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Mapping the Individual Musical Experience in Post-Apartheid South Africa: A Bio-Ethnography of Township Dweller Lesiba Samuel Kadiaka
Zdrálek, Vít ; Matoušek, Vlastislav (advisor) ; Lucia, Christine Elizabeth (referee) ; Horáková, Hana (referee)
The dissertation is a biographical ethnography of an individual, ordinary musician and Mamelodi township dweller, Lesiba Samuel Kadiaka (*1962) in South Africa. It is based largely on fieldwork totalling more than 12 months conducted in five periods over six years between 2006 and 2011. It examines the possibilities of studying an average (rather than 'leading') musician ethnographically and their implications and consequences for wider ethnomusicological and South African music research. It makes a practical contribution to the wider debate about the relationship between individual, social, and cultural structures, and breaks new ground in its focus on the previously little known music and practices of Mr. Kadiaka's church, the Zion Christian Church. The research consisted mainly of ethnographic observations of various kinds of musical activities in which Mr. L. S. Kadiaka was involved in as a solo musician (songwriter and song singer) and as a member of the ZCC, on the one hand, and of deep interviews over the time span of six years, on the other. It consists of a biographical part dealing with his narratives about childhood in rural Ga-Mphahlele and his later life in Mamelodi township. Iconographic historical sources of a private nature are use too. The second part describes in three large...
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Pharmacy accounting and the impact of regulatory fees on the running of small companies
BOBKOVÁ, Martina
Sales of pharmaceuticals in today's consumer society is very widespread. Pharmacies must be able to satisfy all types of customers, and must manage that they are always well stocked and ready for any demand. In the last two years is operation of pharmacies significantly affected by the introduction of regulatory fees. Actual enactment of the fees would certainly not attracted so much attention. The main problem is the payment of regulatory fees by regional pharmacies, which are subsidized by region. Private pharmacies can not compete that conduct and they are facing a difficult competitive position. In the theoretical part I was dealing with explanations of accounting terms definition relating to pharmacy accounting, as well as accounting itself. I described standard accounting practices. I mentioned a ways to calculate the Company's liquidity and stock turnover, and what these indicators reflect. Then I tried to describe the issue of regulatory fees. In the practical part I have analyzed the complex pharmacy accounting. I described the various ways and methods of accounting for fixed assets, stocks, short-term investments, clearing relationships, and use the account of an individual entrepreneur. My main goal was to capture the specifics which appear in the pharmacy accounting. These specifics related to particular stocks. As a partial target I've done calculations showing the liquidity of the pharmacy and stock turnover. These indicators I subsequently evaluated in the tables and I tried to analyze other factors that affect liquidity and stock turnover. In the next target I analyzed the financial impact of the regulatory fees payment on other private pharmacies. I tried to retrace the events that occurred in the Czech judiciary which were related to the disputes of private pharmacies and regions in the issue of these fees.
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