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Browsing Theses and Dissertations (University of Pretoria) by Title
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Jansen van Rensburg, Enelia Cornelia
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
The use of conduit company treaty shopping structures is often regarded as an impermissible erosion of a country’s tax base. For a developing country, such as South Africa, the protection of its tax base is an important ...
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Masiteng, Itumeleng Nonkululeko
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
This research explores the history and dynamics of curation and repatriation of human remains
in South African museums. In this dissertation, I interrogate the role played by colonialism and
apartheid in the acquisition ...
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Bin Nafisah, Latifah Abdulgani A.
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
This research argues for a holistic interpretation of female Muslim clothing practices devoid of political, cultural, religious and gender bias, preconceptions, and presuppositions. Current literature on the ?ij?b tends ...
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Tsephe, Lifutso
(University of Pretoria, 2021)
There are many documented reasons why both men and women fail to complete their doctoral studies such as insufficient funding, family responsibilities as well as demotivation due to lack of progress in their research ...
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Nogwebela, Nomathamsanqa
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
Brucella abortus, a major cause of bovine brucellosis, is a facultative intracellular, gram-negative pathogen that infects mammals by replicating inside phagocytic cells of the reticulo-endothelial system and in trophoblastic ...
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Sandengu, George Tapiwa
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
Bovine brucellosis is a worldwide, zoonotic infection caused by Brucella species bacteria and characterised by abortions and retained placentae in cows and, to a lesser extent, orchitis in bulls. The disease is a zoonotic ...
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Mafireyi, Godwin
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
The aim of this study was to create a genomic resource for a typical plant genome from Illumina short reads, using Psidium guajava as a case study. Here we present a bioinformatics approach to produce a de novo plant genome ...
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Rapoeea, Nthabiseng Joyce
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
This dissertation examines the market efficiency and arbitrage opportunities between 04 January
2000 and 31 December 2015 on selected JSE-listed stocks and equity indices. To assess market
efficiency, four tests were ...
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Dlamini, Njabulo Mark
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
Gastrointestinal parasitism is a major problem to livestock productivity worldwide and small
ruminant production is affected the most. Resistance of gastrointestinal nematodes (GIN) to
anthelmintics is a widespread ...
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Benadé, Christo Renier
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
The research wants to contribute to the development of a missional ecclesiology for the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) in South Africa. This was done by answering the following two questions: what does the current context of ...
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Smith, Ronel
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
Although elderly women living in rural areas of South Africa and other developing nations is the most disadvantaged segment of the population, very little funding is allocated to their development, and social, economic and ...
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Ferreira, Riaan
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
Dual-circularly polarized antennas usually consist of a radiating structure and a feed network capable of generating the �90� modes required for dual circular polarization. The problem is that these feed networks often ...
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Reynders, Vian
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
The continuously growing number of wireless devices and the demand for wireless local area network (WLAN) coverage received a lot of research and design attention during the past decade. The WLAN application is a popular ...
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Reynders, Vian
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
The continuously growing number of wireless devices and the demand for wireless local area network (WLAN) coverage received a lot of research and design attention during the past decade. The WLAN application is a popular ...
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Manda, Patson Waliwona
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
No abstract
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Ngcobo, Blossom
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
No abstract available
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Phate, Malinopi Moloiatsana Caroline
(University of Pretoria, 2017)
Public administration is concerned with the implementation of governmental policies to enhance efficient and effective service delivery to the public. Delivery of efficient and effective public services is not only the ...
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Van Niekerk, Martha Gertruida
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
The 2008 Global Financial Crisis shook financial systems worldwide to their roots and set regulators on a new course post Crisis where the pursuit of financial stability emerged as apex regulatory objective. This new ...
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Jonhera, Patrick
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
The mining Industry plays an important role in development. It provides raw materials for industrial development; it also provides huge resource rents which can be useful in funding infrastructure projects and budget ...
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Joshi, Shaynel P.
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
The 2008 Global Financial Crisis proved to be a landmark event in the context of financial regulation to the extent that it gave rise to questions of which approach would best suit financial regulation in the pursuit of ...