Browsing Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences by Author "May, Julian"
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'Asijiki' and the capacity to aspire through social media: The #feesmustfall movement as an anti-poverty activism in South Africa
Ngidi, Ndumiso Daluxolo; Mtshixa, Chumani; May, Julian (ACM, 2016)South Africa has been a democratic country for 21 years, yet racial and economic transformation appears to have stagnated. Recently, the accumulation of frustration and injustice amounted to a wave of student-led protests, ... -
Keystones affecting sub-Saharan Africa's prospects for achieving foodsecurity through balanced diets
May, Julian (Elsevier, 2018)Socio-economic dynamics determine the transition from diets characterized by the risk of famine, to thosecharacterized by the risk of diet-related non-communicable disease (DR-NCD). This transition is of particularconcern ... -
Re-imagining resilient food systems in the post-Covid-19 era in Africa
May, Julian; Mentz-Coetzee, Melody (MPDI, 2021)The COVID-19 pandemic heightened awareness that serious illness and injury are common and important shocks that result in food insecurity, the loss of livelihoods, and unsustainable coping strategies. These have significant ... -
Telecentre functionality in South Africa: re-enabling the community ICT access environment
Attwood, Heidi; Diga, Kathleen; Braathen, Einar; May, Julian (Journal of Community Informatics, 2013)Despite the availability and capabilities of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in low and middle-income countries, the use of these constantly evolving tools remains limited for the majority of resource-poor ... -
Towards low‐cost community networks in rural communities: The impact of context using the case study of Beitbridge, Zimbabwe
Gwaka, Leon Tinashe; May, Julian; Tucker, William David (Wiley, 2018)Most rural communities in developing countries such as Zimbabwe are underserved and/or unserved with regard to telecommunication connectivity. Governments in developing countries are also under‐resourced to provide adequate ...