for race, class and equity in admission to university education is not a new one. And yet it remains a heated debate and an unsolved problem to this day. The grey areas surrounding this dilemma ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Little is known about the everyday racialisation experiences and self-identification practices of foreign-born non-South African communities in South Africa such as refugees, asylumseekers and immigrants. To explore this ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Car guarding has emerged as one of the informal economic activities that form an integral part of the South African urban landscape. This activity serves as a source of livelihood for many individuals who face limited job ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)South Africa’s progressive Constitution remains at the forefront of legislation within the African continent, which emphasise inclusion, freedom and societal acceptance. This social advancement led to the adoption of the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Indigenous community associations make a significant social and economic contribution to development in Nigeria. They are structures and units of organisation in a community that encompass the norms, values, and beliefs ...
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