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Doing a leisure activity because there is nothing else to do: Related outcomes and intervention effects for adolescents
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)This study examined whether a leisure-focused intervention, HealthWise, was related to reduced youth polysubstance use and delayed sexual debut via reducing how often youth did leisure activities because there was nothing ... -
Doing implementation research on health governance: a frontline researcher’s reflexive account of field-level challenges and their management
(BioMed Central, 2017)BACKGROUND: Implementation Research (IR) in and around health systems comes with unique challenges for researchers including implementation, multi-layer governance, and ethical issues. Partnerships between researchers, ... -
Doing politics in the recent Arab uprisings: Towards a political discourse analysis of the Arab Spring slogans
(Brill publishers, 2015)The present paper aims to analyse a number of those slogans collected from the sit-in quarters in Egypt, Libya and Yemen. Using political discourse analysis, it unravels various typical discourse structures and strategies ... -
Domestic courts and the promotion and protection of the right to freedom from torture in Southern African development community countries
(University of Fort Hare, 2013)The right to freedom from torture is protected not only in the constitutions of all SADC countries but also in some of the regional and international human rights instruments that have been signed, ratified or acceded to ... -
Domestic violence in the Old Testament and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A question of identity
(AOSIS, 2021)With the global COVID-19 pandemic and different levels of lockdown being enforced across the world, domestic violence has escalated at an alarming rate. The restrictions on movement that lockdown has placed on countless ... -
Domestic work and platformisation in India and South Africa: A look at enablers and barriers
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Globally, the domestic work sector is both highly informal and highly feminised. This article will compile learnings from the domestic work sector in two countries of the Global South — India and South Africa — concerning ... -
Domestic workers in South Africa: inclusion under the compensation of occupational injuries and diseases act
(The Thinker, 2023)After decades of deliberate exclusion from labour laws and social protection in South Africa, domestic workers have slowly been able to taste the fruits of years of laborious fights for recognition, inclusion, and dignity. ... -
Domesticating international standards of education for children with intellectual disabilities: a case study of Kenya and South Africa
(Pretoria University Law Press, 2011)International law approaches the right to education for children with disabilities in a rather generic way. This means that the rights of children with intellectual disabilities have to be gleaned from the general ... -
The domestication of the African union model law on medical products regulation: perceived benefits, enabling factors, and challenges
(Frontiers Media, 2023)Introduction: In 2016, the African Union (AU) Model Law on Medical Products Regulation was endorsed by AU Heads of State and Government. The aims of the legislation include harmonisation of regulatory systems, increasing ... -
Don't cut that 'grass'
(Botanical Society of South Africa, 2006)Introduction: Have you ever noticed the abundance of wildflowers on public open spaces during spring in Cape Town? I suppose some Capetonians would be aware of Rondebosch Common and the astonishing botanical diversity ... -
Don't shout too loud: Reflections on the outrage against human and child trafficking
(Institute for Security Studies (ISS), 2010)Human and child trafficking is regarded as an international crime and serious human rights violation. However, the clandestine and transnational nature of trafficking makes it extremely difficult to apprehend or prosecute ... -
“Don’t They Know How Important It Is?”
(International Association of School Librarianship Conference Proceedings, 2021)The paper comes out of a month-long case study of information literacy education in two public libraries in a small South African town in the rural province of Mpumalanga, undertaken in October 2004. The participant ... -
“Don’t they know how important it is?” A case study of information literacy education in a small South African town
(International Association of School Librarianship, 2006)The paper comes out of a month-long case study of information literacy education in two public libraries in a small South African town in the rural province of Mpumalanga, undertaken in October 2004. The participant ... -
“Don’t try this at home?”: Reasonable or moderate chastisement, and the rights of the child in South Africa with YG v S in perspective
(SAFLII, 2018)In October 2017, in YG v The State, the High Court in Gauteng handed down a judgment that declared the common-law defence of “reasonable or moderate chastisement” unconstitutional. This article, while not a case comment, ... -
Dos and don’ts for mHealth-based clinical support among clinicians in South Africa: Results from a 1-day workshop
(South African Medical Association, 2021)Digital technologies continue to penetrate the South African (SA) healthcare sector at an increasing rate. Clinician-to-clinician diagnostic and management assistance through mHealth is expanding rapidly, reducing ... -
Double whammy wicked: street vendors and littering in Mankweng township and Paarl, South Africa—towards people‑centred urban governance
(Urban forum, 2022)The article probes the complexity of dealing with two interrelated wicked prob lems, namely informal, self-employed street vendors, and their experiences of lit tering. This paper describes the themes that emerged from 92 ... -
DPLG's policy review process: Local government under the spotlight
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2007)On 31 July 2007, the Department of Provincial and Local Government (DPLG) initiated a policy review process of provincial and local government. It will ultimately result in a first White Paper on Provinces and a discussion ... -
Draft Genome Sequence of Gordonia lacunae BS2T
(American Society for Microbiology, 2017)We report here the draft genome sequence of the soil bacterium Gordonia lacunae BS2T ( DSM 45085T JCM 14873T NRRL B-24551T), isolated from an estuary in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. Analysis of the draft genome ... -
Draft genome sequence of the putative endophytic bacterium pantoea agglomerans r6, associated with lactuca serriola from South Africa
(American Society for Microbiology, 2021)Here, we present the draft genome sequence (;4.7 Mb) of the endopyhtic bacterium Pantoea agglomerans strain R6, which was isolated from surface-sterilized roots of Lactuca serriola (prickly lettuce) -
The Draft Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2006)Historically, economic, social and cultural rights (ESC rights) have received less protection through enforcement mechanisms than civil and political rights. Victims of ESC rights violations do not have the opportunity of ...