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Naming South African frogs and reptiles in nine Indigenous languages
9 June 2025 •
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Identifying and naming every plant and animal in nature is a challenging endeavour. Zoologist, Dr Fortunate Phaka has taken on this task by leading the first in-depth study of how frogs and reptiles are named...
Call for Papers: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology
26 May 2025 •
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Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s work may be understood either as continuing Husserl’s imperative to ‘return to the things themselves’, or as advancing the phenomenological movement to the pinnacle of its most radical expression. In either case, Merleau-Ponty...
Paving the way to detect adult malnourished patients
23 May 2025 •
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Hospital malnutrition, particularly disease-related malnutrition (DRM), is a significant public health concern associated with increased morbidity, mortality and costs. Malnutrition often goes undetected in hospitals, particularly in countries such as South Africa, where many people...
Trend and Population Size of White-necked Rockfowl
14 May 2025 •
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The White-necked Rockfowl (Picathartes gymnocephalus) is a rare passerine bird endemic to the Upper Guinea forests of West Africa, and, with fewer than 10,000 mature individuals globally, the species is classified as Vulnerable on the...
A Powerhouse of the Spirit
17 April 2025 •
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A Powerhouse of the Spirit: The Life and Art of Sister Margaret Watson of Grahamstown tells the story of a remarkable woman, Margaret Watson, who left her conventionally middle-class home in England to join an...