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Faculty of Arts Research
Committee E-mail:
Private Bag X1001 atnzama@pan.uzulu.ac.za
KWADLANGEZWA
3886

The Faculty of Arts 4th Annual Conference Theme:

“Rekindling Enlightenment in the Humanities and Social Sciences in the 21st
century”

22 - 23 September 2010
Venue: Arts Auditorium
UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND

PROGRAMME

22nd SEPTEMBER 2010

08h00-08h30 Registration Student Assistants
SESSION 1 Chair Prof. DN Ocholla
08h30-08h40 Opening: Aims and Objectives Dr. AT Nzama
of the Conference (Chairperson Faculty of Arts research
Committee, UZ)
08h40-09h00 Official Opening and Prof. DN Ocholla
Welcome (Vice Dean Faculty Of Arts, UZ)
09h00-09h30 Research and Research Prof. PT Sibaya
productivity at the University (Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of
of Zululand and the Role of Zululand)
the Faculty of Arts
09h30-10h00 KEY NOTE ADDRESS 1 Prof. NM Mazibuko
Research output in ( Vice Chancellor, University of
Humanities and Social Zululand)
Sciences

10h00- 10h20 Discussions

10h20-10h35 Tea Break
SESSION 2:
10h35-11h05 Chair: Prof. TAP Gumbi Prof. Kgomotso Moahi (Dean of
KEY NOTE ADDRESS 2 Humanities University of Botswana)
Research issues in
Humanities and Social
Sciences in the 21st century

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VENUES AUDITORIUM
Chair: Prof. CT Moyo
Theme: Criminology/Politics
and Public Administration
IKS Center
Chair: Dr. MLJ Koenane
Theme: Ethical Dilemma: Truth
versus Falsehood – as a subject of
ethics in South Africa.

11h05-11h25 J Ras TZ Rampele

Jesus, moral regeneration and Ethical dilemma in South Africa: a
crime truth versus falsehood.

11h25-11h45 G Nkosi MK Nzimande Mojalefa

The impact of crime on Homosexuality and the Old Testament:
tourism in the city of A Moral Philosophical Labyrinth?
Umhlathuze, KwaZulu Natal.
11h45-12h05 Precious and Ntombela C Addison
Some Selected Factors Enlightenment and Virginity
Affecting Social Work
Practitioners and Students’
Participation, Attitude
towards Social Work Practice
and Programme.
12h05-12h25 P Maritz Olatunji Cyril- Mary Pius
Pied Cloth, a Hank of Hair The ‘We’ versus ‘Them’ Divide in
and a Hundred Years’ Curse. Nigeria: Rethinking Traditional
A study of Villainy and Epistemologies.
Vengeance as it appears in the
‘Pied Piper of Hamelin’, ‘Blue
Beard’ and the ‘Thirteenth
Fairy’

12h25- 12h45 Olu’benga Oke-Samuel E Latecka and ZS Maphanga

Environmental protection as a
universal Morality
12h45-13h05
13h05-13h30
SESSION 3
13h30-14h00 Chair : Prof. CT Moyo
KEY NOTE ADDRESS 3
Re-writing South African
History. Issues, Challenges
and Opportunities in the
twenty first century
Existential Phenomenology and
Outcomes Based Formative
Assessment (OBFA) in APHI 111
Discussions
LUNCH
Prof. J De Villiers
(Honorary Research Fellow, University
of Zululand)

VENUES AUDITORIUM IKS Center

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 Chair: Prof. DN Ocholla
Theme: Indigenous
Knowledge Systems
14h00-14h20 S Ndwandwe
Mixed Methods Research
Education in Library and
information Science in South
Africa
14h20-14h40 D Jacobs
An Inward look into
information revolution and
the Digital Divide in Southern
Africa
14h40-15h00 T Mvulane
Indigenous Knowledge
Systems
Chair: Prof. JM Ras
Theme: Socio-Economic Systems and
Regional Development
HS Ntuli
the history of Richards bay from the
Zulu perspective - with special
reference to the Mthiyane people who
P Louw
Wild Durban: A bioregional
perspective
CT Moyo
Naming practices in colonial and post-
colonial Malawi

15h00-15h20 SP Tshabalala and J Boughey JD Thwala

The tutorial and writing The Evaluation of a Team Building
programme within the Programme in a Psychiatric Context.
department of recreation and
tourism.

15h20- 15h40 Discussions

15h40-16h00 Tea Break
16h00-16h10 CLOSING REMARKS: Prof. J Ras

23rd SEPTEMBER 2010

08h00-08h30 Registration Student assistants

SESSION 1
08h30-08h40 Opening and Welcome Dr. AT Nzama
08h40-09h10 Chair : Dr. MLJ Koenane Prof. DN Ocholla
KEY NOTE ADDRESS 4 (Vice Dean Faculty Of Arts, University
Enabling Information Literacy of Zululand)
Skills for Lifelong Learning in
Higher Education Institutions
in South Africa

VENUES AUDITORIUM IKS Center

Chair: Mr. AN Bell Chair: Dr. EM Mncwango
Theme: Ubuntu as an ethical Theme: Ethics and enlightenment in
Practice the 21st century
09h10-09h35 MLJ Koenane J Ras

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 Reviewing University of
Zululand Management-style
through Virtue and Ubuntu
Ethics.
09h35-09h55 E Mkhatshwa
Ubuntu as an ethical practice
in South Africa.
09h55- 10h15 Discussions
10h55-11h15 Tea Break
SESSION 2
10h35-11h05 Chair: Dr. D Jacobs
KEY NOTE ADDRESS 5
The relevance of informetric
studies to University research
and visibility
VENUES AUDITORIUM
Chair: Dr. J Mostert
Theme: Information
Communication, Technology
and Knowledge Management
11h05-11h25 M Ntetha
The use, availability,
interaction and impact of ICTs
in the context of service
delivery in the public service.
A literature Review
11h25-11h45 V Jiyane
Measuring Information
Society: A case selected
Government Departments in
South Africa
11h45-12h05 L Ocholla
The Role of a University
Library in e-Scholarship. A
case of the University of
Zululand Library
12h05-12h25 L Makgahlela and N
Mayekiso
The impact of telecentres in
bridging the digital divide in
South Africa: the case of
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Polygamy (Polygyny and polyandry):
Yes or No?
V Ndabayakhe
An Enlightened reading of Lola
Shoneyin’s_ the secret Lives of Baba
Segi’s Wives.
Dr. B Onyancha
( Senior Lecturer, Department of
Information Science University of
South Africa)
IKS Center
Chair: Prof. VJ Rugbeer
Theme: Recreation, Tourism and
Cultural Studies
LM Magi
Tourism Policies and management in
KwaZulu Natal Municipalities: A
black hole syndrome
S Mhlongo
Environmental Management Plan as a
tool for tourism development within
Umkhanyakude District Municipality
AT Nzama
Challenges of implementing Pro- poor
Tourism strategies in rural areas of
KwaZulu Natal
AT Mthembu
Street trading in Umhlathuze
municipality: a geographical analysis
 Mamelodi Township
12h25-12h45 B Onyancha
Adjusted count, complete
count, and straight count: does
it matter when appraising
research performance? A case
study of LIS research in post-
apartheid South Africa
V Hadebe
“Do grammatical features of English
apparent in my University students’
formal writing reveal evidence of a
Black South African English variety?”

12h45-13h05 Discussions
13h05-13h30 LUNCH
SESSION 3
13h30-14h00 Chair: Dr. EM Mncwango Prof. HSB Ngcobo
KEY NOTE ADDRESS 6 ( Honorary Research Fellow,
Community Psychology and University of Zululand)
Enlightenment

VENUES AUDITORIUM IKS Center

Chair: Prof. JD Thwala Chair: Prof. LM Magi
Theme: Community Theme: Sustainability as model for
Psychology Development

14h00-14h20 PB Mbele GM Naidoo, H Rugbeer & Y Rugbeer

Community psychology The Relevance of Social Media in
within a democratic South Edutainment
Africa

14h20-14h40 MN Dodd CZ Zondi, PT Sabela and S Zulu

Core Self-Evaluation, Black Students and academics perceptions
Consciousness and on the incorporation of Visual
Trainability Performance Appraisal (VPA) as a tool
in teaching and learning.

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14h40-15h00 MK Nzimande E Isike and C Isike
Give Strong Drink to One who The emergence of ‘Dynastic
is Perishing, and Wine to Democracy’ in Africa
Those in Bitter Distress

15h00-15h20 Doret Jordaan TP Sabela

The young and the desert: Service Learning
looking at youth novels set in
the desert
15h20-15h40 Discussions
15h40-16h00 Tea Break
15h50-16h00 CLOSING REMARKS: Prof. C Addison