An assessment of the performance appraisal system utilised for junior and middle level management within the South African National Defence Force
- Authors: Terblanche, Graham Martin
- Date: 2004
- Subjects: Middle managers -- Rating of -- South Africa , South Africa. National Defence Force Officials and employees Rating of
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MBA
- Identifier: vital:10884 , http://hdl.handle.net/10948/148 , Middle managers -- Rating of -- South Africa , South Africa. National Defence Force Officials and employees Rating of
- Description: The research problem of this study was to assess the extent to which the appraisal system for junior and middle level managers in the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) met the requirements and guidelines for performance appraisal as stipulated in the literature. To achieve this objective, the following procedure was followed: · A survey of existing literature, related to performance appraisal, was conducted. The literature study focused on the requirements for an effective performance appraisal system, appraisal methods and appraisal errors. Attention was also focused on who should take responsibility for performance appraisal and the importance of regularly evaluating the performance appraisal system to meet the demands of a changing environment. The second part of the literature study dealt with the guidelines for establishing an effective appraisal system as well as performance management processes and cycles that are critical for the effectiveness of an appraisal system. The theoretical study formed the basis for the development of a survey questionnaire to establish the extent to which junior and middle level managers in the SANDF agreed with the theoretical guidelines. The survey was administered to a randomly selected group of junior and middle level managers who were representative of the South African Army, Airforce and Medical Services. The empirical results indicated that there was concurrence with many of the guidelines in the literature, but that there were areas that could be improved. It became evident that many respondents felt that the current system was not entirely fair and was not adapted to meet the needs of the integrated SANDF. Specifically, results indicated that the system should be re-evaluated to eliminate bias and to enhance the development of clear standards, both on a quantitative and qualitative level. It became clear that training and communication were important to the successful development and utilisation of a performance appraisal system. An effective performance appraisal system that is integrated with the overall performance management system of an organisation will enhance productivity, satisfaction and the attainment of goals.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2004
- Authors: Terblanche, Graham Martin
- Date: 2004
- Subjects: Middle managers -- Rating of -- South Africa , South Africa. National Defence Force Officials and employees Rating of
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MBA
- Identifier: vital:10884 , http://hdl.handle.net/10948/148 , Middle managers -- Rating of -- South Africa , South Africa. National Defence Force Officials and employees Rating of
- Description: The research problem of this study was to assess the extent to which the appraisal system for junior and middle level managers in the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) met the requirements and guidelines for performance appraisal as stipulated in the literature. To achieve this objective, the following procedure was followed: · A survey of existing literature, related to performance appraisal, was conducted. The literature study focused on the requirements for an effective performance appraisal system, appraisal methods and appraisal errors. Attention was also focused on who should take responsibility for performance appraisal and the importance of regularly evaluating the performance appraisal system to meet the demands of a changing environment. The second part of the literature study dealt with the guidelines for establishing an effective appraisal system as well as performance management processes and cycles that are critical for the effectiveness of an appraisal system. The theoretical study formed the basis for the development of a survey questionnaire to establish the extent to which junior and middle level managers in the SANDF agreed with the theoretical guidelines. The survey was administered to a randomly selected group of junior and middle level managers who were representative of the South African Army, Airforce and Medical Services. The empirical results indicated that there was concurrence with many of the guidelines in the literature, but that there were areas that could be improved. It became evident that many respondents felt that the current system was not entirely fair and was not adapted to meet the needs of the integrated SANDF. Specifically, results indicated that the system should be re-evaluated to eliminate bias and to enhance the development of clear standards, both on a quantitative and qualitative level. It became clear that training and communication were important to the successful development and utilisation of a performance appraisal system. An effective performance appraisal system that is integrated with the overall performance management system of an organisation will enhance productivity, satisfaction and the attainment of goals.
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- Date Issued: 2004
Shango lophela bonkeni
- Performer not specified, Tracey, Andrew T N
- Authors: Performer not specified , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1988
- Subjects: Venda (African people) -- South Africa , Folk music--Africa , Mbira , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Venda f-sa
- Language: Venda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/93000 , vital:30821 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC020a-04
- Description: Traditional song accompanied by the Venda mbila dzamadeza.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1988
- Authors: Performer not specified , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1988
- Subjects: Venda (African people) -- South Africa , Folk music--Africa , Mbira , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Venda f-sa
- Language: Venda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/93000 , vital:30821 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC020a-04
- Description: Traditional song accompanied by the Venda mbila dzamadeza.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1988
Chamadekwe
- Performer not specified, Tracey, Andrew T N
- Authors: Performer not specified , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Venda (African people) -- South Africa , Folk music--Africa , Mbira , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Venda f-sa
- Language: Venda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/92981 , vital:30819 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC020a-03
- Description: Traditional song accompanied by the Venda mbila dzamadeza.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
- Authors: Performer not specified , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Venda (African people) -- South Africa , Folk music--Africa , Mbira , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Venda f-sa
- Language: Venda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/92981 , vital:30819 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC020a-03
- Description: Traditional song accompanied by the Venda mbila dzamadeza.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
Chamadekwe
- Performer not specified, Tracey, Andrew T N
- Authors: Performer not specified , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Venda (African people) -- South Africa , Folk music--Africa , Mbira , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Venda f-sa
- Language: Venda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/92988 , vital:30820 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC020a-03
- Description: Traditional song accompanied by the Venda mbila dzamadeza.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
- Authors: Performer not specified , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Venda (African people) -- South Africa , Folk music--Africa , Mbira , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Venda f-sa
- Language: Venda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/92988 , vital:30820 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC020a-03
- Description: Traditional song accompanied by the Venda mbila dzamadeza.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
Chilemba
- Performer not specified, Tracey, Andrew T N
- Authors: Performer not specified , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Venda (African people) -- South Africa , Folk music--Africa , Mbira , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Venda f-sa
- Language: Venda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/93020 , vital:30828 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC020a-06
- Description: Traditional song accompanied by the Venda mbila dzamadeza.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
- Authors: Performer not specified , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Venda (African people) -- South Africa , Folk music--Africa , Mbira , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Venda f-sa
- Language: Venda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/93020 , vital:30828 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC020a-06
- Description: Traditional song accompanied by the Venda mbila dzamadeza.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
Mbilu ndimbili tongozvidiho
- Performer not specified, Tracey, Andrew T N
- Authors: Performer not specified , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Venda (African people) -- South Africa , Folk music--Africa , Mbira , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Venda f-sa
- Language: Venda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/93005 , vital:30822 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC020a-05
- Description: Traditional song accompanied by the Venda mbila dzamadeza.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
- Authors: Performer not specified , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Venda (African people) -- South Africa , Folk music--Africa , Mbira , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Venda f-sa
- Language: Venda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/93005 , vital:30822 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC020a-05
- Description: Traditional song accompanied by the Venda mbila dzamadeza.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
Rine ri a dzhena rine ri vha Mashamba
- Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by), Venda people (Performer), Composer unknown
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Venda people (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Mathugana , Rembander , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Indigenous music , Traditional Music , Ngoma , Mirumba , Rattles , Clapping , Phala-phala horn , Whistles , Drums , Dance song , Tshigombela dance
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15742 , JKC01b-19 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008931 , Tape number: JKC01 , Original tape number: 1 , Track number: 19
- Description: English translation of title: 'We go in we of Mashamba' , Traditional Venda dance song accompanied by the mirumba, ngoma, whistling, phala-phala horn, ankle rattles and handclapping , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 22
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Venda people (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Mathugana , Rembander , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Indigenous music , Traditional Music , Ngoma , Mirumba , Rattles , Clapping , Phala-phala horn , Whistles , Drums , Dance song , Tshigombela dance
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15742 , JKC01b-19 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008931 , Tape number: JKC01 , Original tape number: 1 , Track number: 19
- Description: English translation of title: 'We go in we of Mashamba' , Traditional Venda dance song accompanied by the mirumba, ngoma, whistling, phala-phala horn, ankle rattles and handclapping , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 22
- Full Text: false
Chilemba
- Performer not specified, Tracey, Andrew T N
- Authors: Performer not specified , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Venda (African people) -- South Africa , Folk music--Africa , Mbira , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Venda f-sa
- Language: Venda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/93021 , vital:30827 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC020a-06
- Description: Traditional song accompanied by the Venda mbila dzamadeza.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
- Authors: Performer not specified , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Venda (African people) -- South Africa , Folk music--Africa , Mbira , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Venda f-sa
- Language: Venda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/93021 , vital:30827 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC020a-06
- Description: Traditional song accompanied by the Venda mbila dzamadeza.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
Holovhela ri a holovhela
- Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by), Venda people (Performer), Composer unknown
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Venda people (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Takalani's homestead , Mukula , Thohoyandou -- Transvaal (Limpopo) -- South Africa , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Indigenous music , Traditional music , Ngoma drums , Mirumba , Rattles , Clapping , Whistles , Drums , Tshigombela dance , Dance song
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15990 , JKC02a-07 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1009179 , Tape number: JKC02 , Original tape number: 2 , Track number: 07
- Description: Traditional Venda dance song accompanied by the mirumba, ngoma, whistling, phala-phala horn, ankle rattles and handclapping about dying of hunger and that Holovhela bring them home , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 29
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Venda people (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Takalani's homestead , Mukula , Thohoyandou -- Transvaal (Limpopo) -- South Africa , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Indigenous music , Traditional music , Ngoma drums , Mirumba , Rattles , Clapping , Whistles , Drums , Tshigombela dance , Dance song
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15990 , JKC02a-07 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1009179 , Tape number: JKC02 , Original tape number: 2 , Track number: 07
- Description: Traditional Venda dance song accompanied by the mirumba, ngoma, whistling, phala-phala horn, ankle rattles and handclapping about dying of hunger and that Holovhela bring them home , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 29
- Full Text: false
Takala ri yo vhona dambi Takalani
- Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by), Venda people (Performer), Composer unknown
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Venda people (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Takalani's homestead , Mukula , Thohoyandou -- Transvaal (Limpopo) -- South Africa , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Indigenous music , Traditional music , Ngoma , Mirumba , Rattles , Clapping , Whistles , Drums , Dance song , Tshigombela dance
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15785 , JKC02a-03 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008974 , Tape number: JKC02 , Original tape number: 2 , Track number: 03
- Description: English translation of title: 'Takalani we are going to see miracles' , Traditional Venda dance song accompanied by the mirumba, ngoma, whistling, phala-phala horn, ankle rattles and handclapping , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 25
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Venda people (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Takalani's homestead , Mukula , Thohoyandou -- Transvaal (Limpopo) -- South Africa , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Indigenous music , Traditional music , Ngoma , Mirumba , Rattles , Clapping , Whistles , Drums , Dance song , Tshigombela dance
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15785 , JKC02a-03 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008974 , Tape number: JKC02 , Original tape number: 2 , Track number: 03
- Description: English translation of title: 'Takalani we are going to see miracles' , Traditional Venda dance song accompanied by the mirumba, ngoma, whistling, phala-phala horn, ankle rattles and handclapping , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 25
- Full Text: false
Vhuthihi vho Mphephu haae vhamusanda rine ri na vhuthihi
- Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by), Venda people (Performer), Composer unknown
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Venda people (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Takalani's homestead , Mukula -- Thohoyandou -- Transvaal (Limpopo) -- South Africa , Indigenous music , Traditional music , Ngoma , Mirumba , Rattles , Clapping , Whistles , Drums , Tshigombela dance , Dance song
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:16071 , JKC02a-06 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1009260 , Tape number: JKC02 , Original tape number: 2 , Track number: 06
- Description: English translation of title: 'Unity Mr Mphephu, haae, chief, we have unity' , Traditional Venda dance song accompanied by the mirumba, ngoma, whistling, phala-phala horn, ankle rattles and handclapping , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 28
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Venda people (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Takalani's homestead , Mukula -- Thohoyandou -- Transvaal (Limpopo) -- South Africa , Indigenous music , Traditional music , Ngoma , Mirumba , Rattles , Clapping , Whistles , Drums , Tshigombela dance , Dance song
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:16071 , JKC02a-06 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1009260 , Tape number: JKC02 , Original tape number: 2 , Track number: 06
- Description: English translation of title: 'Unity Mr Mphephu, haae, chief, we have unity' , Traditional Venda dance song accompanied by the mirumba, ngoma, whistling, phala-phala horn, ankle rattles and handclapping , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 28
- Full Text: false
Towards the performer-creator in contemporary mime, with specific reference to the physical theatre of Andrew Buckland, 1988-2000
- Authors: Murray, Robert Ian
- Date: 2002
- Subjects: Buckland, Andrew , Mime , Mimes -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:2158 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007720
- Description: Part one of this thesis investigates the conceptualisation of the performer-creator and its relevance in late twentieth century physical performance by examining some of the theoretical, but mainly artistic, traditions that suggest a movement towards this. Chapter one tackles the question of definition, linking mime within a wider physical theatre phenomenon. Chapter two looks at the importance of mime training for contemporary performance. This requires a focus on selected theatre practitioners who have significantly advanced the development of mime training and performance during the twentieth century. Chapter three examines the issue of silence in mime and questions a potential liberation of the word and language in contemporary performance and consequently how this affects the role of the performer, particularly in South Africa. Chapter four investigates the figure of the theatrical clown and how this late twentieth century development is playing an increasingly important role in contemporary performance. Chapter five then wraps up part one by pulling the preceding chapters together and thereby providing a working conceptualisation of the performer-creator, locating it within an overall appreciation of contemporary mime. Part two then tests the notion of the performer-creator by focussing on a case study through the investigation of Andrew Buckland to develop this idea. Andrew Buckland, and his work under the ethos of Mouthpeace from 1988-2000, provides a clear and unique example of this movement in contemporary South African performance. Trained as an actor and in classical illusion-based mime technique, as well as many dance forms such as ballet, contemporary and jazz, he has virtually single-handedly created and shaped a particular performance trend that is in line with contemporary international trends but retains a distinctive South African flavour. There is no space to attempt a definitive or exhaustive examination of his works, and nor is the intent to do so; rather, the aim is to draw from his work their essences that reveal his development as an artist: as both a creator and a performer.
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- Date Issued: 2002
- Authors: Murray, Robert Ian
- Date: 2002
- Subjects: Buckland, Andrew , Mime , Mimes -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:2158 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007720
- Description: Part one of this thesis investigates the conceptualisation of the performer-creator and its relevance in late twentieth century physical performance by examining some of the theoretical, but mainly artistic, traditions that suggest a movement towards this. Chapter one tackles the question of definition, linking mime within a wider physical theatre phenomenon. Chapter two looks at the importance of mime training for contemporary performance. This requires a focus on selected theatre practitioners who have significantly advanced the development of mime training and performance during the twentieth century. Chapter three examines the issue of silence in mime and questions a potential liberation of the word and language in contemporary performance and consequently how this affects the role of the performer, particularly in South Africa. Chapter four investigates the figure of the theatrical clown and how this late twentieth century development is playing an increasingly important role in contemporary performance. Chapter five then wraps up part one by pulling the preceding chapters together and thereby providing a working conceptualisation of the performer-creator, locating it within an overall appreciation of contemporary mime. Part two then tests the notion of the performer-creator by focussing on a case study through the investigation of Andrew Buckland to develop this idea. Andrew Buckland, and his work under the ethos of Mouthpeace from 1988-2000, provides a clear and unique example of this movement in contemporary South African performance. Trained as an actor and in classical illusion-based mime technique, as well as many dance forms such as ballet, contemporary and jazz, he has virtually single-handedly created and shaped a particular performance trend that is in line with contemporary international trends but retains a distinctive South African flavour. There is no space to attempt a definitive or exhaustive examination of his works, and nor is the intent to do so; rather, the aim is to draw from his work their essences that reveal his development as an artist: as both a creator and a performer.
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- Date Issued: 2002
Mukanda ngalwo Nyamulenzhe
- Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by), Shonisani, Flora (Performer), Composer unknown
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Shonisani, Flora (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Khubvi -- Thohoyandou -- Transvaal (Limpopo) -- South Africa , Thohoyandou -- Transvaal (Limpopo) -- South Africa , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Indigenous music , Traditional song , Bow , Lugube , Solo
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15614 , JKC12a-22 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008803 , Tape number: JKC12 , Original tape number: 12 , Track number: 22
- Description: Traditional Venda song accompanied by the lugube musical bow , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 137
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Shonisani, Flora (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Khubvi -- Thohoyandou -- Transvaal (Limpopo) -- South Africa , Thohoyandou -- Transvaal (Limpopo) -- South Africa , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Indigenous music , Traditional song , Bow , Lugube , Solo
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15614 , JKC12a-22 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008803 , Tape number: JKC12 , Original tape number: 12 , Track number: 22
- Description: Traditional Venda song accompanied by the lugube musical bow , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 137
- Full Text: false
Instrument building as a tool for the revitalisation and revaluing of traditional music transmission: An investigation in Tshandama and Mbahe in Venda, South Africa
- Authors: Makhanza, Joseph
- Date: 2023-03-31
- Subjects: Uncatalogued
- Language: English
- Type: Academic theses , Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/419525 , vital:71651
- Description: This study stems from my experiences as a child who grew up playing herd boys’ musical instruments from Venda, such as the tshipotoliyo (ocarina), and tshitiringo (flute). Importantly it also builds on my time working at the International Library of African Music (ILAM,) where the aforementioned instruments, as well as the dende (musical bow) and tshizambi (Vhavenda and Vatsonga mouth bow), are displayed in transparent glass cubicles with a note, “Do not touch, they are fragile”. This phrase is painfully apt because, as a musician, I have observed a decline in the availability and performance of these musical instruments. The truth is that, other than at ILAM, these instruments are hardly in circulation, let alone being performed. This fact ignited my interest in relearning some of the musical instruments I used to play and make while herding cows in Giyani. In the context of trends such as modernisation, rural–urban migration, and globalisation, I document my experiences as a musical-instrument maker, teacher, and performer in revitalising dende, tshipotoliyo, tshitiringo, and tshizambi through classroom practice, using Rhodes music students, instrument-making workshops, performances, and community collaborations as inspiration. I propose the development of crafting skills as a medium for revitalising and sustaining these musical instruments which serve as important identity markers of the Vhavenda people. , Thesis (MMus) -- Faculty of Humanities, Music and Musicology, 2023
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- Date Issued: 2023-03-31
- Authors: Makhanza, Joseph
- Date: 2023-03-31
- Subjects: Uncatalogued
- Language: English
- Type: Academic theses , Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/419525 , vital:71651
- Description: This study stems from my experiences as a child who grew up playing herd boys’ musical instruments from Venda, such as the tshipotoliyo (ocarina), and tshitiringo (flute). Importantly it also builds on my time working at the International Library of African Music (ILAM,) where the aforementioned instruments, as well as the dende (musical bow) and tshizambi (Vhavenda and Vatsonga mouth bow), are displayed in transparent glass cubicles with a note, “Do not touch, they are fragile”. This phrase is painfully apt because, as a musician, I have observed a decline in the availability and performance of these musical instruments. The truth is that, other than at ILAM, these instruments are hardly in circulation, let alone being performed. This fact ignited my interest in relearning some of the musical instruments I used to play and make while herding cows in Giyani. In the context of trends such as modernisation, rural–urban migration, and globalisation, I document my experiences as a musical-instrument maker, teacher, and performer in revitalising dende, tshipotoliyo, tshitiringo, and tshizambi through classroom practice, using Rhodes music students, instrument-making workshops, performances, and community collaborations as inspiration. I propose the development of crafting skills as a medium for revitalising and sustaining these musical instruments which serve as important identity markers of the Vhavenda people. , Thesis (MMus) -- Faculty of Humanities, Music and Musicology, 2023
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- Date Issued: 2023-03-31
Agreement and coordination in XiTsonga, SeSotho and IsiXhosa: an optimality theoretic perspective
- Authors: Mitchley, Hazel
- Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/3423 , vital:20491
- Description: This thesis provides a unified Optimality Theoretic analysis of subject-verb agreement with coordinated preverbal subjects in three Southern Bantu languages: Xitsonga (S53), Sesotho (S33), and isiXhosa (S41). This analysis is then used to formulate a typology of agreement resolution strategies and the contexts which trigger them. Although some accounts in the Bantu literature suggest that agreement with coordinate structures is avoided by speakers (e.g. Schadeberg 1992, Voeltz 1971) especially when conjuncts are from different noun classes, I show that there is ample evidence to the contrary, and that the subject marker used is dependent on several factors, including (i) the [-HUMAN] specification on the conjuncts, (ii) whether the conjuncts are singular or plural, (iii) whether or not the conjuncts both carry the same noun class feature, and (iv) the order of the conjuncts. This thesis shows that there are various agreement resolution strategies which can beused: 1) agreement with the [+HUMAN] feature on the conjuncts, 2) agreement with the[-HUMAN] feature on the conjuncts, 3) agreement with the noun class feature on both conjuncts, 4) agreement with the noun class feature on the conjunct closest to the verb, and 5) agreement with the noun class feature on the conjunct furthest from the verb. Not all of these strategies are used by all languages, nor are these strategies interchangeable in the languages which do use them – instead, multiple factors conspire to trigger the use of a specific agreement strategy within a specific agreement featural context. I show that these effects can be captured using Optimality Theory (Prince and Smolensky 2004). The analysis makes use of seven constraints: RES#, MAX[+H], MAX[-H], DEP[-H], MAXNC, DEPNC, and AGREECLOSEST. The hierarchical ranking of these constraints not only accounts for the confinement of particular strategies to specific agreement featural contexts within a language, but also accounts for the cross-linguistic differences in the use of these strategies. I end off by examining the typological implications which follow from the OT analysis provided in this thesis.
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- Date Issued: 2016
- Authors: Mitchley, Hazel
- Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/3423 , vital:20491
- Description: This thesis provides a unified Optimality Theoretic analysis of subject-verb agreement with coordinated preverbal subjects in three Southern Bantu languages: Xitsonga (S53), Sesotho (S33), and isiXhosa (S41). This analysis is then used to formulate a typology of agreement resolution strategies and the contexts which trigger them. Although some accounts in the Bantu literature suggest that agreement with coordinate structures is avoided by speakers (e.g. Schadeberg 1992, Voeltz 1971) especially when conjuncts are from different noun classes, I show that there is ample evidence to the contrary, and that the subject marker used is dependent on several factors, including (i) the [-HUMAN] specification on the conjuncts, (ii) whether the conjuncts are singular or plural, (iii) whether or not the conjuncts both carry the same noun class feature, and (iv) the order of the conjuncts. This thesis shows that there are various agreement resolution strategies which can beused: 1) agreement with the [+HUMAN] feature on the conjuncts, 2) agreement with the[-HUMAN] feature on the conjuncts, 3) agreement with the noun class feature on both conjuncts, 4) agreement with the noun class feature on the conjunct closest to the verb, and 5) agreement with the noun class feature on the conjunct furthest from the verb. Not all of these strategies are used by all languages, nor are these strategies interchangeable in the languages which do use them – instead, multiple factors conspire to trigger the use of a specific agreement strategy within a specific agreement featural context. I show that these effects can be captured using Optimality Theory (Prince and Smolensky 2004). The analysis makes use of seven constraints: RES#, MAX[+H], MAX[-H], DEP[-H], MAXNC, DEPNC, and AGREECLOSEST. The hierarchical ranking of these constraints not only accounts for the confinement of particular strategies to specific agreement featural contexts within a language, but also accounts for the cross-linguistic differences in the use of these strategies. I end off by examining the typological implications which follow from the OT analysis provided in this thesis.
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- Date Issued: 2016
Ahee ahee Thusula ndo vhuya nayo Mapani
- Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by), Venda people (Performer), Composer unknown
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Venda people (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Takalani's homestead , Mukula , Thohoyandou -- Transvaal (Limpopo) -- South Africa , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Indigenous music , Traditional music , Ngoma , Mirumba , Rattles , Clapping , Whistles , Drums , Tshigombela dance , Dance song
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:16110 , JKC02a-08 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1009299 , Tape number: JKC02 , Original tape number: 2 , Track number: 08
- Description: English translation of title: 'Ahee ahee, I came back from Mapani with syphilis' , Traditional Venda dance song accompanied by the mirumba, ngoma, whistling, phala-phala horn, ankle rattles and handclapping , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 30
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- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Venda people (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Takalani's homestead , Mukula , Thohoyandou -- Transvaal (Limpopo) -- South Africa , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Indigenous music , Traditional music , Ngoma , Mirumba , Rattles , Clapping , Whistles , Drums , Tshigombela dance , Dance song
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:16110 , JKC02a-08 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1009299 , Tape number: JKC02 , Original tape number: 2 , Track number: 08
- Description: English translation of title: 'Ahee ahee, I came back from Mapani with syphilis' , Traditional Venda dance song accompanied by the mirumba, ngoma, whistling, phala-phala horn, ankle rattles and handclapping , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 30
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Hu na mukamango
- Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by), Venda people (Performer), Composer unknown
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Venda people (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Ngudza , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Indigenous music , Traditional music , Malende dance song , Drum , Clapping
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:16012 , JKC10a-10 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1009201 , Tape number: JKC10 , Original tape number: 10 , Track number: 10
- Description: Traditional Malende Venda dance song with clapping and drum accompaniment , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 116
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Venda people (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Ngudza , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Indigenous music , Traditional music , Malende dance song , Drum , Clapping
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:16012 , JKC10a-10 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1009201 , Tape number: JKC10 , Original tape number: 10 , Track number: 10
- Description: Traditional Malende Venda dance song with clapping and drum accompaniment , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 116
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Ku lila
- Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by), Venda people (Performer), Composer unknown
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Venda people (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Ngudza , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Indigenous music , Traditional music , Malende dance song , Clapping
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15526 , JKC10a-04 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008715 , Tape number: JKC10 , Original tape number: 10 , Track number: 04
- Description: English translation of title: 'The ground hornbills are crying' , Traditional Malende Venda dance song with clapping accompaniment , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 115
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Venda people (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Ngudza , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Indigenous music , Traditional music , Malende dance song , Clapping
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15526 , JKC10a-04 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008715 , Tape number: JKC10 , Original tape number: 10 , Track number: 04
- Description: English translation of title: 'The ground hornbills are crying' , Traditional Malende Venda dance song with clapping accompaniment , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 115
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Matshila nga zwandila
- Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by), Venda people (Performer), Composer unknown
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Venda people (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Ngudza , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Indigenous music , Traditional music , Malende dance song , Drum , Clapping
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15592 , JKC10a-11 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008781 , Tape number: JKC10 , Original tape number: 10 , Track number: 11
- Description: Traditional Malende Venda dance song with clapping and drum accompaniment about an adulterous person , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 116
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Venda people (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Ngudza , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Indigenous music , Traditional music , Malende dance song , Drum , Clapping
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15592 , JKC10a-11 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008781 , Tape number: JKC10 , Original tape number: 10 , Track number: 11
- Description: Traditional Malende Venda dance song with clapping and drum accompaniment about an adulterous person , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 116
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Mbwa yanga yo fa yo vhulawa yo la magere
- Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by), Venda people (Performer), Composer unknown
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Venda people (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Takalani's homestead , Mukula , Thohoyandou -- Transvaal (Limpopo) -- South Africa , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Indigenous music , Traditional music , Ngoma , Mirumba , Rattles , Clapping , Whistles , Drums , Tshigombela dance , Dance song
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15606 , JKC02a-05 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008795 , Tape number: JKC02 , Original tape number: 2 , Track number: 05
- Description: English translation of title: 'My dog has died from eating locusts' , Traditional Venda dance song accompanied by the mirumba, ngoma, whistling, phala-phala horn, ankle rattles and handclapping , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 27
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Venda people (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Takalani's homestead , Mukula , Thohoyandou -- Transvaal (Limpopo) -- South Africa , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Indigenous music , Traditional music , Ngoma , Mirumba , Rattles , Clapping , Whistles , Drums , Tshigombela dance , Dance song
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15606 , JKC02a-05 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008795 , Tape number: JKC02 , Original tape number: 2 , Track number: 05
- Description: English translation of title: 'My dog has died from eating locusts' , Traditional Venda dance song accompanied by the mirumba, ngoma, whistling, phala-phala horn, ankle rattles and handclapping , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 27
- Full Text: false