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Oranges and labourers: The potential for job creation in the citrus sub-sector of South Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2018-06)Rural employment is a key policy issue in South Africa, yet the National Development Plan (NDP) of 2012 suggests that one million jobs can be created in agricultural production, processing and related activities. The plan ... -
The orbital periods of aa dor and ny vir
(Oxford University Press, 2011)New timings of eclipses made between 2000 and 2010 are presented for two binary systems with hot subdwarf primary stars. In the case of AA Dor, an sdOB star with a very cool secondary, the period is found to be constant ... -
Orders of protection: Feminist lessons in anti-privatization and authoritarianism from South Africa
(Society for Cultural Anthropology, 2022)The feminist adage “the personal is political” is not ahistorical. It is being operationalized in a time when the relationship between the private and the public is undergoing historic transformation. Making privatized ... -
Organic nanostructured materials for sustainable application in next generation solar cells
(MPDI, 2021)Meeting our current energy demands requires a reliable and efficient renewable energy source that will bring balance between power generation and energy consumption. Organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs), perovskite solar ... -
The organisation of urban agriculture in Cape Town, South Africa: A social capital perspective
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)This article explores urban agriculture in Cape Town and its organisational forms. Based on a literature review of peerreviewed articles and grey literature, it examines the state of linkages among urban farmers and various ... -
The organisation of urban agriculture in Cape Town, South Africa: A social capital perspective
(Routledge, 2019)This article explores urban agriculture in Cape Town and its organisational forms. Based on a literature review of peerreviewed articles and grey literature, it examines the state of linkages among urban farmers and ... -
Organising Somalian, Congolese and Rwandan migrants in a time of xenophobia in South Africa: empirical and methodological reflections
(Springer, 2018)Xenophobic practices pervade civil society and the state in South Africa. But its victims are not passive. Academic scholarship has not sufficiently recognised the multiple roles of refugees and asylum seekers migrant ... -
Organizational change and everyday health system resilience: Lessons from Cape Town, South Africa
(Elsevier, 2020)This paper reports a study from Cape Town, South Africa, that tested an existing framework of everyday health system resilience (EHSR) in examining how a local health system responded to the chronic stress of large-scale ... -
An orientation bias in observations of submillimetre galaxies
(Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2021)Recent high-resolution interferometric images of submillimetre galaxies (SMGs) reveal fascinatingly complex morphologies. This raises a number of questions: how does the relative orientation of a galaxy affect its observed ... -
The origin and evolution of Lyα blobs in cosmological galaxy formation simulations
(IOP Publishing Ltd, 2021)High-redshift Lyα blobs (LABs) are an enigmatic class of objects that have been the subject of numerous observational and theoretical investigations. It is of particular interest to determine the dominant power sources for ... -
The origin of radio emission in broad absorption line quasars: Results from the Lofar Two-metre Sky Survey (Corrigendum)
(EDP Sciences, 2020)We report an erratum in Morabito et al. (2019, A&A, 622, A15). When calculating radio powers from observed flux densities, the wrong sign convention was used. This resulted in an underestimation of the radio powers by a ... -
The origin of the dust extinction curve in milky way-like galaxies
(Oxford University Press, 2021)We develop a cosmological model for the evolution of dust grains in galaxies with a distribution of sizes in order to understand the origin of the Milky Way dust extinction curve. Our model considers the formation of active ... -
Origin, Migration, and Reproduction of Indigenous Domestic Animals with Special Reference to Their Sperm Quality
(MDPI, 2022): Indigenous domestic animals such as cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, and chickens have a natural resistance to endo- and ecto-parasites and are tolerant in terms of harsh environmental conditions. These species orginated ... -
Origins, relevance and prospects of federalism and decentralization in the horn of Africa
(2022)The Horn of Africa is the most conflict-ridden region in the African continent. Both inter-and intra-state conflicts have dominated the region. In a bid to check intra-state conflicts and accommodate ethno-national and ... -
Orthodontic molar brackets: the effect of three different base designs on shear bond strength
(Master Publishing Group, 2011)The purpose of the study was to assess the relative base designs of three different maxillary molar stainless steel brackets with reference to the shear bond strength of three different adhesive resins. The molar brackets ... -
Orthodontic treatment of bilateral transposition of maxillary canines and lateral incisors
(Hindawi, 2022)Dental transposition is a severe disturbance of tooth position and its eruptive sequence. It may affect any tooth, and it may occur at any location within the dental arch, although some teeth may be more frequently affected ... -
Orthodontic Treatment of Bilateral Transposition of Maxillary Canines and Lateral Incisors
(PubMed, 2022)Dental transposition is a severe disturbance of tooth position and its eruptive sequence. It may affect any tooth, and it may occur at any location within the dental arch, although some teeth may be more frequently affected ... -
Osteogenesis imperfecta type III in South Africa: Psychosocial challenges
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016)Individuals with osteogenesis imperfecta type III (OI III) are severely physically disabled due to frequent fracturing. Their disability poses numerous barriers that challenge their social development. Despite these ... -
Osteoma of the mandibular condyle: a rare case report and review of the literature
(UWC, 2019)Introduction: Osteoma is a rare slow-growing benign neoplasm which is often asymptomatic and composed of mature bone. Only 21 cases were previously reported in the mandibular condyle. Observation: A 60 year old male presented ... -
Osteoma of the mandibular condyle: A rare case report and review of the literature
(ScienceDirect, 2019)Osteoma is a rare slow-growing benign neoplasm which is often asymptomatic and composed of mature bone. Only 21 cases were previously reported in the mandibular condyle. Observation: A 60 year old male presented with gross ...