Climate change as a developmental problem warrants extensive research to provide information about its implications on the socio-economic and health conditions of rural communities and the types of local adaptation measures ...
The study sought to explore the sequel of bereavement on parentally bereaved
students at the University of Limpopo. The study was qualitative in nature. Ten
bereaved students (4 Males & 6 Females) were purposefully ...
This thesis analyses China’s foreign policy towards Africa. Given that the rich literature on the discourse employs “traditional” theories such as realism, liberalism and social constructivism, the researcher employs an ...
House robbery and subsequent rape are under-researched crimes collectively and often treated differently in the field of social sciences. The relation between these two crimes needs to be addressed urgently. Therefore, ...
Binge drinking, crime and victimisation are increasingly being recognised as problems on university and college campuses. Binge drinking is a pattern of drinking that can lead to anti-social behaviour among students. This ...
After the World Health Organization (WHO) declared 2010 a decade of indigenous knowledge systems, there has been an increase in the studies on the role of African traditional healers in describing mental illness and its ...
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) remain a serious global health challenge, which if left untreated, may threaten an individual’s health. The challenge regarding the prevention of STI transmission is the asymptomatic ...
Globally, mental disorders are a growing public health problem. The World Health
Organisation has urged member states to prioritise efforts to address the growing
pandemic of mental illness. One strategy identified by ...
This study was conducted to explore the perceptions of community members on contributing factors of rape in the selected Mankweng communities, namely: Mentz, Ga-Makanye and Ga-Thoka, following a qualitative research approach, ...
The psychological impact of perinatal death in the form of bereavement has been widely researched especially from the western perspective. The aim of this study was to establish the help-seeking pathways by mothers bereaved ...
Mental illness is a high burden of disease especially in Low- and Medium-Income Countries (LMICs) like South Africa. In many LMICs, there is a paucity of Mental Health Professionals (MHCPs). As a result, people with mental ...
The purpose of this study was to analyse violence towards educators in the selected high schools in the Mankweng policing area. This was done by identifying factors contributing to school violence, assessing consequences ...
Anger Management is now a major issue affecting children and youth across societies. It often leads children and youth to criminal offences. Despite attending the anger management programme, children and youth still fail ...
The relations between France and South Africa dates to +-330 years ago but the year that France renounced its diplomatic collaboration with South Africa was in 1981. Then in 1994 following the new democratic dispensation ...
The aim of the study was to explore the factors that contribute to occupational stress
among the fire-fighters employed by the Polokwane Local Municipality, Capricorn District
of Limpopo. The study focused on the ...
The training to become a traditional healer has been under scrutiny because of the
symptoms that are experienced during ancestral calling. Ancestral calling usually
presents itself in the form of a mysterious physical ...
Survivors of child sexual abuse experience a lot but various challenges in their everyday lives. The overall aim of the study was to describe the experiences of male adult survivors of child sexual abuse at Ga-Matlala, ...
Though recent South African legislation and policy documents have called for
closer collaboration between Western-trained and traditional health practitioners,
there is little evidence to show that there is a formal ...
Though it is difficult to determine the prevalence of intimate partner murder-suicide
(IPMS), it does appear that this phenomenon is reported in different parts of the world.
The psychological consequences of this ...
Intimate partner violence among heterosexual couples seem to be on the rise with men
as victims of female perpetrated violence. Recent research on this phenomenon indicates
that partner violence against men is a social ...