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  • Chromista 
    Maneveldt, Gavin; Keats, Derek (Wiley Online, 2003)
    As a group, the chromists show a diverse range of forms from tiny unicellular, flagellates to the large brown algae known as kelp. Molecular studies have confirmed the inclusion of certain organisms once considered Fungi, ...
  • Chronic non-communicable diseases 
    Puoane, Thandi; Tsolekile, Lungiswa; Sanders, David; Parker, Whadiah (Health Systems Trust, 2008)
    This chapter will examine the current actions, including lifestyle measures, for the prevention and management of non-communicable diseases within a South African context. It will also focus on the biological, behavioural ...
  • Chronic pain in the community: A survey in a township in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, South Africa 
    Igumbor, Ehimario U.; Puoane, Thandi; Gansky, Stuart A.; Plesh, Octavia (Medpharm Publications, 2011)
    Background: Comprehensive information is needed on the epidemiology and burden of chronic pain in the population for the development of appropriate health interventions. This study aimed to determine the prevalence, ...
  • Clathromorphum tubiforme sp. nov. (Rhodophyta, Corallinaceae) in South Africa with Comments on Generic Characters 
    Chamberlain, Yvonne; Norris, R.E.; Keats, Derek; Maneveldt, Gavin (Walter de Gruyter, 1995)
    A nongeniculate, crustose coralline alga (Rhodophyta, Corallinaceae) from South Africa, is found growing epiphytically on fronds of species of the geniculate genus Ampiroa. Analysis of the vegetative and reproductive ...
  • A clinical study of the effectiveness of two different 10% carbamide peroxide bleaching products: a 6-month followup 
    Grobler, Sias; Majeed, Abdul; Hayward, Roche; Rossouw, Roelof; Moola, Mohamad H.; van Wyk Kotze, Theuns (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2011)
    The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of two different 10% carbamide peroxide bleaching products just after treatment and after a 6-month follow-up period. Methods. Two 10% carbamide peroxide products ...
  • Coaching for publication in higher education: views of the coach 
    Frantz, Jose M.; Phillips, Julie; Rhoda, Anthea (Nova Southeastern University, 2011)
    Purpose: Mentoring is a professional development approach that can be effectively used in improving publication outputs among academics. The challenge to develop academics in the area of publication is essential. This study ...
  • Code-switching: An appraisal resource in TRC testimonies 
    Bock, Zannie (John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2011)
    This article analyses the function that code-switching plays in selected testimonies given at South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission which followed the country's transition to democracy in 1994. In a number of ...
  • Coercive sexual practices and gender-based violence on a university campus 
    Clowes, Lindsay; Shefer, Tamara; Fouten, Elron; Vergnani, Tania; Jacobs, Joachim (Taylor & Francis, co-published with Unisa Press, 2009)
    When a 22-year-old University of the Western Cape (UWC) female student was stabbed to death by her boyfriend (another student) in her room in the university residence on 25 August 2008, the entire campus was left reeling. ...
  • Collective bargaining and worker participation 
    Du Toit, Darcy (Juta Law, 2000)
    Introduction: The relationship between collective bargaining and worker participation has two main aspects - • the interaction between collective bargaining as a process (at workplace; sectoral and subsectoral level) and ...
  • Coming home, coming out: Achmat Dangor's journeys through myth and Constantin Cavafy 
    Field, Roger (Taylor & Francis Group, 2011)
    Despite his international status, the impact of Constantin Cavafy’s poetry on South African letters has gone largely unnoticed. This article draws attention to the range of Cavafy's, influence on the local poets, writers, ...
  • A Commentary on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 3: The Best Interests of the Child 
    Sloth-Nielsen, Julia (Brill Academic Publishers, 2008)
    A book review of 'A Commentary on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 3: The Best Interests of the Child' by Michael Freeman published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers (The Netherlands), 2007, ...
  • A common law hydra emerges from the forum-shopping swamp 
    Du Toit, Darcy (Juta Law, 2010)
  • Commons governance in Southern Africa 
    Hara, Mafaniso; Matose, Frank; Wilson, Doug; Raakjær, Jesper; Magole, Lapologang; Magole, Lefatshe; Demotts, Rachel; Njaya, Friday; Turner, Stephen; Buscher, Bram; Haller, Tobias; Mvula, Peter; Binauli, Lucy; Chabwela, Harry; Kapasa, Cyprian; Mhlanga, Lindah; Nyikahadzoi, Kefasi (PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2009-06-28)
    This Policy Brief is based on synthetic studies undertaken by participants in the Cross Sectoral Commons Governance in Southern Africa (CROSCOG) project between 2007 and 2009, funded by the European Commission (European ...
  • Communicating in designing an oral repository for rural African villages 
    Reitmaier, Thomas; Bidwell, Nicola J.; Siya, Masbulele Jay; Marsden, Gary; Tucker, William D. (IIMC International Information Management Corporation, 2012)
    We describe designing an asynchronous, oral repository and sharing system that we intend to suit the needs and practices of rural residents in South Africa. We aim to enable users without access to personal computers to ...
  • Community-based natural resource management in the Southern Africa region: an annotated bibliography and general overview of literature, 1996–2004 
    Whande, Webster (PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2007-02)
    This bibliography is aimed at collating information relating to community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) in the Southern African region across different sectors and themes. It was primarily compiled to offer ...
  • Community-based solar power revenue alternative to improve sustainability of a rural wireless mesh network 
    Rey-Moreno, Carlos; Roro, Zukile; Tucker, William D.; Siya, Masbulele Jay (ACM, 2013)
    Given the needs for a clean and easy way to maintain and secure powering wireless networks in rural areas and to gen- erate revenue to guarantee the sustainability of its intended goals, an innovative approach to leverage ...
  • Community digital story project: George community needs 
    Stoltenkamp, Juliet; Siebrits, André; Kies, Carolynne; Braaf, Norina (Science Domain International, 2015)
    This study details a Digital Story Community Project undertaken by the Centre for Innovative Education and Communication Technologies of the University of the Western Cape, which took place in George (South Africa) in ...
  • Community intervention for the emerging epidemic of non-communicable diseases 
    Puoane, Thandi; Bradley, Hazel A. (MedPharm Publications, 2006)
    BACKGROUND: Community health workers (CHWs) are lay people trained to assist with health care in their communities. This study took place at two sites in Khayelitsha, a township in the Cape Peninsula, from 2000 ...
  • Community response: decline of the Chambo in Lake Malawi's Southeast arm 
    Hara, Mafaniso (Springer, 2011)
    Small-scale fisheries are a major source of food and employment around the world. Yet, many small-scale fishers work in conditions that are neither safe nor secure. Millions of them are poor, and often they are socially ...
  • A comparative analysis of contraceptive use in Africa: evidence from DHS 
    Stiegler, Nancy; Appunni, Sathiya Susuman (SAGE Publications, 2013)
    The aim of this article is to show a comparative analysis of contraceptive use in areas of traditionally high fertility that have gone through profound changes. Data have been taken from the latest Demographic and Health ...