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Exploring The Relationship Between Load Shedding And Crime In Gauteng, Bhavesh Ram

Master's Theses

This study investigates the impact of load shedding, a recurring power outage phenomenon in South Africa, on crime rates in the densely populated Gauteng province. Using a novel dataset that combines Eskom's load shedding schedules with detailed crime statistics from 2015 to 2022, a fixed-effects regression model is employed to examine the relationship between blackout hours and various crime categories. Findings reveal that while load shedding does not significantly affect overall crime rates, it significantly increases the incidence of contact crimes and sexual offenses, particularly during daylight hours. Additionally, our results provide evidence that load shedding diminishes the ability of …

Kofifi/Covfefe: How The Costumes Of "Sophiatown" Bring 1950s South Africa To Western Massachusetts In 2020, Emma Hollows

Masters Theses

This thesis paper reflects upon the costume design process taken by Emma Hollows to produce a realist production of the Junction Avenue Theatre Company’s musical Sophiatown at the Augusta Savage Gallery at the University of Massachusetts in May 2020. Sophiatown follows a household forcibly removed from their homes by the Native Resettlement Act of 1954 amid apartheid in South Africa. The paper discusses her attempts as a costume designer to strike a balance between replicating history and making artistic changes for theatre, while always striving to create believable characters.

What We Bring With Us And What We Leave Behind: Six Months In Post-Apartheid South Africa, Virginia Casper, Donna Futterman, Evan Casper-Futterman

Occasional Paper Series

The authors, a family, reflect on their experiences living, volunteering, and going to school in South Africa for six months. They sought to live in a society in which white people were not the majority and to experience the transformation of the new South Africa, not as tourists, but as participants.

Corporate Social Responsibility In South Africa's Mining Industry: Redressing The Legacy Of Apartheid, Madeleine Busacca

CMC Senior Theses

Corporate Social Responsibility is particularly relevant in the mining industry globally given the industry’s extractive nature. In the mining industry, significant pressure comes from interest groups and nonprofit organizations that have a tendency to target mining companies for their alleged lack of consideration and accountability to the environment and in the communities in which they operate. A push for CSR in the mining industry is especially prevalent in South Africa where mining has dominated the country’s economy for so long. CSR can help rid South Africa’s mining industry of its long history of instability and conflict that characterized class and …

Evaluating South Africa's Post-Apartheid Democratic Prospects Through The Lens Of Economic Development Theory, Jonathan Marshfield

Jonathan Marshfield

An Empirical Analysis Of The Critical Determinants Affecting Commitment And Performance Of The U. S. Firm In The South African Market: Apartheid Versus Post-Apartheid, Sonja Pollard Mitchell

Theses and Dissertations in Business Administration

Recognized by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as one of the world's Big Emerging Markets (BEMs), South Africa has received vast attention from potential foreign investors (IRRC 1994) and has been recognized by scholars as an excellent base for research (Hofmeyr, Templer and Beaty 1994). Unfortunately, little is known about the export behavior of the foreign firm in South Africa (Calof and Viviers 1995) given the country's history of political, social and economic instability.

This dissertation is an effort to increase the understanding of the factors that contribute to the commitment and overall market performance of U.S. firms in South …

Afl-Cio In Africa-- A Damning Indictment, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist, co-authored this article with Don Will. It was published in The Guardian newspaper, United Kingdom. 2 pages.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald - Magazine, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

Special magazine edition of the College Heights Herald.

• Humphreys, Mack. Thrash! – Skateboarders
• Meehan, Mary. Out of Bounds – Essay
• Harris, Carla. South Africa: Points of View – Apartheid, Brett Kennard, Victor Ngubeni, Don Morton
• Jessie, Lisa. Stretching Your Pay Check: Women’s – Fashion
• Richards, Toya. Stretching Your Pay Check: Men’s – Fashion

Apartheid In Our Living Rooms: U.S. Foreign Policy And South Africa, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist, authored this monograph and thanked the following for their assistance: TransAfrica, the American Committee on Africa, and the Washington Office on Africa. Also ed to Robert Lawrence, Kevin Danaher, Elizabeth Schmidt, Beth Minsky, Margaret Novicki, and Edward Hawley for their original research and their assistance. Margaret Luft was a patient and helpful reader Two people provided support Tammy Danish and Prexy's father, Rozell Nesbitt. Lastly, Marena McPherson and Jean Hardisty assisted with editing and Midwest Research performed excellent work on the political right wing. 61 pages.

Talk To Church Group In Basle, Switzerland, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist, delivered this speech at a church meeting in Basle, Switzerland, while serving as the Research Secretary for the Programme to Combat Racism at the World Council of Churches.17pages.

Detroit Seminar On Role Of Transnational Corporations In South Africa And Namibia, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist, delivered this statement at a seminar held in Detroit, Michigan on The Role of Transnational Corporations in South African and Namibian behalf of the World Council of Churches where he served as the Research Secretary for the Programme to Combat Racism. 5 pages.

Bern Switzerland Symposium, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist, delivered this speech at a symposium held in Berne, Switzerland, while serving as the Research Secretary for the Programme to Combat Racism at the World Council of Churches. 3 pages.

Raising Investors Consciousness: The Campaign Against Investments, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist, co-wrote this piece with Timothy H. Smith, published in Christianity and Crisis. Timothy H. Smith was then director of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility and Prexy Nesbitt was then associate director of the American Committee on Africa and coordinator of the Committee to Oppose Bank Loans to South Africa. 4 pages.