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FISH TRAPPING DURING THE OPERATION OF THE DURBAN HARBOUR GRAVING DOCK, SOUTH AFRICA
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Aquatic Sciences • Authors: L.E. Beckley --- , South Africa R.P. van der Elst --- , South Africa S.A. Chater --- , South Africa S.L. Birnie --- , South AfricaThe species composition and abundance of fishes trapped on the grids covering the drainage outlets in the Durban harbour graving dock were investigated over a 12 month period. Fifty-three species of fish and several invertebrates, including the crabs Scyllaserrata and... -
Assessment of the Linefishery in Two Urban Estuarine Systems In Kwazulu-natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: P. Pradervand L. E. Beckley B. Q. Mann P. V. RadebeThe recreational linefisheries in Durban Harbour and the Mgeni Estuary were surveyed using roving creel and access-point surveys during the period January–December 2000. In total, 3 351 shore-anglers and 652 boat-anglers were checked for catch-and-effort information, and 432 shore-anglers were... -
An audit of surgical termination of pregnancy at a level 1 health facility in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: J Devjee --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, S Khedun --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, J Moodley --- Women's Health and HIV Research Unit,Background: It was alleged that the termination of pregnancy (TOP) services in a certain district health facility were forgoing the opportunity to offer screening tests for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and syphilis for women seeking legal medical abortions. In addition,... -
The effect of the introduction of a standard monitoring protocol on the investigations performed on the metabolic control of type 2 diabetes at Addington Hospital Medical Outpatients Department, Durban, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: JM Gill --- Department of Family Medicine, A Ross --- Department of Family Medicine, F Pirie --- Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Division of Medicine, T Esterhuizen --- Programme of Biostatistics,Background: A comprehensive approach to the control of type 2 diabetes is required to reduce mortality and morbidity. To improve diabetes management, in 2005 a protocol for the monitoring and management of type 2 diabetes, aligned to the 2003 Society... -
The prevalence of suicidal behaviour and associated risk factors in grade 8 learners in Durban
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: N Vawda --- Cert Trauma and Mental Health Research Training,Objectives: Most of the research on suicidal behaviour in youth focuses on developed countries. Less is known about the prevalence of suicidal behaviour and associated risk factors in community samples of youth who do not present for mental health care... -
Sociodemographic and clinical profiles of suicidal patients requiring admission to hospitals south of Durban
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: SS Naidoo --- Department of Family Medicine, L Schlebusch --- Department of Behavioural Medicine,Background: Suicidal behaviour has become a major public health concern worldwide. Non-fatal suicidal attempts outnumber fatal episodes by wide-ranging figures across, and within, many countries. Approximately 6 500 suicides and 130 000 suicide attempts occur annually in South Africa, with... -
The infrastructural passions of urban mutuality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Christine Hentschel --- Institute for Criminological Research, GermanyThe article suggests an “infrastructural” approach to mutuality in the city. What organises mutuality is less a matter of the common urban horizon or the grown community than of “enabling conditions” (Calhoun) we would call infrastructures: their makeup shapes how... -
Plastic ingestion by estuarine mullet Mugil cephalus (Mugilidae) in an urban harbour, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: T Naidoo --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa AJ Smit --- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, South Africa D Glassom --- School of Life Sciences, South AfricaCoastal urban environments have high plastic pollution levels, and hence interactions between plastic debris and marine life are frequent. We report on plastic ingestion by mullet Mugil cephalus in Durban Harbour, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Of 70 mullet (13.0–19.5 cm total length),... -
Dynamics and role of the Durban cyclonic eddy in the KwaZulu-Natal Bight ecosystem
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: LA Guastella --- Bayworld Centre for Research and Education, South Africa MJ Roberts --- Ocean Sciences and Marine Food Security, South AfricaThe semi-permanent Durban Eddy is a mesoscale, lee-trapped, cold-core cyclonic circulation that occurs off the east coast of South Africa between Durban in the north and Sezela, some 70 km to the south. When present, strong north-eastward countercurrents reaching 100... -
The isimodeni style: traditional beadwork, Zulu trinket or South African sartorial tradition on Durban’s Golden Mile?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Rowan C. Gatfield --- Department of Graphic Design, United KingdomBeadwork is a well-documented aspect of the socio-political culture of isiZulu-speaking groupings in Southern Africa. Whilst scholarship on beadwork deals largely with the denotative and connotative value it offers wearers, this article’s contribution relates both to its commodification and apolitical... -
Long-term interannual temperature variability across the KwaZulu-Natal Bight as a technique for monitoring the complex uThukela Marine Protected Area, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: N Ramsarup --- University of Cape Town, South Africa T Morris --- , South Africa J Hermes --- University of Cape Town, South Africa M Dicken --- Institution for Coastal and Marine Research, Ocean Sciences Campus, Nelson Mandela University, South AfricaThe uThukela Marine Protected Area (MPA), situated on the continental shelf of the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Bight on the northeastern coast of South Africa, has been identified as a vital ecological region. Knowledge of the oceanographic dynamics in the region is... -
Socio-ecological change in bait fisheries for the common sandprawn Kraussillichirus kraussi in Durban Harbour, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: D Chetty --- Oceanographic Research Institute (ORI), South Africa E Steyn --- Oceanographic Research Institute (ORI), South Africa JC Groeneveld --- Oceanographic Research Institute (ORI), South AfricaBait fishing for the common sandprawn Kraussillichirus kraussi in Durban Harbour, on the east coast of South Africa, has a history going back to the early 20th century and has been influenced by port development and political changes over time...