Empowerment by Hope: TST 321 (BIEC)
- Higgs, M J, Williams, D T, Harold, G
- Authors: Higgs, M J , Williams, D T , Harold, G
- Date: 2010-02
- Subjects: Theology, Doctrinal
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18129 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011022
- Description: Empowerment by Hope: TST 321 (BIEC), Supplementary examination February 2010.
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- Date Issued: 2010-02
- Authors: Higgs, M J , Williams, D T , Harold, G
- Date: 2010-02
- Subjects: Theology, Doctrinal
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18129 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011022
- Description: Empowerment by Hope: TST 321 (BIEC), Supplementary examination February 2010.
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- Date Issued: 2010-02
Academic Practices and Reasoning: APR 122
- Authors: Scott, R , Blatchford, M
- Date: 2009-11
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18273 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011269
- Description: Academic Practices and Reasoning: APR 122, examination November 2009.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2009-11
- Authors: Scott, R , Blatchford, M
- Date: 2009-11
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18273 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011269
- Description: Academic Practices and Reasoning: APR 122, examination November 2009.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2009-11
New testament, Documents of Christian Scripture, an introduction: TNT 121
- Authors: Adolph, E , Chetty, Irvin G
- Date: 2012-01
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18144 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011055
- Description: New testament, Documents of Christian Scripture, an introduction: TNT 121, supplementary examination January/February 2012.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2012-01
- Authors: Adolph, E , Chetty, Irvin G
- Date: 2012-01
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18144 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011055
- Description: New testament, Documents of Christian Scripture, an introduction: TNT 121, supplementary examination January/February 2012.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2012-01
Dreams, sexuality and fantasy: a psychoanalytic reading of K. Sello Duiker’s novels
- Authors: Kirton-Els, Teneille
- Date: 2012
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , DLitt et Phil
- Identifier: vital:11890 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1020154
- Description: The primary aim of this thesis is to provide a text-based literary study exploring the characters and themes created by K. Sello Duiker in the three novels, Thirteen Cents, The Quiet Violence of Dreams and The Hidden Star. Duiker’s work is significant because it highlights prominent societal challenges prevalent in post-apartheid society. By analysing Duiker’s novels one acquires a better understanding of this author, an understanding of the world that contributed to the creation of his texts and his contribution to South African literature. Insight into Duiker’s fictional world allows for a careful investigation of the prominent societal issues prevalent in Duiker’s work - a world riddled with violence, issues of sexuality and psychological distress. For this purpose this thesis is premised on the notion that underpinning K. Sello Duiker’s oeuvre is a central focus on dreams, sexuality and fantasy. Logically, therefore, the main focus of the study is specifically on the inner working of the characters’ minds and how they deal/ or are unable to cope with contemporary social concerns, often resulting in psychological turmoil and dysfunctionality. For this reason, prominent themes examined in this study are the interpretation of dreams, an exploration of sexuality and an examination of fantasy in the three novels. Psychoanalytic literary theory, with the main focus being specifically on the theories presented by Sigmund Freud is used as an analytic tool to read Duiker’s texts. Psychoanalytic theory is arguably the most appropriate for analysing Duiker’s novels as it allows one to investigate the characters’ psyches and the psychological effect of societal influences on these characters. In addition, one is also able to examine how the characters are able/ unable to deal with the trauma caused by the contemporary issues in society – issues of violence, sexuality and psychological distress. Thus, one is able to grasp an overall understanding of the characters’ behaviour and actions. Furthermore, the characters’ experiences are based on the behaviour and incidents of real people, people suffering from psychological dysfunctionality, sexuality issues and identity crisis. The first chapter discusses post-apartheid literature, and provides a brief background on Duiker, his works and his conception as a writer. Chapter two provides an overview of psychoanalytic theory and on the relevant theories of Sigmund Freud. Chapter three offers a reading of Thirteen Cents, a novel that pays particular attention to the lives of children living on the streets of Cape Town. In the next chapter The Quiet Violence of Dreams is examined with a special focus on Duiker’s experimentation with form in the construction of this novel. Aspects pertaining to sexuality and dreams are also examined. Chapter five pays particular attention to magical realism and fantasy in The Hidden Star.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2012
- Authors: Kirton-Els, Teneille
- Date: 2012
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , DLitt et Phil
- Identifier: vital:11890 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1020154
- Description: The primary aim of this thesis is to provide a text-based literary study exploring the characters and themes created by K. Sello Duiker in the three novels, Thirteen Cents, The Quiet Violence of Dreams and The Hidden Star. Duiker’s work is significant because it highlights prominent societal challenges prevalent in post-apartheid society. By analysing Duiker’s novels one acquires a better understanding of this author, an understanding of the world that contributed to the creation of his texts and his contribution to South African literature. Insight into Duiker’s fictional world allows for a careful investigation of the prominent societal issues prevalent in Duiker’s work - a world riddled with violence, issues of sexuality and psychological distress. For this purpose this thesis is premised on the notion that underpinning K. Sello Duiker’s oeuvre is a central focus on dreams, sexuality and fantasy. Logically, therefore, the main focus of the study is specifically on the inner working of the characters’ minds and how they deal/ or are unable to cope with contemporary social concerns, often resulting in psychological turmoil and dysfunctionality. For this reason, prominent themes examined in this study are the interpretation of dreams, an exploration of sexuality and an examination of fantasy in the three novels. Psychoanalytic literary theory, with the main focus being specifically on the theories presented by Sigmund Freud is used as an analytic tool to read Duiker’s texts. Psychoanalytic theory is arguably the most appropriate for analysing Duiker’s novels as it allows one to investigate the characters’ psyches and the psychological effect of societal influences on these characters. In addition, one is also able to examine how the characters are able/ unable to deal with the trauma caused by the contemporary issues in society – issues of violence, sexuality and psychological distress. Thus, one is able to grasp an overall understanding of the characters’ behaviour and actions. Furthermore, the characters’ experiences are based on the behaviour and incidents of real people, people suffering from psychological dysfunctionality, sexuality issues and identity crisis. The first chapter discusses post-apartheid literature, and provides a brief background on Duiker, his works and his conception as a writer. Chapter two provides an overview of psychoanalytic theory and on the relevant theories of Sigmund Freud. Chapter three offers a reading of Thirteen Cents, a novel that pays particular attention to the lives of children living on the streets of Cape Town. In the next chapter The Quiet Violence of Dreams is examined with a special focus on Duiker’s experimentation with form in the construction of this novel. Aspects pertaining to sexuality and dreams are also examined. Chapter five pays particular attention to magical realism and fantasy in The Hidden Star.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2012
Introduction to Philosophy: PHL 111
- Authors: Van der Nest, M , Louw, T
- Date: 2010-06
- Subjects: Philosophy
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18202 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011191
- Description: Introduction to Philosophy: PHL 111, supplementary examinations July 2010.
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- Date Issued: 2010-06
- Authors: Van der Nest, M , Louw, T
- Date: 2010-06
- Subjects: Philosophy
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18202 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011191
- Description: Introduction to Philosophy: PHL 111, supplementary examinations July 2010.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2010-06
The information-seeking behaviour of economically disadvantaged communities: a case study of the Amsterdam community in the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa
- Authors: Chimezie Obi
- Date: 2014
- Subjects: Information behavior , Information resources
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Bibl
- Identifier: vital:11574 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1015358 , Information behavior , Information resources
- Description: This study examined the information – seeking behaviour of members of the economically disadvantaged community of Amsterdam. The study involved both a qualitative and quantitative investigation of the critical factors that affected information – seeking, need, and use in the Amsterdam community. The research design included a study of various information behaviour models with particular emphasis on Wilson’s 1996 general model of information – seeking behaviour. The three factors identified by Wilson for the study of various groups’ information behaviour were personality, work – related or work – role and environmental factors. Information science researchers, in the study of rural communities’ information behaviour, have used these three factors extensively. The data collection was triangulated with the use of survey, observations, and focus group discussions and in – depth interviews. The findings show how the person, in the context of information – seeking and the role-played within a given environment, could determine information needs and use. A person in the context of information – seeking, could be a father, a mother, a group leader, a nurse or a teacher. The main elements are the situation within which a need for information arises, and the person performing a role in an environment situated within the context of information – seeking. Information was found to be a critical commodity for the socio – economic, political, and educational development of any given community. Recommendations were made that could transform the community of Amsterdam, through the provision of sustainable information.
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- Date Issued: 2014
- Authors: Chimezie Obi
- Date: 2014
- Subjects: Information behavior , Information resources
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Bibl
- Identifier: vital:11574 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1015358 , Information behavior , Information resources
- Description: This study examined the information – seeking behaviour of members of the economically disadvantaged community of Amsterdam. The study involved both a qualitative and quantitative investigation of the critical factors that affected information – seeking, need, and use in the Amsterdam community. The research design included a study of various information behaviour models with particular emphasis on Wilson’s 1996 general model of information – seeking behaviour. The three factors identified by Wilson for the study of various groups’ information behaviour were personality, work – related or work – role and environmental factors. Information science researchers, in the study of rural communities’ information behaviour, have used these three factors extensively. The data collection was triangulated with the use of survey, observations, and focus group discussions and in – depth interviews. The findings show how the person, in the context of information – seeking and the role-played within a given environment, could determine information needs and use. A person in the context of information – seeking, could be a father, a mother, a group leader, a nurse or a teacher. The main elements are the situation within which a need for information arises, and the person performing a role in an environment situated within the context of information – seeking. Information was found to be a critical commodity for the socio – economic, political, and educational development of any given community. Recommendations were made that could transform the community of Amsterdam, through the provision of sustainable information.
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- Date Issued: 2014
Philosophy of Science: PHL 323
- Authors: Brouwer, P , Vice, S
- Date: 2012-01
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18199 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011188
- Description: Philosophy of Science: PHL 323, supplementary examination January 2012.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2012-01
- Authors: Brouwer, P , Vice, S
- Date: 2012-01
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18199 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011188
- Description: Philosophy of Science: PHL 323, supplementary examination January 2012.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2012-01
Worship in African Context: TNT 121
- Afari-Twumasi, L, Chetty, Irvin G
- Authors: Afari-Twumasi, L , Chetty, Irvin G
- Date: 2010-10
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18177 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011125
- Description: Worship in African Context: TNT 121, degree examination November 2010.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2010-10
- Authors: Afari-Twumasi, L , Chetty, Irvin G
- Date: 2010-10
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18177 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011125
- Description: Worship in African Context: TNT 121, degree examination November 2010.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2010-10
Modern Expressions of Empowerment: TST 322
- Authors: Williams, D T , Harold, G
- Date: 2012-02
- Subjects: Theology, Doctrinal
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18130 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011023
- Description: Modern Expressions of Empowerment: TST 322, supplementary examination February 2012.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2012-02
- Authors: Williams, D T , Harold, G
- Date: 2012-02
- Subjects: Theology, Doctrinal
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18130 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011023
- Description: Modern Expressions of Empowerment: TST 322, supplementary examination February 2012.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2012-02
Academic Practices & Reasoning: APR 122
- Authors: Scott, R , Blatchford, M
- Date: 2011-01
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18248 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011242
- Description: Academic Practices and Reasoning: APR 122, supplementary examination Jan/Feb 2012.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2011-01
- Authors: Scott, R , Blatchford, M
- Date: 2011-01
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18248 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011242
- Description: Academic Practices and Reasoning: APR 122, supplementary examination Jan/Feb 2012.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2011-01
South Africa's liberation struggle in the 20th century: HIS 324 & 324E
- Hendricks, J P, April, T, Molapo, R
- Authors: Hendricks, J P , April, T , Molapo, R
- Date: 2012-01
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18364 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011515
- Description: South Africa's liberation struggle in the 20th century: HIS 324 & 324E, supplementary examinations January 2012.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2012-01
- Authors: Hendricks, J P , April, T , Molapo, R
- Date: 2012-01
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18364 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011515
- Description: South Africa's liberation struggle in the 20th century: HIS 324 & 324E, supplementary examinations January 2012.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2012-01
English Literature: ECL 110
- Wood, F, Blatchford, M, Formson, C, Mndebele, A T, Morkel, N
- Authors: Wood, F , Blatchford, M , Formson, C , Mndebele, A T , Morkel, N
- Date: 2011-06
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18308 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011418
- Description: English Literature: ECL 110, degree examination June 2011.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2011-06
- Authors: Wood, F , Blatchford, M , Formson, C , Mndebele, A T , Morkel, N
- Date: 2011-06
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18308 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011418
- Description: English Literature: ECL 110, degree examination June 2011.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2011-06
Interpreting New Testament Texts: TNT 221
- Authors: Adolph, E , Chetty, Irvin G
- Date: 2010-11
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18178 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011126
- Description: Interpreting New Testament Texts: TNT 221, degree examination October/November 2010.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2010-11
- Authors: Adolph, E , Chetty, Irvin G
- Date: 2010-11
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18178 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011126
- Description: Interpreting New Testament Texts: TNT 221, degree examination October/November 2010.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2010-11
Ethics: PHL 125
- Authors: Van der Nest, M , Louw, T
- Date: 2011-02
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18193 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011182
- Description: Ethics: PHL 125, supplementary examination February 2011.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2011-02
- Authors: Van der Nest, M , Louw, T
- Date: 2011-02
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18193 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1011182
- Description: Ethics: PHL 125, supplementary examination February 2011.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2011-02
Management of Information Systems: LIB 422
- Ondari-Okemwa, E M, Leach, A
- Authors: Ondari-Okemwa, E M , Leach, A
- Date: 2012-01
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18039 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010623
- Description: Management of Information Systems: LIB 422, supplementary degree examination January 2012.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2012-01
- Authors: Ondari-Okemwa, E M , Leach, A
- Date: 2012-01
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18039 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010623
- Description: Management of Information Systems: LIB 422, supplementary degree examination January 2012.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2012-01
Personality Theories and Social Psychology: PSY 211
- Authors: Hoho, V , Kheswa, J G
- Date: 2011-05
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18038 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010622
- Description: Personality Theories and Social Psychology: PSY 211, degree examination May/June 2011.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2011-05
- Authors: Hoho, V , Kheswa, J G
- Date: 2011-05
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18038 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010622
- Description: Personality Theories and Social Psychology: PSY 211, degree examination May/June 2011.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2011-05
Western History of Music: MUS 121
- Botha, Henry, Bleibinger, Bernhard, Ncozana, Jonathan
- Authors: Botha, Henry , Bleibinger, Bernhard , Ncozana, Jonathan
- Date: 2010-11
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18119 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010985
- Description: Western History of Music: MUS 121, degree examination November 2010.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2010-11
- Authors: Botha, Henry , Bleibinger, Bernhard , Ncozana, Jonathan
- Date: 2010-11
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:18119 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010985
- Description: Western History of Music: MUS 121, degree examination November 2010.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2010-11
Introduction to Media Production: CMA 122
- Mabika, M, Chigovanyika, M, Osunkule, O
- Authors: Mabika, M , Chigovanyika, M , Osunkule, O
- Date: 2010-01
- Subjects: Communication
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17949 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010520
- Description: Introduction to Media Production: CMA 122, supplementary examination January 2010.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2010-01
- Authors: Mabika, M , Chigovanyika, M , Osunkule, O
- Date: 2010-01
- Subjects: Communication
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17949 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010520
- Description: Introduction to Media Production: CMA 122, supplementary examination January 2010.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2010-01
Exploring the influence of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programmes on participants' experience of time, particularly the present (here and now): a case study of Eastern Cape participants
- Authors: Schofield, Lorna
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: Acceptance -- commitment therapy , Stress management , Mindfulness -- based cognitive therapy -- Case studies , Job stress -- Prevention , Meditation -- Therapeutic use -- Case studies , Depression, Mental -- Treatment
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Soc Sc (C Psy)
- Identifier: vital:11611 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1005640 , Acceptance -- commitment therapy , Stress management , Mindfulness -- based cognitive therapy -- Case studies , Job stress -- Prevention , Meditation -- Therapeutic use -- Case studies , Depression, Mental -- Treatment
- Description: This study aims to explore the extent to which participating in a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) programme may result in shifts in people’s relationship with time, notably whether they become more present-focussed. The eight week MBSR programme advocates mindfulness, which is defined as paying attention on purpose in the present moment without judgement, as a way of reducing stress. The programme has been available in East London since 2009. A case study of eight MBSR programme participants’ experiences using narrative analysis was conducted. Narrative psychology and social constructionism provided the theoretical basis in which our storied lives are located in culturally inscribed narratives, with specific discourses around time and stress. Time discourses tend to pressurise people to believe that it is better to go about daily life at a fast pace, which requires significant hurrying and rushing with pervasive senses of time urgency. Stress discourse locates stress management within individuals. One-on-one semi structured interviews were held so that participants could reflect on their experience of time and the present moment orientation of the programme. Participants’ perceived a shift in how they experienced time with greater awareness of being present-focussed and they identified stress reduction benefits, which included feeling calmer, less panicked and more self-accepting. However, some of the participants maintaining the formal mindfulness practices like the body scan, meditation and mindful movement after the programme often proved difficult, as they were drawn back into their dominant narratives around time which were characterised by busyness, productivity and time scarcity.
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- Date Issued: 2012
- Authors: Schofield, Lorna
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: Acceptance -- commitment therapy , Stress management , Mindfulness -- based cognitive therapy -- Case studies , Job stress -- Prevention , Meditation -- Therapeutic use -- Case studies , Depression, Mental -- Treatment
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Soc Sc (C Psy)
- Identifier: vital:11611 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1005640 , Acceptance -- commitment therapy , Stress management , Mindfulness -- based cognitive therapy -- Case studies , Job stress -- Prevention , Meditation -- Therapeutic use -- Case studies , Depression, Mental -- Treatment
- Description: This study aims to explore the extent to which participating in a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) programme may result in shifts in people’s relationship with time, notably whether they become more present-focussed. The eight week MBSR programme advocates mindfulness, which is defined as paying attention on purpose in the present moment without judgement, as a way of reducing stress. The programme has been available in East London since 2009. A case study of eight MBSR programme participants’ experiences using narrative analysis was conducted. Narrative psychology and social constructionism provided the theoretical basis in which our storied lives are located in culturally inscribed narratives, with specific discourses around time and stress. Time discourses tend to pressurise people to believe that it is better to go about daily life at a fast pace, which requires significant hurrying and rushing with pervasive senses of time urgency. Stress discourse locates stress management within individuals. One-on-one semi structured interviews were held so that participants could reflect on their experience of time and the present moment orientation of the programme. Participants’ perceived a shift in how they experienced time with greater awareness of being present-focussed and they identified stress reduction benefits, which included feeling calmer, less panicked and more self-accepting. However, some of the participants maintaining the formal mindfulness practices like the body scan, meditation and mindful movement after the programme often proved difficult, as they were drawn back into their dominant narratives around time which were characterised by busyness, productivity and time scarcity.
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- Date Issued: 2012
Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and poverty reduction strategies in Zimbabwe: The case of the Catholic Development Commission (CADEC) in the Binga district
- Authors: Mhaka, Walter M
- Date: 2014
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Soc Sc (Sociology)
- Identifier: vital:11958 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1015409
- Description: The main objective of this study was to explore non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and poverty reduction strategies in Zimbabwe through an assessment of the activities of the Catholic Development Commission (CADEC) in the Binga district in the Matabeleland North province. The research method used was triangulation and the theoretical framework combined insights of both the Basic Needs Approach and the Capability Theory. The core argument which has emerged is that despite criticisms levelled against NGOs that they cater for immediate relief and basic needs, the operation of CADEC in Binga shows in contrast that NGOs can operate in such a way that the capabilities of the participants can be enhanced or expanded such that the Binga district can be capable of independently engaging in sustainable livelihoods and development. This study argued that participation in projects has enabled CADEC to realise and expand people’s capabilities and participation was identified as a means of gaining a sustainable livelihood. To achieve the objectives of the study the researcher collected data using a survey questionnaire and in-depth interviews. The study was framed within the concept of Fundamental Human Needs by Manfred Max-Neef and the Capabilities Approach of Amartya Sen. The concept of Fundamental Human Needs argues that human needs do not change but the ways of satisfying the needs do change and unsatisfied needs results in poverty. The Capabilities approach on the other hand, sees poverty as caused by the deprivation of human capabilities. These theories were utilized for this study because they complement each other. Max-Neef believed that development should focus on promoting community agency where beneficiaries are the primary actors for development. Development for him is people-centred, participatory and environmentally sound whilst the Capability Approach of Sen is of the view that development is about developing or expanding human potentials. Being anchored on these two theories this study found out that CADEC use supplementary feeding, sustainable projects such as gardens and livestock production, educational initiatives, the provision of shelter and participatory development as strategies to alleviate poverty in the Binga district. CADEC’s long term projects that focus on farming practices and sustainable livelihoods have enabled Binga people to respond to their poverty. Thus, the results of this study substantiated the views on Max-Neef and Sen since CADEC does not only provide for basic needs but also enhances the capabilities of the people in Binga. However, even if the majority of the respondents believed that CADEC has managed to reduce poverty in Binga, a lot still needs to be done since poverty is still the main problem in the district.
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- Date Issued: 2014
- Authors: Mhaka, Walter M
- Date: 2014
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Soc Sc (Sociology)
- Identifier: vital:11958 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1015409
- Description: The main objective of this study was to explore non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and poverty reduction strategies in Zimbabwe through an assessment of the activities of the Catholic Development Commission (CADEC) in the Binga district in the Matabeleland North province. The research method used was triangulation and the theoretical framework combined insights of both the Basic Needs Approach and the Capability Theory. The core argument which has emerged is that despite criticisms levelled against NGOs that they cater for immediate relief and basic needs, the operation of CADEC in Binga shows in contrast that NGOs can operate in such a way that the capabilities of the participants can be enhanced or expanded such that the Binga district can be capable of independently engaging in sustainable livelihoods and development. This study argued that participation in projects has enabled CADEC to realise and expand people’s capabilities and participation was identified as a means of gaining a sustainable livelihood. To achieve the objectives of the study the researcher collected data using a survey questionnaire and in-depth interviews. The study was framed within the concept of Fundamental Human Needs by Manfred Max-Neef and the Capabilities Approach of Amartya Sen. The concept of Fundamental Human Needs argues that human needs do not change but the ways of satisfying the needs do change and unsatisfied needs results in poverty. The Capabilities approach on the other hand, sees poverty as caused by the deprivation of human capabilities. These theories were utilized for this study because they complement each other. Max-Neef believed that development should focus on promoting community agency where beneficiaries are the primary actors for development. Development for him is people-centred, participatory and environmentally sound whilst the Capability Approach of Sen is of the view that development is about developing or expanding human potentials. Being anchored on these two theories this study found out that CADEC use supplementary feeding, sustainable projects such as gardens and livestock production, educational initiatives, the provision of shelter and participatory development as strategies to alleviate poverty in the Binga district. CADEC’s long term projects that focus on farming practices and sustainable livelihoods have enabled Binga people to respond to their poverty. Thus, the results of this study substantiated the views on Max-Neef and Sen since CADEC does not only provide for basic needs but also enhances the capabilities of the people in Binga. However, even if the majority of the respondents believed that CADEC has managed to reduce poverty in Binga, a lot still needs to be done since poverty is still the main problem in the district.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2014