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D.F. Malan : a political biography
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-03)ENGLSIH ABSTRACT: This study is a political biography of D.F. Malan (1874–1959), the first of the apartheid-era Prime Ministers, and covers the years 1874 to 1954, when Malan retired from politics. It endeavours to provide ... -
The daily functioning and quality of life of adults with obsessive compulsive disorder: a qualitative inquiry
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY: Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a highly debilitating psychiatric condition characterized by recurrent intrusive thoughts and images (obsessions) and/or repetitive behaviours aimed at reducing ... -
The damaging effects of romantic mythopoeia on Khoesan linguistics
(Taylor & Francis, 2014-06)The article outlines some basic guidelines that should inform studies in comparative linguistics, and notes a tendency in contemporary Khoesan linguistics for these to be neglected, while pre-theoretical assumptions of ... -
The Darfur conflict : beyond ethnic hatred explanations
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-03)Sudan is a country that has been affected by a history of multiple destructive civil wars. Conflicts that, in a global perspective, have proven to be as devastating as interstate wars, or on occasion even more destructive, ... -
Darwin's doubt : implications of the theory of evolution for human knowledge
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this dissertation I enquire into the status, scope and limits of human knowledge, given the fact that our perceptual and cognitive faculties are the product of evolution by natural selection. I argue ... -
Data availability and requirements for flood hazard mapping in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Floods have been identified as one of the major natural hazards occurring in South Africa. A disaster risk assessment forms the first phase in planning for effective disaster risk management through ... -
Davidson on metaphor and conceptual schemes
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: WHY METAPHORS HAVE NO MEANING: CONSIDERING METAPHORIC MEANING IN DAVIDSON Since the publication of Donald Davidson's essay 'What Metaphors Mean' (1984c) - in which he famously asserts that metaphor ... -
De la problematique des articles synopsis dans la compilation des dictionnaires au Gabon
(Bureau of the WAT, 2006)Gabon has a multilingual and multicultural character resulting in a linguistic and sociolinguistic environment that must be taken into account in the compilation of dictionaries. Compared to simple articles, synopsis ... -
De-demonising universality : transcultural dragons and the universal agent in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and David Eddings' The Belgariad
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation provides a reading of the fantasy novel series Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling and The Belgariad by David Eddings. In particular this dissertation endeavours to recuperate a literary ... -
De-institutionalisation of people with mental illness and intellectual disability : the family perspective
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South Africa has transformed its mental health service provision from in-hospital care to community-based rehabilitation. Although the idea is sound, the process places the caregiving families under an ... -
Deadly funny : the subversion of clowning in the killer clown genre
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009-03)This dissertation investigates the potential for horror in the comic repertoires and performance styles of clowns, in an attempt to address the popular questions of why clowns inspire fear as well as laughter, and what ... -
Death exposure, death attitude, death anxiety and burnout in nurses
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1999-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research constituted a pilot study to begin to investigate the experiences of South African nursing professionals who work with dying patients, within an existential-phenomenological theoretical ... -
Die debat oor die posisie van Afrikaans aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch : 'n ontleding
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2008-09)AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die debat oor die plek van Afrikaans en Engels as onderrigmedium aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch het sedert sy begin in 2002 nie baie duidelikheid verskaf nie. In dié artikel word ’n poging ... -
Debt and its solutions : a comparative study of the biblical jubilee year and the edict of Ammisaduqa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)The Edict of Ammisaduqa and the Jubilee Year legislation in Leviticus 25 provide the most extensive evidence for the debt relief tradition throughout the ancient Near East. A comparative analysis of these texts points to ... -
Debt relief for economics or debt relief for the people? : a critical analysis of the heavily indebted poor countries initiative
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The HIPC Initiative offers qualifying heavily indebted poor countries the opportunity to renege on their debt obligations in return for an emphatic commitment to poverty reduction and reform. This ... -
A decade of democracy : comparing trends in support for democracy in South Africa and Brazil since democratic transition
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2004-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Brazil and South Africa were both part of the global “third-wave” of democracy, the beginnings of their democratic transitions occurring in 1985 and 1994 respectively. Despite having been formerly ... -
Decelerating factors that impact on the career progression of women academics at Stellenbosch University
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03-15)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In 2014, Stellenbosch University’s (SU’s) Transformation office released an infographic displaying the percentage of women and men at the various academic ranks throughout the university. This display ... -
A decent minimum of health care in South Africa: a bioethical proposal
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY: In this thesis I identify some of the major challenges faced by the current health care system of South Africa. Thereafter conceptual analyses are done with regards to what is meant by a health care system ... -
The decentred ego in a non-local world : from power to will
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2005-03)The study identifies a basic psycho-logico assumption, coined the premise of locality, which is postulated by the author to permeate most of historical and contemporary psychological, philosophical and scientific thought. ... -
Deceptive message production in TshiVenda
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Specific deceptive messages in Tshivenda were collected and subsequently analysed according to a methodology which is regularly used in deceptive message production. Forty deceptive messages were randomly ...
