Factors influencing first-year students’ career decisions to pursue an IT career
- Authors: Twani, Malibongwe
- Date: 2021-12
- Subjects: Port Elizabeth (South Africa) , Eastern Cape (South Africa) , South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/54135 , vital:46306
- Description: The process of deciding on a career is a dauntingand life-changing decision,which all scholarshave had to make. Various factors influence a first-year student’s career choice decision and selected field of study. Career decision-making,as a field of study, has been extensivelyresearched,globally. The research studies focusingon IT career choicesof studentshave indicated that scholars choosing careers in Information Technology (IT) are influenced by factors such as salaries, knowledge of career opportunities, the reputation of IT-related fields in society and by parents, teachers and role models. Recent research indicates that exposure to new technologies and programming concepts at the school level can influence a scholar’s IT career choice. Theories relating to career choice have focused on the characteristics of individuals and their environment. Career choice models have identified factors that influenced a student’s career choice.In South Africahowever,there have been limited studies investigating the factors influencing students’ career decisions in choosing careers in Computer Science (CS), Information Systems (IS) and Information Technology (IT)using mixed-methods.This study aims to investigate the factors that influence first-year students’ decisionsin choosing an IT career at the Nelson Mandela University.The research study pursueda pragmatisticapproach,using a mixed-methods approach. In investigating theories andfactors that influence students’ decisionsin choosing IT careers,the study used systematic literature reviews. The decision-making theories and factorsin theliterature review facilitated the creation of the conceptual framework for IT career decision making. A questionnaire was developed and distributed amongst ITand Non-ITfirst-year studentsin 2021. Fourhundredand eightparticipants completed the survey. The data obtained from the survey were statistically analysed, includingdescriptive analysis andExploratory Factor Analysis(EFA). Additionally, inferential statistics were used namely; Correlations, t-test, Confirmatory Factor Analysis(CFA)and Structural Equation Modelling(SEM). The study results wereinterpreted andcompared with iiiotherrelevantstudies. Recommendations were madeto address the factorsthat influencefirst-year students’ IT career decisions.The study highlighted that high academic confidence and personal attributes amongststudents,whowereinvolved at an early age in programming and using computers,chose IT as a career. The study showed significant statistical differences betweenIT and Non-IT groups in perceptions about the IT industry and identifying job title descriptions.Additionally, a significant statistical difference between languages and genders was identified in understanding careers. , Thesis (MSc) -- Faculty of Science, School of Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-12
Factors influencing rentention of academic staff at South African higher education institutions
- Authors: Maphiri, Thabiso
- Date: 2020-04
- Subjects: Grahamstown (South Africa) , Eastern Cape (South Africa) , South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/54739 , vital:47653
- Description: The study investigated the factors influencing retention of academic staff at South African Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The Job Embeddedness theory and Herzberg’s theory on retention were used to explore the retention of employees with special focus on the challenges and strategies of enhancing retention. The study adopted desktop research to explore the retention of academic staff in HEIs. This study discussed the challenges and factors influencing staff retention in universities and Technical and Vocational Education and Training colleges (TVETs) in South Africa. The findings of the study revealed that the challenges that impede staff retention include a lack of capacity; massification of tertiary education; transformation of higher education; redressing historical imbalances; staff turnover; a lack of mentoring and coaching; and the impossibility to satisfy everyone’s needs. The study identified strategies that can be adopted to enhance staff retention that focus on remuneration and compensation; professional development; workplace climate; appointments and promotions; institutional governance; institutional infrastructure and adaptation to change. Factors that contribute to effective staff retention were also identified as organisational culture; the rewards system; mentoring and development programmes; retention tracking, recruitment; selection; the life cycle of an employee; onboarding; performance management systems, career management, bureaucratic organisational structures; and effective support from Deans and Vice-Chancellors. Lastly, the study recommended the following on how HEIs can retain their academic staff: career advancement opportunities to boost morale and loyalty of the staff; mentoring and coaching provided to the junior staff by the senior staff; job satisfaction through the provision of remuneration and rewarding performance; and implementing sound performance management and appraisal systems. , Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Humanities, School of Governmental and Social Sciences, 2020
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- Date Issued: 2020-04
Fikara tsa makoti
- Authors: Botha, Karika (Recorded by) , Sesotho women (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Shongoane village , Lephalale , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Indigenous music , Traditional music , Wedding song , Choral
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15834 , JKC17a-09 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1009023 , Tape number: JKC17 , Original tape number: 17 , Track number: 09
- Description: Unaccompanied traditional Sesotho wedding song sung by women , Refer to last page of Jaco Kruger recording card book II
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Financing of local economic development initiatives in South Africa
- Authors: Moses, Itumeleng James
- Date: 2021-04
- Subjects: Grahamstown (South Africa) , Eastern Cape (South Africa) , South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/53035 , vital:44864
- Description: Post the 2008/09 global economic and financial crises, increased calls have been made for exploration and consideration of alternative sources of funding for economic development at a local level. To limit dependence on restricted and sometimes dwindling public finances from central government, many countries in the world have considered various alternative forms of financing. In South Africa, only four of the eight metropolitan municipalities (in short metros), have introduced municipal bonds primarily to finance their infrastructure development initiatives. Having noted the reluctance of metros and secondary cities in South Africa to explore alternative sources to finance their local economic development (LED) initiatives, this study advocates for the use of municipal bonds in the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality (henceforth Mangaung Metro), as an alternative source of finance for its LED initiatives, especially its infrastructure development programme. The study further presents evidence for the other metros in South Africa, where municipal bonds have worked as an additional and/or alternative source of finance. Using analysis of socio-economic conditions as well as selected financial ratios, the study compares Mangaung Metro to the other four metros that have issued municipal bonds in order to assess the state of readiness and the viability of a municipality bond for the metro. On the analysis of socio-economic conditions, this study found that on the one hand, the Mangaung Metro lags all the other metros under review on almost all the indicators, whilst the economic and labour market data highlights the development potential of the metro. On the financial analysis, the study found that Mangaung Metro’s financial situation seems to have been improving and could have been described as sound up to 2015/16, and that the deterioration in the metro’s finance coincided with the changes in the political and 6 administrative leadership and management of the metro. , Thesis (MPhil) -- Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences, School of Economics Development and Tourism, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-04
Fiscal consolidation framework: tax compliance and behavioural response in the South African context
- Authors: Tshabalala, Nomonde
- Date: 2021-04
- Subjects: Gqeberha (South Africa) , Eastern Cape (South Africa) , South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/52993 , vital:44897
- Description: Recent unfavourable macroeconomic and socio-economic conditions have placed South Africa’s economy in a difficult fiscal situation with rapidly growing public debt and large government deficits. South Africa’s government expenditure cuts and tax hikes have not achieved the goal of Public debt reduction and economic growth has been shrinking, recorded to have shrunk by an annualised 0.6% in 2019. Fiscal policy is a mix of government spending and tax and this study reviewed the tax side of fiscal policy and its effectiveness in reducing government debt, the study further explored the behavioural factors that influence taxpayers’ decisions to comply with tax and the strategies that can be used to increase compliance and improve tax administration and collection by the South African Revenue Services (SARS). This study employed the ordered logistic model to compare the behaviour of South African citizens towards tax compliance and tax evasion. findings revealed that the perceptions, attitudes, and behaviour of South African citizens have generally shifted from a society that values tax compliance to a nation that justifies cheating on taxes. The main behavioural factors that shape perception and behaviour towards tax compliance and tax evasion were found to be amongst others demographic factors such as age, level of education, employment status, social class, income level, and ethnic group. In addition to demographic factors, the level of confidence and patriotism have proved to be important variables that shape taxpayers’ compliance decision. Regarding the aforementioned variables, the study found that the level of confidence in the government has significantly reduced as well as the degree of patriotism. , Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences, School of Economics, Development and Tourism, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-04
Fisher’s hypothesis from a disaggregated perspective for South Africa: an asymmetric approach
- Authors: Mbekeni, Lutho
- Date: 2021-04
- Subjects: Gqeberha (South Africa) , Eastern Cape (South Africa) , South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/52978 , vital:44863
- Description: In this study, we re-examine Fisher’s hypothesis for the South African economy during the post-inflation targeting era of 2002:Q1 to 2019:Q4, and in doing so, we present four noteworthy empirical contributions. Firstly, we employ two nonlinear frameworks to carry out our empirical analysis, i.e. i) Flexible Fourier Function (FFF) unit root tests, and ii) Nonlinear Autoregressive Distributed Lag model (NARDL). Secondly, we take the disaggregated approach in examining Fisher’s hypothesis by making use of survey-based inflation expectations data for financial analysts, the business sector, trade unions representatives, and household participants. Thirdly, we capture our inflation expectations using three different forecast horizons (i.e. current, 12-month ahead, and 24-month ahead). Lastly, we conduct a sensitivity analysis. After employing our FFF based tests, the empirical results highlighted the Reserve Bank’s success of stabilizing real interest rates for periods subsequent to the 2008 Subprime crisis, as compared to periods before the crisis. Furthermore, after employing the NARDL model, we observed that nominal interest rates are more responsive to the falling inflation expectations across all economic agents except for trade unions during the pre-crisis period. On the other hand, nominal interest rates were found to be more responsive to rising expectations of all economic agents in the post-crisis period. Essentially, our findings have important policy implications for monetary policy. , Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences, School of Economics, Development and Tourism, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-04
Foraging ecology of Kelp Gulls in natural and anthropogenically modified environments
- Authors: Reusch, Katharina
- Date: 2021-12
- Subjects: Port Elizabeth (South Africa) , Eastern Cape (South Africa) , South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/54106 , vital:46303
- Description: Humans are having a profound impact on the natural environment through a myriad of activities, such as land use change or direct exploitation of resources. Some species are able to adapt to these changes and thrive in deeply modified environments. They are often considered winners of global change. Among these are Kelp GullsLarus dominicanus in South Africa, which have a generalist foraging nature. Despite their abundance and potential role in the ecosystem, knowledge on their foraging ecology is limited, with no understanding of the role of natural and anthropogenic food resources during breeding. The aim of this thesis was to assess the foraging movements, diet and health of Kelp Gulls breeding in seven different colonies varying in proximity to landfills. GPS loggers were deployed on incubating adults to assess foraging trip patterns, effort, and habitats. Diet and trophic ecology of adults and chicks was determined during the breeding season by combining conventional diet analysis (i.e. stomach content samples and regurgitated pellets) with stable isotope analysis of blood plasma. Finally, population health was estimated using indices of body condition for adults and chicks, and blood and faecal parasites were examined. The first successful tracking data from Kelp Gulls in South Africa revealed that birds from all colonies spent more time foraging in natural environments (marine, coastal and terrestrial) than in anthropogenically modified ones, irrelevant of the distance to the nearest landfill, potentially reflecting prey profitability or availability around thebreeding colonies. Gulls also had higher foraging effort when foraging at sea (longer travelling distance), which might be balanced by foraging on high energy prey in themarine environment (e.g. fish). Diet and trophic ecology data confirmed the wide range of resources Kelp Gulls were capable of exploiting. Anthropogenic items were important food sources at some colonies, while annual differences in trophic level targeted were apparent at some other colonies, possibly reflecting varying predation levels on other seabirds. Diet and trophic ecology generally differed between adults and chicks, with chicks being fed a more marine, i.e. fish, and higher trophic level diet, potentially due to the higher energy content of fish being important for chick growth. Despite differences between colonies in foraging effort and diet, body condition of both adults and chicks was similar across colonies. Birds from one of the urban colonies, foraging at the local landfill, tended to have slightly higher body condition values, possibly due to the high fat content of anthropogenic items, although this was not significant. Blood parasites were very scarce, with only one genus identified, Haemoproteus spp. Parasite abundance was significantly lower in chicks than in adults, implicating that adults might get infected in areas outside the colony. Faecal smears revealed the presence of yeast cells (Candida spp.) in birds, coinciding with higher body condition values, possibly linked to foraging habitat choice, as birds might ingest yeast cells when feeding in urban areas contaminated with human excrement.Kelp Gulls breeding in South Africa forage on a wide variety of resources and habitats, with limited apparent impact on their parasite load and body condition. All colonies foraged to some extend on natural sources, although some colonies located in very urban areas seemed to depend more closely on anthropogenic items as food resource. Therefore, changes in e.g. landfill management might cause changes in population dynamics, with possible repercussions on neighbouring bird populations. Theirgeneralist foraging nature, among others, makes Kelp Gulls winners of global change and is partly responsible for their increased population numbers. As they are often perceived as pests, information on the foraging ecology is important to manage gull populations effectively. , Thesis (PhD) -- Faculty of Sciences, School of Environmental Sciences, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-12
Ga ke dutse miriting
- Authors: Botha, Karika (Recorded by) , Sesotho children (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Shongoane village , Lephalale , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Indigenous music , Wedding song , Choral , Clapping
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15845 , JKC17b-11 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1009034 , Tape number: JKC17 , Original tape number: 17 , Track number: 11
- Description: English translation of title: 'I am sitting under the shade of the tree' , Wedding song with clapping accompaniment , Refer to last page of Jaco Kruger recording card book II
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Gai na gai
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Netshifhefhe, Ronald (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Tsianda , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Indigenous music , Traditional song , Ground harp , Solo , Dumbu Kalinga
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15857 , JKC10a-18 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1009046 , Tape number: JKC10 , Original tape number: 10 , Track number: 18
- Description: English translation of title: 'The locusts are flying all over' , Traditional song with Venda Dumbu Kalinga the ground harp accompaniment , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 117
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Ganda nga vhulombo
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Phophi, George (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Khubvi -- Thohoyandou -- Transvaal (Limpopo) -- South Africa , Thohoyandou -- Transvaal (Limpopo) -- South Africa , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Indigenous music , Traditional song , Bow , Tshizambi , Mbila , Solo
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15868 , JKC09a-13 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1009057 , Tape number: JKC09 , Original tape number: 9 , Track number: 13
- Description: Traditional Venda song accompanied by the tshizambi friction musical bow , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 109
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General plan of East London harbour, South Africa
- Date: 1901
- Subjects: East London (South Africa) -- Maps Maps , Harbors -- South Africa -- East London -- Maps Maps , South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: cartographic , map
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/57316 , vital:26872 , Cory Library for Humanities Research, Rhodes University Library, Grahamstown, South Africa MP492 , MP492
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- Date Issued: 1901
General plan of the South Eastern part of the district of Albany in the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope shewing the situation and exact boundaries of the lands allotted for the location of English Settlers as also towns, military and other establishments , personal grants of lands etc.
- Authors: Knobel, J
- Date: 1822
- Subjects: British settlers of 1820 (South Africa) Maps , Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- History, 1795-1872 Maps , Albany (South Africa) -- Maps Maps , South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: cartographic , map
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/55234 , vital:26679 , Cory Library for Humanities Research, Rhodes University Library, Grahamstown, South Africa MP107 , MP107
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- Date Issued: 1822
Givha
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Lukwaroni, Nyamukamadi (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Tsianda , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Indigenous music , Traditional music , Pentatonic bamboo pipe dance , Bow , Tshihwana , Solo
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15879 , JKC13a-07 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1009068 , Tape number: JKC13 , Original tape number: 13 , Track number: 07
- Description: Solo performance of traditional Venda pentatonic bamboo pipe dance tune with tshihwana musical bow accompaniment , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 139
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Godumaduma gwa mosadi
- Authors: Tswana flute dancers led by Modiseng (Performer) , Composer not specified
- Subjects: Tswana flute dancers , Indigenous folk music , Single end-blown pipes or flute , Flute tune , Western Transvaal , South Africa
- Type: Sound , Music
- Identifier: vital:15415 , MOA30-02 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017721 , MOA30
- Description: Tswana flute tune by Tswana flute dancers, led by Modiseng, with single end-blown pipes or flute , This recording is held at the International Library of African Music. For further information contact ilamlibrary@ru.ac.za , This recording was digitised by the International Library of African Music , Original format: 15ips reel , Equipment used in digitisation: Studer B 67 Tape Recorder; Nagra III , Software: Sound Forge V.6 , Sample rate: 44100Hz 16Bit Stereo
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Goeie more
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Thanyani, Jim (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Thohoyandou -- Transvaal (Limpopo) -- South Africa , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Indigenous music , Traditional song , Dende , Braced gourd bow , Solo
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15901 , JKC03a-10 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1009090 , Tape number: JKC03 , Original tape number: 3 , Track number: 10
- Description: English translation of title: 'Good morning' , Traditional song accompanied by the dende braced gourd-bow , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 53
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Goeie more
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Thanyani, Jim (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Thohoyandou -- Transvaal (Limpopo) -- South Africa , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Indigenous music , Traditional song , Dende , Braced gourd bow , Solo
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15890 , JKC03a-08 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1009079 , Tape number: JKC03 , Original tape number: 3 , Track number: 08
- Description: English translation of title: 'Good morning' , Traditional song accompanied by the dende braced gourd-bow , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 53
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Graphicacy and the third dimension: an investigation into the problem of poor performance in relief mapwork in South African secondary schools
- Authors: Burton, Michael St. John Whitehead
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Graphicacy , Maps , Map reading , Visualisation , Geography , Secondary education , South Africa , Pupils , Learners , Teachers
- Language: English
- Type: text , Thesis , Masters , MEd
- Identifier: vital:1358 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001424
- Description: Three-dimensional graphicacy is the part of map work that appears to be the most problematIcal. Bartz (1970) says that thinking and visualising in three-dimensional space is difficult enough, but trying to derive notions in three-dimensions, when you have only seen them as they are represented in distorted two-dimensional fashion, is even more difficult. Yet pupils of geography are required to learn such three-dimensional concepts from the two-dimensional distorted map presentations. The geography teacher has an important educational role to play in promoting graphicacy and Balchin (1965), who coined the term, felt that it should be an essential underpinning of an integrated education. The problem is that children perform badly, teachers are not successfully imparting three-dimensional graphicacy skills and as Board and Taylor (1977) indicate, for some time now it has been fashionable to dismiss maps as being irrelevant or useless in geographical research. This thesis attempts to analyse this reported malady, the problems are exposed and solutions offered. Investigation of the literature, with the aim of clarifying the problems involved, follows four leads. These are the part played by the map as a mode of communication, the physical processes involved in mapwork revealed by work in the realm of neurophysiology, the process of visualisation in the field of perception and psychology, and finally the stage of conceptual development of the mapworker. The state of affairs in South Africa is disclosed by an analysis of teacher-directed literature, of examination syllabuses, of text-book treatment of three-dimensional mapwork in South Africa and overseas, of past examination questions, and finally of teachers' views. Experimental exercises have been executed in an attempt to link the key findings of published research to the local scene. Conclusions are then drawn, and recommendations made for improving three-dimensional graphicacy in South African secondary schools.
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- Date Issued: 1986
Grasping hidden histories and land struggles amidst a democratising South Africa
- Authors: Wotshela, Luvuyo
- Subjects: South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Inaugural lecture
- Identifier: vital:11983 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1013045 , South Africa
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Gudza mutshimbili
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Ndou, Elias (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Mangaya , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Indigenous music , Traditional music , Dende , Braced gourd bow , Solo
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15912 , JKC05a-03 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1009101 , Tape number: JKC05 , Original tape number: 5 , Track number: 03
- Description: Traditional Venda song accompanied by the dende braced gourd-bow , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 75
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Ha manwadu Tshitandani
- 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 music , Bow , Lugube , Solo
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15923 , JKC12a-24 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1009112 , Tape number: JKC12 , Original tape number: 12 , Track number: 24
- Description: Traditional Venda song accompanied by the lugube musical bow , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 137
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