Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences
Table of Contents
Articles
| Assessing the Impact of the European Fiscal Compact on Eurozone Mediterranean States (With A Focus on Malta) | |
| Philip von Brockdorff, Joseph Falzon | 11 |
| Impact of Local Economic Development on Livelihoods in Ba-Phalaborwa, South Africa | |
| Seduma Matee Piet, Oliver Mtapuri | 18 |
| An Assessment of IT Outsourcing Practices in the North-West Provincial Government: South Africa | |
| Nehemiah Mavetera, Ntebogang Dinah Moroke, Dumisane Mtotoba | 25 |
| Evaluation of Millennium Development Goals Process: Case of Albania | |
| Elena Pici, Jonada Pasmaciu, Eglantina Hysa, Jona Hoxhaj, Mergleda Hodo | 33 |
| Thai Employees’ Perception Towards Organizational Crisis Preparedness | |
| Chaiyaset Promsri | 41 |
| The Amazon Rural Economy and the Social Way Cooperative | |
| Celso Augusto Tôrres do Nascimento, Iraildes Caldas Torres, Diogo Gonzaga Torres Neto | 52 |
| The Impact of International Trade on Economic Growth in South Africa: An Econometrics Analysis | |
| Seipati Mogoe, Itumeleng Pleasure Mongale | 60 |
| Empirical Analysis of Balance of Payment Adjustment Mechanisms: Monetary Channel in Nigeria, 1970– 2010 | |
| Julius O. Tijani | 67 |
| A Garch Model Test of The Random Walk Hypothesis: Empirical Evidence from The Platinum Market | |
| Knowledge Chinhamu, Delson Chikobvu | 77 |
| The Relationship Between SMEs and Insurance providers in Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Area, South Africa | |
| Kudakwashe Chodokufa, Norman Chiliya | 84 |
| Eliminating Bottlenecks in the South African Conveyancing Environment | |
| Anthea P Amadi-Echendu, René Pellissier | 97 |
| Winners and Losers: A Further Exploration and Reflection on the Influence of External Actors on Community-Based Tourism | |
| Oliver Mtapuri, Andrea Giampiccoli | 104 |
| An Appraisal of IT Portfolio as a Risk Management Tool in the Finance Department NWPG: Factor Analytic Approach | |
| Nehemiah Mavetera, Ntebogang Moroke, Terrance Seletedi | 113 |
| Millennium Development Goals, MDG’S; Case of Kosovo | |
| Jona Hoxhaj, Dren Bllaci, Mergleda Hodo, Elena Pici, Eglantina Hysa | 123 |
| The Position of Psychological Expert Evidence under the Malaysian Evidence Act 1950 | |
| Ramalinggam Rajamanickam, Anita Abdul Rahim | 128 |
| Unpacking the Growth of Hotel Chains in Africa: Enterprises and Patterns | |
| Jayne M. Rogerson | 135 |
| Migration and Migrants Entrepreneurial Skills in South Africa: Assets or Liabilities? | |
| Vivence Kalitanyi, Kobus Visser | 147 |
| Entrepreneurship, Economic Growth and Entrepreneurship Theories | |
| Wilhelmina Smith, Tendai Chimucheka | 160 |
| Educational Change and Inclusion: Lessons from A Collaborative Action Research | |
| TM Makoelle, MP Van Der Merwe | 169 |
| Active Learning as a Strategy in Embracing Diversity in Inclusion Classrooms | |
| Matjhabedi E. Mazibuko | 180 |
| Investigating the Management of Practice Teaching Visits for 3rd Year Level Student Teachers by Limpopo University Supervisors: A Perspective of Student Teachers | |
| NS Modiba, MW Maruma | 188 |
| Violence in South African Schools: Perceptions of Communities about a Persistent Problem | |
| Miranda N. Mgijima | 198 |
| The Teaching of Doppler Effect at Grade 12- Teacher’s Content Knowledge | |
| M.S. Mosabala | 207 |
| Heutagogy, Africanisation and Learning: Experiences from an Open and Distance Learning (ODL) Program at the University of South Africa | |
| Vuyisile Msila | 214 |
| The Challenges of Value Re-Orientation in Nigeria’s Tertiary Education System | |
| Solomon J. Anzene | 221 |
| Ethnicity and Entrepreneurial Motive Differences: A South African Case Study | |
| Akwasi Arko-Achemfuor, Dennis Yao Dzansi | 228 |
| Novice Students and Computer Programming: Toward Constructivist Pedagogy | |
| Jacqui Chetty, Glenda Barlow-Jones | 240 |
| Driving Industry Growth through Academic Excellence: A Study on the Strategic Contribution of University-Industry Knowledge Transfer in Revamping Manufacturing SMEs in Developing Economies | |
| Fanny Saruchera, Marian Tukuta, Gladys R. Ndoda, Mike N. Sikwila | 252 |
| Brand Endorsements: An Exploratory Study into the Effectiveness of Using Video Game Characters as Brand Endorsers | |
| Jake Shelton, Norman Chiliya | 260 |
| A South African Distance Learning Case Study: Reducing Distance through Mobile Technology | |
| Patrick Nkhangweleni Mafenya | 276 |
| Race and Inclusion in South African Education: Analysis of Black-African Learners’ Perceptions in Previously Advantaged White Schools | |
| TM Makoelle | 283 |
| Reflections on the Readiness of the University of South Africa Eastern Cape Region for the Deployment of E-Learning | |
| Thunyelwa Holomisa, Luyanda Dube | 290 |
| Rethinking Space and Academic Identity Construction in A Higher Education Context: An Application of Mouzelis’s Typology | |
| Nomanesi Madikizela-Madiya | 298 |
| An Analysis of A Sample of South African University Students’ Reflections on Nelson Mandela as a Motivator of Learning | |
| J.A. Abongdia, G. Galloway, K.J. Mammen | 304 |
| Making Teaching through Technology Possible Amidst the Challenges of Rural Impoverishment: A Case Study | |
| Maura Mbunyuza- De Heer Menlah | 312 |
| Polyphony and Polygraphy: African First-Language Speakers As Learner-Writers at a Private School in South Africa | |
| Muchativugwa Liberty Hove | 319 |
| Investigating Mathematics Trainee Teachers’ Conceptions of Proof Writing in Algebra: A Case of One College of Education in Zambia | |
| Kenneth M. Likando, Mapula G. Ngoepe | 331 |
| ‘Windows’ on Teachers’ Beliefs and Attitudes about School ICT Policy Statements | |
| T. Vandeyar | 339 |
| Assessment of the Reliability and Validity of Student-Lecturer Evaluation Questionnaire: A Case of North West University | |
| Volition Tlhalitshi Montshiwa, Ntebogang Dinah Moroke | 352 |
| Assessment in a Transforming Higher Learning Institution: A Case for Open-Book Examinations | |
| Vuyisile Msila | 365 |
| Inclusion or Exclusion Ramifications of Teenage Pregnancy: A Comparative Analysis of Namibia and South African Schools Pregnancy Policies | |
| N Mashishi, T Makoelle | 374 |
| Understanding HIV/AIDS and STIs as Related to Sexually Risky Behaviour by Higher Education Institutions Students: A Literature Review | |
| Matjhabedi E. Mazibuko, Nkgopole Nkune | 380 |
| Commercial English Language Proficiency: A Case of Exit Level Commercial Major Subject Students in the School of Education at the University of Limpopo, South Africa | |
| Maruma Mamalatswa Kgetja, Modiba N. Solomon, Gwaidepi Caleb, Musara Mazanai | 386 |
| Multi-Campus Colleges in South Africa: Challenging Capabilities of Principals in Managing Institutional Transformation | |
| Miranda N. Mgijima | 394 |
| Understanding Teachers’ and their Learners’ Perceptions about Museums Visits in South Africa | |
| M.S. Mosabala | 404 |
| An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Self-Service Technology in a University Enviroment: The Case of University of the Witwatersrand | |
| Yandisa Ngcwabe, Norman Chiliya | 413 |
| Increasing Undergraduate Throughput and Success Rate through Mobile Technologies: A South African Distance Learning Case Study | |
| Patrick Nkhangweleni Mafenya | 428 |
| Academic Staff Perceptions of Service Quality Improvement in Ethiopian Public Higher Education Institutions | |
| Solomon Lemma Lodesso, EJ Van Niekerk, CA Jansen, H Muller | 435 |
| Virtual Narrative and Computer Games | |
| Y. Shaev, E. Samoylova | 447 |
| Non–Adherence to Antiretroviral Treatment by People Living with HIV/AIDS in Black Communities in South Africa: Socio-Cultural Challenges | |
| J.G. Kheswa | 450 |
| Exploring Selected Cultures in Mitigating an Array of Social Vices in South Africa. A Literature Review | |
| Simon M. Kang’ethe, Thanduxolo Nomngcoyiya | 458 |
| The Novice Voyage: Challenges Experienced by Social Workers in their First Year of Full Employment | |
| Victor C. Huni, Victor Chikadzi | 465 |
| Musharraf’s Democracy and 2008 Elections in Pakistan | |
| Zahoor Ahmed, Manzoor Khan Afridi | 474 |
| South Africa Urgently Needs a ‘Social Compact / Dialogue’: Are There any Historical Lessons to Learn from Irish System of Social Compacts? | |
| Abel. Gwaindepi | 481 |
| ‘Facts are Tenacious’-Interweaving Power Pedagogy in Social Capital Theory to Galvanise Participatory Development: A Critique | |
| Fikile Vilakazi, Mulugeta F. Dinbabo | 492 |
| The Panacea and Perfidy of Culture As A Platform of Behaviour Change with Examples from Botswana and South Africa | |
| S. M Kang’ethe | 504 |
| Using the ‘Whisper Test’ to Identify Hearing Loss in Young Children | |
| N.M. Nel, C.S. Gous-Kemp, H. Muller, J.M.C Motitswe, L.D.N. Tlale, F.D. Mahlo | 511 |
| Rethinking Participatory Development: A Case for Communicative Ethics | |
| Igbanoi L Osikhena, Victor Chikadzi | 521 |
| Physical Fighting and Social Correlates among In-School Adolescents in the Caribbean | |
| Karl Peltzer, Supa Pengpid | 531 |
| The Place of African Traditional Religion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since the Advent of Christianity | |
| Mbangu Anicet Muyingi | 539 |
| Poor South African Migrant Women and their Children’s Education: Is there Hope After All? | |
| Vuyisile Msila | 546 |
| Pitting Non-Relative Cluster Foster Care Placements Against the Best Interests of the Child | |
| S. M Kang’ethe, Kausi Nyasha | 554 |
| Controlled Democracy and Political Opposition in Pakistan: A Case Study of Musharraf Era | |
| Zahoor Ahmed, Manzoor Khan Afridi | 560 |
| Measuring Presidential Power: A Review of Contemporary Methods | |
| Oleg Zaznaev | 569 |
| Civil Society Activisms in Democratic Governance Spaces: Entrenchment of Social Justice and Transformation in Post-Colonial Education Context | |
| J Nyoni, S Matlabe | 574 |
| The Socio-Economic Effect of Early Marriage in North Western Nigeria | |
| Gimba Victor Kyari, Joseph Ayodele | 582 |
| A Case for Definition: Key Features Guiding the Conception of Social Enterprise in South Africa | |
| Victor Chikadzi | 593 |
| Dynamics Associated with the State of Cohabitation with Examples from a Few Countries of the Developing World. A Literature Review | |
| S. M Kang’ethe, Itai Mafa | 601 |
| An Investigation of Effectiveness of Rehabilitation in the Correctional Centre, Eastern Cape. A Phenomenological Study | |
| J.G. Kheswa, T. Lobi | 610 |
| Adolescents’ Moral Issues and Counselling Intervention on the Family Psycho-Socio Security Problems | |
| Beatrice O. Ajidahun | 620 |
| Lexical Cohesion, Word Choice and Synonymy in Academic Writing | |
| Leonard Danglli, Griselda Abazaj | 628 |
| The Role of SALGA in Training Municipal Councillors for Development: Using the “Knowledgeable” Experts | |
| Mokoko Sebola | 633 |
| Urban Development Planning for Sustainability: Urbanization and Informal Settlements in a Democratic South Africa | |
| Loretta Muzondi | 641 |
| Cultural Tourism and Sustainability in Nigeria | |
| Elizabeth Ifeyinwa Benson | 649 |
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