Alfabetiese lyste van proefskrifte van die Universiteit van Stellenbosch, 1929-1977

Some digitised pages may appear illegible due to the condition of the original hard copy.Alphabetical lists of theses and dissertations from Stellenbosch University, 1929-1977

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Wittewater: A Community Profile

The main objective of this study is to make the socio-economic characteristics of the inhabitants of Wittewater available to all interest groups. The questionnaire consists of three sections. The first section deals with the socio-economic characteristics of all the inhabitants of each residential unit and is presented in the first section of the report. The second section of the questionnaire deals with the respondent and not with all the members of the household. The third section deals with farming activities at Wittewater

Survey of Infections Transmissible Between Baboons and Humans, Cape Town, South Africa

Baboons on South Africa’s Cape Peninsula come in frequent contact with humans. To determine potential health risks for both species, we screened 27 baboons from 5 troops for 10 infections. Most (56%) baboons had antibodies reactive or cross-reactive to human viruses. Spatial overlap between these species poses low but potential health risks

Transitioning out of the professional player pathway: A grounded theory on the process in South African Men’s tennis

Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2022.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: To understand and describe the athlete and their environment(s), researchers, historically, have confined their description of retrospective events, such as sport participation, development, career transitions, etc., to the sport context. This approach has been limiting to researchers’ scope of interpretation (qualitative designs) and / or projection (quantitative designs) of past, present and future (athletic) selves along with transitioning and non-transitioning sporting careers. In other words, the person and athlete are portrayed as mutually exclusive. Considering this, the motivation for the current research project was to understand, reimagine and amplify the human experience of South African men’s tennis players, i.e., the people within their development pathways. To do this, a rigorous constructivist grounded theory (GT) methodology was employed both as the research process and as a strategy to generate theory. This GT study explored South African men’s tennis player transitions within and out of the professional player pathway in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. Four research questions guided the study: 1) what is happening in the development process of a promising competitive junior tennis player in the Western Cape, South Africa?; 2) what is happening [on and off the court] in the development of these players?; 3) what are the transitional processes throughout the junior career pathway and how are these transitions understood?; and 4) how do men’s tennis players [with a promising national junior ranking] transition out of the professional player pathway? To best answer these research questions, a range of tennis participants (n = 34) were selected using purposeful sampling (theoretical sampling) along with maximum variation sampling. Data collection entailed semi-structured interviews augmented with observational work. Theory generation adhered to the procedures for constructivist GT analysis (initial codes, focused codes, categories and categories underpinning theory). As a result, a GT model that explains South African men’s tennis player development and transition processes was developed. This model is underpinned by eight core categories: 1) pursuing a rich man’s sport; 2) transitioning steps; 3) playing inside the lines [small world]; 4) SA Coaching world; 5) life orbiting tennis; 6) college: driving the tennis vehicle; 7) manhood eclipsing childhood; and 8) being a pro at life, not tennis. The practical implications of this model are recognised firstly in its approach to tennis development, i.e., placing greater emphasis on the person and their individual life transitions and how these influence their tennis trajectories. Secondly, this model provides a unique context to the South African tennis player journey. A journey that Tennis South Africa’s (TSA) current long-term player development model (LTPD) generically and collectively attempts to accommodate in a long-term development plan. However, without context and individual experiences of junior to senior transitions, i.e., sport within life domains, the South African tennis player remains (figuratively) confined to a linear, reductionist and prescriptive approach to development and the complexity of their path is grossly misunderstood and misrepresented. A practical recommendation for TSA is to accommodate the doubles format as a mechanism for tennis development and utilize it as a viable professional tennis pathway.AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In ʼn poging om die atleet en hul omgewing(s) te verstaan en te beskryf, het navorsers histories gesproke hul beskrywing van retrospektiewe gebeure soos sportdeelname, ontwikkeling, loopbaan veranderinge, ens., tot die sport konteks beperk. Hierdie benadering het beperkend op navorsers se omvang van interpretasie (kwalitatiewe ontwerp) en / of projeksie (kwantitatiewe ontwerp) van die verlede, hede en toekomstige (atletiese) eie-ek, tesame met veranderende en nie- veranderende sport loopbane, ingewerk. Met ander woorde, die persoon en atleet word as wedersyds eksklusief uitgebeeld. Met dit in gedagte, was die motivering vir die huidige navorsingsprojek om die menslike ervaring van Suid-Afrikaanse mans tennisspelers, dit wil sê, die persone binne hulle ontwikkelingsroetes te verstaan, opnuut te bedink en toe te lig. Om dit te vermag is ’n onbuigsame konstruktivisties gegronde teoretiese (GT) metodologie gebruik as beide die navorsingsproses en as ’n strategie om die teorie te genereer. Hierdie GT studie het Suid- Afrikaanse mans tennisspeler veranderinge binne en buite die professionele arena in die Wes- Kaapse Provinsie in Suid-Afrika ondersoek. Vier navorsingsvrae rig die huidige studie: 1) wat gebeur in die ontwikkelingsprosesse van ’n belowende mededingende junior tennisspeler in Wes-Kaapland, Suid-Afrika?; 2) wat gebeur [op en van die baan] in die ontwikkeling van hierdie spelers?; 3) wat is die oorgangsprosesse tydens die junior beroepsloopbaan en hoe word hierdie veranderinge verstaan?; en 4) hoe verlaat mans tennisspelers [met ’n belowende nasionale junior ranglys posisie] uit die professionele ontwikkelingsroete? Om hierdie navorsingsvrae ten beste te beantwoord is verskeie tennisspelers (n = 34) deur middel van doelgerigte steekproefneming geselekteer (teoretiese steekproefneming) saam met maksimum variasie steekproefneming. Data insameling het semi-gestruktureerde onderhoude behels wat deur waarneming aangevul is. Teorie generering het getrou gebly aan die prosedures vir konstruktivisties GT analise (aanvanklike kodes, gefokusde kodes, kategoriee en kategoriee wat teorie ondersteun). As gevolg hiervan is ’n Gegronde Teoretiese model ontwikkel wat die Suid-Afrikaanse mans tennisspelers se ontwikkeling en veranderende prosesse verduidelik. Hierdie model word gerugsteun deur agt kernkategorieë: 1) die beoefening van ’n rykmansport; 2) oorgangstappe; 3) speel binne die lyne [klein wereld]; 4) Suid-Afrikaanse (SA) Afrigtingswereld; 5) lewensbaan tennis; 6) kollege: bestuur die tennis voertuig; 7) manlikheid wat die kinderjare verduister; en 8) om professioneel in lewe te wees, nie tennis nie. Die praktiese implikasies van hierdie model word eerstens erken in die benadering tot tennisontwikkeling, dit wil sê meer klem op die persoon en hul individuele lewensoorgange en hoe dit hulle tennis ontwikkelingsroete beinvloed. Tweedens voorsien hierdie model ’n unieke konteks aan die Suid-Afrikaanse tennisspeler se reis – ’n reis wat Tennis Suid-Afrika (TSA) se langtermyn speler ontwikkelingsmodel (LTSO) generies en gesamentlik poog om in ’n langtermyn ontwikkelingsprogram te akkommodeer. Dit is egter so dat sonder konteks en individuele ervarings van junior tot senior oorgangstydeperke, dit wil se, sport binne die lewensdomein, bly Suid-Afrikaanse tennisspelers (figuurlik) beperk tot ’n liniere, reduksionistiese en voorskriftelike benadering tot ontwikkeling en die kompleksiteit van die spelers se loopbane word erg misverstaan en verkeerd voorgestel. ’n Praktiese aanbeveling vir TSA is om die dubbelspel formaat as ’n meganisme vir tennisontwikkeling te implementeer en om dit as ’n lewensvatbare professionele roete aan te wend.Doctora

Tuberculosis cross-species transmission in Tanzania: Towards a One-Health concept

For centuries, tuberculosis, which is a chronic infection caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis has remained a global health problem. The global burden of tuberculosis has increased, particularly in the Southern African region, mainly due to HIV, and inadequate health systems which has in turn given rise to emergent drug resistant tuberculosis (TB) strains. Bovine tuberculosis (BTB) has also emerged as a significant disease with the tendency for inter-species spread. The extent of interspecies BTB transmission both in urban and rural communities has not been adequately assessed. The phenomenon is of particular importance in rural communities where people share habitats with livestock and wildlife (particularly in areas near national parks and game reserves). Aerosol and oral intake are the major routes of transmission from diseased to healthy individuals, with health care workers often contracting infection nosocomially. Although TB control has increasingly been achieved in high-income countries, the disease, like other poverty-related infections, has continued to be a disaster in countries with low income economies. Transmission of infections occurs not only amongst humans but also between animals and humans (and occasionally vice versa) necessitating assessment of the extent of transmission at their interface. This review explores tuberculosis as a disease of humans which can cross-transmit between humans, livestock and wildlife. The review also addresses issues underlying the use of molecular biology, genetic sequencing and bioinformatics as t tools to understand the extent of inter-species cross-transmission of TB in a ‘One Health’ context

Mentorship and sustainable research output : a case study of the University of Johannesburg

Abstract: Higher education institutions (HEIs) in South Africa are facing challenges arising as a result of the shift from traditional teaching activities to a combination of research and teaching. Increasing emphasis on research, an integral part of this transformation of higher education, has required HEIs to develop and implement capacity development strategies to enable those new to research to engage in research output; and mentorship is a strategy that is enjoying increasing popularity. This article explores the challenges faced in the implementation of a formal research mentorship programme (REMP), using the University of Johannesburg as a case study. A quantitative approach was adopted to obtain the perceptions of academic staff of REMP as a strategy for building research capacity. The findings reveal that whilst the REMP is strongly favoured by academics as a means of guiding novice researchers, key factors need to be addressed to ensure its success. This article examines the challenges for both mentors and mentees and suggests actions to help mentorship programmes make sustainable contributions to the development of research capacity