ABSTRACT The phenomenon of female chiefs although not new, is somewhat difficult to conceptualize in this predominantly patriarchal part of the world where traditions and taboos restrict women from such positions. This dissertation discusses female chieftaincy based on a case study of Nana Kofi Abuna V, of Essipon traditional area in the Western region of Ghana, looking at how her sex affects her roles and responsibilities as the ultimate ruler of the traditional area. The data used for the s...
ABSTRACT The Anglican Diocese of Accra (ADOA) has been confronted with the exodus of members from the church. From the time of the first indigenous bishop, various synods of the church have viewed it as a major problem. This tendency was attributed to the nature of the liturgy and the extensive way of worship. The liturgy even though repackaged and the worship style changed with the infusion of local instruments and choruses that meet the worship needs of the present generation, the anticipat...
ABSTRACT This study attempted to help bridge the gap between language and literature by using Halliday's Transitivity model in Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) as a framework to explore characterisation in Achebe's Things Fall Apart (TFA). Halliday (1994) believes that language is “functional and systemic” and it is used to make meaning (Halliday and Matthiessen, 2014:23). The study focused on the process, participants and circumstances as well as patterns that are linked to Okwonko,...
ABSTRACT The rural-urban migrations of the residents from the Havana and Greenwell Matongo informal settlements, to Windhoek, pose socio-economic challenges of urbanisation. These challenges are various security challenges such as unemployment, poverty, crime and the negative effect on the environment. Therefore, it is important to recognise that migration, in excess, is both a symptom of national security threats and instability. Understanding the causes, determinants, and consequences thes...
Abstract This thesis uses phylogenetic and comparative data to test an hypothesis of adaptive radiation in the Cape grass genus Ehrharta Thunb. sensu stricto. Morphological data and sequence data from two noncoding regions of DNA (lTS1 and trnL-F) are used to produce a phylogenetic hypothesis for the tribe Ehrharteae. Combined analysis of these data sets resolves four principal clades that approximate the genera Ehrharta s. s., Micro/aena, Tetrarrhena and Zotovia and this result thus supports...
ABSTRACT Changes that impact organisations require employees to understand the responsibilities of self-management in order to contribute to the productivity of those organisations. The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate a self-management training programme for public servants in the Ministry of Education headquarters in Namibia. A two-group design was used, comprising an experimental group and a control group. A pretest, a post-test and a post-post-test were administered to both ...
ABSTRACT This study investigated into the effectiveness of the Namibian Defence Force (NDF) succession planning using the case study of the Defence Headquarters in Windhoek. It is worth mentioning that the NDF was established by unifying and integrating two opposing forces of the People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) and the South West Africa Territorial Forces (SWATF) in 1990. Although the NDF started with the process of rejuvenating the force since 1996, only less than 10% of young ...
ABSTRACT The study seeks to investigate into social infrastructure and its contribution to rural livelihood in Mpohor District. To achieve the objective, various methods were used to collect data these include; Questionnaires, Observations, and Interviews. The findings of the the study was that; social infrastructure contribute to the socio-economical lives of the rural dwellers, it provides employment, it reduces migration and immigration in the rural communities, absent and inadequate lead...
Abstract Media studies has recently witnessed an upsurge in theoretical and empirical work that investigates the moral-ethical implications of the mediation of suffering. The research focus has largely been limited to representations of distant suffering by global media to audiences in the Global North. Contrary to the above, this work focuses on the mediation of suffering by media in the Global South. This study is underpinned by the understanding that suffering is also a proximal (local) ph...
ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate views of respondents on how the school cluster system serves as a teachers‟ support service with the ultimate goal to improve learners‟ academic performance and teachers‟ professional development. The study used a qualitative approach and adopted a case study research design. The study involved three Cluster Centre Principals (CCPs), two Satellite School Principals (SSPs) and five teachers from secondary schools. Data were mainly collected throu...
Abstract In the 21st century, geospatial technologies have evolved and dramatically converged and necessitated the security for human and state existence. Therefore, application of geospatial technology in the Namibian Defence Force is one of the greatest means of fighting threats to state security in this contemporary world. The study assessed the Challenges of Geospatial Technology on National Security in the 21st Century, with reference to the Namibian Defence Force. The study is informed...
Abstract This study examined public relations in the Namibian public sector from three key perspectives; the PRO, the public and the permanent secretaries who are the official accounting officers of ministries. The research sought responses from different groups of respondents who all have a role to play in PR practice in the public sector. The purpose of the research was to bring PR practice in the public sector to the fore and highlight how the PROs carry out their tasks in the public sect...
Abstract This study investigated the information needs and seeking behaviour of pastors in Namibia. The purpose of the study was to establish the information required by pastors to carry out their work, how they seek information and the problems they encounter in doing so. A mixed-method approach research was used to meet the objectives of the study. A stratified quota sample of 200 pastors was used based on Walpole’s formula for proportions. One hundred and thirty-eight (69%) participants...
ABSTRACT The language that is used in advertising is different from other pieces of writing. This study is a stylistic analysis of Mobile Telecommunication Limited (MTC) and Telecom Namibia Mobile’s (TN Mobile) English online advertisements. The main purpose of this study was to analyse how the Namibian telecommunication providers use linguistics-stylistics devices in advertising to target young adults, how Namibian telecommunication providers use rhetorical devices in advertisements when ...
ABSTRACT Most researchers agree that work placement has a positive influence on students’ employability. Despite this consensus, there has been conflicting research on the factors that contribute to this influence. Moreover, the social mechanisms through which this outcome is realised have not been well understood. To address these shortcomings, this study explores how mechanical engineering students’ work placement experiences facilitate or hinder the growth of their occupational compete...