The digital disruption of journalistic identity at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)
- Authors: Oosthuizen, Nina-Celeste
- Date: 2021-10-29
- Subjects: South African Broadcasting Corporation , Journalism Technological innovations South Africa , Digital media South Africa , Online journalism South Africa , Identity (Psychology) in mass media , Public broadcasting Political aspects South Africa , Journalistic ethics , Mass media Employees , Mass media Objectivity South Africa , Journalism Social aspects South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/192303 , vital:45214
- Description: This research investigates changes in journalistic identity with the introduction of online journalism practices in the SABC newsrooms. The study is a qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews with 6 SABC journalists. It focuses on SABC journalists who embrace a professional identity. Participants were selected from all three of the SABC newsrooms: Television, Radio and Digital News. The research reveals that SABC News journalists are - due to digital production workflows - increasingly pressured to work on their own in the field, with additional responsibilities and fewer resources, while taking on editorial duties and managing corporate and personal social media accounts. As the roles of SABC journalists become digitally disrupted and blur with those of technicians, editors and marketers, I ask how this might in turn disrupt journalistic identity. The interviews reveal how these SABC journalists have always understood their identities and values in opposition to those of corporate SABC leadership. While they, the journalists, sometimes allowed editors to change their stories, this was not done without resistance; it was a strategic compromise, since they understood the greater balance of their work to serve the public. However, this notion of being separate from the corporate identity has been disrupted through digital and social media, as it conflates their identity with the SABC brand. Journalists experience this acutely through ‘trolling’. Yet, conversely, some are also able to retain a sense of an independent professional identity through a direct relationship with the public on social media. Another key finding was that digital media disrupts the centrality of primary journalistic research or ‘legwork’, and instead, journalists increasingly spend time on the selection and repackaging of user-generated content. As some journalists are allocated more deskwork they experience a loss of status among their colleagues. The diminished role of journalists’ primary research, or eye-witness testimony, has created tensions in journalistic identity and what it means to be a ‘real’ journalist. Despite their concerns for the danger of reporting in the field in South Africa, SABC journalists considered such verification work crucial to their identity and what it means to be a journalist. , Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Humanities, Journalism and Media Studies, 2021
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The economic valuation of ecosystem services using deliberation as a tool for value elicitation
- Authors: Marriner, James Derek
- Date: 2021-10-29
- Subjects: Seagrasses Economic aspects South Africa , Ecosystem services South Africa , Focus groups , Deliberative democracy South Africa , Nature Effect of human beings on South Africa , Environmental economics , Contingent valuation
- Language: English
- Type: Academic theses , Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/294712 , vital:57247
- Description: Marine seagrass, Zostera capensis, is a highly productive flowering marine seagrass found on the eastern and southern coasts of South Africa and provides a variety of ecosystem services, which include reducing the effects of erosion, trapping nutrients, creating a nursery habitat for fish species and reducing sedimentation. Despite their formal protection status, Z. capensis meadows are regressing, often due to anthropogenic influences. Globally, multiple studies have documented the ecological importance of seagrass services, to both humans and nature, but economic evaluations of these services have not been as extensive. Numerous valuation methods have been used in literature and in practice to value non-market environmental resources and ecosystem services, where results vary. The most widely used non-market environmental valuation method is the contingent valuation (CV) method, which allows for the valuation of environmental resources that are not sold in the market through a stated willingness to pay (WTP) amount, contingent upon a particular scenario. However, the CV method is susceptible to various limitations and forms of bias. As a result, alternative environmental valuation techniques have been reviewed in literature. Deliberation has been suggested as an improved valuation approach to overcome the criticisms of the CV technique, as it increases respondents’ understanding and knowledge of the environmental resource under discussion, through the incorporation of debate, discussion, participation and social learning, thereby producing more reliable valuations of non-market environmental resources. The deliberative monetary valuation (DMV) method has been advocated as an important valuation method to achieve more comprehensive and reliable valuations of complex and unfamiliar public goods, such as ecosystem services. This thesis explored the determinants of WTP for the protection of seagrass, and whether deliberation can be used to supplement findings and values obtained from the individually sourced WTP values. As a result, the study used a dual-method approach to obtain both individual and deliberated WTP values from a range of stakeholders with varied socio-demographic characteristics by using both the CV method and a deliberative focus group, for the ecosystem services that seagrass Z. capensis provides to the Knysna community, South Africa. The results showed that age, education, use frequency and mistrust in local government were determinants in WTP, while deliberative elements uncovered that respondents’ knowledge of an environmental resource and a consideration of the valuation scenario were important factors in determining WTP. It was found that 55% of the respondents were willing to pay to conserve the ecosystem services of seagrass in the Knysna estuary through a monitoring programme. Among those that were willing, the mean WTP amount was approximately R132 per month per household. Although the circumstances in which the deliberative focus group discussion were run were not ideal because of the COVID-19 lockdown, the results showed some interesting potential benefits of using deliberation in complex public good valuation studies. , Thesis (MEcon) -- Faculty of Commerce, Economics and Economic History, 2021
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The Effects of Monaural Beat Technology on Learners' Experiences of Music Performance Anxiety (MPA)
- Authors: Flanagan, Jayson Edward
- Date: 2021-10-29
- Subjects: Performance anxiety Alternative treatment , School music South Africa Makhanda , Music students South Africa Makhanda Examinations , Beats (Acoustics) Psychological aspects , Monaural Beat Technology
- Language: English
- Type: Masters theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/188419 , vital:44752
- Description: Music performance anxiety (MPA) is related to the experience of persisting, distressful, apprehensions about and/or actual impairment of performance skills in a public context, to a degree unwarranted given the individual’s musical aptitude, training and level of preparation (Salmon 1990). This research project set out to investigate learners’ subjective experiences of the effects of monaural beat (MB) vibrational frequencies on their experiences of MPA. The research project was a qualitative study based on a phenomenological research paradigm, which fundamentally aims to explore an experience in its own terms (Smith et al. 2009). The research participants consisted of four subject music pupils at St Andrew’s College and The Diocesan School for Girls and were interviewed through in-depth, semi-structured interviews over two practical examinations. The results suggested that various factors contribute to the experience of music performance anxiety, such as the performers’ perceptions of audience reactions, as well as the context of the performance. Self-esteem and the performer’s fragile sense of self-worth and self-confidence also play an important role in influencing their music performance anxiety. However, listening to monaural beats during a performance has the ability to lower levels of music performance anxiety by eliciting the following effects: an improved sense of confidence within the listeners; a sense of calm; the monaural beats working on a passive awareness level that allows the beat to operate at a sub-conscious level; the ability to focus better on the task at hand as well as benefit the listener in non-musical contexts such as studying; general concentration or ordinary tasks such as gardening or going for a run. The research suggests that listening to monaural beats during a musical performance can benefit the performer by lowering levels of MPA. As a result, the performer will experience an improved sense of confidence, calmness and the ability to focus better on the task at hand. Monaural beats have also shown to be a useful method of dealing with MPA instead of resorting to pharmaceutical drugs or other methods of coping such as playing games for distraction. , Thesis (MMus) -- Faculty of Humanities, Music and Musicology, 2021
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The experiences of clinical psychologists in treating traumatic stress at a tertiary psychiatric hospital in the Eastern Cape: A qualitative research study
- Authors: Munishvaran, Kuriesha
- Date: 2021-10-29
- Subjects: Post-traumatic stress disorder Treatment South Africa Eastern Cape , Secondary traumatic stress Treatment South Africa Eastern Cape , Phenomenological psychology , Clinical psychologists Mental health South Africa Eastern Cape , Psychiatric hospitals South Africa Eastern Cape , Psychiatric hospital patients South Africa Eastern Cape
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/190271 , vital:44979
- Description: Traumatic encounters are highly prevalent within the South African population. Clinical psychologists working with these trauma narratives, within a psychiatric context, are therefore at risk of experiencing vicarious trauma, Post Traumatic Stress-Disorder (PTSD), and secondary traumatic stress. This study aimed to explore the lived experiences of clinical psychologists who treat patients that are either trauma survivors or perpetrators in a psychiatric hospital. Individual semi-structured interviews and follow-up interviews were conducted with three clinical psychologists based at a psychiatric hospital in the Eastern Cape. Data was analysed using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis. All participants reported experiencing symptoms of vicarious trauma and secondary traumatic stress while treating both victims and perpetrators. The findings also discovered an element of danger, as well as socio-political factors that clinical psychologists experience. Participants also reported experiencing vicarious post-traumatic growth, enhanced by their coping strategies, while providing psychological services to traumatised patients. , Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Humanities, Psychology, 2021
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The influence of selected classes of surfactants on microbial fuel cell performance: extensive analysis of microbial activity, bioremediation and power generation for wastewater treatment
- Authors: Lipali, Molopo Johannes
- Date: 2021-10-29
- Subjects: Uncatalogued
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/192493 , vital:45231
- Description: Thesis (MSc) -- Faculty of Science, Biotechnology Innovation Centre, 2021
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The prominence of choral music in the search for, and preservation of, an African identity: A study focusing on the role of choral composers in the formation of black nationalism during and after the colonial era in South Africa
- Authors: Nelani, Athenkosi
- Date: 2021-10-29
- Subjects: Choral music South Africa , Choral singing South Africa , Black people Race identity South Africa , Black nationalism South Africa , Composers, Black South Africa , Amakwaya
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/190965 , vital:45045
- Description: In South Africa, choral music has been prominent in schools, churches, and community choirs since the 19th century. However, the majority of South Africans know little of the history of indigenous choral music. This study investigates the origins of South African indigenous choral music, its canonic figures, and their contribution to this genre in promoting an African identity among the indigenous people of South Africa. Using the methodological lens of historical ethnomusicology, this thesis explores the genesis of choral music in South Africa. Choral music was introduced to the region when it was first colonised by the Dutch East India Company in 1652. Missionaries established institutions in the villages of the local people and translated the Bible and hymn books into the local languages. These actions had lasting consequences for music, and choral singing was greatly advanced. In addition, in this work early composers of South African indigenous choral music are recognised in an effort to establish a choral canon. Three definitive choral periods are recognised, namely those of the first-generation, second-generation, and post-colonial composers. Using this historical framework, this thesis investigates the social and political influence these composers had on African identity during the liberation struggles in the late colonial era and during the early apartheid period. The history and compositions of the composers are discussed, including how they used their compositions as political tools and as mouthpieces to communicate societal issues of concern to the indigenous people during and after the colonial era. , Thesis (MMus) -- Faculty of Humanities, Music and Musicology, 2021
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The relationship between business model description and financial performance of selected South African banks
- Authors: Mothabine, Thabe
- Date: 2021-10-29
- Subjects: Banks and banking South Africa , Business planning South Africa , Organizational effectiveness South Africa , Banks and banking Econometric models , Rate of return South Africa , International Integrated Reporting Council , CAMELS (Capital adequacy, Asset quality, Management, Earnings, Liquidity, and Sensitivity) Rating System model
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/191876 , vital:45174
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The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between South Africa’s top seven bank’s business model description and their financial performance. Research has highlighted that there is a relationship between business models and performance, however, a limited amount of studies have provided empirical evidence to this effect. The study followed a deductive approach by firstly assessing and analysing the components of the banks business model according to the IIRC’s International
Framework, and then comparing the components focus of each bank for every year of this study; followed by an assessment, analyses and evaluation of each banks financial performance using the CAMELS Rating System model. Once these analyses were done for both business model description and financial performance, the study attempted to assess if the banks with the richest business model description yielded the best financial performance. The findings revealed that the banks with the richest business model description were not necessarily the best performing banks, in actual fact, these banks had low ratings for their performance, and the banks with the lowest rating for their business model description had the highest financial performance rating. However, other factors contributed to these ratings, such as some banks had low ratings for their business model description due to their business models not following the Framework. Conversely, for a more detailed and an in depth analysis and to distinguish whether there is a relationship between business model description and financial performance, the study applied correlation coefficient by using the business model description scores and financial performance components scores for each bank for the three years. The results revealed that there was a strong positive correlation between 2017 and 2018, and a weak positive correlation in 2019. This meant that indeed there was a relationship between the business model description and the bank’s financial performance. While the limitations of this study have been acknowledged, the study has contributed to the knowledge of understanding the relationship between business models and financial performance in a South African context. However, further research could be conducted on more banks in order to deduct a broader view on the relationship between business model description and financial performance of South African banks. Moreover, it would be of greater significance to conduct the various analyses over a longer period of time, because with a broader scope of data, for a longer period, more conclusive findings could be possible. , Thesis (MBA) -- Faculty of Commerce, Rhodes Business School, 2021 - Full Text:
The Relationship between capital adequacy and profitability under Basel III in the Namibian banking sector
- Authors: Pomuti, Esther Kaulinawa
- Date: 2021-10-29
- Subjects: Banks and banking Namibia , Banks and banking, International Law and legislation , Bank capital Law and legislation Namibia , Rate of return Namibia , Basle Committee on Banking Supervision , Ratio analysis , Basel III (2010)
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/191909 , vital:45178
- Description: Globally, capital adequacy is one of the most central topics for both regulatory authorities and banks. It promotes stability and intends to reduce bank insolvency. It also represents the most important element of banks’ profitability (Profits are the first line of defense against losses from credit loss in a bank). After the collapse of Bretton Woods in 1973, many banks incurred large foreign currency losses, with Banks outside Germany having taken heavy losses on their unsettled trades with Herstatt Bank in Cologne, West Germany, when it collapsed in June 1974. This study empirically tests the relationship between changes in the capital adequacy ratio under Basel III and return on equity (ROE) of the Namibian banking sector and whether such relationships exist in the short run or long run. The study used panel quarterly data for a sample of three Namibian commercial banks from the year 1999 to 2019.It employed one panel unit root tests namely: Im, Pesaran and Shin W-stat (IPS). To test the existence of a long-run relationship (equilibrium) or effect between the dependent and independent variables, the study employed the Panel Co-integration methods using Pedroni and Kao (Engle-Granger based) tests. The study carried out the Hausman test to determine the best approach for analysis and determined the PMG approach to be the preferable model for analysis. Various diagnostic tests such as multicollinearity through the correlation analysis, autocorrelation, and heteroscedasticity and cross-sectional dependence tests were carried out to determine if the data set is well-modelled and if the results can be taken seriously. The study’s results under the PMG model showed that ROE and CAR have a positive significant relationship in the short run. A dummy variable to capture the connection between ROE and CAR before and after BASEL III shows that the relationship is positive and significant indicating that ROE increases more when there is capital regulation than when there is no capital regulation. The study also concluded that there is no long run relationship between CAR and ROE. Finally, the interaction effect between the dummy variable and CAR is negative but significant and thus indicating that the positive relationship does not persist post Basel III. , Thesis (MCom) -- Faculty of Commerce, Economics and Economic History, 2021
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The roots run deep?: Understanding branch politics within the African National Congress
- Authors: Mkhutle, Nhlanhla Handsome
- Date: 2021-10-29
- Subjects: African National Congress , Manipulative behavior Political aspects South Africa , Cartels South Africa , Power (Social sciences) South Africa , Patronage, Political South Africa , Political party organization South Africa , Branch politics
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/190261 , vital:44978
- Description: This thesis explores the functioning of branch politics within the African National Congress (ANC) and the influence of branch politics on the organization and its structures. The ANC has many of the characteristics of a mass party. In mass parties, mass participation is supposed to be promoted through the activities of party branches. This thesis documents the weakening of the ANC’s local level structures and their political control over the organization’s decisions. ANC branches are investigated as democratic vanguards of ANC’s mass party persona, in relation to their functioning as the most basic units of the organization. The thesis reflects on branch members’ experiences in different ANC branches to understand the interplay between branch politics, political power, and patronage politics within the ANC. This research project also explores the possibility of manipulation of ANC branches by senior leaders and would-be-leaders of the ANC. The thesis then concludes by summarising the state of branch politics within the ANC and giving recommendations on further study with regards to branch politics of the ANC. , Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Humanities, Political and International Studies, 2021
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The use of African languages in traditional courts: a Luyengweni case study
- Authors: Nyakambi, Ntombizethu
- Date: 2021-10-29
- Subjects: African languages South Africa Eastern Cape , Forensic linguistics South Africa Eastern Cape , Linguistic rights South Africa Eastern Cape , Communication in law South Africa Eastern Cape , Language planning South Africa Eastern Cape , Language policy South Africa Eastern Cape , Court interpreting and translating South Africa Eastern Cape , Customary law South Africa Eastern Cape , Customary law courts South Africa Eastern Cape
- Language: English
- Type: Masters theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/188810 , vital:44788
- Description: Forensic linguistics is a relatively new field in South Africa. This field which forms part of the applied linguistic discipline seeks to look at the application of linguistic knowledge, methods and insights to the forensic context of the law. This is a forensic linguistic study that seeks to look at the use of African languages in the traditional courts. The researcher explored the traditional courts of Luyengweni, a rural area situated in KwaBhaca at Mount Frere in the Eastern Cape. The concept of African languages usage is explored within the boundaries of customary laws as outlined in Section 6 of the South African Constitution of 1996. To fully elicit the use of African languages in the traditional courts of Luyengweni this study employed an exploratory qualitative research design method. This research method allows for data to be collected from the participants using semi-structured interviews, observation and other qualitative methods of data instrumentation. Relevant community members of Luyengweni such as Chiefs and their councillors, ordinary members of the community and the court secretary were interviewed by the researcher and the data was translated, transcribed and analysed. The thesis made use of a thematic analysis. These themes showed that the use of African languages in traditional courts is still relevant, however, the imbalances of language use in both common and customary law need to be addressed. The study revealed that the traditional courts still serve as law institutions that people trust to bring about justice, therefore language use as one of the pivotal tools in the justice system needs to be considered for effective justice to be carried out. , Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Humanities, School of Languages and Literatures, 2021
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The well-being implications of Urban Natures among Black Urban Dwellers in the Eastern Cape
- Authors: Walsh, Lindsey Sara
- Date: 2021-10-29
- Subjects: Apartheid South Africa Eastern Cape , Decolonization South Africa Eastern Cape , Urban Black people South Africa Eastern Cape , Quality of life South Africa Eastern Cape , Well-being South Africa Eastern Cape , Rural-urban migration South Africa Eastern Cape , Urban ecology (Sociology) South Africa Eastern Cape , Land use, Urban South Africa Eastern Cape , City and town life South Africa Eastern Cape , Sociology, Urban South Africa Eastern Cape , Nature Social aspects South Africa Eastern Cape
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/192966 , vital:45285
- Description: Throughout the world, urbanisation is at an all-time high. It is estimated that two-thirds of the global population will be living in urban centres by 2030. The highest urban growth rates are currently found in sub -Saharan Africa, however, approximately 70% of urban residents in Sub-Saharan Africa reside in informal settlements. Such processes have resulted in reduced areas of natural space and biodiversity. While the benefits of exposure to and experiences of nature to human well-being and quality of life are increasingly being acknowledged, these links are largely understood through a western lens, where nature and culture are dichotomised. The implications of this are that the types of nature(s) that are made available in urban areas are designed to provide opportunities for urban residents to only engage in recreational and relaxation activities within such places. However, among indigenous and non-westernised communities, culture is a dynamic and holistic entity, deeply rooted in the constructions of nature. Very few studies from the global south have entered this dialogue. In response, this study, conducted amongst Xhosa speaking urban residents living in two medium-sized towns, was undertaken to explore the connections and meanings they attributed to nature(s) and how their engagement in such places contributed to their sense of well-being. This study found that strong connections and meanings to nature still exist. Many of these relate to personal experiences which are given meaning through local understandings and associations which are deeply embedded within cultural practices and rituals. Engagement and or memories of such are strongly associated with a sense of well-being often only experienced in rural areas. In such contexts, well-being is also understood as a holistic concept that is underpinned by these nature-culture connections. Within an urban context, the benefits of such connections are hindered by the types of nature(s) found in these areas as well as high levels of crime and the poor management of such places. , Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Humanities, Anthropology, 2021
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Thrice-born Dionysos: an analysis of the birth narrative of Dionysos in Nonnos of Panopolis’ Dionysiaca
- Authors: Mackay, Danielle Louize
- Date: 2021-10-29
- Subjects: Dionysus (Greek deity) , Zeus (Greek deity) , Nonnus, of Panopolis , Mythology, Greek , Epic poetry , Birth (Philosophy) in literature , Late antiquity , Bacchus
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/192235 , vital:45209
- Description: The following paper aims to analyse lines 660 – 774 of Euripides’ Bacchae paying close attention to the representation of the bacchants in the account given to Pentheus by the herdsman.1 Accompanying the translation is a brief commentary further elaborated and discussed in the paper below. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how the Theban women are portrayed in the hills outside of Thebes and the implications this might for the inherent conception of the supposed structure of the polis and the oikos. Dionysos’ arrival in Thebes hails a systematic disruption of the social order of the Theban polis. His presence causes an inverting of all that is familiar to the Thebans, the unknown becomes known and the known reveals itself as unknown. Euripides’ Bacchae was first performed at the City Dionysia in 405 BCE, in the year after the tragedian’s death. The play dramatises the arrival of the god Dionysos to Thebes to exact vengeance on those responsible for his mother’s death and to establish his mysteries there (line 24f & 47f). Before one can begin any analysis of the text, it is important to establish the context established by the play, as this context is important to a fuller understanding of the text. , Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Humanities, School of Languages and Literatures, 2021
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To fail at becoming South African: Moral blindness, liminality, and Rainbowism
- Authors: Moletsane, Dimpho
- Date: 2021-10-29
- Subjects: Liminality , South Africa Social conditions 1994- , South Africa Economic conditions 1991- , Contractarianism (Ethics) , Political science South Africa , Humanity South Africa , Social integration South Africa , Social justice , Rainbow Nation-Building Project (RNP) , Rainbowism
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/188352 , vital:44746
- Description: In an effort to move away from Apartheid and its evils -South Africa and South Africans have committed to a shared moral project -the Rainbow Nation-Building Project (RNP); a project that confers certain moral duties and responsibilities upon its citizens, including a joint commitment to robust inclusivity, equality, and unity. Importantly, however, our environments –be they physical, social, or psychological –are such that they (actively or passively) obscure our awareness of some morally relevant facts about our society, and thereby hinder us as moral agents and therefore threaten our abilities to fulfil our moral project and commitment.What does it mean for us -a society ostensibly committed to the RNP -to be plagued by racism, sexism, queerphobia and xenophobia? What is it that contributes to our complicity regarding social practices and ideas that we would otherwise find morally objectionable? What does it say about our commitment to our publicly-exalted ideals and values (of inclusivity, diversity, reconciliation, justice, and unity) when we are unwittingly complicit in the marginalisation and social exclusion of members of our society? And how can institutions such as universities work to overcome this?In this work, I argue that the obscuring of, and failure to perceive, morally relevant facts that call on us for ethical attention and/or action -a phenomenon I refer to as ‘moral blindness’ -is responsible for at least some of our behaviours and practices that run contrary to our moral ambitions; and therefore has profound implications for us as moral agents and our ability to succeed in our moral goals. Moral blindness, then, is both an epistemic and ethical concern that enables socially unjust systems to perpetuate themselves; and is thus a threat toallmoral projects.I argue that, for South Africa, much of what can be identified as moral blindness is the direct result of the shifting and conflicting socio-cultural conditions the nation finds itself liminally caught amidst in its transition from its Apartheid past and towards its promised inclusive Rainbow Nation future. Commitment to the RNP, I argue, involves a self-transformation and habituation of certain supportive virtues on the part of South Africans to become the kinds of people who are compatible with the Rainbowist society -whom I call Rainbow Citizens. But this self-transformation itself is also a moral project, and therefore subject to the threat that moral blindness presents, and so too can be failed. If all this is true, then it seems that if we do not take moral blindness seriously, we could ultimately fail to become South African. , Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Humanities, Philosophy, 2021
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Towards effective monitoring, control and surveillance policy and implementation in South Africa and its relevance to other Southern African States
- Authors: Fikizolo, Lisolomzi Assaph
- Date: 2021-10-29
- Subjects: Fishery management Africa, Southern , Fisheries Monitoring Africa, Southern , Fishery policy Africa, Southern , Fishery law and legislation Africa, Southern , South Africa. Fisheries Management Branch
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/190886 , vital:45038 , 10.21504/10962/190886
- Description: The responsibility of Fisheries Governance Authorities (FGAs) is to ensure that there is sustainable utilisation and exploitation of marine living resources through effective Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS). MCS is a mechanism used to implement agreed policies, plans and strategies for oceans and fisheries governance, and it is key to their successful implementation. In the continent, the African Union (AU), through its agencies, economic and regional structures encourage and supports national and regional MCS programs. South Africa is a SADC coastal State with a fisheries governance branch mandated to ensure sustainable marine living resources’ utilisation with support from a national MCS program. This support depends on the effectiveness of the current national MCS organisational structure, capacity, legislative and policy framework, as well as regional cooperation. In addition to an extensive literature review, this study developed a MCS framework, following international fisheries legislation and guidelines, for testing the South African MCS’ conformity to such a model. Furthermore, Namibia and Mozambique were included as examples of SADC coastal States to determine their responsiveness to regional cooperation and coordination. Based on the framework, a questionnaire with four parts, Part A: Background Information; Part B: Evaluation of MCS Enablers; Part C: Evaluation of an MCS system process and its effectiveness – reactive approach; and Part D: - proactive approach was developed to collect information. The data was analysed, using appropriate statistical methods to determine, against set characteristics, the level of information that the government respondents could provide to the research topic, and to determine the effectiveness of the South African MCS program. Limited information from Namibia and Mozambique showed readiness in their respective MCS programs for a regional MCS integrated approach, as is the case with South Africa, but there is no serious engagement to implement any regional MCS program. Results showed that the South African MCS program's effectiveness is generally adequate, but there are challenges with planning; financial resources; MCS equipment; stakeholder engagement processes, and governance. A primary recommendation from this study was that business plans, as utilised in the private sector, should be developed by South African Fisheries Governance Authority (FGA) to address MCS governance shortcomings as revealed by this study. A reconfiguration of the MCS organisational structure to include a resource mobilisation unit is considered necessary to effect the much needed improvements. , Thesis (PhD) -- Faculty of Science, Geography, 2021
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Traversing Doctoral Borderlands: Black doctoral students’ experiences of identity construction in South Africa
- Authors: Hwami, Rudo Fortunate
- Date: 2021-10-29
- Subjects: Doctoral students South Africa , College students, Black South Africa , Marginality, Social South Africa , Public spaces Social aspects , Culture Social aspects , Rhythm , Identity (Psychology) , Borderlands Theory
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/191062 , vital:45055 , 10.21504/10962/191062
- Description: Doctoral studies are described as a process of formation and becoming. This is an in-between space between unknowing and knowing, within and without the ivory tower of academia. In this in-between space the doctoral candidate takes the role of a novice and apprentice unlearning the student/unknowing past and learning to become a professional in academia. This project utilises the borderlands theory to understand the experiences of doctoral students as they undergo the process of becoming and intellectual identity formation. Whilst ‘journey’ and other metaphors that have been used to understand doctoral student experiences capture the process of becoming as a progression through the liminal stages – proposal, literature review, context, writing, reading etc. These stages presuppose temporality of being leading to stasis/completion. I argue that such conceptualisation of doctoral studies, although useful, depict one side of the story and provide a limited, monolithic, and homogenising understanding of the spatial configurations of doctoral space and intellectual identity formation. The dominant discourses of doctoral conceived and perceived space, liminal stages and understanding of doctoral student experiences, mask the more latent and intimate liminal stages of intellectual identity formation. Drawing from borderlands theory, I firstly argue for a holistic approach to understanding the spatiality of doctorate studies. Secondly, I argue that liminality is an everyday process integral to human existence where one is always in a state of ideological transition. An important state of liminality is the awareness of ‘Self’ in perpetual motion, caught between two worlds dominated/dominator and two ideologies of oppression/resistance. If this side of liminality is not made visible, institutional spaces, such as the doctorate, privileged with the power to disseminate and position onto-epistemologies as universal can be used to reproduce and reinforce exclusionary onto-epistemologies that subsequently impact intellectual identity formation. Using Lefebvre’s (1991) rhythmanalysis method, I use student experiences not as mere data for analysis, but as an act of envisioning, reinventing and coknowledge production to propose borderlands as a new metaphor to study doctoral spatial realities and the experiences of the students that traverse through it. , Thesis (PhD) -- Faculty of Humanities, Politics and International Studies, 2021
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Traversing Sonic Spaces: Expressions of Identity, Gender, and Power in the Musical Traditions of the Nupe in Northern Nigeria
- Authors: Njoku, Obianuju Akunna
- Date: 2021-10-29
- Subjects: Uncatalogued
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/192886 , vital:45276
- Description: Thesis (PhD) -- Faculty of Humanities, Music and Musicology, 2021
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Tronkvoël: An exploration of the intersection of personal experiences and identities, concerning depression
- Authors: Kramer, Brunn David
- Date: 2021-10-29
- Subjects: Mental illness in art , Art, South African 21st century , Metaphor in art , Depression, Mental , Prisons in art , Identity (Philosophical concept) in art , Gender identity in art , Intersectionality (Sociology)
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/191647 , vital:45129
- Description: My diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder in 2018 led to my experience of a terrible loneliness and a peculiar isolation that triggered a feeling of imprisonment. The work thus engages with the idea of prison as a metaphor for depression, and is influenced by earlier work that centred around prisons and ex-prisoners. I explore the intersection of gender-based issues, homophobia, racism and religious prejudice that is based on my experiences and identities, in an attempt to understand the depression and communicate the complex prejudices I face in my daily life. The work is based on my lived experience, through which depression can feel like a self-constructed prison. Thus, by visually communicating my lived experiences with depression as a coloured, queer body, I also aim to encourage dialogue and open up conversations around mental illness, as it is all too is often seen as taboo, particularly in communities of colour. I harness old family photographs as a departure point to investigate personal memory, as well as recently captured selfies to explore my narrative of self-imprisonment. I also integrate objects from childhood games such as glass marbles, with prison objects like paper mache dice and shivs all presented in the form of an installation. My invisible prison is visually communicated further through incorporating visual language of the prison – including tattoos, prison slang, and ‘shifts and shanks’ (makeshift weapons). I use a variety of mediums, including charcoal, photographic transfers, paint and linocuts, with a combination of burning and smoking techniques, made by using candle soot, as a primary feature throughout my work. In this mini-thesis I reflect on memories from my childhood and the way they have informed my experience of depression as a self-constructed prison. I position my practice in relation to the work of South African artist Tsoku Maela who navigates similar concerns in his own artworks. , Thesis (MFA) -- Faculty of Humanities, Fine Art, 2021
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Ubomi Sisilonda: Ingqokelela Yemibongo
- Authors: Yanta, Luvuyo Mkhululi
- Date: 2021-10-29
- Subjects: Creative writing (Higher education) South Africa , Xhosa poetry 21st century , Diaries -- Authorship , South African poetry (English) History and criticism , Xhosa poetry History and criticism , Poetry Therapeutic use
- Language: Xhosa , English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/192364 , vital:45219
- Description: Esi siqingatha sethisisi yingqokelela yemibongo-ngoma eyilwe ngeenjongo zokuzama ukuveza nokupholisa isilonda esidalwe ziimeko zobom esiphila kubo singabantu, izinto endizibonileyo nendidlule kuzo. Ndibhala ndibonakalisa ubumnyama endiphile kubo, apha ndizama ukusondela ekukhanyeni. Ndiqala ngokupholisa ezam izilonda kuqala. Ulwimi endilusebenzisayo lulanda imbali yam njengomfana omnyama okhulele elokishini, ilokishi nganye inolwimi lwayo. Ndisebenzisa olu lwimi ndibalisa indlela endikhule ngayo, ndikwakhankanya nokukhula ndiqheliswa ukungathethi ngezinto nokungawavezi amanxeba entliziyo yam phambi kwabantu “ilayithi ayikhali.” Ndinomdla kubabhali ababhala ngeemeko zexesha lanamhlanje, kwiimeko eziphilwa luninzi lwabantu nesimo sentlalo jikelele. Ndisebenzise umsebenzi wababhali abafana noAyanda Billie ukujonga isingqi sobom kwimibongo yakhe njengomntu ongekho kude ngokuhlala nokufuphi ngeminyaka, ndiqwalasele imisebenzi kaS. Zotwana ukuzama ukusondeza isigama kwindlela endikhule ngayo kunye noJ.J.R Jolobe ukuqwalasela ukuba babesebenzisa obuphi ubuchule bokubhala nokupholisa izilonda zabo. Ndikwacaphule kwisimbo sokubhala esikhawulezileyo semibhalo eyenzelwe iqonga njengoko ndichithe ixesha elininzi ndidlala kwaye ndikwaqeqesha abadlali beqonga. , Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Humanities, School of Languages and Literatures, 2021
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Uncoupling the exploitation and climate change effects on the biology of Cape monkfish, Lophius vomerinus Valenciennes 1837 in Namibia
- Authors: Erasmus, Victoria Ndinelago
- Date: 2021-10-29
- Subjects: Lophius Namibia , Lophius Climatic factors Namibia , Lophius Effect of human beings on Namibia , Lophius Food Namibia , Lophius Reproduction Namibia , Lophius Age Namibia , Lophius Growth Namibia , Lophius Habitat Namibia , Lophius Conservation Namibia , Fisheries Namibia , Overfishing Namibia , Fishery management Namibia , Lophius vomerinus (Valenciennes, 1837) , Cape monkfish
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/188329 , vital:44744 , 10.21504/10962/188329
- Description: Cape monkfish, Lophius vomerinus Valenciennes 1837, has supported the Namibian fishing industry for decades, historically as by-catch and recently as a target species. This species is also an important predator in this region. With increasing levels of exploitation and unprecedented climate change, an understanding of the changes in the long-term biological parameters of this species is critical. To date, there has been a scarcity of spatio-temporal studies that have examined and compared the biological aspects of Cape monkfish in relation to climate change and exploitation pressure. Investigations into changes in feeding habits, reproduction strategy, age and growth can provide valuable information for the sustainable management and conservation of this species. This thesis aimed to improve our understanding of the impacts of exploitation and climate variability on the biological parameters of Cape monkfish in the Namibian marine waters, thereby contributing to efforts directed at sustainable harvest and management of this resource. This was achieved through temporal and spatial comparisons of feeding, reproductive scope, age and growth, and catch statistics. The study used data collected during the monkfish swept-area biomass surveys of 2001–2005 and for 2007–2018, hake (deep-water hake Merluccius paradoxus Franca 1960 and shallow-water hake M. capensis Castelnau 1861) swept-area biomass surveys of 2017 and 2019, port sampling programme data collected from April 2014 to December 2019, and monkfish commercial fishing activities collected between April 2001 and December 2019. Based on historical feeding data (1986 – 1987) and contemporary feeding data (2015-2018), Cape monkfish feeds on a variety of prey species from seven groups: Teleost, Cephalopoda, Crustacea, Echinoidea, Elasmobranchii, Gastropod and Porifera. The diet was characterised by a high prevalence of empty stomachs (43.9%), showing low feeding intensity, but most prevalent in juveniles (52.9%). Although the diet composition varied at different life stages, Teleosts (especially deep-water hake Merluccius paradoxus Franca 1960) were the main constituents of the diet for all size classes as per the Index of Relative Importance (%IRI). The results highlight the particular importance of the deep-water hake M. paradoxus (by %IRI) in the diet of Cape monkfish across all size classes. There is a clear dominance of hake in both studies, which means that any overexploitation or climate-driven population decline in hake will most likely have an impact on Cape monkfish. Feeding composition was dependent on the season (p < 0.05), with the type and quantity of prey ingested changing seasonally, showing the ability of Cape monkfish to adjust its diet, depending on possible environmental parameters which consequently influence prey availability. In general, the spatial and temporal variability of the main prey items suggests that the species is highly opportunistic with a broad trophic adaptability. Comparison of historical and contemporary stomach content data indicates that Cape monkfish appear to have changed their diet, probably reflecting the availability of forage species over time and space, possibly due to climate change, fishing pressure, or both. The broad trophic adaptability for Cape monkfish highlights their adaptive potential to increasing anthropogenic stressors such as climate change. However, the dominance of the commercially important deep-water hake, M. paradoxus, in the diet during contemporary times highlights that complex trophic interactions may play a role in altering the northern Benguela fisheries. The general male to female sex ratio was measured at 1:1.67, with significant variation across depth, size class, and year (p < 0.05). Comparison of length at 50% maturity (L50) for Cape monkfish between historical (2004–2006) and contemporary time (2015–2019) showed no significant differences in both sexes, with no significant changes in the L50 for females (χ2 = 1.53, df = 1, p = 0.2154), and males (χ2 = 0.41, df = 1, p = 0.5204) between the two periods. The monthly gonadosomatic index (GSI) showed that Cape monkfish spawn throughout the year with peaks between July and September for females and August for males, similar to those observed 20 years ago. Spawning hotspot areas were identified and were consistently located between 22⁰ and 25⁰S in deeper water (> 250 m) for the 2001–2018 time series. Comparison of the contemporary (2015–2019) proportions of developing, ripe and spent gonads to the historical study data (1996 – 2000) show minimal differences. Ripe ovaries capable of spawning (Stage IV) were dominant in July (23.8%) and August (26.2%), while ripe testes were prevalent in April (52.5%) and November (28.5%). The discovery of the veil (a gelatinous, flat ribbon structure containing individual eggs) off Namibia for the first time (during this study) is a significant because this result provides important reproduction activities information of this species, which were never recorded off Namibia. The location where the veil was discovered, off Swakopmund (22⁰30'S, 13⁰25'E), provides further evidence of the identified spawning hotspot areas, this location is also identified as a monkfish consecutive hotspot fishing area. The ages, growth rates, and length-weight relationships were compared between fish collected during monkfish commercial fishing activities between 1996 and 1998 (Period 1) and during monkfish routine monitoring surveys from 2014 to 2016 (Period 2). A total of 607 (size range: 9–96 cm total length (TL)) and 852 (size range: 9–96 cm TL) Cape monkfish were aged by reading sectioned illicia, during Periods 1 and 2, respectively. The length-weight relationships were W = 0.012L3.035 (r2 = 0.98) and W = 0.014L 2.989 (r2 = 0.98) for females and males, respectively, during Period 1, and W = 0.01L2.97 (r2 = 0.98) and W = 0.01L 3.03 (r2 = 0.98) for females and males, respectively, in Period 2. The growth of Cape monkfish (in cm) for combined sexes was described by Lt = 94(1 − e(−0.10(t−(-0.31))) in Period 1 and Lt = 98(1 − e(−0.10(t−(-0.33))) in Period 2. Females grew significantly faster during Period 1 (LRT results from Maartens et al., 1999), while male and female growth was not significantly different during Period 2 (F = 0.65, p = 0.58). There were no significant differences between the male and female growth curve in Period 2 (F = 0.65, p = 0.58). Although the growth curves are similar between Period 1 and Period 2, the larger fish are in Period 2 are lighter than those in Period 1. This finding is important to the monkfish fishing industry because fish is sold by weight. This finding may suggest that although the fish grow similarly by length, changes in the environmental conditions may have resulted in a reduced condition of the fish. In terms of mean age, the historical Period 1 had a slightly lower mean age of 4.40 compared with a mean age of 5.49 during Period 2. Slight differences were also observed in the age structure between the two periods, with 2-year-olds (20.3%) the most abundant age class in the historical period while 5-year-old fish (18.3%) were most abundant in Period 2. Although the spatial distribution of the catch was not available for Period 1, 0-year-old fish were distributed from 22⁰ to 24⁰S, and 25⁰ to 26⁰S in shallower waters of 166–290 m during Period 2. Only fish between 5 and 16 years old were found off the documented historical nursery area off 28º S. The similar growth curves and spatial overlap of nursery habitats between Period 1 and Period 2 suggest that Cape monkfish may be fairly resilient to the rapid environmental change reported in this region and to the extensive levels of exploitation for the species. However, the recent spatial shifts in the nursery areas are sensitive to disturbance and may indicate that these changes could be having an impact on the early life stages of the species. Continued monitoring may be necessary to understand the consequences of these spatial shifts for the age and growth and resilience of the species. Analysis of the overall spatial and temporal catches of monkfish (both Cape monkfish and shortspine African monkfish) off Namibia between 1998 and 2018 identified noticeable spatio-temporal trends. The pattern of fishing activities for Cape monkfish is heterogeneous, with identified ‘hotspots’ in specific areas. Of particular importance is the consecutive hotspot, between 1998 to 2018 for monkfish fishing activities between 25⁰ and 26⁰ S. The kernel density analysis indicated that the area around 24⁰S, and between 26º and 27 ⁰S, between Walvis Bay and Lüderitz, had the highest total catch densities (~300 kg/km2), suggesting that this is the core of the stock abundance. Annual monkfish catches have fluctuated since the inception of the fishery in 1994, with a drastic decline in the catch recorded after 2003 through to 2018. Generally, there has been an underutilisation of the total allowable catch (TAC) for most of the years. The decrease in catches and the underutilisation of the TAC might be indicative of the reduction in the stock abundance. However, external factors such as lack of capacity of the fishing industry and the administration can contribute to underutilisation of TAC. Basic regression analysis between total monthly catches and monthly sea surface temperature (SST) yielded low r-squared values indicate that in all three grids, only ~ 1% of the variation is explained between SST and total monkfish catches in these areas. The most prominent points to consider from this study are the results of the comparative feeding study (Chapter 3), reproductive indicators (Chapter 4) and age and growth (Chapter 5). Certainly, there have been changes in feeding, demography, and distribution of the species in the last two decades – climate-driven changes were recorded in the feeding habits of Cape monkfish, spatially and temporally – but despite the changes in prey species composition, distribution and abundance in various habits and periods, Cape monkfish was able to switch prey species, reflecting wide trophic adaptability. The dominance of M. paradoxus at all size classes in all analysed habitats is a significant result because. The peak spawning period has remained the same between July and September, as previously reported in Period 1. The consecutive spawning hotspots were identified in the areas between 22º and 25ºS. From a fisheries management perspective, the spawning ground and spawning season should be protected (by means of closure). The evidence of changes in length at 50% maturity presented in this study hints at both climate change and extensive exploitation pressure. The discovery of the veil for the first time in this study is very important; however, it might be sampling related and not driven by climate or exploitation pressure. Finally, the change in the Cape monkfish distribution discussed in Chapter 6 may be attributed to a shift in the distribution or fishing effort as a consequence of shallow water depletion. , Thesis (PhD) -- Faculty of Science, Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, 2021
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Understanding human‐wildlife conflict: a geographic study of the Pringle Bay chacma baboon troop
- Authors: Parsons, Wendy Jennifer
- Date: 2021-10-29
- Subjects: Chacma baboon South Africa Pringle Bay , Human-animal relationships South Africa Pringle Bay , Radio collars , Geographic information systems , Chacma baboon South Africa Pringle Bay Geographical distribution , Chacma baboon Behavior South Africa Pringle Bay , Chacma baboon Effect of human beings on South Africa Pringle Bay , Geospatial data , User-generated content
- Language: English
- Type: Academic theses , Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/294828 , vital:57259
- Description: A better appreciation of the physical geography and environmental factors that play a role in the movement of the Chacma baboon troop in and around Pringle Bay (Overberg Municipality) and part of the Kogelberg Biosphere could lead to a better understanding of their movement. In turn, this insight may contribute to reducing the human‐wildlife conflict that has arisen in the town. Humanwildlife conflict escalated after the rapid urban development that followed the introduction of electricity in 1993. The baboon‐human conflict in Pringle Bay is, in part, due to habitat loss caused by urban development and the easy availability of food in the urban area. The wild animal’s natural behaviour (seeking food and fresh water) and the human way of living (food and waste management) has led to baboon habituation and increased raiding in the village. The objective of this geographic study was to understand the baboon troops spatial and temporal movements. Two methods are being used to track the baboon troop. The first method entails collection of data from GPS tracking collars which record the location of the baboons at 30 minute intervals. This is considered a reliable, but invasive and expensive method where the alpha male and female baboon had to be captured and fitted with tracking collars. The second method entails using volunteered geographic data, in this case, information from a WhatsApp baboon alert group. While this provided data at no real cost, the mining of the information was challenging and building a geodatabase was time consuming. However, this citizen science approach added valuable data and was able to identify human‐wildlife conflict sites in the urban area. The baboon location data was mapped using GIS. Primary and secondary spatial data was sourced and added to the geodatabase created in ArcMap 10.7. Various ArcMap tools were used in analysing the environmental factors (climate, vegetation, water sources and topography) together with the location data. Analysis of this data allowed the range of the baboons to be mapped, showing the maximum extent of the territory the baboons move in. The was refined by mapping their home range (defined as the area in which they spend 95% of the time) and their core area (in which they spend 50% of the time). High activity areas ‐ or hotspots ‐ were identified, as were the baboon sleep sites. The data allowed for habitat use and seasonal patterns of movement to be explored. A key finding of the research was that the baboons were observed outside of the urban area for 82% of the time. The baboons spent the majority of their time in mountain fynbos vegetation. Hotspot areas showing significant baboon activity were identified within the town and close correlation with their sleep sites and wetland areas was evident. No definitive seasonal or weather patterns were found that influence the baboon distribution. Baboon management is complex and difficult. The sustainability of the baboon troop is important for the biodiversity of the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve. While the baboons should not be encouraged to enter the urban area, the residents should play a role in reducing the availability of food and baboonproofing their properties. The Overstrand Municipality also needs to address waste management and waste collection in the town. Understanding the biogeography of the baboons and implementing the above‐mentioned mitigating management measures would encourage human‐wildlife coexistence and inform future baboon management plans. , Thesis (MSc) -- Faculty of Science, Geography, 2021
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