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The effect of fire on germination in five common veld grasses
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: P.J.K. Zacharias --- Department of Grassland Science, N.M. Tainton --- Department of Grassland Science, C. Oberholster --- Department of Grassland Science,The effect of fire on the germination of Themeda triandra, Heteropogon contortus, Panicum maximum, Aristida junciformis and Spowbolus africanus was investigated. Seeds exposed directly to the fire were destroyed in all species. The germination of seeds buried (7 to 9... -
An assessment of cassava African mosaic disease in South Africa and Swaziland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: T.N. Trench --- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Republic of South Africa M.M. Martin --- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Republic of South Africa E.A. Hemmes --- Anglo American Centre for Cassava Research, Republic of South AfricaA preliminary assessment of the distribution of African mosaic disease (AMD) in cassava in Natal, Transvaal and Swaziland suggests that at present the threat to commercial plantings in Natal has been contained through (i) commercial establishment of cassava in an... -
Resistance of sorghum hybrids to ergot caused by Claviceps africana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: N.W. McLaren --- , Republic of South AfricaThirty-one sorghum hybrids were evaluated for ergot ‘escape’ resistance at Bethlehem and Potcherstroom during the 1996/97 and 1997/98 seasons. Trials were designed so that flowering and artificial inoculation occurred over a range of flowering dates and thus, ergot potentials Non-linear... -
Efficacy of fungicides in the control of ergot (Claviceps africana) in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) hybrid seed production
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: N.W. McLaren --- ,Ergot is a disease of unfertilized sorghum ovaries. It is particularly prevalent in seed production where losses may average 10–20% per annum. Protection of the ovary during the critical period of flower opening to fertilization could reduce losses and increase,... -
SOIL carbon and nitrogen in five contrasting biomes of South Africa exposed to different land uses
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: A.J. Mills --- Department of Soil Science, South Africa M.V. Fey --- Department of Soil Science, South AfricaStocks of soil C to a depth of 50 cm in untransformed, indigenous veld ranged from 21 t ha-1 in karoo to 168 t ha-1 in thicket and stocks of N ranged from 3.41 ha-1 in karoo to 12.8 t... -
Oviposition site preferences by Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): effect of season and density on distribution of eggs on plants
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: E.S. Zitsanza --- Department of Crop Science, Zimbabwe D.P. Giga --- , Zimbabwe J.D. Knight --- Department of Environmental Science and Technology, UKIn an attempt to improve field sampling of the African bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner), oviposition behaviour of the pest on tomato plants was investigated. From limited studies conducted in the past, variation in oviposition sites preferences by H. armigera is... -
Recent population trends of African penguins Spheniscus demersus in Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: J. Kemper J-P. Roux P. A. Bartlett Y. J. Chesselet J. A. C. James R. Jones S. Wepener F. J. MolloyThe African penguin Spheniscus demersus is endemic to southern Africa and is listed overall as "vulnerable". Over the past century, however, the Namibian population has been severely reduced and is currently listed as "critically endangered". Recent trends at Possession, Halifax,... -
HYDROCLIMATE DEVELOPMENT FOLLOWING IMPOUNDMENT IN A TROPICAL AFRICAN MAN-MADE LAKE (LAKE ROBERTSON, ZIMBABWE)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa • Authors: N.G. Cotterill --- Hydrobiology Research Unit, Zimbabwe J.A. Thornton --- Hydrobiology Research Unit, ZimbabweLake Robertson was impounded by the Darwendale Dam which was completed in late 1976 to supplement the water supply to the City of Harare, Zimbabwe. This paper presents the results of a fortnightly sampling programme conducted on the lake between... -
NUTRIENTS IN AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS: AN INTRODUCTION TO SIMILARITIES BETWEEN FRESHWATER AND MARINE ECOSYSTEMS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa • Authors: P Chapman --- , South Africa JA Thornton --- , South Africa -
NUTRIENTS IN AFRICAN LAKE ECOSYSTEMS: DO WE KNOW ALL?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa • Authors: J.A. Thornton --- , South AfricaIt is nearly sixty years since the first studies were undertaken on the nutrient chemistry of African lakes. There have been numerous studies on the chemical composition of African waters in the intervening years. Yet as recently as five years... -
ASPECTS OF EUTROPHICATION MANAGEMENT IN TROPICAL/SUB-TROPICAL REGIONS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa • Authors: J.A. Thornton --- , South AfricaIn 1981, the UNESCO in association with the IIASA and OECD recognized that tropical/-sub-tropical water bodies may respond differently to eutrophication management techniques than heretofore expected on the basis of temperate lake studies. However, little information on the eutrophication process... -
A QUARTER CENTURY OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH IN AFRICA
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa • Authors: DavidH. Eccles --- , United KingdomThe African Great Lakes differ from shallower large African lakes by undergoing seasonal stratification and from large reservoirs in having long residence times, so that the ionic concentration of the lake water differs substantially from that of the inflows. -
THE DIURNAL MIXED LAYER IN LAKES AND OCEANS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Aquatic Sciences • Authors: JohnL. Largier --- Division of Earth, Marine and Atmospheric Science and Technology, South AfricaIn this review the current ideas on diurnal mixed layers are discussed with reference to several observations. Essentially, solar heating sets up a shallow thermocline which traps and concentrates further influx of heat and momentum in the top few metres... -
A COMPARISON OF ALLOZYME HETEROZYGOSITY AND LIFE HISTORY VARIABLES IN FOUR STRAINS OF AFRICAN CATFISH (CLARIAS GARIEPINUS)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Aquatic Sciences • Authors: J. P. Grobler --- , , L. C. Hoffman --- , , South Africa J. F. Prinsloo --- , , South AfricaWe studied allozyme polymorphism and its relation to morphological characteristics in 122 individuals from four lines of African catfish. Starch gel electrophoresis was used to screen 26 loci, of which five were polymorphic. Average heterozygosity levels differed moderately among lines... -
A PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF ASPECTS OF SASS (SOUTH AFRICAN SCORING SYSTEM) FOR THE RAPID BIOASSESSMENT OF WATER QUALITY IN RIVERS, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE INCORPORATION OF SASS IN A NATIONAL BIOMONITORING PROGRAMME
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Aquatic Sciences • Authors: H. F. Dallas --- , , South AfricaThe rapid bioassessment method, SASS (South African Scoring System) has been developed to assess water quality in riverine ecosystems. It is a scoring system based on the presence or absence of macroinvertebrate groups, and yields three values, namely SASS4 Score,... -
The effect of long-term mowing and ungulate exclusion on grass species composition and soil nutrient status on the Athi-Kapiti plains, central Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: D. Berliner J. KiokoThe long-term (>30 years) impacts of mowing (for hay-making) and ungulate exclusion, on natural, unfertilised rangelands were investigated. Changes in grass species composition and soil nutrient status were measured The study site, situated on the Athi-Kapiti plains of central Kenya,... -
Host plants of Osyris lanceolata (African Sandalwood) and their influence on its early growth performance in Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: P.L. Mwang'ingo Z. Teklehaimanot L.L. Lulandala S.T. MwihomekeIdentification of the host plants of the hemi-parasitic African sandalwood (Osyris lanceolata) and the influence of some on its early growth performance was investigated at Image, Nundu, Sao Hill and Iringa in the southern highlands of Tanzania. The aim was... -
Community Psychology in Africa: The Way Forward?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lynne Marks --- University of the Western Cape, South AfricaThis article offers a reflective comment on the topics presented in this special issue. These topics address the concept of community psychology from various perspectives presented in three thematic categories: The states and form of community psychology; the application of... -
The Structure of Parental Bonding in South African Students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Solomon Mashegoane --- University of Limpopo, Legesse Kassa Debusho --- University of Pretoria, Sewela Monicca Ramaboea --- University of Limpopo, Mpumelelo Marcel Mhlongo --- University of Limpopo,The Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI: Parker, Tupling & Brown, 1979) offers a practical way of conceptualizing parental experiences. In the present study, PBI scores of 522 students from a South African university were factor analyzed, yielding a three-factor structure for... -
The Effects of Kenyan Child-Raising Practices on Adult Life
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Emmy M. Gichinga --- Nairobi International School of Theology,The study investigated the effects on adult behavior of child-raising practices in Nairobi, Kenya. The research sample consisted of 11 adult men and women from polygamous (five), monogamous (five) and single parent (one) backgrounds. Additionally, the sample included adult participants... -
Psychological Well-Being and the Metabolic Syndrome in African and Caucasian Women in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Elsabé M. Botha --- North-West University, South Africa Marié P. Wissing --- North-West University, South Africa Suria M. Ellis --- North-West University, South Africa Hester H Vorster --- North-West University, South AfricaThis study explored the association between comprehensive psychological well-being and the metabolic syndrome (MS), as well as whether women without MS markers differ significantly from women with MS (three or more markers) on specific facets of psychological well-being. African (N=102)... -
The Relationship Between Hope And Goal Achievement
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: David J.F. Maree --- University of Pretoria, Marinda Maree --- University of Pretoria, Charmaine Collins --- University of Pretoria,The aim of this study was to explore the psychological resource structure of students as assessed by the Hope Orientation Measure or HOME instrument. The aim was also to find what the relationship between this resource structure and goal achievement... -
Exploring the Validity of the Values-In-Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS) in an African Context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Itumeleng P. Khumalo --- North-West University, South Africa Marie P. Wissing --- North-West University, South Africa Q. Michael Temane --- North-West University, South AfricaThis study explored the validity of the Values-In-Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS) in an African context. A convenience sample of 256 African students completed the VIA-IS in English. The majority of strengths subscales had good reliability coefficients and mean scores... -
Validation of the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths for Youth (VIA-Youth) Among South African learners
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Chrizanne van Eeden --- North-West University, South Africa Marié P. Wissing --- North-West University, South Africa Jeanette Dreyer --- North-West University, South Africa Nansook Park --- University of Rhode Island, Christopher Peterson --- University of Michigan,This study investigated the reliability and validity of the Values in Action Inventory for Youth (VIA-Youth) of Park and Peterson (2006) in a total multi-cultural group of South African learners aged 13 to 17 years (N=1691: male = 703, female... -
Validation of a Coping Scale in an African Context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Carelyn van der Walt --- North-West University, South Africa Johan C. Potgieter --- North-West University, South Africa Marié P. Wissing --- North-West University, South Africa Michael Q. Temane --- North-West University, South AfricaThe research aims were to compile and validate a multi-dimensional coping measure, taking African-centred coping behaviour into consideration. In a pilot study the Setswana-COPE (S-COPE) and the Africultural Coping Systems Inventory (ACSI) were administered to Setswana-speaking participants (N = 274)... -
Validation of a Community Collective Efficacy Scale in an African Context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Wilmien van Straten --- North-West University, South Africa Q. Michael Temane --- North-West University, South Africa Marie P. Wissing --- North-West University, South Africa Johan Potgieter --- North-West University, South AfricaThe aim of this study was to validate a community collective efficacy scale in an African context. An abridged version of the Community Collective Efficacy Scale was validated in a cross-sectional survey design. Participants (N = 1050) from urban (n... -
The Reliability of the Dyadic Satisfaction (DS) Subscale in a Low-income Semi-rural South African Community
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Elmien Lesch --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Sarah-Kate Engelbrecht --- Stellenbosch University, South AfricaThis study investigated the reliability of the Dyadic Satisfaction (DS) subscale of the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) in a South African setting. One-hundred heterosexual, coloured, low-income, semi-rural couples with a mean age of 43.59 years and limited formal education participated... -
Integration and Social Identity of Foreign African Professionals in South African Organisations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Thandiwe Nayiga Luzuka --- University of the Witwatersrand, Calvin Gwandure --- University of the Witwatersrand,This study explored integration and social identity of foreign African nationals in the South African workplace. The study also explored the implications of the Employment Equity Act of 2006 as interpreted by foreign African nationals within the contexts of integration... -
Jung's Breath-Body and African Spiritual Healing
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Stephen D. Edwards --- University of Zululand, David J. Edwards --- University of Zululand,Psychology essentially refers to the study and use (logos) of the breath, soul or spirit of life (psyche) that leaves a person at death and continues in some other form. From such a fundamental perspective, all forms of ancient and... -
Psychometric Properties of Various Scales Measuring Psychological Well-Being in a South African Context: The FORT 1 Project
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jan A. B. Wissing --- North-West University, Marié P. Wissing --- North-West University, Marietjie M. du Toit --- North-West University, Q. Michael Temane --- North-West University,The aim of this study was to do a first phase screening of psychometric properties of various scales measuring facets of psychological well-being so as to address further questions in the FORT 1 project (FORT 1 = Clarifying the nature... -
Discourse Analysis of the Perceptions of Bereavement and Bereavement rituals of Tshivenda Speaking Women
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Makondelele S. Makatu --- University of Pretoria, Claire Wagner --- University of Pretoria, Ilse Ruane --- University of Pretoria, Gertina J. van Schalkwyk --- University of Macau,This article examined the discourses of bereavement and bereavement rituals that inform Tshivenda speaking women's positions within their social structure. The Tshivenda speaking community that participated in this study is located in the Vhembe District of the Limpopo province in... -
Traditionally-Grounded Strategies for Sexual Abuse Prevention among Children of African Descent in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nareadi Phasha --- University of Johannesburg,THIS article attempts to strike the balance between different worldviews in strengthening the existing anti-sexual abuse efforts so as to maximise their effectiveness and relevance to all people in South Africa. It discusses some of the practices associated with African... -
The Description and Evaluation of an African Breath Psychotherapeutic Workshop
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Stephen D. Edwards --- University of Zululand,An African breath psychotherapeutic workshop is described and evaluated with a small group of participants (students =9, males = 3, females =6, age range =24 to 59 years, mean age 40.3 years) all of whom were professionally registered psychologists. There... -
Relational Psychoanalysis Potential Usefulness with Black South African Clients
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Zelda G. Knight --- University of Johannesburg,The aim of this article is to suggest that relational psychoanalysis may be a useful approach for working with clients from indigenous African cultures. In particular, the article considers the utility of relational psychoanalysis to understanding and enacting the therapeutic... -
Psychometric Properties of the Short Self-Regulation Questionnaire (SSRQ) in a South African Context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Johan C. Potgieter --- North-West University, South Africa Karel F.H. Botha --- North-West University, South AfricaSelf-regulation (SR), an important construct within the psychological well-being context, involves the ability to monitor behaviour, to contrast it with reference values and to introduce adjustments where necessary. A lack of validated measures of SR in the South African context... -
South African Teachers' Experiences of Children in their Classrooms who may have ADHD
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Tina Lopes --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Irma Eloff --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Sarah Howie --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Jacobus G. Maree --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaThis study focused on understanding and explaining how teachers experience children in their classrooms who may have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The study was a qualitative study in which 17 teachers from three different schools in Gauteng, South Africa,... -
Community Counselling: Values and Practices
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sandy Lazarus --- University of South Africa and University of Western Cape, South Africa Donna Baptiste --- University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Mohamed Seedat --- University of South Africa, South AfricaThis article focuses on community counselling, specifically in African contexts. A community psychology approach is used as a framework for this discussion. This approach, linked to a critical perspective, highlights the importance of going beyond individualist assessments and interventions towards... -
Community Counselling in African Contexts
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sandy Lazarus --- University of South Africa & University of Western Cape, South Africa Donna Baptiste --- University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Mohamed Seedat --- University of South Africa, South AfricaThis article explores community counselling as a form of professional practice for psychologists, with a particular focus on practices that are relevant in African contexts. The discussion identifies and discusses various models of practice identified in community psychology, including an... -
Guidelines for Counsellors Working with People of African Ancestry in a Sport Context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lourens Human --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Taunya Tinsley --- California University of Pennsylvania, PA, Monja Muller --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Sipho Rutsate --- National University of Science and Technology, ZimbabweThe objective this article is to describe five practice guidelines for counsellors working with people of African ancestry in a sport context. The practice guidelines pertain to counsellor training, counsellor perspectives, counsellor services, counsellor ethics and counsellor research. These practice... -
Child Abuse and Neglect: Counseling and Healing Practices with People of African Ancestry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nareadi Phasha --- University of South Africa, Almon Shumba --- Central University of Technology, South Africa Ngozi Okose --- Private Practice, USA Pilot Mudhovozi --- University of Venda, South Africa Seter Siziya --- University of Zambia,Communities worldwide condemn child abuse and agree that any form of harm should be mitigated by culturally sensitive methods. In African settings such methods are underrepresented in the literature. This article sought to identify and highlight the healing practices that... -
Voices of African Traditional Healers: Cultural Context and Implications for the Practice of Counselling in Sub-Saharan Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lisa Lopez Levers --- Duquesne University, USA Lynne Radomsky --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa Tamara Shefer --- University of the Western Cape, South AfricaThe healing paradigm implicit in many sub-Saharan African cultures is embedded in African cosmology, and thus the recognition of this is essential for understanding Traditional African Healing practices and implementing collaborative counselling practices. To this end, this article focuses on... -
A Meta-Theoretical Framework for Counselling People of African Ancestry: An Ecologically Oriented Response to the Special Section Articles
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lisa Lopez Levers --- Duquesne University, USAThis article is a review of the preceding six articles included in the Special Section related to the subject of counselling people of African ancestry. The major objective was to ascertain whether any recurring themes might be identified, and whether... -
Exploring the Role of Spirituality in the Context of the Five Factor Model of Personality in a South African Sample
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sumaya Laher --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Gregg Quy --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaThe study explored the relationship between the Five Factor Model of personality and spirituality by using the NEO PI-R (Costa & McCrae, 1992) and the Spiritual Transcendence Scale (STS) (Piedmont, 1999) respectively. Participants were 94 psychology undergraduate students at a... -
Development and Initial Validation of a General Psychological Well-being Scale (GPWS) in an African Context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Itumeleng P. Khumalo --- North-West University, South Africa Q. Michael Temane --- North-West University, South Africa Marié P. Wissing --- North-West University, South AfricaThis study aimed to develop and validate the General Psychological Well-being Scale (GPWS) in an African sample, based on the empirical overlap between hedonic and eudaimonic facets of well-being as found in previous research. The quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted... -
A Rogerian Perspective on Empathic Patterns in Southern African Healing
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Stephen D. Edwards --- University of Zululand,The aim of this article is to describe and provide evidence for the effectiveness of patterns of empathy in Southern African forms of healing. This is done through an evaluative literature review of the Rogerian perspective on empathy in relation... -
Practitioner Guidelines for Career Counselling in Light of Cross-cultural Influences on WAIS-III IQ Test Performance
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ann B. Shuttleworth-Edwards --- Rhodes University, South AfricaThis article consists of two aspects, including: (i) The delineation of WAIS-III normative date derived from prior research conducted by the present author (Shuttleworth-Edwards et al., 2004) in respect of a black African first language sample in the age range... -
Psychosocial Health of an African Group before Awareness of HIV Status: A Comparative Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lanél Maré --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa Marié P. Wissing --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa Mada J. Watson --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa Suria M. Ellis --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South AfricaThis study aimed to explore the psychosocial health profiles of people with and without HIV before they learned their infection status. A total of 1,025 participants (males = 386, females = 639, age range = between 32 and 87, infected... -
African Female Adolescents' Experience of Parenting and Their Sense of Well-Being
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Vicki Koen --- North-West University, South Africa Chrizanne van Eeden --- North-West University, South Africa Chris Venter --- North-West University, South AfricaThe objective of this study was to explore and describe South African, African female adolescents' experience of parent-adolescent relationships and their perceptions of the influence of the parent-adolescent relationship on aspects of their sense of well-being. Sixty-two African female adolescents... -
Well-Being in the Batswana Cultural Context: Constructs and Measures
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Itumeleng P. Khumalo --- North-West University, South Africa Q. Michael Temane --- North-West University, South Africa Marié P. Wissing --- North-West University, South AfricaThe study investigated wellbeing in a Setswana-speaking sample. Participants (n=459, males =141 females =318; 22% = aged between 30 and 40 years) completed the General Psychological Well-being Scale (GPWS: Khumalo, Temane & Wissing, 2010) and the Mental Health Continuum Short-Form... -
Jungian Analysts and African Diviners: An Exploration of the Archetype of the Self
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Catherine Geils --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaThis paper compares Jungian psychology and African indigenous healing practices through a theoretical review. It argues that while both practices express the shamanic archetype and facilitate the universal instinct towards wholeness, the expression of this differs. In Jungian psychology the... -
Value Orientations, Acculturative Stress and Mental Health Among African German Immigrants
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Erhabor S. Idemudia --- North West University, South AfricaThis study describes the relationship between value orientations, acculturative stress, and wellbeing of African migrants in Germany. Concepts from culture learning theory are applied in the context of intercultural interaction. Data were collected from 85 African migrants (males=73.4, females=26.5%; age... -
Perceived Sexual Harassment Among Female Students at a Zimbabwean Institution of Higher Learning
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Thelma Dhlomo --- Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe Rose M. Mugweni --- Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe Gwen Shoniwa --- Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe Levison Maunganidze --- Midlands State University, Zimbabwe Tholene Sodi --- University of Limpopo, South AfricaThis study analysed perceived sexual harassment experiences and responses among 136 female students (aged 19 to 40) randomly drawn from an institution of higher learning in Zimbabwe. A Sexual Harassment Questionnaire (SEQ) was administered to the participants. Data were summarized... -
An Exploration of Families' Psychosocial Well-Being in a South African Context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Vicki Koen --- North-West University, South Africa Chrizanne van Eeden --- North-West University, South Africa Sebastiaan Rothmann --- North-West University, South AfricaThe aim of this study was to explore and describe aspects that contribute to the psychosocial well-being of families from diverse cultures in a South African context by analysing data obtained through narratives, drawings and interviews with families. Participant families... -
Knowledge and Learning: Views of a Sample of South African Higher Education Students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Karen van der Merwe --- North-West University, Werner Nell --- North-West University,This study explored views of knowledge and learning held by a sample of 14 Black South African first year university students (age range = 18–24,50% female). Data was collected by means of semi-structured interviews, group interviews and focus group interviews... -
Psychometric Properties of the Religious Orientation Test (ROT) in a Sample of South African Students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Cynthia J Patel --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Sarojini Naidoo --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Zubeda Paruk --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaThis study investigated the psychometric properties of the Religious Orientation Test (ROT) (Idehen, 2001) with 1284 South African respondents. Participants were 323 learners (mean age = 15.81, SD = 1.24) and 961 university students (mean age = 20.08, SD =... -
Confirming the Factor Structure of the 41-Item Version of the Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Marais Bester --- North-West University, South Africa Cara S. Jonker --- North-West University, South Africa Jan Alewyn Nel --- North-West University, South AfricaThe main aim of this study was to investigate the factor structure of the 41-item version of the Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale within a South African nursing environment. An availability non-probability sample (N =290) of nurses from hospitals in the... -
Marital Expectations and Marital Satisfaction Between African Immigrant and United States Born Married Couples
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Evadne E. Ngazimbi --- Central Connecticut State University, Andrew P. Daire --- University of Central Florida, Damaris Soto --- University of Central Florida, Ryan G. Carlson --- University of Central Florida, Matthew D. Munyon --- University of Central Florida,This study examined the relationship between marital expectations and marital satisfaction among U.S. born (n=157; females=51.6%) and immigrant African couples (n=43; females=44.6%) who were faith community members. The participants completed the Relationship Assessment Scale (RAS; Hendrick, 1988), Relationship Pleasure Scale... -
Self-Efficacy, Collective Efficacy and the Psychological Well-Being of Groups in Transition
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sarah M. Roos --- North-West University, South Africa Johan C. Potgieter --- North-West University, South Africa Michael Q. Temane --- North-West University, South AfricaThis study sought to determine the differential influence of self- and collective efficacy beliefs on the psychological well-being of individuals within a community in transition. A cross-sectional survey design was used to collect data from 1050 Setswana speaking participants from... -
Exploring the Attainment of Career Success
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Eileen Koekemoer --- North-West University, South Africa Sune Visagie --- North-West University, South AfricaThis study examined the role of the organisation as well as the role of the employee in the attainment of career success for senior management employees. Participants were a purposive sample of 24 senior management employees from two international financial... -
African communalism and public health policies: the relevance ofindigenous concepts of personal identity to HIV/AIDS policies in Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Kipton Jensen --- Department of Philosophy and Religion, United States JosephBR Gaie --- Department of Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy, BotswanaThis article explores the possible relevance of African communalism to HIV/AIDS policies in Botswana and other parts of sub-Saharan Africa. We examine various interpretations of African communalism, which many consider to be the cardinal insight of African thought. We suggest... -
Christian theology of life, death and healing in an era of antiretroviraltherapy: reflections on the responses of some Botswana churches
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Lovemore Togarasei --- Department of Theology and Religious Studies, BotswanaThis article discusses Christian understandings of life, death and healing in the context of antiretroviral (ARV) therapy. The discussion is a response to the reactions of some Botswana Pentecostal and African Independent Churches to the availability of ARV therapy, as... -
Myths or theories? Alternative beliefs about HIV and AIDS in South African working class communities
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: David Dickinson --- Department of Sociology, South AfricaDespite three decades of public health promotion based on the scientific explanation of HIV/AIDS, alternative explanations of the disease continue to circulate. While these are seen as counter-productive to health education efforts, what is rarely analysed is their plurality and... -
The distribution and feeding ecology of the characid Brycinus sadleri in Lake Nabugabo, Uganda: implications for persistence with Nile perch (Lates niloticus)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: JohnP Olowo LaurenJ Chapman ColinA Chapman Richard Ogutu-OhwayoCoincident with a rapid increase in numbers of introduced predatory Nile perch (Lates niloticus) in lakes Victoria, Kyoga, and Nabugabo of East Africa was a dramatic decline in populations of many native fishes. However, a few species, including the characid... -
Preliminary testing of the Integrated Habitat Assessment System (IHAS) for aquatic macroinvertebrates
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: DeanJ Ollis Charles Boucher HelenF Dallas KarenJ EslerPreliminary testing of the Integrated Habitat Assessment System (IHAS), a widely-used aquatic macroinvertebrate habitat assessment method in South Africa, was undertaken. Based on the sensitivity of the South African Scoring System (SASS) to biotope availability and assuming that SASS Scores... -
Update on the bathymetry of Lake Mweru (Zambia), with notes on water level fluctuations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: ArthurR Bos CyprianK Kapasa PaulAM van ZwietenA new bathymetric map of Lake Mweru was developed, displaying previously unknown morphological features and correcting the shape of the shoreline as presented in older maps. Water depth was measured during 11 transect cruises in early 1994. Two depressions were... -
Bioassessment of the ecological integrity of river ecosystems using aquatic macroinvertebrates: an overview with a focus on South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: DeanJ Ollis HelenF Dallas KarenJ Esler Charles BoucherAn overview is given of the bioassessment of the ecological integrity of river ecosystems using aquatic macroinvertebrates, focussing on the South African situation within a global context. Biotic indices and their use in aquatic bioassessment are covered, and comparative descriptions... -
Fish health status, research and management in East Africa: past and present
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: P Akoll --- Department of Biological Sciences, School of Biosciences, Uganda WW Mwanja --- Department of Fisheries, UgandaThis paper reviews the state of research on fish pathogens in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda from the early 1900s, the period when fisheries management started in the region, to date, and evaluates the current policy, regulatory frameworks, management... -
An assessment of the impact of predation by Cape fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus on seabirds at Dyer Island, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Azwianewi B Makhado --- Branch Oceans and Coasts, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa Robert JM Crawford --- Branch Oceans and Coasts, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa Lauren J Waller --- CapeNature, South Africa Les G Underhill --- Animal Demography Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, South AfricaAt Dyer Island, South Africa, observations of predation of seabirds by Cape Fur Seals Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus were made during 2004 and 2006/07. It was estimated that seals killed about 7% of adult African Penguins Spheniscus demersus annually. This may... -
Spatial Variability in the Mudprawn Upogebia Africana on the South-east Coast of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: O. Dubula T. A. LasiakA nested sampling design was used to examine the variability in density, biomass, sex ratio and size of the estuarine mudprawn Upogebia africana in six estuaries on the south-east coast of South Africa. The objectives were to test the general... -
Patterns of immigration to and emigration from breeding colonies by African penguins
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: PA Whittington RM Randall RJM Crawford AC Wolfaardt NTW Klages BM Randall PA Bartlett YJ Chesselet R JonesOf over 20 000 African penguins Spheniscus demersus that had been flipper-banded as chicks between 1978 and 1999, 2% of those re-sighted after fledging settled to breed at non-natal colonies. This represented 14% of the banded birds that were subsequently... -
Patterns of movements of the African penguin in South Africa and Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: PA Whittington RM Randall BM Randall AC Wolfaardt RJM Crawford NTW Klages PA Bartlett YJ Chesselet R JonesThe direction, distance and seasonal patterns of movements of African penguins Speniscus demersus between breeding colonies were investigated for birds that had been flipper-banded between 1970 and 1998. These were comprised of 3 986 penguins banded as chicks at nests,... -
Oiled and injured African penguins Spheniscus demersus and other seabirds admitted for rehabilitation in the Western Cape, South Africa, 2001 and 2002
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: NJ Parsons LG UnderhillFollowing the Treasure oil spill incident in 2000 in which 19 000 African penguins Spheniscus demersus were oiled, there were no large spills in either 2001 or 2002. In spite of this, the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of... -
Regionally coherent trends in colonies of African penguins Spheniscus demersus in the Western Cape, South Africa, 1987–2005
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: LG Underhill RJM Crawford AC Wolfaardt PA Whittington BM Dyer TM Leshoro M Ruthenberg L Upfold J VisagieFrom 1987 to 2005, numbers of African penguins Spheniscus demersus breeding in South Africa's Western Cape Province increased by about 50%. Numbers decreased at the four northernmost colonies in the region: Lambert's Bay and the three colonies in Saldanha Bay,... -
Ecosystem considerations of the KwaZulu-Natal sardine run
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: L Hutchings --- Oceans and Coasts, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa T Morris --- Bayworld, Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa CD van der Lingen --- Marine Research Institute, South Africa SJ Lamberth --- Branch Fisheries, Department of Agriculture, South Africa AD Connell --- , South Africa S Taljaard --- , South Africa L van Niekerk --- , South AfricaThe annual winter sardine run along the South African east coast impacts the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) coastal system in a variety of ways. These include ecological impacts, such as enrichment of a largely oligotrophic environment, competition between migrant sardine Sardinops sagax,... -
Surviving off junk: low-energy prey dominates the diet of African penguins Spheniscus demersus at Mercury Island, Namibia, between 1996 and 2009
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: K Ludynia --- Animal Demography Unit, Department of Zoology, South Africa J-P Roux --- Animal Demography Unit, Department of Zoology, South Africa R Jones --- Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Namibia J Kemper --- Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Namibia LG Underhill --- Animal Demography Unit, Department of Zoology, South AfricaThe diet of African penguins Spheniscus demersus in Namibia consisted mainly of sardine Sardinops sagax in the 1950s. Since the collapse of pelagic fish stocks in the 1970s, birds fed mainly on bearded (pelagic) goby Sufflogobius bibarbatus, a low-energy prey... -
Collapse of South Africa's penguins in the early 21st century
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: RJM Crawford --- Oceans and Coasts, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa R Altwegg --- Animal Demography Unit, South Africa BJ Barham --- , UK PJ Barham --- Animal Demography Unit, South Africa JM Durant --- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biology, Norway BM Dyer --- Oceans and Coasts, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa D Geldenhuys --- , South Africa AB Makhado --- Oceans and Coasts, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa L Pichegru --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, South Africa PG Ryan --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, South Africa LG Underhill --- Animal Demography Unit, South Africa L Upfold --- Oceans and Coasts, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa J Visagie --- , South Africa LJ Waller --- Animal Demography Unit, South Africa PA Whittington --- , South AfricaThe number of African penguins Spheniscus demersus breeding in South Africa collapsed from about 56 000 pairs in 2001 to some 21 000 pairs in 2009, a loss of 35 000 pairs (>60%) in eight years. This reduced the global... -
Assessment of the abundance and distribution of burrowing sandprawns and mudprawns (Callichirus and Upogebia species) in Langebaan Lagoon, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: P Nel --- West Coast National Park, South Africa GM Branch --- Marine Biology Research Centre, Zoology Department, South AfricaA survey of sandprawns and mudprawns was undertaken in intertidal and subtidal zones in Langebaan Lagoon, West Coast National Park, South Africa, to determine their stock status and to gain an understanding of the spatio-temporal patterns in abundance and distribution... -
African sandalwood (Osyris lanceolata): Resource assessment and quality variation among populations in Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: P.L. Mwang'ingo --- Silviculture Research Centre, Tanzania Z. Teklehaimanot --- School ofAgricultural and Forest Sciences, United Kingdom J.B Hall --- School ofAgricultural and Forest Sciences, United Kingdom L.L.L. Lulandala --- Department of Forest Biology, Faculty of Forestry and Nature Conservation, TanzaniaAfrican sandalwood (Osyris lanceolata) populations occurring in Tanzania were assessed to determine the current resource status and ascertain variation in quality existing among them. This will provide a guide inthe selection ofpopulations where conservation efforts and improvement programmes can be... -
Influence of the origin of stem cutting, season of collection and auxin application on the vegetative propagation af African Sandalwood (Osyris lanceolata) in Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: Z. Teklehaimanot --- School of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, UK P.L. Mwang'ingo --- Tanzania Forestry Research Institute, Tanzania A.G. Mugasha --- Department of Forest Biology, Faculty of Forestry and Nature Conversation, Tanzania C.K. Ruffo --- Tanzania Tree Seed Agency, TanzaniaAn investigation into the possibility of propagating O.lanceolata through stem cutting was carried out at Tanzania Tree Seed Agency, Iringa Zone, Tanzania. The aim was to test the potential of stem cuttings in providing an alternative/supplement to the use of... -
Stem biomass and volume models of selected tropical tree species in West Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: GHS Guendehou --- , Bénin A Lehtonen --- , Finland M Moudachirou --- Laboratoire de Pharmacognosie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Bénin R Mäkipää --- , Finland B Sinsin --- Laboratoire d'Ecologie Appliquée, Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, BéninEstimating tree volume and biomass constitutes an essential part of the forest resources assessment and the evaluation of the climate change mitigation potential of forests through biomass accumulation and carbon sequestration. This research article provides stem volume and biomass equations... -
The effect of biotope-specific sampling for aquatic macroinvertebrates on reference site classification and the identification of environmental predictors in Mpumalanga, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: HelenF DallasThe classification of reference sites based on macroinvertebrate assemblages sampled in different aquatic biotopes in Mpumalanga, South Africa, was examined. Environmental variables that best predicted group membership for each of four classifications (stones, vegetation, sand and these three biotopes combined)... -
The community composition and biomass of pelagic ciliated protozoa in East African lakes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: AndrewW Yasindi WilliamD Taylor DenisH LynnThe community composition and biomass of planktonic ciliates were studied in 17 tropical East African lakes varying from freshwater to saline, and from oligotrophic to eutrophic. The conductivity of the lakes varied from 207μS cm−1 to 70 000μS cm−1. Chlorophyll... -
Diving behaviour of African penguins: do they differ from other Spheniscus penguins?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: PG Ryan SL Petersen A Simeone D GrémilletAfrican penguins Spheniscus demersus closely resemble Magellanic S. magellanicus and Humboldt S. humboldti penguins and have similar breeding and feeding ecologies. Adults feed on pelagic schooling fish in continental shelf waters, but African penguins have been reported to have shallower... -
Influences of the abundance and distribution of prey on African penguins Spheniscus demersus off western South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: RJM Crawford LG Underhill JC Coetzee T Fairweather LJ Shannon AC WolfaardtOff South Africa, anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus and sardine Sardinops sagax are the main prey of African penguins Spheniscus demersus. The combined spawner biomass of these fish increased from less than one million t in 1996 to more than nine million... -
Implications for seabirds off South Africa of a long-term change in the distribution of sardine
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: RJM Crawford PS Sabarros T Fairweather LG Underhill AC WolfaardtFrom 1997 to 2005, the distribution of sardine Sardinops sagax, an important prey item for four seabirds off South Africa, shifted 400 km to the south and east, influencing its availability to breeding birds. It became progressively less available to... -
Impact of the Treasure oil spill on African penguins Spheniscus demersus at Dassen Island: case study of a rescue operation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: AC Wolfaardt LG Underhill R Altwegg J Visagie AJ WilliamsThe bulk ore carrier MV Treasure sank between Robben and Dassen islands off western South Africa in June 2000. Although releasing less oil than the Apollo Sea spill six years earlier, the number of African penguins Spheniscus demersus oiled (approximately... -
Restoration of oiled African penguins Spheniscus demersus a decade after the Apollo Sea spill
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: AC Wolfaardt LG Underhill R Altwegg J VisagieThe bulk ore carrier Apollo Sea sank south-west of Dassen Island off western South Africa in June 1994, oiling approximately 10 000 African penguins Spheniscus demersus, most of which were collected from Dassen Island. A total of 4 076 de-oiled... -
Breeding success of African penguins Spheniscus demersus at Dassen Island, especially after oiling following the Apollo Sea spill
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: AC Wolfaardt LG Underhill DC Nel AJ Williams J VisagieThe reproductive success of African penguins Spheniscus demersus at Dassen Island from 1994 to 2000 was variable, but much higher than previously reported figures for the species. Breeding success was positively related to the abundance of anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus and... -
Impact of flipper-banding on breeding success of African penguins Spheniscus demersus at Robben Island: comparisons among silicone rubber bands, stainless-steel bands and no bands
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: PJ Barham LG Underhill RJM Crawford TM Leshoro DA BoltonFrom 2001 to 2006, two new designs of flipper bands made from silicone rubbers were tested on African penguins Spheniscus demersus at 365 nests on Robben Island, South Africa. We compared, over six years, the breeding success, from hatching to... -
Evaluating seal–seabird interactions in southern Africa: a critical review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: SP KirkmanThrough predation and displacement, the Cape fur seal Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus poses a threat to several seabird species that breed in southern Africa. Measures such as the culling of 'problem' seals have been introduced to negate the effects on these... -
Comparison of moult phenology of African penguins Spheniscus demersus at Robben and Dassen islands
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: AC Wolfaardt LG Underhill RJM CrawfordDassen and Robben islands are approximately 50 km apart, and currently support the largest and third largest populations of African penguins Spheniscus demersus respectively. At both islands, moult is the most synchronised and seasonal activity of the annual cycle. The... -
Review of the rescue, rehabilitation and restoration of oiled seabirds in South Africa, especially African penguins Spheniscus demersus and Cape gannets Morus capensis, 1983–2005
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: AC Wolfaardt AJ Williams LG Underhill RJM Crawford PA WhittingtonSouth Africa is a global hotspot for oil pollution. The regional oiled seabird cleaning centre, the South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB), has handled over 50 000 seabirds from its inception in 1968 until 2005. The... -
Breeding and moult phenology of African penguins Spheniscus demersus at Dassen Island
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: AC Wolfaardt --- , South Africa LG Underhill --- Animal Demography Unit, Department of Zoology, South Africa J Visagie --- , South AfricaThe breeding and moult phenology of African penguins Spheniscus demersus at Dassen Island form part of a variable annual cycle. Between 1994 and 2006, African penguins bred throughout the year. Most of this period was characterised by favourable feeding conditions... -
Effects of low rates of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilisers on productivity of an annual African clover, Trifolium quartinianum cultivar Mealton 5, for zero grazing in Kenyan highland smallholdings
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: J Muthoni LMS AkundabweniZero grazing is the cornerstone of dairying in intensively cultivated smallholdings in Kenya. The cut and carry method of forage harvesting increasingly is leading to soil mining, especially of phosphorus (P) and nitrogen (N). This problem is more serious in... -
Forest management educational needs in South African forestry companies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: MG Jacobson C Ham PA AckermanSouth Africa is a world leader in the forest products industry and this industry contributes significantly to the country's economy. Challenges to the industry's future include land reform, water use, global competition, regulations, outsourcing and privatisation (the decreased role of... -
Toward sustainable harvesting of Africa's largest medicinal plant export (Prunus africana): a case study in Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: JR Maximillian --- College of Natural Resources, USA J O'Laughlin --- College of Natural Resources, USAGlobal demand for treating prostate disorders with Prunus africana bark extract has made P. africana Africa's largest medicinal plant export. Unsustainable harvesting practices can lead to local extirpations of this multipurpose tree. Survey research targeting P. africana harvesters in a... -
A condition index for African penguin Spheniscus demersus chicks
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: A Lubbe --- Animal Demography Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa LG Underhill --- Animal Demography Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa LJ Waller --- Animal Demography Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa J Veen --- VEDA Consultancy, The NetherlandsThe body condition of altricial seabird chicks is directly related to the amount of food received from their parents, which depends on feeding conditions at sea. An index of body condition is therefore a useful tool for assessing variation in... -
Factors affecting diet, habitat selection and breeding success of the African Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus in a fragmented landscape
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Christopher J Swatridge --- School of Biosciences, UK Ara Monadjem --- All Out Africa Research Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, Swaziland David J Steyn --- , South Africa Garth R Batchelor --- , South Africa Ian CW Hardy --- School of Biosciences, UKThis study aimed to identify variables that affect habitat selection and nesting success of the African Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus, the largest forest raptor, in north-eastern South Africa. A preference for nesting in the Northern Mistbelt Forest vegetation type was... -
High prevalence of abnormal liver enzymes in South African patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus attending a diabetes clinic
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: IM Paruk --- Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, FJ Pirie --- Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, AA Motala --- Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, BA Kolawole --- Obafemi Awolowo University, NigeriaObjective: To determine the prevalence of liver function test abnormalities in South African black and Indian adult patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus attending a tertiary diabetes clinic. -
Differences in MetS marker prevalence between black African and Caucasian teachers from the North West Province: Sympathetic Activity and Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Africans (SABPA) Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: S Hoebel --- The School of Biokinetics, Recreation and Sport Science, North-West University, L Malan --- School for Physiology, Nutrition and Consumer Sciences, North-West University, H De Ridder --- School of Biokinetics, Recreation and Sport Science, North-West University,Background: The aim of this study was to compare metabolic syndrome (MetS) prevalence between black and Caucasian Africans using different definitions, and secondly, to determine the association between MetS, anthropometric markers and the albumin: creatinine ratio using the new joint... -
Field anaesthesia of the African elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: GF Stegmann --- Department of Companion Animal Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Science, D Grobler --- Catchco Africa, J Zuba --- San Diego Wild Animal Park, USA -
Postmenopausal symptoms in a group of rural Xhosa women
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: TJ Friderichs DR Hall --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, South AfricaBackground: To describe the incidence and understanding of early postmenopausal symptoms in rural Xhosa women. -
Predictors of topical steroid misuse among patrons of pharmacies in Pretoria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: N Malangu --- National School of Public Health, University of Limpopo, GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care,Background: -
The abridged South African hypertension guideline 2011
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: YK Seedat --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, BL Rayner --- University of Cape Town,Extensive data from randomised controlled trials have shown the benefit of treating hypertension. The target blood pressure (BP) for antihypertensive management is < 140/90 mmHg, and < 130/80 mmHg in patients with end-organ damage, co-existing risk factors, and co-morbidity. Benefits... -
Black Adults’ Perceptions of Healthy Family Functioning
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Cynthia Zwane --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa Chris Venter --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa Q. Michael Temane --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa Shingairai Chigeza --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South AfricaThis study explores Black adults’ perceptions of factors that contribute to healthy family functioning. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 18 Black participants between the ages of 26 and 54. They responded to a question on their perceptions of healthy family... -
Implementing an Operational Risk Management Framework: Psycho-Social Factors in Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Annelize van Niekerk --- University of South Africa, South Africa Dirk J Geldenhuys --- University of South Africa, South Africa Madia M Levin --- University of South Africa, South Africa Michelle May --- University of South Africa, South Africa K.P. Moalusi --- University of South Africa, South AfricaThis qualitative study explored the psychosocial factors that affect the implementation of an operational risk management framework in a financial institution in Tanzania. A purposive sample of 39 participants from three financial institutions was interviewed using semistructured interviews. The data... -
The abridged South African hypertension guideline 2011
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: YK Seedat --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, BL Rayner --- University of Cape Town,Extensive data from randomised controlled trials have shown the benefit of treating hypertension. The target blood pressure (BP) for antihypertensive management is < 140/90 mmHg, and < 130/80 mmHg in patients with end-organ damage, coexisting risk factors, and co-morbidity. Benefits... -
Allergic rhinitis in South Africa: 2012 guidelines
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: RJ Green --- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, M Hockman --- Private Practice, Linksfield Clinic and Sandton Clinic, R Friedman --- Lancet Laboratories and Division of Medical Virology, Faculty of Health Sciences, E Vardas --- Lancet Laboratories, P Cole --- Netcare Krugersdorp Hospital, A Halkas --- Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital and University of the Witwatersrand, C FeldmanAllergic rhinitis (AR) is an important disease in South Africa. The South African Allergic Rhinitis Working Group (SAARWG) has published previous guidelines on AR diagnosis and management. Areas of concern have arisen that require additional information, including the management of... -
Presence of meaning and search for meaning as mediators between spirituality and psychological well-being in a South African sample
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Itumeleng P. Khumalo --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South Africa Marié P. Wissing --- Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research, South Africa Lusilda Schutte --- Statistical Consultation Services, South AfricaSpirituality and meaning in life are important pathways to well-being. Research has conceptually and empirically linked spirituality, religiousness and meaning in life. The present study was concerned with investigating presence of meaning (MLQ-P) and search for meaning (MLQ-S) as mediators... -
Meaning as perceived and experienced by an African student group
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Marié P. Wissing --- Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research, South Africa Itumeleng P. Khumalo --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South Africa Shingairai C. Chigeza --- Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research, South AfricaThis qualitative study explored what a Batswana group of African students (N = 73) find most meaningful in their life and why those sources of meaning are important to them. Findings showed that, in line with previous Western studies, the most important... -
Time perspective amongst a group of Black African first-year students: correlates with academic competence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Rinet van Lill --- Department of Psychology, Luzelle Naude --- Department of Psychology,This study explores the constructs of academic competence and time perspective amongst Black African first-year students (n = 178, females = 72.5%) from a large South African university. Self-report data were collected on the students' time perspective and academic competence. Participants' time perspective was... -
Beyond ethical imperatives in South African anthropology: morally repugnant and unlikeable subjects
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Ilana van Wyk --- Institute for Humanities in Africa (HUMA), Upper Campus, Humanities Graduate Building, 4 Floor, University of Cape Town, South AfricaIn this article, I argue that anthropologists' dislike of their subjects in the field poses both epistemological and ethical questions that go beyond concerns about harming or exploiting those we study, about maintaining human relationships, or about the self-reflexivity and... -
Genetic diversity and gene flow in Clarias gariepinus from Lakes Victoria and Kanyaboli, Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: JE Barasa --- Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Kenya R Abila --- Department of Fisheries Management and Aquaculture Technology, Kenya JP Grobler --- Department of Genetics, South Africa OG Dangasuk --- Department of Biological Sciences, Molecular Genetics Section, Kenya MN Njahira --- Biosciences eastern and central Africa - International Livestock Research Institute Hub (BecA-ILRI Hub), Kenya B Kaunda-Arara --- Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, KenyaThe African catfish Clarias gariepinus is an important species in the rapidly expanding aquaculture industry in East Africa. Most Kenyan catfish farmers use stocks with unknown genetic characteristics, with uncertified seeds and inter-basin exchange of brood stocks threatening the genetic... -
Obstacles to HIV prevention, treatment and care in selected public universities in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Blessing Mbatha --- Department of Communication Science, South AfricaSouth Africa, like the rest of Southern Africa, is ravaged by AIDS. Higher education in South Africa has a significant role to play in the fight against the spread of HIV and AIDS. This article reports the factors contributing to... -
Measuring resilience among homeless youth: psychometric assessment of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kwaku Oppong Asante --- School of Applied Human Sciences, South Africa Anna Meyer-Weitz --- School of Applied Human Sciences, South AfricaThis study validated the psychometric structure of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC; Connor & Davidson, 2003) in a sample of 227 homeless youth in Ghana. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) with Varimax rotation was used to extract factor structures. About 62%... -
Instant mutuality: the development of Maboneng in inner-city Johannesburg
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Alice Nevin --- Department of Social Anthropology, South AfricaIn the context of strategies of urban renewal and gentrification in Johannesburg in a time of rapid urbanisation, the question of how urban renewal and gentrification affect people and their everyday lives must be considered. At present there are numerous... -
Practicing pan-Africanism: an anthropological perspective on exile-host relations at Kongwa, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Christian A. Williams --- Institute for Reconciliation and Social Justice, South AfricaThis paper explores exile-host relations at Kongwa, where southern Africa's first guerrilla soldiers lived alongside villagers in rural, central Tanzania between 1964 and 1978. Drawing from the author's previous research on SWAPO's exile camps, recent publications about the ANC in... -
“Dwelling-in-Travel”: Of Ships, Trains and Planes in M.G. Vassanji's Fiction
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Tina Steiner --- English Department, South AfricaM.G. Vassanji's prominent thematic concerns of movement, diaspora, memory, and the formation of migrant subjectivities can be traced and apprehended by paying close attention to the intersecting paths across the Indian Ocean, across railroad tracks into various East African territories... -
The Female Condition as Double Incarceration in Wambui Otieno's Mau Mau's Daughter
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Ken Walibora Waliaula --- Nation Media Group (NMG), KenyaFocusing on Kenyan freedom fighter Wambui Otieno's narrative Mau Mau's Daughter 1998), this article discusses the interplay between incarceration and the female condition. It bears clarifying that Otieno's narrative of confinement was written and published forty years after the fact... -
Experiences of stereotyping among individuals employed in selected South African organisations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lizelle Brink --- Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, South Africa Jan Alewyn Nel --- Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, South AfricaThis study investigated the effects of stereotypes among individuals working in selected South African organisations. The participants were 336 employees within the following sectors: banking (n = 40), higher education institutions (n = 72), mining (n = 63), municipalities (n = 24), nursing (n = 4), police services (n = 20), schools... -
The role of educational psychologists in promoting ethical research conducted with children: an exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jace Pillay --- South African Research Chair in Education and care in Childhood, Faculty of Education, South AfricaThis study explored perceptions of educational psychologists on their role in promoting ethical research involving children. Participants were 10 South African educational psychologists (females = 60%; males = 40%) from mostly public services (90%). Data on their perceived roles in... -
Aspects of reproduction in the seasonally breeding African yellow bat, Scotophilus dinganii (A. Smith, 1833)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: M. van der Merwe --- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa N. J. van der Merwe --- Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa B. L. Penzhorn --- Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, South AfricaMonthly collections of the African yellow bat, Scotophilus dinganii, were made in the Kruger National Park. Examination of serially sectioned reproductive tracts of females showed that the African yellow bat is a monoestrous species and that insemination, ovulation and fertilization... -
Amniogenesis in the African yellow bat, Scotophilus dinganii
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: M. van der Merwe --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaThe African yellow house bat, Scotophilus dinganii, was found to be seasonally monestrus, carrying a single foetus in each of the two uterine horns of the bicornuate uterus. Implantation was superficial, with amniogenesis initiated early during embryogenesis. The amnion in... -
A comparison of three techniques for fluorochrome marking of juvenile Clarias gariepinus otoliths
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Reece Wartenberg --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa Anthony J. Booth --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South Africa Olaf L. F. Weyl --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South AfricaIntramuscular injection of the antibiotic oxytetracycline (OTC) has been the only method previously employed for chemically marking C. gariepinus otoliths for ageing studies. This study compared intramuscular injection, immersion, and dietary incorporation methods of administering OTC to determine the most... -
Macrofaunal community structure in the littoral zone of a freshwater-deprived, permanently open Eastern Cape estuary
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: T.O. Henninger --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa P.W. Froneman --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaSpatial patterns in the macrofauna community structure within four distinct zones of the permanently open, freshwater-deprived Kariega Estuary on the southeastern coastline of southern Africa were investigated in March–May 2010. The zones within the littoral zone comprised a band of... -
New status for two African giant forest shrews, Crocidura goliath goliath and C. goliath nimbasilvanus (Mammalia: Soricomorpha), based on molecular and geometic morphometric analyses
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: F. Jacquet --- Département de Systématique et Evolution, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, France R. Hutterer --- Section of Mammals, Zoologisches Forschungmuseum A. Koenig, Germany V. Nicolas --- Département de Systématique et Evolution, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, France J. Decher --- Department of Biology, U.S.A. M. Colyn --- Université de Rennes 1, CNRS, France A. Couloux --- Génoscope, Centre National de Séquenç age, France C. Denys --- Département de Systématique et Evolution, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, FranceCrocidura goliath nimbasilvanus Hutterer, 2003 (replacement name for C. odorata guineensis Heim de Balsac, 1968) from West Africa (Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast) and Crocidura goliath goliath Thomas, 1906 from Central Africa (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Republic of Congo, Democratic... -
Ectoparasites of a non-indigenous warthog population, Phacochoerus africanus, in the Free State Province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Sonja Matthee --- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, South Africa Monlee Swanepoel --- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, South Africa Luther van der Mescht --- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, South Africa Alison J. Leslie --- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, South Africa Louw C. Hoffman --- Department of Animal Sciences, South AfricaA population of the common warthog, Phacochoerus africanus, recently became established on several farms in the Free State Province, South Africa. The aim of the study was to record ectoparasite species that occur on this non-indigenous population and to compare... -
Assessment of reproductive function in southern African spiny mice (Acomys spinosissimus) using faeces as hormone matrix
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: P. Ruan de Bruin --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa Katarina Medger --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa Nigel C. Bennett --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa André Ganswindt --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaFor spiny mice, detailed long-term data on reproductive endocrine function is lacking, as limited blood volumes make frequent collections of individual plasma samples for hormone monitoring impractical. To provide the necessary tools in order to fill this gap, this study... -
First record of an intraleucocytic haemogregarine (Adeleorina: Haemogregarinidae) from South African tortoises of the species Stigmochelys pardalis (Cryptodira: Testudinidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Courtney A. Cook --- Department of Zoology, South Africa Nico J. Smit --- Water Research Group (Ecology), Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, South Africa Angela J. Davies --- Water Research Group (Ecology), Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, South AfricaTo date, four intraerythrocytic apicomplexans, namely the haemogregarines Haemogregarina fitzsimonsi and Haemogregarina parvula, and the haemoproteids Haemoproteus testudinalis and Haemoproteus natalensis, have been described from South African land tortoises. Recently, an intraleucocytic haemogregarine was observed in one species of tortoise,... -
Why Africa Journal of Management and Why Now?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Stella M. Nkomo --- Department of Human Resource Management, South Africa David Zoogah --- Earl Graves School of Business, USA Moses Acquaah --- Department of Management, Bryan School of Business and Economics, USAIn this article, we provide the background as well as the rationale for the decision to establish the Africa Journal of Management. We begin by telling the story of the genesis of AFAM and its aspirational mission. Next, we discuss... -
Management Theory, Research and Practice for Sustainable Development in Africa: A Commentary from a Practitioner's Perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Vincent Bagire --- Department of Business Administration, Uganda Juliana Namada --- School of Business, KenyaIn this article we give a synthesis of the argument that inadequate management theory and practice have contributed to Africa's lack of sustainable development. The article is based on a keynote address by the Governor of the Bank of Botswana,... -
Trends in African Black Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini populations between the early 1980s and early 2000s, with consideration of the influence of protected habitats and food availability
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Douglas Loewenthal --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST–NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa Dane M Paijmans --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST–NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa Philip W Haupt --- Seychelles Islands Foundation, Republic of Seychelles Philip AR Hockey --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST–NRF Centre of Excellence, South AfricaThe African Black Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini is classified as Near Threatened because the population size is small (<10 000) and numbers have decreased or were previously recorded as decreasing. Although human activity has increased in many parts of the species’... -
Differential reactions to anthropogenic disturbance by two ground-nesting shorebirds
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Shirley Van de Voorde --- Van Hall Larenstein, The Netherlands Minke Witteveen --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST–NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa Mark Brown --- School of Life Sciences, South AfricaMany ground-nesting shorebirds experience a high level of anthropogenic disturbance, often to the detriment of their breeding success. This study investigated the responses of the Near-Threatened African Black Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini (ABO) and the Least Concern Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus... -
Temporal and spatial differences in three-egg clutch frequency of the African Black Oystercatcher
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Dane M Paijmans --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST–NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa Douglas Loewenthal --- , Peter G Ryan --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST–NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa Philip AR Hockey --- ,African Black Oystercatchers Haematopus moquini produce a modal clutch size of two eggs and only rarely lay three eggs. A review of over 4 000 nest records from across their breeding range (dating back to the early 1960s) revealed that... -
Differential corporate reporting: Registered accountants’ and auditors’ views in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: L J Stainbank --- School of Accounting, M J C Wells --- School of Accounting,This paper reports the results of a postal survey of South African Registered Accountants’ and Auditors’ views on the suitability of selected South African Statements of Generally Accepted Accounting Practice to a range of South African entities varied by size,... -
An analysis of the current IT education offered to accounting students at South African universities
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: P L Wessels --- Department of Accounting,The accountancy and auditing profession operates within an environment that is changing at a rapid pace. Professional accountants need to remain relevant in this changing environment that may require them to change or adapt the services they offer to their... -
Accounting academics’ multiple challenges: Issues-driven learning offers a way forward
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: J H Hesketh --- Management Studies Education Unit,Accounting academics in South Africa are under pressure from their stakeholders, particularly the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) and the Department of Education (DoE), to make urgent changes. Challenges include the need for increased research output and for... -
A Note: The SAICA Part I Qualifying Examinations: Factors that may influence candidates’ success
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: E van Wyk --- Department of Accountancy,The study investigates certain factors characterising successful and unsuccessful candidates in the 2009 and 2010 SAICA Part I Qualifying Examination (QE I) with the purpose of making recommendations to candidates, educators, training centres and to SAICA. The study also aims... -
The relationship between devoted study time and auditing learning approaches followed by prospective chartered accountants in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: K Barac --- Department of Auditing,Learning approaches in accounting, distinguishing between deep, surface and strategic approaches, have been researched in several countries other than South Africa. The study reported in this article provided a South African perspective by investigating the auditing learning approaches of prospective... -
Sustainability in accounting education: An analysis of the teaching thereof at accredited South African universities
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: B Marx --- Department of Accountancy, A van der Watt --- Department of Accountancy,Accountants and auditors are key role players in the financial world and society at large and as such can play a vital role in fostering awareness of sustainability and creating sustainable business practices. The issue of sustainability in accounting education... -
Value and size investment strategies during the global financial crisis: evidence from the South African equity market
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: K. J. Barnard --- Department of Accounting, South Africa M. B. Bunting --- Department of Accounting, South AfricaValue/growth and size investment strategies involve the creation of equity portfolios on the bases, respectively, of intrinsic value relative to market value and market capitalisation. The propositions that a portfolio of high relative intrinsic value shares anomalously outperforms a low... -
The nature of quality of life in residential care facilities: the case of White older South Africans
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lizanlé van Biljon --- Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Sciences, South Africa Vera Roos --- Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Sciences, South AfricaThis study describes the nature of quality of life (QoL) from the perspective of older South Africans (n = 41) in residential care facilities (female = 75%; age range 62–95 years). The residents participated in individual in-depth interviews and focus groups. They also... -
Redescription of Hydrolagus africanus (Gilchrist, 1922) (Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae), with a review of southern African chimaeroids and a key to their identification
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: KA Walovich --- Pacific Shark Research Center, USA DA Ebert --- Pacific Shark Research Center, USA DJ Long --- Department of Ichthyology, USA DA Didier --- Department of Biological Sciences, USAHydrolagus africanus (Gilchrist, 1922) is a little‑known chimaeroid species, originally described from the KwaZulu‑ Natal coast of South Africa, with a range spanning the western Indian Ocean from Kenya, south to Mozambique and South Africa, and extending into the south‑eastern... -
A cross-sectional profile and outcome assessment of adult patients triaged away from Steve Biko Academic Hospital emergency unit
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Andreas Engelbrecht --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Family Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, South Africa FG du Toit --- Emergency Department, South Africa MM Geyser --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Family Medicine, South AfricaBackground: Overcrowding is a global problem in emergency medicine. This study examined an approach to this problem at a central hospital. -
Update on hyperuricaemia and gout with evidence based management guidelines
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: GM Mody --- Department of Rheumatology, South AfricaGout is now the leading cause of inflammatory arthritis, affecting 1–2% of the population. The metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular risk factors, cardiovascular events and mortality are more common with gout. However, the role of uric acid as an independent risk factor... -
Succession to traditional Venda leadership in a changing constitutional environment in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: FC de Beer --- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology,The conflict and ambivalence in the legislative transformation in South Africa, recognising on the one hand the institution of traditional leadership and its concomitant customs and values, and on the other hand enforcing the fundamental value of gender equality entrenched... -
Introduction to Anthropology Southern Africa, special edition on ‘Debating Southern African Anthropology’
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Kees (C. S.) van der Waal --- Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, South Africa Vivienne Ward --- Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, South AfricaBy challenging anthropologists practising in different southern African contexts to engage in debate, we elicited a rich array of viewpoints and counter-challenges as we gathered articles for this special edition. In this introductory article we set the scene for the... -
Primordialist paranoia, essentialism and South African realities: participating and observing across the ‘anthropological divide’
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Michael de Jongh --- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology,This article interrogates the exigency of some of the current concerns of South African anthropology. The contribution is autobiographical and occasionally anecdotal; personal narrative hence shapes the mode of text development. In considering the current state of the South African... -
De-provincialising South African anthropology: on relevance, public culture & the citizen anthropologist
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Heike Becker --- Dept. of Anthropology & Sociology,This paper examines a range of challenges to anthropology in post-apartheid South Africa in the hope of stimulating a much needed debate on ‘doing anthropology’ from the perspective of South African anthropologists who research and teach within their own complex... -
Building a teaching praxis in Anthropology: critical pedagogy in action
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Joy Owen --- Department of Anthropology,The following paper reflects on a course entitled ‘Power and Wealth’ that I developed and have been teaching since 2004. I consider the course in light of my own understanding of critical pedagogy as informed by Paulo Freire and Ira... -
Cattle and cattle colour terminology in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Louis J Louwrens --- Department of African Languages, Elsabé Taljard --- Department of African Languages,A comparison between cattle colour terminology found in the Khoikhoi languages and that found in South African Bantu languages brings noticeable similarities to light, leading to the assumption that both the cattle and the terms used to describe their characteristic... -
Introduction to Anthropology Southern Africa special issue on ‘Engaging Difference: Perspectives on belonging and exclusion in contemporary southern and East Africa’
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Heike Becker --- Department of Anthropology and Sociology,This special issue of Anthropology Southern Africa is the result of troubling questions of how to engage difference and belonging. Anthropologists in South Africa, like their colleagues elsewhere, today face the return of difference thinking. The articles in this special... -
Men, women, temporality and critical ethnography in Africa—the imperative for a transdisciplinary conversation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Elaine Salo --- Institute for Women's and Gender Studies, University of Pretoria,This article addresses concerns of African-based scholars about how we can adequately represent the social heterogeneity and the rich diversity of African subjects. I argue that by prioritising Pan-Africanist solidarity, and in our search for African authenticity, we often represent... -
Beyond ethical imperatives in South African anthropology: morally repugnant and unlikeable subjects
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Ilana van Wyk --- Institute for Humanities in Africa (HUMA), South AfricaIn this article, I argue that anthropologists' dislike of their subjects in the field poses both epistemological and ethical questions that go beyond concerns about harming or exploiting those we study, about maintaining human relationships, or about the self-reflexivity and... -
The mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I gene reveals phylogeographic structure in the African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro (Accipitridae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Kurt Jordaens --- Joint Experimental Molecular Unit, Belgium Floris C Breman --- Joint Experimental Molecular Unit, Belgium Gontran Sonet --- Joint Experimental Molecular Unit, Belgium Zoltán T Nagy --- Joint Experimental Molecular Unit, Belgium Michel Louette --- Vertebrates Section, BelgiumWe used a 298 bp fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene (COI) to examine sequence variation in (mostly) museum specimens of the African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro. Our results showed two clades with high bootstrap support in a... -
The career development of Christiaan Neethling Barnard: A psychobiography
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Roelf van Niekerk --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South Africa Henry Vos --- Private practice, South Africa Paul Fouché --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study employs a psychobiographical case study to describe and interpret the career development of Christiaan Neethling Barnard, who performed the first human heart transplant. It interprets Barnard's life history according to the career development model of Greenhaus, Callanan and... -
Patriarchal influences on the lives of African adolescent girls from child-headed households
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Charmaine Leatham --- Department of Educational Psychology and South African Research Chair in Education and Care in Childhood, Faculty of Education, South Africa Jace Pillay --- Department of Educational Psychology and South African Research Chair in Education and Care in Childhood, Faculty of Education, South Africa Helen Dunbar-Krige --- Department of Educational Psychology and South African Research Chair in Education and Care in Childhood, Faculty of Education, South AfricaThis study examined the gendered experiences of patriarchal family life by adolescent girls from a low socio-economic status (SES) neighbourhood in South Africa. The informants were nine girls from an urban setting, three of whom were from child-headed homes. The... -
The Kenyan Consumer-Reader: Gender, Consumption, and Grace Ogot's Crisis of Authorship
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Ariel Bookman --- English Department,Grace Ogot has been lauded for advancing equality for African women in her writing. However her contributions to crucial debates about African authorship and readership have not yet been acknowledged. In her English-language fiction, Ogot addressed her readers as consumers,... -
Living off the Stony Farm: Address and Diasporic Consciousness in “Shamba la Mawe” by Awilo Mike
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: T. Michael Mboya --- Department of Literature, Theatre and Film Studies, KenyaThis article reads diasporic consciousness in the song “Shamba la Mawe” by the Kenyan artiste, Awilo Mike. It takes as its entry point for the reading the fact that Peter, the speaker in the song's lyrics, a Kenyan migrant in... -
Life history traits of Bathyclarias nyasensis (Siluroidei) in Lake Malawi
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: E. Kaunda --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa T. Hecht --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South AfricaLife history traits, including age, growth, reproduction and diet of Bathyclarias nyasensis from Lake Malawi were studied between December 1996 and November 1998. Owing to reabsorp tion of pectoral spines with increasing fish size, and the relatively low number of... -
How relevant are Hofstede’s dimensions for inter-cultural studies? A replication of Hofstede’s research among current international business students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Klaes Eringa --- Stenden Hotel Management School, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Laura N. Caudron --- Stenden Hotel Management School, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Kathrin Rieck --- Stenden Hotel Management School, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Fei Xie --- Stenden Hotel Management School, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Tobias Gerhardt --- Stenden Hotel Management School, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The NetherlandsIn the present study the cultural dimensions of the well known Dutch researcher Geert Hofstede were tested on a sample of international business students. The sample consisted of 1 033 students from the Netherlands, Germany, China, South Africa and Qatar. The findings... -
A Profile of the East African Community
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Frederick Onyango Ogola --- Strathmore University Business School, Kenya George N. Njenga --- Strathmore University Business School, Kenya Peter C. Mhando --- The Pennsylvania State University, USA Moses N. Kiggundu --- Carleton University Sprott School of Business, CanadaRegional integration in East Africa dates back more than a hundred years. This article provides a general synopsis of the East African Community (EAC) and traces the evolution of regional integration in Eastern Africa from colonial times to the present... -
“Broederbande” [brotherly bonds]: Afrikaner nationalist masculinity and African sexuality in the writings of Werner Eiselen's students, Stellenbosch University, 1930–1936
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Andrew Bank --- History Department, South AfricaThe importance of Willi Werner Max Eiselen (1899–1977) as the lecturer, supervisor and mentor of the first generation of volkekundiges at Stellenbosch University has been greatly underestimated. He supervised no fewer than 11 MA and doctoral theses in this field... -
Long walk from volkekunde to anthropology: reflections on representing the human in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: C.S. (Kees) van der Waal --- Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, South AfricaThis paper stems from a seminar that the author gave at his retirement from the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at Stellenbosch University earlier in 2015. It details his long personal, political and intellectual journey from volkekunde to social... -
Work-to-family enrichment: Influences of work resources, work engagement and satisfaction among employees within the South African context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Marissa De Klerk --- WorkWell Research Unit, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa Jan Alewyn Nel --- WorkWell Research Unit, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa Eileen Koekemoer --- WorkWell Research Unit, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South AfricaThe aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of work resources, work-to-family enrichment, engagement and job satisfaction among employees in the South African context. Data were collected from 627 participants (females=67%, Afrikaans or English speakers=81.8%). The analysis utilised... -
Usurpation of a Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus nest by African Wattled Lapwings V. senegalensis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Nicholas PC Horrocks --- Department of Zoology, UKI report an instance of usurpation of a Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus nest by a pair of African Wattled Lapwings Vanellus senegalensis. The nest, which originally contained a single Crowned Lapwing egg, eventually contained an additional three Wattled Lapwing eggs,... -
The African Union's Agenda 2063: Aspirations, Challenges, and Opportunities for Management Research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Kaitlyn DeGhetto --- Department of Management, USA Jacob R. Gray --- Department of Entrepreneurship, Strategy, and Information Systems, USA Moses N. Kiggundu --- Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, CanadaAs Africa emerges, rises, and begins to forge a more positive outlook ahead, scholars, business executives, community leaders, and policymakers are increasingly calling for concerted efforts to rethink the future and come up with big ideas for the 21st century... -
Developing and Utilizing Efficient Ties in Entrepreneurial Networks in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Sean Lux --- University of South Florida College of Business, USA Bruce T. Lamont --- Florida State University, USA Kimberly M. Ellis --- Florida Atlantic University, USA Gerald R. Ferris --- Florida State University, USA John Muchira --- Florida State University, USAHow do an entrepreneur's capabilities affect social network development? What characteristics of the African context make network dynamics different than in more Westernized and developed markets? A theoretical model that links social effectiveness to effective relationship building and network development... -
Strengthening doctoral supervision in a Doctor of Psychology (DPsych) Specialisation in Child and Adolescent Psychology
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ronél van der Watt --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaSupervision differs in PhD and DPsych contexts. PhD supervision focuses on students' pursuit of a career in academia, with the emphasis on research. In a DPsych framework, the focus of supervision is to assist students, who are experienced practitioners in... -
Observations of terrestrial locomotion in wild Polypterus senegalus from Lake Albert, Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: TY Du --- Redpath Museum, Canada HCE Larsson --- Redpath Museum, Canada EM Standen --- Department of Biology, CanadaPolypterids, the most basal actinopterygians, are a group of fish long-considered living fossils and holding a key position for understanding fish and tetrapod evolution. Knowledge of the natural history of Polypterus is limited, their having been studied in little detail... -
Determinants of student performance in an accounting degree programme
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Jade Jansen --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa Charl de Villiers --- Auckland University of Technology, New ZealandThe objective of this study is to identify, by way of regression analysis, the factors that have a significant relationship with student performance in accounting at the third-year level at universities. This study extends the existing literature on student performance... -
Risk disclosures by South African listed companies post-King III
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Kim Raemaekers --- School of Accountancy, South Africa Warren Maroun --- School of Accountancy, South Africa Nirupa Padia --- School of Accountancy, South AfricaThe introduction of principles on the governance of risk in the King Code on Corporate Governance (King III), coupled with the drive for more integrated models of reporting, has highlighted the need for effective communication of risks and risk-management strategies... -
Annual cycle of the upper-ocean circulation and properties in the tropical western Indian Ocean
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: M Manyilizu --- Department of Oceanography, South Africa P Penven --- Ifremer, Univ. Brest, CNRS, IRD, Laboratoire dʹOcéanographie Physique et Spatiale (LOPS), France CJC Reason --- Department of Oceanography, South AfricaA regional ocean model was used to simulate the annual cycle of the upper-ocean dynamics and its influence on ocean properties in the tropical western Indian Ocean. Surface winds and heat fluxes from the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)... -
Characteristics of the South African Food Composition Database, an essential tool for the nutrition fraternity in the country: Part I
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Na Danster --- Nutritional Intervention Research Unit, P Wolmarans --- Nutritional Intervention Research Unit,Information on the nutrient composition of food forms the foundation for determining the diet-health-disease-relationships in a country. The nutrient composition of foods is influenced by many factors such as climate, soil, cultivar/breed, the grade of ripeness at harvest and the... -
Use of the South African Food Composition Database System (SAFOODS) and its products in assessing dietary intake data: Part II
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: P. Wolmarans --- Nutritional Intervention Research Unit, E. Kunneke --- Division Dietetics, R. Laubscher --- Biostatistics Unit,A number of dietary research methodologies are available for the collection of quantitative dietary intake data. The methods most often used in South Africa include the 24-hour dietary recall, the quantitative food frequency questionnaire, and the dietary intake record. To... -
African leafy vegetables consumed by households in the Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal provinces in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: M Faber --- Nutritional Intervention Research Unit, South Africa A Oelofse --- Centre for Nutrition, South Africa Pj Van Jaarsveld --- Nutritional Intervention Research Unit, South Africa Fam Wenhold --- Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Ws Jansen van Rensburg --- Agricultural Research Council, South AfricaObjectives: The objectives of this study were to determine the availability of, access to and nutrition-related uses of African leafy vegetables in rural and urban households; and to determine the β-carotene content of the dominant African leafy vegetable. -
Accuracy of reporting food energy intake: influence of ethnicity and body weight status in South African women
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Zj Mchiza --- Knowledge Systems, Nutrition Unit, South Africa Jh Goedecke --- UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Dept of Human Biology, South Africa Ev Lambert --- UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Dept of Human Biology, South AfricaThe current study sought to identify characteristics that may be associated with the misreporting of food energy intake (EI) in urban South African women. A total of 198 women (61 black, 76 of mixed ancestry, 61 white) completed a quantified... -
Relationships of alcohol intake with biological health outcomes in an African population in transition: the Transition and Health during Urbanisation in South Africa (THUSA) study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Re Gopane --- Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa Pt Pisa --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, South Africa Hh Vorster --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, South Africa A Kruger --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, South Africa Bm Margetts --- Institute of Human Nutrition, UKObjective: Because present recommendations on alcohol intake are based mainly on evidence of beneficial effects in populations of developed countries, this study examines biological effects of alcohol consumption in an African population in transition to assess whether these recommendations are... -
Alcohol consumption and cardiovascular disease risk in an African population in transition: the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Pt Pisa --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, South Africa A Kruger --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, South Africa Hh Vorster --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, South Africa Bm Margetts --- Institute of Human Nutrition, United Kingdom T Loots Du --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, South AfricaObjective: There is evidence showing a cardioprotective effect of light to moderate alcohol consumption in many populations. Whether alcohol consumption reduces cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in an African population remains unclear. This study therefore assessed the associations between alcohol consumption... -
Iron status and cardiovascular disease risk in black South African women: the PURE study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Or Aderibigbe --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition and Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research, Potchefstroom Pt Pisa --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition and Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research, Potchefstroom Rl Mamabolo --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition and Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research, Potchefstroom Hs Kruger --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition and Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research, Potchefstroom Hh Vorster --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition and Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research, Potchefstroom A. Kruger --- Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research, PotchefstroomObjective: To examine the associations between measures of iron status and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in South African women. -
Job satisfaction of South African registered dietitians
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: J. Visser --- Division of Human Nutrition, A. Mackenzie --- Division of Human Nutrition, D. Marais --- Division of Human Nutrition, UKObjectives: The aim of this study was to determine the overall level of job satisfaction among South African registered dietitians and possible relationships between the influencing factors. -
Measuring micronutrient intakes at different levels of sugar consumption in a population in transition: the Transition and Health during Urbanisation in South Africa (THUSA) study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Ue MacIntyre --- Department of Human Nutrition, Cs Venter --- North-West University, A. Kruger --- North-West University, M. Serfontein --- North-West University,Objective: The objective was to investigate the absolute micronutrient intake and the possibility of micronutrient dilution of added sugar in the diets of an African population in nutritional transition. -
Under- and overnutrition and evidence of metabolic disease risk in rural black South African children and adolescents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Tm Pedro --- MRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit Department of Paediatrics, K. Kahn --- MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), Jm Pettifor --- MRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit Department of Paediatrics, Sm Tollman --- MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), Sa Norris --- MRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit Department of Paediatrics,Objectives: The objective was to determine the prevalence of under- and overnutrition, as well as evidence of metabolic disease risk in rural black South African children and adolescents. -
Contrast and contradiction: Being a black adolescent in contemporary South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Natasha Arndt --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Luzelle Naudé --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study aimed to gain in-depth understanding of the lived identity of black African adolescents in a contemporary South African setting. A purposive sample of 59 adolescents (females = 47%; Sesotho = 46%, Setswana = 36%, Other = 18%) from... -
Diet of nesting African Crowned Eagles Stephanoaetus coronatus in emerging and forest–savanna habitats in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Gerard Malan --- Department of Nature Conservation, South Africa Eleen Strydom --- Department of Nature Conservation, South Africa Susanne Shultz --- Faculty of Life Sciences, UK Graham Avery --- Natural History Collections Department, South AfricaThe aim of this study was to investigate the species composition of prey caught in the forest, savanna and emerging habitats in which African Crowned Eagles Stephanoaetus coronatus breed in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. At the 17 nest sites, the... -
The Internationalization of African Firms: Effects of Cultural Differences on the Management of Subsidiaries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Franca Ovadje --- Lagos Business School, Pan Atlantic University, NigeriaThe recent rise in internationalization of African firms has given rise to an interest in studies on internationalization in Africa. This study examines the motives for internationalization of these firms and the role subsidiaries play in the parent company. It... -
Genetic monitoring of ex situ African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus) populations in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Christiaan Labuschagne --- Department of Genetics, South Africa Lisa Nupen --- National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, South Africa Antoinette Kotzé --- Department of Genetics, South Africa J Paul Grobler --- Department of Genetics, South Africa Desiré L Dalton --- Department of Genetics, South AfricaThe African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus) has suffered population declines and is listed in the IUCN Red List as Endangered. The species is endemic to the coast of southern Africa, and breeding colonies are distributed on the south-western coast of Africa... -
Entrepreneurship in Africa: Identifying the Frontier of Impactful Research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Richard A. Devine --- Florida State University, USA Moses N. Kiggundu --- Carleton University, CanadaThis review summarizes literature covering entrepreneurship research in Africa, examining 121 articles published in prominent entrepreneurship and management journals from 2002 to 2015. To do so, this research organizes the work done along three broad themes describing: the African entrepreneur,... -
Geographically widespread mitochondrial lineages of the African saw-wings inconsistent with species boundaries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Lisa N Barrow --- Department of Biological Science, USA Desiré L Dalton --- National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, South Africa Antoinette Kotzé --- National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, South Africa Steven W Evans --- SARCHI Chair on Biodiversity Value and Change, School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, South AfricaThe African saw-wings (genus Psalidoprocne) are a group of swallows endemic to sub-Saharan Africa. Although currently described as five species with several subspecies, the taxonomy of the saw-wings is unclear. We sequenced two mitochondrial genes (ND2 and cytb; 1 717... -
Serum AGEs in black South African patients with type 2 diabetes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: Catherine Martha Mhlanga --- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pathology & Pre-Clinical Sciences, South Africa Motetelo Alfred Mogale --- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pathology & Pre-Clinical Sciences, South Africa Agustine Adu --- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, South Africa Leshweni Jeremiah Shai --- Faculty of Science, Department of Biomedical Sciences, South AfricaObjective: The objective of this study was to determine serum advanced glycation end products (AGEs) levels in black South African patients with and without type 2 diabetes (T2D) and to compare the results with those reported for other ethnic/race groups. -
Popular, Commercial or Didactic? Some Notes on Fasihi Pendwa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Mikhail Gromov --- School of Humanities and Social Sciences, KenyaThe purpose of this article is to outline a number of specific traits intrinsic to a literary phenomenon that is known as fasihi pendwa (relative Kiswahili equivalent of the term “popular literature”). The article uses as research material popular writing... -
Rerouting the Postcolonial from an East African Perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Alex Nelungo Wanjala --- Department of Literature & Sub-Department of French, KenyaSome postcolonial critics have recently called for a rerouting of the postcolonial study of literature due to what they perceive as increased globalization that affects the identity and worldview of the subject. Various critics have also called for attention to... -
A tale from the field: Reflexivity during management research in an African-based development organisation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Loice Natukunda --- Management, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom Phil Johnson --- Management, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom Pauline Dibben --- Management, University of Sheffield, United KingdomThis article is a product of the reflexive experience of data collection and analysis in a development organisation in Uganda. Several studies provide helpful debates about managing people in Africa. However, existent literature seldom covers pertinent issues related to collecting... -
African Managers’ Stories and Cultural Awareness: An Exploratory Classroom Exercise
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Carol Brunt --- University of Wisconsin Whitewater College of Business and Economics, USACross-cultural awareness is an essential skill for managers of multinational corporations. In an increasingly globalized world, global awareness is a key proficiency that is essential to include in the curriculum of business schools (Ang, Van Dyne, & Koh, 2006). Recognizing... -
A review of factors associated with indiscriminate dumping of waste in eleven African countries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: I. Dladla --- Department of Environmental Health, South Africa F. Machete --- Department of Environmental Health, South Africa K. Shale --- Department of Environmental Health, South AfricaMost developing countries grapple with management of solid waste and environmental health risks associated with insanitary conditions. Indiscriminate dumping of household and industrial waste remains an alternative means of waste disposal for communities that have no access to reliable refuse... -
Factors leading to orphans and vulnerable children living in community-based homes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jace Pillay --- South African Research Chair: Education and Care in Childhood, Faculty of Education,This study explored the influences on living arrangements of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) housed at a community-based home in Johannesburg, South Africa. A total of 50 OVC (males = 36%, females = 64%; age range 11 to 18 years)... -
Mindfulness and psychological well-being among black South African university students and their relatives
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Werner Nell --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South AfricaThis study investigated the relationship between mindfulness and psychological well-being in a convenience sample of black South African students (n = 203) and their parents and other relatives (n = 204) (66.1% = female; age range 18–73). The students self-reported... -
How relevant are Hofstede's dimensions for inter-cultural studies? A replication of Hofstede's research among current international business students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Klaes Eringa --- Stenden Hotel Management School, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Laura N. Caudron --- Stenden Hotel Management School, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Kathrin Rieck --- Stenden Hotel Management School, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Fei Xie --- Stenden Hotel Management School, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Tobias Gerhardt --- Stenden Hotel Management School, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsIn the present study the cultural dimensions of the well known Dutch researcher Geert Hofstede were tested on a sample of international business students. The sample consisted of 1 033 students from the Netherlands, Germany, China, South Africa and Qatar... -
Agamben at Legon, or, Teaching “Theory” in an African University
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Akin Adesokan --- Department of Comparative Literature, Department of Cinema and Media Studies, The Media School, USACritical theory, especially the poststructuralist variant from which postcolonial studies draws its institutional support in US academia, is unthinkable outside of a philosophical tradition that goes back to Plato and is assumed to be Western. African studies, in and out... -
Things Fall Apart and the Pedagogy of Adichie’s Single Story
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Eve Eisenberg --- English Department, USAThis essay undertakes a critical examination of the epistemological and pedagogical risks and rewards of teaching Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart in American secondary schools. I consider these issues from several different viewpoints. Recent research suggests that American students receive... -
Love grows with sex: teenagers negotiating sex and gender in the context of HIV and the implications for sex education
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Deevia Bhana --- School of Education, South AfricaHow do teenagers located in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, the epicentre of the HIV pandemic, give meaning to sexuality? This paper examines teenage black Africans investments in sex and sexuality and the gendered dynamics through which sexuality is... -
Section 12M contributions in terms of the Income Tax Act No. 58 of 1962: Normal tax implications for the retired employee
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: E van Wyk --- School of Accountancy, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, M Terblanche --- Ducharme Consulting, South AfricaSection 12M of the Income Tax Act No. 58 of 1962 allows a normal tax deduction for employers who pay the post-retirement medical contributions by way of lump sum payments on behalf of retired employees. Although a full deduction is... -
Accounting for revenue using an accountability and business model framework: The case of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants’ professional examinations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Warren Maroun --- School of Accountancy, South AfricaThis research adopts a normative approach. It builds on the academic literature which argues that the usefulness of financial reporting can be enhanced by aligning accounting for balances and transactions with an organisation’s business model, as presented in its integrated... -
“Carrying the culture … ”: Ethnic identity development in black African adolescents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jolandie du Plessis --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Luzelle Naudé --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study explored the ethnic identity exploration, commitment, and strength statuses in black African adolescents from the central region of South Africa. A total of 388 adolescents were recruited for this study (females = 66.24%; age range 13 to 21;... -
School tuck shops in South Africa—an ethical appraisal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Nico Nortje --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Mieke Faber --- Department of Dietetics, South Africa Anniza de Villiers --- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit, South AfricaIt can be postulated that schools have an ethical responsibility to protect children from an unhealthy food environment. Against the backdrop of stunting, overweight and micronutrient deficiencies prevalent in South African children, the aim of this scoping study is to... -
Combating Corruption with Care: Developing Ethical Leaders in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Paresh Mishra --- Indiana University–Purdue University, USA Saneta Maiko --- Indiana University Health, USA -
Experiences and Challenges of Women Leaders in Sub-Saharan Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Angela Titi Amayah --- Business Management Economics, USA MD Haque --- Managing Director, USAThere is little research on non-Western women managers and leaders in general, and on African women in particular. More attention could be given to influences that shape leadership experiences in order to better understand African women leadership practices. The purpose... -
Forests, people and environment: some African perspectives
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Paxie W Chirwa --- Forest Science Postgraduate Programme, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, South Africa Larwanou Mahamane --- African Forest Forum, c/o World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Kenya Godwin Kowero --- African Forest Forum, c/o World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), KenyaForests in Africa support the livelihoods of millions of people through provision of timber and non-timber forest products, food and nutrition, energy and payment of environmental services. However, mismanagement of forests has resulted in deforestation and forest degradation, thereby contributing... -
Constructing a positive narrative for African sport consumerism
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Frederick W. Stander --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South AfricaSport consumerism is a burgeoning field of practice and serves both the utilitarian and behaviouristic goals. The utilitarian aspects are aligned to derivatives of value generated through the sport consumption effort. Behaviourism in the consumer context suggests a communal narrative,... -
The Seamingly Seamless Subversion of Sime
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Abebe Zegeye --- Sociology and Internationalisation and Graduate Studies, EthiopiaThis paper aims to provide a review of Ethiopian artist Elias Sime’s work and places a detailed discussion of some of his main influences and themes in the context of Africa’s perceived position in the global art village. The construct... -
An evaluation of the use of the South African Triage Scale in an urban district hospital in Durban, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: S Soogun [COR0001] M Naidoo --- Discipline of Family Medicine, School of Nursing and Public Health, K Naidoo --- Discipline of Family Medicine, School of Nursing and Public Health,Background: Emergency centres in South Africa are among the busiest in the world and serve as entry points for hospital care for most of the population. The South African Triage Scale (SATS) is a validated tool introduced nationally in 2006... -
Kalahari vulture declines, through the eyes of meerkats
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Jack B Thorley --- Department of Zoology, UK Tim Clutton-Brock --- Department of Zoology, UKVulture populations are experiencing rapid declines across the globe. While the declines have been most precipitous in Asia, recent reports suggest African populations are likewise imminently threatened. As the factors underlying these general population trends are multifaceted and will vary... -
White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus parental care and chick growth rates assessed by camera traps and morphometric measurements
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Machawe I Maphalala --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa Ara Monadjem --- Department of Biological Sciences, SwazilandPersistent vulture declines across Africa are a cause for concern as the number of species threatened with extinction increases. The White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus was, until recently, considered abundant but has been declining rapidly in recent years due to various... -
The creation of the SAVE consortium – Saving Asia’s Vultures from Extinction: a possible model for Africa?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Christopher GR Bowden --- Globally Threatened Species Recovery Unit, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, UKThere have been few faster, more dramatic and wide-scale species declines than those of South Asian vulture populations since the 1990s. This article describes the background to this problem, caused mainly by the veterinary drug diclofenac, and the establishment and... -
Appropriate technology and ethical obligations of the university: W.E.B. Du Bois on the Africana university mission
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: C. Verharen --- Department of Philosophy, USA G. Kadoda --- Independent Researcher, Sudan F. Bugarin --- Department of African Studies, USA J. Fortunak --- Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, USA J. Tharakan --- Department of Chemical Engineering, USA D. Schwartzman --- Department of Biology (Professor Emeritus), USA E. Wensing --- Department of Human Development, USA G. Middendorf --- Department of Biology, USAWorking on the Encyclopedia Africana under the sponsorship of Kwame Nkrumah in Ghana, W.E.B. Du Bois reversed his conviction that only the ‘talented tenth’ could profit from a university education. He proposed that virtually all humans have a right to... -
The effect of low-level kelp supplementation on digestive enzyme activity levels in cultured abalone Haliotis midae fed formulated feeds
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: A Nel --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa BI Pletschke --- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, South Africa PJ Britz --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South AfricaPrevious studies have found that macroalgal inclusion in formulated diets for cultured abalone improves feed utilisation, and it was suggested that seaweed-associated bacteria supply enzymes that aid in the animal's digestion. In the present study, we hypothesised that kelp supplementation... -
Protecting the borders: etiquette manuals and ethnology in the erstwhile South African Defence Force
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Robert Gordon --- Anthropology Department, South AfricaThis paper describes the rise and fall of the Ethnological Section of the South African Defence Force (SADF) and examines two inter-related conundra: Why were senior policy makers’ pleas for officers’ courses in ethnology unsuccessful when the SADF had large... -
Gender-related morphometric differences in mature and nestling Crowned Eagles, with comments on ringing of eagle nestlings in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Shane C McPherson --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa Mark Brown --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa Colleen T Downs --- School of Life Sciences, South AfricaAlthough most raptor species are sexually dimorphic, many species are non-discrete in some metrics. A limited amount of existing data for southern Africa suggests that Crowned Eagles Stephanoaetus coronatus exhibit non-discrete sexual dimorphism. Consequently, we investigated gender-related morphometric data of... -
Systematic reinstatement of Schilbe depressirostris (Peters, 1852), based on differences in DNA barcoding and morphology, from Schilbe intermedius Rüppell, 1832 (Siluriformes, Schilbeidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: HF van der Bank --- African Centre for DNA Barcoding, Kingsway Campus, South Africa BS Bezeng --- African Centre for DNA Barcoding, Kingsway Campus, South Africa PH Skelton --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South AfricaClimate change poses an unprecedented threat to biodiversity worldwide. Consequently, unrecognised taxa may not receive adequate conservation attention to survive. We used molecular and morphological data to address the challenge of species delimitation within the genus Schilbe. The presence or... -
Support for research in climate change and nuclear energy, but less so for fracking: Born-free South Africans’ attitudes towards scientific controversies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Lars Guenther --- South African Research Chair in Science Communication, Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology (CREST), South Africa Marina Joubert --- South African Research Chair in Science Communication, Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology (CREST), South AfricaResearch into public perceptions of science and technology has often focused on scientific controversies (such as biotechnology or fracking), in order to inform policy decisions or to develop better communication strategies. Recent trends in this field of research acknowledge that... -
Multiple disturbance patterns and population structure of a tropical tree species, Afzelia africana (Leguminosae–Caesalpinioideae), in two contrasting bioclimatic zones of the Republic of Benin
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Ogoudje I Amahowe --- Laboratoire d’Ecologie, de Botanique et de Biologie végétale, Faculté d’Agronomie, République du Bénin Samadori SH Biaou --- Laboratoire d’Ecologie, de Botanique et de Biologie végétale, Faculté d’Agronomie, République du Bénin Armand K Natta --- Laboratoire d’Ecologie, de Botanique et de Biologie végétale, Faculté d’Agronomie, République du Bénin Rodrigue O Balagueman --- Laboratoire d’Ecologie, de Botanique et de Biologie végétale, Faculté d’Agronomie, République du BéninUnderstanding how multiple disturbances affect species population structure is crucial for designing a better conservation strategy of threatened species. In this paper, we assessed the disturbance patterns and evaluated their effects on the population structure of Afzelia africana, in two... -
Quality Assurance of Business Management Education in Africa: A Review of Current Systems and Recommendations for Quality Enhancements
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Eunice V. Akoto --- School of Business, USA Edward O. Akoto --- School of Business, USAQuality assurance systems – the collections of policies, procedures, and practices for achieving and maintaining quality – are critical to ensuring the relevance and effectiveness of business and management education in Africa. Currently, stakeholders may assess the quality of business... -
Blind Spots in African Management Education: An Examination of Issues Deserving Greater Attention
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Michelle P. Lee --- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Howard Thomas --- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Lynne Thomas Alexander Wilson --- School of Business and Economics, UKThere is reason to be optimistic about management education in Africa given the growth in the number of business schools on the continent and continued efforts at raising quality. There remains room for improvement in the field, of course, and... -
First records of Atyoida serrata (CS Bate, 1888) from South Africa (Crustacea: Caridea: Atyidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: M Coke --- , South AfricaCollections of Atyoida serrata (CS Bate, 1888) are reported from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa for the first time. This species is currently known only from the lower reaches of the Mgeni, Vungu and Mtamvuna river systems where it occupies rocky cascades... -
Sobukwe’s children: nationalism, neo-liberalism and the student protests at the University of Fort Hare and in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Leslie J. Bank --- Human Sciences Research Council, South AfricaThis article explores the provocation of the former vice-chancellor of the University of Fort Hare, Dr Mvuyo Tom — made at the university’s centenary celebrations in 2016 — that the #FeesMustFall (#FMF) movement was a misguided and destructive millenarian movement,... -
Exploring the links between gender, dwelling, and career orientations of African emerging adults
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Tshepo Matjie --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South Africa Melinde Coetzee --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South AfricaThe study explored the socio-ecological (i.e. gender and geographical location) influences on the career orientations of emerging adults. The participants comprised a convenience sample of 159 black African South African university students (57% rural, 43% urban; 63% females, 37% males;... -
Underage drinking as a predictor of alcohol use disorder among African Americans
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Euchay Ngozi Horsman --- School of Counseling, Human Performance, and Rehabilitation, College of Education and Health Professions, USAThis study aimed to examine the effect of underage drinking (UD) on alcohol use disorder (AUD) among African Americans. Data from the 2010 National Survey of Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) (N = 19 240; age range 25–75 years) were... -
Biomarkers of toxicity in Clarias gariepinus exposed to sublethal concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: TO Sogbanmu --- Ecotoxicology and Conservation Unit, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Nigeria AO Osibona --- Department of Marine Sciences, Faculty of Science, Nigeria OA Oguntunde --- Department of Anatomic and Molecular Pathology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Nigeria AA Otitoloju --- Ecotoxicology and Conservation Unit, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, NigeriaPhysiological, biochemical and histological indices in Clarias gariepinus broodstock, and teratogenic indices in embryos exposed to sublethal concentrations of naphthalene, phenanthrene and pyrene were investigated in 2014 using a static-renewal bioassay protocol. Phenanthrene (1.41 mg l−1) was the most toxic,... -
Optimum INR intensity and therapeutic INR control in patients with mechanical heart valve prosthesis on warfarin oral anticoagulation at Dr George Mukhari academic hospital: a three-year retrospective study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: S Ntlokotsi --- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, South Africa MF Moshesh --- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, South Africa P Mntla --- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, South Africa OA Towobola --- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, South Africa MA Mogale --- Department of Biochemistry, School of Science & Technology, South AfricaBackground: Available evidence suggest that the optimum prothrombin time-international normalised ratio (PT-INR) intensities recommended for anticoagulation of patients with mechanical heart valve prosthesis may not apply to all race groups. Optimal PT-INR target ranges and effectiveness of warfarin oral anticoagulation... -
Perceived tourist values of the Museum of African Art
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Hai-yang Meng --- School of Economics and Management, China Seung-hye Jung --- School of Dance, South Korea Jong-pil Yu --- Department of Business Administration, South Korea Ki-hyung Bae --- Department of Economics & Trade, South Korea Byong-ju An --- School of Dance, South Korea Joon-ho Kim --- Department of Business Administration, South KoreaThis study investigated the effects of perceived values (personal, artistic, and sociocultural) of tourists’ attitude and behavioural intention to visit Africa. Participants were tourists (176 men and 124 women) who visited the Museum of African Art based on Jeju Island... -
Antecedents of risk-taking behaviour among South African adolescents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Marizé de Jager --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Luzelle Naudé --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study aimed to investigate contextual predisposition to risk-taking behaviour among South African adolescents. Participants included 194 black adolescents from central South Africa (female = 50.5% between the ages of 16 and 19 years). The adolescents completed a youth risk... -
Migritude’s Decolonial Lessons
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Neelofer Qadir --- Department of English, USAIn this essay, I trace the deep time of the Indian Ocean through and against which Shailja Patel fabulates the notion of migritude and, in particular, what its valences are for solidarities between black and brown Kenyans and other south-south... -
Imaginings of Khoja, Maasai and Swahili Aesthetics in Artist Ethnographer Sultan Somjee's narratives
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Mala Pandurang --- Department of English, IndiaThis paper investigates the hitherto unexplored interaction between Asian settlers and the indigenous women with whom they came into direct contact in East Africa from the early 20th century onwards. The impact of their interaction was on the production of... -
A comparison of diameter distribution models for Khaya ivorensis A.Chev. plantations in Brazil
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Rafaella Carvalho Mayrinck --- School of Environment and Sustainability, Canada Antonio Carlos Ferraz Filho --- Department of Engineering, Brazil Andressa Ribeiro --- Department of Engineering, Brazil Ximena Mendes de Oliveira --- Department of Forest Science, Brazil Renato Ribeiro de Lima --- Department of Statistic, BrazilThe purpose of this study was to compare Beta, Gamma, Johnson's SB and Weibull functions fitted by different methods for describing the horizontal structure of Khaya ivorensis (African mahogany) plantations in Brazil. The database comprised 128 plots from six plantations... -
The determinants of farmers’ decision to produce African leafy vegetables in the Limpopo province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Grany M. Senyolo --- Department of Crop Sciences, South Africa Edilegnaw Wale --- School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Discipline of Agricultural Economics, South Africa Gerald F. Ortmann --- School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Discipline of Agricultural Economics, South AfricaThere is a decline in the production, utilization and diversity of underutilized crops including African Leafy Vegetables (ALVs), which poses a threat to the status of food security and rural development. This study examines the factors influencing households’ participation decision... -
Propagation of Hypoxis hemerocallidea by inducing corm buds
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Motiki M Mofokeng --- Agricultural Research Council–Roodeplaat, Vegetable and Ornamental Plants, South Africa Riana Kleynhans --- Department of Horticulture, South Africa Lesego M Sediane --- Agricultural Research Council–Roodeplaat, Vegetable and Ornamental Plants, South Africa Liesl Morey --- Agricultural Research Council–Biometry, Corporate Office, South Africa Hintsa T Araya --- Agricultural Research Council–Roodeplaat, Vegetable and Ornamental Plants, South AfricaAfrican potato is facing rapid decline of wild populations due to large-scale harvesting, necessitating efficient means of propagation. Propagation of African potato is difficult due to seed dormancy and the species does not naturally propagate easily from corms. This study... -
Review of the leaf-litter skinks (Scincidae: Panaspis) from the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands, with the description of a new species
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Leonor B. Soares --- , , Portugal Luis M. P. Ceríaco --- , , Portugal Mariana P. Marques --- , , Portugal Cristiane Bastos-Silveira --- , , Portugal Lauren A. Scheinberg --- , USA D. James Harris --- , Portugal António Brehm --- , , Portugal José Jesus --- , PortugalLeaf-litter skinks of the genus Panaspis are currently represented in the oceanic islands of the Gulf of Guinea by two species, Panaspis africana and P. annobonensis. Here we describe a third species, Panaspis thomensis sp. nov., endemic to São Tomé... -
Personality and work-home interaction among dual-earner couples in South Africa: Testing an actor-partner interdependence model
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Carin Hill --- Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, South Africa Lynne Blunn --- Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, South AfricaThis study aimed to investigate the effect of personality on work-home interaction crossover effects among dual-earner couples in South Africa. The participants were dual-earner couples (n = 264; 132 couples) with young children. They completed measures on work-home interaction and... -
Factors of regular sponsorship of African children: A cross-ethnic study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jae-kyeong Kim --- School of Management, South Korea June-hyuk Kwon --- Department of Business Administration, South Korea Nam-hyun Lee --- Department of Performing Arts, South Korea Hyun-ju Choi --- Department of Cultural & Arts Management, South Korea Seung-hye Jung --- School of Dance, South Korea Hyuck-jin Lee --- Department of Business Administration, South Korea Joon-ho Kim --- Department of Business Administration, South KoreaThis study examined psychological well-being influences of personal factors on regular sponsorship of, or donation to, African children living in Africa. Study participants (N = 597) were 338 Koreans (50.3% female, n = 170) and 259 Chinese (56.8% female, n... -
Quantification of sorgoleone in sorghum accessions from eight southern African countries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Handsen Tibugari --- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, South Africa Cornelius Chiduza --- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, South Africa Arnold B Mashingaidze --- Department of Crop Science and Post-Harvest Technology, School of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Zimbabwe Stanford Mabasa --- Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, ZimbabweAllelopathic effects of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) can ease weed pressure and improve grain yields if cultivars capable of producing high levels of natural chemicals effective in suppressing weeds of economic importance are identified. Three hundred and fifty three... -
Densities and population sizes of raptors in Uganda’s conservation areas
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Derek Pomeroy --- Department of Zoology, Uganda Micheal Kibuule --- Department of Zoology, Uganda Dianah Nalwanga --- NatureUganda, Uganda George Kaphu --- Uganda Wildlife Authority, Uganda Michael Opige --- NatureUganda, Uganda Phil Shaw --- School of Biology, UKProjected increases in Africa's human population over the next 40 years point to further, large-scale conversion of natural habitats into farmland, with far-reaching consequences for raptor species, some of which are now largely restricted to protected areas (PAs). To assess... -
Conflict management and prevention under the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) of the African Union
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Sophie Desmidt --- Policy Officer, Security and Resilience programme, Bruce LamontUnder the umbrella of the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA), the African Union (AU) and Regional Economic Communities (RECs) have intervened in violent conflicts using a number of non-military tools. In the first section, after unpacking the institutional pillars... -
The behavioural self-regulation strategies of Indian South African university students: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jacob J. P. Le Grange --- School of Psychosocial Health / Community Psychosocial Research (COMPRES), South Africa Karel F. H. Botha --- School of Psychosocial Health / Community Psychosocial Research (COMPRES), South AfricaThis study explored the race-related self-regulation strategies of eight Indian South African university students (females: n = 4) attending a historically white university. Interactive qualitative analysis of their race-related experiences revealed that the students felt that they had been judged... -
National versus ethnic identification in countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Elirea Bornman --- Department of Communication Science, South AfricaThis study investigated relationships between national and ethnic identities in eleven countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Ethnic versus national identification, experiences of unfair treatment of ethnic groups, and like versus dislike of out-group neighbours were investigated. Round... -
Predictors of life satisfaction among multicultural African families in South Korea
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Il-young Choi --- School of Management, South Korea Hyun-ju Choi --- Department of Cultural & Arts Management, South Korea Jeong-hee Lim --- Research Institute Multicultural Community, South Korea Seung-hye Jung --- School of Dance, South Korea Jae-kyeong Kim --- School of Management, South Korea Joon-ho Kim --- Department of Business Administration, South KoreaThe aim of this study was to predict perceived life satisfaction of multicultural African families living in South Korea in terms of their fluency in the Korean language, government support for education, and the experience of discrimination. A total of... -
Urban secrets? Affinities and anthropologies of South African cities
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Corinne Kratz --- Department of Anthropology and Institute of African Studies, United States of America Jill Weintroub --- Life in the City Programme, Wits City Institute, South Africa Noëleen Murray --- Wits City Institute, South AfricaThis paper reflects on the discussions of a collective of academics in and around Johannesburg, Africa’s iconic city built on the extractive capital of gold mining. Captured aptly in William Kentridge’s art film Johannesburg: Second Greatest City after Paris (1989),... -
Biomedical healthcare and African traditional healing in the management of HIV and AIDS: complimentary or competing cosmologies?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Elvis Mendu --- Department of Social Work, South Africa Eleanor Ross --- Centre for Social Development in Africa, South AfricaIn South Africa, African traditional healers and biomedical practitioners play important roles in the management of HIV and AIDS, but provide healthcare services in isolation of each other, despite legislative recognition of both types of healing. An interpretive, qualitative research... -
A review of the influence of municipal sustainable supply chain management on South Africa’s recycling performance
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Fannie Machete --- College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, South AfricaThis paper reviews the influence of municipal sustainable chain management on South Africa’s recycling performance. In this study, municipal supply chain management systems are identified as one of the major factors that influence the lack of municipal solid waste services... -
Does partial concealment influence predation attempts on small model snakes in South Africa?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Gareth Coombs --- , South AfricaPredation risk may be high in small snakes and most small snakes are thought to avoid certain behaviours, such as basking in open areas to reduce predation risk. The extent to which this concealment limits predation during basking is not... -
Integrating East Africa Through Arts and Culture: A Report of the EASTAFAB Tours and Exhibitions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Kiagho B. Kilonzo --- Department of Creative Arts, TanzaniaIntegrating the East African region through culture has probably not been given much thought or made much of a priority in East Africa and Africa as a whole. Though integration of the East African nations began during the colonial era... -
African indigenous games: Using Bame Nsamenang’s Africentric thoughts to reflect on our heritage, pedagogy, and practice in a global village
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Godfrey Ejuu --- Early Childhood Education, UgandaAs we go global and begin to make early childhood practices universal, certain aspects of communities remain fixed in deep realms of their everyday living and can only be accessed by those who believe in it. Believing in it requires... -
Fostering entrepreneurship for innovation in African Banks’ subsidiaries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Christian Wolf --- Policy Experimentation & Evaluation Platform, Portugal Dana T. Redford --- Policy Experimentation & Evaluation Platform, PortugalHow to keep the spirit and dynamics of an entrepreneurial venture alive as it evolves into a large institution? A small number of African-owned banks have risen from early entrepreneurial beginnings to large scale operations with subsidiaries in international markets... -
Management of financial institutions in Africa: Emerging themes and future research agenda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Ifedapo Adeleye --- Human Resources Management Program, USA Yaw A. Debrah --- School of Management, UK Lilac Nachum --- Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, USAThe rise of the financial services sector in Africa over the last decade or so has been phenomenal, marked by significant advances in mobile money, and growing financial inclusion and profitability. However, there are significant gaps in the academic literature... -
The efficacy of a modified Berlese funnel method for the extraction of ectoparasites and their life stages from the nests of the African Penguin Spheniscus demersus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Marcela PA Espinaze --- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, South Africa Cang Hui --- Department of Mathematical Sciences, South Africa Lauren Waller --- Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds, South Africa Sonja Matthee --- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, South AfricaThe Berlese funnel method, and its variations, is commonly used for the extraction of arthropods from various substrates such as nest material. However, little is known about its effectivity in extracting ectoparasites from penguin nests. This study aimed to assess... -
“Physiologically, I am hearing, but psychologically, I am Deaf.” Identity: Lived experiences of hearing children born in families with Deafness in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nomfundo Moroe --- Speech Pathology and Audiology Department, South AfricaThe aim of this study was to explore hearing children of Deaf adult’s (CODAs) experiences of belonging and affiliation within the Deaf and hearing community. Respondents consisted of 10 CODAs between the ages 21 and 40 years of age, recruited... -
Singabantu bendawo: understanding the concept of land from the perspective of ubuntu
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Nompumelelo Zodwa Radebe --- Anthropology and Archaeology, South AfricaThe 54th national conference of the African National Congress, the ruling party in South Africa, resolved amongst other things to review the country’s constitution such that it enables the government to implement land expropriation without compensation. This resolution has faced... -
Ethiopian immigrants to Israel: The persistence and transformation of African values and practices in art and life
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Patricia M. Greenfield --- Department of Psychology, USA Oshrat Sulika Rotem --- Department of Education, Israel Michael Weinstock --- Department of Education, IsraelWe present a qualitative interdisciplinary study of seven Ethiopian potters who immigrated to Israel as adults. Data sources include cultural products (their clay sculptures), interviews, and archival photos at the time of immigration. Together these data sources show how these... -
Phytochemical profiling and soluble sugars of African ginger (Siphonochilus aethiopicus) from different growing regions in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Salmina N Mokgehle --- Horticultural Science, School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, South Africa Samson Z Tesfay --- Horticultural Science, School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, South Africa Manaka J Makgato --- Agricultural Research Council–Vegetable and Ornamental Plants, South Africa Hintsa T Araya --- Agricultural Research Council–Vegetable and Ornamental Plants, South AfricaAfrican ginger (Siphonochilus aethiopicus) is distributed in different regions of South Africa and contains bioactive constituents that provide health benefits. However, there is limited information describing the phytochemical and soluble sugars in different parts of the plant from different regions... -
Ecology, conservation, and phylogenetic position of the Madagascar Jacana Actophilornis albinucha
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Josephine D’Urban Jackson --- Milner Centre for Evolution, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, United Kingdom Sama Zefania --- Institut d’Enseignement Supérieur de Menabe, Madagascar Sebastien Moehy --- Institut d’Enseignement Supérieur de Menabe, Madagascar Andrew J Bamford --- Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, United Kingdom Michael W Bruford --- Organisms and Environment Division, School of Biosciences, United Kingdom Tamás Székely --- Milner Centre for Evolution, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, United KingdomThe Madagascar Jacana Actophilornis albinucha (Jacanidae) is an endemic shorebird found in the threatened wetlands of western Madagascar. This species is presumed to exhibit classical polyandry; however, few data are available to support that assumption. More generally, a lack of... -
Bucking the trend: the African Black Oystercatcher as a recent conservation success story
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Mark Brown --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa Brittany Arendse --- Nature’s Valley Trust, Nature’s Valley, South Africa Bruno Mels --- Nature’s Valley Trust, Nature’s Valley, South Africa Alan TK Lee --- School of Life Sciences, South AfricaThe African Black Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini is a charismatic, southern African near-endemic, wader species, that is often seen as a flagship species for coastal bird conservation, as it was recently down-listed regionally to Least Concern on the IUCN Red List... -
Toward a strategic management perspective on local content in African extractives: MNC procurement strategies between local responsiveness and global integration
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Michael Wendelboe Hansen --- Center for Business and Development Studies, DenmarkLocal content requirements – i.e. government backed requirements that extractive MNCs must procure inputs locally – are fast becoming a major issue in MNC-host country bargaining in Africa. As a result of increasingly stringent local content requirements, extractive MNCs operating... -
Xenopus laevis as UberXL for nematodes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Anneke L Schoeman --- African Amphibian Conservation Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South Africa Tracy-Lee Joubert --- African Amphibian Conservation Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South Africa Louis H du Preez --- African Amphibian Conservation Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South Africa Roman Svitin --- African Amphibian Conservation Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South AfricaThe effect of invasive species on local parasite dynamics is often overlooked. The African Clawed Frog Xenopus laevis (Daudin, 1802) (Anura: Pipidae) is a global invader, with established populations on four continents and is a domestic exotic in southern Africa... -
Comparing beverage consumption, physical activity and anthropometry among young adult urban- and rural-dwelling African women
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Philippe Jean-Luc Gradidge --- Centre for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Herculina Salome Kruger --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, South AfricaBeverage consumption, physical activity, body mass index and waist circumference were compared in age-matched (aged 18–30 years) groups of young South African women from urban (n = 78) and rural (n = 94) settings. Obesity was higher in the rural group, driven by a... -
Sub-Saharan African cultural belief system and entrepreneurial activities: A Ghanaian perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: William K. Darley --- , Charles Blankson --- , USAThis article seeks to advance our understanding of the culture-entrepreneurship relationship from an African perspective by examining how six African traditional beliefs either promote or hinder entrepreneurial activities. These six traditional Ghanaian cultural beliefs (i.e. belief in godliness, belief in... -
The Africa we want and the Africa we see: How scholarship from Africa stands to enrich global scholarship
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Helena Barnard --- , South AfricaThis paper grew out of a keynote I delivered at the Academy of International Business Africa chapter meeting in Ghana, 2019, and was further honed in the review process. I share how emotionally challenging I sometimes find it to be... -
SMEs in sustainable development: Their role in poverty reduction and employment generation in sub-Saharan Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Oluwayemisi Adebola Abisuga-Oyekunle --- , South Africa Swapan Kumar Patra --- , South Africa Mammo Muchie --- , South AfricaPoverty alleviation has been positioned high on the international development agenda following the adoption of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2000. African countries initiated various missions to establish sustained economic growth by increasing productivity with an ultimate... -
Tatamkhulu Afrika, Queer Heroism, Triangulated Forms
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Michelle Decker --- , USATatamkhulu Afrika, lauded writer and South African activist, over the course of his life suffered imprisonments under the Nazis and the apartheid state; he also changed his name five times and won almost every literary award in South Africa. Afrika’s... -
Teaching Canadian Literature in the University of Nairobi
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Muchugu Kiiru --- , KenyaThis paper discusses experiences of teaching Canadian literature in the Department of Literature, University of Nairobi, Kenya. For a long time, the University of Nairobi syllabus required that teaching Canadian literature, or any foreign literature for that matter, should be... -
Patch-scale selection patterns of grazing herbivores in the central basalt plains of Kruger National Park
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Cyanne Young --- , South Africa Hervé Fritz --- , South Africa Erica AH Smithwick --- , United States of America Jan A Venter --- , South AfricaLarge herbivores form an essential component in the ecosystem, because of the impact that they have on their surrounding habitat. In this study, we aimed to evaluate some of the mechanisms behind how herbivores select forage at a patch scale... -
Addressing community-level stigma toward key populations: communication insights from action research in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Warren Parker --- , USA Joan Schubert --- , Ghana Serwaa Owusu-Ansah --- , Ghana Kwadwo Asante-Afari --- , Ghana Samuel Edem Assisi --- , Ghana Emmauel D Adiku --- , Ghana Thad Pennas --- , USA Saul Evans Williams --- , GhanaBackground: Global HIV response emphasises improving the uptake of HIV testing, providing access to antiretroviral therapy and sustaining viral suppression with a view to curtailing the pandemic by 2030. Stigma and discrimination impede this response by limiting engagement with the... -
Guidelines for promoting organisational resilience in South African schools
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Werner de Klerk --- , South Africa Jacob J.P. le Grange --- , South Africa Monique de Klerk --- , South Africa Jené Pretorius --- , South AfricaSustaining educator resilience is increasingly important in transitional societies which have a higher risk for dysfunction from coping with adjustments to emerging organisational practices with no local precedent. This would be the case for South African schools that have weathered... -
Income poverty versus multidimensional poverty: Empirical insight from Qwaqwa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Rachel Nishimwe-Niyimbanira --- , South AfricaPoverty has numerous dimensions that affect people’s well-being. The literature on the concept and measurement of poverty has significantly improved from the traditional unidimensional (income/expenditure) analysis to the multidimensional concept of poverty and well-being. This paper critically compared the monetary... -
Trends in chemical pollution and ecological status of Lake Ziway, Ethiopia: a review focussing on nutrients, metals and pesticides
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: LB Merga --- , The Netherlands AA Mengistie --- , Ethiopia JH Faber --- , The Netherlands PJ Van den Brink --- , The NetherlandsAquatic ecosystems contribute to human well-being by delivering ecosystem services, but their protection has been given low priority in Africa. Lake Ziway in the Ethiopian Rift Valley basin provides services including irrigation, drinking water and fish food in the region... -
Distribution and abundance of African elephants in Ngorongoro Crater, northern Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: John Kioko --- , Tanzania Alanna Horton --- , United States Margo Libre --- , United States Jennifer Vickers --- , United States Emma Dressel --- , United States Heather Kasey --- , United States Pastory M Ndegeya --- , Tanzania Donatus Gadiye --- , Tanzania Bernard Kissui --- , Tanzania Christian Kiffner --- , TanzaniaWe studied the distribution and abundance of African elephants in Ngorongoro Crater (NC), northern Tanzania to test whether male and female elephants select different habitats and to assess whether elephant abundance was related to monthly precipitation. From 2016 to 2017,... -
Systematics of Hyperolius mitchelli Loveridge, 1953 and Hyperolius rubrovermiculatus Schiøtz, 1975 (Anura: Hyperoliidae) and assignment of populations from northern Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Beryl A Bwong --- Zoology Department, National Museums of Kenya, Kenya Christopher D Barratt --- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Germany Simon P Loader --- Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, United Kingdom Joash O Nyamache --- Zoology Department, National Museums of Kenya, Kenya Michele Menegon --- Science Museo of Trento, Via della Scienza e del lavoro, Italy Patrick K Malonza --- Zoology Department, National Museums of Kenya, Kenya Peter Nagel --- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Switzerland Lucinda P Lawson --- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, United StatesThe taxonomic validity of the East African reed frogs Hyperolius mitchelli Loveridge, 1953 and Hyperolius rubrovermiculatus Schiøtz, 1975 has been questioned in the literature, with the latter having been recognised as a distinct lineage, but also synonymised as a colour... -
The normal tax consequences of home swaps for residents owning property in the Republic of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Magdel Zietsman --- , South Africa Andrea Herron --- , South Africa“Home swapping” has become more accessible due to a global phenomenon, known as the sharing economy. Technological advancement has removed the barriers to international trade and members of home swapping programmes exchange rights to provide each other with accommodation in... -
Procedural justice, police legitimacy, and performance: Perspectives of South African students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Paul Oluwatosin Bello --- , South Africa Thabiso Donald Matshaba --- , South AfricaThis study explored notions of procedural justice and police legitimacy among university students in South Africa. We surveyed 482 South African university students (female =77.6%; black = 91.7%; mean age = 23.0 years, SD = 1.05 years) on the effect... -
Cross-shelf movement of Chrysaora fulgida (Scyphozoa; Discomedusae) off Namibia inferred from stable isotopes (δ15N and δ13C)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: H Skrypzeck --- , South Africa CD van der Lingen --- , South Africa MJ Gibbons --- , South AfricaLarge and small specimens of two species of metagenic Scyphozoa (true jellyfishes) can be found in nearshore waters off central Namibia throughout the year. Whereas populations of Chrysaora africana are largely restricted to inshore waters, C. fulgida occurs across the... -
Virtuality and subjective realities: A freedom-based ergon for the modern African parent
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Thando Nkohla-Ramunenyiwa --- , South AfricaSchmidt introduces the Aristotelian term “koinonia” as denoting a political community which aims to achieve a common good for society as a whole. A good that promotes the flourishing of every party involved. In addition, Schmidt adopts further insight about... -
Contextual relevance and decolonisation of South African Industrial Psychology training: An exploratory case study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Edel-Quinn F. Nibafu --- , South Africa Marieta Du Plessis --- , South Africa Fatima Abrahams --- , South AfricaThis study explored the contextual relevance of Industrial Psychology training in a South African university, focussing on its responsiveness to contemporary multi-cultural work settings. Our purposive sample of informants (n = 15, female = 66.67%, South African black citizens =... -
Role conflict experiences of South African shop stewards: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mokgata Matjie --- , South Africa Molefe Maleka --- , South Africa Carol Allais --- , South AfricaThis study explored the role conflict experiences of South African shop stewards. Our informants comprised 20 shop stewards who attended face-to-face interviews regarding what motivates them, the challenges they face, and how they cope in their roles. Thematic analysis of... -
Migration and non-breeding season movements of satellite-tracked Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Chien-Hung Yang --- , Taiwan Keith Bildstein --- , United States Siranush Tumanyan --- , Armenia Michael McGrady --- , AustriaIn 2013, we satellite-tracked four juvenile Levant Sparrowhawks Accipiter brevipes from their nests in southern Armenia. Mean departure date from summering areas was 30 August. During autumn, birds migrated toward Africa along both the east and west coasts of the... -
Vitamin D [25(OH)D] and 1,25(OH)2D serum concentrations in patients tested at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: S Botha --- , South Africa MR Maphayi --- , South Africa N Cassim --- , South Africa JA George --- , South Africa -
Perceived information communication and technology (ICT) demands and psychological well-being among Gabon civil servants: The moderating role of social support and organisational support
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Joseph Medzo-M’engone --- , FranceThis study examined the role of social and organisationnal support in the relationship between emloyee perceptions of information communication and technology (ICT) demands and psychological well-being. Civil service employees (N = 162) in a large public institution in Gabon were... -
Critical Literary Arts in Action: The Decolonial Project of Ba re e ne re within and beyond Lesotho
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Lineo Segoete --- , Lesotho Zachary Rosen --- , LesothoIn this article we explore the historical construction of literary infrastructure established in Lesotho. Building on an analysis of Sesotho language orthography by Dr Litšepiso Matlosa, we recall the colonial genesis of written Sesotho by Swiss and French missionaries. As... -
What is Literary Activism? (Or Who keeps the housekeepers’ house?)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire --- , USAIn August 2016, a four-day workshop brought together emerging and established African curators in Kampala under the label, the Arts Managers and Literary Entrepreneurs Workshop (AMLEW) to share knowledge and skills. In 2017, the name of the workshop changed to... -
Loneliness and psychological well-being among the elderly in Buffalo City, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Anathi Ntozini --- , South Africa Ali Arazeem Abdullahi --- , NigeriaThis study examined the correlation between loneliness and four dimensions of psychological well-being (PWB) of old people in South Africa as they vary by their socio-demographic characteristics. Respondents were a non-probability/random sample of 301 elderly in Buffalo City, South Africa... -
Trauma, History and Desire in the Indian Ocean Imaginary. A Reading of M.G. Vassanji’s The Book of Secrets as Material Culture
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Esther Pujolràs-Noguer --- , SpainWe can determine small truths about what happened in the past, but they coalesce into a large falsehood Jules David Prown ‘Trauma, History and Desire in the Indian Ocean Imaginary. A Reading of M.G. Vassanji’s The Book of Secrets as... -
Managing the dependency of focal firms on innovative suppliers: A qualitative study of automotive manufacturers in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Assilah Agigi --- , South Africa Kelvinne Mocke --- , South Africa Iman Carrim --- , South Africa Logan Keen --- , South AfricaSupply chain innovation (SCI) has been cited as a key source of competitive advantage. Previous studies have focused on the role of suppliers as a valuable source of innovation. OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) are constantly faced with dramatic changes and... -
Racial relations and life satisfaction among South Africans: Results from the 2017 South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Adekunle Adedeji --- , South Africa Erhabor S. Idemudia --- , South Africa Obasanjo Afolabi Bolarinwa --- , South Africa Franka Metzner --- , GermanyThe current study examined differences in race relations as a predictor of life satisfaction among South African adults. We analysed data from the South African Social Attitudes Survey 2017 (n = 3 135; female = 61%; black = 61% ,... -
Growth and yield of African ginger in response to application of organic fertiliser
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Phomolo Maphothoma --- , Riana Kleynhans --- , Gerhard Prinsloo --- , Salmina N Mokgehle --- , Ian du Plooy --- , Hintsa T Araya --- ,African ginger (Siphonochilus aethiopicus) is in high demand for medicinal use. The plant does not multiply after being harvested, as it is destroyed in the process. The species is now facing extinction as a result of over harvesting. In order... -
Examining the dominant models and theories of international staffing policies and practices through the lenses of the African context and Chinese multinational construction enterprises in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Aminu Mamman --- , Qian Wen --- ,International staffing policies and practices of Chinese enterprises in Africa have given rise to a number of observations, critical comments, empirical support and rebuttals. One of the areas of research and critique has been the implications of the staffing policies... -
African Journal of Herpetology: Bibliography and taxonomic discoveries of the past ten years
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Jens Reissig --- Ultimate Creatures, South AfricaDuring the past ten years, the African Journal of Herpetology has published various papers regarding African Herpetology from all corners of the African continent. The journal is published twice per annum with an average of six articles per issue. Below... -
A can of worms: Identification issues and morphological conservatism in a large sample of African Green and Bush Snakes (Colubridae: Philothamnus) from Minziro Forest, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Tejs Gørgens Nielsen --- Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Sofie Holdflod Nielsen --- Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Peter Gravlund --- Museum of Eastern Zealand, Denmark David Moyer --- The Field Museum, Illinois, USA and Iringa Anders Galatius --- Aarhus University, Denmark Morten E Allentoft --- Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, DenmarkThe African green snakes of the genus Philothamnus include c. 21 recognised species distributed across sub-Saharan Africa. Many of the species exhibit high morphological conservatism, exist sympatrically, and can have high population densities. This is presumably the reason why the... -
Decolonising and Africanising the Spanish studies curriculum under emergency online teaching: introducing Equatorial Guinean literature in South African higher education
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Nereida Ripero-Muñiz --- , South Africa Thato Senabe --- , South Africa Musa Maseko --- , South Africa Yolanda Reigadas --- , South AfricaThis is a reflective piece that explores the process of creating and implementing a new course at the University of the Witwatersrand on the literature of Equatorial Guinea under emergency online teaching that took place in 2020 due to the... -
Dropping plates to pick up aliens: towards a standardised approach for monitoring alien fouling species
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: TG Loureiro --- , South Africa K Peters --- , South Africa TB Robinson --- , South AfricaBiological invasions pose a major threat to biodiversity and significant investment is required to prevent the introduction of alien species, contain introduced populations and mitigate associated impacts. The implementation of standardised long-term monitoring programmes enables the early identification of new... -
A psychobiography of Oliver Reginald Tambo from an African psychology perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sunitha Swanepoel --- , South Africa Paul J. P. Fouché --- , South Africa Pravani Naidoo --- , South AfricaThe objective of this study was to psychologically reconstruct the life of Oliver Reginald Tambo (1917-1993), using integrated African-centred psychological approaches. The researchers applied a constructivist, single-case psychobiographical approach and Alexander’s (1988) principal identifiers of salience to analyse primary and... -
Socio-demographic characteristics as predictors of psychosocial resources of call centre agents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nisha Harry --- , South AfricaThis study investigated the socio-demographic predictors of psychosocial resources in call centre agents. A non-probability sample of 409 call centre agents from Nigeria (n = 145, female = 63%, male = 37%) and South Africa (n = 264, female =... -
The role of leaders in building research cultures in sub-Saharan African universities: A six-nation study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Bill Buenar Puplampu --- , Ghana Stella Nkomo --- , South Africa Yvonne du Plessis --- , South Africa Jolly Byarugaba Kabagabe --- , Uganda Evelyn Chiyevo Garwe --- , Zimbabwe Juliana Namada --- , Kenya Kemi Ogunyemi --- , Nigeria Juliet Thondhlana --- , UK Inusah Abdul-Nasiru --- , Ghana Añulika Agina --- , Nigeria Kwesi Amponsah-Tawiah --- , Ghana Rosemary Danesi --- , Nigeria Justice Gameli Djokoto --- , Ghana Denise Diana Duncan --- , Ghana Joseph Lekunze --- , South Africa Simon McGrath --- , UK Joyce Ndegwa --- , Kenya Nancy Ngowa --- , Kenya Michael Ofori Ntow --- , Ghana Emily Ayieta Ondondo --- , Kenya Ravinder Rena --- , South Africa Maxwell Sandada --- , ZimbabweExisting research attributes the problem of weak research productivity of academics in African universities primarily to institutional resource poverty and inadequate research skills. However, there has been little attention to research cultures and the role of leaders in fostering productive... -
Surviving the Genocide: The Singularity of Suffering in Yvonne Owuor's “Weight of Whispers”
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Edgar Fred Nabutanyi --- , UgandaAlthough Theodor Adorno famously declared in 1983 that to write a poem after Auschwitz is barbaric, profound acts of horror have inspired many literary masterpieces. The 1994 Rwandan genocide is no exception, having motivated some of Africa’s literary gems. While... -
Trends in the admission of raptors to the Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, Limpopo province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: N Mbali Mashele --- , South Africa Lindy J Thompson --- , South Africa Colleen T Downs --- , South AfricaRaptors have crucial functions, both ecologically and as environmental indicators. Currently, many raptor species worldwide are threatened, and the potential loss of functional groups will yield dire consequences. We identified the trends and causes of raptor admissions to the Moholoholo... -
Adoption of dual-purpose sweetpotato varieties under partial population exposure in Rwanda: Insights from an African plant breeding programme
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Gideon Danso-Abbeam --- , South Africa Lloyd J.S. Baiyegunhi --- , South Africa Mark D. Laing --- , South Africa Hussein Shimelis --- , South AfricaAs part of the Green Revolution, plant breeding programmes such as the African Centre for Crop Improvement have trained scientists to breed crop varieties in Africa to address the challenges of low productivity. However, exposure to and adoption of these... -
Older black rural South African adults’ perceptions on organ donation: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Monareng Moropa --- , South Africa Jabu Mokwena --- , South Africa Mpsanyana Makgahlela --- , South Africa Tholene Sodi --- , South AfricaIn this study, we explored older rural South African adults’ perceptions of organ donation. Twelve older Pedi adults (male = 50%; age range 51 to 78 years) completed in-depth interviews on their knowledge of organ donation, cultural views, and influences... -
Experiences of black African women entrepreneurs in the South African male-dominated entrepreneurial environments
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Dineo Diale --- , South Africa Nasima M. Carrim --- , South AfricaIn the current study, we examined how culture, gendered roles, and societal expectations shape South African black African women’s entrepreneurial experiences in male dominated entrepreneurial environments. Utilising a life story technique approach, we interviewed 12 Black African women entrepreneurs regarding... -
Work stressors and vicarious trauma among South African Police Service members
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Masefako Andronica Gumani --- , South AfricaThis study explored vicarious stress experiences of South African Police Service members from a rural district serving victims of trauma. Informants were 19 police members (female = 26.3%; constables = 21%; age range = 27 to 55). The police members... -
Wangari Maathai’s Environmental Bible as an African Knowledge: Eco-spirituality, Christianity, and Decolonial Thought
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Adriaan van Klinken --- , UKRecent scholarship has acknowledged the contribution of the environmental activist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Wangari Maathai (1940–2011), to African ecological and decolonial thinking. As far as Maathai’s engagement with religion is concerned, scholarship emphasises her critique of Christianity for... -
Assessing infant and young child feeding priorities to inform the development of a nutrition social and behaviour change communication (SBCC) strategy during a pandemic threat
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: T Turk --- , Pakistan A Poonawala --- , Switzerland S Shulman --- , USA P Sepoloane --- , Botswana -
Afrikaner networks for volksdiens: Stellenbosch volkekundiges, 1926–1997
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: C.S. (Kees) van der Waal --- Stellenbosch University, South AfricaSeveral critical exposés of volkekunde at Stellenbosch University have focused on dominant figures up to the 1960s but have not sufficiently considered how they engaged with Afrikaner nationalism. This article introduces questions around solidarity, discontinuity and dissent amongst volkekundiges up... -
The Feminist Writer and the Subaltern: A Perspective on Ole Kulet’s Blossoms of the Savannah
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Andrew Nyongesa --- , Kenya Joseph Gaita Murimi --- , Kenya Justus Kizito Makokha --- , KenyaDominant literary conversations like post-structuralism have crowned the literary writer as an impartial and reliable voice for the voiceless in oppressive cultural settings. Since the marginal group is weak and cannot speak for themselves, the intellectual is given express authority... -
A Notsie narrative perspective on turnover in the UK financial services industry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: David Sarpong --- , United Kingdom Mairi Maclean --- , United Kingdom Wuraola Hassan --- , United KingdomDrawing on a cultural perspective from the Global South, Notsie narrative, a West African literary folklore, we explore the high churn rate in the UK financial services industry. Viewing the storied accounts of former financial complaint handlers through a Notsie... -
Behavioural and psychological control during adolescence: An ecological systems perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Elizabeth Cornelia van Damme --- University of the Free State, South Africa Luzelle Naudé --- University of the Free State, South AfricaThis study investigated the extent and the nature of the behavioural and psychological control experienced by adolescents within four contexts (parental, peer, school, and community) of their everyday lives. The adolescents (n = 463; female = 52.5%, black African =... -
Organisational support: Associations with psychological contracts and turnover intention in the South African food manufacturing industry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Michael Loudwick Mathebula --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Jeremy Mitonga-Monga --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaThe study examined the role of employee perceived organisational support (POS) in the relationship between employee psychological contract (PC) and turnover intention (TUI). The participants comprised employees in a South African (SA) food manufacturing company (n= 385 employees; female =... -
The political context of AIDS-related stigma and knowledge in a South African township community
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Brian Forsyth --- Yale University, Alain Vandormael --- Department of Sociology, University of Pretoria, Trace Kershaw --- Yale University School of Public Health, Janis Grobbelaar --- Department of Sociology, University of Pretoria,The purpose of this study was to examine the presentation of AIDS-related stigma and knowledge within the political context of the South African government's response to the AIDS epidemic. It was during the 2000 – 2004 period that key government... -
The role of community advisory boards in health research: Divergent views in the South African experience
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Priscilla Reddy --- Health Promotion Research and Development Unit, Medical Research Council, South Africa David Buchanan --- School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Sibusiso Sifunda --- Health Promotion Research and Development Unit, Medical Research Council, South Africa Shamagonam James --- Health Promotion Research and Development Unit, Medical Research Council, South Africa Nasheen Naidoo --- Health Promotion Research and Development Unit, Medical Research Council, South AfricaIn the light of the growing involvement of community advisory boards (CABs) in health research, this study presents empirical findings of the functions and operations of CABs in HIV/AIDS vaccine trials in South Africa. The individual and focus group interviews... -
Spectrum of female commercial sex work in Bangui, Central African Republic
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Jean De Dieu Longo --- , Central African Republic Marcel Mbéko Simaléko --- , Central African Republic Richard Ngbale --- , Central African Republic Gérard Grésenguet --- , Central African Republic Gilles Brücker --- , , France Laurent Bélec --- , , FranceClassification of professional and non-professional female sex workers (FSWs) into different categories, never previously reported in the Central African Republic (CAR), may be useful to assess the dynamics of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic, design operational intervention programmes to... -
HIV/AIDS and older adults in Cameroon: Emerging issues and implications for caregiving and policy-making
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Perpetua Lum Tanyi --- , , South Africa André Pelser --- , , South Africa Joseph Okeibunor --- , , NigeriaThe burden of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) on the elderly population in three divisions within the Northwest Region of Cameroon was examined. Data for this paper were extracted from a larger study which... -
Towards a natural classification of African toads (Anura, Bufonidae): Past progress and future prospects
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: BarryT. Clarke --- The Natural History Museum, EnglandAfrican bufonid toads (especially members of the genus Bufo) are a relatively uniform group morphologically, but beneath this apparent uniformity lies a higher level of diversity in habits and lifestyle than is initially evident. Members of the group exhibit considerable... -
Arthroleptis troglodytes and the content of schoutedenella (Amphibia: Anura: Arthroleptidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: JohnC. Poynton --- Natural History Museum, UKLaurent (1954) transferred a large number of species then in Arthroleptis to the genus Schoutedenella, which up to that time was a monotypic genus distinguished by de Witte (1921) from Arthroleptis on the grounds of lacking maxillary teeth. Laurent's concept... -
Population structure of the African Clawed Frog (Xenopus laevis) in maize‐growing areas with atrazine application versus non‐maize‐growing areas in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: LouisH. Du Preez --- North‐West University, South Africa KeithR. Solomon --- University of Guelph, Canada JimA. Carr --- Texas Tech University, JohnP. Giesy --- Michigan State University, USA TimothyS. Gross --- Florida Caribbean Science Center‐USGS‐BRD, USA RonaldJ. Kendall --- Texas Tech University, USA ErnestE. Smith --- Texas Tech University, USA GlenL. Van der Kraak --- University of Guelph, Canada Ché Weldon --- North‐West University, South AfricaThe herbicide atrazine has been suggested to cause gonadal deformities in frogs and could possibly impact on reproduction. Since the early 1960s, atrazine has been used in large amounts in maize production areas of South Africa. These areas overlap with... -
Biogeography of the reptiles of the central African republic
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Laurent Chirio --- Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, France Ivan Ineich --- Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, FranceA large number of reptiles from the Central African Republic (CAR) were collected during recent surveys conducted over six years (October 1990 to June 1996) and deposited at the Paris Natural History Museum (MNHN). This large collection of 4873 specimens... -
Quantification of the trade in Xenopus laevis from South Africa, with implications for biodiversity conservation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: Ché Weldon --- North‐West University, South Africa AthertonL. De Villiers --- Western Cape Nature Conservation Board, South Africa LouisH. Du Preez --- North‐West University, South AfricaHarvesting wild amphibians for animal trade and consequent introductions of exotic species are considered threats to biodiversity. For this study, we evaluated the literature and unpublished data on Xenopus laevis exports from the Western Cape, South Africa, since the onset... -
A new species of Trachylepis Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Scincidae) from central African forests
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: Laurent Chirio --- Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, France Ivan Ineich --- Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, France Andreas Schmitz --- Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de la Ville de Genève (MHNG), Switzerland Matthew LeBreton --- CRESAR, CameroonIntensive collection and field observations in the Central African Republic revealed a previously undescribed skink species of the genus Trachylepis. Morphologically this species seems to be related to Trachylepis boulengeri and/or T. polytropis, but genetic analysis showed that this is... -
Spawning and non-breeding activity of adult giant bullfrogs (Pyxicephalus adspersus)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: CarolineA. Yetman --- University of Pretoria, South Africa J. Willem H. Ferguson --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaPopulations of the giant bullfrog (Pyxicephalus adspersus) have been poorly monitored due to the unpredictable appearance of this species aboveground. To better understand the activity of P. adspersus we quantified spawning by a population during five summers, and the activity... -
Discovery of the second specimen of the African amphisbaenian Monopeltis kabindae Witte & Laurent, 1942
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Lívia Cristina dos Santos --- , , BrazilThe genus Monopeltis (Reptilia, Amphisbaenia) is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa, occurring in several areas, from South Africa to Cameroon. Monopeltis kabindae Witte & Laurent, 1942 was until now only known from its type specimen, which was collected in 1930 in... -
Water quality of the Blue Nile at Khartoum, Sudan, before complete filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: AMH Bashir --- University of Khartoum, Sudan ME Abdelrahman --- University of Khartoum, Sudan FA Sinada --- University of Khartoum, SudanPhysico-chemical variables were monitored biweekly for the Blue Nile at Khartoum between July 2017–June 2019. The aim was to document the present status of water quality at Khartoum before complete filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Physico-chemical parameters... -
The value relevance of mandatory sustainability reporting assurance
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Maher Jeriji --- IHEC – University of Carthage, Tunisia Ala Nasfi --- Montpellier University, FranceSustainability reporting assurance (SRA) ensures the credibility of sustainability information disclosed by companies. This practice has continued to evolve, particularly within regulatory frameworks. The SRA is widespread among the largest French and South African companies because of the requirements of... -
Ecological Violations and Anthropogenic Pollution in Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s Wizard of the Crow
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Dele Maxwell Ugwanyi --- Enugu State University of Science and Technology, NigeriaEcological violations and anthropogenic pollution have been recurring motifs in contemporary African novels. Existing studies on African literature from the ecological standpoint have focused largely on the narrative strategies of nature writing, with little attention given to the impacts and... -
Reconciling National and Communal Identity in Kenya through the Asian African Heritage Exhibit
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Chepchirchir Tirop --- Stanford University, USAIn the context of contemporary questions of identity and belonging, this paper examines the Asian African Heritage museum exhibit at the Nairobi Museum. The exhibit is an attempt by members of the Indian community to solidify their place in Kenya... -
The birth of Boererate: women and healing during the South African war
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Jeanie Blackbeard --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Fraser G. McNeill --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaThis article reinterprets historical works on the history of medicine in South Africa and how present-day Afrikaner home-based healing therapies known as Boererate engage with this history. By reinterpreting historical sources, we illustrate how Boer women in concentration camps during... -
A research agenda for African smart public value governance – Insights from a webinar series
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Emamdeen Fohim --- University of Bern, Switzerland Adeelah Kodabux --- Middlesex University Mauritius, Mauritius Amar Seeam --- Middlesex University Mauritius, MauritiusThe article discusses key insights gained from a webinar series that the authors of this article launched when founding the “Centre for African Smart Public Value Governance” (C4SP). As a research centre that aims to improve the quality of public... -
Heavy episodic alcohol use among adults: Prevalence and correlates in Central African Republic
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Karl Peltzer --- University of the Free State, South AfricaHeavy episodic drinking (HED) is associated with negative health consequences. The goal of the study was to assess HED among the general adult population in Central African Republic (CAR). In a cross-sectional survey in CAR (Bangui city and Ombella M’Poko... -
Determinants of technology-intensive exports: The case of African countries, 1995–2017
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Agathe Fonkam --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaAn extensive literature has investigated the driving forces behind high-technology exports, but most studies focus on developed countries and developing countries outside Africa. The purpose of this paper is to assess the main factors determining export-oriented technological change, using the... -
Temporary academics in South African higher education institutions: Their lived precarity experiences
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Shihaam Solomon --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa Marieta du Plessis --- University of the Western Cape, South AfricaTemporary academic appointments are increasingly prevalent in higher education institutions across the globe. The lived experiences of temporary academic staff within South African higher education institutions were explored. Twenty-six temporary academic staff (females = 69%, black = 75%, white =... -
‘Yo Dumbfucks!’: Problematising “Transgressive” White Humour and the Use of Blackface in the Artworks of South African Visual Artist Anton Kannemeyer
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Sharlene Khan --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaSince the early 1990s, blackface has seen a resurgence in South Africa. In 2010, Pappa in Afrika, the artwork of White Afrikaner artist Anton Kannemeyer elicited public criticism. Interrogating Kannemeyer’s Pappa in Afrika, this paper questions assumptions of blackface’s parodic... -
Navigating Interiorised Dissonance: Somali Women’s Identity, Agency and The Language of Apparel in Nadifa Mohamed’s The Orchard of Lost Souls
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: R.J. Lim --- Stellenbosch University, South AfricaNadifa Mohamed wrote The Orchard of Lost Souls with the impetus of foregrounding Somali women’s intimate experiences throughout the social and political upheaval during the prelude to the Somaliland-Somalia civil war. The Somali people’s centuries-cultivated homogeneity through culture and way... -
A case for film as an andragogical tool for business schools in Africa: Trends, challenges and prospects
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Ijeoma G. Ukeni --- University of Huddersfield, UKThis article extends the work of existing studies on the development of learners to be ethical leaders in Africa. It makes a case for the use of film as an andragogical tool in the education of adult learners in Africa... -
The primary moult of adult Red-headed Finches Amadina erythrocephala
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: T Scott --- University of Cape Town, South Africa JMH Raijmakers --- , South Africa LG Underhill --- University of Cape Town, South AfricaLittle is known about the biology of the Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala. This study investigates its primary moult, the first aspect of its life history to be looked at in depth. Additionally, we used a modified Cook’s distance algorithm to... -
The impact of news on South African sovereign bond yields
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: Elizabeth-Ann van der Westhuizen --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Leon Marx Brümmer --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Cornelis Hendrik van Schalkwyk --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaA reverse event study approach was used to investigate how the South African sovereign bond yield curve reacts to headline news. The change in daily yields, calculated as the difference between the natural log of zero-coupon yields on consecutive business... -
Distribution and site fidelity of four endemic catshark species in Walker Bay, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: TL Johnson --- , South Africa JC de Bresser --- , South Africa E Cottrant --- , South Africa NJ Drobniewska --- , South Africa TG Paulet --- , South Africa LG Underhill --- University of Cape Town, South AfricaCatsharks (family Scyliorhinidae) and the recently reclassified deepwater catsharks (family Pentanchidae) are two of the largest families of elasmobranchs and include species that function as important mesopredators in almost all marine ecosystems. This study focuses on four species endemic to... -
Seasonal movements of Black Coucals Centropus grillii in Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Soladoye B Iwajomo --- University of Lagos, Nigeria Himma Bakam --- Kaduna State University, Nigeria Shiiwua A Manu --- University of Jos, Nigeria Ulf Ottosson --- AP Leventis Ornithological Research Institute, University of Jos, Nigeria Kasper Thorup --- Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, DenmarkThe scale of movement associated with the migration of many intra-African bird species is still poorly known even with the increasing availability of tracking devices. In this study, we tracked the movements of Black Coucals Centropus grillii breeding in Nigeria... -
English instruction experiences of native South African speech-language and/or hearing (SLH) undergraduate students: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Katijah Khoza-Shangase --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Margo Kalenga --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaThis study explored the experience of English as an instruction medium by South African Speech-Language and Hearing (SLH) students whose first language is not English ( African language speakers). A purposive sample of 24 female students for whom English was... -
Current practices and challenges of registered dietitians in the nutritional management of children with cerebral palsy in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Deborah Jacobson --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Evette van Niekerk --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Maritha Marais --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa -
Introduction to the Special Issue: Leveraging Global Value Chains for innovation and industrialization in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Oluseye Jegede --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Mammo Muchie --- Tshawane University of Technology, South AfricaThe global nature of innovation has led to the emergence of Global Innovation Networks (GINs) and Global Value Chains (GVCs), facilitating knowledge exchange and economic activities across borders. GVCs offer platforms for accessing external knowledge and fostering innovation. They have... -
Artificial intelligence-powered decision support system for operational decision-making in the ICT department of a selected African university
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Vusumzi Funda --- University of Fort Hare, South Africa Errol Francke --- Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South AfricaThis paper aims to explore the effect of an artificial intelligence-enabled decision support system (AIDSS) on decision-making processes within a university setting, focusing on the ICT department of a selected South African university. The research objectives revolve around the effectiveness... -
The low-volatility effect in African frontier equity markets
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: Johannes Petrus Steyn --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Evan Gilbert --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Suzette Viviers --- Stellenbosch University, South AfricaThis study investigated the extent to which the low-risk anomaly is present in a pooled sample of nine African frontier equity markets from March 2004 to July 2023. Portfolio-level analysis was used to investigate the total stock returns of equally... -
Integration of psychobiography into professional training in clinical and counselling psychology: Strategies and prospects
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Zelda Gillian Knight --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaPsychobiography or the in-depth interpretation of the life and experiences of a single individual who made a significant impact on society has a long history in academic psychology. In psychological practice, similar methods are often employed to write a case... -
Family quality of life of Ghanaian families raising people with intellectual disability
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Daniel Miezah --- University of Cape Coast, Ghana Emmanuel Eshun --- University of Cape Coast, Ghana Kenneth Owusu Ansah --- , GhanaThis study examined the family quality of life (FQOL) of people with intellectual disabilities (PWID). Participants were 176 Ghanaian parents of PWID (mothers = 71.6%). The mean age of the parents was 41.64 years (SD = 9.21 years). The parents... -
Dear Mr Sobukwe: examining Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe’s pan-African vision and how it has influenced youth movements in South Africa today
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Karabo-Maya Rodwell --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaPan-Africanism is experiencing a resurgence amongst young people in post-1994 South Africa. In this article, I explore how people across different generations interpret the legacy of a critical figure in South African history, Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe. The participants in this... -
Aspects of the illegal hunting and trade of vultures in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Nomthandazo S Manqele --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa SA Jeanetta Selier --- South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), South Africa Colleen T Downs --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaThe harvesting and trade of species for use in traditional medicine, or muthi, is predominantly illegal, unregulated, and likely unsustainable, representing a major conservation challenge. In South Africa, vulture populations have declined considerably in recent decades, but evidence shows a... -
Anticolonial Networks and Unbalances in Literary Journals and Bulletins: Mensagem, Présence Africaine and Black Orpheus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Noemi Alfieri --- CHAM, NOVA FCSH/UaC, PortugalThis paper looks at the connections between the editorial projects of Mensagem (edited in Lisbon, by Casa dos Estudantes do Império, 1948–1965), Présence Africaine (Paris, France and Dakar, Senegal, from 1947) and Black Orpheus (Ibadan, Nigeria, 1957–1975). It reflects on... -
Using wing bar patterns to identify sex in Crowned Eagles Stephanoaetus coronatus: A misleading field characteristic
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Shane C Sumasgutner --- Centre for Functional Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Lauren K Common --- University of Vienna, Austria Simon Thomsett --- Soysambu Conservancy, Kenya Colleen T Downs --- Centre for Functional Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Petra Sumasgutner --- University of Vienna, AustriaAlmost universally, raptors exhibit some degree of sexual size dimorphism, with many species also having substantial sexual dimorphism in plumage patterns. The monophyletic clade ‘booted eagles’ generally do not, except for the Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus, which are believed to... -
The effects of financial performance and corporate social responsibility on integrated reporting: The case of listed firms in Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Ini Etete Udofia --- University of Lagos, Nigeria Collins Sankay Oboh --- University of Lagos, NigeriaThis study investigates the impact of financial performance (FP) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) on integrated reporting (IR) of listed firms in Nigeria during the 2013–2022 period. Using a set of 630 firm-year observations over ten years, this study establishes... -
Re-storying Nature: An Eco-critical Reading of Parkes’s Tail of the Blue Bird
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Samuel Kwesi Nkansah --- University of Cape Coast, GhanaThis paper applies African eco-criticism to analyse human-nature relationships in Nii Ayikwei Parkes’s Tail of the Blue Bird. From the discussions, vivid depictions of rivers, forests, animals and spirits showcase profound connections through which nature shapes cultural identities. Specifically, Parkes’s... -
Furo Wariboko’s Race Treason in Igoni Barrett’s Blackass
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Husamulddin Sabah Azeez Alfaisali --- Al-Ma’mon University College, IraqIn the realm of literature and cultural studies, the complex interplay of identity, race, and privilege has long been a subject of critical examination. Igoni Barrett’s novel Blackass (2015) provides a rich tapestry for such exploration, offering a unique narrative... -
A baseline survey of coastal birds in the Greater Bazaruto region, Mozambique
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Peter G Ryan --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Cliff Dorse --- , South Africa Dave Gilroy --- , Mozambique James Hogg --- , United Kingdom Albert McLean --- , South Africa Christine Read --- , South Africa Evan Trotzuk --- African Parks Mozambique, Mozambique Gary Allport --- The David Attenborough Building, United KingdomWe report the numbers of coastal birds in the Greater Bazaruto Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA), Mozambique. In November–December 2023, we counted waterbirds foraging on tidal flats and at roost sites in the San Sebastian (São Sebastião) Peninsula, Bazaruto... -
Making a Home together: Class Entanglements and Dependency on Cheap Labour in the Afromodern City
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Lena L. Kroeker --- University of Bayreuth, GermanyThis ethnographic article focuses on a Kenyan upper-middle-class neighbourhood to draw conclusions about the practices of social boundaries. The city of Kisumu appears geographically segregated along several class divides. In the upper-middle-class quarter this study examines, I describe the neighbourhood... -
Constructions of Home in the Unhomely: Home-making in Nnedi Okorafor’s Africanfuturist Narratives
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Joseph Kwanya --- Rhodes University, South AfricaIn this essay, I examine the representation of home in African speculative fiction, focusing on three works by Nnedi Okorafor: Who Fears Death (2010), The Book of Phoenix (2015), and the short story “Mother of Invention” (2018). I argue that... -
Stereotypical Home Making: Producing Subjects through Spatial Stories in Afronovelas
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Daddy Dibinga Kalamba --- Techniche Universität, Germany Séverine Marguin --- Techniche Universität, GermanyIn recent decades, television series in Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire have emerged as influential mass media forms with broad audiences, driven by a dynamic and rapidly evolving industry in these countries. In this paper, we study series belonging to the... -
Exploring polysemy and its role in lexical sense relations in African languages: Insights from African Wordnet
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Stanley Madonsela --- University of South Africa, South AfricaPolysemy has been considered in terms of sense relations where each sense of a polysemous expression is represented individually in the lexicon. Siswati and other African languages accounted for in African Wordnet do not differ in the characterisation of this... -
Assessment of near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy for monitoring soil carbon, nitrogen and organic matter in South African forestry plantations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: DR Ramesar --- Institute for Commercial Forestry Research, South Africa DS Naidoo --- Institute for Commercial Forestry Research, South Africa GD Cooper --- Institute for Commercial Forestry Research, South Africa RJ Burgdorf --- Institute for Commercial Forestry Research, South AfricaSoil organic matter, carbon and nitrogen contribute to soil quality, which influences plant growth. In forestry planta- tions soil carbon, nitrogen and organic matter significantly influence site productivity. In South Africa, plantation forestry occurs across a diverse landscape requiring assessment... -
Invasion of Neltuma juliflora (mesquite) and its effects on soil physicochemical properties in a semi-arid rangeland of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Siviwe Odwa Malongweni --- Sol Plaatje University, South AfricaInvasive species threaten ecosystem functions in African rangelands by altering soil properties, and affecting overall health and productivity. This study compared soil physicochemical characteristics under invasive Neltuma juliflora and native Vachellia karroo across two zones (beneath tree canopy versus open... -
Buried voices, hidden languages: The (in)visibility of indigenous South African languages in the South African Journal of African Languages (SAJAL) from 1994 to 2023
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Mlamli Diko --- University of South Africa, South AfricaThe South African Journal of African Languages was officially established in 1981 to advance the visibility and intellectualisation of indigenous South African languages as outlined in its aims and scope. Regrettably, greatly entrenched imperialist ideologies obstruct these languages’ comprehensive visibility... -
Isihloko: “Yintoni esegameni?” Uhlalutyo lwamagama athiywe abalinganiswa abangamanina kwiincwadi ezikhethiweyo zesiXhosa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Nompumelelo Kapa --- University of Fort Hare Alice, South Africa Lukhanyo Elvis Makhenyane --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaUkuthiywa igama kwabalinganiswa kuncwadi yinxalenye yokubunjwa kwabalinganiswa. Igama umbhali alithiyayo liba yinxalenye yengqiqo yombhali noko anqwenela ukudlulisa ngencwadi ayibhalileyo, kuba amagama anentsingiselo enzulu yaye abhekiselele kwimiba ebalulekileyo. Amagama abantu kumaXhosa akhelwa kumnombo weziduko, kubuKrestu, amava osapho umntwana azalelwe kulo, okulindelwe... -
Ngabe iziLimi zoMdabo zaseNingizimu Afrika zikulungele ukuthi kufundiswe ngazo? Ukuhunyushelwa esiZulwini kwencwadi yamaKhono eMpilo
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Erick Nkululeko Nzimande --- University of South Africa, South AfricaUkusetshenziwa kweziLimi zaboMdabo zaseNingizimu Afrika njengezilimi zokufundisa ezikoleni nasemfundweni ephakeme kuyinto esicwaningwe ngabacwaningi abaningi. Kodwa-ke ocwaningweni oselwenziwe luncane kakhulu olubheka ukuthi zikhona yini izinsizakufunda ezizokwenza ukufundisa ngalezi zilimi kube yimpumelelo. Ngakho-ke inhloso yalolu cwaningo ukuhlaziya ukuhunyushwa kweNcwadi kaThisha yamaKhono eMpilo... -
Digital advancement in the East African Community: The impact of information and communications technology on economic growth and energy consumption
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Abdikafi Hassan Abdi --- SIMAD University, Somalia Abdikarim Abdullahi Hersi --- SIMAD University, Somalia Abdiwahid Abdullahi Khalif --- SIMAD University, Somalia Mohamed Mire Mohamed --- SIMAD University, SomaliaAs the East African Community (EAC) modernizes and grows its digital infrastructure, it is essential to comprehend the influence of information and communications technology (ICT) on productivity and energy consumption to formulate initiatives that foster sustainable growth. Accordingly, this study... -
Ukuphithikeza nokugxobha ingcingane yeelwimi zaseAfrika njengeelwimi ezenziwa ubunkcubabuchopho
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Simthembile Xeketwana --- Stellenbosch University, South AfricaIilwimi zaseAfrika kudala zaba nobungqondi kwaye obo bungqondi kumele bugqobhozele kwiindlela ezi lwimi ezisetyenziswa ngayo, ncakasana kumaziko emfundo ephakamileyo. Ngoko ke, iilwimi zaseAfrika aziqalanga ukuba nobungqondi emva kowe1994, okanye ukufika kwamamishinari kweli lo Mzantsi Afrika, neAfrika iphela. Ngokukhokelwa yinkcazobungcali yasemva...
