Browsing by Subject "South Africa"

Accidental feminists? Recent histories of South African women

van der Spuy, Patricia; Clowes, Lindsay (History Department, University of the Western Cape, 2007)

This article reviews Helen Scanlon's book, "Representation and reality", and Nombonisa Gasa's "Women in South African history", and locates each against the historiography of South African women's history

Adolescent substance use: a prospective longitudinal model of substance use onset among South African adolescents

Patrick, Megan E; Collins, Linda M; Smith, Edward A; Caldwell, Linda L; Flisher, Alan J; Wegner, Lisa (Informa Healthcare, 2009)

Substance use onset among Colored adolescents between eighth and ninth grades in an urban area of Cape Town, South Africa was examined using latent transition analysis. Longitudinal self-report data regarding substance use ...

Adverse incorporation and agrarian policy in South Africa, Or, How not to connect the rural poor to growth

du Toit, Andries (2009-02-26)

‘… The Agapanthi, Asphodels of the Negroes…’: Life-writing, landscape and race in the South African diaries and poetry of George Seferis

Field, Roger (Taylor & Francis, 2012)

The Greek poet George Seferis (1900-1971) spent 10 months in South Africa during WWII as a senior diplomatic official attached to the Greek government in exile. Drawing on his diary entries, correspondence and poetry ...

Alcohol use among black female adolescents in a South African community: A mixed methods investigation

Phillips, Julie (Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, University of the Western Cape, 2008)

Background: According to the World Health Organization global alcohol consumption has increased in recent decades, with most of this increase occurring in developing countries. Added to this is the concern of the increased ...

Alternative perspectives on orality, literacy and education: a view from South Africa.

Bock, Zannie; Gough, David H. (Routledge, 2001)

The question of the 'great divide' between orality and literacy has been critically addressed by various scholars of literacy, including social literacy theorists. This paper uses the notions of primary and secondary ...

Applying a framework for assessing the health system challenges to scaling up mHealth in South Africa

Leon, Natalie; Schneider, Helen; Daviaud, Emmanuelle (BioMed Central, 2012)

Background: Mobile phone technology has demonstrated the potential to improve health service delivery, but there is little guidance to inform decisions about acquiring and implementing mHealth technology at scale in health ...

Applying linguistics: Developing cognitive skills through multimedia

Gough, David H.; Bock, Zannie (Applied Linguistics Association of New Zealand, 2003)

This paper examines the effectiveness of linguistic analysis in developing scientific thinking skills and scientific attitudes. It reports on a project established at a South Africa university in South Africa which engaged ...

Assessing pre-election political space in the 2011 local government elections

Africa, Cherrel; Lynch, Gerry (Unisa Press, 2012)

The administration of elections in South Africa, including the 2011 local government elections(hereafter the 2011 elections), has widely been hailed as a resounding success. Yet competitive elections, an essential component ...

"Big Food", the consumer food environment, health and the policy response in South Africa

Igumbor, Ehimario U.; Sanders, David; Puoane, Thandi; Tsolekile, Lungiswa; Schwarz, Cassandra; Purdy, Christopher; Swart, Rina; Durao, Solange; Hawkes, Corinna (Public Library of Science, 2012)

Summary Points: * In South Africa, as in other jurisdictions, ‘‘Big Food’’ (large commercial entities that dominate the food and beverage environment) is becoming more widespread and is implicated in unhealthy eating. * ...

Business models in land reform

Lahiff, Edward (PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2007-08)

This paper reviews the types of business models, or landuse models, being implemented in land reform projects involving the transfer of rural land to communities and other groups in South Africa, under both the restitution ...

A catalogue with keys to the non-geniculate coralline algae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) of South Africa

Maneveldt, Gavin; Keats, Derek; Chamberlain, Yvonne (Elsevier, 2008)

Non-geniculate coralline red algae are common in all of the world’s oceans, where they often occupy close to 100% of the primary rocky substratum. The South African rocky subtidal and intertidal habitats in particular, ...

Challenges faced by the urban black South Africans in the prevention of non-communicable diseases

Puoane, Thandi; Tsolekile, Lungiswa (Kamla-Raj Enterprises, 2008)

This paper was conducted to describe some of the circumstances that increases the risk factors for non-communicable diseases amongst the previously disadvantaged South African population. The work presented here is based ...

Child poverty and children’s rights of access to food and basic nutrition in South Africa : A contextual, jurisprudential and policy analysis

Chirwa, Danwood Mzikenge (Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2009)

The rights to food and basic nutrition have been implemented rather unsystematically in South Africa through a hodgepodge of policies and indirectly by legislation. In view of the dearth of jurisprudence, this paper ...

The choice of atomic power for electricity in South Africa

Gottschalk, Keith (2013)

South Africa needs to both increase its electricity generation, and to incrementally transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources. The most cost-effective strategy would be a mix of imported hydropower, solar power, ...

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 ...

Confessing guilt in the context of climate change: Some South African perspectives

Conradie, Ernst (Stellenbosch University, 2010)

This contribution explores the significance but also the immense complexities of Christian discourse on confessing guilt within the context of climate change. It draws especially on South African discourse on confessing ...

Conservation status of large branchiopods in the Western Cape, South Africa

De Roeck, Els R.; VanSchoenwinkel, Bram J.; Day, Jenny A.; Xu, Yongxin; Raitt, Lincoln; Brendonck, Luc (Springer Verlag, 2007)

Temporary wetlands are an ecologically and economically important habitat in South Africa. They harbor large branchiopods, known to be flagship species of nonpermanent aquatic habitats, and sensitive to land use changes. ...

Constitutionalism, public policy and discriminatory testamentary bequests - a good fit between common law and civil law in South Africa's mixed jurisdiction

du Toit, Francois (Tulane European & Civil Law Forum, 2012)

This article investigates South African courts' treatment of discriminatory testamentary bequests in the pre- and post-constitutional eras. It shows a change in judicial attitude towards such bequests from an accommodating, ...

Co-trusteeship and the joint- action rule in South African trust law

du Toit, Francois (Elsevier, 2013)

This article examines the fundamental rule of South African trust law that co-trustees must always act jointly in regard to trust administration. It highlights the rule's foundation, but also contextualizes some of the ...

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