The relationship between exports and economic growth: an empirical case study of the South African automobile industry
- Authors: Taylor, Nina-Mari
- Date: 2012-03
- Subjects: Exports , Automobile industry and trade
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/26313 , vital:65237
- Description: The dissertation investigates the relationship between automobile exports and economic growth in South Africa. Given the amount of investment and government assistance that has gone into assisting and developing the South African automobile industry via the Motor Industry Development Programme, this study examines whether the increase in automobile exports has impacted on economic growth. A demand-side model of the Export-Led Growth hypothesis is estimated in order to analyse the magnitude of the impact of automobile exports on growth. The results of the VECM and Dynamic Granger Causality test reveal that vehicle exports have a long-run positive impact on economic growth and that a uni-directional causal relationship is found to run from vehicle exports to economic growth. Even though vehicle exports are found to have a relatively significant impact on economic growth, domestic demand factors are concluded as being the key contributor of economic growth in South Africa. , Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Management and Commerce, 2012
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- Date Issued: 2012-03
- Authors: Taylor, Nina-Mari
- Date: 2012-03
- Subjects: Exports , Automobile industry and trade
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/26313 , vital:65237
- Description: The dissertation investigates the relationship between automobile exports and economic growth in South Africa. Given the amount of investment and government assistance that has gone into assisting and developing the South African automobile industry via the Motor Industry Development Programme, this study examines whether the increase in automobile exports has impacted on economic growth. A demand-side model of the Export-Led Growth hypothesis is estimated in order to analyse the magnitude of the impact of automobile exports on growth. The results of the VECM and Dynamic Granger Causality test reveal that vehicle exports have a long-run positive impact on economic growth and that a uni-directional causal relationship is found to run from vehicle exports to economic growth. Even though vehicle exports are found to have a relatively significant impact on economic growth, domestic demand factors are concluded as being the key contributor of economic growth in South Africa. , Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Management and Commerce, 2012
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- Date Issued: 2012-03
Gender paper to be presented to the ANC Policy Conference 2012: discussion document
- African National Congress (ANC)
- Authors: African National Congress (ANC)
- Date: 2012-02-01
- Subjects: South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1994- , Social planning -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: book , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/68675 , vital:29304
- Description: This document is informed by the struggles of women in the fight against colonialism and apartheid which were also encapsulated in the Women’s Charter of 1954. The discussion is also premised on the charter that women drew up in 1993, prior to the 1994 elections. Our Constitution, in its quest to protect and promote gender equality in South Africa, drew largely from these documents.
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- Date Issued: 2012-02-01
- Authors: African National Congress (ANC)
- Date: 2012-02-01
- Subjects: South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1994- , Social planning -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: book , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/68675 , vital:29304
- Description: This document is informed by the struggles of women in the fight against colonialism and apartheid which were also encapsulated in the Women’s Charter of 1954. The discussion is also premised on the charter that women drew up in 1993, prior to the 1994 elections. Our Constitution, in its quest to protect and promote gender equality in South Africa, drew largely from these documents.
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- Date Issued: 2012-02-01
Academic Practice and Reasoning: APR 122
- Authors: Siziba, L P , Makwela, B
- Date: 2012-02
- Subjects: English
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18235 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011227
- Description: Academic Practice and Reasoning: APR 122, degree examination February 2012.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2012-02
- Authors: Siziba, L P , Makwela, B
- Date: 2012-02
- Subjects: English
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18235 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011227
- Description: Academic Practice and Reasoning: APR 122, degree examination February 2012.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2012-02
Animal Breeding: AGA 322
- Authors: Chimonyo, M , Muchenje, V
- Date: 2012-02
- Subjects: Animal Breeding
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17520 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1009787
- Description: Animal Breeding: AGA 322, examination February 2010
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2012-02
- Authors: Chimonyo, M , Muchenje, V
- Date: 2012-02
- Subjects: Animal Breeding
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17520 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1009787
- Description: Animal Breeding: AGA 322, examination February 2010
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2012-02
Econometric Techniques: ECO 513
- Authors: Zeketha, T Z , Nel, H
- Date: 2012-02
- Subjects: Econometrics
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18082 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010757
- Description: Econometric Techniques: ECO 513, special examination February 2012.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2012-02
- Authors: Zeketha, T Z , Nel, H
- Date: 2012-02
- Subjects: Econometrics
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18082 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010757
- Description: Econometric Techniques: ECO 513, special examination February 2012.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2012-02
Introduction to Psychology: PSY 122E
- Kheshwa, J G, Van Niekerk, R
- Authors: Kheshwa, J G , Van Niekerk, R
- Date: 2012-02
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17986 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010559
- Description: Introduction to Psychology: PSY 122E, supplementary degree examination January 2012.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2012-02
- Authors: Kheshwa, J G , Van Niekerk, R
- Date: 2012-02
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17986 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010559
- Description: Introduction to Psychology: PSY 122E, supplementary degree examination January 2012.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2012-02
Mathematical Economics: ECO 222 & 222E
- Authors: Maredza, A , Harper, L
- Date: 2012-02
- Subjects: Economics, Mathematical
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17507 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010767
- Description: Mathematical Economics: ECO 222 & 222E, Supplementary examination February 2012.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2012-02
- Authors: Maredza, A , Harper, L
- Date: 2012-02
- Subjects: Economics, Mathematical
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17507 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010767
- Description: Mathematical Economics: ECO 222 & 222E, Supplementary examination February 2012.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2012-02
Metabolism and Enzymology: BCH 223
- Authors: Mazomba, N , Bradley, G
- Date: 2012-02
- Subjects: Metabolism
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17854 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010482
- Description: Metabolism and Enzymology: BCH 223, supplementary examination February 2012.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2012-02
- Authors: Mazomba, N , Bradley, G
- Date: 2012-02
- Subjects: Metabolism
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17854 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010482
- Description: Metabolism and Enzymology: BCH 223, supplementary examination February 2012.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2012-02
Modern Expressions of Empowerment: TST 322
- Authors: Williams, D T , Harold, G
- Date: 2012-02
- Subjects: Theology, Doctrinal
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18130 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011023
- Description: Modern Expressions of Empowerment: TST 322, supplementary examination February 2012.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2012-02
- Authors: Williams, D T , Harold, G
- Date: 2012-02
- Subjects: Theology, Doctrinal
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18130 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011023
- Description: Modern Expressions of Empowerment: TST 322, supplementary examination February 2012.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2012-02
Plant Ecology, Genetics, Taxonomy & Physiology: BOT 221
- Buwa, L V, Magwa, M L, Afolayan, A J, Mhinana, Z M
- Authors: Buwa, L V , Magwa, M L , Afolayan, A J , Mhinana, Z M
- Date: 2012-02
- Subjects: Botany
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17735 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010187
- Description: Plant Ecology, Genetics, Taxonomy & Physiology: BOT 221, supplementary examination February 2012.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2012-02
- Authors: Buwa, L V , Magwa, M L , Afolayan, A J , Mhinana, Z M
- Date: 2012-02
- Subjects: Botany
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17735 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010187
- Description: Plant Ecology, Genetics, Taxonomy & Physiology: BOT 221, supplementary examination February 2012.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2012-02
Plant Pest Control: AGC 313
- Authors: Maphaha, M , Mutengwa, C
- Date: 2012-02
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17621 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1009998
- Description: Plant Pest Control: AGC 313, supplementary examination January 2011.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2012-02
- Authors: Maphaha, M , Mutengwa, C
- Date: 2012-02
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17621 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1009998
- Description: Plant Pest Control: AGC 313, supplementary examination January 2011.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2012-02
Plant Systematics: BOT 323
- Authors: Grierson, D S , Gama, P
- Date: 2012-02
- Subjects: Plants -- Classification
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17736 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010189
- Description: Plant Systematics: BOT 323, supplementary examination February 2012.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2012-02
- Authors: Grierson, D S , Gama, P
- Date: 2012-02
- Subjects: Plants -- Classification
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17736 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010189
- Description: Plant Systematics: BOT 323, supplementary examination February 2012.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2012-02
Public Relations and Corporate Communication Management: COM 521
- Osunkunle, O, O'Shea, C, Du Plessis, C
- Authors: Osunkunle, O , O'Shea, C , Du Plessis, C
- Date: 2012-02
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18296 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011303
- Description: Public Relations and Corporate Communication Management: COM 521,Supplementary examination February 2012.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2012-02
- Authors: Osunkunle, O , O'Shea, C , Du Plessis, C
- Date: 2012-02
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18296 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011303
- Description: Public Relations and Corporate Communication Management: COM 521,Supplementary examination February 2012.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2012-02
Public Speaking: CMS 120
- Authors: Usadolo, S E , Salawu, A
- Date: 2012-02
- Subjects: Public speaking
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17945 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010515
- Description: Public Speaking: CMS 120, Supplementary examination February 2012.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2012-02
- Authors: Usadolo, S E , Salawu, A
- Date: 2012-02
- Subjects: Public speaking
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17945 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010515
- Description: Public Speaking: CMS 120, Supplementary examination February 2012.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2012-02
Rural Social development: DEV 322
- Rahim, A, Monyai, Priscilla B, Akopari, John
- Authors: Rahim, A , Monyai, Priscilla B , Akopari, John
- Date: 2012-02
- Subjects: Rural development
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18061 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010658
- Description: Rural Social Development: DEV 322, supplementary examination February 2012.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2012-02
- Authors: Rahim, A , Monyai, Priscilla B , Akopari, John
- Date: 2012-02
- Subjects: Rural development
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18061 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010658
- Description: Rural Social Development: DEV 322, supplementary examination February 2012.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2012-02
"Dudu's Ghost" and the Dedication Orchestra at the 100 Club
- Authors: Alfred, Luke
- Date: 2012 , 1993
- Subjects: McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Pukwana, Dudu , Jazz , Jazz musicians , Dyani, Johnny Mbizo , Feza, Mongezi , Miller, Harry , Dedication Orchestra , 100 Club
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:13472 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001394 , McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Pukwana, Dudu , Jazz , Jazz musicians , Dyani, Johnny Mbizo , Feza, Mongezi , Miller, Harry
- Description: The Dedication Orchestra is a group of contemporary English and South African musicians formed in honour of the memory of the Blue Notes, the seminal South African jazz band who found a home from home in London during the early 60s. , Photocopied article from the newspaper SA Times about a concert by the Dedication Orchestra at the 100 Club, London, in honour of the memory of the Blue Notes. There are 5 pictures with the article. The left picture shows Dudu Pukwana playing soprano saxophone, the top middle photo shows Johnny Dyani playing double bass, Mongezi Feza is on the below photo, Chris McGregor is on the top right picture and on the below right photo there is Harry Miller.
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- Date Issued: 1993
- Authors: Alfred, Luke
- Date: 2012 , 1993
- Subjects: McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Pukwana, Dudu , Jazz , Jazz musicians , Dyani, Johnny Mbizo , Feza, Mongezi , Miller, Harry , Dedication Orchestra , 100 Club
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:13472 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001394 , McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Pukwana, Dudu , Jazz , Jazz musicians , Dyani, Johnny Mbizo , Feza, Mongezi , Miller, Harry
- Description: The Dedication Orchestra is a group of contemporary English and South African musicians formed in honour of the memory of the Blue Notes, the seminal South African jazz band who found a home from home in London during the early 60s. , Photocopied article from the newspaper SA Times about a concert by the Dedication Orchestra at the 100 Club, London, in honour of the memory of the Blue Notes. There are 5 pictures with the article. The left picture shows Dudu Pukwana playing soprano saxophone, the top middle photo shows Johnny Dyani playing double bass, Mongezi Feza is on the below photo, Chris McGregor is on the top right picture and on the below right photo there is Harry Miller.
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- Date Issued: 1993
"Is more, less?" : insect-insect interactions in a biological control context using water hyacinth as a model
- Weyl, Philip Sebastian Richard
- Authors: Weyl, Philip Sebastian Richard
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: Water hyacinth -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Water hyacinth -- Biological control -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Insects as biological pest control agents , Miridae -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Beetles -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Competition (Biology)
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: vital:5724 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1005410 , Water hyacinth -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Water hyacinth -- Biological control -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Insects as biological pest control agents , Miridae -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Beetles -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Competition (Biology)
- Description: Interactions between insects have been shown to be important regulators of population abundances and dynamics as well as drivers of spatial segregation and distribution. These are important aspects of the ecology of insects used in biological control and may have implications for the overall success of a particular programme. In the history of biological control there has been a tendency to release a suite of agents against a weed, which in some cases has increased the level of success, while in others little change has been observed. In most of these cases the implications of increasing the level of complexity of the system is not taken into account and there is little research on the effect of releasing another agent into the system. A brief meta-analysis was done on all the biological control programmes initiated in South Africa. Emphasis was placed on multi-species releases and the effects that overlapping niches were having on the number of agents responsible for the success of a programme. Where overlapping niches were present among agents released the number of agents responsible for success was lower than the number established. Water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes (Martius) Solms-Laubach in South Africa has more arthropod agents released against it than anywhere else in the world, yet control has been variable. If the biology and host utilisation of all the agents against water hyacinth is considered, a definite overlap of niches is apparent in at least one life stage of all the agents. Therefore the probability of these insects interacting is high, especially if they are established at the same site in the field. Three of the insects released in South Africa have been selected to investigate possible interactions. They are Neochetina eichhorniae Warner, Neochetina bruchi Hustache and Eccritotarsus catarinensis (Carvalho). Y-tube olfactometer bioassays were used to measure responses of these insects to water hyacinth with prior feeding damage by either conspecifics or heterospecifics. This was done to determine whether olfactory cues played a role in host acceptability and avoidance of conspecifics or heterospecifics. The insects were given a choice between damaged and undamaged plants in various combinations. There was a significant preference for the undamaged plants when given a choice between undamaged and damaged plants. However when the insects were given a choice between two damaged plants there was no discrimination between heterospecific or conspecific damaged plants. This may indicate that there is little or no ecological cost for the insect to share a plant with other insects utilising a similar resource. Insect – insect interactions were investigated in a common garden plot experiment to measure the impact that pairwise combinations of the insect may have on their performance. There was a significant interaction between the mirid E. catarinensis and the weevil N. eichhorniae, with the weevil not performing as well when in combination with the mirid than when alone. Interestingly there was a negative interaction between the two weevil species when in combination, however it was impossible to determine which species was being affected if not both. None of the insects performed significantly better when in combination with another insect. A field study on Wriggleswade Dam in the Eastern Cape, South Africa was initiated to determine whether the relationship between the mirid E. catarinensis and the weevil N. eichhorniae could be determined in the field. The performance of the insects at the different sites in the field suggests that there was an interaction between the agents. This interaction did not limit the establishment of either insect at a site, but it did result in one insect dominating at a site over another. Interactions between the three species of insect tested in this thesis suggest that there are both negative and neutral relationships between them. A basic comparison between the insect performances from 15 sites around the country was done to determine if the spatial segregation observed in the field could be extrapolated to the natural South African situation. The interaction observed between N. eichhorniae and E. catarinensis does seem to extrapolate to the general South African situation where there is definite spatial segregation on a landscape level. The co–occurrence of the two Neochetina weevils at these sites suggests that the negative relationship observed between them in the common garden experiment does not extrapolate to the field. The results from this thesis suggest that the interactions between the agents tested would not limit establishment or have significant ramifications on performance. However, there may be spatial and temporal segregation of these species in the introduced range.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2012
- Authors: Weyl, Philip Sebastian Richard
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: Water hyacinth -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Water hyacinth -- Biological control -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Insects as biological pest control agents , Miridae -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Beetles -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Competition (Biology)
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: vital:5724 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1005410 , Water hyacinth -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Water hyacinth -- Biological control -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Insects as biological pest control agents , Miridae -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Beetles -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Competition (Biology)
- Description: Interactions between insects have been shown to be important regulators of population abundances and dynamics as well as drivers of spatial segregation and distribution. These are important aspects of the ecology of insects used in biological control and may have implications for the overall success of a particular programme. In the history of biological control there has been a tendency to release a suite of agents against a weed, which in some cases has increased the level of success, while in others little change has been observed. In most of these cases the implications of increasing the level of complexity of the system is not taken into account and there is little research on the effect of releasing another agent into the system. A brief meta-analysis was done on all the biological control programmes initiated in South Africa. Emphasis was placed on multi-species releases and the effects that overlapping niches were having on the number of agents responsible for the success of a programme. Where overlapping niches were present among agents released the number of agents responsible for success was lower than the number established. Water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes (Martius) Solms-Laubach in South Africa has more arthropod agents released against it than anywhere else in the world, yet control has been variable. If the biology and host utilisation of all the agents against water hyacinth is considered, a definite overlap of niches is apparent in at least one life stage of all the agents. Therefore the probability of these insects interacting is high, especially if they are established at the same site in the field. Three of the insects released in South Africa have been selected to investigate possible interactions. They are Neochetina eichhorniae Warner, Neochetina bruchi Hustache and Eccritotarsus catarinensis (Carvalho). Y-tube olfactometer bioassays were used to measure responses of these insects to water hyacinth with prior feeding damage by either conspecifics or heterospecifics. This was done to determine whether olfactory cues played a role in host acceptability and avoidance of conspecifics or heterospecifics. The insects were given a choice between damaged and undamaged plants in various combinations. There was a significant preference for the undamaged plants when given a choice between undamaged and damaged plants. However when the insects were given a choice between two damaged plants there was no discrimination between heterospecific or conspecific damaged plants. This may indicate that there is little or no ecological cost for the insect to share a plant with other insects utilising a similar resource. Insect – insect interactions were investigated in a common garden plot experiment to measure the impact that pairwise combinations of the insect may have on their performance. There was a significant interaction between the mirid E. catarinensis and the weevil N. eichhorniae, with the weevil not performing as well when in combination with the mirid than when alone. Interestingly there was a negative interaction between the two weevil species when in combination, however it was impossible to determine which species was being affected if not both. None of the insects performed significantly better when in combination with another insect. A field study on Wriggleswade Dam in the Eastern Cape, South Africa was initiated to determine whether the relationship between the mirid E. catarinensis and the weevil N. eichhorniae could be determined in the field. The performance of the insects at the different sites in the field suggests that there was an interaction between the agents. This interaction did not limit the establishment of either insect at a site, but it did result in one insect dominating at a site over another. Interactions between the three species of insect tested in this thesis suggest that there are both negative and neutral relationships between them. A basic comparison between the insect performances from 15 sites around the country was done to determine if the spatial segregation observed in the field could be extrapolated to the natural South African situation. The interaction observed between N. eichhorniae and E. catarinensis does seem to extrapolate to the general South African situation where there is definite spatial segregation on a landscape level. The co–occurrence of the two Neochetina weevils at these sites suggests that the negative relationship observed between them in the common garden experiment does not extrapolate to the field. The results from this thesis suggest that the interactions between the agents tested would not limit establishment or have significant ramifications on performance. However, there may be spatial and temporal segregation of these species in the introduced range.
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- Date Issued: 2012
'Becoming citizens': young people making sense of citizenship on a South African community radio station youth show
- Karamagi, Sharon Benna Kyakyo
- Authors: Karamagi, Sharon Benna Kyakyo
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: Citizenship -- Study and teaching -- South Africa Youth -- Social conditions Community radio -- South Africa -- Grahamstown Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Economic conditions
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:3444 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002898
- Description: This research set out to investigate the role that community radio can potentially play as a space in which young people engage with their own role as citizens and, in so doing, participate in discussions that seek to address social problems in a community divided by class, income, gender and race. The study examines how a local community radio station - Radio Grahamstown - developed a youth programme Y4Yin which the producers of the show and its audience came together to negotiate the meaning of citizenship. The study examines whether this interactive programme was able to function as something like a public sphere where in young people were able to develop a greater sense of agency, at least in the realm of citizenship. Using evidence gathered through focus group discussions with a group of young school-going leamers, interviews conducted with the producers of the show Y4Y, and drawing on Dahlgren's elaboration of a functional public sphere, the research concludes that the show provided a useful platform for Grahamstown high school students to develop their own notions of citizenship and to, at least partially and tentatively, build some 'bridges' across the vectors of socio-economic division in the town. However, the research also concludes that the Y4Y producers often failed to use a mode of address contemporary to the youth and often did not use production techniques congruent with young people's cultural tastes. This limited the programme's appeal and its potential as an enabler of discussion about notions of citizenship and as a platform for social bridging. In addition, because of the producers' control over the choice of topics put up for discussion, open interaction was more limited than could have been expected. In addition, the study also concludes that various limitations to the leamers' freedom of expression (including their fear that teachers might be listening in to the shows) inhibited the programme's role as a deliberative public sphere where issues could be aired, common ground found, and solutions discussed.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2012
- Authors: Karamagi, Sharon Benna Kyakyo
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: Citizenship -- Study and teaching -- South Africa Youth -- Social conditions Community radio -- South Africa -- Grahamstown Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Economic conditions
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:3444 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002898
- Description: This research set out to investigate the role that community radio can potentially play as a space in which young people engage with their own role as citizens and, in so doing, participate in discussions that seek to address social problems in a community divided by class, income, gender and race. The study examines how a local community radio station - Radio Grahamstown - developed a youth programme Y4Yin which the producers of the show and its audience came together to negotiate the meaning of citizenship. The study examines whether this interactive programme was able to function as something like a public sphere where in young people were able to develop a greater sense of agency, at least in the realm of citizenship. Using evidence gathered through focus group discussions with a group of young school-going leamers, interviews conducted with the producers of the show Y4Y, and drawing on Dahlgren's elaboration of a functional public sphere, the research concludes that the show provided a useful platform for Grahamstown high school students to develop their own notions of citizenship and to, at least partially and tentatively, build some 'bridges' across the vectors of socio-economic division in the town. However, the research also concludes that the Y4Y producers often failed to use a mode of address contemporary to the youth and often did not use production techniques congruent with young people's cultural tastes. This limited the programme's appeal and its potential as an enabler of discussion about notions of citizenship and as a platform for social bridging. In addition, because of the producers' control over the choice of topics put up for discussion, open interaction was more limited than could have been expected. In addition, the study also concludes that various limitations to the leamers' freedom of expression (including their fear that teachers might be listening in to the shows) inhibited the programme's role as a deliberative public sphere where issues could be aired, common ground found, and solutions discussed.
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- Date Issued: 2012
'God is my forest': Xhosa cultural values provide untapped opportunities for conservation
- Cocks, Michelle L, Dold, Anthony P, Vetter, Susan M
- Authors: Cocks, Michelle L , Dold, Anthony P , Vetter, Susan M
- Date: 2012
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/141198 , vital:37952 , DOI: 10.4102/sajs.v108i5/6.880
- Description: In South Africa conservation is still largely framed in terms of Western scientific values, with a focus on material benefits to local communities, whilst little is known about the intangible values local people attach to nature and biodiversity. We explored the cultural, spiritual and emotional relationships with nature expressed by Xhosa people, within the MaputalandPondoland-Albany Hotspot, as well as the activities that mediate this relationship. A descriptive research approach was applied to document the emotions, meanings and values associated with landscape elements. This approach included group and individual interviews and ‘walk-in-the-woods’ interviews and participatory mapping exercises. Respondents portrayed a strong, although not always easily articulated, appreciation for nature, especially ihlathi lesiXhosa (‘Xhosa forest’, vegetation types within the Thicket Biome).
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- Date Issued: 2012
- Authors: Cocks, Michelle L , Dold, Anthony P , Vetter, Susan M
- Date: 2012
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/141198 , vital:37952 , DOI: 10.4102/sajs.v108i5/6.880
- Description: In South Africa conservation is still largely framed in terms of Western scientific values, with a focus on material benefits to local communities, whilst little is known about the intangible values local people attach to nature and biodiversity. We explored the cultural, spiritual and emotional relationships with nature expressed by Xhosa people, within the MaputalandPondoland-Albany Hotspot, as well as the activities that mediate this relationship. A descriptive research approach was applied to document the emotions, meanings and values associated with landscape elements. This approach included group and individual interviews and ‘walk-in-the-woods’ interviews and participatory mapping exercises. Respondents portrayed a strong, although not always easily articulated, appreciation for nature, especially ihlathi lesiXhosa (‘Xhosa forest’, vegetation types within the Thicket Biome).
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- Date Issued: 2012
(Dis)allowances of lesbians’ sexual identities: Lesbian identity construction in racialised, classed, familial, and institutional spaces
- Gibson, Alexandra, Macleod, Catriona I
- Authors: Gibson, Alexandra , Macleod, Catriona I
- Date: 2012
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:6222 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006536 , http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959353512459580
- Description: This article explores how lesbian identity construction is facilitated and constrained by the raced, classed, gendered, familial, and geographical spaces that women occupy. We present a narrative-discursive analysis of eight lesbians’ stories of sexuality, told within a historically white university in South Africa. Three interpretative repertoires that emerged in the narratives are discussed. The ‘disallowance of lesbian identity in particular racialised and class-based spaces’ repertoire, deployed by black lesbians only, was used to account for their de-emphasis of a lesbian identity through the invocation of a threat of danger and stereotyping. The ‘disjuncture of the (heterosexual) family and lesbian identity’ repertoire emphasised how the expectation of support and care within a family does not necessarily extend to acceptance of a lesbian identity.
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- Date Issued: 2012
- Authors: Gibson, Alexandra , Macleod, Catriona I
- Date: 2012
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:6222 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006536 , http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959353512459580
- Description: This article explores how lesbian identity construction is facilitated and constrained by the raced, classed, gendered, familial, and geographical spaces that women occupy. We present a narrative-discursive analysis of eight lesbians’ stories of sexuality, told within a historically white university in South Africa. Three interpretative repertoires that emerged in the narratives are discussed. The ‘disallowance of lesbian identity in particular racialised and class-based spaces’ repertoire, deployed by black lesbians only, was used to account for their de-emphasis of a lesbian identity through the invocation of a threat of danger and stereotyping. The ‘disjuncture of the (heterosexual) family and lesbian identity’ repertoire emphasised how the expectation of support and care within a family does not necessarily extend to acceptance of a lesbian identity.
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- Date Issued: 2012