ABSTRACT The work centres on the study of Mikhail Bakunin’s concept of Power and Authority. Power and Authority are so central in the organisation of any society. No society can thrive in a situation where nobody is in control. Philosophers all through the ages have advocated for one form of power and Authority or another. In this work, Mikhail Bakunin presents his own concept of power and authority that will enable the society to attain the end or purpose of its existence. Bakunin is seen ...
ABSTRACT The study explored the personal, school, family, peer and community factors that affect the career c h o i c e of high school students in Marondera District. There is no clear process on career choice decisions and hence little is known about the factors that influence career choice among high school students in Zimbabwe. A positivism approach was utilized in the study .A descriptive survey research design was employed and questionnaires were used to collect data. A two stage cluster...
ABSTRACT The study was based on employee perception of grievance management with its link to workplace justice, a case study of City Of Harare Council. The research was qualitative in nature; henceforth descriptive research design was employed. Moreover the research was carried out with seventeen participants to represent the population and data was collected using face to face in-depth interviews. To add more the data collected was presented using verbatim and then the results were ultimatel...
ABSTRACT Title: Antecedents and outcomes of work-related psychological well-being of staff members of the University of Namibia Key words: Well-being, work engagement, psychological meaningfulness, psychological safety, psychological availability, higher education The aim of this study was to investigate the antecedents of work-related psychological well-being and the individual and organisational outcomes thereof for staff members of the University of Namibia. Psychological well-being was co...
ABSTRACT Malaria, a parasitic infectious disease, remains one of the world’s foremost health concerns, even more so in developing countries. Much progress has been made in fighting the disease, particularly in Southern Africa where four countries (Namibia included) have targeted malaria elimination by 2020. Challenges such as the absence of a vaccine, resistance to insecticides, and particularly the emergence of resistance to current antimalarial treatment regimens threaten to undermine the...
Abstract The main aim of this study was to investigate potentially pathogenic community-associated staphylococci in school children. Objectives were: To determine the prevalence of nasal Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) in school children from the Mariental District; to characterize the bacteria in terms of their antibiograms and drug resistance patterns; to screen bacterial isolates for their ability to produce enterotoxins and produce biofilms as potential v...
Abstract Disease mapping has important applications in public health because it enables the identication of areas which are at high risk of particular health problems. It helps visualising the spatial pattern of the disease distribution, which is of interest to the health sector as it enables the sector to plan, evaluate and redesign prevention and control strategies, and also make important policy decisions particularly for geographically targeted intervention in resource poor settings. Anal...
ABSTRACT This study investigated tertiary lecturers’ and students’ perceptions and preferences on the provision of corrective feedback in the English as a Second Language (ESL) classroom at the Namibia University of Science and Technology. The study focused on students’ speaking and writing skills in the English course, Language in Practice. This study used a triangulation design for data collection and analysis. Numerical data were obtained through closed-response items on questionnair...
Abstract The San people are indigenous minorities in Namibia that are known for their hunting and gathering lifestyle. From personal observations, discussions, interviews, raw data from Tsintsabis clinic and results obtained from the research, one had to assume that the San people are immune to malaria. It is unclear how the disease does not affect them although they live in endemic areas. The objective of this study was to investigate how the San have survived without a major outbreak of mal...
ABSTRACT This thesis reports the findings of the ethnolinguistic study of the use of space in communication in Maasai society. It examined how Maasai use genealogical and geographical space to construct social and linguistic categories which affect communication among the society members. The findings of the study are presented from the transcriptions of the participant observation made in the natural settings of occurrence and supported by the information from face-to-face and group intervi...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted in Makete District Tanzania, with the aim of examining parents‘ disclosure of their HIV/AIDS status to their children and its effects on children‘s behaviour. This was a qualitative study which employed ethnographic research design using in-depth interview, focus group discussion, observation and documentary analysis as tools for data collection. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis and a total of 70 informants were included in the study using purp...
ABSTRACT Organizational performance improvement is considered a critical requirement for improved water services in the country. This study on organizational performance improvement of urban water supply and sanitation authorities in Tanzania through human resource management was based on a study of Dar es Salaam city, Morogoro and Moshi urban water supply and sanitation authorities with the aim of contributing to ways of improving water supply and sanitation services through human resource m...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to design and evaluate Intervention Learning Materials (ILM) to support Children with Susceptible Writing Difficulties (CSWD) improve their writing abilities. The ILM was designed and developed within the framework of Social Constructivist and Motor Learning theories. The Social Constructivist theory was used because knowledge construction is perceived to be more effective when the learners interact among themselves, with the learning materials and thei...
ABSTRACT As treatment and health care related to HIV/AIDS improve, infected partners now have a chance to live longer than before, thus, HIV concordancy and discordancy have become quite common among partners in union. The infected partners, however, increasingly face emotional and psychosocial challenges associated with HIV infection. These challenges expose them to the risk of developing depression symptoms, declined intimacy and dysfunctional relationships, with considerable variations am...