Software Support for Podcasting Mobile Lecture Content for Education in Sub-Sahara African Universities by Mugwanya, Raymond

“…The final stage of this research was an eight week prototype evaluation aimed at evaluating MLCAT. The main contributions of this thesis are: the identification of design opportunities for podcasting tools (using Participatory Action Research) to support faculty in developing HEIs; a podcasting information ecology model; an adaptation of podcasting to developing country HEIs and a series of design and methodological contributions relating to the design of podcasting tools and other information systems. …”
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Spatial patterns and behaviour at Dunefield Midden by Reeler, Claire

“…Features from the site examined in detail include ash features (such as hearths, roasting pits and ash dumps) and dumps (in particular, a feature called the 'main dump'). Comparisons with ethnographic and ethnoarchaeological material are made to aid the process of interpretation. …”
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Narrative discourse characteristics of South African Afrikaans speaking Cape Coloureds with aphasia by Venter, Analou

“…For the purpose of investigating the higher cognitive and linguistic processes, the formulation of main ideas, providing the lessons for the stories as well as proverb interpretation tasks were included and analysed. …”
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From fable to court: tracing the curation of indigenous knowledge in a biopiracy case by Kapepiso, Fabian S

“…The purpose of this study was to generate a theory or framework that explores and explains the processes involved in curation and application of indigenous medicinal knowledge in the scientific, legal and commercial knowledge domains. …”
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The perceived influence of the integration of GBFIs into an FM strategy on social, economic and environmental value of a facility by Valaydon, Kursen

“…The implementation of GBFIs is the first step and to ensure the success of those GBFIs, the FM strategy must provide for the green operations of the facility and must be in line with the vision of the main tenant or owner-occupier. Hence, the tenant also plays a significant role in the value adding process, as they must also be sustainability-driven. …”
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Automated troubleshooting for RTWP in 3G/4G RAN nodes by Mohammed, Hisham

“…The mobile network operator always tries to resolve the issue of RTWP quickly by means of several processes and strategies to diagnose and troubleshoot this issue, all within a target ‘Service Level Agreement’ (SLA). …”
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Post-conflict reconstruction in Angola by Otitodun, Elizabeth

“…This study examined the main strategies adopted by the Angolan government in its post-conflict reconstruction efforts, and the extent to which these efforts have promoted durable peace in the country. …”
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A deeper kind of nothing by Abraham, Catherine

“…My reflections on generative nothingness have produced a series of performative processes: 1. Collecting - breaths, eggshells (the main materials of this body of work) and words 2. …”
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Contesting transdisciplinary climate knowledge: a decolonial perspective on the FRACTAL project in Windhoek, Namibia by Pelaez, Avila Julia Peláez

“…It further sought to reveal the mechanisms in the programmatic research design that condition epistemic authorities and subjectivities in the collaborative processes. Power dynamics were traceable through imaginaries as well as the evidencing of epistemic authority. …”
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Modelling waves and near-shore circulation around the Cape Peninsula: towards enhanced predictions for South African coastal activities by de Vos, Marc

“…Broad research questions were developed and addressed through a combination of statistical review, data mining and numerical modelling: how do marine weather and oceanography impinge on South African coastal activities, what are the main circulation characteristics in a critical coastal region, and which environmental data are needed for predictions? …”
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The critical success factors for landscape management of operations on sustainable urban drainage system (SuDS) projects by Spolander, Robyn Anne

“…Historically, water services have been supplied and discharged through a network of piped infrastructure and hardened surfaces with the main objectives of efficiency and risk management. …”
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Multi-Triangulation Using Qualitative and Crossover Methods to Investigate The Role of Media in Fossil Energy Politics by Muranda, Andy

“…This study explores the role of media, during the Pennsylvania coal strike of 1902 and the ensuing shifts in political power. Its main hypothesis is – if media helps to shape politics, then its coverage of the 1902 Pennsylvania coal strike, had a hand in delivering democracy to a working proletariat. …”
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An assessment of how well social movement theory explains the emergence and development of Rape Crisis Cape Town by Cook, Alison

“…The thesis covers the period 1976 to 2000. The main chapters consider a phase of Rape Crisis's development using the three social movement theories under consideration: resource mobilisation theory, political process theory and generational theory. …”
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Proposing clinician competency guidelines for the inclusion of disability in the undergraduate medical curriculum of South Africa - an exploratory study by Whitehead, Sarah Nicole

“…They were also asked in open-ended questions, to make any suggestions relating to the language of each competency and whether any competencies could be combined. 2 Findings Four main themes emerged from Phase one data: Experience of disability, Attitudes towards disability, Knowledge about Disability and Life beyond the disability. …”
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The theme of tribulation as a literary strategy of an alternative self-definition in the book of revelation: a sociolinguistic perspective by Nogwina, E. M.

“…This study focuses on the significance of the theme of tribulation as developed by the author of the Book of Revelation. Its main concern is to examine what the author wants to achieve by depicting the tribulation of his audience. …”
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Enhancing participation through rural self-help structures in KwaZulu - the case of a bureaucratic public institution by Ndlovu, Baby E C

“…There is also a general lack of consistency between the mission of the agency and the contents of the personnel appraisal and evaluation tools and processes and hence – lack of commitment to goals and/or goals' displacement. …”
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The role of women in the formalisation of housing and placemaking: the case of the Victoria Mxenge housing project by Howard, Ashley Jean

“…It delves into three key issues: gender inequalities, the formalisation process of housing, and the need for community-focused placemaking principles. …”
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Enhancing the reading conditions in a multilingual grade six class : exploring the possibilities by Verbist-Serekonyane, Anne

“…The grade six classroom, in which the reading conditions, mainly ""immersion"" and ""engagement"", were to be enhanced, consisted of 42 learners and one teacher. …”
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Intimacies and distances: mobility, belonging and the use of information and communication technologies by young Cameroonians in Cape Town by Jackson, Kate

“…I argue that these people negotiated relationships of marginality, belonging, obligation and responsibility through the ways in which they used ICTs, and that they drew on the functions of ICTs, particularly the social networking site, Facebook, to actively construct their identities. I conducted the main body of my fieldwork between June 2011, and June 2012. …”
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The Djinn by Meeran, Jean

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