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Can informetrics shape biomedical research? A case study of the HIV/AIDS research in sub-Saharan Africa1

Omwoyo Bosire, Onyancha (University of Zululand, 2014-01)

Biomedical research is burgeoning as new dangerous diseases and healing methods emerge. Informetrics defined as methods or a research field that uses mathematical and statistical techniques and/or models to examine patterns ...
Can ‘digital natives’ be ‘strangers’ to digital technologies? An analytical reflection

Adjin-Tettey, Theodora Dame (University of Zululand, 2020-08)

Although a plethora of extant literature categorizes them as natives in the digital world, it has been counter-argued that a considerable group of young people cannot be designated as ‘digital natives’. This argument stems ...
Career information processing strategies of secondary school students in Osun State (Nigeria)

Olusegun, Adebowale (University of Zululand, 2014-01)

This study examined the strategies commonly adopted by Osun state secondary school students in processing career information. It specifically examined the sources of career information available to the students, the uses ...
Caritas and Habitus in Dan Jacobson's 'The Zulu and the Zeide'

Hooper, Myrtle (University of Zululand, 2012-01)

Dan Jacobson is a prolific writer whose oeuvre spans some 65 years, and includes a range of different texts. He has lived in Britain for most of his adult life, but his roots are South African, and he set much of his early ...
Cataloguing and Classification Education (CCE) and training in Library and Information Science/Studies departments in South Africa

Ocholla, Lyudmila; Ocholla, Dennis (LIASA, 2014)

Recent reports complain about the lack of cataloguers in South Africa to support Library and Information Services. The purpose of this study is to investigate the nature, level, status and challenges of teaching cataloguing ...
Challenges of doing research in sub-Saharan African universities scholarship opportunities

Mutula, Stephen (University of Zululand, 2009-01)

Universities the world over are responsible for research, knowledge generation, scholarship and innovation. They also serve as conduits for the transfer, adaptation, and dissemination of knowledge generated across the ...
Challenges of sustainable rural tourism development in KwaZulu-Natal

Nzama, Thandi A. (University of Zululand, 2010-01)

Tourism has emerged as one of the strategic instruments and policy tools for community and regional development in Southern Africa (Rogerson, 2007 in Saarinen, et al. 2009). Gradually, tourism is rotating to the political ...
Challenges of the implementation of language policies in southern Africa: what is the way forward?

Kangira, Jairos (University of Zululand, 2016-01)

At the attainment of independence, most African governments adopted the colonisers’ foreign languages as official languages to be used in business, the judiciary, education, local government and parliament. Examples of ...
The changing library and information research landscape: an analysis of Library and Information Science Research in South Africa by LIS academics in the last decade (2007–2016)

Ocholla, Lyudmila; Ocholla, Dennis (Russian National Public Library, 2017)

Library and Information Science, along with research in the domain, is changing in South Africa. Building on a previous 2007 study, this paper explores Library and Information Science (LIS) research in South Africa by LIS ...
Child development through Ndebele taboos: Motivation to blend the indigenous and the exotic

Ndlovu, Sambulo (University of Zululand, 2020-08-01)

In the context of this paper, child development is upbringing, incorporating the care, education and protection of children. The traditional Ndebele way of child upbringing ensures that the child develops responsibly and ...
Clinical informatics tools for healthcare quality improvement: a literature review

Owolabi, Kehinde; Evans, Neil (University of Zululand, 2018)

The paper is a review of existing literature on the importance of clinical informatics tools in promoting effective healthcare delivery. The study reports literature on clinical informatics types, benefits and challenges ...
Conceptualising knowledge management in the context of library and information science using the core/periphery model

Onyancha, O.B.; Ocholla, D.N. (African Online Scientific Information Systems (AOSIS), 2009)

This study took cognisance of the fact that the term 'knowledge management' lacks a universally accepted definition, and consequently sought to describe the term using the most common co-occurring terms in knowledge ...
Contestations of identity : colonial policing of female sexuality in the Cross River region of Southern Nigeria

Ekpo-Otu, Mfon Umoren (University of Zululand, 2013-01)

Colonial rule impacted profoundly on the lives of Nigerian women and led to a reconfiguration of gender identities, producing sites of contestation and negotiation as imperial ideas of feminity were contested and ...
Contextual background to the rapid increase in migration from Zimbabwe since 1990

Madebwe, Crescentia; Madebwe, Victor (University of Zululand, 2017-01)

This paper provides a contextual background to and causes of recent emigration from Zimbabwe. With an estimated quarter of the population currently living outside Zimbabwe, migration from the country is unprecedented. ...
The contribution of philosophy to Africa’s development

Oyedola (University of Zululand, 2016-01)

Whether Africa is compared with other continents or it is considered on its own, much of Africa is in a precarious state. Africa is known to be lagging behind in development not only in the economy, but also in philosophy, ...
COVID-19 Lockdown and higher education: time to look at disasterpreparedness as a governance issue?

Panganayi, More (University of Zululand, 2020-09-08)

When COVID-19 broke out in Wuhan in 2019, the world looked at it as a ‘Chinese’ disease and no international efforts were made to assist China. Countries that supported China just offered solidarity messages. China adopted ...
A cross-cultural analysis of communication patterns between two cultures in Southwest Nigeria

Elegbe, Olugbenga; Nwachukwu2, Ifeoma (University of Zululand, 2017-01)

Communication scholars estimate that two-thirds of communications are influenced by the culture of the communicator. On this basis, this study examined the Igbo and Yoruba socio-cultural relationships as they influence ...
Cultural identity in the throes of modernity : an appraisal of Yemoja among the Yoruba in Nigeria

Ogunleye, Adetunbi Richard (University of Zululand, 2015-01)

Culture is a complex and dynamic phenomenon through which a particular group of people is identified. Thus, each Nigerian community possesses certain unique cultural traits which uphold the solidarity of the community in ...
Data, information and knowledge for development in Africa: Proceedings of 20th annual conference of the Department of Information Studies held on18-20 September 2019 at the University of Zululand, South Africa.

Ocholla, DN; Evans, N (University of Zululand, 2019)

The purpose of the conference is to explore and share current research results and experiences of data, information and knowledge in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). The conference is divided into twenty three ...
Decentralization of school management to boards of governors in secondary schools in Kenya : a case of Trans-Nzoia County

Sang, J.K.; Sang, Hillary, K. (University of Zululand, 2011-01)

The concept of decentralization of school management to Boards of Governors was adopted by the Teachers Service Commission in an attempt to infuse community participation in the administration of schools. It has also been ...

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