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Exploration of remote work and wellbeing of academics in a South African tertiary institution

  • Authors: Chikutu, Michelle
  • Date: 2022-10-14
  • Subjects: Uncatalogued
  • Language: English
  • Type: Academic theses , Master's theses , text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/405963 , vital:70223
  • Description: Thesis embargoed. To be released in 2024. , Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Humanities, Psychology, 2022
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  • Date Issued: 2022-10-14

Perceptions of African musical arts education in foundation and intermediate phases in government schools as seen through the South African academy since 2011: an exploration through meta-ethnography

  • Authors: Chirombo, Ilana Elize Caroline
  • Date: 2023-10-13
  • Subjects: Uncatalogued
  • Language: English
  • Type: Academic theses , Master's theses , text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/425366 , vital:72233
  • Description: The aim of this study is twofold: first, to understand meta-ethnography as a tool of synthesis; second, to use this methodology to explore perceptions of African musical arts education in the Foundation and Intermediate Phases in government schools in South Africa after 2011. Meta-ethnography is a methodology used to synthesise qualitative material by means of seven distinct phases: getting started; deciding what is relevant to the initial interest; reading the studies; determining how they are related; translating the studies into one another; weaving them together into a synthesis; and expressing the synthesis. This study synthesises five articles discovered through a deep search of the literature. Through the process of synthesis, a narrative emerges that connects past prejudice in music education in South Africa to present day educational inequality, one that looks towards a future in which children’s agency is harnessed in the multicultural world we live in to teach music in a relevant, contextual way. The synthesis extracts perceptions on colonialism and apartheid; educational access; post-apartheid curricula; music education pedagogies; informal music making; children’s games and agency; into the classroom; and how to assess. These themes weave a clear perspective on African musical arts education, and a reciprocal synthesis of the views of the articles’ authors. This study finds meta-ethnography to be a rigorous, understandable methodological tool for qualitative synthesis, one which serves the purpose of researchers, no matter the depth of their engagement with the synthesis. , Thesis (MMus) -- Faculty of Humanities, Music and Musicology, 2023
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  • Date Issued: 2023-10-13

It’s an African proverb: conceptualizing narratives through the use of African subject matter

  • Authors: Chithambo, N'lamwai Luntha
  • Date: 2023-10-13
  • Subjects: Uncatalogued
  • Language: English
  • Type: Academic theses , Master's theses , text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/425311 , vital:72228
  • Description: The research by practice is made up of three points of interest that aim to incorporate storytelling into the work with reference to the comic book genre. These points of interest are: experiences of mental health issues from a young man’s perspective, a unique autobiographical experience unpacking the young man’s mental health struggle and African oral traditions. These three points of interest work towards the goal of using African subject matter to uncover and present a meaningful narrative of a young man dealing with mental health problems and his father figure’s ongoing sit-down conversation with him. This mini-thesis breaks down the different components of the research by practice and analyses each component while drawing from various theorists and artists. The mini-thesis also builds up to the idea of using original African subject matter (e.g. African oral traditions, specifically African objects, subjects, and locations) as a means of cultivating a locus of African identity in the comic book industry. The research by practice intersects with this mini-thesis in that it acts as an example of how I visualise African subject matter being used in the theorising and creation of comic books. , Thesis (MFA) -- Faculty of Humanities, Fine Art, 2023
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  • Date Issued: 2023-10-13

NUMSA Members: Support the dismissed 270 Karl Schmidt workers

  • Authors: Congress of South African Trade Unions
  • Date: 1990-06
  • Subjects: Uncatalogued
  • Language: English
  • Type: text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/106000 , vital:32592
  • Description: The German multi-national Karl Schmidt 1 dismissed 270 NUMSA members on 22nd July 1987. During May, three shop stewards were dismissed for calling a meeting on company premises. This meeting was held to get workers’ views on the 5-6 may stayaway called by progressive organisations in protest against the ‘white’ elections and the killings of SARHWU workers. After dismissing the shop stewards the company refused to reinstate them or agree to the arbitration of the dispute. The company refused NUMSA access to ballot its members for a legal strike after the expiry of the dispute resolving 30-day period. Instead, when workers elected a delegation to see management on 20 July 1987 to enquire about the situation, the company: 1. Brought the delegation before disciplinary hearings; 2. Fired a worker without a hearing on 21 July 1987; 3. Suspended a shop steward on the night- shift for six months on 21 July 1987; 4. Dismissed the entire nightshift on 21 July 1987 wh:(e workers were waiting in the canteen for management to address them; 5. Dismissed the entire dayshift on 22 July 1987 while workers were waiting for a report on the dismissal of the nightshift from the company. Karl Schmidt have always displayed racist, anti-union attitudes. Shop stewards have always been a particular target. During 1986 workers had to strike to get a shop steward reinstated after he was dismissed without a hearing
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  • Date Issued: 1990-06

A programme for the Alliance

  • Authors: Congress of South African Trade Unions
  • Date: 1996-11
  • Subjects: Uncatalogued
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , pamphlet
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/105785 , vital:32568
  • Description: BACKGROUND TO THE ALLIANCE From Cosatu’s inception in 1985, the federation developed a close association with the Congress movement. Conditions in the country dictated the need to go beyond bread and butter issues to embrace national and class struggle. This perspective was formally endorsed with Cosatu’s adoption of the Freedom Charter in 1987. The 1987 Congress agreed Cosatu should build alliances with mass-based organisations with a track record of struggle and whose principles did not conflict with those of Cosatu. After the unbanning of the liberation movement, Cosatu’s 1991 Congress resolved that the Federation should join the ANC and SACP in alliance in place of Sactu, thus becoming part of the Tripartite Alliance as we know it today. It was understood that this Alliance , here put any information that you think is important but there is no field for it, if there isnt remove the field
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  • Date Issued: 1996-11

COSATU Education Conference

  • Authors: Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
  • Date: 1996-11
  • Subjects: Uncatalogued
  • Language: English
  • Type: text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/106307 , vital:32630
  • Description: Women leadership development should be a priority in all our training efforts, with an emphasis on training. Affiliates should agree to a quota system for participants on courses. Women development should be defined clearly and should target shop floor specifically for building of leadership at all levels. The programme should target not only a few women and should have specific focus
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  • Date Issued: 1996-11

Maternity Protection: discussion document 27-29 March 2012

  • Authors: Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
  • Date: 2012
  • Subjects: Uncatalogued
  • Language: English
  • Type: book , text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/68729 , vital:29309
  • Description: Developed with the support of Solidarity Center (AFL-CIO) South Africa We would like to thank the COSATU Affiliates and Provinces for their contribution towards the development of this booklet. Special appreciation goes to the members of the COSATU National Gender Coordinating Committee (NGCC) and National Office Bearers designated to gender for their unwavering support towards the production of this booklet. Also our special gratitude goes to the following organisations who contributed towards compiling and development of the booklet:- • Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) • Gina Barbieri Attorneys • Legal Resource Centre(LRC) • African Diaspora Women Workers Network(ADWWN) • South African Self Employed Women’s Association(SASEWA) • International Labour Organisation (ILO).
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  • Date Issued: 2012

Employment Equity: an introductory workshop for trade unionists organised by the COSATU Education Department

  • Authors: Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
  • Date: 1999-09
  • Subjects: Uncatalogued
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , pamphlet
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/106134 , vital:32610
  • Description: This workshop is designed to give you a reliable introduction the Employment Equity Act. It is based on hard information and on ACTIVITIES or discussion exercises that will help you to understand how the Act works, who it covers, and what the implications are for trade unionists. Each of the Activities is complemented with information that will help you to understand the Act in more detail. Sections have been added to help you find further information, and to understand the terms that are used in the Act itself in a two day programme, you are not going to be an 'expert' on the Employment Equity Act, but we hope that you will feel more confident about using the Act, especially in ensuring that it is used to address a wide range of discriminatory practices at the workplace. As with most legislation, the more that you begin to use it, the more its strengths and weaknesses will emerge. It is very important that any weaknesses in the practical application of the Act are reported through your Union to the Federation. This will help the Federation to campaign for improvements in the legislation, and to close any loopholes that allow employers to avoid their responsibilities. All Labour Legislation, including the new Employment Equity Act should serve as a 'base-line' or minimum standard. Employer and Union observance of the minimum standards as laid down in law should be our starting point. Through collective bargaining and improved Union organisation, we aim to improve upon the standards set by the law, and increase the protection of our members. This is a real challenge. It is especially important for us all to recognise that as we enter into a period where employers are demanding more 'flexibility', the introduction of a new law to correct the legacy of imbalances left by apartheid at the workplace deserves our special attention. We hope this workshop is the first in a series of educational events that will cover this vital new area. The main aim of this workshop is to help you to understand the basic workings of the law, and how best it can be implemented. We also hope this programme encourages you to find out more about Employment Equity issues, and contribute positively to the struggle for the eradication of inequality. This pack is designed for a series of two-day introductory workshops that are being sponsored by COSATU in each region. A workshop of COSATU Educators held in September 1999 helped to assemble the material, and to test its appropriateness. As a result there are a considerable number of educators who can advise, and facilitate this workshop and who can be contacted via COSATU Education Department. We would also be very interested to hear how the pack has been used, and in particular how it can be improved to meet the needs of trade unionists who want to tackle discrimination using the tool of the Employment Equity Act, as well as other organisational means. If you use this pack, feedback would be most welcome.
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  • Date Issued: 1999-09

Gender Policy: discussion document 27-29 March 2012

  • Authors: Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
  • Date: 2012
  • Subjects: Uncatalogued
  • Language: English
  • Type: book , text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/68759 , vital:29312
  • Description: The Gender policy draws together existing COSATU resolutions into a coherent document, while further enriching these resolutions. This document aims to combine the vision and principles that we aspire towards, with practical relations in the working workplace and economy, in trade unions and in broader society. The issue of gender equality has been on our agenda since the formation of COSATU. However, we require a policy framework to guide our struggles to transform gender relations in the current period. It is therefore important that we reflect on progress in taking forward the vision and programmes adopted on several Congresses since COSATU inception. In broad terms, progress to realise these resolutions has been uneven and varies between affiliates. COSATU and its affiliates are guided by a vision of a society free of sexism, racism, class exploitation, and other forms of oppression. We envisage a future where women participate equally in the economy and society without barriers, and where women are emancipated from all forms of oppression in the household, the workplace and in broader society. We have a vision of a trade union movement as a home for women workers. This policy document was debated and adopted and the National Gender Conference (held on 5-7 July 2000). It is tabled at Congress for discussion and adoption. Once it has been adopted by the Congress all affiliates will have to give expression to this broad framework in their own policies.
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  • Date Issued: 2012

6th National Congress Resolutions

  • Authors: Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
  • Date: 1996
  • Subjects: Uncatalogued
  • Language: English
  • Type: text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/106040 , vital:32596
  • Description: COSATU must intervene in affiliates where it has identified problems, where problems have been brought to its attention and / or has been requested to do so. The CEC should draw guidelines on how and under which circumstances the federation and its structures may intervene taking into account clauses 3.9 and 3.10 of the constitution. Such intervention should not undermine affiliates where such problems exist. COSATU leadership must be visible during major disputes between affiliates and employers and co-ordinate solidarity with workers involved in such disputes.
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  • Date Issued: 1996

Sex work: discussion document 27-29 March 2012

  • Authors: Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
  • Date: 2012
  • Subjects: Uncatalogued
  • Language: English
  • Type: book , text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/68748 , vital:29311
  • Description: The aim of this paper is to resuscitate the debate on the need for decriminalization of sex work and ensure that COSATU and its affiliates further engage within structures, alliance, non -governmental organizations and with the Government in terms of the need for law reform and identify alternative policy framework. However, whatever outcome of the legal processes pertaining to sex work, should be abide by the spirit of the Constitution which is committed to advancing human rights and social justice. Sex work in South Africa is currently criminalised and is restricted by the Sexual Offences Act of 1957 (an un-amended apartheid-era law) which prohibits all activities associated with it. The criminal offences related to sex work include amongst them the keeping or participating in the management of a brothel, procuring someone to become a sex worker, soliciting or selling sex or living of the earnings of a sex worker. In 2007 through the Sexual Offences Act their clients were also criminalised In 2007, the Act was amended to criminalise buyers of sexual services too (SALRC 2009). We therefore argue that the existing laws on sex work are nothing but hypocrisy of the conservatives and elites. They do not improve the conditions of women; instead they worsen the miserable conditions that women in the sex trade already find themselves in. The missing fact is that sex work is a by-product of our patriarchal capitalist society-not something created by some “immoral prostitute” The current oppressive legislation on sex work has stimulated a lot of debates and has led to an upsurge in advocacy work by individuals and organizations around the need to either legalise or decriminalize sex work. Likewise, Cosatu as a key civil society player has also played a leading role in its endeavor to unite the working class and to defend workers from exploitation as well as finding workable solutions to the plight of the most vulnerable people in our society who find themselves with no choice but to engage in sex work. The sex industry is by nature exploitative and inherently dangerous. Women in the industry experience different degrees of abuse, coercion and violence, but all of them are harmed physically and psychologically. As a trade union movement, COSATU has an interest in the debate about sex work, from the point of view that sex work targets mainly the working class and the poor, predominantly black women. High levels of unemployment, poverty and gender inequality are key factors driving sex work. The global economic crisis has aggravated the situation for the poor majority through job losses, casualisation and ultimately increased feminization of poverty. Cosatu has already started some debates and campaigns aimed at devising ways of protecting sex workers through collective workers struggles. As such, the sex work discourse and campaign among Cosatu affiliates for decriminalization was tabled at the Federation’s 10th Congress though it was deferred because of contestation and opposition amongst delegates. However, affiliates had the responsibility to go back and make further consultations, sensitization with their structures and open up a discussion at the level of the COSATU Central Executive Committee. Indeed, it is high time that the debate on decriminalization should be concluded and that sex work be recognized as work as Arnott and Crago (2009) argue that: “The criminalisation of sex work has precluded the enforcement and protection of sex workers’ Labour rights. This disregard for sex workers as workers has left many of those employed in brothels in South Africa vulnerable to labor abuses such as withheld wages, arbitrary fines, restrictions on mobility, and confiscation of belongings including medication. Sex workers on the street or working in brothels and other agencies have no recourse if customers refuse to pay them’’1 The decriminalization of sex work should take the course of a rights- based approach which means that sex workers would be able to enjoy their basic human & labour rights and be protected against sexual harassment, violence, rape and unfair working conditions. By so doing, sex workers would be able to access non-discriminatory health care services, be more empowered and operate within the ambit of protective labour and occupational health & safety laws.
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  • Date Issued: 2012

Resolutions Adopted by the Inaugural Central Committee Meeting - In Defence of our Jobs and for Job Creation

  • Authors: Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
  • Date: 1998-06
  • Subjects: Uncatalogued
  • Language: English
  • Type: text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/106321 , vital:32631
  • Description: The 6th National Congress delegated to this Central Committee all socioeconomic resolutions. The powers of this Central Committee on socio-economic issues is therefore equal to those of the National Congress. This means it can change any socio-economic policy of the federation. Once policy is adopted by the Central Committee it can only be changed by the next National Congress in the year 2000. This document attempts to integrate the resolutions received from affiliates with the other policy positions of the federation as adopted at the previous policy conferences (1992 Economic Policy Conference, 1993 Health and Safety Conference, 1995 Health, Safety and Environment Conference, 1996 Living Wage Conference and May 1997 Policy Conference).
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  • Date Issued: 1998-06

Draft resolution to the Central Committee, 22-25 June 1995 in defence of our jobs and for job creation

  • Authors: Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
  • Date: 1998-05
  • Subjects: Uncatalogued
  • Language: English
  • Type: text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/106145 , vital:32609
  • Description: The 6th National Congress delegated to this Central Committee all socio-economic resolutions. The powers of this Central Committee on socio-economic issues is therefore equal to those of the National Congress. This means it can change any socio-economic policy of the federation. Once policy is adopted by the Central Committee it can only be changed by the next National Congress in the year 2000. This document attempts to integrate the resolutions received from affiliates with the other policy positions of the federation as adopted at the previous policy conferences (1992 Economic Policy Conference, 1993 Health and Safety Conference, 1995 Health, Safety and Environment Conference, 1996 Living Wage Conference and May 1997 Policy Conference). In addition we also used the socio-economic section of the September Commission, Secretariat Report to the 6th National Congress and Labour proposals on the Presidential Jobs Summit
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  • Date Issued: 1998-05

Draft COSATU Workers Charter prepared for discussion in COSATU, January 1992

  • Authors: COSATU
  • Date: 1992-01
  • Subjects: Uncatalogued
  • Language: English
  • Type: text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/106111 , vital:32607
  • Description: In drafting this document we were guided by the following conception of the worker's charter: that it would be a document aimed for the transition - a dynamic organisational and fighting tool. We also envisaged that it could be changed through the course of struggle. This draft needs to be discussed by affiliates in preparation for the March CEC. This CEC should amend and/or endorse as a draft for COSATU to present to the Worker's Summit in May.
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  • Date Issued: 1992-01

Cosatu Living Wage Conference towards a socio-economic programme

  • Authors: COSATU
  • Date: 1990-06
  • Subjects: Uncatalogued
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , pamphlet
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/105167 , vital:32471
  • Description: There is now wide agreement that Cosatu should formulate a socio-economic programme to co-ordinate its present campaigns and collective bargaining and to influence the structure of the future economy. Our success in a Living Wage Campaign depends on the restructuring of the economy so that it can meet the needs and aspirations of the majority of our people.
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  • Date Issued: 1990-06

Election Programme for COSATU as adopted at COSATU EXCO 10 July 1993

  • Authors: COSATU
  • Date: 1993-07
  • Subjects: Uncatalogued
  • Language: English
  • Type: text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/106431 , vital:32651
  • Description: COSATU has three main priorities in relation to the elections. To ensure a victory for an ANC that is ready and able to govern. To build our organisation and prepare it for the struggles ahead. Worker's interests are foremost in an ANC led government
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  • Date Issued: 1993-07

Cosatu regional congress - Defend, consolidate and advance social transformation

  • Authors: COSATU
  • Date: 1991-07
  • Subjects: Uncatalogued
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , pamphlet
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/106403 , vital:32648
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  • Date Issued: 1991-07

Heroines of the struggle, Vol 1: women must claim their rights

  • Authors: COSATU , Matlala, William
  • Date: 1990-06
  • Subjects: Uncatalogued
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , pamphlet
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/105203 , vital:32477
  • Description: The booklet serves as a commemoration to the heroines and veterans of the struggle. The brave women of the struggle, women who hold knife from its sharpest edge. Freedom cannot be achieved unless women have been emancipated from all forms of oppression. The booklet is the product of COSATU Archives in partnership with Rosa Luxemburg. , The information is compiled by NANDIPAMITI (COSATU Archivist) pictures by William Matlala and COSATU Photo Archive
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  • Date Issued: 1990-06

A green approach for the synthesis of symmetrical and unsymmetrical 1,2,4,5-tetraoxanes as anti-protozoal agents

  • Authors: Cossa, Teresa Manuel
  • Date: 2021-10-29
  • Subjects: Uncatalogued
  • Language: English
  • Type: Doctoral theses , text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/192786 , vital:45264
  • Description: Thesis (PhD) -- Faculty of Science, Chemistry, 2021
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  • Date Issued: 2021-10-29

Evaluation of potential oviposition deterrents for false codling moth, Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

  • Authors: Dambuza, Khalipha
  • Date: 2023-10-13
  • Subjects: Uncatalogued
  • Language: English
  • Type: Academic theses , Master's theses , text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/424479 , vital:72157
  • Description: There has been extensive research on the use of semiochemicals as deterrents or true repellents in insect pest management, particularly in push-pull strategies. Much of this research has focused on pests of medical and veterinary importance and has been limited for agricultural pests. This means there is an opportunity to study use of deterrents to manage pests of agricultural importance. No study has been conducted on deterrents for false codling moth (FCM), Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), a key phytosanitary pest in citrus orchards across South Africa. This study assessed FCM oviposition deterrence in botanicals (plants (n = 11) and essential oils (n = 15)), and some commercial pesticides (n = 7) used for FCM control in South Africa. All tested botanicals were selected based on an extensive literature review of plant compounds that have been reported to deter or repel lepidopteran pests. Choice and no-choice oviposition bioassays were conducted in complete darkness in a controlled environment room. Oranges treated with solutions/suspensions of potential oviposition deterrents were placed into a cage with gravid FCM females for four hours, with oviposition being recorded every hour. Of the 33 tested compounds, only eight significantly reduced FCM oviposition (P < 0.05) compared to the control in oviposition bioassays i.e. two essential oils (lavender and peppermint), two plant crude extracts (garlic and marigold), one fruit (Mango), and three commercial FCM insecticides (Delegate, Coragen, and Warlock). All identified oviposition deterrents, except for Mango, were further investigated for their ovicidal properties in concentration response bioassays, where all botanicals were identified to have dual action (both deterrent and ovicidal properties), as they significantly (P < 0.05) reduced FCM oviposition and egg hatch. Garlic was the most efficacious botanical whilst Warlock was the only commercial insecticide that did not show ovicidal activity (F = 41.17, P = 0.0622). Larval penetration of the host fruit was less than egg hatch for all tested compounds in concentration response bioassays. Oviposition, egg hatch, and larval penetration were all affected by concentration, with the higher concentrations being the most effective. The efficacy of these deterrent compounds should be further tested in semi-field and/or field trials, and they may have potential in FCM management as allomone dispensers or sprays. They can also be implemented in push-pull strategies where they can be used in conjunction with FCM attractants. Lastly, repellence studies should be conducted in absentia of the host fruit to determine whether oviposition deterrence was a result of true repellence or odour masking. , Thesis (MSc) -- Faculty of Science, Zoology and Entomology, 2023
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  • Date Issued: 2023-10-13
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