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Browsing Sociology by Type "Mini Dissertation"
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Against the background of a history of apartheid and colonialism, high levels of unemployment, an established tradition of hegemonic masculinity, pervasive violence, especially gender-based violence, as well as some of the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2005)Statistics reveal that there are large numbers of women, including those in marital unions or partnerships, who are enduring violence and abuse. Most of this abuse is at the hands of intimate partners and loved ones. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)Julius Sello Malema has persistently presented himself through his statements and actions as a significant voice for the economically disenfranchised in South Africa, particularly the youth. As a former African National ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Car guarding has emerged as one of the informal economic activities that form an integral part of the South African urban landscape. This activity serves as a source of livelihood for many individuals who face limited job ...
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Challenges to and innovations in state feminism in a post-colonial society : a study of South Africa (University of Pretoria, 2018)The South African National Gender Machinery (NGM) is proclaimed to be more advanced than many of its counterparts across developing and post-industrial contexts. However, while the state has enacted various legislative and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)The following study explores the conditions under which former adolescent mothers were successfully or unsuccessfully reintegrated back into high school before and after giving birth. 12 semi-structured, in-depth, interviews ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)This study on conflict management in the South African Police Service (SAPS) as an essential service is based on available literature and interview-based research. It explores and discusses the issue of labour rights and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)This study focuses on the constructions of women’s economic empowerment in microfinance between World Vision, its partners, and boMake. The study adopts an ethnographic stance and examines the ideologies and governance ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006)This study focused on examining how the local community of the district of Nyarugenge is, through the decentralization policy, participating in the development of the district. It investigated the extent to which the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)The increasing visibility of gender based violence in South Africa is one indicator of the insidious gender inequalities rampant in the country. We are socialised to internalise and reproduce unequal gendered power ...
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An exploration of sociocultural adaptations of black students in South African private high schools (University of Pretoria, 2024-05)This study explored the sociocultural adaptations of Black students in South African private high schools. The specific objectives of the study were to: (1) explore the positive and negative sociocultural experiences of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)This study explored the experiences and survival strategies of teachers in Zimbabwe in the context of low salaries that were brought by the adoption of the multicurrency system in 2009. The specific objectives were to: (i) ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)This study explores how young adults at Agape Christian Worship Centre in Pretoria understand the notion of work. A research strategy of participant observation, interviews and focus group discussions were used to study ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Relationships play an important role in an adolescent’s psycho-social development, part of this development is participation in intimate and romantic relationships. Such romantic relationships to a large extent feature in ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)The Education White paper 6 gazetted that no disabled child should be left behind. It called for full-service schools but there are debates about the extent of the inclusion of disabled learners in mainstream schools. This ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Gender is an important tool in analysing power relations in organisations. In this study focusing on gendered experiences of women journalists in the print media industry in Zimbabwe, I draw on Scott s understanding of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)This research study explores how ten Eritrean refugees living in Pretoria, South Africa, make sense of their refugee identity in individual interviews. Discursive analysis was employed as a methodology to capture the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)The post-apartheid government of the Republic of South Africa implemented new policies to promote equality in the workplace, in terms of both race and gender. As a result, more women are entering the labour market and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)This study explored the perceptions of married individuals in Zimbabwe regarding how social networking, Facebook in particular, influences marital relationships. The specific objective was the exploration of the major ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)This research is situated within a broader urban sociology framework, and set against the background of a precarious economic and political milieu in Zimbabwe, as a result of which urban infrastructure deteriorated ...
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