An Assessment of The Effectiveness of Government Intervention Strategies For Water Provision In Rural Communities In The O R Tambo District Municipality South Africa
- Authors: Kunseh E, Betek Cecilia
- Date: 2013
- Language: English
- Type: Masters
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2870 , vital:42969
- Description: ABSTRACT This study examines the provision of potable water to rural areas by South African municipalities, focusing on the experience of the O R Tambo District Municipality. Managing rural water supply systems effectively and efficiently is a challenge to the municipality due to the long distances between consumers and municipal centres. This is couple with the low income of most residents and the government's policy of free basic water is making rural water provision very difficult in the O R Tambo District Municipality. This policy obliges municipalities to supply a basic quantity of water usually set at 6 kilolitres per month to each household free of charge. Many rural municipalities face additional challenges of limited revenue and limited managerial and technical capacity as well as limited quantity and quality water system or source. There is little empirical data on how successful municipalities have been in providing water to rural areas. Data was collected from three local municipalities of O R Tambo that is King Sabata Dalindyebo, Mhlontlo and Qawukeni local municipalities respectively. According to the result of the research, 77% of the sample population complained that there have been no improvements in their livelihood because they still get water from the natural source and even the 33% that were getting water from the taps still have to depend on natural sources because the taps are always broken. Despite significant investment and important progress, access to safe potable water continues to be one of the most pressing challenges for rural communities in O.R.Tambo District Municipality. Rural communities should be educated on the importance of co-operation and willingness to clean and protect the surroundings of natural sources of water.
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Causes of conflict in school governing bodies of Mthatha district schools in King Sabata Dalindyebo Municipality
- Authors: Mandisa Nokwanda Memela
- Date: 2013
- Language: English
- Type: Masters
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2838 , vital:42963
- Description: ABSTRACT According to the South African Schools Act (Act 84, 1996) (SASA), which came into effect in the beginning of 1997, all public schools in South Africa should have democratically elected School Governing Bodies, with parents, educators, non-teaching staff, learners and the principal. Their functions included creating an environment conducive to teaching and learning, developing a vision and mission statement for the school and promoting the best interests of the school. School governance practices are performed with tension due to values inherent in African traditions; customs and values of modern school leadership. Integrating schools and the communities and making the former accountable to its community and having representations of legitimate interests in the schools are seen as politically and socially correct. It is argued that conflicts and tensions in school governance are likely to continue. In this study, the researcher explores and analyses causes of conflict in SGBs of Mthatha District schools in King Sabata Dalindyebo Municipality. A quantitative study using questionnaires was conducted, using five respondents of the School Governing Bodies (SGBs) from each of the rural, semi-urban and urban schools. Two schools were selected from each of these categories. This gave a total of thirty respondents. Non- probability purposive sampling was used. Two types of comparative analysis were done to the quantitative data. There was the usual descriptive statistical analysis meant to draw comparisons based on the responses within a given variable. This was the initial analysis for quantitative data. Some reliable conclusions were determined from this analysis. The findings of the study reveal numerous causes of conflict in SGBs related to SGB‟s in ability to execute their functions and ability to rule the school as prescribed in the South Africa Schools Act.84 of 1996. The causes of conflict include parents‟ level of education, parental interference, illiteracy, or lack of transparency, recruitment and lack of financial mismanagement. Finally, it is also evident that only learners could not be blamed for causing conflict. The study concludes with some recommendations, amongst them that there should be a friendly atmosphere between parents and teachers with teachers accepting the presence and involvement of parents in the running of school activities but that parents should not interfere in the teaching practices of educators and should not be at school during odd hours of the day.
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FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PASS RATE AT MATRIC LEVEL IN THE ENGCOBO DISTRICT OF THE EASTERN CAPE OF SOUTH AFRICA
- Authors: SONGWAXA NOKUTHULA PATIENCE
- Date: 2013
- Subjects: ENGLISH LANGUAGE, PASS RATE, MATRIC LEVEL
- Language: English
- Type: Masters, M.Ed
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2385 , vital:41454
- Description: This study investigates the management of English teaching to improve matriculation pass-rate in selected schools in the Engcobo District of the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The study has been circuits of the Engcobo district. Questionnaires were administered over a group of matriculants, English second language teachers and 8 school principals with a variety of questions and interviews on the causes of this failure problem. Based on the study it has been reared through collect data that some teachers have not been workshopped in the current curriculum (NCS) and this somehow affects the learners. Learners from rural areas have a problem in understanding English language. Lack of educational facilities like libraries also have a negative impact in learner’s progress. Learners who came from Junior Secondary Schools to High schools are not ready and this gives High School teachers a big task to mould them to be ready for matric. It is recommended that parental involvement is vital in their children’s education so as to see their progress and to develop the teacher-parent locomotives learners need to be engaged in Educational activities like debates, public speaking, conducting so as to improve their communication skills. Educators should give more writing and reading exercises to learners so as to minimize the number of learners who are unable to write in Matric.
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Investigating the Role of the Representative Council of Learners in the School Governing Body
- Authors: Rufinus Marumo Nakin
- Date: 2013
- Language: English
- Type: Masters
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2830 , vital:42961
- Description: ABSTRACT The purpose of the study undertaken at five schools in South Africa was to investigate the role of the Representative Council of Learners on School Governing Bodies in the Bizana District (Eastern Cape). The researcher conducted this research because little had been written about the role of RCLs on School Governing Bodies at South African schools. This was a qualitative study in which a multiple case study approach was used. The researcher collected data from the five schools using document analysis, observations and interviews. Observations of the proceedings were undertaken during the SGB meetings. Unstructured interviews, with a small purposive sampling of informants, supplemented the data obtained from the observations. All data collected in this way were analyzed, discussed and synthesized. There were five learners from each school, three parents from each school, two educators from each school and one principal from each school. There were a total of fifty-five participants. The findings were that RCLs are at present not playing their roles effectively on School Governing Bodies. They are often not included in some of the SGB meetings and thus contribute to their ineffectiveness. The researcher therefore recommended that RCLs should be included at all SGB meetings so as play their roles effectively in representing their fellow learners on SGBs and that further research be undertaken regarding the role of RCLs on School Governing Bodies in South Africa. The researcher is also of the view that formal structures, each with a code of conduct, need to be re-visited and instituted in order to capacitate RCLs. Workshops in this regard are also a recommendation. Key words: School Governing Body, Representative Council of Learners, role, decision making, involvement, democratic principles.
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Phytomedical Studies of Medicinal Plants Traditionally Used for The Treatment of Chest and Cough Related Diseases in The Eastern Cape
- Authors: Ndamane, Yolanda
- Date: 2013
- Language: English
- Type: Masters
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2814 , vital:42954
- Description: GENERAL ABSTRACT Herbal plants play a fundamental role in the treatment of coughing and chest related diseases particularly in remote areas of Eastern Cape where health care facilities are sparsely located. The phytomedical studies of plants implicated in the treatment of coughing and chest related diseases in the OR Tambo District Municipality,Eastern Cape was investigated. This study was aimed at documenting the commonly used plants and validates their efficacy against different organisms which are notorious for causing coughing and chest related diseases. The methods employed for the present study include interviews with traditional healers, herbalist and knowledgeable rural dwellers that provided ethnobotanical information and identified 17 plants used for the treatment of coughing and chest related diseases in the study area. Of these the three medicinal plants that were reported to be most widely and frequently used by the local people as remedies for coughing and chest related diseases were Tetradenia riparia, Plectranthus laxiflarus and Eucalyptus renans. T. riparia was selected for further study based on its frequency of citation during the interviewees. Hexane, ethyl acetate, methanol, dichloromethane and Aqueous extracts of Tetradenia riparia were screened against ten bacterial species. The dichloromethane extract was the only extract that did not show any activity against bacterial strains. All other four extracts exhibited various degrees of activity with the ethyl acetate extract showing the highest activity against the bacterial species used during the antibacterial assays. Bioactivity-guided fractionation of the leaves of Tetradenia riparia yielded one pure compound. The antimicrobial investigation of the isolated compound showed inhibitory activity against all tested microorganisms. It is noteworthy that the isolated compound showed a significantly higher inhibitory activity than the actual crude extract, this is suggestive of the powerful ability of the compound in working independently.The present study has lend scientific credence to the folkloric use of T.riparia in the management of cough on chest related disorders.
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Phytomedicinal Studies Of Medicinal Plants Used For The Treatment Of Gastro-Intestinal Disorders (Diarrhoea And Stomach Ache), In The Three Districts Of The Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
- Authors: Babalwa N Mbolekwa
- Date: 2013
- Language: English
- Type: Masters
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2862 , vital:42968
- Description: GENERAL ABSTRACT The use of plants for medicinal purposes has involved many plants exhibiting healing powers for many diverse illnesses and circumstances and one of those being diarrhoea. In different areas of the OR Tambo, Ukhahlamba and Alfred Nzo District Municipalities, in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa it has been long-established that native plants are the main components of traditional health care systems. The study aimed at identifying and documenting plants frequently used for the treatment of gastro-intestinal disorders (diarrhoea and stomach ache), evaluating their efficacy and isolation of active compounds in the crude extracts. Ethnobotanical information of the commonly used plants was collected and documented through the use of questionnaires with traditional healers, herbalists and community members. In the study area, the ethnobotanical data revealed that 51 plant species belonging to 36 families were used in treating diarrhoea and stomach ache. According to the ethnobotanical information, Acacia mearnsii (idywabasi) was the most frequently used plant for treating diarrhoea and was selected for further studies because of its frequent use in most sites within the study area. Four extracts (hexane, ethyl acetate, dichloromethane and methanol) from the bark of Acacia mearnsii were screened against five Gram-positive bacteria strains (Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Bacillus cereus, Micrococcus kristinae and Streptococcus faecalis.) and five Gram-negative bacteria strains (Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Shigella flexneri, Klebsiella pneumonia and Serratia marcescens). The antibacterial activities were determined by minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) and bio-autographic methods. The extracts showed various degrees of activity. Ethyl acetate extract showed higher activity against bacterial species used during the antibacterial assay and was further investigated for isolation of active compounds. Bio-autography results showed one compound separated on the TLC with activity against the test organisms Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis and Bacillus cereus. In the future, this study may serve as a foundation for choosing the common, active medicinal plants to use in traditional medicine practices.
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Religious Poetry as a Vehicle for Social Control in Africa: The Case of Bakossi Incantatory Poetry
- Authors: Enongene Mirabeau Sone
- Date: 2011
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2624 , vital:42301
- Description: Religious poetry is generally considered the fruit of a people’s long reflection on their relationship with their gods, with the ancestors, and with the partly seen and unseen universe. It is used to celebrate events in the life of the individual and the community, to express fellowship, and as a powerful means of communication. Thus, religious poetry is an integral element of a people’s heritage. In this paper, I intend to present some forms of religious poetry, which are found among the Bakossi people of Cameroon, in order to show how magically-oriented formulaic expressions are used in order to maintain adherence to the normative order of society. The point I intend to make is that the incantatory form of religious poetry, was, and still is, used among the Bakossi people of Cameroon, as well as in other parts of rural Africa in terms of individual and communal education.
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Agriculture-10-00164-v2 -2000.pdf
- Authors: Oyedeji, Adebola Omowunmi
- Language: English
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2468 , vital:41900
- Description: Various articles from Prof Adebola Oyedeji
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Antimicrobial Berkheya manuscript-2.pdf
- Authors: Oyedeji, Adebola Omowunmi
- Language: English
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2459 , vital:41891
- Description: Various articles from Prof Adebola Oyedeji
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antioxidants-08-00309 (1) Aremu et al 2019.pdf
- Authors: Oyedeji, Adebola Omowunmi
- Language: English
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2508 , vital:41897
- Description: Various articles from Prof Adebola Oyedeji
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antioxidants-08-00400 (1) - Dr Elufioye.pdf
- Authors: Oyedeji, Adebola Omowunmi
- Language: English
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2479 , vital:41899
- Description: Various articles from Prof Adebola Oyedeji
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Book chapter 6 - Sena.pdf
- Authors: Oyedeji, Adebola Omowunmi
- Language: English
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2500 , vital:41893
- Description: Various articles from Prof Adebola Oyedeji
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Centella asiatica.pdf
- Authors: Oyedeji, Adebola Omowunmi
- Language: English
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2487 , vital:41908
- Description: Various articles from Prof Adebola Oyedeji
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Elufioye et al Total phenol.pdf
- Authors: Oyedeji, Adebola Omowunmi
- Language: English
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2484 , vital:41894
- Description: Various articles from Prof Adebola Oyedeji
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Factors impeding African immigrant entrepreneurs’ progression in selected small and medium enterprises: Evidence from a local municipality in South Africa
- Authors: Bernard L. Ngota , Eric E. Mang’unyi , Sookdhev Rajkaran
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4743 , vital:44174
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Gbenga el al-2.pdf
- Authors: Oyedeji, Adebola Omowunmi
- Language: English
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2502 , vital:41910
- Description: Various articles from Prof Adebola Oyedeji
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Genomic Association of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms with Blood Pressure Response to Hydrochlorothiazide among South African Adults with Hypertension
- Authors: Charity Masilela , Oladele Vincent Adeniyi , Joven Jebio Ongole , Mongi Benjeddou , Brendon Pearce
- Language: English
- Type: Journal Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4675 , vital:44157
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JEOR Fagara Reprints.pdf
- Authors: Oyedeji, Adebola Omowunmi
- Language: English
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2492 , vital:41892
- Description: Various articles from Prof Adebola Oyedeji
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Kuria and Oyedeji.pdf
- Authors: Oyedeji, Adebola Omowunmi
- Language: English
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2446 , vital:41911
- Description: Various articles from Prof Adebola Oyedeji
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Leonotis paper.pdf
- Authors: Oyedeji, Adebola Omowunmi
- Language: English
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/2456 , vital:41898
- Description: Various articles from Prof Adebola Oyedeji
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