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A preliminary comparative perspective on the role of multinational enterprises in influencing labour relations of their host nation
(Services for Science and Education, 2021)
This paper examines the operations of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in so far as
they are able to influence the public and labour relations policy and law of their host
nation with a special attentio ...
The African intellectuals’ project
(UNISA Press, 2020)
Soon after taking the position of editor of IJARS at the beginning of 2019, I was
contacted by the dean of Unisa’s College of Graduate Studies (CGS), Prof. Lindiwe
Zungu, who informed me that the university’s principal ...
Common bean as a potential crop for future food security: an overview of past, current and future contributions in genomics, transcriptomics, transgenics and proteomics
(Taylor & Francis Open Access, 2021)
Common bean is an important legume crop having high quality protein, micronutrients, vitamins
and antioxidants, which makes it a “grain of hope” for poor communities. Hence, a good number
of breeding activities have been ...
Decade of research into the acceptability of interventions aimed at improving adolescent and youth health and social outcomes in Africa: a systematic review and evidence map
(BMJ Open, 2021)
Objective Interventions aimed at improving adolescent
health and social outcomes are more likely to be
successful if the young people they target find them
acceptable. However, no standard definitions or indicators
exist ...
Emerging research university in Africa: Divergent views on relevance and experiences
(2021)
This article provides an analytical literature review on the emerging research university in Africa. Specifically, we advance a deliberation of whether a research university is relevant and various experiences that denote ...
Upscaling agriculture and food security in Africa in pursuit of the SDGs: What role does China play?
(Springer Nature, Cham, 2020)
China and Africa constitute more than a third of the world’s population and China has become Africa’s largest trading partner. This has led to other forms of engagement with African countries, shaping development policies ...
Factors influencing the awareness and adoption of borehole-garden permaculture in Malawi: Lessons for the promotion of sustainable practices
(MPDI, 2021)
Using wastewater accumulating around rural waterpoints to irrigate community gardens,
borehole-garden permaculture (BGP) presents a method of sustainable water management. BGP also
presents public health benefits through ...
Real or imagined local autonomy: Experiences from local government in Ethiopia, South Africa and Zimbabwe
(Koninklijke Brill NV, 2021)
Centralized rule has been common in Africa, and almost all African countries
implemented, constitutionally or otherwise, programs of centralization from
the time they achieved independence from colonial rule. They did ...
Legal Pluralism and the Future of Personal Family Laws in Africa
(Oxford, 2021)
A notable aspect of Africa’s struggle with itsA notable aspect of Africa’s struggle with its colonial legacies is the co-existence of indigenous laws that emerged in agrarian settings with state laws that emerged in ...
Thirty years of the CRC in Africa
(Routledge, 2021)
This chapter reviews 30 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Africa. It notes that there has been significant upgrading and modernisation of child law throughout the continent, notably in child protection ...