Abstract Considering the efforts to resolve the societal phenomenon of violence against women, universal in all countries, information, awareness-raising and the role of the media are regarded as key targets. According to the European Commission (2010), the media sector is the most important source of information. Consequently, this paper aimed to look at the roles male and female voices play in reporting Gender Based Violence in the media. The media plays a big role not only in creating awa...
ABSTRACT The main focus of the study was to comparatively analyse The God of Small Things (1997) by Arundhati Roy and Half of a Yellow Sun (2006) by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie from a postcolonial ecofeminist perspective. Postcolonialism focuses on issues pertaining to power, culture, and religion in relation to humanity, whilst ecofeminism explores the links between the environment and women, connecting women to the epistemological understanding of nature. The research aimed at exploring the p...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study was to explore linguistic innovation, a case of selected posts by Namibian as expressed on social media platforms: Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter. In addition, the study sought to identify the strategies of linguistic innovation and to examine the motivation behind this innovation. By assessing the extent that the innovated language deviates from standard English, the study was able to evaluate the distinction of the innovated language from “incorrec...
ABSTRACT This study sought to investigate the causes of resignations and inter-ministerial transfers from the Criminal Investigation Directorate (CID); to determine the effects of resignations and interministerial transfers on service delivery in CID; to explore the security challenges posed by such resignations and inter-ministerial transfers to Namibia and to suggest ways of reducing the resignation of police officers from NAMPOL. This study adopted a qualitative research design and the in...
ABSTRACT The present study presents the results of a survey that determines the current status of the employees’ attitudes towards performance appraisal in the Namibian Public Service, with specific reference to the Ministry of Basic Education, Sports & Culture and the Ministry of Labour. The performance appraisal system in question was implemented in 1997 and suspended in 1998. The study was conducted within the theoretical framework of the “three-component model” on attitudes, which ...
ABSTRACT The study suggests an analyses/investigation on the problem of the social impact arising from the absence of married quarters affecting married soldiers in the Namibian Defence Force. A case of the Namibian Defence Force has been used. Findings in most literature led to mobility as a major cause of social impact affecting married soldiers’ social life in Namibian Defence Force. This study has probed the married and single soldiers’ (male and female) interest in married quarters....
ABSTRACT This thesis analysed A Man of the People (1966) and Anthills of the Savannah (1987) by Chinua Achebe from a Stiwanism perspective. The study sought to explore Achebe’s ‘feminist ideological turn’ by analysing how women in power and politics are depicted in the two selected novels. The study also pursued an analysis of how education is used as a tool to transform the role of women in society as portrayed in the two selected novels. In addition, the study sought to analyse the m...
ABSTRACT Research shows that learner academic achievement depends on school leadership. However, evidence has shown that identifying the effects of principals on learner academic achievement is challenging. Consequently, the present study investigated the role of principals’ leadership style on learner academic achievement. To achieve this aim two case studies of high and low performing combined schools in Zambezi region were selected interviewing two principals and seven teachers using an...
ABSTRACT Aim The promotion of happiness is an important goal for psychology and most studies of happiness focus on the three routes to happiness that have been identified by Seligman (2003): (1) pleasure, (2) engagement, and (3) meaning. Engagement and meaning should be targeted to promote sustainable happiness of people. The aim of this study is to investigate the subjective experiences of meaning of work, work role fit, psychological meaningfulness and engagement among a sample of educator...
ABSTRACT This study explores the perceived impact of mass media campaigns in communicating information on HIV/AIDS prevention to in-school (ISY) and out-of-school youth (OOSY) in Oshana Region, northern Namibia. Mass media campaigns have become one of the acknowledged means for stemming the rapid spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa. Since the first case of HIV/AIDS was diagnosed in Namibia in 1986, HIV/AIDS has become the number one cause of hospitalisation and death among people of all ages and of...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted to examine the role of educational supervision in ensuring quality basic education delivery in the Zabzugu district in the Northern Region of Ghana. The study was based on the premise that the poor nature of educational supervision often leads to poor quality basic education delivery, and thus falling standards of education in the public schools in the district. In all, five circuit supervisors, five DOEC members, 20 SMC/PTA executives, 10 head teachers, and ...
Abstract During the election campaign period in Namibia, different political parties attempt to use all means possible to convince the electorate. Political discourse is one of the most crucial means of persuasion that political parties employ to woo voters. Political parties design their election manifestos through the use of stylistic features and rhetorical devices as means of persuasion. This qualitative study examines and explains how stylistic features and rhetorical devices were used ...
ABSTRACT In this study we address the crisis of AIDS as it continues to be a great challenge to Christians everywhere. How should we think, speak, and act as Christians, after you have discovered that your spouse, or your child, or a brother or sister or father or mother is infected with HIV? What difference should my faith make in the midst of such a sad situation? What goal should the Church have in times of HIV/AIDS? Why being involved as the Church in HIV/AIDS? If being involved what will...
ABSTRACT In striving to achieve good governance, organisations including Governments worldwide have been turning to information technologies. The conduct of business online has led to an increase in the creation of electronic records, which has brought about challenges in the management of records. This study, titled “A Study of Electronic Records Management in the Namibian Public Service in the Context of E-Government”, was based on the assumption that the Public Service of Namibia has ...
ABSTRACT This dissertation is a rhetorical and humorous study of Dudley’s political cartoons. This thesis explored the use of rhetoric and humour in 25 Dudley’s political cartoons that were printed in 2012. All political cartoons were extracted from The Namibian newspaper. This was a qualitative study. Qualitative research design was chosen because of the descriptive nature of this study. This method is also good in gaining in-depth understanding and a clear description of the characteri...