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An investigation of how members of a school governing body perceive and experience their roles : a case study

- Lusaseni, Pamella Hombakazi

  • Authors: Lusaseni, Pamella Hombakazi
  • Date: 1999
  • Subjects: School management and organization -- South Africa School boards -- South Africa Educational leadership School personnel management
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MEd
  • Identifier: vital:1898 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006204
  • Description: Education in South Africa is currently facing a lot of changes. This study was prompted by one of these changes, the introduction of a School Governing Body (SGB), constituted in terms of the 1996 Schools Act (South Africa 1996), and replacing the previous Parent-Teacher-StudentAssociation (PTSA). The study investigates how the members of a School Governing Body perceive and experience their roles, in an attempt to make a contribution to understanding the nature and implications of education governance policy in South Africa. Central to this exercise is the attempt to understand how the execution of their duties, their practice of both democracy and accountability, and their resolving of tensions and/or differences among parents, teachers and students, impacts upon their school generally and relates both to the Department of Education and other organs of society. The methodology employed in this study includes a review of relevant literature, international and national, followed by a historical overview of education governance in South Africa. The core of the thesis is an interpretive case study of the SGB of one junior secondary school under the auspices of the Department of Education, Culture and Sport, in the South Eastern region of the Eastern Cape Province. The single most important data gathering instrument used was a series of in-depth interviews. The interviewees were the Executive members of the SGB of the school. The major findings of the study were that the SGB was powerful and effective in its area of operation in school governance, despite its lack of skills in the execution of its duties. Many of the difficulties it has encountered can be ascribed to a lack of guidance from the Department of Education. The study thus concludes that whereas the SGB studied represents an important step towards the full democratization of education in general and in this school in particular, its role in school governance can not be described as an unqualified success. However, despite the problems faced by the SGB, its role has made history in the governance of the school. Programmes which the SGB has implemented, such as measures to foster a culture of teaching and learning, have had an important impact on the progress of the school. Finally, the findings of the study indicate that the most important issues to be addressed in respect of the SGB researched are capacity building, communication, cultural understanding and the level of SGB understanding of the Schools Act. The study makes certain recommendations for the attention of SGBs and the Department of Education. These include a well co-ordinated capacity building prograrn to be developed and implemented, that will provide SGBs with access to knowledge of the relevant material and other resources necessary to sustain school governance functions. Because of the limited nature of the study in terms of methodology and constraints of time, the conclusions arrived at cannot and should not be generalized beyond the confines of the study.
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An investigation of students' role within the governing structures of educational institutions

- Ngaso, Khayalethu Edward

  • Authors: Ngaso, Khayalethu Edward
  • Date: 1999
  • Subjects: Student participation in administration -- South Africa School management and organization -- South Africa Student government -- South Africa
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MEd
  • Identifier: vital:1644 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003526
  • Description: The question of the role of students in the governance of educational institutions has been an issue for decades in South Africa. It arose out of the desire and struggle by black students for a better sociopolitical environment in general and in education in particular. This demand gained momentum in the years 1976,1980 and 1985. The result was the establishment of Student Representative Councils, Parent-teacher-Student's Associations at schools, Broad Transformation Forums and Governing Councils at tertiary institutions. After 1994 the government of South Africa started the major task of reconstructing the country particularly education and its governance. Democratic governance was accepted as one of the fundamentals of education by the new department of education. The Schools' Act and the Higher Education Act were passed to give effect to this new spirit in 1996 and 1997 respectively. Students had a statutory right to be involved in all matters of governance in educational institutions. However, in the past two years i.e. 1997 and 1998 the issue of student participation has become controversial with tensions erupting amongst stakeholders particularly management and students. The bone of contention this time has not been whether students have to participate or not but how far should they be involved. The National Education Policy Investigation task team had recommended as early as 1992 for the systematic analysis of the roles of the various stakeholders within the governing structures to avoid the present situation to no avail. The aim of this study therefore was to investigate students' perceptions of their role within the governing structures and to assess the implications of such a role for the management of educational institutions. Central to this largely fact finding mission was an attempt to make a contribution engaging students in this debate and get to know them afresh, thereby understand their position, what their perception is about their role in the governance of their institutions. For this purpose the study used phenomenology as the method of research. The reason for that I wanted a methodology which will enable me to produce a report which would not be contaminated with my preconceived ideas about the phenomenon. The tool used for data-gathering was the interview. In-depth interviews were conducted with four student leaders. They were selected purposely due to the fact that they were involved in the governance of their various institutions. The study revealed the complexity of this phenomenon. It indicates that student involvement is crucial for harmonious relations to prevail and the creation of a climate of learning and teaching at educational institutions. Students saw their role as that of legitimising the process of decision-making. This is coupled with enforcing the management to be transparent, bringing back the rule of law, making sure that educational institutions are transformed, that students are empowered and capacitated and looking at the welfare of students. A recommendation that emerge from the study is that much investigation is needed on student participation. Areas which needed much attention are specified in the study.
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An investigation of the work-related values of educational managers of private church secondary schools in Malawi, and the implications of the values for OD interventions: a case study

- Kadyakapita, Mozecie Spector John

  • Authors: Kadyakapita, Mozecie Spector John
  • Date: 1999
  • Subjects: Church schools -- Malawi School management and organization -- Malawi Private schools -- Malawi Values -- Study and teaching
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MEd
  • Identifier: vital:1659 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003542
  • Description: One of the organizational change technologies developed in response to the inherent weaknesses of the scientific and classical management theories is organization development (0D). The theories grew out of research experiments in change and training in intergroup relations conducted by Kurt Lewin in 1946 in the United States of America. They have been further developed by other researchers and applied to organizations since then, and to educational organizations since the 1960s. This study was carried out in the light of what some of the 0D esearchers and consultants observed, namely, that 0D interventions tend to be less successful in organizations outside the USA, especially in developing countries. They attributed the lack of success of the interventions to the nature of 0D theories, the skills, attitudes and behaviour of OD consultants, the nature of organizations and, especially, culture. Some of the OD consultants said the culture of the people in developing countries is unreceptive to the values which underpin OD theories. I carried out this study to investigate the work-related values of managers in an educational organization in Malawi, and assess the implications of their values for OD interventions. I used a qualitative case study method and the interview technique to gather data for the study. I also used observation and document analysis techniques to supplement the interview technique. The results of the study indicate that most of the work-related values of the managers closely match the values of OD theories. The findings contradict what some of the OD researchers and consultants said about the culture of the people in developing countries. Hence, OD consultants need to investigate the work-related values of the gatekeepers of cli nt organizations and design and implement OD interventions that fit the interests of the gatekeepers.
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An object-oriented toolkit for music notation

- Eales, Andrew Arnold

  • Authors: Eales, Andrew Arnold
  • Date: 1999 , 2000-04-26
  • Subjects: Musical notation , Object-oriented programming (Computer science) , Computer music -- History and criticism , Musical notation -- Software
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
  • Identifier: vital:4618 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006473 , Musical notation , Object-oriented programming (Computer science) , Computer music -- History and criticism , Musical notation -- Software
  • Description: This thesis investigates the design and implementation of an object-oriented toolkit for music notation. It considers whether object-oriented technology provides features that are desirable for representing music notation. The ability to sympathetically represent the conventions of music notation provides software tools that are flexible to use, and easily extended to represent less common features of music notation. The design and implementation of an object-oriented class hierarchy that captures the structural and semantic relationships of music notation symbols is described. Functions that search for symbols, and update symbol positions are also implemented. Traditional context-sensitive and spatial relationships between music symbols may be maintained, or extended to provide notational features found in modern music. MIDI functionality includes the ability to play music notation and to allow step-recording of MIDI events. The toolkit has been designed to simplify the creation of applications that make use of music notation; example applications are created to demonstrate its capabilities. , Microsoft Word , Adobe Acrobat 9.46 Paper Capture Plug-in
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An unusual new fossil shark (Pisces: Chondrichthyes) from the Late Devonian of South Africa

- Anderson, M Eric, Long, John A, Gess, Robert W, Hiller, Norton

  • Authors: Anderson, M Eric , Long, John A , Gess, Robert W , Hiller, Norton
  • Date: 1999
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/73910 , vital:30240 , http://museum.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/10. Anderson, Long, Gess, Hiller.pdf
  • Description: A new stem-group chondrichthyan fish, PlesioselacJllIs macracanthlls gen. et sp. nov., is described from the Late Devonian Witpoort Formation, representing an estuarine lagoon site, near Grahamstown, South Africa. Based on a single, fairly complete specimen, it is distinctive in its a single dorsal fin braced by a large, stout spine with numerous ribs and posterior denticles, apparently no second dorsal or anal fin, an amphistylic jaw suspension, and a distinctive triangular palatoquadrate. It is suggested that the species may represent a high-latitude, Late Devonian relict taxon.
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Analysis of chromameter results obtained from corticosteroid-induced skin blanching assay: comparison of visual and chromameter data

- Schwarb, Fabian P, Smith, Eric W, Haigh, John M, Surber, Christian

  • Authors: Schwarb, Fabian P , Smith, Eric W , Haigh, John M , Surber, Christian
  • Date: 1999
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , Article
  • Identifier: vital:6426 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006562
  • Description: In a Guidance document, the American FDA recommends the use of a Minolta chromameter rather than the human eye for the quantitative assessment of the pharmacodynamic blanching response produced by topical application of corticosteroids. The purpose of this study was to compare the appropriateness of the human eye and two models of chromameter for the estimation of skin blanching, in terms of the quality of the data generated by each method. The corticosteroid-induced skin blanching from four different betamethasone 17-valerate cream formulations was compared in a typical human skin blanching trial. The optimized assay methodology routinely practised in our laboratories was utilized. The blanching responses were assessed visually by three trained, independent observers and recorded by two chromameters (Minolta model CR-200 and model CR-300). The topical availability of the four creams was determined using visual scoring and chromameter measurements. All data were manipulated in such a manner as to produce a blanching response versus time profile from which AUBC analysis could be performed. Good correlation was observed between the visual assessments made by three independent observers. In contrast, moderate correlation was determined between visual, CR-200 and CR-300 measurements. Surprisingly, no direct linear relationship between the AUBCs produced by the two chromameters was observed indicating that the quality of the data obtained from the two instruments may not be equal. This investigation also indicated that the use of the chromameter is not completely objective. Visual scoring and chromameter measurement produce data sets that differ in quality. Each procedure needs to be validated and investigators have to be trained for both visual assessment and the operation of the chromameter, particularly with regard to the manipulation of the measuring head of the instrument.
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Anting in Afrotropical birds: a review

- Craig, Adrian J F K

  • Authors: Craig, Adrian J F K
  • Date: 1999
  • Subjects: To be catalogued
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/447746 , vital:74671 , https://doi.org/10.1080/00306525.1999.9634237
  • Description: Passive anting has been recorded from four non-passerine species in Africa, the Rock Kestrel Falco tinnunculus, the African Finfoot Podica senegalensis, the African Hoopoe Upupa epops and the Whitebacked Mousebird Colius colius. Active or passive anting has been recorded from 21 passerine species in 10 families in the wild, and in captive birds in a further 27 species of 3 families. Although such behaviour may have been overlooked or misinterpreted, the rarity of observations implies that in most species anting is likely to be infrequent. In all cases in which the ants have been identified, they were members of the sub-family Formicinae. It appears unlikely that any single functional explanation can account for the observed occurrences of this behaviour.
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Aspects of condition in captive and free-ranging dolphins

- Young, Deborah Dione

  • Authors: Young, Deborah Dione
  • Date: 1999
  • Subjects: Dolphins -- Physiology Dolphins -- Behavior
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
  • Identifier: vital:5799 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006117
  • Description: Aspects of morphological and physiological condition of captive and net-caught dolphins were studied with respect to age, diet, reproduction and seasonal changes in environmental factors. These investigations aimed to provide base-line data on marine mammal physiological and morphological condition indices and to expand the knowledge of condition assessment of small cetaceans. By examining the interactive nature of animal condition and growth, diet and the environment, the study investigated the potential usefulness of animal condition indices to assess and monitor habitat quality. Base-line values for haematological and blood chemistry parameters were established for five captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), using monthly blood samples, collected between 1992 and 1995, and corresponding measures of body weight and blubber thickness; feeding, dietary energy intake, water temperature and behavioural and medical records. Curves of best fit were used to interpret trends between leukocytic, haematological and blood chemistry parameters and morphology, diet and water temperature. WBC's and WBC differential cell types were related more distinctly to clinical changes in health, than to condition. RBC, HB and PCV were useful as short-term indicators of nutritional condition, with enhanced haematological status associated with greater food intake and improved diet quality. Weight was a more effective long-term indicator of nutritional status. The importance of blubber thickness measurements as a morphological index of condition was reinforced, with relationships between blubber thickness and haematology highlighting interactions between morphological and physiological condition. The complex interactions between haematology, diet, temperature and weight emphasised the need to account for all influential factors when considering haematological condition. The blood chemistry parameters of serum creatinine, BUN, BUN:creatinine and serum albumin provided the best indication of nutritional condition and diet quality in captive dolphins. Creatinine and BUN:creatinine also reflected changes in morphological condition. Reduced ALP was associated with nutritional stress but was more effectively used as an indication of metabolism and growth activity. LDH and CPK were highly variable and fluctuated with changing activity levels, limiting their use as condition indices. Serum sodium was an important indication of diet quality and hydration status. Many of these parameters effectively illustrated that physiological condition is compromised outside of the thermoneutral zone of the species. Bottlenose and common (Delphinus delphis) dolphins, incidentally caught in shark nets, were used to investigate the condition of free-ranging dolphins. Blood samples, taken as soon as possible after capture from drowned animals, were used to analyse physiological parameters. Dissections provided morphological data. Age and dietary status were assessed using growth layer groups in teeth and stomach content analyses, respectively. Morphological measures of net-caught dolphins reflected important interactions with diet, water temperature and reproductive status. Weight, girth and blubber thickness were valuable indicators of condition, although blubber thickness and proportional blubber weight were the best indicators of nutritional status. Condition of net-caught dolphins was difficult to assess in terms of leukocytic and haematological parameters. Stress- and post-mortem-associated changes, and variable data, reduced the usefulness of some parameters. WBC counts reflected on immunological status and served to emphasise changes in health, which may lead to deterioration in condition. WBC's showed potential as indicators of habitat quality, in terms of parasite load and/or pollution. Interactions between RBC, HB, PCV, MCV and dietary, morphological and environmental factors proved valuable in the short-term. Several haematological parameters were related to morphological condition, with weight, girth and blubber thickness, showing potential as non-invasive predictors of haematological status. Relationships between haematology and water temperature implied that dolphins have physiological and environmental "zones of comfort", within which condition is optimised. LDH and CPK were elevated by capture stress and post-mortem changes. Serum sodium and plasma glucose were good indicators of short-term nutritional status, but were altered by stress, which reduced their usefulness as condition indicators. BUN, albumin, globulin, albumin:globulin, total cholesterol and triglycerides appeared to be little affected by these changes and are potentially valuable indicators of condition in net-caught and/or free-ranging dolphins, particularly with respect to nutritional condition, and associated changes in morphology. Although data were limited, these parameters show the greatest potential as physiological indicators of animal condition and environmental health. The limitations of this study are recognised, however, results highlight the feasibility of using net-caught specimens to monitor the condition of free-ranging marine mammals, and the marine habitat as a whole. Relationships established in this study will be used to elucidate further on the interactive nature of marine mammal condition and aid in the development of a non-invasive condition assessment technique.
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Aspects of the ecology of fishes associated with salt marshes and adjacent habitats in a temperate South African estuary

- Paterson, Angus William

  • Authors: Paterson, Angus William
  • Date: 1999
  • Subjects: Estuarine fishes -- Ecology -- South Africa , Salt marsh ecology -- South Africa
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
  • Identifier: vital:5365 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013010
  • Description: There is a paucity of published information on fish utilization of salt marshes outside North America. This dissertation represents the first intensive examination of the ichthyofauna associated with salt marshes in southern Africa and examines the species composition, diversity, size structure, distribution and estuarine dependence of fishes that utilize salt marshes in the Kariega Estuary. The research was concentrated on Taylor's salt marsh, with comparative studies being conducted on other salt marshes and habitats within the marine dominated Kariega Estuary. The possible importance of salt marshes as feeding and refuge areas for fishes was examined, as was the role of salt marshes in the food web of the estuary. The fishes frequenting salt marshes in the Kariega Estuary were predominantly the juveniles of marine species, with Mugilidae being the dominant family. The ichthyofauna was distributed primarily in the intertidal creeks with very few specimens captured on the vegetated Spartina maritima and Sarcocomia perennis flats. The different reaches of the intertidal creek were characterised by distinct fish assemblages. The fish assemblages associated with the intertidal salt marsh creeks were significantly different from those found in the eelgrass beds, the other dominant intertidal habitat in the Kariega Estuary. The eelgrass beds were dominated by estuarine fish species and had a higher density and standing stock of fishes when compared to the salt marsh creeks. The diversity of fishes in the two habitats was however similar. The intertidal salt marsh creek ichthyofauna also differed significantly from that found in the main estuary channel. The creek ichthyofauna was dominated by 0+ juveniles while the main channel had many subadult and adult fishes. The channel habitat also had numerous large piscivorous fishes which were absent from the salt marsh creeks. The low number of piscivorous fishes, together with limited fish predation from other sources, may be the reason why salt marshes provide a refuge for juvenile fishes that frequent these habitats. Unlike previous studies on North American, Australian and European salt marshes, the dominant fish species that frequented Taylor's marsh were not recorded feeding extensively on the marsh, and those that did had a limited distribution. The role of fishes in the transfer of energy off the Kariega salt marshes is therefore likely to be minimal. A stable carbon isotope study on the dominant primary producers and consumers within the Kariega Estuary revealed that detritus originating from the high lying salt marsh plants Sarcocornia perennis and Chenolea diffusa was not utilized by fishes in the Kariega Estuary. Preliminary results indicated that the cord grass Spartina maritima may be an important energy source to the fishes in the Kariega Estuary, but further research is needed to confirm this.
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Atankele

- Billy Sincop, Goly Herve (key board), Vata Monbassa, Santa N'guessan, N'dri Martial (guitars), Niamkey Jusitine, Botha Therese, Loukou Kedjebo, N'guessan Pitie, Gerbasco, Kouadio Maurison (chorus), Santa N'guessan (arrangement), Kouadio Maurison (perfromer), Santa N'guessan

Award presented by the Independent Electoral Commission

  • Date: 1999 , 2022-09-23
  • Subjects: Bam, Brigalia , Bam, Brigalia -- Awards
  • Language: English
  • Type: realia
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/56685 , vital:56880
  • Description: Framed blue and gold/silver award to Dr. Brigalia Bam for the First National Voters' Roll presented by the Independent Electoral Commission 30 April 1999. , Donated/gifted to Nelson Mandela University Archives , Forms part of: Brigalia Bam collection
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Ballago

- Thione Seck (lead singer), Raam Daan (band name of accompanying musicians), Syllart Production

Bassa Kele

- Mamou Sidibe (composer, author, lead singer), Yves Wernert (bass, recording engineer)), Boua Diakite (kamelen'ngoni), Moussa Kanoute (karignan), Ramata Diakite (chorus), Moussa Kone (accoustic and electric guitar), Adama Traore (calebasse), MALI K7 S.A. Ali Furka Toure Associe, Bamako

Bathia

- Tonton Mac, Sugar Flavor, Caporal F (lead vocals), Suzanne Khar Fofana Ass II, Bouba (chorus), El hadji Cissokho, Babouli Cissokho (kora), Laye Kane, Urbain Lambert (guitar), Jazzy M (scratch), Sama Flavor (composed by), Studio 2000

Be Ta Lame

- Mamou Sidibe (composer, author, lead singer), Yves Wernert (bass, recording engineer)), Boua Diakite (kamelen'ngoni), Moussa Kanoute (karignan), Ramata Diakite (chorus), Moussa Kone (accoustic and electric guitar), Adama Traore (calebasse), MALI K7 S.A. Ali Furka Toure Associe, Bamako

Bebe

- Amy Koita (lead vocal, author, composer, arranger), Moussa, Sidi Mady Gilbert (bass guitar), Zakaria, Djekoria Mory, Cissoko (solo and accompanying guitar), Sekouba, Aboubacar (percussion), Balake Cissoko (kora), Maimouna Barry, Olisa (chorus), Thomas, Didier Deuirus, Manou Yodan (brass), Makan Tounkara (n'goni), Samir Naman

Beer Song

- Mukwena, E., Ndzelani, M, Magqirha, N, Tukani, N, Tukani, M, Pintshana, T, Mafika, E., Thukani, M. J., Ndzelani, N., Dargie, Dave

Belethe

- Thukani, M. J., Ndzelani, M, Magqirha, N, Tukani, N, Tukani, M, Pintshana, T, Mukwena, E, Ndzelani, N., Mafika, N, Dargie, Dave

Bellengteng

- Micka Gomis (lead vocal, keyboard, percussion, composer, arranger), Pathe Jassi (bass, vocals), Ousmane Sowe (keyboard, horns, percussion), Omar Sowe (guitar), Ablaye "Bird" Ndiaye (saxophone), Papa Ndiaye Guewel (sabars, jimbe), Karim Mbaye (sabar), Kaare Wamberg (drums programming, vocals, guitar, bass), Josephone Ciss, Therese Mamady, Clara Mendy, Jeannette Senghor (chorus), Studio 2000

Beyond the development impasse : the role of local economic development and community self-reliance in rural South Africa

- Binns, Tony, Nel, Etienne L

  • Authors: Binns, Tony , Nel, Etienne L
  • Date: 1999
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: vital:6673 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006647
  • Description: The failure of successive generations of imported, Western development strategies and projects to deliver meaningful reductions in poverty and achieve basic needs in Africa, has provoked a deep questioning of Western concepts and methodologies of development. Non-governmental organisations and development practitioners are increasingly focusing their attention on strategies which build upon local knowledge, skills and resources. The concepts of ‘self- reliance’ and local economic development are examined in the context of development challenges which face Africa. This is followed by a detailed case study of local economic development in the rural Mpofu District of the former Ciskei Homeland, which was incorporated into the Eastern Cape province of South Africa with the demise of apartheid in 1994.
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