Policy context, coherence and disjuncture in the implementation of the Ideal Clinic Realisation and Maintenance programme in the Gauteng and Mpumalanga provinces of South Africa

This chapter discusses the key characteristics and core challenges of the South African economy in the post-apartheid era. South Africa shares some commonalities with other African and middle-income economies, yet has a unique history and some distinctive economic features. South Africa’s economic complexities and challenges are discussed here with reference to six comparator countries. We examine South Africa’s growth path, considering the low rates of economic growth as well as the lack of structural transformation and the unsustainable and non-inclusive nature of this growth. The ‘triple challenges’ of poverty, inequality, and employment are both a manifestation of the nature of this growth path and a constraint on overall growth. This is also briefly evaluated in the context of the political economy and policy context of growth and development in South Africa. The chapter reviews South African economic data, with a focus on microeconomic survey data.

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Representation of Post-Apartheid Social Reality after the Collapse of Racism in Nadine Gordimer’s No Time Like the Present

Matatu ◽

10.1163/18757421-04801009 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 48 (1) ◽

pp. 130-144

Author(s):

Henry J. Hunjo

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Critical Discourse Analysis ◽

Transition To Democracy ◽

Democratic Governance ◽

Critical Discourse ◽

Social Changes ◽

The People ◽

Data Source ◽

Apartheid Regime ◽

The Ideal

The essay demonstrates that a literary writer is not just an advocate for the ideal life but is also capable of reflecting how life could be lived by confronting potentially emergent social changes. Drawing on theoretical and methodological tools of Faircloughian critical discourse analysis and using Nadine Gordimer’s No Time Like the Present, a novel that represents post-apartheid social realities as its data source, the essay shows that, after the collapse of apartheid, many problems remain with which South Africa must contend. Gordimer shows that post-apartheid South Africa must gradually extract itself from the psychological fangs of apartheid and make the transition to democracy. She draws attention to the benefits of the repeal of the racist laws of the apartheid regime and the need for democratic governance to have direct impact on the people. The essay concludes that with another twenty years from now, a vision Gordimer tenaciously holds to in her narrative, post-apartheid South Africa should rank among other democratic nations.

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Ministerial formation policies of the Northern Theological Seminary of the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa:

STJ | Stellenbosch Theological Journal ◽

10.17570/stj.2019.v5n1.a10 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 191-216

Author(s):

ST Kgatla

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

The Netherlands ◽

Southern Africa ◽

Dutch Reformed ◽

Theological Seminary ◽

Reformed Church ◽

Ethnic Churches ◽

The Ideal ◽

Dutch Reformed Church

This article investigates the theoretical and practical effectiveness of the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa’s (URCSA) ministerial formation of the Northern Synod. The URCSA is part of the Reformed Movement (Calvinism) that was established by the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) of South Africa that mainly came from the Netherlands to establish itself in South Africa and later established ethnic churches called daughter churches into existence in terms of a racially designed formula. After many years of the Dutch Reformed Church missionary dominance, the URCSA constituted its first synod in 1994 after the demise of apartheid. It was only after this synod that the URCSA through its ministerial formation tried to shake off the legacy of colonial paternalism and repositioned itself to serve its members; however, it fell victim to new ideological trappings. This article is based on a study that traces some basic Reformed practices and how the URCSA Theological Seminary of the Northern Synod dealt or failed to deal with them in its quest for the ideal theological ministerial formation.

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What Should the Ideal HIV Self-Test Look Like? A Usability Study of Test Prototypes in Unsupervised HIV Self-Testing in Kenya, Malawi, and South Africa

AIDS and Behavior ◽

10.1007/s10461-014-0818-8 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 18 (S4) ◽

pp. 422-432 ◽

Cited By ~ 49

Author(s):

Roger B. Peck ◽

Jeanette M. Lim ◽

Heidi van Rooyen ◽

Wanjiru Mukoma ◽

Lignet Chepuka ◽

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Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Usability Study ◽

Self Testing ◽

Self Test ◽

The Ideal

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The function and impact of women's organizations on community development and rural primary health care

Curationis ◽

10.4102/curationis.v23i1.586 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

Author(s):

SM Mogotlane ◽

L Uys

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Health Care ◽

Primary Health Care ◽

Community Development ◽

Health Care Workers ◽

Health Problems ◽

Primary Health ◽

Care Workers ◽

Care Approach ◽

The Ideal

When one explores the health problems of developing countries such as South Africa, the importance of primary health care becomes clear. The multiplicity of the health problems coupled with the lack of resources makes it imperative for government within the primary health care approach to call upon communities to participate in the solution thereof and community participation and development inherent in primary health care become the key objectives to realize and sustain a healthy living. However, without structures and processes to involve the community in their own health, the ideal of health for all embodied in the concept of primary health care will not be realized. One strategy for such participation is for primary health care workers to facilitate the organization of women into development-focused groups in the community.

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THE COGITATION OF THE VALUE OF EPISTEMIC DIVERSITY IN SOUTH AFRICAN JURISPRUDENCE, AS INFLUENCED BY THE PROJECT OF INTELLECTUAL HISTORY: LESSONS FROM RHODES MUST FALL — ‘ALL “RHODES” LEAD TO THE COLONISATION OF THE MIND’

Pretoria Student Law Review ◽

10.29053/pslr.v12i.1880 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Tshepo K. Twala

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Critical Race Theory ◽

Intellectual History ◽

South African ◽

Wide Sense ◽

Legal Scholar ◽

Political Traditions ◽

The Mind ◽

Epistemic Diversity ◽

The Ideal

This article examines the ideal epistemic aims of a critical jurisprudence in South Africa. It explains that epistemology is concerned with giving an account of knowledge and suggests that if legal scholars ought to aim at having their students acquire knowledge then their epistemic aims should be related to this goal. I contend that the epistemic aims of the law do not necessarily concern curricular subjects but with the way the work of a legal scholar should be guided by an understanding of the nature of knowledge itself. This paper not only deals with the historical development of political traditions but also gives attention to religious and communal intellectual practices. This paper also mulls the development of a South African critical race theory with reference to the thought of Steve Biko. In a wide sense, the purpose of this paper is also to bring the insights of the Black Radical Tradition to bear on the study of law and jurisprudence, with attention placed on the predicament of ‘post’-apartheid South Africa. In essence, this paper demonstrates that: ‘Only by rethinking the ideas that made us can we re-imagine the world’.

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The violence of the masculine ideal: A case for nomadic masculinities

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies ◽

10.4102/hts.v74i2.4935 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 74 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Siphiwe I. Dube

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Public And Private ◽

The Public ◽

Engaging Men ◽

Linguistic Repertoire ◽

Transformative Action ◽

The Ideal

In this article, I argue that a different kind of discourse on Christian masculinities in post-apartheid South Africa is possible despite the prevalence of largely idealised and politically conservative ideologies of masculinities promoted primarily through the public and private performance of violent masculinities. Drawing on a redacted critique of current prevalent discourses of transformation in critical masculinities studies such as alternatives masculinities, hegemonic masculinities, liberated masculinities and toxic masculinities, I underscore how these discourses are limited in their thinking on masculinities in general as they presume the ideal of what a liberated man should be like. Specifically, I argue that idealised masculine ideals, even in their liberatory forms, eschew mobility and fluidity and, therefore, end up restricting the possibility for transformative action. I propose, instead, that we reinscribe discourses of Christian masculinities with the notion of nomadic subjectivity, espoused by Rosi Braidotti, as a form of transpositional praxis of being in order to expand our linguistic repertoire of transformative masculinities. Such a shift in focus, as I demonstrate, has the propensity to aid us in constructing and implementing creative and imaginative programmes of engaging men in rethinking scripts of masculinities.

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Implementing the Ideal Clinic Program at Selected Primary Healthcare Facilities in South Africa

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18157762 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (15) ◽

pp. 7762

Author(s):

Livhuwani Muthelo ◽

Faith Moradi ◽

Thabo Arthur Phukubye ◽

Masenyani Oupa Mbombi ◽

Rambelani Nancy Malema ◽

...

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Primary Healthcare ◽

Healthcare Services ◽

Ethics Committee ◽

Care Quality ◽

Limpopo Province ◽

Department Of Health ◽

Study Results ◽

Professional Nurses ◽

The Ideal

Background: Primary healthcare (PHC) in South Africa often experiences crucial challenges that lead to patients’ negative experiences regarding their care, compromising the significant role that PHC services could play in health promotion and disease prevention. The primary purpose of implementing the Ideal Clinic (IC) in South Africa was to improve patients’ care quality at the clinics. There seems to be a paucity of studies determining professional nurses’ experiences when implementing the IC. Purpose: This study aimed to explore and describe professional nurses’ experiences regarding implementing the IC at three selected clinics in the Makhado local area. Study method: A qualitative phenomenological research design was used to explore professional nurses’ experiences regarding IC implementation. Purposive sampling was used to select 15 professional nurses working at the three selected clinics. Data were collected using semi-structured one-on-one interviews. Interviews were conducted until saturation was reached. Trustworthiness was ensured by applying Lincoln and Guba’s four criteria, i.e., credibility, transferability, dependability, and confirmability. Ethical clearance was obtained from the University of Limpopo Turfloop Research and Ethics Committee, and permission to conduct the study was obtained from Limpopo Province Department of Health Research and Ethics Committee. Thematic analysis was used to analyze data. Results: The following themes emerged from the study findings: perceived benefits of the IC on the primary healthcare services provided to the community, challenges experienced by professional nurses when implementing the IC program, and challenges related to the supply of resources for implementing the IC. The study results revealed that, although the IC aimed to improve the overburdened PHC facilities in SA, the professional nurses still experienced some challenges when implementing the IC program. Some of the challenges faced were a lack of knowledge and training in the IC program, poor infrastructure and the shortage of equipment, and inadequate provision of support by line managers, all of which resulted in poor-quality patient care. Conclusion: This study revealed that the introduction and implementation of the IC can have potential benefits to the community and the primary healthcare system. However, it was not introduced and appropriately implemented, which resulted in professional nurses experiencing several challenges. The national department of health needs to strengthen the program’s implementation through proper training, consultation, and continuous support of the nurses. Provision of quality equipment and supplies is also recommended.

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Classroom acoustics as a consideration for inclusive education in South Africa

South African Journal of Communication Disorders ◽

10.4102/sajcd.v64i1.550 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 64 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Coralie Van Reenen ◽

Catherine Karusseit

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

South African ◽

Inclusive Education ◽

Current Status ◽

Reverberation Time ◽

Classroom Acoustics ◽

Learning Impairments ◽

The Impact ◽

The Ideal ◽

Barrier Free

Background: It can hardly be disputed that a school environment should be conducive or, at the very least, not prohibitive to effective learning. The provision of fair, equal and barrier-free access to education is referred to as inclusive education. South Africa supports a policy of inclusive schooling, striving to accommodate all children, including those with disabilities, in mainstream schools. This article sets out to prove that noise control in classrooms is a relevant, yet neglected, aspect of inclusive classroom design in South Africa and requires specific attention.Objectives: The objectives of this study are to: (1) establish the impact that noise has on learners with sensory, language or learning impairments; (2) establish the preferred listening conditions for these learners by examining prior research and guidelines available in other countries; and (3) outline the current South African regulations pertaining to classroom acoustics and assess them against the preferred listening environment.Method: This research was conducted as a systematic review with reference to the South African context. Local and international research and guidelines were used as references, providing an overview and evaluation of data concerning noise and learning.Results: Noise is disadvantageous for learners, particularly those with sensory, language or learning impairments. Research and international guidelines show that the ideal ambient level is 30 dBA – 35 dBA, allowing the achievement of an ideal signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of +15 dB, and the ideal reverberation time is 0.4 s – 0.6 s. Various South African regulations discussed are inconsistent regarding ambient noise level (ranging from 35 dBA – 50 dBA) and say little about reverberation time for classrooms.Conclusion: South African regulations regarding classroom acoustics require revision to ensure inclusion of all learners with disabilities. The current status does not enforce barrier-free environments in mainstream schools for children with sensory, language or learning impairments.

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