scholarly journals Leadership through theological education: Two case studies in South African history

2002 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 642-657
Author(s):  
G. A. Duncan ◽  
J. W. Hofmeyr
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
South African ◽  
Theological Education ◽  
Visionary Leadership ◽  
African History ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
University Of Pretoria ◽  
The University

The quality of visionary leadership requires serious attention in current South Africa, both because of its importance but also sometimes because of the lack of leadership in church and theological contexts. In the first section of this article, focus is placed on leadership in the Faculty of Theology (NG Kerk) at the University of Pretoria, and in the second section, on the leadership at the Lovedale Missionary Institution in the Eastern Cape. Finally, some comparisons and conditions are drawn.

scholarly journals Designing to Promote Access, Quality, and Student Support in an Advanced Certificate Programme for Rural Teachers in South Africa

2009 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill W Fresen ◽  
Johan Hendrikz
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
South African ◽  
Student Support ◽  
Rural Teachers ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Cd Rom ◽  
University Of Pretoria ◽  
The University

This paper reports on the re-design of the Advanced Certificate in Education (ACE) programme, which is offered by the University of Pretoria through distance education (DE) to teachers in rural South Africa. In 2007, a team re-designed the programme with the goal of promoting access, quality, and student support. The team included an independent body, the South African Institute of Distance Education (SAIDE), and various education specialists. Training workshops for academics and a comprehensive internal and external review process contributed to the quality of the re-designed programme. Interactive web-based technologies were not included because of poor Internet connectivity; however, the authors note the use and potential of cell phone technology for DE programmes. Student support was enhanced by an additional short contact session, a capping assignment, a CD-ROM, and decentralised tutoring at contact venues. The programme was re-evaluated and approved in 2008, and the re-design methodology now guides similar projects.

Perceptions of Traditional Male Circumcision among University Male Students at a South African University

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anathi Nomanzana Ntozini ◽  
Ali Arazeem Abdullahi
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Male Circumcision ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Mixed Feelings ◽  
University Of Fort Hare ◽  
Opposing Camp ◽  
The University

In the past decade, traditional male circumcision, known as ulwaluko among the Xhosa-speaking people in the Eastern Cape Province, has become a burning issue in South Africa. The discourse has led to the emergence of two opposing camps: the supporters of ulwaluko who rely on “traditional ideology” to justify the cultural relevance of the practice, and the opposing camp who believe that ulwaluko is no longer in tandem with the reality of the twenty-first century. Amid the ongoing debate, this study investigated the perceptions of ulwaluko among South African university students at the University of Fort Hare, South Africa. Open-ended individual interviews were conducted among nine male students at the university. The study relied on “hegemonic masculinity” as the theoretical framework. The study revealed mixed feelings about the ulwaluko ritual among the students interviewed. In spite of the exposure to modernization and Western education, the students interviewed were still emotionally and culturally attached to ulwaluko, especially as a rite of passage. While some doubted the ability of the ritual to change “bad boys” into “good boys,” virtually all the participants believed that morbidity and mortality recorded during and after ulwaluko were not sufficient grounds to abolish it. This finding suggests ulwaluko may have, over the years, consciously or unconsciously, constructed an idealized masculine identity that is morally upright, faced with challenges to the ritual and burdened by a prescriptive set of masculine role expectations.

scholarly journals Religion and violence in a globalised world

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Huber
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Memorial Lecture ◽  
The Third ◽  
Religious Extremism ◽  
University Of Pretoria ◽  
Preferential Option ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

Violent religious extremism is seen as one of the mega-problems of the 21st century. This article � based on a key lecture at the conference on �Violence in a democratic South Africa� at the University of Pretoria and the David de Villiers memorial lecture at the University of Stellenbosch, both held during August 2010 � critically discussed the interaction between religion and violence in our present-day, globalised world. Three different propositions on the relationship between religion and violence were scrutinised. In countering the proposition that religion, or more specifically monotheism, necessarily leads to violence, it was argued that violence is not an inherent, but rather an acquired or even an ascribed quality of religion. The second proposition that religion leads to non-violence was affirmed to the extent that religions do provide a strong impulse to overcome violence. However, they also tend to accept violence as an inevitable part of reality and even justify the use of violence on religious grounds. The third proposition was regarded as the most convincing, for it argues that the link between religion and violence is contingent. Some situations do seem to make the use of violence inevitable; however, religions should refrain from justifying the use of violence and maintain a preferential option for nonviolence.

scholarly journals The 'Digital Access Divide' at a South African Dental School - A cross-sectional study - Part 1

2020 ◽  
Vol 75 (7) ◽  
pp. 373-376
Author(s):  
Thomas C Postma ◽  
Leanne M Sykes ◽  
André Uys ◽  
Paul Brandt ◽  
Elmine Crafford
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Targeted Interventions ◽  
Digital Devices ◽  
University Of Pretoria ◽  
The University

This study sought to investigate the digital divide, from an access perspective, of dental students at the University of Pretoria. Second to final year students (n= 218 (87.2% response rate) completed a custom-designed survey at the end of 2017. The investigation enquired about the digital devices and infra-structure they owned and used for study purposes. They were also asked to reveal the networks and resources they used to access online platforms and to comment on any other related access issues such as the quality of the Internet, speed and reliability, as well as cost and personal implications related to usage. A clear divide could be detected for a minority of students (±1/7). Individually targeted interventions will be required to ensure an equitable and fair online learning experience.

scholarly journals Die oorgeblewe sendingtaak in Suid-Afrika

1987 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-205
Author(s):  
J. J. Kritzinger
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
The South ◽  
Research Project ◽  
University Of Pretoria ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Task ◽  
Contemporary Situation ◽  
The University ◽  
The Church

The remaining missionary task in South Africa This article is based on the results of a research project of the Institute for Missiological Research at the University of Pretoria which was recently concluded. The author and a team of co-workers researched practically the whole of South Africa in an endeavour to describe the contemporary situation of its population and the unfinished task of the church. The understanding of the missionary task which formed the basis of this project, and a sample of the kind of results obtained are illustrated in this article by means of 12 representative or typical scenarios which together indicate the dimensions of the future task for the South African church.

scholarly journals A formative evaluation of a web-based tutorial

Curationis ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
SM Meyer
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Formative Evaluation ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Nursing Science ◽  
National Qualifications Framework ◽  
University Of Pretoria ◽  
The University ◽  
New Education ◽  
And Training

Lecturers of the Department of Nursing Science of the University of Pretoria (UP) were requested to participate in an informal evaluation of a software program. The software evaluated were developed as a tutorial by the author of this article. The content of the tutorial concerns the current issues of the new education and training dispensation in South Africa, and specifically how to compile unit standards to meet the requirements of the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) and the National Qualifications Framework (NQF). The purpose of the evaluation was to assess the quality of the software. Participants were provided with a questionnaire, as well as criteria for the evaluation of software as presented in literature and information on the Web. The feedback has been useful and suggestions made by the participants have been used to improve and add to the product.

The Torn Learning Sprockets: Stars in the Ascendant

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 380-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. G. Maree
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Power Structure ◽  
Current Debate ◽  
Adverse Conditions ◽  
University Of Pretoria ◽  
The University

In this article we report on research-in-progress. A number of bright black youths are currently studying at the University of Pretoria, thriving in a project that seeks to address the challenges faced by so many children from South Africa who daily face adverse conditions in their struggle to gain education so that they can earn a decent living and contribute to the development of the country. Our article contemplates the multilayered challenges at a South African university signified by diversity. Our hope is to contribute to the current debate on developing a counselling mode giving recognition to social groups belonging to the middle and low ends of society's power structure — especially as played out in the domain of education and psychology.

The History of the Soga Family, Race, and Identity in South Africa in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natasha Erlank
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
African History ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Pilgrim's Progress ◽  
African Christianity ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Bible ◽  
History Of ◽  
The 19Th Century

The history of African Christianity in South Africa in the 19th century would be incomplete without a discussion of Tiyo Soga, the first Xhosa man to be ordained a minister in South Africa. His work as a preacher and translator was key to the spread of African indigenous Christianity in the Cape. In 1866 he completed his translation of The Pilgrim’s Progress into Xhosa, a book that had a greater impact than the Bible on how many Africans learned about Christianity. Less well known is the history of his family, including his parents, his wife, his children, and his grandchildren. While it is possible to reconstruct lives of some of the Soga men, it is difficult to uncover the lives of the women. Tiyo Soga and his wife, Janet Burnside, had seven children, and the four sons (William Anderson, John Henderson, Jotello Festiri, and Allan Kirkland) became prominent figures in Eastern Cape and South African history. The daughters, Isabella, Frances, and Jessie, had less prominent careers. African Christianity was important for all of them, and the sons pursued careers as a doctor, a historian, a veterinarian, and a journalist. The third son, A.K. Soga, was important as both a journalist and an African nationalist.

A COMPOSER IN AFRICA: AN INTERVIEW WITH STEFANS GROVÉ

Tempo ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 61 (240) ◽  
pp. 20-27
Author(s):  
Stephanus Muller
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Summer School ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Composition Class ◽  
University Of Pretoria ◽  
The University ◽  
Walter Piston

South African composer Stefans Grové celebrates his eighty-fifth birthday this year. Grové studied under Erik Chisholm in Cape Town, took his Master's at Harvard under Walter Piston and attended Aaron Copland's composition class at the Tanglewood Summer School. He taught for over a decade at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore before returning to South Africa in 1972. He is Composer in Residence at the University of Pretoria.

scholarly journals Die Groot Trek en die Kerk

1989 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. D. Pont
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
Free State ◽  
African History ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
History Of ◽  
British Colonies ◽  
The Church

The Great Trek and the Church The emigration of about 15 000 pioneer-farmers from the eastern Cape districts to the interior of Southern Africa, was a definite turning point in South African history. In 1852-1854, which can be regarded as the final date of the Great Trek, there were in South Africa two British colonies i e the Cape and Natal and two Boer republics i e the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. This study traces the history of the church during the emigration and the establishment of the church by the emigrants.

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