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The financial assistance of the SANDF towards this research is hereby acknowledged. Opinions expressed and conclusions arrived at, are those of the author and are not necessarily to be attributed to the SANDF. zooa ~o5 s o ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I hereby wish to express gratitude to the following individuals who enabled this document to be successfully and timeously completed: • Professor A.M. Trollip, as supervisor, for her enduring patience, love and countless hours spent on making the completion of this thesis possible. You have provided me with an unforgettable life experience. • ERGOTECH for their financial support toward this study. • K. Bredenkamp and L. MacDuff of ERGOTECH, for their vital contribution to this study. It was a pleasure to work with you. • SANDF for providing the premises and subjects to work with. • All the subjects that partook in the study, your honesty and eagerness towards this study made it even more worthwhile. • VUT for financing the study. • Professor J. Pretorious, head of the Research Directorate at VUT, for her time. • Chantelle Sonnekus of the Research Directorate for her time. • YUT library staff, for their assistance in collecting literature was most appreciated. • A. Engelbrecht for the completion of language editing under pressure and tn limited time. • Nicolene Smit, my study friend, for her support and for entertaining my thoughts regarding this study. II • My family, for their supp011 during the past three years. • My partner, for giving me the support and encouragement I needed to persevere. • My baby boy Dave, for keeping me up, day and night. • A special thanks to my Dad, Mr A. Laba for his administrative assistance. • A special thanks to my loyal friend, Monika Czapiga lor sitting up late nights to finish proof reading this dissertation. • For all the persons not mentioned, that contributed to and supported this study. • Last but not least, I would like to thank God through Whom all things are possible. Il