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What is the future of polygyny (polygamy) in Africa?
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2017)
The traditional practice of polygyny, whereby only a man is
allowed to marry more than one wife in a customary marriage,
has long been perceived to be an offender of women's rights.
Recent family law reforms on the ...
Exporting contradictions: the expansion of South African agrarian capital within Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)
Agrarian change in South Africa over the past two decades has seen consolidation of the hegemony of large-scale commercial farming and corporate agribusiness within agro-food systems. Constrained domestic demand and growth ...
Assessing the impact of a waiting time survey on reducing waiting times in urban primary care clinics in Cape Town, South Africa
(PAGEPress, 2017)
A waiting time survey (WTS) conducted
in several clinics in Cape Town, South
Africa provided recommendations on how
to shorten waiting times (WT). A follow-up
study was conducted to assess whether WT
had reduced. Using ...
Uptake and predictors of early postnatal follow–up care amongst mother–baby pairs in South Africa: Results from three population–based surveys, 2010–2013
(Edinburgh University Global Health Society, 2017)
BACKGROUND Achieving World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations
for postnatal care (PNC) within the first few weeks of life is vital
to eliminating early mother–to–child transmission of HIV (MTCT) and
improving ...
The limits of democratic governance in South Africa, by Louis A. Picard and Thomas Mogale
(Oxford University Press, 2015)
The title of the book by Louis A. Picard and Thomas Mogale is a bit of a misnomer. The book is not about democratic governance in South Africa in general—across the three spheres of government— but about democracy at the ...
Social protests and water service delivery in South Africa
(2013-09-13)
• To identify the key drivers of water-related social protests, roles of organization and mobilization and dynamics of perceived deprivation.
Riot damage - who pays?
(Local Government Bulletin, 2011-11)
Protest actions has become part of South Africa's political landscape. The extent to which it is increasingly marked by violence is cause of alarm. Assemblies, pickets, marches and demonstrations are essential features of ...
Supporting HIV prevention and reproductive goals in an HIV-endemic setting: taking safer conception services from policy to practice in South Africa
(Wiley Open Access, 2017)
INTRODUCTION: Safer conception care encompasses HIV care, treatment and prevention for persons living with HIV and their
partners who desire children. In 2012, South Africa endorsed a progressive safer conception policy ...
The factor structure of the Normative Beliefs about Aggression Scale as used with a sample of adolescents in low socio-economic areas of South Africa
(SAGE Publications, 2017)
The issue of adolescent aggression and violence has received significant attention in the literature. Normative beliefs about the acceptability of aggressive behaviour have been identified as central in influencing aggression. ...
The potential of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as a tool for poverty reduction in South Africa
(ESR Review, 2014)
Together the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
(ICESCR; hereafter ‘the Covenant’) represent the fundamental human rights commitments ...