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A benefits framework for public access ICT4D programmes
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2020)There have been expectations across the developing world that information and communications technologies (ICTs) will deliver benefits to marginalised people. Despite many programmes related to the promotion of Internet ... -
The benefits of informed non-dissent when families have difficulty making a decision
(Université de Montréal, 2022)Being a surrogate decision-maker is challenging for many people and having to decide to withdraw life sustaining therapies can be extremely difficult. Helping surrogates to refocus their decisions on informed non-dissent ... -
Benign accommodation? Ukuthwala, ‘forced marriage’ and the South African Children’s Act
(Centre for Family Law and Practice, London Metropolitan University, 2011)In this article, we evaluate the implications of the Children’s Act 38 of 2005 for ukuthwala. Ukuthwala is a practice whereby, as a preliminary procedure to a customary marriage, a young man forcibly takes a girl to his ... -
Beta decay along the n=z line and its relevance in rp-process and x-ray bursts
(EDP Sciences, 2023)Nucleosynthesis in Type I X-ray bursts (XRB) proceeds eventually through the rp-process near the proton drip-line. Several N=Z nuclei act as waiting points in the reaction network chain. Astrophysical calculations of XRB ... -
The betrayal of Steve Biko – South Africa’s initial report to the UN Committee against torture and responses from civil society
(Law, Democracy & Development, 2008)This article will focus on State Party obligations in respect of reporting to the UN Committee against Torture (the Committee) under article 19(1)17 of CAT and more particularly on civil society’s interaction with the ... -
Between a rock and a hard place: the need for and challenges to implementation of Rights Based Fisheries Management in small-scale fisheries of Southern Lake Malawi
(Elsevier, 2016)There has been a decline in commercially valuable fish species, especially the Chambo (Oreochromis spp.), in southern Lake Malawi. Although there might be lack of reliable and scientifically backed evidence, most experts ... -
Between HIV diagnosis and initiation of antiretroviral therapy: Assessing the effectiveness of care for people living with HIV in the public primary care service in Cape Town, South Africa
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2011)BACKGROUND: While much is written about the scale up of HIV counselling and testing (HCT) and antiretroviral therapy (ART), little research has been done on the expansion of routine preART HIV care. OBJECTIVE: To assess ... -
Between Power and Perception: Understanding youth perspectives in participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E) in Ghana
(pubmed, 2019-07)Participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E) approaches have been touted as an important concept for local participation in social interventions programmes. Utilizing a process analysis approaches, the PM&E data gathered ... -
Between racial madness and neoliberal reason: Metonymic contagion in apartheid biopower
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2023)I will seek to consider the simultaneous workings of race and capital in apartheid biopower. J.M. Coetzee offers a reading of apartheid racism as racial madness which is imbricated with economic reason. In the wake of the ... -
Between rhetoric and reality: Learnings from youth participation in the adolescent and youth health policy in South Africa
(Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2022)Youth participation makes an essential contribution to the design of policies and with the appropriate structures, and processes, meaningful engagement leads to healthier, more just, and equal societies. There is a ... -
Between rhetoric and reality: the relevance of substantive equality approach to addressing gender inequality in Mozambique
(GAP, 2017)The purpose of this article is to examine the socio-cultural challenges that continue to limit women’s enjoyment of their fundamental rights and freedoms in Mozambique. In this regard, this article focuses on three areas ... -
Between supply and demand: the limits to participatory development in South Africa
(SAGE, 2013)Much of the focus in the literature on participatory development has been on the demand side and on the extent to which citizens succeed in pressuring the state to deliver basic services. Less attention has been focused ... -
Between text and stage: the theatrical adaptations of J.M. Coetzee’s Foe
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)Several of J.M. Coetzee’s novels have been adapted successfully for the stage, both as theatrical and operatic versions, but these adaptations have not received much critical attention. This article examines the ways in ... -
Betwixt the oceans: The Chief Immigration Officer in Cape Town, Clarence Wilfred Cousins (1905–1915)
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)Drawing on the personal and official papers of an immigration officer, this article highlights his personality, social life, and the quotidian aspects of his work at the port. By placing the officer at the centre, instead ... -
Beyond a “political priest”: exploring Desmond Tutu as a “freedom-fighter mystic”
(Black Theology, 2021)The purpose of this essay is to critically review the remarkably unique account of Desmond Tutu’s life presented by Michael Battle in his book “Desmond Tutu: A Spiritual Biography of South Africa’s Confessor.” The central ... -
Beyond a “Political Priest”: Exploring Desmond Tutu as a “Freedom-Fighter Mystic”
(Black Theology An International Journal, 2021)The purpose of this essay is to critically review the remarkably unique account of Desmond Tutu’s life presented by Michael Battle in his book “Desmond Tutu: A Spiritual Biography of South Africa’s Confessor.” The central ... -
Beyond entrepreneurship education: business incubation and entrepreneurial capabilities
(Emerald, 2018)PURPOSE – As a way of dealing with Nigeria’s macroeconomic challenge of unemployment and its concomitant socio-economic problems, the federal government, in 2006, made entrepreneurship study a compulsory course for all ... -
Beyond entrepreneurship education: Business incubation and entrepreneurial capabilities
(Emerald, 2017)As a way of dealing with Nigeria’s macroeconomic challenge of unemployment and its concomitant socio-economic problems, the federal government, in 2006, made entrepreneurship study a compulsory course for all higher ... -
Beyond form and functioning: Understanding how contextual factors influence village health committees in northern India
(Public Library of Science, 2017)Health committees are a common strategy to foster community participation in health. Efforts to strengthen committees often focus on technical inputs to improve committee form (e.g. representative membership) and functioning ... -
Beyond knowledge and skills: the use of a Delphi study to develop a technology-mediated teaching strategy
(BioMed Central, 2013)Background: While there is evidence to suggest that teaching practices in clinical education should include activities that more accurately reflect the real world, many educators base their teaching on transmission models ...