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Evidence of Induced Nutrient Deficiency in Pine Plantings on Previously Cropped Lands
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: A.W. Schumann --- , South Africa A.D. Noble --- , South AfricaWidespread establishment failures of Pinus species have recently occurred on agricultural land acquired for commercial forestry in South Africa. These include about 10 000 ha of previously tilled soils in the north-eastern Cape belonging to Mondi Forests. A lettuce (Lactuca... -
Field Performance of Micropropagated and Macropropagated Eucalyptus Hybrids
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: M.P. Watt --- Department of Biology, South Africa E.A. Duncan --- Department of Biology, South Africa M. Ing --- Department of Biology, South Africa F.C. Blakeway --- Department of Biology, South Africa B. Herman --- Department of Biology, South AfricaPlantlets derived, via both in vitro micropropagation and from rooted cuttings, from seven different Eucalyptus hybrid genotypes were assessed for their field performance in Kwambonambi, KwaZulu Natal. Tree survival, height, mean annual increment, diameter at breast height and size uniformity... -
Multiple Resource Utilisation Developments in Mondi Forests
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: Richard McC. Pott --- ,Defined as the use of available resources other than the planted trees on Mondi's landholdings, the development of various MRU projects is described from 1975 onwards. Projects are differentiated into those that are directly dependant on the presence of planted... -
Influence of soil pH and fertilization on the dry matter production, chemical composition and digestibility of perennial grasses: I. Anthephora pubescens nees1
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: L G DuPisani --- Department of Agriculture & Water Supply (Free State Region), W L J Van Rensburg --- Department of Pasture Science, D P J Opperman --- Department of Pasture Science,The influence of soil pH and fertilization (N, P and Zn) on the dry matter (DM) production, chemical composition (crude protein, P, K, Ca, Mg and Zn content) and organic matter (OM) digestibility of Anthephora pubescens Nees was evaluated in... -
Influence of soil PH and fertilization on the dry matter production, chemical composition and digestibility of perennial grasses : II panicum maximum JACQ1
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: L G Du Pisani --- Department of Agriculture and Water Supply (Free State Region), W L J Van Rensburg --- Department of Pasture Science, D P J Opperman --- Department of Pasture Science,The influence of soil pH and fertilization (?, ? and Zn) on the dry matter (DM) production, chemical composition (crude protein, P, K, Ca, Mg and Zn content) and organic matter (OM) digestibility of Panicum maximum Jacq. was evaluated in... -
Are soil-borne diseases depressing yields of continuously-grown maize in Natal?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: P. Channon --- , Republic of South Africa M. P.W. Farina --- , Republic of South AfricaLong-term field trials suggest that yields are declining where maize (Zea mays L.) is grown continuously in some parts of Natal. Available evidence indicates that the decline is not ascribable to soil fertility or climatic constraints and the possibility exists... -
A comparison of culture methods for tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) anthers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: AnitaE. Steyn --- , Republic of South Africa J.A. Brink --- , Republic of South Africa L.A. Coetzer --- Botany Department, Republic of South AfricaThree different anther culture methods for the South African tobacco cultivars C11 × WOSB and CDL 28 were tested. The yield of haploid plantlets produced using a solidified or double-layer medium was significantly higher than with the use of a... -
Pentachlorophenol-contaminated soil bioremediation: survival and efficacy of monoculture inoculants and enrichment of indigenous catabolic populations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: A. D.K. McBain --- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, United Kingdom M.S. Salkinoja-Salonen --- Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology, Finland E. Senior --- , South Africa C.A. du Plessis --- Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry, South Africa A. Paterson --- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, United Kingdom I.A. Watson-Craik --- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, United KingdomSurvival and efficacy of monoculture inoculants of Flavobaderium sp. and Rhodococcus chlorophenolicus to bioremediate PCP-contaminated soil were examined under sterile and non-sterile conditions. Both species effected ≥ 40% catabolism in four weeks although inoculant survival was significantly higher with R... -
Effect of crop rotation on the severity of grey leaf spot on maize
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: E. Smit --- , Republic of South Africa B.C. Flett --- , Republic of South AfricaGrey leaf spot (GLS) caused by Cercospora zeae-maydis Tehon and Daniels has become the most important foliar disease of maize in South Africa. Crop rotation has been applied successfully to control or reduce the incidence and severity of plant diseases... -
Crop rotation in the summer rainfall area of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: A.A. Nel --- ,Crop rotation is the successive growing of different crop species on fields with the aim to assist sustainability. Monoculture cropping, the opposite of crop rotation, of maize was and still is the main practice in the summer rainfall area of... -
Effects of relay inter-cropping summer cover crops with maize on cover crop biomass and maize yields in a warm-temperate region of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: F.S. Murungu --- Department of Agriculture, South Africa C. Chiduza --- Department of Agronomy, South Africa P. Muchaonyerwa --- Department of Agronomy, South AfricaLittle research attention has been given to growing summer cover crops as part of conservation agriculture systems. Three cover crops (sorghum [Sorghum bicolor], mucuna [Mucuna pruriens] and sunhemp [Crotalaria juncea]) were relay-intercropped into maize [Zea mays] 42 days after planting... -
Carbon stocks in fynbos, pastures and vineyards on the Agulhas Plain, South Africa: a preliminary assessment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: AJ Mills --- Department of Soil Science, South Africa SC Birch --- , South Africa JD Stephenson --- , South Africa RV Bailey --- , South AfricaLarge tracts of fynbos on the Agulhas Plain are being converted to agriculture. Carbon (C) stocks in fynbos, pastures and vineyards were measured in this preliminary study to determine whether conservation of fynbos results in greater C storage relative to... -
Biomass production, weed suppression, nitrogen and phosphorus uptake in white oat (Avena sativa L.) and grazing vetch (Vicia dasycarpa L.) cover crop bicultures under an irrigated no-till system
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: L Muzangwa --- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, South Africa C Chiduza --- Department of Crop Science, School of Agricultural Sciences, South Africa P Muchaonyerwa --- School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, South AfricaCultivation of a multipurpose cover crop is of interest to Eastern Cape farmers experiencing soil infertility and weed pressures. The objective of the study was to investigate effects of oat–vetch bicultures on biomass production, weed suppression, and nitrogen (N) and... -
A vetch winter cover crop can improve response to nitrogen fertiliser and profitability of no-till maize
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Ernest Dube --- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, South Africa Cornelius Chiduza --- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, South Africa Pardon Muchaonyerwa --- School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, South AfricaA high nitrogen (N) fertiliser requirement can be a deterrent to the adoption of conservation agriculture (CA). A field trial was carried out to test whether a high biomass-yielding vetch (Vicia dasycarpa L.) winter cover crop can be used to... -
Reseeding of mussels on denuded rocky shores: preliminary studies with the brown mussel Perna perna
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: A. H. Dye N. DyantyiA method is developed to establish clumps of mussels Perna perna in denuded areas on high-energy rocky shores on the south-east coast of South Africa. A total of 20 small (20–30 mm total length) mussels is placed under a 30... -
FAECAL BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION OF TROUT HATCHERY WATER EFFLUENT
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa • Authors: G.R. Batchelor --- Division of Nature Conservation, South AfricaThis study was undertaken to determine the occurrence of faecal bacteria in two trout hatcheries in the Transvaal Province, South Africa. The results indicate that variations in numbers of enteric bacteria are partly caused by man-made changes to the influent... -
A COMPARISON OF MULTIPLE CONTAINER AND TUBULAR SYSTEMS FOR THE LARGE SCALE LABORATORY CULTURE OF UNICELLULAR ALGAE
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa • Authors: J.N. Eloff --- Botany Department, South Africa G. H.J. Krüger --- Botany Department, South Africa A.J. van der Westhuizen --- Botany Department, South AfricaIt is pointed out that due to its construction a tubular system has many advantages, compared to a multiple container system. The most important being the ease of manipulation and the higher yield of algal material. The tubular system has... -
UTILIZATION OF PLANT MATERIALS BY JUVENILE AFRICAN CATFISH (CLARIAS GARIEPINUS) AND ITS IMPORTANCE IN FISH CULTURE
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa • Authors: Douglas Clay --- Department of Agriculture, ZimbabweJuvenile African catfish Clarias gariepinus between 100 and 200 mm total length from Lake McIlwaine, Zimbabwe are able to digest plant proteins. The digestibility of three major plant proteins (maize, sunflower seed and soya meal) was 30,0, 65,4 and 84,3%... -
AN EVALUATION OF BABY FISH FOOD AS A SUITABLE DIET FOR THE FRESHWATER SNAIL, BIOMPHALABIA GLABRATA (SAY)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa • Authors: P.H. Joubert --- Research Institute for Diseases in a Tropical Environment, South Africa K.N. de Kock --- Research Institute for Diseases in a Tropical Environment, South AfricaTetra Kin Baby Fish Food ‘E’ for Egglayers (Tetra ‘E’) was evaluated as a possible nutrient for the laboratory culture and maintenance of pigmented and unpigmented Biomphalaria glabrata (Say). Growth was monitored weekly by determining shell diameter and mass. The... -
SUITABILITY OF TROPICAL FISH FOODS FOR LABORATORY CULTURE OF FOUR SPECIES OF FRESHWATER SNAILS ACTING AS INTERMEDIATE HOSTS FOR ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT HELMINTH PARASITES IN SOUTH AFRICA
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Aquatic Sciences • Authors: K.N. de Kock --- Department of Zoology, South Africa P.H. Joubert --- , South AfricaFour different kinds of tropical fish food from Tetra Werke, West Germany, as well as a mixture of two of these, were evaluated as possible nutrients for the laboratory culture and maintenance of four freshwater snail species of economic importance... -
Evaluation of a Computer Model for the Selection of Candidate Species for Aquaculture
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Aquatic Sciences • Authors: Peter A. Cook --- Zoology Department, South Africa R.D. Walmsley --- , South AfricaThe use of a computer-based “Expert Choice” system, incorporating the Analytical Hierarchy Process, in the selection of candidate species for aquaculture is described. The system is considered to be particularly useful in developing countries or areas where the aquaculture industry... -
ALIEN FRESHWATER CRUSTACEAN AND INDIGENOUS MOLLUSC SPECIES WITH AQUACULTURE POTENTIAL IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Aquatic Sciences • Authors: Heimo Mikkola --- Department of Applied Zoology, FinlandFarming of crustaceans and molluscs in Southern Africa is not well developed, but it is likely to intensify in coming years. The pressure to introduce new candidate species to satisfy specific culinary demands or improve bulk yields and efficiencies is... -
The ‘youth and agriculture’ problem: implications for rangeland development
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: MelvinB Swarts --- Agricultural Research Council–Animal Production Institute, c/o Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, South Africa Michael Aliber --- Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, South AfricaThere is a common perception in South Africa that the youth are not interested in agriculture, leading to two concerns: first, that this is exacerbating the youth unemployment crisis, and second, that the already low levels of agricultural activity in... -
Precision forestry for pulpwood re-establishment silviculture
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: Robert Neil PallettThe Southern African pulp and paper industry has a strong export focus and operates in an open global market. In a global context, wood is a commodity product and an ongoing strategy of reduction in the unit cost of timber... -
The effect of planting density on the wood quality of South African-grown Eucalyptus grandis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: F.S. MalanThis paper presents the results of a wood property and sawn board quality study performed on disc samples and sawlogs taken from a 23-year-old Eucalyptus grandis Nelder 1a spacing trial at J.D.M. Keet plantation near Tzaneen. Ten trees from each... -
Strategies for the selection of uncontaminated Eucalyptus explants for shoot multiplication in a temporary immersion system (RITA®) in a commercial laboratory
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: M. P. Watt M. Banasiak T. Nicholson B. McAlisterThe potential high yields of Eucalyptus shoot multiplication achieved with a temporary immersion culture system such as RITA® are compromised by losses caused by microbial contamination particularly bacteria, characteristic of the explants used to initiate the cultures. Disinfection of the... -
Clonal propagation and storage of subtropical pines in Queensland, Australia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: S.J. TruemanClonal forestry is the approach used for deployment of Pinus elliottii × P. caribaea hybrids in Queensland, Australia. Clonal forestry relies on the ability to maintain juvenility of stock plants while selections are made in field tests, so that genetic... -
Silviculture and Genetics of Pinus kesiya for Planting Degraded Pasture Land
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: J.A. Wright --- , USA N. Isaza --- , USAThe conifer species, Pinus kesiya Royle ex Gordon, is an important part of the ecology within the indigenous range of South-east Asia as well as in sustainably managed plantations in a number of countries. Planting with the species in Colombia... -
Disability Cosmology: The Practice of Making Disability Worlds
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Patrick Devlieger --- University of Leuven, Geert Van Hove --- Ghent University, Frank Renders --- University of Leuven,The practice of making disability worlds is investigated both theoretically, in the context of developments in disability studies, in particular in the cultural model of disability, and practically in two examples, namely inclusive education environments and public environments. Theoretically, we... -
Infantile Colic Among The Traditional Shona People: An Ethnopsychological perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Calvin Gwandure --- University of the Witwatersrand,The study provides an ethnopsychological view of infantile colic among the Shona people. Ethnopsychological perspectives are culturally grounded views of psychological phenomena, and intersect a number of disciplines, including anthropology, sociology and cultural psychology. The study considered Shona perspectives on... -
A Cognitive-Behavioural Treatment Programme for Conduct Disorder: The Case of Tumeleng
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ian Smith --- Psychology Department, South AfricaThis article presents a case study of a teenager with conduct disorder (CD) using a cognitive-behavioural treatment programme for anger and aggression. Unique features of the case included comorbid expressive language disorder and a history of multiple traumatic brain injuries,... -
The Structure of Psychological Well-Being in Cultural Context: Towards a Hierarchical Model of Psychological Health
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Marié P. Wissing --- North-West University, South Africa Q. Michael Temane --- North-West University, South AfricaThis study explored whether an overlap exists in the empirical manifestations of various constructs for psychological well-being. Secondary factor analyses were conducted on data obtained from four studies, comprising 2,024 participants from relatively individualist and collectivist cultural contexts. Questionnaires varied... -
Culture at the Heart of Coping with HIV/AIDS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ronél Ferreira --- University of Pretoria,This study explored the manner in which a South African informal community coped with living with HIV/AIDS by relying on existing assets and local resources. A case study research design applying participatory reflection and action principles was used. Focus group/workshop... -
Play Therapy as an Intervention Against Sexual Violence in Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Munita Dunn --- University of South Africa, Morekwe Selemogwe --- University of Botswana,The study explored the experience of social workers (n=9, consisting of females only, age range 25 to 40) and lay counsellors (n=9, consisting of 2 males and 7 females, age range 20 to 30) in Botswana. Participants had brief training... -
The Experiences of Rural VhaVenda Women Involved in Polygamous Marriages
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Masefako Andronica Gumani --- University of Venda, Tholene Sodi --- University of Venda,The study explored the experiences of five rural VhaVenda women involved in polygamous marriages aged between twenty seven and sixty four years. The five participants were selected through snowball sampling method from four villages in Vhembe District (Limpopo Province). Data... -
The Experience of Stress and Trauma: Black Lesbians in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Marlene Arndt --- University of Johannesburg, Helena Hewat --- University of Johannesburg,The qualitative study explored the socio-cultural experiences of Black lesbians in South Africa. Participants were ten Black lesbians living around Johannesburg, Gauteng Region. Their ages ranged between 20 and 37 years. We used a phenomenological approach. The interview technique adopted... -
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... -
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... -
Career Counselling in the 21st Century: A Reaction Article
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Brandon Morgan --- University of Johannesburg,This article reviews the articles on career counselling in the special edition of the Journal of Psychology in Africa. A thematic analysis to the content of the articles was conducted and common themes extrapolated. The main themes were (a) the... -
Influence of Socio-Demographic Factors on SRAVEN Performance
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Raegan Murphy --- University College Cork, Ireland Nafisa Cassimjee --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Clare Schur --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaThis exploratory study aimed to investigate the influence of specific socio-demographic variables on a computerized test of non-verbal neuropsychological performance. Six hundred and thirty South African first year students were assessed using the University of Pennsylvania Computerized Neuropsychological Test Battery... -
Ancestral Consciousness in the Zulu Culture: A Wilberian View
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Stephen D. Edwards --- University of Zululand, South Africa Jabulani D. Thwala --- University of Zululand, South Africa P. Buyi Mbele --- University of Zululand, South Africa Vusi Siyaya --- University of Zululand, South Africa Nozipho Ndlazi --- University of Zululand, South Africa Ntombintombi J. Magwaza --- University of Zululand, South AfricaThe aim of this research was to complement and advance Wilber's integral approach through an investigation into ancestral consciousness by the Zulu. Five isiZulu home language speakers (age range 33 to 56 years) and a sixth English speaking person were... -
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... -
Cultural Embeddedness of Health, Illness and Healing: Prospects for Integrating Indigenous and Western Healing Practices
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Tholene Sodi --- University of Limpopo, South Africa Olaniyi Bojuwoye --- University of the Western Cape, South AfricaCulture influences conceptualizations about illness, health and healthcare. In this article we argue that Western-oriented health care models have limited success when applied to health conditions of people of non-Western cultures and contend that culture is an important factor in... -
Moral Developmental Scale in Iranian Culture
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Davood Manavipour --- Islamic Azad University, IranThe study explored the structure of Moral Developmental Scale in Iranian Islamic culture. Participants were 380 Data were analyzed using Principal component analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis. Principal component analysis resulted in four components with Eigen values >1, which together... -
Cancer Treatment in South Africa: A Narrative Literature Review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mariska Venter --- North-West University, Chris Venter --- North-West University, Karel Botha --- North-West University,Due to the advances in cancer treatment, there are a growing number of cancer survivors. Finishing treatment rarely indicates the end of the cancer experience. As a result, cancer management has shifted from an acute care model to one that... -
South African Muslim Psychologists' Perceptions of Mental Illness
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sumaya Laher --- University of the Witwatersrand, aheera Ismail --- University of the Witwatersrand,This study explored perceptions of mental illness in a sample of 10 female Muslim psychologists in a South African city to determine the influences of religion (and Islam specifically) on their understanding of the aetiology and treatment of mental illness... -
Cross-Cultural Study of Facial Beauty
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Germano Vera Cruz --- University of Toulouse II, FranceThis research studies proportionality, thinness and smooth skin as cross cultural facial beauty attributes. Participants (N =450; males = 216, females = 234) were college students from three cultural areas: Mozambique (N = 150), Brazil (N = 150) and France... -
Community Participation in Tobacco Control in a Nigerian Setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Catherine O. Egbe --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Inge Petersen --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Anna Meyer-Weitz --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaThis study explored the role of cultural factors in tobacco use in a Nigerian setting. Participants were 27 community members: community leaders (5), political analysts/officials of non-governmental organisations (4) and 18 young tobacco users (age range 18 and 24 years)... -
Narratives on Death and Bereavement From Three South African Cultures: An Exploratory Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Denise Appel --- University of South Africa, Maria Papaikonomou --- University of South Africa,The study aimed to explore how three culturally diverse South African women (n=3) constructed death and bereavement. Data were qualitatively gathered and thematically analyzed. Findings revealed grand narratives (other than western dominance) on death perceptions and bereavement within the Tswana... -
Intuition as a Healing Modality: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Stephen D. Edwards --- University of Zululand,This article examines intuition as an archetypal, cultural-spiritual healing modality. It builds on the notion of intuition as a reality founded on the archetypal calling to become a healer. Consideration is given to a variety of intuition traditions as well... -
Positioning children and institutions of childcare in contemporary Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Catrine ChristiansenCurrently more than half the population of Uganda is under 18 years — a demographic dispensation caused by civil war, poverty, high fertility rates, and the AIDS epidemic. Drawing upon ethnographic research in south-eastern Uganda, the study analyses the difficulties... -
The [in]visibility of HIV/AIDS in the Malawi public sphere
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: John Lwanda --- , ScotlandThis paper argues that, far from being invisible, issues of sexuality are omnipresent in the African public sphere. However, this presence is not usually found in the medical nor overtly gender/sexual arenas but in general social contexts. Western derived research... -
Effects of three agricultural by-products on cage culture growth performances of a landlocked population of Sarotherodon melanotheron (Teleostei: Cichlidae) in man-made Lake Ayame, Côte d'Ivoire
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: NI Ouattara V N'Douba GG Teugels JC PhilippartIn man-made Lake Ayame, a 180-day cage culture feeding trial was conducted to investigate the effects of three agricultural by-products — chicken droppings, wheat bran and corn bran — on the survival rates, mean daily weight gain and feed conversion... -
Heavy metal and faecal bacterial contamination of urban lakes in Yaoundé, Cameroon
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: J Demanou --- Laboratory of General Biology, Cameroon RE Brummett --- , CameroonConcentrations of faecal bacteria and heavy metals (Cr, Cd, Hg, Pb and Zn) were measured in fish, mud and water from two urban lakes in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The mean densities of faecal coliforms (FC) and faecal streptococ ci (FS) in... -
The effect of feeding regimen on growth, food conversion ratio and size variation in juvenile dusky kob Argyrosomus japonicus (Teleostei: Sciaenidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: H Kaiser --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa PD Collett --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa NG Vine --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South AfricaTemperature, feeding frequency and feeding intensity are important determinants of fish growth in aquaculture. As part of a research and development programme to optimise husbandry techniques for a new mariculture species, the dusky kob, Argyrosomus japonicus, this study tested the... -
The effect of crowding density on growth, food conversion ratio and survival of juvenile dusky kob Argyrosomus japonicus (Teleostei: Sciaenidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: PD Collett H Kaiser --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa NG VineDusky kob or mulloway Argyrosomus japonicus is a potential aquaculture candidate, but data on growth of this species in South Africa are missing. To determine the effect of crowding density (kg m−3) on growth, survival and food conversion ratio, juvenile... -
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... -
Characterisation of potential aquaculture pond effluents, and physico-chemical and microbial assessment of effluent-receiving waters in central Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: YB Ansah --- Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, USA EA Frimpong --- Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, USA S Amisah --- Department of Fisheries and Watershed Management, GhanaAn understanding of specific aquaculture systems and the impacts of their management practices leads to sound and cost-effective policies to protect the aquatic environment. Water samples were collected in 2009 from fish ponds, streams that receive effluents directly from ponds... -
Effect of feeding frequency and feeding rate on growth of Oreochromis mossambicus (Teleostei: Cichlidae) fry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: RW Luthada --- Department of Zoology, South Africa HL Jerling --- Department of Zoology, South AfricaThe effect of feeding frequency and feeding rate on growth of Oreochromis mossambicus fry was investigated over 30 d under temperature- and light-cycle-controlled conditions on the University of Zululand campus, South Africa, in October and November 2009. Weight gain, specific... -
Nile tilapia invades the Lake Malawi catchment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: MJ Genner --- School of Biological Sciences, UK E Connell --- School of Biological Sciences, UK A Shechonge --- School of Biological Sciences, UK A Smith --- Department of Biological Sciences, UK J Swanstrom --- School of Biological Sciences, UK S Mzighani --- Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute (TAFIRI), Tanzania A Mwijage --- Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute (TAFIRI), Tanzania BP Ngatunga --- Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute (TAFIRI), Tanzania GF Turner --- School of Biological Sciences, UKThe Lake Malawi/Nyasa catchment contains over 835 endemic cichlid fish species. This unique biodiversity has made it widely recognised as one of the world's most significant freshwater ecosystems. Here we report the first occurrence records of two invasive tilapiines, Oreochromis... -
Hybridisation between native Oreochromis species and introduced Nile tilapia O. niloticus in the Kafue River, Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: AM Deines --- Notre Dame Environmental Change Initiative, and Department of Biological Sciences, USA I Bbole --- The Copperbelt University, Zambia C Katongo --- The Copperbelt University, Zambia JL Feder --- Notre Dame Environmental Change Initiative, and Department of Biological Sciences, USA DM Lodge --- Notre Dame Environmental Change Initiative, and Department of Biological Sciences, USAThe Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus has been introduced throughout Africa outside its native range for aquaculture purposes. Hybridisation between escaped O. niloticus and native Oreochromis species is of concern due to potential negative effects on wild genetic resources for conservation,... -
Boulders or urchins? Selecting seeding sites for juvenile Haliotis midae along the Namaqualand coast of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: SWP de WaalThe extent to which the relationship between juvenile abalone Haliotis midae and sea urchins Parechinus angulosus is induced by their physical habitat along the Namaqualand coast of South Africa was investigated. Correlation analyses between the proportion of abalone utilising sea... -
Trace metal effects on the production of biotoxins by microalgae
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: L Rhodes A Selwood P McNabb L Briggs J Adamson R van Ginkel O LaczkaMass production of bioactive compounds was enhanced by the addition of particular trace metals to specific microalgae. An increase in domoic acid isomer-C production by Pseudo-nitzschia australis was achieved by adding copper (Cu) or Zinc (0.1–0.2μmol l−1) to standard growth... -
Exploring basic biochemical constituents in the body tissues of South African abalone Haliotis midae reared in shore-based mariculture systems
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: A Laas --- Medical Research Council of South Africa, South Africa A Vosloo --- School of Environmental Science and Development, South AfricaThe study quantifies the effects of season, age and feeding regime on glucose, glycogen, proteins and lipids in abalone Haliotis midae tissues, and to assess water loss during simulated live export. Abalone of two age classes, younger (∼30 months old)... -
Effect of dietary protein to energy ratio on growth and nitrogenous waste production of cultured dusky kob Argyrosomus japonicus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: LD Woolley --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa CLW Jones --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa PJ Britz --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South AfricaThe effect of dietary protein to energy ratio (P:E) on the growth of dusky kob Argyrosomus japoni-cus was investigated as a first step towards formulating a practical diet for this potential mariculture species in South Africa. The effects of dietary... -
Integrated culture of silver kob Argyrosomus inodorus and bloodworm Arenicola loveni loveni in abalone farm effluent
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: RD Yearsley --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa CLW Jones --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa PJ Britz --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa NG Vine --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South AfricaSouth African abalone Haliotis midae farms utilise large volumes of seawater (c. 500–1 500 l s–1) and produce relatively dilute effluents that are potentially suitable for the integrated culture of other species. To test this hypothesis, a marine finfish, silver... -
Effects of different microalgal feeds and their influence on larval development in the white-spined sea urchin Tripneustes gratilla
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: R Scholtz --- Department of Biological Sciences and Marine Research Institute, South Africa JJ Bolton --- Department of Biological Sciences and Marine Research Institute, South Africa BM Macey --- Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, South AfricaNutrition is a major factor governing early development of sea urchins. The morphological development and survival of Tripneustes gratilla larvae, from field-collected urchins, was investigated from two separate feeding trials under different feeding regimes. Microalgae Isochrysis sp., Pavlova lutheri and... -
Innovative processes and products involving marine organisms in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: J J Bolton --- Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa M T Davies-Coleman --- Department of Chemistry, South Africa V E Coyne --- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, South AfricaThe SEAChange programme, instituted in 2007 under the auspices of the South African Network for Coastal and Oceanic Research (SANCOR), included four interdependent research themes, one of which was Marine Biotechnology. Marine biotechnology is a discipline that involves both basic... -
Operational deployment of genetic gain
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: R Pallett --- , South Africa T Stanger --- , South Africa A Morris --- , South Africa C Clarke --- , South AfricaTree improvement is central to increasing plantation productivity per unit land area in many countries that rely on an exotic fast grown plantation resource as a source of wood and fibre. In order to achieve an acceptable return on the... -
Establisbment of embryogenic suspension cultures of Pinus radiata Don.
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: A. Jacoby --- Department of Plant Sciences (Botany and Genetics), South Africa A.J. van der Westhuizen --- Department of Plant Sciences (Botany and Genetics), South Africa A-M. Botha --- Department of Genetics/Forest and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, South AfricaThe development of embryonal suspensor mass (ESM) from immature embryos of Pinus radiata on a solidified growth medium containing 0,5 mgl−1 benzyladenine, 3,0 mgl−1 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, 500 mgl−1 casein hydrolysate and 250 mgl-1 L-glutamine was used as inoculum to establish... -
Operational gain: Measuring the capture of genetic gain
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: RobertN Pallett --- Sappi Forests Research: Shaw Research Centre, South Africa Giovanni Sale --- Sappi Forests Research: Shaw Research Centre, South AfricaThe southern African forestry and forest products industry contributes two percent of the countries gross domestic product, yet is one ofthe most globalised industrial sectors. Forest product exports make up eight percent of the countries total exports and produce an... -
The wood quality of the South African timber resource for high-value solid wood products and its role in sustainable forestry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: F.S. Malan --- ,Maximising volume growth and yield per unit area is generally recognised as an important objective towards maintaining or enhancing forest productivity. However, the forest industry's future success will also be judged on how well it understands the qualities of the... -
Effects of site management operations on the nutrient capital of a eucalypt plantation system in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: Ben du Toit --- , South AfricaThe Karklo of Project is a case study ofthe effects ofintensive site management operations during the interrotational period, on (a) the nutrient capital of the system, and (b) the availability of growth resources (nutrients and water) in a commercial Eucalyptus... -
Pruning quality affects infection of Acacia mangium and A. crassicarpa by Ceratocystis acaciivora and Lasiodiplodia theobromae
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: M Tarigan --- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Tree Protection Co-operative Programme, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, South Africa MJ Wingfield --- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Tree Protection Co-operative Programme, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, South Africa M van Wyk --- Department of Genetics, Tree Protection Co-operative Programme, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, South Africa B Tjahjono --- , Indonesia J Roux --- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Tree Protection Co-operative Programme, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, South AfricaPruning (singling) is a common silvicultural practice in commercial Acacia plantations because these trees tend to have multiple stems. The wounds resulting from pruning are susceptible to infection by pathogens. Ceratocystis acaciivora and Lasiodiplodia theobromae have been shown recently to... -
Plant regeneration by somatic embryogenesis in Eucalyptus spp.: current status and future perspectives
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Glória Pinto --- Department of Biology and Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), Portugal Clara Araújo --- Altri Florestal SA, Portugal Conceição Santos --- Department of Biology and Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), Portugal Lucinda Neves --- Altri Florestal SA, PortugalForest tree improvement programs benefit from the emergence of new biotechnological strategies that complement plant developmental biology and discovery of genes associated with complex multigenic traits. Recently, significant progress has been made in the area of plant regeneration via somatic... -
Stand structure and regeneration of harvested Araucaria araucana–Nothofagus stands in central Chile
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Rafael M Navarro-Cerrillo --- DendrodatLab, Departamento de Ingeniería Forestal, Spain Fernando Olave --- Corporación Nacional Forestal, Chile Francisco Moreno --- DendrodatLab, Departamento de Ingeniería Forestal, Spain Sergio de Miguel --- Faculty of Science and Forestry, Finland Margarita Clemente --- Departamento de Ciencias y Recursos Agrícolas y Forestales, SpainIn this study we examined the current structure and regeneration status of mixed Araucaria araucana–Nothofagus spp. stands that had been logged 20 years ago. We measured stand density of saplings, juvenile and adult trees, as well as stand basal area... -
Addressing the HIV/AIDS—food insecurity syndemic in sub-Saharan Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: DavidA Himmelgreen --- Department of Anthropology, United States Nancy Romero-Daza --- Department of Anthropology, United States David Turkon --- Department of Anthropology, United States Sharon Watson --- Department of Anthropology, United States Ipolto Okello-Uma --- Department of Animal Science, Lesotho Daniel Sellen --- Departments of Anthropology and Public Health Sciences, CanadaRecently a few vocal health experts have suggested that some of the billions of dollars currently used to prevent and treat HIV and AIDS be reallocated to address more basic problems such as malnutrition, tuberculosis, malaria, and enteric and diarrheal... -
Human impact on lake ecosystems: the case of Lake Naivasha, Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: GeorgeE Otiang'a-Owiti Ignatius Abiya OsweLake Naivasha is a wetland of national and international importance. However, it is under constant anthropogenic pressures, which include the quest for socioeconomic development within the lake ecosystem itself as well as other activities within the catchment. The lake is... -
Settlement pattern and survival of a shell-infesting sabellid polychaete, Terebrasabella heterouncinata, on South African abalone, Haliotis midae, fed two diets
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: MichaelS Gray Horst KaiserThis study tested whether abalone diet influences larval settlement success of the shell-dwelling sabellid polychaete Terebrasabella heterouncinata and their survival over the first 96h after settlement on host abalone. Shell area preferences of the sabellid were also investigated. Abalone diet... -
Juncus kraussii harvesting in Umlalazi Nature Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: socio-economic aspects and sustainability
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: CatherineH TraynorHarvesting of the rush Juncus kraussii Hochst. for use as a fibre source in craftwork production was investigated within Umlalazi Nature Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. The main objectives of the study were as follows: to determine the distribution... -
Effect of salinity on growth of juvenile silver kob, Argyrosomus inodorus (Teleostei: Sciaenidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: HL Ferreira NG Vine CL Griffiths H KaiserAs part of the evaluation of new aquaculture species, the effect of environmental factors on growth, food conversion ratio and survival should be tested. In this study silver kob, Argyrosomus inodorus, were reared for 98 days at three salinities, of... -
Haematological characteristics of African bony tongue, Heterotis niloticus (Teleostei: Arapaimidae), in south-western Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: EO Ayotunde OA Fagbenro BO OffemHaematological characteristics — including red and white blood cells counts, haemoglobin, haematocrit, mean cell haemoglobin concentration, mean cell volume, mean cell haemoglobin, protein, glucose, albumin, sodium, chloride, potassium, magnesium and phosphorus — were established from an examination of 25 adult... -
Temperature preference of juvenile dusky kob Argyrosomus japonicus (Pisces: Sciaenidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: A Bernatzeder PJ BritzThe final temperature preference of cultured juvenile dusky kob is determined to provide an indicator of their optimum temperature for growth. Trials were conducted over a five-day period in horizontal temperature gradients ranging from 21°C to 27°C. Control trials were... -
Determining grazing capacity in Namibia with the aid of remote sensing
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: C Espach --- Ministry of Agriculture, LG Lubbe --- Ministry of Agriculture, N Ganzin --- Ifremer, FranceThe Namibian rangelands consist of a mixture of herbaceous and woody components. The main source of income is from farming systems with grass production the predominant source of forage. For rangeland managers to utilise this source sustainably, the accurate determination... -
Screening of topical sterilants for shoot apex culture of Acacia mearnsii
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: IM Thompson MD Laing SL Beck-Pay A FosseyThe surface sterilisation procedure is of integral importance to any micropropagation technique. This process should do the least amount of plant damage, whilst reducing microbial contamination to an acceptable level. The objective of this research was to investigate alternative sterilisation... -
The influence of tree improvement and cultural practices on the productivity of Eucalyptus plantations in temperate South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: GR Boreham RN PallettThe South African forestry industry is dependent on a resource of fast-growing, low-cost wood to remain globally competitive. Land availability and the legislative requirements for afforestation in South Africa are limiting factors for future growth and therefore increasing the productivity... -
Productivity gains by fertilisation in Eucalyptus urophylla clonal plantations across gradients in site and stand conditions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: JM de Aguiar Ferreira --- , Brazil JL Stape --- Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, USANutrition management in Eucalyptus plantations is fundamental for sustaining high production. Fertilisation is routinely used to improve tree nutrition, providing profitable returns on large investments. Growth responses to fertilisation differ dramatically among sites, however, so efficient investment decisions in fertilisation... -
Mineralisation of organic fertilisers used by urban farmers in Harare and their effects on maize (Zea mays L.) biomass production and uptake of nutrients and heavy metals
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Armwell Shumba --- Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering, Zimbabwe Ronald Marumbi --- Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering, Zimbabwe Blessing Nyamasoka --- Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering, Zimbabwe Phillip Nyamugafata --- Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering, Zimbabwe Justice Nyamangara --- Matopos Research Station, Zimbabwe Simon Madyiwa --- Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering, ZimbabweNutrient release patterns and heavy metal contamination risks associated with animal manure and organic municipal wastes used as basal fertilisers are largely unknown in Zimbabwe. Carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus mineralisation patterns were determined in a 56-day incubation experiment of domestic... -
Knowledge of, beliefs about and attitudes to disability: implications for health professionals
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: T Masasa --- Physiotherapist Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Lesotho S Irwin-Carruthers --- Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, M Faure --- Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences,Background: South Africa is a multicultural, multiracial and multilingual nation with many different values, traditions and cultural practices. Different belief systems may give rise to different attitudes and practices relating to disability, which may impact on rehabilitation. The purpose of... -
An assessment of organisational values, culture and performance in Cape Town's primary healthcare services
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: RJ Mash --- Family Medicine and Primary Care, S Govender --- Stellenbosch University, A-A Isaacs --- University of Cape Town, A De Sa --- University of Cape Town, A Schlemmer --- Stellenbosch University,Objectives: Improving the quality of primary health care in South Africa is a national priority and the Western Cape Department of Health has identified staff and patient experience as a key component. Its strategic plan, Vision 2020, espouses caring, competence,... -
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... -
Depression as a Creative Illness: A South African Case Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Humphrey Ngcobo --- University of Zululand, South Africa Stephen Edwards --- University of Zululand, South AfricaThis case study presents a cultural perspective to supporting health and wellbeing in a young South African adult with depression and unresolved paternity issues. Issues around cultural identity appeared to influence the experience of depression and addressing the identifying aspects... -
Bridging the gap: exploring the attitudes and beliefs of nurses and patients about coexisting traditional and biomedical healthcare systems in a rural setting in KwaZulu-Natal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: M Grant --- Centre for Rural Health, L Haskins --- Centre for Rural Health, B Gaede --- Centre for Rural Health, C Horwood --- Centre for Rural Health,Objectives: Health care in South Africa takes place within a diverse cultural context and includes perceptions about health that strongly link to cultural beliefs and values. Biomedical healthcare professionals, particularly nurses, are exposed to and expected to cope with cultural... -
Meaning as inter-connectedness: theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Antonella Delle Fave --- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Italy Lawrence Soosai-Nathan --- Anugraha Institute of Social Sciences, IndiaResearchers interested in the study of eudaimonic well-being have devoted increasing efforts in the attempt to define and understand meaning as a core resource fostering human development and successful adaptation to environmental demands. Conceptual models and empirical findings highlighted the... -
Does thinking about the meaning of life make you happy in a religious and globalised world? A 75-nation study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mohsen Joshanloo --- Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Dan Weijers --- Chungbuk National University, South KoreaThis paper reports on a multilevel study of 75 nations, which tests two hypotheses that arose from considering Tolstoy's experience of thinking about the meaning and purpose of life. The globalisation-as-exacerbator hypothesis predicts that as globalisation increases, the relationship between... -
Work stress, work–home interference and perceptions of organisational culture amongst insurance employees in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Rudolf M. Oosthuizen --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, Delene Visser --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, Peggy T.V. Mudzimu --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology,The objective of the study was to determine the relationship between work stress, work-home interference, and perceptions of organisational culture amongst insurance employees in the Zimbabwean context. Data were collected from a sample of 190 employees (females=46%) who completed the... -
Just living: genealogic, honesty and the politics of apartheid time
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Kathleen Lorne McDougall --- Department of Anthropology, South Africa“We were just living,” I was told of growing up an Afrikaner as apartheid was born. Is it possible for living at this time to be anything but political? To say “we were just living” of being an Afrikaner at... -
Human rights critique in post-colonial Africa: practices among Luo in Western Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Steve Ouma Akoth --- Institute of Social Ministry, Tangaza University College, Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Nairobi, Kenya; Current address: Centre for Humanities Research, South AfricaThis paper is written at a time when post-colonial Kenya has largely embraced the language of rights as both a means and an end to organising twenty-first century states and societies. The idea of rights traverses the human rights discourse... -
Repositioning agricultural development in Africa through appropriate technology transfer
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Okey F Obi --- Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Nigeria Joel N Nwakaire --- Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, NigeriaThe advancement in agricultural technology frontiers over time has resulted in continuous upward shifts in the production, distribution and consumption of agricultural produce worldwide. Such dramatic shifts in the technology frontier have increased the technology gap between countries and regions... -
The HIV/AIDS caregiver identity as a double-edged sword: a discourse analysis on HIV/AIDS caregiving in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Vania Ranjbar --- Angered Hospital, SwedenThis article discusses the identity of HIV/AIDS caregivers as constructed by a group of HIV/AIDS caregivers at a non-profit organisation in South Africa. During a 12-month period data were collected through interviews with the organisation's staff and volunteers. Using discourse... -
The dynamics of local innovations among formal and informal enterprises: Stories from rural South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Alexandra Luis Mhula Links --- Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), South Africa Tim Hart --- Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Pretoria, South Africa; Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa Peter Jacobs --- Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), South AfricaExploiting the developmental potential of innovation for marginalised communities requires a context-specific understanding of the features and mechanics of innovation. In this article we explore the nature of innovation with the aid of evidence collected from formal and informal enterprises... -
A critical engagement with the DSM-5 and psychiatric diagnosis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Susan Kriegler --- Department of Educational Psychology, South Africa Suzanne E Bester --- Department of Educational Psychology, South AfricaClassifications in psychiatry can result in the reification of hypothetical approaches, arbitrary categorisation and social injustice. This article applies a social constructivist approach to critique the DSM-5 as a neurobiological model of psychiatric diagnosis which ignores psychosocial factors such as... -
Intimate partner abuse of educated, employed black South African women: sociocultural factors
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Gertie Pretorius --- Centre for Psychological Services and Career Development (PsyCaD) and Division for Academic Development and Support (ADS), South Africa Matilda Molefe --- , Rony H. Sklar --- Centre for Psychological Services and Career Development (PsyCaD) and Division for Academic Development and Support (ADS), South AfricaThis study aimed to explore the influence of African culture and tradition on the abuse experiences of Black South African women who are educated and employed. Interviews were conducted with seven Black South African women (age range 38 to 47)... -
School and community participation of in-school teenagers affected by orphanhood in a rural South Africa setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Alfred Motalenayne Modise --- Faculty of Education, South AfricaThis study investigated schooling and community participation qualities of teenage learners affected by orphanhood in rural secondary South African setting. Participants were a purposive sample of 30 teenage learners, (female = 60% black = 98%, 12 to 19 years old)... -
Efficiency of using green algae as biological controllers against toxic algal taxa in cultured Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus, based on histopathological examinations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: SM Aly --- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Egypt EM Ali --- Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Egypt AA Dessouki --- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Egypt AA Dawah --- Department of Limnology, EgyptThe incidence of harmful cyanobacterial blooms in surface waters has increased in frequency and outbreaks have become more severe. This research aimed at studying the effect of a culture of two green algal species as biological control of the growth... -
Culture environment and hatchery of origin influence growth, condition and feeding organ morphology in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: A Nel --- Department of Botany and Zoology, South Africa G Pitcher --- Branch: Fisheries Management, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, South Africa NB Richoux --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa S Jackson --- Department of Botany and Zoology, South AfricaSouth Africa lacks a commercial oyster hatchery. To inform the sourcing of seed for future hatchery establishments, we compared half-sib Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas cohorts from hatcheries in Namibia and Chile. We measured oyster growth, mortality, condition and feeding organ... -
Effects of climate change on a peri-urban farming community in Lagos, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Taibat Lawanson --- Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Nigeria Olabode Orelaja --- Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Nigeria Michael Simire --- Department of Urban and Regional Planning, NigeriaThis paper investigates the effects of climate change on agricultural activities in Igbe Farming Community, Lagos, Nigeria. The paper adopts a case study methodology in which structured questionnaires were administered on 161 farmers in the community. Information on the socio-economic... -
Ego-identity formation in Black South African young adults
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Malose S. Makhubela --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThe study examined aspects of ego-identity development among black African students (N = 104; males = 42%; females = 58%; mean age = 18.7 yr.; SD = 0.9). They completed an ego-identity development measure. Data was analysed descriptively and also... -
Spring body condition, moult status, diet and behaviour of white-faced whistling ducks (Dendrocygna viduata) in northern South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Scott A. Petrie --- Centre for Water in the Environment, University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaMany white-faced whistling ducks (Dendrocygna viduata) have responded to European colonization by overwintering on irrigation and stock-watering ponds in the semi-arid interior of South Africa. I studied the body condition, diet, behaviour and moult intensity of whitefaced whistling ducks prior... -
Monogenean parasite species descriptions from Labeo spp. hosts in the Vaal Dam, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Dionne Crafford --- Department of Zoology, South Africa Wilmien Luus-Powell --- School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Department of Biodiversity, South Africa Annemarié Avenant-Oldewage --- Department of Zoology, South AfricaSpecimens of Labeo capensis (n = 13) and Labeo umbratus (n = 26) from the Vaal Dam (South Africa) were collected and examined for gill and skin monogenean parasites. Three new Dactylogyrus and one new Dogielius species are described. Dactylogyrus... -
From personal sexuality bias to the life orientation classroom: bridging the gap with cultural intelligence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Eben Swanepoel --- Department of Psychology of Education, South Africa Christa Beyers --- Department of Psychology of Education, South AfricaThe emotive nature of teaching sexuality and culture is widely acknowledged. However, a working model to promote the teaching of sexuality with sensitivity to both learner needs and community social norms is required. This paper proposes to position cultural intelligence... -
A visual analysis of a cultural tourism destination
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Klaes Eringa and Shenghan Zhou --- Stenden Hotel Management School, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The NetherlandsThis research investigates how a relatively unknown town that is elected as cultural capital of Europe can use visual materials to attract visitors from totally different areas in the world, particularly China. The study uses visual cues for two purposes:... -
A preliminary study of South African consumers’ knowledge of and their attitudes towards using indigenous ornamentals in horticultural applications
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Lorraine Middleton --- Department of Biology, South AfricaCrucial aspects related to the knowledge levels and attitudes of South African consumers in the formal commercial sector regarding the horticultural uses of ornamental plants in general, and indigenous plants in particular, were evaluated. The findings showed that consumer behaviour... -
Snobbery and the triumph of bourgeois values: a speculative analysis of implications for hospitality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Roy C. Wood --- Academy of Hotel and Facility Management, NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences, Breda, The NetherlandsThis is a ‘small’ paper that offers a broad-brush view of the nature of bourgeois values and implications of the same for our understanding of certain aspects of hospitality. The argument is speculative, but assertive. Bourgeois values, it is suggested, are inevitably... -
The cosmological aspects of food in the material world
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Joseph Hegarty --- Sheffield Business School, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UKThere is a general tendency today to believe that all truth worth knowing is to be found in the various branches of the physical sciences. If this were so, there could be no place for a philosophy of matter, or by... -
Journeying into interobjectivity: how worlds can be multiple and real
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Andre Goodrich --- Social Anthropology, School of Social and Government Studies, North-West University, South AfricaThe culture-nature division is fundamental to the division of academic labour between the social and natural sciences. In the face of climate change and other broad environmental threats, natural and social scientists are becoming critical of this division of labour... -
Socio-ecological influences of attitudes toward disability among Kenyan undergraduate students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: George I. Mamboleo --- Department of Counseling, Rehabilitation & Counseling Psychology, USA Abdoulaye Diallo --- Department of Rehabilitation, USA Robinson M. Ocharo --- Sociology Department, Kenya Spalatin N. Oire --- Department of Counseling, Higher Education, & Special Education, USA Charlene M. Kampfe --- Department of Disability & Psychoeducational Studies, USAThis study examined personal and contextual variables as predictors of attitudes toward disability at a Kenyan higher education setting. Participants were a convenience sample of 309 undergraduate students at a Kenyan university enrolled in Sociology, Social Work, Psychology, Political Science,... -
Ethics culture and ethics climate in relation to employee engagement in a developing country setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jeremy Mitonga-Monga --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South Africa Frans Cilliers --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South AfricaThe study investigated the relationship between employees’ perceived workplace ethics culture and climate variables and their level of engagement. A non-probability sample (N = 839; females = 32%) was permanently employed in a railway organisation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The research... -
Homecoming of Brachiaria: Improved Hybrids Prove Useful for African Animal Agriculture
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: B. L. Maass --- International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Kenya C. A. O. Midega --- African Insect Science for Food and Health, (ICIPE), Kenya M. Mutimura --- Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB), Rwanda V. B. Rahetlah --- Centre de Développement Rural et de Recherche Appliquée, Madagascar P. Salgado --- Mediterranean and Tropical Livestock Systems, CIRAD, UMR SELMET, Madagascar J. M. Kabirizi --- National Livestock Resources Research Institute (NaLIRRI), Uganda Z. R. Khan --- African Insect Science for Food and Health, (ICIPE), Kenya S. R. Ghimire --- Biosciences Eastern and Central Africa (BecA)-ILRI Hub, Kenya I. M. Rao --- International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), ColombiaSpecies of the genus Brachiaria originate primarily from Africa, where they are constituents of natural grasslands. Due to their adaptation to acidic, low-fertility soils, millions of hectares of Brachiaria species have been sown as improved pastures in South and Central... -
The evaluation of development projects. A South African anthropological perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: RD Coertze --- Centre for Indigenous Law, South AfricaThe need to equate development with a process of self-directed westernisation in the present time is explained initially in this discussion. This is followed by a discussion on the involvement of the Ethnological Section of the former Department of Development... -
Cultural diversity, group formation and alienation as constraints on employee interaction in a wholesale company
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Stephné Herselman --- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology,Although a relatively new concept in anthropology, the notion of cultural alienation appears to be a useful instrument to explain aspects of workplace interaction and behaviour. This article deals with alienation as a function of cultural diversity in a wholesale... -
Four principles of South African political culture at the local level
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Robert Thornton --- Department of Anthropology,Standard models of political thought derived from Liberal, Democratic and Classical models of political theory do not appear to fully comprehend the structure and processes of political action and culture at the local-level in South Africa. I present a concise... -
The end of culture? Some directions for anthropology at the University of Pretoria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: John Sharp --- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology,This is the text of on inaugural lecture as Professor of Anthropology and Head of the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Pretoria delivered on 19 October 2004. Several changes have been made to the text to... -
Window onto a world of waste: cultural aspects of work in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Vivienne Ward --- Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, South Africa Frans Kamsteeg --- Department of Culture, The NetherlandsIn the Western Cape a system has emerged in recent years where informal groupings of poor people make a living by recycling waste material in exchange for cash. There are several dynamic interfaces in this process and this short study... -
The Constitutional right to culture and the judicial development of Indigenous Law: a comparative analysis of cases
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Joan Church --- Department of Jurisprudence, Jacqueline Church --- Department of Procedural Law, Faculty of Law,Although integral to the culture of indigenous peoples in South Africa, indigenous law was historically only recognised as a personal law subservient to the general law. This is no longer so. In the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa,... -
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... -
Global and African: exploring hip-hop artists in Philippi Township, Cape Town
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Heike Becker --- Dept of Anthropology & Sociology, Nceba Dastile --- Dept of Anthropology & Sociology,This article investigates hip-hop, identity and global cultural flows among young people in contemporary Cape Town. We argue that hip-hop functions as a vehicle for identity negotiations in contemporary South Africa. The discussion of hip-hop in an ‘African’ township shows... -
‘Dabbling in the market’: Ideas on ‘an anthropology of marketing’
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Stephné Herselman --- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology,Contextualised in terms of the phenomenal growth in purchasing power in the so-called ‘emerging market’ in South Africa, this paper considers possibilities for anthropological involvement in market research, and looks at ways in which trust influences buying behaviour in the... -
‘Sick’ with Child
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Nina Botha --- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology,Following a discursive approach, this paper introduces a school intended for sick learners; one that is regarded as an institution that promotes good mothering, and where the attending girls are cured of being ‘sick’ with child. The paper aims to... -
Bafokeng, Inc.—Power of the nation/corporation amalgam
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Inge Kriel --- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology,The concept of ‘Ethnicity, Inc.’ so thoroughly conjoins the ethnic nation with the ethnic corporation that it becomes increasingly difficult to think of one without the other. This article aims to deconstruct this relationship by demonstrating how the ambiguity between... -
‘We can be united, but we are different’: discourses of difference in postcolonial Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Michael Akuupa --- Dept of Anthropology and Sociology,Social scientists who have written about the dynamics of festival rituals have analysed such practices variously as celebrations of commonality, as the enhancement of social cohesion, or as expressions of nostalgia. Festivals have also been studied as spaces where information... -
The meanings of Obama in K'ogello: Culture, ethno-politics and the making of leaders in multiparty Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Steve Ouma Akoth --- Department of Anthropology & Sociology, South AfricaThis article examines how different groups of Kenyans appropriated, publicised, and sought to harness the candidature and later the presidency of Barack Obama. On the one hand is the appropriation of Obama in the community of Luo ‘indigenes’ living in... -
Transformation as social drama: Stories about merging at North West University, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: F.H. Kamsteeg --- VU University Amsterdam, The NetherlandsSouth African higher education is going through a transitional phase of transformation in which existing cultures and identities are strongly contested. The ambiguity and insecurity that come along with such a process are demonstrated in this article through presentation of... -
‘A Dog with a collar…’ Field notes on an ‘indigenous wedding gown’
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: J-M Dederen --- University of Venda (Thohoyandou),The purpose of this ethnographic narrative is to detail the social and symbolic nature of the tshirivha leather skirt. Venda-speaking women in Limpopo Province once articulated their marital status by means of this garment. My initial, literature based understanding, in... -
The valorisation of symbolic labour: the articulation of proper womanhood in post-apartheid Potchefstroom
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Pia Bombardella --- School for Social and Government Studies, North West University,Drawing on ethnographic data gleaned from nine months of research conducted among elderly, middle-class, Afrikaans- speaking members of a voluntary woman's organisation that aims at providing adult education to women, pertaining to womanhood, wifehood and motherhood, this paper shows how... -
HIV/AIDS knowledge and stigma among women of reproductive age in Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Eshetu Gurmu --- Centre for Population Studies, Ethiopia Dula Etana --- Centre for Population Studies, EthiopiaHIV/AIDS stigma is one of the major public health challenges in Ethiopia. This study examined knowledge about HIV/AIDS and factors behind stigmatisation towards people living with the virus based on demographic and health survey data collected in 2011 from women... -
What's culture got to do with it? Examining job embeddedness and organizational commitment and turnover intentions in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Ian O. Williamson --- Associate Dean, International Relations, Helen Macpherson Smith Chair in Leadership for Social Impact, Director of the Asia Pacific Social Impact Centre, Oscar Holmes --- Assistant Professor of Management, Rutgers,Using a longitudinal design this study examines the relationship between job embeddedness, organizational commitment and turnover intentions using a sample of South African professionals. Results show that job embeddedness had a positive relationship on organizational commitment and a negative relationship... -
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... -
Neonatal septicaemia: prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of common pathogens at Princess Marina Hospital, Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Lydia Mudzikati --- Medical Laboratory, Princess Marina Hospital, Gaborone, Botswana, and Division of Community Health, South Africa Angela Dramowski --- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, South AfricaBackground: Septicaemia is the third most common cause of neonatal death after prematurity and birth asphyxia. The prevalence of neonatal sepsis and the spectrum of causative microorganisms fluctuates over time, thus facility-specific surveillance of neonatal bloodstream infections is important. Increasing... -
Oysters as vectors of marine aliens, with notes on four introduced species associated with oyster farming in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: T.M. Haupt --- Centre for Invasion Biology and Marine Biology Research Centre, South Africa C.L. Griffiths --- Centre for Invasion Biology and Marine Biology Research Centre, South Africa T.B. Robinson --- Centre for Invasion Biology and Marine Biology Research Centre, South Africa A.F.G. Tonin --- Striker Fishing (Pty) Ltd, South AfricaTranslocated oysters are well known to act as vectors of marine alien species, but to date this topic has received scant attention in South Africa, despite the fact that oysters have been imported into this region since 1894. Surveys of... -
Hotel quality in the European Capital of Culture: Leeuwarden 2018
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Sjoerd Gehrels --- Stenden Academy of International Hospitality Research, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Thomas Landen --- Revinate, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsThis research looks into the experience as perceived in 2014 by hotel guests in 15 bigger Dutch cities. The hotel reviews of Leeuwarden (Capital of Culture 2018) are compared to those of hotels in the other cities to provide an initial... -
Frontiers of freedom: race, landscape and nationalism in the coastal cultures of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Leslie Bank --- Fort Hare Institute of Social and Economic Research, South AfricaThe idea that whiteness is not a natural category but one which requires construction, maintenance and investment has provoked a rich scholarship, including in South Africa. The scholarship on whiteness in southern Africa has been marked, in particular, by a... -
Saldanha Bay, South Africa III: new production and carrying capacity for bivalve aquaculture
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: TA Probyn --- Aquaculture Research, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, South Africa JF Atkins --- Department of Oceanography, South Africa GC Pitcher --- Aquaculture Research, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, South AfricaMeasurements of NH4, NO3, urea and HCO3 uptake using 15N and 13C stable isotope tracers were undertaken in Saldanha Bay, South Africa, between January 2012 and January 2013. These studies provide the first direct measurements of N utilisation by the... -
Habitat use and home range of black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) on farmlands in the Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Bruce D Humphries --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa Tharmalingam Ramesh --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa Trevor R Hill --- School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Science, South Africa Colleen T Downs --- School of Life Sciences, South AfricaBlack-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) are an abundant mesopredator on farmlands (croplands and rangelands) across South Africa. Given their adaptability in a changing anthropogenic landscape, knowledge of spatial movements can provide important ecological information on the species. We captured, collared and... -
The Global Coherence Initiative: A global psychological paradigm for health promotion
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Stephen D. Edwards --- Psychology Department,This review proposes the value of a global psychology-oriented initiative to promote health and wellbeing. It discusses the concept of collective consciousness, especially heart-based, moral consciousness and related actions as resources for health promotion. The review draws on a collaborative... -
The value of six key soil variables for incorporation into a South African forest site classification system
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Josua H Louw --- School of Natural Resource Management, South AfricaThe intensive nature of management practices in the exotic monoculture plantations of South Africa requires reliable decision support systems. Recent socio-economic developments, the need for optimal forest productivity, as well as increasing awareness of broader ecosystem values and environmental risks,... -
Household market participation and stunting in preschool children in Lilongwe, Malawi
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Al Howard --- Department of Global and Community Health, Mk Komwa --- Department of Environmental Science and Policy, R. Yohane --- Kanengo AIDS Support Organization, Kh Jacobsen --- Department of Global and Community Health,Background: Stunting among Malawian preschool children continues to be a concern. -
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... -
Green economy transition and the sustainability of the Nigerian aquaculture industry: Policy perspectives and the way forward
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Zelda A. Elum --- College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, South Africa Vuyo Mjimba --- Institute for Corporate Citizenship, South AfricaSustainable development and green economy transition call for innovations that address the simultaneous realisation of economic growth, and improved human and environmental well-being. A holistic and appropriate policy and legislative regime is important to ensure the efficacy of these innovations... -
License to cut and kill practice: a case report on botched circumcision in Mthatha region of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Banwari L Meel --- Department of Forensic Medicine, South AfricaThe objective of this letter is to highlight the problem of deaths related with traditional circumcisions in the Mthatha region of South Africa. Mr. XY, a schoolboy, died as a result of traditional circumcision. He went to a traditional surgeon... -
Pregnant women admitted with urinary tract infections to a public sector hospital in South Africa: Are there lessons to learn?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Francois de Paul Siemefo Kamgang --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Women’s Health and HIV Research Group, South Africa Hopolang C Maise --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Women’s Health and HIV Research Group, South Africa Jagidesa Moodley --- Women’s Health and HIV Research Group, South AfricaBackground: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is associated with poor maternal and foetal outcomes. There is little information on UTI in pregnancy in South Africa. -
Laboratory-scale evaluation of the potential of chemical containment for farmed abalone larval escapees
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: A Roux --- Department of Genetics, South Africa H Lambrechts --- Department of Animal Sciences, South Africa R Roodt-Wilding --- Department of Genetics, South AfricaThe sensitivity of abalone Haliotis midae larvae to low levels of toxicants was used to conduct a laboratoryscale experiment to determine the possibility of using chemical containment to prevent the escape of larvae from land-based culture systems, thereby reducing the... -
Workplace ethics culture and work engagement: The mediating effect of ethical leadership in a developing world context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jeremy Mitonga-Monga --- Department of Industrial & Organisational Psychology, South Africa Aden-Paul Flotman --- Department of Industrial & Organisational Psychology, South Africa Frans Cilliers --- Department of Industrial & Organisational Psychology, South AfricaThis study examined the mediating effect of ethical leadership on the relationship between workplace ethics culture and work engagement among employees in a railway transport organisation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The sample consisted of permanently employed... -
World culture festivals: Their perceived effect on and value to domestic and international tourism
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ki-tai Lee --- Department of Studies in Event Tourism and International Conferences, South Korea Joon-ho Kim --- Education Institute, Golden CATs, South KoreaThis study investigated the impact of the festival experience (sensory, cognitive, and behavioural) on the perceived value and loyalty of tourists. The participants were 450 tourists (51.1% domestic; 48.9% international) who attended the 2015 South Korean World Culture festival. Of... -
Grey Crowned Crane threat assessment around the wetlands of eastern Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: William Olupot --- Nature and Livelihoods, UgandaThe Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum was uplisted to globally Endangered in 2012. There is urgent need to determine the threats they face at local levels for their conservation. I conducted formal point-count surveys around the wetlands of eastern Uganda... -
Tillage and crop rotation effects on carbon sequestration and aggregate stability in two contrasting soils at the Zanyokwe Irrigation Scheme, Eastern Cape province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Arnold N Njaimwe --- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, South Africa Pearson NS Mnkeni --- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, South Africa Cornelius Chiduza --- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, South Africa Pardon Muchaonyerwa --- School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, South Africa Isaiah IC Wakindiki --- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, South AfricaIntensive tillage and monocropping have adversely affected the quality of soils in South Africa through accelerated loss of soil organic matter. Two clay loam soils, a Bonheim at Burnshill and a Shortlands at Lenye, at the Zanyokwe Irrigation Scheme in... -
Reckoning the risks and rewards of fertilizer micro-dosing in a sub-humid farming system in Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Lutengano Mwinuka --- Department of Economics and Statistics, Tanzania Khamaldin Daud Mutabazi --- School of Agricultural Economics and Business Studies, Tanzania Jeremia Makindara --- School of Agricultural Economics and Business Studies, Tanzania Stefan Sieber --- Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) e. V., GermanySmallholder farmers are reluctant to risk investing in fertilizers. To understand how risk is perceived and how economic returns are distributed before the decision to invest in fertilizer use is made, needs a systematic approach using localized applications. This study... -
Cultural conceptions of a bereavement-related illness in a South African indigenous community
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mpsanyana W. Makgahlela --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Tholene Sodi --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study explored cultural conceptions of a bereavement-related illness among elderly (aged 34–85yrs) Northern Sotho-speaking people in Limpopo province. The participants (n = 14, females = 50%, mean age = 59 years, SD: 13.7 years) were purposively selected and interviewed... -
Impacts of cage culture on physico-chemical and bacteriological water quality in Lake Volta, Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: MNK Clottey --- Department of Marine and Fisheries Sciences, R Asmah --- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Water Research Institute, PK Ofori-Danson --- Department of Marine and Fisheries Sciences, MY Ameworwor --- Department of Marine and Fisheries Sciences, AY Karikari --- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Water Research Institute,The effects of cage fish farming on physico-chemical and bacteriological water quality in Lake Volta, Ghana, were investigated in 2013–2014. Farmed and unfarmed (control) areas of the lake were selected for monitoring. Nutrients, temperature, dissolved oxygen, conductivity, turbidity, pH, total... -
Effect of varying degrees of plant residue cover from different crops on annual medic pasture re-establishment and production
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Andries A Le Roux --- Directorate Plant Sciences, Western Cape Department of Agriculture, South Africa Johann A Strauss --- Directorate Plant Sciences, Western Cape Department of Agriculture, South Africa Petrus J Pieterse --- Department of Agronomy, South AfricaAnnual medics can play an important role as a pasture crop in short-rotation pasture-cropping systems in the Overberg district of South Africa. Permanent soil cover, an important aspect of conservation agriculture, and different crops in rotation may be, amongst other... -
Snobbery and the triumph of bourgeois values: a speculative analysis of implications for hospitality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Roy C. Wood --- Academy of Hotel and Facility Management, NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsThis is a ‘small’ paper that offers a broad-brush view of the nature of bourgeois values and implications of the same for our understanding of certain aspects of hospitality. The argument is speculative, but assertive. Bourgeois values, it is suggested,... -
The cosmological aspects of food in the material world
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Joseph Hegarty --- Sheffield Business School, Sheffield Hallam University, UKThere is a general tendency today to believe that all truth worth knowing is to be found in the various branches of the physical sciences. If this were so, there could be no place for a philosophy of matter, or... -
A visual analysis of a cultural tourism destination
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Klaes Eringa --- Stenden Hotel Management School, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Shenghan Zhou --- Stenden Hotel Management School, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsThis research investigates how a relatively unknown town that is elected as cultural capital of Europe can use visual materials to attract visitors from totally different areas in the world, particularly China. The study uses visual cues for two purposes:... -
Hotel quality in the European Capital of Culture: Leeuwarden 2018
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Sjoerd Gehrels --- Stenden Academy of International Hospitality Research, The Netherlands Thomas Landen --- , The NetherlandsThis research looks into the experience as perceived in 2014 by hotel guests in 15 bigger Dutch cities. The hotel reviews of Leeuwarden (Capital of Culture 2018) are compared to those of hotels in the other cities to provide an... -
The menstruation experience: Attitude dimensions among South African students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Anita Padmanabhanunni --- Psychology Department, South Africa Thelma Fennie --- Psychology Department, South AfricaThis study aimed to investigate the attitudes and experiences regarding menstruation among undergraduate women at a historically disadvantaged South African university. A total of 255 women participated in the study. The majority of participants were black women (coloured = 55%;... -
Presence, Agency and Popularity: Kenyan “Socialites”, Femininities and Digital Media
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Dina Ligaga --- Department of Media Studies, South AfricaRepresentations and self-representations in new digital cultures have complicated readings of gender and sexuality in the media in increasingly interesting ways. This article explores such representations, focusing on two well-known figures in the Kenyan tabloid media, Vera Sidika and Huddah... -
Popular Cultural Memory in Chris Abani’s Graceland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Christopher Ouma --- Department of English, South AfricaThis essay argues that Chris Abani’s Graceland uses popular culture as a project of narrative memory. This project of memory involves the performance of popular expressive cultures across a range of mediated texts — literary and musical — within the... -
“The child can remember your voice”: parent–child communication about sexuality in the South African context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Esmeralda Vilanculos --- Centre of Excellence in Human Development, School of Human and Community Development, Department of Psychology, South Africa Mzikazi Nduna --- Centre of Excellence in Human Development, School of Human and Community Development, Department of Psychology, South AfricaThere is a wealth of research on parent–child communication about sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and its influence on young people’s sexual behaviours. However, most of it is from the global North. The aim of this study was... -
Nitrogen leakages and vegetable dry matter yield in a subtropical wetland soil amended with cattle manure and mineral nitrogen fertiliser
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Johnson Masaka --- Department of Land and Water Resources Management, Faculty of Natural Resources Management and Agriculture, Zimbabwe Eliton Chivandi --- School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, South AfricaThe response of nitrous oxide emission and nitrate leaching to increased nitrogen (N) fertiliser and cattle manure applications to wetland vegetable cropping in subtropical Africa have significant impacts on the atmospheric and terrestrial environments. Two field experiments were carried out... -
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... -
Effect of land use on water quality and phytoplankton community in the tropical Khami River in semi-arid southwest Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: T Dzinomwa --- Department of Environmental Science and Health, Faculty of Applied Science, Zimbabwe HGT Ndagurwa --- Department of Forest Resources and Wildlife Management, Faculty of Applied Science, ZimbabweThe water quality and phytoplankton community assemblage of the Khami River, a tropical river sub catchment in semi-arid southwest Zimbabwe impacted by agriculture and urban land use, were examined in March 2015. Conductivity, sulphates, total dissolved solids and salinity were... -
Assessment of food gardens as nutrition tool in primary schools in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Sunette M Laurie --- Agricultural Research Council - Vegetable and Ornamental Plants, South Africa Mieke Faber --- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, South Africa Mamohkele M Maduna --- Department of Basic Education, Directorate Sustainable Food Production in Schools, South AfricaObjectives: To assess knowledge, perceptions and practices on food production amongst learners and educators, gardening activities and management of school food gardens in schools participating in the National School Nutrition Programme. -
The significance of residual phosphorus and potassium fertiliser in countering yield decline in a fourth rotation of Pinus patula in Swaziland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Hemisphere Forestry Journal • Authors: JW Crous AR Morris MC ScholesResearch into the sustained production from short rotations of Pinus patula on the Usutu plantation has shown that operational application of P and K fertiliser corrected the 20% growth decline that was observed between first and second rotations on about... -
HIV/AIDS prevention support resourcing with family and peers: University student perspectives
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Alfred Motalenyane Modise --- Faculty of Education, South AfricaThis study explored how students construct family and peers as resources for their HIV prevention. The participants were 20 education students from a South African technology education university (female = 60%, black = 85%; age range = 18 to 24)... -
Experiences of shame by race and culture: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Claude-Hélène Mayer --- Lehrstuhl für Sprachgebrauch und Therapeutische Kommunikation, Germany Rian Viviers --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South AfricaThis study explored experiences of shame in the context of racial and cultural belonging. Participants were a multiracial purposive sample of 11 South Africans (five females and six males, four white, two coloured, two Indian and three black Africans; in... -
Grazing management that regenerates ecosystem function and grazingland livelihoods
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Richard Teague --- Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, USA Matt Barnes --- Shining Horizons Land Management LLC, USAAdopting a systems view and regenerative philosophy can indicate how to regenerate ecosystem function on commercial-scale agro-ecological landscapes. Adaptive multi-paddock grazing management is an example of an approach for grazinglands. Leading conservation farmers have achieved superior results in ecosystem improvement,... -
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... -
Effects of kelp Ecklonia maxima inclusion in formulated feed on the growth, feed utilisation and gut microbiota of South African abalone Haliotis midae
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 CLW Jones --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa J Kemp --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa G Robinson --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa PJ Britz --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South AfricaThe effect of kelp Ecklonia maxima inclusion in formulated feeds on abalone growth and gut bacterial communities has not been previously investigated in South Africa. An eight-month on-farm growth trial was conducted with sub-adult Haliotis midae (∼43 mm shell length)... -
The development of reforestation options for dryland farmland in south-western Australia: a review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Richard J Harper --- School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Australia Stanley J Sochacki --- School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Australia John F McGrath --- School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, AustraliaCurrent forest industries in south-western Australia are based on regrowth natural eucalypt forests and Pinus and Eucalyptus spp. plantations, and restricted to areas with >600 mm y−1 annual rainfall. Dryland farming systems have been developed across 20 million ha in... -
Cadres and compatriots: An analysis of their good lives as presented by Top Billing
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Brandaan Huigen --- Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Free University of Berlin, GermanyTop Billing is a South African lifestyle show, aired by the national broadcaster, the South African Broadcasting Corporation. The show promotes the “good life,” covering the lifestyles of wealthy South Africans. Segments on mansions and especially weddings are the most... -
“Dying to be women”: explorations and implications of narrative parameters of female youth sexuality in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Ngonidzashe Muwonwa --- Theatre Arts, ZimbabweThis article considers how socio-cultural ideologies and practices can act as social technologies that help produce specific sexual practices and identities in young women. It identifies young women's libidinal economics as one contributing factor responsible for prescriptive gender roles in... -
The contribution of creative industries to sustainable urban development in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Oluwayemisi Adebola Oyekunle --- Tshwane University of Technology, Faculty of The Arts, South AfricaSouth African policymakers are increasingly advocating for creative industry entrepreneurship to play a vital role in the economic development of cities, for example, by creating pathways for job creation and encouraging urban regeneration. The question, ‘How can we use creative... -
Modelling the impacts of semi-intensive aquaculture on the foodweb functioning of a Nile Delta coastal lake
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: M Bocci --- Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Italy R Pastres --- Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Italy S Kholeif --- National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF), Egypt D Dalla Barba --- Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Italy D Brigolin --- Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, ItalyNutrient loadings are an important component of aquaculture impacts as they can lead to cascade effects at the ecosystem level. An evaluation of these effects on foodweb functioning is presented and discussed for the case study of Lake Burullus in... -
Freshwater crayfish invasions in South Africa: past, present and potential future
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: AL Nunes --- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, South Africa TA Zengeya --- Centre for Invasion Biology, South Africa GJ Measey --- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, South Africa OLF Weyl --- Centre for Invasion Biology, South AfricaFreshwater crayfish invasions have been studied around the world, but less so in Africa, a continent devoid of native freshwater crayfish. The present study reviews historical and current information on alien freshwater crayfish species introduced into South Africa and aims... -
Food, memory and transnational gastronomic culture amongst Cameroonian migrants in Cape Town, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Henrietta M. Nyamnjoh --- African Centre for Cities, and Environmental and Geographical Science, South AfricaIn the context of accelerated mobility and migration, food forms part of peoples’ historical identity and emotional repertoire. Drawing on ethnographic research amongst Anglophone Cameroonian migrants living in Cape Town, South Africa, this paper explores how Cameroonian migrants maintain their... -
Conceptions of love in Ghana: An exploration among Ghanaian Christians
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Annabella Osei-Tutu --- Department of Psychology, Ghana Vivian A. Dzokoto --- Department of African American Studies, USA Katja Hanke --- Survey Design and Methodology, Germany Glenn Adams --- Department of Psychology, USA Faye Z. Belgrave --- Department of Health Psychology, USAWe explored conceptions of love from the perspective of Ghanaian Christians. Using an ethnographic approach, we interviewed 61 participants (males = 39; females = 22; age range 20 to 70) on their understanding and experiences of love in the context... -
Antibiotic resistance profiles of biofilm-forming bacteria associated with urine and urinary catheters in a tertiary hospital in Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Michael O. Osungunna [COR0001] Grace O. Onawunmi --- Department of Pharmaceutics, NigeriaBackground: Microorganisms that infect humans differ in pathogenesis, virulence factors and antimicrobial resistance profiles. In natural settings, bacterial cells are most often found in close association with surfaces and interfaces, in the form of multicellular aggregates commonly called biofilms. Given... -
Farm household typology and adoption of climate-smart agriculture practices in smallholder farming systems of southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Clifton Makate --- International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Zimbabwe Marshall Makate --- Department of Economics, USA Nelson Mango --- International Centre for Tropical Agriculture, UgandaEnhancing adoption rates of climate-smart agriculture practices and their impact on livelihoods requires promotional persistence, complemented by a thorough socioeconomic analysis that recognizes the heterogeneity of smallholder farmers. Farm typologies are a useful tool to assist in understanding and unpacking... -
Extended family constellations workshop efficacy on intuition measure and experience
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Catherine Geils --- Department of Behavioural Medicine, South Africa Stephen D. Edwards --- Psychology Department, South AfricaThis study explored the efficacy of an intuition-oriented family constellations process workshop in influencing intuition and consciousness of extended family constellations. Participants were eight white South Africans (male = 1, female = 7; age range = 36 to 62 years)... -
Cyanotoxins in small artificial dams in Kenya utilised for cage fish farming – a threat to local people?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: MN Kaggwa --- Department of Limnology and Oceanography, Austria N Straubinger-Gansberger --- Department of Limnology and Oceanography, Austria M Schagerl --- Department of Limnology and Oceanography, AustriaNine small artificial dams located in different climatic regions of Kenya were studied. The local communities use the stored water for various purposes, such as irrigation, domestic use, watering of livestock and cage fish farming. Such intense use is commonly... -
Considering soil quality when comparing disc and tine seed-drill openers for establishing wheat
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Pieter A Swanepoel --- Department of Agronomy, South Africa G André Agenbag --- Department of Agronomy, South Africa Johann A Strauss --- Directorate Plant Sciences, Western Cape Department of Agriculture, South AfricaWheat (Triticum aestivum) is planted widely in the Western Cape of South Africa in conservation agriculture systems. Although most producers rely on tine openers to establish wheat, the interest in planters with disc openers is increasing. Given that the soils... -
A review of conservation agriculture research in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Corrie M Swanepoel --- Agricultural Research Council–Institute for Soil, South Africa Lourens H Swanepoel --- Department of Zoology, South Africa Hendrik J Smith --- Grain SA, South AfricaConservation agriculture (CA) is advocated as a sustainable farming method to improve soil health, increase crop yields and food security, while reducing input costs. In South Africa, a country with low rainfall, limited agricultural lands and a large smallholder farming... -
Effect of graded levels of dietary carbohydrate on growth, feed utilisation and intestinal microbial community structure in dusky kob Argyrosomus japonicus fed a pelleted diet
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: NC Mabasa --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa PJ Britz --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa CLW Jones --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa A Nel --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South AfricaThe ability to utilise carbohydrates is limited for many predatory marine fishes. Graded levels of dietary carbohydrate (4.1–24.6%) were formulated using pregelatinised maize starch, to determine optimal levels for dusky kob Argyrosomus japonicus, an emerging mariculture finfish for which pelleted... -
Of Oceanic Crossings and Discordant Cultural Adaptations in Post-apartheid Neo-slave Narration
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Serah Namulisa Kasembeli --- English Studies Department, South AfricaThis paper adopts the sea as a productive metaphor to interrogate colonial and apartheid constructions that silence African Indian Ocean cultures. It analyses Therese Benadé’s debut novel, Kites of Good Fortune (2004) to show that whereas the novel depicts the... -
A new Dactylogyrus species (Dactylogyridae: Monogenea) from Enteromius mattozi, Cyprinidae, at Piet Gouws Dam, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: SN Mashego --- Biodiversity, School of Molecular and Life Science, South Africa KS Matlou --- Biodiversity, School of Molecular and Life Science, South AfricaEnteromius mattozi Guimaraes, 1884, a popular eating fish among local people, were examined for monogenean parasites as part of a larger study to ascertain the feasibility of establishing aquaculture production in Limpopo, South Africa. In this study a new monogenean... -
Sensitivity of selected chemical and biological soil quality parameters to tillage and rotational cover cropping at the Zanyokwe Irrigation Scheme, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Arnold N Njaimwe --- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, South Africa Pearson NS Mnkeni --- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, South Africa Pardon Muchaonyerwa --- School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, South Africa Cornelius Chiduza --- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, South Africa Isaiah IC Wakindiki --- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, South AfricaSustainable management of soils requires knowledge of the impact of agronomic practices such as tillage and crop rotation on soil quality. The objective of this study was to identify soil chemical and biological soil attributes with high sensitivity to tillage... -
Expatriates’ success in Ethiopia: Empirical evidence on the overlooked impact of cultural value alignment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Wondwossen Kassa Tsegaye --- School of Management, China Qin Su --- School of Management, China Zhi Ouyang --- School of Management, ChinaThe present study assessed the impact on the work engagement of expatriates’ personal value orientation alignment with the host country’s national culture. Participants were 231 expatriates from seven countries who are working in Ethiopia (females = 17%; mean age =... -
The bionomics of whitegrub species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) affecting commercial forestry re-establishment in representative areas of the South African summer-rainfall region
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Derian Echeverri-Molina --- Department of Biology, School of Science and Technology, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, South Africa Prem Govender --- Research and Postgraduate Studies Directorate, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, South AfricaSouth African commercial forestry plants mainly Eucalyptus, Pinus and Acacia species. Invertebrate pests play a significant role in the establishment phase of these exotic trees. Whitegrubs, in particular, are known to affect seedling survival during this period. Their pest status... -
Plumage colour variations in the
Agapornis genus: a reviewItem type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Henriëtte van der Zwan --- Centre of Human Metabolomics, South Africa Carina Visser --- Department of Animal and Wildlife Sciences, South Africa Rencia van der Sluis --- Centre of Human Metabolomics, South AfricaThe genus Agapornis consists of nine small African parrot species that are globally well known as pets, but are also found in their native habitat. Illegal trapping, poaching and habitat destruction are the main threats these birds face in the... -
Parent sex education beliefs in a rural South African setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Motalenyane Alfred Modise --- School of Education, South AfricaThis study explored beliefs held by African community parents which are important in their children’s sexual health education. The informant parents (n = 30) were predominantly rural dwelling (female = 70%; black = 95%; rural = 80%; age range =... -
Wives’ career progression among dual-career ethno-cultural couples: Husbands’ perspectives
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sumaiyah Fuad Mohamed --- Department of Human Resource Management, South AfricaThis study explored the perspectives of husbands regarding the participation of their wives in professional occupations. The participants included nine South African Indian men in dual-career marriages (ages ranging from 25 to 54 years old). The completed semi-structured, life-story interviews... -
Kun Coo Kun Coo – Men for Men and the Curse in a Blessing: Gender and the Orature of War and Peace among the Acholi of Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Betty J. Okot --- Independent scholar, UgandaThe Acholi of Uganda are part of the greater Luo nation that migrated along the River Nile into East Africa. Taking ethnographic and qualitative approaches, I illustrate that Acholi orality comprises two main genera namely: oral anthology of factual narratives... -
Kipchamba Arap Tapotuk’s Music: Oral Narratives, (Hi)story and Culture of the Kalenjin People
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Charles Kipng’eno Rono --- Literature, Theatre and Film, KenyaFocusing on the Koilong’eet Band, this paper is an interrogation of how the selected songs by Kipchamba Arap Tapotuk incorporate Kalenjin oral techniques to create a space for narrating the past and the culture of the Kalenjin people. By conducting... -
Menthol as an alternative anaesthetic and sedative for rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: C Teta --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa H Kaiser --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South AfricaMenthol is known for its analgesic properties, but relatively little information is available on its potential as an anaesthetic on fish. The purpose of this study was to assess anaesthetic and sedative effectiveness of menthol and its safety in rainbow... -
The role of fish-poultry integration on fish growth performance, yields and economic benefits among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: AP Shoko --- Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute, Tanzania SM Limbu --- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Technology, Tanzania HA Lamtane --- Department of Animal, Aquaculture and Range Sciences, Tanzania MA Kishe-Machumu --- Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute, Tanzania B Sekadende --- Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute, Tanzania EE Ulotu --- Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute, Tanzania JC Masanja --- Kilombero District Council, Tanzania YD Mgaya --- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Technology, TanzaniaAquaculture practices from sub-Saharan Africa are characterised by low production, owing to improper technology. Production can be increased through integrating fish farming with other existing on-farm activities, particularly livestock husbandry. We assessed the role of fish-poultry integration on all male... -
Financial Profitability of Carbon Offset Monoculture Plantation Forestry on Smallholder Farms in Trans Mara Sub-County, Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: J. Chemuliti --- Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, Kenya C. Ackello-Ogutu --- Department of Agricultural Economics, Kenya S. Mbogoh --- Department of Agricultural Economics, Kenya P. Irungu --- Department of Agricultural Economics, KenyaThere is growing interest in the development of smallholder carbon offset forestry projects in Africa as a means of mitigating climate change while providing co-benefits of development and environmental protection and conservation. Financial profitability of carbon projects is a key... -
Organisational culture moderation of interpersonal trust and affective commitment in health care non-governmental organisations in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ramous Agyare --- Business School, China Ge Yuhui --- Business School, China Eugene Abrokwah --- Business School, China James Agyei --- Business School, ChinaThis study examined the moderating effect of organisational culture (OC) moderation on the relationship between interpersonal trust (IT; trust in management and trust in peers) and employees’ affective commitment (AC). Participants were 295 employees of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Ghana... -
Review of anthropogenic threats and biodiversity assessment of an Ethiopian soda lake, Lake Abijata
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: S Wagaw --- Department of Biology, Ethiopia S Mengistou --- Department of Zoological Sciences, Ethiopia A Getahun --- Department of Zoological Sciences, EthiopiaThe intention of this review is to assess the impact of anthropogenic activities on the biodiversity of Lake Abijata. The lake was established as a National Park, together with Lakes Shalla and Chitu, to conserve water birds. It has high... -
Developing pathways to improve smallholder agricultural productivity through ecological intensification technologies in semi-arid Limpopo, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Farirai Rusere --- Climate System Analysis Group, Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, South Africa Siyabusa Mkuhlani --- Climate System Analysis Group, Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, South Africa Olivier Crespo --- Climate System Analysis Group, Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, South Africa Lynn V. Dicks --- School of Biological Sciences, UKAgriculture faces an enormous global challenge of feeding nine billion people by 2050. This means a comprehensive intensification of agriculture is required. Ecological intensification is gaining momentum as a clearly defined vision for increasing agriculture productivity and sustainability. How ecological... -
Leadership for high performance in local councils in Cameroon and Nigeria: Examining deviant and concordant practices to the philosophy of Ubuntu
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Joseph Ebot Eyong --- Faculty of Business and Law, People, Organization and Work Institute (POWI), UKEmerging from indigenous communities in South Africa, Ubuntu has been heralded as a context-resonant approach to leadership practice befitting the African socio-cultural and institutional environment. Ubuntu privileges moral and humanistic consideration premised on collective endeavor and people-oriented preferences. These are... -
Local food and tourism in the Global South
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Gabriel CM Laeis --- Department of Hospitality, Tourism and Event Management, GermanyMany countries in the Global South import a significant share of the food served to tourists. For decades, closer linkages of local food producer and the resort industry have been heralded as an antidote to this unsustainable circumstance, further encouraged... -
The influence of species, tree improvement and cultural practices on rotation-end fibre production of Eucalyptus pulpwood plantations in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Jacob Crous --- Sappi Forests, South Africa Giovanni Sale --- Sappi Forests, South Africa Thimagren Naidoo --- Sappi Forests, South AfricaTo remain competitive on a global scale it is necessary for forestry companies to increase the yield per hectare and work towards reducing the unit cost of timber. A three-trial series with a 24 factorial design and two replications at... -
The use of nitrogen fertilisation for suppressing Mycosphaerella in Eucalyptus dunnii
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Alexandre Techy de Almeida Garrett --- UNICENTRO, Brazil Luciano Rodrigo Lanssanova --- UNICENTRO, Brazil Mariane Bueno de Camargo --- Klabin SA, Brazil Andrea Nogueira Dias --- Department of Forest Engineering, Brazil Flávio Augusto de Oliveira Garcia --- Department of Forest Engineering, BrazilMycosphaerella leaf disease (MLD) is a pathogen of eucalypt plantations causing leaf spots and defoliation, and affecting growth. In this study, two different dosages of nitrogen fertilisation together with a control treatment currently used for two clones being affected by... -
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... -
Effect of short-term maize–cover crop rotations on weed emergence, biomass and species composition under conservation agriculture
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Joyful T Rugare --- Department of Agronomy, South Africa Petrus J Pieterse --- Department of Agronomy, South Africa Stanford Mabasa --- Department of Crop Science, ZimbabweRecent advances in crop production have identified crop rotation with cover crops as a key component of sustainable crop production. However, the implementation of conservation agriculture (CA) systems involving crop rotations in Zimbabwe is still minimal partly due to the... -
Argumentum ad hominem and coercive company culture influences on workaholism: Results and implications of a cross-cultural South Korea study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Joon-ho Kim --- The Cultural Policy Network, South Korea Hyun-ju Choi --- Department of Cultural & Arts Management, South Korea Jong-pil Yu --- Department of Business Administration, South Korea Jeong-hee Lim --- Research Institute Multicultural Community, South Korea Hyuck-jin Lee --- Department of Economics & Trade, South Korea Seung-hye Jung --- School of Dance, South KoreaThe present study investigated the association between supervisors’ use of argumentum ad hominem or confrontational dialogue and companies’ coercive company culture on employees’ emotional exhaustion and workaholism. The survey was conducted with (non-permanent), multicultural foreign workers living in Seoul, Gyeonggi... -
Effects of long-term grazed crop and pasture systems under no-till on organic matter fractions and selected quality parameters of soil in the Overberg, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Jacques DV Smith --- Department of Soil Science, South Africa Johann A Strauss --- Western Cape Department of Agriculture, South Africa Ailsa G Hardie --- Department of Soil Science, South AfricaThere is limited soil research on semi-arid, grazed no-till crop and pasture systems. The long-term (10 years) effect of three grazed no-till dryland crop and pasture rotation systems, and perennial lucerne pasture were assessed on soil carbon (C) and nitrogen... -
Vulnerability, institutional arrangements and the adaptation choices made by farmers in the Western Cape province of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Sanne Raaijmakers --- Fagelstraat 75-HS, the Netherlands Pieter A Swanepoel --- Department of Agronomy, South AfricaFrom 2015 to 2018, South Africa suffered from the worst drought since 1904. Climate change is predicted to increase both the frequency and intensity of droughts in parts of South Africa. In this light it is evident that agricultural systems... -
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... -
Unravelling technology-acceptance factors influencing farmer use of banana tissue culture planting materials in Central Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Lucy Mulugo --- , Uganda Florence Birungi Kyazze --- , Uganda Paul Kibwika --- , Uganda Enoch Kikulwe --- , Aman Bonaventure Omondi --- , Susan Ajambo --- ,Effective management of plant health is fundamental for food and income security to meet the growing demands of local and global markets. This however requires farmers’ adequate access to quality planting materials under the prevailing contextual and psycho-social factors. This... -
Does conservation agriculture technology reduce farm household poverty? Evidence from rural Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Abdul Nafeo Abdulai --- , Ghana Awal Abdul-Rahaman --- , GhanaThis study examines the adoption and impact of conservation agriculture on farm household poverty in Zambia using both provincial and average poverty lines, given that the poverty line is a key driver to the determination of household poverty. We probe... -
Supporting innovation through a multi-level platforms approach: A case study of the South African fresh fruit industry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Richmore Dondofema --- , South Africa Sara S. (Saartjie) Grobbelaar --- , South AfricaAgricultural innovation platforms have become recognized as a key mechanism through which to stimulate innovation for inclusive development (I4ID) by serving as a space for agricultural stakeholders to engage, and to develop and diffuse agricultural innovations. This study investigates how... -
Relationships between farmer perceptions and temporal variation in nutritive value of browse species on savanna rangelands
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Clarice P Mudzengi --- , Zimbabwe Amon Murwira --- , Zimbabwe Tinyiko Halimani --- , Zimbabwe Herve Fritz --- , France Chrispen Murungweni --- , ZimbabweIn livestock-based livelihoods of the developing world, determination of the nutritive value of browse species is mainly associated with farmer perceptions. Additionally, little is known on seasonal variation in nutritive value of these species in some areas. Therefore, chemical analysis... -
Relative growth of invasive and indigenous tilapiine cichlid fish in Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: SJ Bradbeer --- , United Kingdom BP Ngatunga --- , Tanzania GF Turner --- , United Kingdom MJ Genner --- , United KingdomNon-native species have been widely distributed across Africa for the enhancement of capture fisheries, but it can be unclear what benefits in terms of fisheries production the non-native species bring, compared with native species. Here we compared the relative growth... -
Stand structure, regeneration and seed dispersal patterns of Nothofagus glauca (Hualo) in central Chile
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Rafael Navarro-Cerrillo --- , España Antonio Cabrera-Ariza --- , Chile Antonio Avaria --- , Chile Guillermo Palacios-Rodríguez --- , España Rómulo Santelices-Moya --- , ChileGrowing interest in functional silviculture is promoting new approaches to the study of seed dispersal and regeneration, two of the key processes that determine the structure and dynamics of plant populations. Nothofagus glauca is an obligate-seeding tree species typical of... -
Trends in populations of Blue Crane Anthropoides paradiseus in agricultural landscapes of Western Cape, South Africa, as measured by road counts
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Donella J Young --- , South Africa James A Harrison --- , South AfricaPopulation trends of the Blue Crane Anthropoides paradiseus were monitored by volunteers participating in Coordinated Avifaunal Roadcounts (CAR) in the Overberg and Swartland agricultural regions of the Western Cape province from 1993 and 1996, respectively, until 2019 in the Overberg... -
Maize (Zea mays) yield and its relationship to soil properties under integrated fertility, mulch and tillage management in urban agriculture
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: A Shumba --- , Zimbabwe N Dunjana --- , Zimbabwe B Nyamasoka --- , Zimbabwe P Nyamugafata --- , Zimbabwe S Madyiwa --- , Zimbabwe J Nyamangara --- , ZimbabweUrban agriculture improves people’s livelihoods in developing countries. An experiment was carried out to assess effects of soil fertility, mulch and tillage on soil organic carbon (SOC), aggregate stability (Ima), bulk density (BD), steady state infiltration rate (SSIR) and maize... -
High sorgoleone autotoxicity in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) varieties that produce high sorgoleone content
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: H Tibugari --- , South Africa C Chiduza --- , South Africa AB Mashingaidze --- , Zimbabwe S Mabasa --- , ZimbabweSorghum autotoxicity can inhibit germination and growth, resulting in low plant densities and reduced crop productivity. Three sorghum varieties (Dhlakama, Shirikure and Macia) were evaluated for autotoxicity in 2018 at the University of Zimbabwe. Experiments were set up for 3... -
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... -
Ego-depletion and increased stereotyping of the older adults as forgetful in the Chinese culture
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Xiaobin Zhang --- , China Cheng Peng --- , ChinaThe stereotype that older adults are forgetful is pervasive and leads to age-related prejudice and discrimination. We aimed to explore the influence of ego-depletion on forgetful stereotyping of older adults. Our participants were 65 adult college students (females = 23, mean age = 21.5... -
Organisational culture influences on corporate social responsibility and sustainable procurement in a service sector industry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Emelia Darko Adzimah --- , China Liu Lei --- , China Mumuni Ishawu --- , ChinaWe investigated the influence of organisational culture on the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) directed towards internal and external stakeholders and sustainable organisational resource procurement. A sample of 526 employees of a service industry of Ghana were participants (female... -
Analysis and assessment of innovative culture development
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Daria Tomasova --- , RussiaThe vast number of transformations in the present business environment, its significant growth and the variety of its possibilities, together with the need for accelerated development of economic systems tightly linked to innovative culture development necessitated this paper. The task... -
Therianthropes as human-animal relations: contextualising rock art in anthropological perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Robert J. Thornton --- , South AfricaSouthern African rock art is painted on exposed but sheltered rock faces and features involved collocations of images in generally ambiguous relation to one another. Therianthropes — mixtures of parts of humans and animals — condense in one image a... -
Lost in Transfer? Exploring the Influence of Culture on the Transfer of Knowledge Categories
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Obinna Alo --- , United KingdomSupported by an extensive review of four-domains of literature (knowledge management, organizational learning, culture, and retail), this study examines the influence of national culture on transfer of knowledge categories in top supermarkets in Africa and the United Kingdom (UK). Data... -
Material culture in Southern Ndebele identity making in post-apartheid South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Sifiso Ndlovu --- , South AfricaThis paper examines the degree to which belonging to “Southern Ndebele”’ identity is expressed through material culture, such as beadwork, wall paintings, architecture and distinctive ways of dressing. Seeing material culture as a signifier and proclamation of Ndebele identity has... -
Human trafficking in the hospitality industry in the Netherlands
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Gonneke Kragt --- , the NetherlandsThis article explores the level of preparedness of front office (FO) employees to recognise and react to human trafficking (HT). The information used for this research was based on relevant literature related to the subject. Also, data for this study... -
Intra-seasonal activity of ground dwelling spiders following six years of tillage, fertiliser and weeding treatments in an agricultural field in northern Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Nilton Mashavakure --- , Zimbabwe Delight Vhembo --- , Zimbabwe Arnold B Mashingaidze --- , Zimbabwe Edson Gandiwa --- , ZimbabweSpiders are important biological control agents whose activity and diversity can be negatively affected by agricultural practices. A study was conducted at Chinhoyi University of Technology experimental farm, northern Zimbabwe, to determine the impact of tillage, fertiliser application and weeding... -
The new soil classification system in South Africa, its history, important changes made and implications for users
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: George van Zijl --- , South Africa Dave Turner --- , South Africa Garry Paterson --- , South Africa Jaco Koch --- , South Africa Johan van Tol --- , South Africa Kurt Barichievy --- , South Africa Cathy Clarke --- , South Africa Martiens du Plessis --- , South Africa Piet van Deventer --- ,The board of the Soil Science Society of South Africa endorsed the “Soil Classification: A Natural and Anthropogenic System for South Africa”, in 2020 making it the official soil classification system to be used in South Africa. This classification system,... -
Strategies of coping with the effects of HIV/AIDS in Chinamhora communal lands, Goromonzi rural district, Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Wilberforce Kurevakwesu --- , ZimbabweThis qualitative study assesses the impacts of HIV/AIDS on rural households in Chinamhora communal lands, explores the coping strategies of these rural households and establishes possible interventions towards improving their coping strategies. The study comes at a time when deaths... -
“Out there it’s YOLO”: Youth perspectives on a mass media HIV- and gender-based violence campaign in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Gavin Robert Walker --- , ChinaGender-based violence continues to be a leading determinant of South Africa’s HIV/AIDS epidemic. As such, gender socialisation and de-normalisation of gender inequality and violence remain principal objectives for public health organisations. This article discusses youth reception of a mass media... -
Meat and magic: traditional use of the Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus in Benin
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Christelle SA Codjia --- , Nigeria Anselm E Onyimonyi --- , Nigeria Toussaint O Lougbégnon --- , Bénin Jean TC Codjia --- , BéninConsidered a widespread gamebird found across the northern Afrotropical region, the Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus is used in magical rituals and for traditional medicine in Africa. Although considered to be a species of Least Concern by the IUCN, loss of... -
The use of sustainable agricultural methods amongst smallholder farmers in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: David Bese --- , South Africa Elliot Zwane --- , South Africa Priviledge Cheteni --- , South AfricaThere is increasing concern over the role that modern agricultural methods play in the degradation and destruction of natural resources such as water, soil, forests, and microorganisms, and the wider environment. Modern agricultural production methods, though they are effective at... -
Popular culture influences on national image and tourism behavioural intention: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Joon-ho Kim --- , Republic of Korea Myung-hun Jung --- , Republic of Korea Hyun-ju Choi --- , Republic of KoreaThis study aimed to examine the relationships between popular culture (success factors of K-pop) and international tourist behavioural intention, and the role of national image in that relationship. We analysed an existing data base on popular culture success attributes of... -
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... -
Barriers to condom use in casual sexual relationships known as ukujola in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Mbongeleni Thembalihle Mgwaba --- , South Africa Pranitha Maharaj --- , South AfricaSouth Africa has the largest number of people living with HIV in the world. Of the nine provinces in South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal is the worst affected. HIV is largely transmitted through unprotected penetrative sexual intercourse. Male latex condoms are central... -
Quality assessment of groundwater in an agricultural belt in eastern Nigeria using a Water Quality Index
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: Ogechi L Alum --- , Nigeria Chukwuma OB Okoye --- , Nigeria Hillary O Abugu --- , NigeriaThe physico-chemical and microbial analyses of fifteen hand-dug wells (HDWs) and six boreholes (BHs) in the Ezeagu and Uzo-uwani Local Governments Areas (LGAs) of Enugu State in south-eastern Nigeria were conducted to evaluate their water quality for potability. Samples were... -
Species composition and diversity of epiphytic microalgae on Myriophyllum spicatum in the El-Ibrahimia Canal, Egypt
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: Eman Ibrahim Abdel-Aal --- , EgyptThe El-Ibrahimia Canal is one of the main irrigation sources in Egypt, that it supplies perennial irrigation to approximately 600 000 ha (one-fourth of the Egyptian cultivated land). An annual study on species composition of microalgae attached to the submerged... -
Conservation Agriculture farming systems in rainfed annual crop production in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: R van Antwerpen --- , South Africa MC Laker --- , South Africa DJ Beukes --- , South Africa JJ Botha --- , South Africa A Collett --- , South Africa M du Plessis --- , South AfricaSouth Africa is, relative to the rest of the world, a water scarce country with a limited amount of arable land, especially land with a long-term sustainable agricultural production potential. Agriculture should therefore focus on the implementation of soil and... -
Weed species diversity and shifts in Conservation Agriculture-based crop rotation systems on the Highveld area of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Elbé Hugo --- , South Africa Maryke Craven --- , South Africa Andries A Nel --- , South AfricaThe occurrence and infestation levels of weed species are known to vary greatly within Conservation Agriculture (CA) systems as weed species will react differently to different habitats. Two on-farm CA trial sites, near Buffelsvallei and Viljoenskroon respectively, were established during... -
Conservation Agriculture in rainfed annual crop production in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: JA Strauss --- , South Africa PA Swanepoel --- , South Africa MC Laker --- , South Africa HJ Smith --- , South AfricaPressures from population growth, changing diets and climate change are driving transformation of our global food production to ensure more efficient, reliable and sustainable production. In South Africa, arable land for crop production and permanent pastures accounts for 10–12% of... -
Soil management for carbon sequestration
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Rattan Lal --- , United StatesAn increase in atmospheric CO2 by ∼146% and global temperature by ∼1 °C since the year ca. 1750 has created an urgency to identify potential sinks for storage of excess CO2. The historic depletion of soil organic carbon (SOC) from... -
A history of Conservation Agriculture in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: JA Strauss --- , South Africa PA Swanepoel --- , South Africa H Smith --- , South Africa EH Smit --- , South AfricaConservation Agriculture (CA) is a holistic farming system aimed at the conservation of natural resources by halting soil erosion and increasing biodiversity in cropping systems, while still effecting sustainable production. Conservation agriculture is based on three principles, namely minimum soil... -
Importance of detailed soil surveys for Conservation Agriculture
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: JL Schoeman --- , E Verster --- , HB Booyens --- , MJ du Plessis --- ,This paper explores the role that detailed soil surveys can play in Conservation Agriculture (CA). While it is widely acknowledged that CA practices have to be adapted to local conditions, it appears as if in-field physical soil and hydrological properties,... -
Queer Fragmentation as Method: Nairobi’s Example
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Eddie Ombagi --- , South AfricaThe everyday life of queer individuals, their experiences and scopes are lived in relation to the various fragments that structure sociability. Queer lives are first and foremost fragmented and fragmentary in their everyday survival practices and tactics. If we understand... -
The value of volunteers in tourism and events: A leadership perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Henrik Sølvbjerg Pahus --- , Denmark Simon Lind Fischer --- , Denmark Bianca Bradescu --- , DenmarkThis article is part of a three-year research project on volunteerism and the value for organisations employing volunteers, volunteers themselves and finally the tourists who meet the volunteers in various settings. Employing a mixed methods approach, we conducted a mutual... -
Digitalisation and temporary agencies: Impact on the business model and internal organisation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Stephanie van Oorschot --- , The NetherlandsThis study investigated the potential impact of upcoming technologies on the business model of temporary agencies, as well as the required organisational changes to effectively digitalise. Although this research does not focus on temporary agencies in hospitality specifically, the outcomes... -
The waning of vision’s hegemony: A phenomenological perspective on mother-daughter discord in patriarchal societies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Casper Lötter --- , South AfricaIf phenomenology is a research methodology uniquely positioned to enable us to learn from others, I aim to demonstrate the idea that cinema is a privileged site from which to investigate the notion of virtuality (sight and reality), even in... -
Response of soil carbon fractions in a Haplic Cambisol to crop rotation systems and residue management practices under no tillage in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: I Gura --- , South Africa PNS Mnkeni --- , South Africa CC du Preez --- , South Africa JH Barnard --- , South AfricaSoil organic carbon (SOC) is a major indicator of soil quality and/or health but its slow short-term response to management changes has prompted the search for more sensitive indicators for monitoring short-term changes in soil organic matter (SOM). This study... -
Tillage, crop rotation, residue management and biochar influence on soil chemical and biological properties
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Patrick Nyambo --- , South Africa B Thengeni --- , South Africa Cornelius Chiduza --- , South Africa Tesfay Araya --- , South AfricaSoil and crop productivity cannot be maintained unless declining soil fertility is replenished. A three-year factorial experiment using a split-split-plot design, replicated three times, was used to evaluate the response of pH, electrical conductivity, exchangeable cations (Ca, Mg, K and... -
Access to credit and agricultural sector performance in Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Romanus Osabohien --- , Nigeria Anita Mordi --- , Nigeria Adeyemi Ogundipe --- , NigeriaThis study examined how agricultural sector performance will be enhanced in Nigeria through access to credit. The study engaged a time series data sourced from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) statistical bulletin and the World Development Indicators (WDI) of... -
Assessing mobile phone use in farming: The case of Nigerian rural farmers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Chioma Anadozie --- , Nigeria Mathias Fonkam --- , Nigeria Jean-Paul Cleron --- , NigeriaMost existing literature in the field of mobile phones for agriculture and rural development adopted an economic stance that focused mainly on agriculture marketing and pricing. Little attention has been given to other areas of the farming value chain. To... -
Social protection intervention and agricultural participation in West Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Romanus Osabohien --- , Nigeria Isaiah Olurinola --- , Nigeria Oluwatoyin Matthew --- , Nigeria Daniel E. Ufua --- , NigeriaThis study contributes towards the achievement of the United Nations (UN) 2030 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 1.3 which is to ‘implement appropriate social protection for all to mitigate risk and vulnerability’ by examining how social protection interventions contribute to agricultural... -
The impact of organizational culture on employee creativity amongst Zimbabwean academics
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: William Makumbe --- , ZimbabweThe fourth industrial revolution has created a highly complex global market landscape that requires creative employees. In such an environment, a conducive organizational culture is a prerequisite for high levels of employee creativity. However, prior research suggests that the link... -
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... -
Why and to Where does Ajany Run? Culture and Femininity in Yvonne Owuor’s Dust
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Esther K. Mbithi --- , Kenya Julia Njeri Karumba --- , KenyaLaunched around the time Kenya was marking fifty years of independence, Yvonne Owuor’s Dust has been described as a ‘cultural inheritance.’ It portrays a collection of colourful characters who laugh at themselves in their search for some sense of belonging... -
Technology and innovation trajectories in the Rwandan Agriculture sector: Are value chains an option?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Parfait Yongabo --- , SwedenTechnology and innovation are important in addressing complex problems in the agricultural sector in many developing communities. However, ways and mechanisms to integrate them in the agricultural sector are still a challenge due to the lack of clear pathways and... -
The effects of eucalyptus Eucalyptus globulus and oregano Origanum vulgare essential oils on anaesthesia response in a Namibian marine species, silver kob Argyrosomus inodorus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: NN Gabriel --- , Namibia C Chikwililwa --- , Namibia GM Liswaniso --- , Namibia S Louw --- , Namibia A Namwoonde --- , NamibiaThe anaesthetic effectiveness of separate and combined eucalyptus Eucalyptus globulus and oregano Origanum vulgare essential oils (EO) were investigated in silver kob Argyrosomus inodorus and were compared with clove oil Eugenia caryophyllata. Argyrosomus inodorus adults (595.61 [SE 11.82] g) were... -
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... -
Lamproglena monodi Capart, 1944 infecting Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758): additional information on infection, morphology and genetic data
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Nehemiah Mogoi Rindoria --- , South Africa Quinton Marco Dos Santos --- , South Africa Shimaa E Ali --- , Egypt Mohammed Hasan Ibraheem --- , Egypt Annemariè Avenant-Oldewage --- , South AfricaLamproglena monodi Capart, 1944 adult females were first described from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and have been redescribed seven times from different cichlid species in Egypt, Burkina Faso and Brazil, all showing morphological variation. The adult male was... -
Extension services in Ethiopia: First adoption of chemical fertilizers in rural villages
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Alexander Jordan --- Thuringian Ministry for Economic Affairs, Germany Marco Guerzoni --- University of Milan-Bicocca, ItalyIn this paper we evaluate the efficiency of extension programmes in the adoption of chemical fertilizers in Ethiopia between 1994 and 2004 using matching techniques in a quasi-experimental setting. In addition to common factors, measures of culture, proxied by ethnicity... -
A literature- and senior stakeholder-informed model of southern African programme risk management challenges
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Emmanuel Mulambya --- North-West University, Republic of South Africa Hermien Zaaiman --- North-West University, Republic of South AfricaStrategic capital infrastructure programmes are risky endeavours due to the complexity inherent in implementing and managing such large project-based programmes. Successful programmes demand well-developed skills in the under-researched and underdeveloped discipline of programme risk management. The purpose of this qualitative... -
Effects of form, fineness and placement of lime with and without soil tillage on barley and canola growth and development
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: JR van der Nest --- , South Africa AG Hardie --- , South Africa J Labuschagne --- , South Africa PA Swanepoel --- , South AfricaNo-tillage systems and slow movement of surface-applied limestone can lead to stratification of soil acidity. Incorporation of lime by tilling soil is not preferred by producers following conservation agriculture practices. There is limited research on ways to facilitate lime movement... -
Understanding the translocation dynamics of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and its ecological consequences in East Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Papius Dias Tibihika --- National Fisheries Resources Research Institute, Uganda Harald Meimberg --- Institute for Integrative Nature Conservation Research, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), Austria Manuel Curto --- Institute for Integrative Nature Conservation Research, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), AustriaThe Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is the second-most economically important fish species in East African countries (EAC), surpassed only by the Nile perch (Lates niloticus). It is the most-farmed freshwater fish species in EAC and the second-most-farmed worldwide. Currently, in... -
Culture and African contexts of HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Collins O. Airhihenbuwa --- Department of Biobehavioral Health, Pennsylvania State University, J. DeWitt Webster --- Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health,Culture plays a vital role in determining the level of health of the individual, the family and the community. This is particularly relevant in the context of Africa, where the values of extended family and community significantly influence the behaviour... -
A comparative analysis of perceived stigma among HIV-positive Ghanaian and African American males
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Kwabena A Poku --- Health Services Management Department, University of Ghana Business School, J Gary Linn --- School of Nursing, Tennessee State University, Betsy L Fife --- School of Nursing, University of Indiana-Indianapolis, Sherry Azar --- School of Nursing, Tennessee State University, Lorna Kendrick --- School of Nursing, Tennessee State University,The purpose of this paper was to address two questions: (i) Do Ghanaian and African American males with HIV/AIDS experience different types and degrees of stigma? and (ii) Is the impact of stigma associated with HIV/AIDS on the self different... -
Innovations dans les approches, activités et résultats des conférences internationales sur le VIH/SIDA en Afrique — Le cas de la 3ème conférence africaine sur les aspects sociaux du VIH/SIDA, Dakar, 10 – 14 octobre 2005
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Cheikh Ibrahima Niang [CXX0001] O. Shisana G. Andrews D. Kaseje L. Simbayi K. Peltzer Y. ToefyLa situation du VIH/SIDA en Afrique demeure très préoccupante. L'impact du VIH est considérable et menace la survie et le développement des sociétés africaines. Bien qu'il y ait beaucoup d'efforts, les réponses ne sont pas encore à la hauteur des... -
The use of culturally themed HIV messages and their implications for future behaviour change communication campaigns: the case of Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Oleosi Ntshebe --- Department of Population Studies, University of Botswana, Joseph M.N. Pitso --- Department of Population Studies, University of Botswana, Alinah Kelo Segobye --- University of Botswana,The ‘ABC’ approach promoted at the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Botswana has failed to yield significant behaviour change. Formative research was conducted in urban, semi-urban and rural areas to explore how the use of sociocultural messages depicted in... -
Widowhood in the era of HIV/AIDS: A case study of Slaya District, Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Constance Ambasa-Shisanya --- Family Health International,Luo women are believed to acquire contagious cultural impurity after the death of their husbands that is perceived as dangerous to other people. To neutralise this impure state, a sexual cleansing rite is observed. In the indigenous setting, the ritual... -
SISTA South Africa: The adaptation of an efficacious HIV prevention trial conducted with African-American women for isiXhosa-speaking South African women
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Dorina Saleh-Onoya [CXX0001] Nikia Danette Braxton --- Rollins School of Public Health Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University , Sibusiso Sifunda --- Health Promotion R & D Unit, Medical Research Council (MRC), Priscilla Reddy --- Health Promotion R & D Unit, Medical Research Council (MRC), Robert Ruiter --- Maastricht University, Bart van den Borne [B0006] Tiffany Pennick Walters --- Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Delia Lang --- Rollins School of Public Health Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University , Gina M Wingood --- Department of Behavioral Science and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health,Although new HIV treatments continue to offer hope for individuals living with HIV, behavioural interventions shown to reduce HIV risk behaviour remain one of the most powerful tools in curbing the HIV epidemic. Unfortunately, the development of evidencebased HIV interventions... -
Food security in HIV/AIDS response: Insights from Homa Bay, Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Dipankar Datta --- Concern Worldwide, India James Njuguna --- Concern Worldwide, KenyaThis paper examines the viability and effectiveness of a pilot farming initiative in reversing impacts of HIV/AIDS on the most affected households in Homa Bay, Kenya. The paper argues that once patients are stable, they can effectively be engaged in... -
“I don't use a condom (with my regular partner) because I know that I'm faithful, but with everyone else I do”: The cultural and socioeconomic determinants of sexual partner concurrency in young South Africans
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Chris Kenyon --- GF Jooste Hospital, Andrew Boulle --- Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Motasim Badri --- Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Valerie Asselman --- Infectious Diseases Referral Unit, GF Jooste Hospital,Finding ways to reduce the high rates of sexual partner concurrency is increasingly believed to be vital to controlling HIV spread in southern Africa. We describe the frequency and correlates of sexual partner concurrency in a representative sample of 3... -
‘Checkmating HIV&AIDS’: Using chess to break the silence in the classroom
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Omar Esau [d110e14]In this article, I give an account of my ‘Checkmating HIV&AIDS’ action research project, which was an attempt to break the ‘culture of silence’ concerning HIV&AIDS and sex and sexuality in my classroom. In this project, I focused specifically on... -
Application of the information, motivation and behavioural skills model for targeting HIV risk behaviour amongst adolescent learners in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Misheck Ndebele [d94e14] Mambwe Kasese-Hara Michael GreylingThis paper discusses the application of an information, motivation and behavioural skills (IMB) model in a school-based programme for the reduction of HIV risk behaviour among 259 Grade 11 learners in two high schools in Alexandra township, Johannesburg. School 1... -
Understanding culture and HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Steven Sovran [d378e18]Early in the study of HIV/AIDS, culture was invoked to explain differences in the disease patterns between sub-Saharan Africa and Western countries. Unfortunately, in an attempt to explain the statistics, many of the presumed risk factors were impugned in the... -
The role of culture in effective HIV/AIDS communication by theatre in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Chijioke Uwah --- , , South AfricaThe need to effectively communicate HIV/AIDS messages in South Africa, given the high prevalence of the pandemic, cannot be overemphasised. Communication scholars have long emphasised the need to recognise adherence to cultural norms of target communities as catalyst for effective... -
Correlates of concurrency among young people in Carletonville, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Chris Kenyon --- , , Belgium Robert Colebunders --- , BelgiumThere is still a considerable debate about whether socioeconomic or cultural factors underpin the high prevalence of sexual partner concurrency in parts of Southern and Eastern Africa. We analyzed the patterning and correlates of concurrency in a population-based sample of... -
Understanding the role played by parents, culture and the school curriculum in socializing young women on sexual health issues in rural South African communities
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Feziwe Mpondo --- , , Netherlands Robert A.C. Ruiter --- , , Netherlands Dilana Schaafsma --- , Netherlands Bart van den Borne --- , , Netherlands Priscilla S. Reddy --- , , South AfricaBackground: the decline in South Africa’s HIV infection rates especially among young women is encouraging. However, studies show that the 15–24-year-old cohort remains vulnerable. As they still report early sexual debut, being involved in sexual partnerships with older men as... -
Chameleons and vineyards in the Western Cape of South Africa: Is automated grape harvesting a threat to the Cape Dwarf Chameleon (Bradypodion pumilum)?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: KrystalA. Tolley --- South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa G. John Measey --- University of the Western Cape, South AfricaThe use of automated grape harvesters in the Cape Wine Growing region has resulted in controversy regarding their effect on the chameleon Bradypodion pumilum. We investigated densities of B. pumilum during harvesting at a vineyard near Stellenbosch, South Africa. During... -
Herpetofaunal utilisation of riparian buffer zones in an agricultural landscape near Mtunzini, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: Bryan Maritz --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa GrahamJ. Alexander --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaWe measured herpetofaunal species richness and abundance in riparian and non‐riparian habitats of an agriculture‐dominated landscape to compare herpetofaunal utilisation of these two habitat types. Riparian areas hosted higher mean species richness and abundance than non‐riparian areas. Riparian and non‐riparian... -
A balanced perspective on the contribution of extensive ruminant production to greenhouse gas emissions in southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Michiel M Scholtz --- , South Africa Frans J Jordaan --- , South Africa N Thuli Chabalala --- , South Africa Georgette M Pyoos --- , South Africa M Joel Mamabolo --- , South Africa Frederick WC Neser --- University of the Free State, South AfricaThere is a general perception that ruminants produce large quantities of greenhouse gases (GHG) which contribute to global warming. Ruminant production is also known as the world’s largest user of land, and southern Africa is no exception. Recent estimates indicate... -
Purpose in life and academic performance: Grit mediation among Chinese college students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Yungui Guo --- Hunan University of Science and Technology, China Shiyu Luo --- Hunan University of Science and Technology, China Yu Tan --- Hunan University of Science and Technology, ChinaThis study explored the mediating effect of grit (consistency of interest, perseverance of effort) on the association between purpose in life (meaningfulness, goal orientation, and beyond-the-self) and academic performance. Data were collected from 493 students from two universities in Hunan... -
La Cuisine Pied Noir: wandering in “nostalgia-scape”
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Rainer Maria Wieshammer --- , Klaes Eringa --- ,The year 1962 marked the end of the colonial occupation of Algeria by France after more than 130 years. In the wake of a bloody war of independence, nearly 700 000 former European settlers left their old homeland under dramatic... -
Sensory marketing and gastronomy: the case of Ecuadorian haute cuisine restaurants
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Klaes Eringa --- NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Viviana Carolina Proaño Paredes --- NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsA visit to a haute cuisine restaurant is a feast for all the senses. This study investigates sensory aspects of Ecuadorian haute cuisine which has recently grown in popularity. A key reason for this popularity is the diversity and availability... -
The effect of crop rotation and tillage practice on residue decomposition and wheat performance in the Western Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Johannes Stephanus Theron --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Gerhardus Johannes van Coller --- , South Africa Lindy Joy Rose --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Johan Labuschagne --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Pieter Andreas Swanepoel --- Stellenbosch University, South AfricaConservation agriculture relies on residue retention, crop rotation and reduced tillage. Crop rotation determines residue type, while tillage affects residue load and distribution. Although crop residue retention is often beneficial, residues can create challenges, including obstruction of planters during establishment... -
Clonal microplant production of Corymbia maculata: effect of chemical sterilisation, plant growth regulator, gas exchange, activated charcoal and lighting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Letícia Vaz Molinari --- Federal University of Lavras, Brazil Denys Matheus Santana Costa Souza --- Federal University of Lavras, Brazil Maria Lopes Martins Avelar --- Federal University of Lavras, Brazil Sérgio Bruno Fernandes --- Federal University of Lavras, Brazil Douglas Santos Gonçalves --- Federal University of Lavras, Brazil Dulcinéia de Carvalho --- Federal University of Lavras, Brazil Laura Ribeiro Atala --- Federal University of Lavras, Brazil Gilvano Ebling Brondani --- Federal University of Lavras, BrazilCorymbia maculata stands out for its resistance to biotic and abiotic stress and for its high-density wood, which is ideal for sawmills, sleepers, posts, firewood and charcoal. In vitro culture techniques can be used for large-scale clonal microplant production, given... -
Precision agriculture and the prospects of space strategy for food security in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Lere Amusan --- North West University, South Africa Samuel Oyewole --- North West University, South AfricaPrecision agriculture generally refers to the methods of crop, livestock and fish farming that are meant to eliminate or minimize uncertainty and maximize products with relative accuracy that matches predetermined expectations. Amidst these, the relevance of space assets such as... -
Explicating the adoption of an innovation Fintech Value Chain Financing from Aarti (Middlemen) perspective in Pakistan
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Sayeda Zeenat Maryam --- University of the Punjab, Pakistan Ashfaq Ahmed --- University of the Punjab, Pakistan Syed Waqar Haider --- Govt. College for Women University, Pakistan Tasneem Akhter --- University of Central Punjab, PakistanIn the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, the Fintech industry and Islamic banking were striving to fill the existing void through innovation and different business approaches. Losing trust in conventional banking, advancement of technology and internet globally, and... -
Forgiveness-related motives: An Angola–Portugal comparison
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Paulo Alves --- Piaget Institute of Viseu, Portugal Joana Neto --- Management and Information Technologies (REMIT), Portucalense University, Portugal Maria da Conceição Azevedo --- University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal Félix Neto --- University of Porto, Portugal Etienne Mullet --- Institute of Advanced Studies (EPHE), FranceThis study examined the structure of forgiveness motives expressed by young adults in two different countries: Angola and Portugal. A total of 483 participants (245 Angolans and 238 Portuguese) were presented with the Motivation to Forgive Questionnaire. Exploratory and confirmatory... -
Managers’ perception of ethics in public entities and service delivery using the corporate virtue scale
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Priviledge Cheteni --- , East London, South Africa Emmanuel Selemani Shindika --- President’s Office, Public Service Management, Tanzania Public Service College, TanzaniaEthical culture is the epitome of the success of various organizations and a prerequisite for progress. This study aimed to examine the construct validity of the Corporate Virtue Scale (CEV) and find if there is any association between ethical culture... -
Moderating role of organizational culture in the relationship between total quality management and organizational innovation among manufacturing SMEs in Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Kabir Musa Shuaib --- Tianjin University, People’s Republic of China Zhen He --- Tianjin University, People’s Republic of ChinaPrevious studies on the total quality management and innovation relationship have had mixed findings. We predict that organizational culture could moderate the relationship between total quality management and organizational innovation. The study collected empirical data from 433 small and medium-sized... -
Decolonising access for Performing Arts Training at Makerere University: The Legacy of Rose Mbowa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Patrick Mangeni --- School of Liberal and Performing Arts, Makerere University, UgandaAccess and relevance have been central in the pursuit of a university education responsive to the development agenda of post-colonial Uganda. In Makerere University, the drive involved critical engagement with hegemonic constraints predicated by an interplay of historical drivers, many... -
The influence of cross-cultural adjustment on job performance
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Irena Mihaela Stan --- NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Ilse Jongboom --- NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsGiven the international nature of teams and guests in the hospitality industry, cross-cultural adjustment and awareness are crucial at both personal and organisational levels. The purpose of this study is to understand the factors underlying cross-cultural adjustment and how it... -
Marine macroalgae of the Agulhas Marine Province of South Africa: biodiversity, exploitation and potential for aquaculture
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: JJ Bolton --- University of Cape Town, South Africa CD McQuaid --- Rhodes University, South AfricaThe Agulhas Marine Province (AMP) extends along most of the south coast of South Africa, from Cape Agulhas to the vicinity of the Mbashe River mouth in the Eastern Cape Province, and has its own distinctive warm-temperate seaweed flora, with... -
Consolidation of human factors limiting the success and sustainability of e-Agriculture projects in sub-Saharan Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Ezra Misaki --- , TanzaniaHuman factors affecting e-Agriculture should be identified and understood to ensure the success and sustainability of e-Agriculture projects. However, specific human factors influencing e-Agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa have never been consolidated. In this regard, the current study reviewed diverse literature... -
The effect of crop rotation on soil health in the north-western Free State region, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Melanie de Bruyn --- University of the Free State, South Africa Andre Nel --- University of the Free State, South Africa Johan van Niekerk --- Independent research agronomist,Soil health is an important aspect of sustainable agriculture. By maintaining soil health, crop yields can be consistently successful without negatively affecting the environment. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects that different cropping systems have on... -
Perceived effects of COVID-19 on smallholder farmers’ agricultural production practices in Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Asrat Mulat Asegie --- Wollo University, Ethiopia Samuel Tadesse Adisalem --- Wollo University, Ethiopia Amogne Asfaw Eshetu --- Wollo University, EthiopiaThis study analyzed the perceived effects of COVID-19 on smallholder farmers’ agricultural production practices in the South Wollo and Oromo Administrative Zones of Ethiopia. Data were collected from 270 randomly selected respondents from September 5 to October 10, 2020. Data... -
Lucerne establishment in dryland conditions: effects of crop residues and wheat as a nurse crop
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Stephan le Roux --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Pieter A Swanepoel --- Stellenbosch University, South AfricaEstablishing lucerne (Medicago sativa) in dryland conditions poses challenges due to unpredictable rainy seasons and seedling vulnerability. A potential solution is adopting a nurse crop during the first year in the same field. This study aimed to assess the impact... -
In search of Ubuntu in an African SME: A case of a transitional entrepreneur
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Farhad Hossain --- University of Manchester, UK Mohammed Ibrahim --- University of Manchester, UK Emmanuel Yeboah-Assiamah --- University of Ghana, GhanaThis study sets out to address the decontextualized discourse on African entrepreneurship and attempts to locate it within the socio-cultural context using the philosophy and principles of Ubuntu. It investigates and traces how Ubuntu informs the motive, decisions and actions... -
Investigating servant leadership and Ubuntu in Nigerian private sector enterprises: A parallel conceptual analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Chimkwanum Okecha --- University of Westminster, UK Mohamed Branine --- Abertay University, UK Aminu Mamman --- University of Manchester, UKThis paper provides an analysis of the relationship between servant leadership as described in the contemporary literature and Ubuntu, which is generally described as a type of African leadership behavior. Previous studies of leadership and management in African enterprises have... -
What Science Can You Teach Without Language? A Conversation with Timothy Wangusa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Patrick Mangeni --- Makerere University, UgandaThis biographical dialogue with Timothy Wangusa explores the interface between indigenous culture, Christianity and education in Uganda, how this disrupted the indigenous cultural base and practice and continued to inform and impact lives and culture in Uganda. It interrogates the... -
Experiences of participants in an agricultural livelihood support initiative for people living with HIV in central Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Christopher Tumwine --- School of Medicine, Kabale University, Uganda Isaac Yeboah Addo --- University of New South Wales, Australia Henry Zakumumpa --- Makerere University, Uganda Janet Seeley --- , UK Lazarus Oucul --- , UgandaThis study aimed at assessing the experiences of people living with HIV who participated in an agricultural livelihood support initiative in selected districts of Uganda. The initiative, implemented from 2017 to 2018, involved the provision of agricultural inputs such as... -
Brand personality and purchase intention: The dual-mediating effects of brand attachment and nostalgia proneness
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Fanyi Zhao --- Seoul School of Integrated Sciences and Technologies (aSSIST University), South Korea Fei Huang --- Seoul School of Integrated Sciences and Technologies (aSSIST University), South KoreaWe examined the roles of brand attachment and nostalgia proneness in the relationship between the brand personality and purchase intention. Participants were 352 Chinese consumers (during the collection of the questionnaires, age ranges were set, but specific age numbers were... -
Sustainable seafood: advances in traceability, assessment, monitoring and resource management
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: IG Gleadall --- , Japan A Barkai --- , South Africa Z Lajbner --- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), Japan PB McIntyre --- Cornell University, United States H Moustahfid --- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), United States P Olsen --- Norwegian Food Research Institute (Nofima), Norway R Oyanedel --- Pontificia Universidad Católica, Chile Y Pang --- University of Washington, United States GJ Pierce --- Instituto de Investigacións Mariñas (IIM-CSIC), Spain L Quesada --- Loyola Marymount University, United States WHH Sauer --- Rhodes University, South Africa L Zifcakova --- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), Japan MA Zoral --- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), Japan DA Willette --- Loyola Marymount University, United StatesThis review presents a synopsis of advances in some techniques and technologies that support seafood traceability while addressing some of the complexities currently challenging the integration necessary to coordinate commercial, national and international efforts in achieving seafood sustainability. These advances... -
Measuring culturable microbial populations and filamentous microbial growth in soil of wheat plots subjected to crop rotation and monoculture
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: A. Marais --- Institute for Plant Production, Department of Agriculture: Western Cape, Elsenburg, Private Bag X1, South Africa M.B. Hardy --- Institute for Plant Production, Department of Agriculture: Western Cape, Elsenburg, Private Bag X1, South Africa C.D. Morris --- Agricultural Research Council - Range & Forage, c/o Grassland Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X01, South Africa A. Botha --- Department of Microbiology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, South AfricaCrop management practices, including the addition of fertilisers, often lead to different microbial communities in agricultural soils. Soil dilution plates were used to enumerate yeasts, basidiomycetous fungi, general heterotrophic microbes, as well as actinomycetes in soils sampled at three times... -
Integration of livestock into conservation agriculture systems in the Mediterranean climate region of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Pieter A Swanepoel --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Hendrik PJ Smit --- Stellenbosch University, South AfricaWithin the Mediterranean climate region of South Africa, the livestock sector constitutes a substantial contributor to the regional economy. Livestock integration is prevalent in conservation agriculture systems in this region. Crop rotation involving small grains and canola is combined with... -
Adapting to climate change amidst innovation diffusion and declining indigenous agricultural knowledge and practices in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Pius Siakwah --- University of Ghana, Ghana Austin Dziwornu Ablo --- University of Ghana, Ghana Rosina Sheburah-Essien --- University of Ghana, Ghana Mariama Zaami --- University of Ghana, Ghana Joseph Awetori Yaro --- University of Ghana, GhanaThis paper examines how farmers adapt to climate change through innovation diffusion amidst declining indigenous agricultural knowledge and practices in Ghana. Small-scale farmers rely on indigenous practices and technological diffusion to cope with change even where the adoption levels of... -
Predation of free-range chickens by invasive House Crows Corvus splendens in Dodoma, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Kelvin Ngongolo --- University of Dodoma, Tanzania Naza Mmbaga --- University of Dodoma, Tanzania Doreen Mrimi --- University of Dodoma, TanzaniaThis study reports on the perspectives of local farmers on predation on chickens by the invasive House Crow Corvus splendens, together with their coping strategies, in Dodoma, Tanzania. A survey was conducted among 391 farmers of free-range chickens in urban... -
Navigating taboos: A Gricean examination of communicating men’s reproductive health challenges in Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Melvin Ouma --- Rhodes University, South AfricaEffective communication between doctors and patients is a crucial aspect of medicine. This article uses Grice’s cooperative principles as a framework to explore doctor-patient communication in a male reproductive health clinic. This qualitative study was done in Kenya at a... -
False rape accusation and its complex ramifications: an analysis of Kuxabene Ubendle (pandemonium)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Norma Masuku --- University of South Africa,Rape is a crime that inflicts deep-seated scars on the survivors, whether they are men or women. This condition of rape leaves the survivors of rape in a precarious position, with indelible scars that cannot be easily erased. A notable... -
Changes in the macrobenthic community structure associated with finfish farming in Richards Bay Estuary, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: SF Nzama --- University of Zululand, South Africa L Vivier --- University of Zululand, South Africa A De Fortier --- University of Zululand, South AfricaGlobally, aquaculture has shown the potential to boost economic activity and enhance food security. However, controversy exists around large-scale finfish farming, with objections centred around potential environmental issues (especially eutrophication). Given this, the effects of a trial dusky kob (Argyrosomus... -
Advancing disease-resistant stock in aquaculture: a brief overview
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: Nur Nashyiroh Izayati Mastor --- Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia Wahidatul Husna Zuldin --- Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia Norfazreena Mohd Faudzi --- Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia Kenneth Francis Rodriques --- Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia Julian Ransangan --- Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, MalaysiaThe effective management of diseases caused by aquatic pathogens is one of the primary challenges in aquaculture. The breeding of disease-resistant fish requires a combination of traditional and modern genetic approaches. With an increasing global population and demand for food,... -
Adoption of precision agriculture practices in South African field crop production systems: a national survey
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: KJ Truter --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa H Glas --- Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP), South Africa M Delport --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa FH Meyer --- Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP), South Africa PA Swanepoel --- Stellenbosch University, South AfricaThe implementation of precision agriculture practices can enhance agricultural productivity, sustainability, and on-farm profitability. Nonetheless, adoption rates vary widely across regions and farming operations, particularly in South Africa’s diverse agricultural landscape. This study builds on prior regional analyses by providing... -
The role of academic institutions in leveraging innovation through patenting activities: A diagnostic of the Moroccan experience focusing on the agricultural sector
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Sanaa Zebakh --- Ibn Tofail University, Morocco Jaouad Anissi --- EUORMED Research Centre EI-BIOMEDTECH, EUROMED University of Fes, Morocco, Salim Bounou --- EUORMED Research Centre EI-BIOMEDTECH, EUROMED University of Fes, Morocco, Mohammed Sadiki --- Rabat-Instituts, MoroccoIn the late 2000s, Morocco implemented various actions and programmes to establish a National Innovation System, which has helped to bolster innovation and patenting activities within higher education and research institutions. This article investigates the Moroccan innovation framework that facilitated... -
Determinants of modern agricultural technology adoption: Evidence from Western Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Tamiru Chalchisa Geleto --- Jimma University, Ethiopia Seid Sani --- Wolkitie University, Ethiopia Obsu Hirko Diriba --- Jimma University, EthiopiaThis study explores the factors influencing agricultural technology adoption among settlers and native farmers in selected districts of Benishangul Gumuz regional state, Ethiopia. A multistage sampling procedure was employed to gather data from 380 randomly chosen participants. The major data... -
Exploring the interplay of local language(s) and transformation to facilitate communication and change in (South) Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Mogomme Alpheus Masoga --- University of the Free State, South Africa Allucia Lulu Shokane --- University of Zululand, South AfricaThis research explores local language(s) and transformation as key facilitators of a dynamic interplay between the power of communication and the capacity for change. It is argued that language serves as a multifaceted tool that not only conveys thoughts and... -
Techno-craftsmanship to rejuvenate a UNESCO cultural heritage tradition
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Nihal Bursa --- Istanbul Bilgi University, TürkiyeEvolving over 500 years of history, Turkish coffee as known today has a unique character, owing much to its brewing technique, which requires dedicated time and manual skills. Urbanisation and digitalisation in the 21st century have created a pace of... -
A Portuguese urban vegetable garden under the gaze of hospitality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Cynthia Luderer --- Social Sciences Institute, University of Minho, PortugalThis work concerns an urban vegetable garden in the north-west of Portugal and aims to describe the hospitality surrounding this environment. This study resulted from a two-year field investigation, which was methodologically driven by ethnography and supported by the anthropology... -
Palearctic White Storks Ciconia ciconia in the Western Cape, South Africa, in the 20th century
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Les G Underhill --- University of Cape Town, South AfricaAt the start of the 20th century, the southern limit of the nonbreeding range of the White Stork Ciconia ciconia, a migrant from the Palearctic, was considered to be at the Orange River; they moved around opportunistically in this area... -
Ritualised wealth and the moral spectacle: interrogating occult imagery in Nigerian media narratives
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Ugochukwu Zacky Eze --- University of Nigeria, NigeriaIn this article, I examine how the Nigerian media constructs narratives of ritualised wealth as a moral spectacle that negotiates the tensions between youth aspiration, economic uncertainty and institutional failure. Using a qualitative design and thematic analysis, I interrogate ten... -
Wisdom in folktales: Exploring primary marriage counselling in Zimbabwean Ndebele traditions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Lickel Ndebele --- University of South Africa, South AfricaThis article interrogates Ndebele folktales to establish how they were/are utilised as a primary marriage counselling vehicle in Zimbabwe’s Ndebele society. The analysis is made against the backdrop of increasing marriage and family instability as shown through domestic violence, divorce,... -
Mycorrhizal fungi in Acacia mearnsii plantations and native fragments of the Pampas biome, southern Brazil
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Etienne Winagraski --- Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil Celso Garcia Auer --- Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil Pedro Henrique Riboldi Monteiro --- Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil Antônio Rioyei Higa --- Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil Glaciela Kaschuk --- Universidade Federal do Paraná, BrazilBlack wattle (Acacia mearnsii) was introduced to southern Brazil in the 1930s without any documented history of microbial inoculation. This study tested the hypothesis that black wattle introduction does not harm indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) communities or reduce soil... -
Model and measure: comparing soil organic carbon stocks quantification approaches at field scale in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Willie Herman Cloete --- North-West University, South Africa Gerhard du Preez --- North-West University, South Africa George Munnik van Zijl --- North-West University, South AfricaThere is an ongoing debate about the most appropriate approach for quantifying changes in soil organic carbon stocks (SOCS). The aim of the study was to evaluate the performance of the Rothamsted carbon (RothC) modelling approach against the re-measured SOCS... -
Functional diversification and performance of wheat–canola rotations in the Western Cape
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: A Louw --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa PA Swanepoel --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa S van der Westhuizen --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa J Strauss --- Stellenbosch University, South AfricaCrop rotation serves as a fundamental pillar within conservation agriculture (CA) farming systems, enabling the integration of more diverse crops and livestock. With increasing weather variability, new methods are needed to assess the long-term effects of diversification on the agronomic... -
Growth potential and productivity of the green macroalgae Ulva reticulata in a sustainable farming system in a coastal lagoon at Bambous Virieux, Mauritius
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: N Nazurally --- Department of Agricultural and Food Science, University of Mauritius, Mauritius D Beehary-Panray --- Environmental Protection and Conservation Organisation (EPCO), Resilient Island Endeavour (RISE) Project, Mauritius EC Gatteschi --- Cooperazione Internazionale Sud Sud (CISS), Resilient Island Endeavour (RISE) Project, ItalyUlva reticulata is a fast-growing green macroalga with high bioremediation and economic potential. Cultivation of this seaweed at Bambous Virieux in southeast Mauritius was undertaken to evaluate its growth potential and biological feasibility in a tropical lagoon. Over a 30-day... -
Comparative study of the occurrence and distribution of parasites in pond and cage-cultured Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in the Lake Victoria Crescent, Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: AN Luttamaguzi --- , Uganda JJ Kisakye --- Makerere University, Uganda T Mudumba --- CAB International, Kenya C Agoe --- National Fisheries Resources Research Institute, National Agricultural Research Organization, Uganda M Sserwadda --- Mountains of the Moon University, Uganda JK Walakira --- National Fisheries Resources Research Institute, National Agricultural Research Organization, UgandaDespite ongoing biosecurity and control efforts, aquaculture intensification in the Lake Victoria Crescent has led to a persistent increase in parasitic disease occurrence in cultured Nile tilapia. Notably, different culture systems provide different habitats and environmental conditions for parasites and...
