Marginalized Knowledge: An Agenda for Indigenous Knowledge Development and Integration with Other Forms of Knowledge

Offence Frequency Distribution

N %

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Shoplifting 13 4.73

Theft 219 79.64

Pickpocket 1 0.36

Malicious Damage to Property 2 0.73

Housebreaking 5 1.82

Robbery 1 0.36

Assault (Common) 4 1.45

Drug-related Offences 19 6.91

Gangsterism 1 0.36

Unknown 10 4.64

TOTAL 275 100.00

1 Zwelinzima Vavi (in South Africa Info, 15 March 2007), General Secretary of COSATU on the new HIV/AIDS/STI Strategic Plan 2007-2011 of South Africa

2 Catherine Addison, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of English, University of Zululand, South Africa.

3 This paper was presented at the 2^nd Faculty of Arts Conference, University of Zululand, South Africa on the 18^th June 2007.

4 Gillian Gane is a Visiting Lecturer in the Department of English, University of Zululand, South Africa.

5 Mojalefa Koenane is a Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, University of Zululand, South Africa.

6 Pat Louw is a Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Zululand, South Africa.

7 Musonda Mpepo, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Acting Head of the Department of English, University of Zululand, South Africa

8 Daisy Jacobs, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Zululand, South Africa.

9 Dorothy Njiraine is a Librarian at the University of Nairobi Library, Kenya, as well as a PhD student in the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Zululand, South Africa

10 Dennis N. Ocholla, PhD, is Professor and Head of the Department of Library and Information Science University of Zululand as well as Editor –in- Chief, South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science, South Africa

11 Jerry Le Roux, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Zululand, South Africa.

12 Dennis Ocholla (PhD) is Professor and Head of the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Zululand, South Africa.

13 http://www.worldbank.org/afr/ik/basic.htm

14 http://www.worldbank.org/afr/ik/basic.htm

15 http://www.worldbank.org/afr/ik/ikrept.pdf

16 http://www.worldbank.org/afr/ik/iknotes.htm

17 http://www.worldbannk.org/afrik/databases.htm

18 : http://www4.worldbank.org/afr/ikdb/ik_results.cfm

19 http://www4.worldbank.org/afr/ikdb/detail.cfm?id=445

20 http://www4.worldbank.org/afr/ikdb/ik_results.cfm

21 http://www.worldbank.org/afr/ik/iknotes.htm

22 http://www.worldbank.org/afr/ik/basic.htm)

23 http://www.worldbank.org/afr/ik/why.htm

24 http://www.dst.gov.za/publications/reports/IKS_Policy%20PDF.pdf

25 http://www.worldbank.org/afr/ik/achieve.htm

26 http://www.dst.gov.za/publications/reports/IKS_Policy%20PDF.pdf

27 http://www.worldbannk.org/afrik/databases.htm

28 Dennis Ocholla (PhD) is Professor and Head of the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Zululand as well as Editor-in – Chief South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science, South Africa

29 Lyudmilla Ocholla is Information Librarian, University of Zululand Library, South Africa.

30 http://www.princeton.edu/~harnad

31 http://www.education.gov.za

32 http://www.isinet.com/isi/journals/index.html

33 http://www.lse/ac/uk/collections/IBSS/access/Default.htm

34 http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla66/papers/054-127e.htm

35 http://www.dissanet.com

36 Bosire Omwoyo Onyancha, PhD, is a Lecturer at the Department of Information Science University of South Africa as well as Deputy University Librarian, University of Eastern Africa, Baraton, Kenya.

37 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KM_concepts and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_management

38 “In Plato's Theaetetus, Socrates and Theaetetus discuss three definitions of knowledge: knowledge as nothing but perception, knowledge as true judgment, and, finally, knowledge as a true judgment with an account” – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge (Accessed 5 September 2007)

39 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_management (Accessed 7 August 2007)

40 Grace Sitienei is a masters student in the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Zululand, South Africa

41 The Author is a masters student in the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Zululand, South Africa and also a lecturer in information studies at Mzuzu, University, Malawi

42 I wish to acknowledge the support received from Dr. Janneke Mostert , the research project supervisor.

43 Alice Kituyi Kwake, PhD, is a post Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Computer Science, University of Zululand, South Africa. She is also a lecturer in the department of Information Technology, Moi, University Kenya.

44 Sipho Ndwandwe is a Masters student in the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Zululand

45 Ntando Nkomo is a masters student in the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Zululand, South Africa

46 Mduduzi Ntetha is a Masters student in the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Zululand.

47 Janneke Mostert is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Zululand

48 Gina Buijs, PhD, is Professor of Anthropology and Development Studies and Assistant Vice Rector Academic Affairs, University of Zululand, South Africa. Prof. Buijs was also the keynote speaker.

49 Mendi Hadebe is a Lecturer in the Department of Development Studies and Anthropology, University of Zululand, South Africa

50 Zwelinzima Vavi (in South Africa Info, 15 March 2007), General Secretary of COSATU on the new