Browsing by Subject "KwaZulu-Natal"
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Apartheid space and fractured power: Vicious cycles of poverty in Cornfields, KwaZulu-Natal
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2010)Apartheid space and fractured power: vicious cycles of poverty in Cornfields, KwaZulu-Natal A neglected area in the literature on structural poverty is changing land tenure relations and the disconnect with planning ... -
The application of the Cameriere’s methodologies for dental age estimation in a select KwaZulu-Natal population of South Africa
(MDPI, 2022)The estimation of an individual’s age is a fundamental component of forensic odontology. Literary reports found that the efficiency of Cameriere methodology for age estimation varied among many population groups. Therefore, ... -
Barriers and facilitating factors to HIV treatment among men in a high-HIV burdened district in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A qualitative study
(SAGE Publications, 2022)Despite enormous increases in the proportion of people living with HIV accessing treatment in sub-Saharan Africa, major gender disparities persist, with men experiencing lower rates of testing, linkage to treatment, and ... -
Barriers and facilitators to utilisation of rehabilitation services amongst persons with lower-limb amputations in a rural community in South Africa
(SAGE Publications, 2018)BACKGROUND: Persons with disabilities who reside in rural areas experience challenges accessing and utilising health services and rehabilitation. Due to the high prevalence of diabetes mellitus in rural regions, the risk ... -
Community education and the crisis of biodiversity loss: Reflections from the hall of mirrors of past projects
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)South Africa is one of the most biologically diverse countries on our planet, and many South Africans depend on our biodiversity for their livelihoods. However, we face a rising biodiversity crisis, with many of our ... -
Depressive symptoms in community-dwelling persons aged≥60 years in Inanda, Ntuzuma and KwaMashu in eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal
(AOSIS Publishing, 2015)BACKGROUND. Physical and psychological ailments increase with age; while the physical ailments are well documented, mental health issues have received less attention. OBJECTIVE. To determine the prevalence of depressive ... -
Dynamics of social differentiation after land reform among former labour tenants in Besters, KwaZulu-Natal
(2012)• Locate land reform in SA in changes in 1970s which ended “state activism in capitalism” and started the “moment of ‘globalization” • Global restructuring of capital has been accompanied by the “fragmentation” of classes ... -
eMpangisweni community trust claim
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2007)This diagnostic study examines the case of the restoration of ten farms in KwaZulu-Natal, in the area of abaQulusi Local Municipality and Zululand District Municipality, to the eMpangisweni Community Trust in 2003. The ... -
Exploratory analysis of the ecological variables associated with sexual health profiles in high-risk, sexually-active female learners in rural KwaZulu-Natal
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2018-04-05)Young women are at high risk for negative sexual health outcomes. Despite their high risk, many sexually-active women never experience negative sexual health outcomes. This study explored the ecological risk factors ... -
Housing rights of "slum" dwellers at stake : case review
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2009)On 27 January 2009, the High Court (Durban and Coast Local Division) handed down judgment in the Slums Act case. The case concerned a controversial piece of legislation, the KwaZulu-Natal Elimination and Prevention of ... -
Imithetho yomhlaba yaseMsinga: The living law of land in Msinga, KwaZulu-Natal
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2011)This report describes the ‘living law’ of land in one part of Msinga, a deep rural area of KwaZulu-Natal. It presents research findings from the Mchunu and Mthembu tribal areas, where a three-year action-research ... -
Land beneficiaries as game farmers: conservation, land reform and the invention of the 'community game farm' in KwaZulu-Natal
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)Scholarship on post-apartheid land reform includes research on land claims made to formal protected areas, such as national parks and state game reserves. Little attention has however, been paid to the question of land ... -
Physiotherapy management strategies for women post-caesarean section delivery in public hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(SA Society of Physiotherapy, 2013)South Africa has seen a steady increase in the rate of caesarean section deliveries, and while physiotherapists are often requested to treat these patients, there are no guidelines on their physiotherapeutic management. ... -
Social differentiation and ‘accumulation from below’ in Msinga, KwaZulu-Natal
(2014)South Africa has a highly unequal distribution of agricultural land > hence land reform BUT Who should be the primary beneficiaries of redistributive land reform? How can land redistribution address the structural ... -
Social reproduction, accumulation and class differentiation: Small-scale sugarcane growers in Mtubatuba, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2012-12)This paper argues that the rise and decline of small-scale sugarcane grower (SSG) production in KwaZulu-Natal must be historically located within a changing structural relationship with miller-processors, in turn conditioned ... -
Social reproduction, accumulation and class differentiation: small-scale sugarcane growers in Mtubatuba, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2012)This paper argues that the rise and decline of small-scale sugarcane grower (SSG) production in KwaZulu-Natal must be historically located within a changing structural relationship with miller-processors, in turn conditioned ...