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Investigating the significance of the 2008 Matric curriculum on first-year Economics performance
(UNISA Press, 2011)
The academic success of first-year Economics students has been the focus
of many South African studies in Economic Education. Many used the last
school examination (Matric) results as a proxy for students’ academic ...
The mining-conservation nexus: Rio Tinto, development ‘gifts’ and contested compensation in Madagascar
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2011)
This paper traces a genealogy of land access and legitimisation strategies culminating in the recent
convergence of multinational mining and conservation in southeast Madagascar. Drawing on empirical
research carried out ...
Commercial biofuel land deals & environment and social impact assessments in Africa: Three case studies in Mozambique and Sierra Leone
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2011)
The rapid increase in attempts by foreign investors to acquire large tracts of land in Africa for biofuel
developments has generated substantial concern about their potential negative impact on the
communities living in ...
Rethinking rural transformation in South Africa
(PLAAS, 2011-05)
In this edition we describe a civil society workshop convened by the Foundation for Human Rights (FHR) and the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) entitled ‘Re-thinking Rural Transformation in South ...
Socio-economic gains and losses: The South African Constitutional Court and social change
(Social Change, 2011)
The inclusion of socio-economic rights in South Africa’s transformative Constitution, it was felt, would make the Constitution relevant to the majority of South Africans, in particular the previously oppressed. Accordingly, ...
The jurisdiction of the Regional Courts Amendment Act, 2008: some implications for child law and divorce jurisdiction
(Faculty of Law, University of the Free State, 2011)
The promulgation of the Jurisdiction of the Regional Courts Amendment Act, 31 of 2008 (hereafter the JRCAA) in 62 large urban magisterial districts on 9 August 2010 (Women's Day) heralds a potentially drastic transformation ...
Will the new Consumer Protection Act prevent harm to nutritional supplement users?
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2011)
BACKGROUND. There is no clear distinction between the regulation of
food, supplements and medicines in South Africa. Consequently,
grey areas exist in implementing the legislation, particularly in the
supplement industry. ...
Lifelong learning and connected-up development: insights from South Africa
(UNESCO, 2011)
Lifelong learning through the four major stages of people’s development
(Schuller and Watson 2009) embodies the need for integrated, connected-up
approaches to development. I will reference briefly three examples in ...
Sexual violence in prisons – Part 1: The duty to provide safe custody and the nature of prison sex
(South African Journal of Criminal Justice, 2011)
While the exact extent of sexual victimisation in prisons amongst men is uncertain, it is accepted that this is a universal phenomenon. This article, in two parts, examines sexual violence in South African prisons and ...
Using wearable sensors for remote healthcare monitoring system
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2011)
Recent technological advances in wireless communications and wireless sensor networks have enabled the design of low-cost, intelligent, tiny, and lightweight medical sensor nodes that can be strategically placed on human ...