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S. Grey 3 c 12 is a miscellany of Latin poems in the South African Library, Cape Town. It is one item in a collection of manuscripts, and a much larger number of printed books, given to the library in 1861 by Sir George Grey, governor of the Cape. At the time of the gift, he had relinquished his office for a similar post in New Zealand, where he had been governor also before coming to South Africa. While in New Zealand for the second time, he formed another but smaller collection of manuscripts, now in the Public Library at Auckland. Both collections are the work of an amateur bibliophile, a gentleman of private means, who assembled with intelligence and good taste.

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Gerald John Pillay’s prophetic role in the South African and New Zealand contexts

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies ◽

10.4102/hts.v75i1.5395 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 75 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Johannes W. Hofmeyr

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

South African ◽

The South ◽

Literature Study ◽

Prophetic Voice ◽

The Church

In this article, the question in focus is the church and Christianity’s prophetic responsibility towards society, and how in the specific case of the South African-born theologian Gerald John Pillay, his prophetic voice should be characterised. The question is addressed as to whether he was an activist at the barricades or a soft-spoken intellectual in his views on society. After a brief discussion on his bio, the focus is on the phenomenon of being a prophet towards society. Then, the focus, largely based on a literature study, moves to Pillay’s perspectives on the South African and New Zealand contexts, and then a discussion of some of Pillay’s writings on being a prophetic voice follows. Finally, in the conclusion, his specific style and model of being a prophetic voice are analysed.

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The Cross-Cultural Relevance of Indigenous Measures: The South African Personality Inventory (SAPI), Family Orientation, and Well-Being in New Zealand

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology ◽

10.1177/0022022120969979 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 52 (1) ◽

pp. 3-21

Author(s):

Velichko H. Fetvadjiev ◽

Tia Neha ◽

Fons J. R. van de Vijver ◽

Martin McManus ◽

Deon Meiring

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

South African ◽

Predictive Validity ◽

Cultural Context ◽

Well Being ◽

Personality Inventory ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

The South ◽

Family Orientation ◽

Scant Attention

Indigenous personality research often remains limited to its cultural context of origin. Previous cross-cultural examinations of indigenous models have typically focused on East–West comparisons and have paid scant attention to the predictive validity of indigenous models in new contexts. The present study addresses the replicability of the South African Personality Inventory (SAPI) and its predictive validity for family orientation and well-being in New Zealand European ( n = 428) and Māori students ( n = 226). The structure of the SAPI in New Zealand was equivalent to the structure identified in South Africa and had metric invariance between the two New Zealand groups. The SAPI social-relational scales explained additional variance above neuroticism, extraversion, conscientiousness, and openness in family orientation, but not in well-being. Mediation path analyses suggested that personality played a similar role for family orientation and well-being in the two groups when assessed by the SAPI, although group differences were suggested when using the Big Five Inventory. Our findings indicate that indigenously derived models, developed with the aim to represent culturally salient concepts, can be relevant well beyond their culture of origin and offer an enriched understanding of personality’s role for important outcomes across cultures.

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