Makondelele Radzilani-Makatu

University of Venda | univen · Department of Psychology

Introduction: Assessing mental health literacy has implications for the identification and treatment of mental health problems. Adolescents have been identified as a particularly important target group for initiating and improving mental health literacy. However, much of what we know about adolescent mental health literacy comes from high-income c...

This study explored Tshivenda mothers’ emotional reactions to the learning of unplanned pregnancies of their adolescent daughters . Ten purposively selected mothers with early parent adolescent children were informants (age range = 40 to 55 years) . They responded to semi-structured face-to-face interviews on their reactions to the learning of the...

This study explored personal meanings attached to acquired physical disabilities in a rural South African community. Informants were seven adults with disability (females = 4; age range = 18 to 55 years). They responded to semi-structured face-to-face interviews on the meanings they attached to their physical disabilities acquired during adulthood....

Background: Sexuality plays a very significant role in the lives of both boys and girls. It is, therefore, considered important for schools to recognise and accept sexuality as part of the development process of the child. Professor Kader Asmal (previous South African Minister of Education) suggested that the earlier the school begins to teach lea...

This paper examined the widows' accounts of the multiple losses and gains in the context of the death of a husband. Both, purposive and snowball sampling were used to identify and select the 24 widows who participated in six focus group discussions. Thematic analysis of the data yielded several accounts in relation to the death of a husband. Beside...

Crime is one of the major problems in South Africa. It is popular to associate criminal behaviour with the poor physical and social conditions of the impoverished segment of the population. This study was conducted with the purpose of identifying the causes of youth criminal behaviour at Muledane village. A quantitative design was utilised for the...

This paper examined the socio-culturally situated identity and relationship building within the context of widowhood and bereavement rituals. Participants were Tshivenda-speaking widows located in the Vhembe District of the Limpopo province, South Africa. Six focus groups interviews were conducted with widows to gain their constructions of socio-cu...

This paper demonstrates the gender dynamics and the influence of the patriarchal system on the community fisheries management of Nandoni dam, Limpopo Province, South Africa. A purposive sampling technique was used to sample participants for the study and a qualitative method/approach of data collection was used to conduct the study. The data was co...

This study explored the perceptions of South African university undergraduate students regarding dating violence in their institution of higher learning. Snowball sampling was used to select eight undergraduate students for participation in the study (females = 62.5%, age range 20 to 24 and males 32.5%, age range 22 to 23). Participants responded t...

The study explored the perceptions of employees regarding occupational injuries at Letaba Hospital in Mopani District of South Africa. The qualitative exploratory design was conducted with thirty-five purposively selected participants. Five tape recorded focus group discussions were conducted. Data were analysed using Tesch's eight steps of data an...

The study explored the perceptions of Tshivenda-speaking adolescents regarding the support they received from their parents during their pregnancy. Exploratory design to access in-depth data regarding the phenomenon under investigation was adopted. Seven (7) adolescents who were already mothers by the time of interviews were purposively sampled. Da...

The aim of the study was to investigate traditional healing practices among the Venda and Tsonga speaking people of Limpopo Province, South Africa. The study employed a qualitative design. Four traditional healers, selected through purposive sampling were asked to participate in the present study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the...