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A review of the Angolan House snakes, genus Boaedon Duméril, Bibron and Duméril (1854) (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae), with description of three new species in the Boaedon fuliginosus (Boie, 1827) species complex
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Jakob Hallermann --- Center of Natural History (CeNak), Zoologisches Museum, Universität Hamburg, Germany Luis MP Ceríaco --- Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto, Portugal Andreas Schmitz --- Natural History Museum of Geneva, Department of Herpetology and Ichthyology, Switzerland Raffael Ernst --- Museum of Zoology, Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden, Germany Werner Conradie --- Port Elizabeth Museum (Bayworld), South Africa Luke Verburgt --- National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project, Wild Bird Trust, South Africa Mariana P Marques --- Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos (CIBIO), Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva (InBIO), Universidade do Porto, Portugal Aaron M Bauer --- Department of Biology and Center for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Stewardship, Villanova University, USAAn integrative taxonomic review of the genus Boaedon in Angola is provided. A molecular phylogeny, based on 99 genetic samples for which the mitochondrial markers 16S rRNA have been sequenced, reveals 23 monophyletic species-level groups in Africa and indicates the... -
A theory of lexicographic texts: an overview
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Linguistics • Authors: Herbert Ernst Wiegand --- , Germany -
Taal en etnisiteit in wisselwerking—Suid-Afrika as proefplaas
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Linguistics • Authors: Ernst Kotzé --- Departement Afrikaans en Nederlands, Republiek van Suid-AfrikaBinne die breë raamwerk van die taalekologie word daar in hierdie artikel ondersoek ingestel na die wisselwerking tussen taal en etnisiteit. Daar word eerstens gepoog om 'n gedepolitiseerde definisie van etnisiteit te verskaf en vas te stel of (en hoe)... -
Untold Stories of a Group of Black South Africans about the Apartheid Era
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ernst J. van der Merwe --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa Chris A. Venter --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa Q. Michael Temane --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South AfricaThe aim of this research was to explore the alternative stories of a group of black adults who survived the apartheid years in South Africa. It was surmised that the lives of many of the black adults who experienced the... -
A Group of Black South Africans' Experience of Telling their Untold Stories about the Apartheid Era
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jacques Vermeulen --- North-West University, South Africa Chris A. Venter --- North-West University, South Africa Q. Michael Temane --- North-West University, South Africa Ernst J. van der Merwe --- North-West University, South AfricaThe aim of this research was to explore a group of black South Africans' experiences of telling their untold stories of survival about the apartheid era. The expectation was that if they did become more aware of these alternative stories,... -
Die vangnet van die woord: forensies-linguistiese getuienis in 'n lastersaak
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: ErnstF KotzéThe article takes the form of a report on a linguistic investigation of forensic texts which played a pivotal role in securing a conviction by the High Court of the Eastern Cape on a number of counts of criminal defamation... -
Author identification from opposing perspectives in forensic linguistics
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Ernst Frederick Kotzé --- , South AfricaIn this article, two cases of crimen iniuria are reported in which the suspect could be identified, on the basis of a forensic linguistic analysis, as the author of defamatory documents—one which resulted in litigation and an eventual conviction, and... -
Arabic Afrikaans – early standardisation of Afrikaans orthography: A discussion of The Afrikaans of the Cape Muslims by Achmat Davids
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Ernst Kotzé --- Research associate, School of Languages,In this article, the published Master's dissertation of the late Achmat Davids on the historical phenomenon of Arabic Afrikaans is examined from a linguistic viewpoint, one of a variety of possible perspectives offered by the material documented and investigated by... -
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Ernst Mayr --- Museum of Comparative Zoology, P.A. Clancey --- , J.M. Winterbottom --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, -
ORNITHOLOGICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN THE STUTTGART NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND SOUTH AFRICA
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Ernst Schütz --- , -
Short Notes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: A.B. Daneel --- , C. Niven --- , J. Niven --- , Peter Johnson --- , Ernst Schüz --- , P.A. Clancey --- , H.E. Wolters --- , C.J. Skead --- , C.P. J.H. Oosthuizen --- Department of Zoology, MilesB. Markus --- Department of Zoology, R.K. Brooke --- , Rhodesia J. Cooper --- Dept. of Agriculture, J.V. Groves --- , Salisbury W. R. S. Dean --- , A.C. Kemp --- , W. R. J. Dean --- , A.C. Kemp --- , R. A. C. Jensen --- , U.S.A. M.K. Jensen --- , U.S.A. A.C. Pooley --- , T.P. Dutton --- , G.W. Schutte --- , H.E. Evans --- , Nico Myburgh --- , C. J. O. Harrison --- , England D.H. Eccles --- , R. A. C. Jensen --- , M.K. Jensen --- , J.M. Winterbottom --- , -
THE RIDDLE OF THE SO-CALLED “BENIN IBIS” AND THE ARTIFICIAL WATTLED BIRDS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Ernst Schüz --- , Germany -
Status and distribution of the Black-cheeked Lovebird, Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: T. Dodman --- , Senegal V. Katanekwa --- , Zambia D. Aspinall --- , Zambia R. Stjernstedt --- , ZambiaDodman, T., Katanekwa, V., Aspinall, D. & Stjernstedt, R. 2000. Status and distribution of the Black-cheeked Lovebird, Zambia. Ostrich 71 (1 & 2): 228–234. -
NOFSA Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Osteoporosis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: Stephen Hough --- National Osteoporosis Foundation of South Africa (NOFSA), Brynne H Ascott-Evans --- National Osteoporosis Foundation of South Africa (NOFSA), Susan L Brown --- National Osteoporosis Foundation of South Africa (NOFSA), Bilkish Cassim --- National Osteoporosis Foundation of South Africa (NOFSA), Tobie J de Villiers --- National Osteoporosis Foundation of South Africa (NOFSA), Stan Lipschitz --- National Osteoporosis Foundation of South Africa (NOFSA), John M Pettifor --- National Osteoporosis Foundation of South Africa (NOFSA), Ernst WW Sonnendecker --- National Osteoporosis Foundation of South Africa (NOFSA), -
The anaesthetic management of microgravity-exposed individuals
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: J Van Der Walt --- Department of Anaesthesia, AH Ernst --- Department of Anaesthesia,Mankind's imminent occupation of low Earth orbit beyond that of a scientific outpost and daring engineering nature that will land astronauts on Mars, will pose significant challenges to anaesthesia providers. The increased number of space tourists and workers who spend... -
Hypertension guideline adherence of private practitioners and primary health care physicians in Pretoria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: S Ernst [AN0001]Background: Hypertension remains a healthcare problem in South Africa. When prescribing evidence-based, cost-effective anti-hypertensive treatment, guideline adherence is essential. The Joint National Committee's Sixth Report (JNC VI) built its evidence-based review on the outcome of clinical trials. The objective of... -
‘The crocodile's wife’ – a tale of transformations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Ernst R Wendland --- Department of Ancient Studies, South AfricaIn this study, I trace the complex transformation of a traditional Chewa folktale (nthano) about a magical personal transformation, as this metaphorical story has been subsequently adapted for a dramatised radio representation. The artistic transformer, Julius Chongo, took a recording... -
Variations in translating Poceza m'Madzulo radio narrative texts
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Ernst R. Wendland --- Department of Ancient Studies,This study is a follow-up to an earlier one that overviewed the dramatic style and artistry of Julius Chongo, a Zambian radio narrative performer, in relation to a single narrative (Wendland 2014*). In that investigation I did not develop in... -
Hermeneutics and the capabilities approach: a thick heuristic tool for a thin normative standard of well-being
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Ernst Wolff --- Department of Philosophy, South AfricaThis paper argues for the way in which the hermeneutics of human action (in particular the technical dimension of action) and the capabilities approach are to be coordinated in judgements regarding the happy life or well-being. To ensure that this... -
Deep genetic divergence between geographically isolated populations of the goldie barb (Barbus pallidus) in South Africa: potential taxonomic and conservation implications
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Albert Chakona --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South Africa Willem S Malherbe --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South Africa Gavin Gouws --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South Africa Ernst R Swartz --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South AfricaBarbus pallidus as it is presently defined has a disjunct distribution that is divided between northern and southern populations in South Africa. Sequence data from the cytochrome b gene region showed two distinct lineages that correspond to these geographically distant... -
Invasion of a headwater stream by non-native fishes in the Swartkops River system, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Bruce R. Ellender --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa Olaf L. F. Weyl --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South Africa Ernst R. Swartz --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South AfricaIn South Africa, fishes in headwater streams are increasingly being threatened by non-native fish invasions. These invasions originate primarily from source populations in mainstream rivers and impoundments. In the Blindekloof stream, a Swartkops River headwater tributary, the non-native Micropterus salmoides... -
First record of an introduction of the giant pangasius, Pangasius sanitwongsei Smith 1931, into an African river
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Tuuli Mäkinen --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South Africa Olaf L. F. Weyl --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South Africa Kerry-Ann van der Walt --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South Africa Ernst R. Swartz --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South AfricaA catfish captured in the Breede River (33°56 41.6”S 20°4’45.6”E) in South Africa was identified using morphological and genetic techniques as the giant pangasius, Pangasius sanitwongsei Smith 1931, a new record for South Africa. The wild-caught specimen was a genetic... -
Communicative challenges of interpreting in cross-border languages in South African courtrooms
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Sam Erevbenagie Usadolo --- Department of Communication, South Africa Ernst Kotzé --- Department of Communication, South AfricaThis article presents some of the challenges encountered by court interpreters who interpret in cross-border languages, i.e. languages spoken across the borders of two neighbouring countries. Data used in the article were collected from participants by adopting a qualitative approach,... -
An analysis of director interlocks on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: J. J. Williams --- Ernst & Young, South Africa J. Deodutt --- School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, South Africa L. J. Stainbank --- School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, South AfricaDirector interlocks, which occur when companies have directors in common, have concerned shareholders, the public and legislators since the early 1900s. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the interlocking directorships of the Top 40 companies listed on the... -
Evaluation of the effects of phosphorus and nitrogen source on aerial and subsoil parameters of maize (Zea mays L.) during early growth and development
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Pieter-Ernst Coetzee --- Department of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences, South Africa Gert M Ceronio --- Department of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences, South Africa Chris C du Preez --- Department of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences, South AfricaUnderstanding the nutrient requirements of maize is especially important during early vegetative growth and development, particularly when produced on highly weathered soils with low organic matter contents. Therefore, the growth response of maize to different nitrogen (N) sources viz. limestone... -
Morbidity and nutrition status of rural drug-naïve Kenyan women living with HIV
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Charlotte G Neumann --- David Geffen School of Medicine, USA Winstone Nyandiko --- USAID – Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) Partnership, Kenya Abraham Siika --- USAID – Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) Partnership, Kenya Natalie Drorbaugh --- Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health, USA Goleen Samari --- Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health, USA Grace Ettyang --- School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Kenya Judith A Ernst --- Indiana University School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, USAThis paper describes morbidity in a group of HIV-positive drug-naïve rural women in western Kenya. A total of 226 drug-naïve HIV-positive women were evaluated for baseline morbidity, immune function, and anthropometry before a food-based nutrition intervention. Kenyan nurses visited women... -
Four questions on curriculum development in contemporary South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Ernst Wolff --- Department of Philosophy, South AfricaThis article explores current issues in South African philosophy curriculum design. Four questions are considered, each followed by a supplementary note. Firstly, the place of philosophy from other traditions, particularly Western philosophies, in South African curricula is considered (rather than... -
Effect of phosphorus and nitrogen sources on essential nutrient concentration and uptake by maize (Zea mays L.) during early growth and development
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Pieter-Ernst Coetzee --- Department of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences, South Africa Gert M Ceronio --- Department of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences, South Africa Chris C du Preez --- Department of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences, South AfricaIn South Africa, maize is often produced on highly weathered soils with low organic matter contents. These soils are unable to supply sufficient nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) for sustainable maize production, resulting in the use of fertiliser sources containing... -
Oor die Estetika van Kos en die Kookkuns
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: Ernst Wolff --- Departement Filosofie, -
Dispersal dynamics of juvenile Secretarybirds Sagittarius serpentarius in southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Melissa A Whitecross --- Terrestrial Bird Conservation Programme, BirdLife South Africa, South Africa Ernst F Retief --- Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas Programme, BirdLife South Africa, South Africa Hanneline A Smit-Robinson --- Terrestrial Bird Conservation Programme, BirdLife South Africa, South AfricaKnowledge of the dispersal behaviour of southern Africa’s juvenile Secretarybirds Sagittarius serpentarius was previously limited to a small number of ring recoveries (n = 4) in South Africa. From 2012 to 2015, 10 GSM-GPS solar trackers were fitted to juvenile... -
The reptiles of Tinhosa Grande islet (Gulf of Guinea): A taxonomic update and the role of Quaternary sea level fluctuations in their diversification
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Luis MP Ceríaco --- Universidade do Porto, Portugal Justin Bernstein --- Rutgers University-Newark, USA Ana C Sousa --- Universidade de Évora, Portuga Mariana P Marques --- Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Aaron M Bauer --- Villanova University, USA Sietze J Norder --- Leiden University Centre for Linguistics, The NetherlandsThe reptile fauna of Tinhosa Grande islet, Gulf of Guinea, comprises an endemic skink, Trachylepis adamastor, and an unidentified species of gecko of the genus Hemidactylus. Until recently, no molecular data were available for either species, impeding their phylogenetic placement... -
Probiotic effect and dietary correlations on faecal microbiota profiles in irritable bowel syndrome
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Cheryl Stevenson --- , South Africa Renée Blaauw --- , South Africa Ernst Fredericks --- , South Africa Janicke Visser --- , South Africa Saartjie Roux --- , South AfricaObjective: Probiotics and nutrient intakes modulate gastrointestinal (GIT) microbiota and symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The extent to which these factors influence the microbiota is relatively unknown. The primary objective of this paper was to investigate the effect of... -
The African Bird Atlas Project: a description of the project and BirdMap data-collection protocol
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Michael Brooks --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Sanjo Rose --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Res Altwegg --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Alan TK Lee --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Henk Nel --- , South Africa Ulf Ottosson --- A.P. Leventis Ornithological Research Institute, Nigeria Ernst Retief --- , South Africa Chevonne Reynolds --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Peter G Ryan --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Sidney Shema --- , Kenya Talatu Tende --- A.P. Leventis Ornithological Research Institute, Nigeria Les G Underhill --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Robert L Thomson --- University of Cape Town, South AfricaThe African Bird Atlas Project (ABAP) is a citizen-science bird-monitoring programme that relies on a robust, repeatable protocol (BirdMap) and allows insights into the distributions of African birds and their conservation. The protocol involves collecting bird lists within spatial sampling... -
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF JACOBSON'S ORGAN IN THE NORTH AMERICAN TAILED FROG ASCAPHUS TRUEI (ANURA: LEIOPELMATIDAE)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: ERNST H. W. BAARD --- University of Stellenbosch, RSAThe North American tailed frog (Ascaphus truei) is presently regarded as one of the primitive members of the Anura owing to the possession of the following primitive characteristics: free bony ribs, the retention of two ‘tail-wagging’ muscles and Jacobson's organ,... -
THE ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION STATUS OF THE GEOMETRIC TORTOISE PSAMMOBATES GEOMETRICUS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: ERNST H. W. BAARD --- Jonkershock Nature Conservation Station, Stellenbosch, -
SOME EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE SOUTHERN AFRICAN CHELONIANS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: W.R. BRANCH --- , ERNST BAARD --- Chief Directorate of Nature and Environmental Conservation, A. De VILLIERS --- Chief Directorate of Nature and Environmental Conservation, -
A REVIEW OF THE TAXONOMIC HISTORY OF AND SOME LITERATURE ON THE GEOMETRIC TORTOISE, PSAMMOBATES GEOMETRICUS (LINNAEUS, 1758)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: Ernst H. W. Baard --- University of Stellenbosch,The taxonomic history of the geometric tortoise, Psammobates geometricus is reviewed. It is recommended that the type locality is restricted to the south-western Cape Province. Uterature relating to morphology, distribution, taxonomy, biology, and conservation status and threats is summarised. A... -
ESTIMATING THE SIZES OF TERRESTRIAL TORTOISE POPULATIONS: TWO CASE STUDIES
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: ERNST H. W. BAARD --- Western Cape Scientific Services,Attempts to determine the sizes of two tortoise populations (the geometric tortoise, Psammobates geometricus, population of the Elandsberg Private Nature Reserve and the southern padloper, Homopus areolatus population of the Harmony Rats Nature Reserve, using three methods (a Bayesian estimate,... -
DYNAMICS OF A GEOMETRIC TORTOISE POPULATION IN THE SOUTHWESTERN CAPE PROVINCE
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: ERNST H. W. BAARD --- University of Stellenbosch, -
IS LEGAL PROTECTION OF REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS IN THE CAPE PROVINCE CONTRIBUTING TO THEIR CONSERVATION?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: ERNST H.W. BAARD --- ,The comprehensive legal protection of the Cape Province's herpetofauna is evaluated in terms of its benefit to the conservation of species which have or may be become threatened. An analysis of herpetofauna in captivity indicates that protection strategies serve a... -
Phrynobatrachus alticola Guibé & Lamotte, 1961 is a junior synonym of Phrynobatrachus tokba (Chabanaud, 1921)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Mark‐Oliver Rödel --- Theodor‐Boveri‐Institute (Biocenter of the University), Germany Joachim Kosuch --- Institute of Zoology, Germany N'Goran Germain Kouamé --- Université d'Abobo‐Adjamé, Côte dIvoire Raffael Ernst --- Theodor‐Boveri‐Institute (Biocenter of the University), Germany Michael Veith --- Institute of Zoology, GermanyBased on genetic similarity of topotypic material from Phrynobatrachus alticola and P. tokba, we synonymise the first with the latter. We analysed tissue samples from almost the entire distributional range of P. tokba. We report six 16S rDNA haplotypes with... -
What is not known is not aimed for — Understanding staff knowledge and readiness to embrace sustainable and healthy food
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Elena Cavagnaro --- NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Michel Altan --- Breda University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Ernst Jonker --- NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Machiel Reinders --- Wageningen University & Research, The NetherlandsTo mitigate the adverse effects of excessive consumption of animal proteins on both the environment and human well-being, a transition is needed toward plant-based proteins. Such a shift requires a change in eating behaviours, both at home and elsewhere. Focusing... -
Refinement of a site classification system for South African plantation forestry using regionally downscaled climate model input
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Steven Dovey --- Scion (NZ Forest Research Institute Ltd), New Zealand Jacob Crous --- Sappi Shaw Research Centre, South Africa Yolandi Ernst --- Global Change Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaDeemed a climate change hotspot, southern Africa is already experiencing increasing average temperatures associated with extreme weather events, such as drought and flooding. Climate change has already induced many weather and climate extremes in South Africa, and these are likely...