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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... -
Do deterministic processes influence the phenotypic patterns of animalivorous bat ensembles at urban rivers?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: M. Corrie Schoeman --- School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, South Africa Kirby J. Waddington --- School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, South AfricaAlthough urbanization is perhaps the most damaging, persistent, and rapidly expanding form of anthropogenic pressure on natural ecosystems, data on the patterns and processes of sympatric bat species in urban landscapes are relatively scant. We quantified the packing and dispersion... -
The role of amateurs in the growth of bat conservation and research in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Zoology • Authors: P.J. Taylor --- Durban Natural Science Museum & Durban Bat Interest Group, South AfricaDuring the 1980s and 1990s, Britain experienced an unprecedented increase in scientific and public interest in bat conservation, culminating in 90 ‘bat groups’ by 1992. In South Africa, bats are poorly protected or unprotected, and most of the country's 54... -
The status of Sauromys petrophilus and Chaerephon pumilus (Chiroptera: Molossidae) in the Western Cape Province of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: David S. Jacobs --- Department of Zoology, South Africa M. Brock Fenton --- Department of Biology, CanadaChaerephon pumilus is widespread in tropical and subtropical Africa, with an outlying southern population near the Cape which is based primarily on records of specimens captured at the Algeria Forestry Station (32°22’S, 19°03’E) in South Africa. Sauromys petrophilus, a flat-headed... -
An analysis of Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus diet in the Melaky Region of lowland western Madagascar
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Steven M Goodman --- Field Museum of Natural History, USA Stéphanie VJ Razakaratrimo --- Peregrine Fund Madagascar, Madagascar Lily-Arison Réné de Roland --- Peregrine Fund Madagascar, MadagascarWe present information on the prey taken by the Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus in two different areas of lowland western central Madagascar. These are the first dietary data from Madagascar for this widespread Old World species. The recovered remains were... -
Beef cuts amongst the Bangwaketse: the case of motlhakanelwa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Thapelo Otlogetswe --- , BotswanaThe Setswana wedding is characterised by ritual intensity. Whilst some rituals are changing rapidly, one particular event that has remained relevant is the handling and sharing of the motlhakanelwa beast. Kgomo ya motlhakanelwa, the beast that is shared, is one... -
The experiences of Batswana families regarding hospice care of AIDS patients in the Bophirima district, North West province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: M. F. Makhele F. M. Mulaudzi [d121e25]The HIV/AIDS pandemic put significant strain on healthcare services in the country. Hospitals were no longer coping with the escalating number of AIDS patients. This resulted in the early discharge of patients, with some patients, too ill to be nursed... -
Uhlalutyo nzulu lwemirhiba engolwaphulomthetho ngabomthetho kwiinoveli zesiXhosa ezichongiweyo
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Siziwe Everrette Dlepu --- Walter Sisulu University, South AfricaInjongo yolu phando kukuxavatha umba wolwaphulomthetho olwenziwa ngabomthetho nangona bekumele ukuba bakhusela umthetho noluntu ngokubanzi. Kufumaniseka ukuba ngabo abatshotsh’entla kulwaphulomthetho oluqhubeka umhla nezolo, noluye lufake uluntu engozini. Ingcingane eyithiyori yomthetho wendalo yiyo ekuqanyelwe ngayo xa kuxavathwa olu phando. Le thiyori...
