South African hopes and fears twenty years into democracy: a replication of Hadley Cantril's pattern of human concerns
- Moller, Valerie, Roberts, Benjamin J
- Authors: Moller, Valerie , Roberts, Benjamin J
- Date: 2014-05
- Subjects: Cantril, Hadley, 1906-1969
- Language: English
- Type: text , Book
- Identifier: vital:546 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017240 , ISBN 9780868104850
- Description: Fifty years have elapsed since Hadley Cantril (1965) published his work on the Pattern of Human Concerns. His line of inquiry has stood the test of time. In late 2012, the nationally representative South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS) replicated Cantril’s 1960s questions and methodology to elicit South Africans’ hopes and aspirations and worries and fears for self and country and their ratings of where self and country stood – past, present and will stand in future. Although Cantril’s ‘ladder‐of‐life’ scale is still regularly used as a measure of subjective well‐being, to our knowledge his full line of preliminary questioning has not been fielded again to date. Our study found that South African aspirations for self were mainly material ones for a decent standard of living and the means to achieve this goal. Hopes for the nation concentrated on economic and political progress to consolidate South Africa’s democracy. A large number of personal and national hopes were mirrored in fears that these aspirations might not be met. Cantril’s method also allowed us to review the main concerns and ratings across the diverse groups of citizens that make up the ‘rainbow nation’. There was a substantial degree of consensus on top hopes and fears but levels of standing on the Cantril ladder of life were still graded according to apartheid‐era inequalities with black South Africans scoring lower than other race groups. Nonetheless, the majority of South Africans rated their present life better than five years ago and projected life to get better in future. Such optimism may place considerable pressure on the state to deliver on personal and societal hopes as the country enters its third decade of democracy.
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- Date Issued: 2014-05
- Authors: Moller, Valerie , Roberts, Benjamin J
- Date: 2014-05
- Subjects: Cantril, Hadley, 1906-1969
- Language: English
- Type: text , Book
- Identifier: vital:546 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017240 , ISBN 9780868104850
- Description: Fifty years have elapsed since Hadley Cantril (1965) published his work on the Pattern of Human Concerns. His line of inquiry has stood the test of time. In late 2012, the nationally representative South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS) replicated Cantril’s 1960s questions and methodology to elicit South Africans’ hopes and aspirations and worries and fears for self and country and their ratings of where self and country stood – past, present and will stand in future. Although Cantril’s ‘ladder‐of‐life’ scale is still regularly used as a measure of subjective well‐being, to our knowledge his full line of preliminary questioning has not been fielded again to date. Our study found that South African aspirations for self were mainly material ones for a decent standard of living and the means to achieve this goal. Hopes for the nation concentrated on economic and political progress to consolidate South Africa’s democracy. A large number of personal and national hopes were mirrored in fears that these aspirations might not be met. Cantril’s method also allowed us to review the main concerns and ratings across the diverse groups of citizens that make up the ‘rainbow nation’. There was a substantial degree of consensus on top hopes and fears but levels of standing on the Cantril ladder of life were still graded according to apartheid‐era inequalities with black South Africans scoring lower than other race groups. Nonetheless, the majority of South Africans rated their present life better than five years ago and projected life to get better in future. Such optimism may place considerable pressure on the state to deliver on personal and societal hopes as the country enters its third decade of democracy.
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- Date Issued: 2014-05
Vice Chancellor's 2nd circular death of a Rhodes student
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-04-27
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7866 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016415
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- Date Issued: 2014-04-27
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-04-27
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7866 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016415
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- Date Issued: 2014-04-27
Vice Chancellor's 2nd circular death of a Rhodes student
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-04-27
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7865 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016414
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- Date Issued: 2014-04-27
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-04-27
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7865 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016414
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- Date Issued: 2014-04-27
Welcome at Rhodes University Chinese speech and talent show
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-04-25
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7889 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016438
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- Date Issued: 2014-04-25
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-04-25
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7889 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016438
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- Date Issued: 2014-04-25
From innocence to epistemic reflexivity: Critical researchers and policy making in post-1990 South Africa
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-04-23
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7864 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016413
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- Date Issued: 2014-04-23
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-04-23
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7864 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016413
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- Date Issued: 2014-04-23
Version of events according to Siyanda Mati (student no.) student at Cullen Bowles
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-04-19
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7890 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016439
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- Date Issued: 2014-04-19
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-04-19
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7890 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016439
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- Date Issued: 2014-04-19
On Higher education
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-04-18
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7881 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016430
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- Date Issued: 2014-04-18
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-04-18
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7881 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016430
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- Date Issued: 2014-04-18
Vice-Chancello's 2014 address to graduation ceremonies
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-04-12
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7871 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016420
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- Date Issued: 2014-04-12
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-04-12
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7871 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016420
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- Date Issued: 2014-04-12
Substantive agreement on wages, service conditions and standards between Delro Trust and Food and Allied Workers Union
- Delro Trust, Food and Allied Workers Union
- Authors: Delro Trust , Food and Allied Workers Union
- Date: 2014-04-09
- Subjects: Delro Trust , Food and Allied Workers Union , Collective bargaining -- South Africa , Wages -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: collective labor agreements , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/112255 , vital:33562 , Labour Research Service (LRS)
- Description: Substantive agreement on wages, service conditions and standards between Delro Trust and Food and Allied Workers Union
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- Date Issued: 2014-04-09
- Authors: Delro Trust , Food and Allied Workers Union
- Date: 2014-04-09
- Subjects: Delro Trust , Food and Allied Workers Union , Collective bargaining -- South Africa , Wages -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: collective labor agreements , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/112255 , vital:33562 , Labour Research Service (LRS)
- Description: Substantive agreement on wages, service conditions and standards between Delro Trust and Food and Allied Workers Union
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- Date Issued: 2014-04-09
Settlement agreement on wages & substantive conditions of employment entered into and between Rainbow Farms (Pty) LTD and the Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU) and National Union of Food, Beverages, Wine, Spirits and Allied Workers
- Rainbow Farms (Pty) LTD, Food and Allied Workers Union, National Union of Food, Beverages, Wine, Spirits and Allied Workers
- Authors: Rainbow Farms (Pty) LTD , Food and Allied Workers Union , National Union of Food, Beverages, Wine, Spirits and Allied Workers
- Date: 2014-04-08
- Subjects: Rainbow Farms (Pty) LTD , National Union of Food, Beverages, Wine, Spirits and Allied Workers (NUFBSWSAW) , Wages -- South Africa , Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU) , Collective bargaining -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: collective labor agreements , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/112387 , vital:33575 , Labour Research Service (LRS)
- Description: Settlement agreement on wages & substantive conditions of employment entered into and between Rainbow Farms (Pty) LTD and the Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU) and National Union of Food, Beverages, Wine, Spirits and Allied Workers.
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- Date Issued: 2014-04-08
- Authors: Rainbow Farms (Pty) LTD , Food and Allied Workers Union , National Union of Food, Beverages, Wine, Spirits and Allied Workers
- Date: 2014-04-08
- Subjects: Rainbow Farms (Pty) LTD , National Union of Food, Beverages, Wine, Spirits and Allied Workers (NUFBSWSAW) , Wages -- South Africa , Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU) , Collective bargaining -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: collective labor agreements , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/112387 , vital:33575 , Labour Research Service (LRS)
- Description: Settlement agreement on wages & substantive conditions of employment entered into and between Rainbow Farms (Pty) LTD and the Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU) and National Union of Food, Beverages, Wine, Spirits and Allied Workers.
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- Date Issued: 2014-04-08
Rhodes University 2011 graduation ceremonies address - 7-9 April 2011
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-04-07
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7843 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016036
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- Date Issued: 2014-04-07
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-04-07
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7843 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016036
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- Date Issued: 2014-04-07
Rhodes University graduation ceremonies address - 7-9 April 2011
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-04-07
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7842 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016035
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- Date Issued: 2014-04-07
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-04-07
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7842 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016035
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- Date Issued: 2014-04-07
The current wage negotiations impasse
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-04-07
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7891 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016440
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- Date Issued: 2014-04-07
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-04-07
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7891 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016440
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- Date Issued: 2014-04-07
Neil Aggett naming ceremony welcome
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-04-04
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7878 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016427
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- Date Issued: 2014-04-04
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-04-04
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7878 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016427
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- Date Issued: 2014-04-04
Possible futures for the African built environment towards 2050
- Authors: Adendorff, Gillian Lorraine
- Date: 2014-04
- Subjects: Port Elizabeth (South Africa) , Eastern Cape (South Africa) , South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Master's/Doctoral theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/53325 , vital:45136
- Description: Purpose –The purpose of this thesis is to develop four scenarios for Africa’s built environment over the nextfortyyears: The ”Angel” or “Good Governance”Scenario,in which positive elements become a realisation for Africa’s built environment and are conjointly favourable; The “Dwarf” or “Uneven African Development”Scenario, in which key driving forces unfold inan uneven pattern, or have a differentiated impact on Africa’s built environment; The “Elf” or Bad Governance Scenario,in which less good governance prevails, but where a fortunate built environment and securemanagement allowsAfrica to become competitive and benefit from satisfactory economic growth;and The “Hobgoblin” or “Business and Governance as usual” Scenario,in which negative regional drivers of change corrode positive policies and initiatives in a manner which compounds the pre-existing threats of Africa’s built environment development.Design/Methodology/Approach –The goal of this thesis is not only to affirm what is already known and knowable regardingwhat is happening right now at the intersections of Africa and its built environment development, but also to explore the many ways in which environmental scanning and built environment development could co-involve,both push and inhibit each other,in the future. Thereafter, this thesis beginsto examine what possible paths may be implicatedfor Africa’s poor and vulnerable built environment. Scenario planning is a methodology designed to help researchers, organisations and even nations alike through this creative process. This thesis begins to identifydriversof change, and then combines these driversin different ways to create a set of scenarios regardinghow the future built environment of Africa could evolve.Practical implications –This thesis provides a useful insight regardingdrivers for change for Africa’s built environment,and how to anticipate these changes in the mostcurrentScenario planning.Originality/Value –This thesis addressesthe future of Africa’s built environment from a decision maker’s point of view over the next 40 years. , Thesis (PhD) -- Faculty of Engineering, the Built Environment and Technology, School of the Built Environment and Civil Engineering, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2014-04
- Authors: Adendorff, Gillian Lorraine
- Date: 2014-04
- Subjects: Port Elizabeth (South Africa) , Eastern Cape (South Africa) , South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Master's/Doctoral theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/53325 , vital:45136
- Description: Purpose –The purpose of this thesis is to develop four scenarios for Africa’s built environment over the nextfortyyears: The ”Angel” or “Good Governance”Scenario,in which positive elements become a realisation for Africa’s built environment and are conjointly favourable; The “Dwarf” or “Uneven African Development”Scenario, in which key driving forces unfold inan uneven pattern, or have a differentiated impact on Africa’s built environment; The “Elf” or Bad Governance Scenario,in which less good governance prevails, but where a fortunate built environment and securemanagement allowsAfrica to become competitive and benefit from satisfactory economic growth;and The “Hobgoblin” or “Business and Governance as usual” Scenario,in which negative regional drivers of change corrode positive policies and initiatives in a manner which compounds the pre-existing threats of Africa’s built environment development.Design/Methodology/Approach –The goal of this thesis is not only to affirm what is already known and knowable regardingwhat is happening right now at the intersections of Africa and its built environment development, but also to explore the many ways in which environmental scanning and built environment development could co-involve,both push and inhibit each other,in the future. Thereafter, this thesis beginsto examine what possible paths may be implicatedfor Africa’s poor and vulnerable built environment. Scenario planning is a methodology designed to help researchers, organisations and even nations alike through this creative process. This thesis begins to identifydriversof change, and then combines these driversin different ways to create a set of scenarios regardinghow the future built environment of Africa could evolve.Practical implications –This thesis provides a useful insight regardingdrivers for change for Africa’s built environment,and how to anticipate these changes in the mostcurrentScenario planning.Originality/Value –This thesis addressesthe future of Africa’s built environment from a decision maker’s point of view over the next 40 years. , Thesis (PhD) -- Faculty of Engineering, the Built Environment and Technology, School of the Built Environment and Civil Engineering, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2014-04
Problem-based learning strategies as determinant of grade 9 student's academic achievement in algebra
- Authors: Olaoye, Olabisi Fatimat
- Date: 2014-04
- Subjects: Problem-based learning , Learning strategies
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/24717 , vital:63535
- Description: Many scholars in the field of mathematics education have written extensively on algebra and the reasons why algebra remains one of the aspects of mathematics that usually poses problems to students. This study examined the effects of problem based learning strategies on students’ academic achievement in algebra using language proficiency and gender as moderator variables. A 3X2X3 pretest-posttest control group quasi-experimental design was adopted in the study. One hundred and nine subjects were involved in the study (109) this consisted of forty-four males and sixty-five females in four Grade 9 mathematics classes in East London District. The study was carried out in two schools using two intact classes in each of the school. One class in each school was randomly assigned to the experimental and another to control groups. Four instruments were constructed and used for this study. These are: Language Proficiency Achievement Test (LPAT), Problem Based Learning Strategies are in two parts (PBLSa) and (PBLSb), Conventional Teaching Guide (C.T.G). The instruments were validated and used for data collection before and after the four week experiment. Seven hypotheses were generated and tested in the study at 0.05 alpha levels. The data collected were subjected to both descriptive and inferential statistics, which included Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) of students post-test achievement and where the results were significant, Pairwise Comparison Analysis of Scheffe post-hoc were employed to detect the source of variation and the direction of significance of post-test achievement according to treatment groups. One of the major findings of this study was that problem based learning strategies (PBLSa), (PBLSb) are more effective than conventional method in students’ academic achievement in algebra ( x = 3.05; SE =.720), ( x = 4.23; SE=.714), ( x = 3.36; SE =.726) in that order. The study also revealed there is no significant main effect of treatment and language proficiency on students’ academic achievement in Algebra (F (2,109) = .926; p>.05). Also, there is no significant main effect of treatment and gender on students’ academic achievement in algebra. (F (1.109) =.237; p>.05). However, this study recommended that problem based learning strategies should be embraced by both the teachers and learners in order to enhance students’ academic achievement in algebra. , Thesis (PhD) -- Faculty of Education, 2014
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- Date Issued: 2014-04
- Authors: Olaoye, Olabisi Fatimat
- Date: 2014-04
- Subjects: Problem-based learning , Learning strategies
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/24717 , vital:63535
- Description: Many scholars in the field of mathematics education have written extensively on algebra and the reasons why algebra remains one of the aspects of mathematics that usually poses problems to students. This study examined the effects of problem based learning strategies on students’ academic achievement in algebra using language proficiency and gender as moderator variables. A 3X2X3 pretest-posttest control group quasi-experimental design was adopted in the study. One hundred and nine subjects were involved in the study (109) this consisted of forty-four males and sixty-five females in four Grade 9 mathematics classes in East London District. The study was carried out in two schools using two intact classes in each of the school. One class in each school was randomly assigned to the experimental and another to control groups. Four instruments were constructed and used for this study. These are: Language Proficiency Achievement Test (LPAT), Problem Based Learning Strategies are in two parts (PBLSa) and (PBLSb), Conventional Teaching Guide (C.T.G). The instruments were validated and used for data collection before and after the four week experiment. Seven hypotheses were generated and tested in the study at 0.05 alpha levels. The data collected were subjected to both descriptive and inferential statistics, which included Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) of students post-test achievement and where the results were significant, Pairwise Comparison Analysis of Scheffe post-hoc were employed to detect the source of variation and the direction of significance of post-test achievement according to treatment groups. One of the major findings of this study was that problem based learning strategies (PBLSa), (PBLSb) are more effective than conventional method in students’ academic achievement in algebra ( x = 3.05; SE =.720), ( x = 4.23; SE=.714), ( x = 3.36; SE =.726) in that order. The study also revealed there is no significant main effect of treatment and language proficiency on students’ academic achievement in Algebra (F (2,109) = .926; p>.05). Also, there is no significant main effect of treatment and gender on students’ academic achievement in algebra. (F (1.109) =.237; p>.05). However, this study recommended that problem based learning strategies should be embraced by both the teachers and learners in order to enhance students’ academic achievement in algebra. , Thesis (PhD) -- Faculty of Education, 2014
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- Date Issued: 2014-04
Supplementary agreement between Highland Superspar and Food and Allied Workers Union
- Highland Superspar, Food and Allied Workers Union
- Authors: Highland Superspar , Food and Allied Workers Union
- Date: 2014-03-26
- Subjects: Highland Superspar , Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU) , Collective bargaining -- South Africa , Wages -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: collective labor agreements , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/95723 , vital:31191 , Labour Research Service (LRS)
- Description: Supplementary agreement between Highland Superspar and Food and Allied Workers Union.
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- Date Issued: 2014-03-26
- Authors: Highland Superspar , Food and Allied Workers Union
- Date: 2014-03-26
- Subjects: Highland Superspar , Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU) , Collective bargaining -- South Africa , Wages -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: collective labor agreements , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/95723 , vital:31191 , Labour Research Service (LRS)
- Description: Supplementary agreement between Highland Superspar and Food and Allied Workers Union.
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- Date Issued: 2014-03-26
Remarks on the occasion of the launch of the national benchmark test project and Standard Bank South Africa partnership at Irene lodge, Pretoria on 24 March 2014
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-03-24
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7877 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016426
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- Date Issued: 2014-03-24
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-03-24
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7877 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016426
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- Date Issued: 2014-03-24
Wage settlement agreement entered into between Bronkhorstspruit Golf Club and Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU)
- Bronkhorstspruit Golf Club, Food and Allied Workers Union
- Authors: Bronkhorstspruit Golf Club , Food and Allied Workers Union
- Date: 2014-03-24
- Subjects: Bronkhorstspruit Golf Club , Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU) , Collective bargaining -- South Africa , Wages -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: collective labor agreements , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/95820 , vital:31202 , Labour Research Service (LRS)
- Description: Wage settlement agreement entered into between Bronkhorstspruit Golf Club and Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU).
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- Date Issued: 2014-03-24
- Authors: Bronkhorstspruit Golf Club , Food and Allied Workers Union
- Date: 2014-03-24
- Subjects: Bronkhorstspruit Golf Club , Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU) , Collective bargaining -- South Africa , Wages -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: collective labor agreements , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/95820 , vital:31202 , Labour Research Service (LRS)
- Description: Wage settlement agreement entered into between Bronkhorstspruit Golf Club and Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU).
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- Date Issued: 2014-03-24
Revisiting the equity/equality development/quality goals paradox and tension in South African higher education
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-03-22
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7888 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016437
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- Date Issued: 2014-03-22
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-03-22
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7888 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016437
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- Date Issued: 2014-03-22