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A model for predicting long term economic optimum stocking rates for beef cattle grazing dryland pastures
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: D.I. Bransby --- Department of Grassland Science,Previous models relating profit to stocking rate have not taken into account annual variation in rainfall. A model is developed here to allow for this factor. The frequency distribution of annual rainfall is used to demonstrate how the stocking rate... -
Production of plantlets from tissue cultures of Lotononis, a southern African veld legume1
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: A.M. Thro --- Agronomy Department, Louisiana Agricultural Experimental Station, USA A.T. Wier --- Agronomy Department, Louisiana Agricultural Experimental Station, USA K.C. Torres --- , USA H.E. Flores --- Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology Department, College of Agriculture, USA M. Pillay --- Biology Department, USAA simple procedure is described for the production of large numbers of rooted plantlets from callus cultures of Lotononis bainesii Baker. Highest frequency of shoots was obtained from somatic embryos formed in initiation cultures on Murashige & Skoog medium plus... -
Die produksie en kwaliteit van verskillende voersorghum‐ en Babala kultivars in die wes‐Transvaal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: C.S. Dannhauser --- Departement van Landbou en Watervoorsiening, Republiek van Suid‐Afrika R.H. Drewes --- Departement van Landbou en Watervoorsiening, Republiek van Suid‐Afrika ErikaA. van Zyl --- Departement van Landbou en Watervoorsiening, Republiek van Suid‐Afrika ChristaJ. van Rooyen --- Departement van Landbou en Watervoorsiening, Republiek van Suid‐AfrikaThe production and quality of different fodder sorghum and Babala cultivars in the western Transvaal. A number of sorghum cultivars are available commercially, and periodically some cultivars are added while others are withdrawn from the market. The potential yield figures... -
The value of subtropical grass pastures for use as foggage on the eastern Transvaal Highveld
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: N.F.G. Rethman --- , Republic of South Africa C.C. de Witt --- , Republic of South AfricaThe utilization of frosted herbage of Pennisetwn clandestinwn, Paspalum notation, Digitaria eriantha, Cynodon sp. and Chloris gayana by Merino wethers during the winter confirmed the potential of this practice as an alternative winter feeding strategy under Highveld conditions. P. clandestinwn... -
The production of four ryegrass cultivars oversown at various seeding rates into irrigated kikuyu
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: D.I. Harris --- Department of Agricultural Development, Republic of South Africa P.E. Bartholomew --- Department of Agricultural Development, Republic of South AfricaAn irrigated kikuyu pasture was oversown, in late March, with four ryegrass cultivars at four seeding rates at Cedara (Natal Mistbelt) and n'Tabamhlope (Highland Sourveld). The oversowing procedure shows promise with the cultivars producing well at both sites. There were... -
Effect of enzyme additives on kikuyu silage quality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: M.C.V. de Figueiredo --- Department of Agricultural Development, Republic of South AfricaChopped kikuyu (Pennisetum clandestinum) grass of low digestibility and low in non‐structural carbohydrates was treated with three commercial enzyme preparations, namely, Celluclast, SP 249 and Silo Guard II. These enzymes were added to the kikuyu prior to ensiling in laboratory... -
Die invloed van kalsium en magnesium op die groei van tabakplante en opname van kalium, kalsium en magnesium in waterkultuur
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: C.J. Steenkamp --- , Republiek van Suid-Afrika J.A. de Bruyn --- Departement Plantkunde, Republiek van Suid-Afrika A.A. Theron --- Departement Grond- en Waterboukunde, Republiek van Suid-Afrika'n Toename in the Ca-konsentrasie van 'n voedingsoplossing het 'n verhoging in biomassa tot gevolg gehad asook 'n verhoogde opname van K en Ca deur tabakplante. Die opname van Mg aan die anderkant word onderdruk deur toenemende konsentrasies van Ca... -
The yield potential and crude protein content of five rhizomatous and stoloniferous grass pastures in the escarpment areas of the eastern Transvaal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: N. F.G. Rethman --- Athole Research Station, Department of Agriculture & Water Supply, Republic of South Africa C. C. de Witt --- Athole Research Station, Department of Agriculture & Water Supply, Republic of South AfricaWhilst Cynodon aethiopicus and the Cynodon hybrid, ‘Coast Cross II’, proved to be unsuited to the cool high rainfall conditions, Acroceras macrum, Pennisetum clandestinum and Digitarla scalarum were well adapted. There was little difference in yield potential between local and... -
Host plant preference by the maize stalk borer, Busseola fusca (Fuller) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: J. B.J. van Rensburg --- Summer Grain Centre, Republic of South Africa J. van den Berg --- Summer Grain Centre, Republic of South AfricaSome graminaceous fodder crops were compared to maize and grain sorghum for ovipositional preference by Busseola fusca (Fuller) under laboratory conditions. The infestation potential of different crops was increased by the incidence of tillering, infestation being enhanced by the availability... -
Chemical composition of carrier water influences glyphosate efficacy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: B.L. de Villiers --- Small Grain Centre, Republic of South Africa D. du Toit --- , Republic of South AfricaGlyphosate [N-(phosphonomethyl) glycine] phytotoxicity was assessed with different sources of natural water carriers to establish to what extent ions in these carriers antagonize glyphosate activity. Glyphosate phytotoxicity with the most antagonistic carrier was 72% less than with deionized water. Antagonistic... -
An assessment of the variation for stem rust resistance in the progeny of a cross involving the Triticum species aestivum, turgidum and tauschii
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: G.F. Marais --- Department of Genetics and Institute for Biotechnology, Republic of South Africa G.F. Potgieter --- Department of Genetics and Institute for Biotechnology, Republic of South Africa H.S. Roux --- Department of Genetics and Institute for Biotechnology, Republic of South Africa J. le Roux --- Small Grain Centre, Republic of South AfricaAccession RL5289 of Triticum tauschii and Triticum turgidum var. durum cv. Cando showed resistance to the prevailing stem rust races of South Africa. RL5289 was crossed with Cando. An amphiploid was produced and crossed with the common wheat line W107... -
Absence of the 1BL/1RS chromosome translocation in the Kavkaz-derived wheat cultivar Tugela
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Z.A. Pretorius --- Department of Plant Pathology, Republic of South Africa G.F. Marais --- department of Genetics, Republic of South Africa J. Smith --- Small Grain Centre, Republic of South Africa J. le Roux --- Small Grain Centre, Republic of South Africa F.J. Kloppers --- Department of Plant Pathology, Republic of South AfricaThe South African bread wheat (Triticum aestivumL) cultivar Tugela (Kavkaz/Jaral'S') is highly resistant to stem rust caused by Puccinia graminis Pers. f. sp. tritici Eriks. & Henn. Based on pedigree analysis and infection types, it has previously been assumed that... -
Salts in carrier water affect tralkoxydim activity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: B.L. De Villiers --- Small Grain Centre, Agricultural Research Council, Republic of South AfricaTralkoxydim {2-[1-(ethoxyimino)-3-hydroxy-5-(2,4,6-trimethyl-phenyl)]cyclohex-2-enone} was tested for susceptibility to antagonism from ions in the carrier water with which it is applied. Borehole and municipal water and deionized water, to which various salts were added, were tested. Tralkoxydim activity was antagonized by 20%... -
The optimal rooting medium for minisetts of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: K.A. Addae-Kagyah --- Department of Plant Production, Republic of South AfricaThree different rooting media, namely, river sand, sawdust and wood shavings, were used for rooting various sizes of minisetts of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), uniformly pre-treated with wood ash, indolebutyric acid (IBA), Captan and Lindane. The best substrate was found... -
Comparative patterns of sodium accumulation in leaves of selected savanna species growing on sodic and nonsodic soils
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: CatherineL. Bailey --- Botany Department, South Africa MaryC. Scholes --- Botany Department, South AfricaPlants show differing mechanisms of tolerance to high sodium levels in soils. Physiological and biochemical mechanisms have been investigated for many crop species but little information is available for indigenous tree and grass species. Foliar concentrations of sodium, calcium, potassium,... -
Optimizing glyphosate performance with adjuvants
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: B.L. de Villiers --- , South Africa R.C. Lindeque --- , South Africa H.A. Smit --- , South AfricaGlyphosate [N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine] is a non-selective herbicide which is extremely sensitive to antagonism by salts in the spray solution and to environmental conditions at application. Various adjuvants were evaluated with glyphosate in glasshouse and field experiments with the aim of identifying... -
Association of a stem rust resistance gene (Sr45) and two Russian wheat aphid resistance genes (Dn5 and Dn7) with mapped structural loci in common wheat
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: G.F. Marais --- Department of Genetics, Republic of South Africa W.G. Wessels --- Department of Genetics, Republic of South Africa M. Horn --- Department of Genetics, Republic of South Africa F. du Toit --- , Republic of South AfricaA stem rust resistance gene, originally derived from Triticum tauschii accession RL5289 and present in the germplasm line 87M66-2-1, is here designated Sr45. Sr45 was found to be closely linked to Sr33 (9 ± 1.9 map units) and the centromere... -
Chlorsulfuron and tribenuron antagonize tralkoxydim activity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: J.J. Smit --- , Republic of South Africa B.L. de Villiers --- , Republic of South Africa H.A. Smit --- , Republic of South AfricaHerbicide mixtures are used to increase efficacy on broad-leaved as well as grass weeds and/or to reduce input costs. Components of mixtures may, however, induce antagonism. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of tralkoxydim (2-(1[etoxyimino)propyl]-3-hydroxy-5-(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl) cyclohex-2-enome)... -
Potential yield losses caused by barley leaf rust and oat leaf and stem rust to South African barley and oat cultivars
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: B.D. van Niekerk --- , South Africa Z.A. Pretorius --- Department of Plant Pathology, South Africa W. H.P. Boshoff --- , South AfricaPuccinia hordei (leaf rust) on barley as well as Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae and Puccinia graminis f. sp. avenae (leaf/crown and stem rust) on oats are important diseases of these respective crops in South Africa. Notwithstanding the regular occurrence... -
Transfer of rust resistance genes from Triticum species to common wheat
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: G.F. Marais --- Department of Genetics, South Africa Z.A. Pretorius --- Department of Plant Sciences, South Africa A.S. Marais --- Department of Genetics, South Africa C.R. Wellings --- , AustraliaA programme aiming to transfer leaf rust resistance genes identified in a collection of wild Triticum species was initiated in 1993. In 2000, 25 promising backcross populations were available, 19 of which bred true for resistance. Seedlings of the above... -
Effects of sodium sulphate, sodium chloride and manganese sulphate on kikuyu (Pennisetum clandestinum) growth and ion uptake
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: A.J. Mills --- Department of Soil Science, South Africa M.V. Fey --- Department of Soil Science, South Africa C.E. Johnson --- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, USAIrrigation with saline water is increasingly practised yet an understanding of plant response to different salt types remains largely elusive. Our study investigated the effects of irrigation with simulated effluent containing three salts on the growth and composition of a... -
Citrus tristeza virus cross-protection of ‘Palmer’ navel orange in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: S.P. van Vuuren --- , J.G.J. Maritz --- , N. Combrink --- ,Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) is endemic in southern Africa due to the abundance of the citrus brown aphid, To x -optera citricida Kirk., the main insect vector. Virus-free propagation material in the Southern African Citrus Improvement Scheme is pre-inoculated with... -
Effect of species, cutting position and exogenous rooting substances on rooting of honeybush (Cyclopia spp.) cuttings
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: MM Mbangcolo --- Department of Agronomy, South Africa EY Reinten --- Department of Agronomy, South Africa GA Agenbag --- Department of Agronomy, South AfricaEffect of the cutting position, terminal and subterminal, and rooting substance on the rooting of cuttings of two Cyclopia species (Cyclopia genistoides and C. intermedia) taken in winter, spring or summer was studied under controlled glasshouse conditions. Cuttings taken in... -
Effect of an organic plant fertiliser on the establishment of rooted cuttings of two species of Cyclopia (honeybush)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: MM Mbangcolo --- Department of Agronomy, South Africa EY Reinten --- Department of Agronomy, South Africa GA Agenbag --- Department of Agronomy, South AfricaThe effect of different application rates of an organic plant fertiliser (Nitrosol®) on the establishment and early growth of rooted cuttings of Cyclopia (Fabaceae) species was evaluated. Rooted terminal and subterminal cuttings of C. intermedia and C. genistoides were transplanted... -
The efficacy of 6-benzyladenine, gibberellins4+7 and prohexadione-calcium to increase fruit size in ‘Forelle’ and ‘Abate Fetel’ pear
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Carlien Dreyer --- Department of Horticultural Science, South Africa Karen I Theron --- Department of Horticultural Science, South AfricaFruit size is an important marketing and quality parameter and has a significant effect on the economic value of fruit. The application of synthetic cytokinins are believed to enhance fruit size by stimulating and extending the cell division stage in... -
Recent population trends of African penguins Spheniscus demersus in Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: J. Kemper J-P. Roux P. A. Bartlett Y. J. Chesselet J. A. C. James R. Jones S. Wepener F. J. MolloyThe African penguin Spheniscus demersus is endemic to southern Africa and is listed overall as "vulnerable". Over the past century, however, the Namibian population has been severely reduced and is currently listed as "critically endangered". Recent trends at Possession, Halifax,... -
Is Theism a Simple, and hence Probable, Explanation for the Universe?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Philosophy • Authors: John Ostrowick --- Philosophy Department, University of Cape Town,Richard Swinburne, in his The Existence of God (2004), presents a cosmological argument in defence of theism (Swinburne 1991: 119, 135). God, Swinburne argues, is more likely to bring about an ordered universe than other states (ibid.: 144, 299). To... -
APPLICATION OF LAVSOE, AN EUTROPHICATION MODEL, TO BLOEMHOF DAM
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa • Authors: J.N. Rossouw --- ,In 1985 the Department of Water Affairs introduced an effluent phosphate standard of 1 mg l−1 (as P) in seven potentially sensitive catchments. Although this is an uniform standard, permits can be granted for effluents to exceed the standard in... -
AN HOLISTIC APPROACH TO THE MANAGEMENT OF WATER QUALITY IN FALSE BAY, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Aquatic Sciences • Authors: A. J.R. Quick --- Town Planning Branch, Cape Town City Council, South AfricaAn overview of the water quality status of False Bay identified the bacterial/viral water quality of stormwater and rivers discharging near contact recreation beaches to be the management concern of highest priority. A second water quality concern is the potential... -
Dry matter yield and quality of five annual subtropical fodder crops at different irrigation levels
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: D Marais N F G Rethman J G AnnandaleMaize, soybean, cowpeas, fodder sorghum and pearl millet were cultivated in a small plot trial under a rain shelter. The crops were subjected to four irrigation levels. The yields of fodder sorghum and pearl millet were better under severely water... -
Aboveground phytomass productivity and morphological variability of Tunisian accessions of Cenchrus ciliaris L.
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Khalil Mseddi Lobna Mnif Mohamed Chaieb Mohamed Neffati Maurice RouxThis study assessed the aboveground aerial phytomass produced by 47 accessions of Cenchrus ciliaris L. locally collected in the arid zone of Tunisia and classified into six eco-geographic groups. The extent of genetic variation in five morphologic parameters was examined... -
Dry matter yield and water use efficiency of five perennial subtropical grasses at four levels of water availability
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: D Marais N Rethman J AnnandaleThe effect of four levels of water availability on the yield and water use efficiency (WUE) of five subtropical perennial grasses was evaluated in a small plot trial under a rain shelter. The soil profiles were brought to 100% (W4... -
Towards identifying the fate of 15N applied in spring as ammonium nitrate fertiliser to a kikuyu pasture
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: G.D. Hefer --- Department of Grassland Science, Republic of South Africa D.C. Pretorius --- Department of Grassland Science, Republic of South Africa N.M. Tainton --- Department of Grassland Science, Republic of South AfricaNitrogen was applied as ammonium nitrate in solution to kikuyu pasture at 225 kg N ha‐1, split into three equal dressings and applied in October, December and February. The first, at 75 kg N ha‐1 was labelled in the ammonium... -
Responses of productive and unproductive kikuyu pastures to top‐dressed nitrogen and phosphorus fertiliser
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: N. Miles --- KwaZulu‐Natal Department of Agriculture, Republic of South AfricaIn South Africa there is widespread reliance on kikuyu grass as a source of summer forage for intensive dairy, beef and sheep enterprises. There is, however, a dearth of reliable information on the fertility requirements of kikuyu pastures. Responses of... -
Technical and institutional capacity in local organisations to manage decentralised forest resources in Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: N. Turyahabwe C.J. Geldenhuys S. Watts A.Y. BananaUganda is one of the sub-Saharan African countries that has devolved the management of forest resources. Meaningful devolution, however, requires that local governments and other community organizations should have capacity in terms of adequate and competent human resources, finance, information,... -
The Moderating Effect of Self-efficacy on Job Insecurity and Organisational Commitment Among Nigerian Public Servants
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: D.O. Adebayo --- University of Ibadan,The study examined the moderating role of self-efficacy in the relationship between perceived job insecurity and organisational commitment of survivors of retrenchment among Nigerian public workers. Using a cross-sectional survey, data was collected from 186 survivors. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis... -
The Structure of Parental Bonding in South African Students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Solomon Mashegoane --- University of Limpopo, Legesse Kassa Debusho --- University of Pretoria, Sewela Monicca Ramaboea --- University of Limpopo, Mpumelelo Marcel Mhlongo --- University of Limpopo,The Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI: Parker, Tupling & Brown, 1979) offers a practical way of conceptualizing parental experiences. In the present study, PBI scores of 522 students from a South African university were factor analyzed, yielding a three-factor structure for... -
The Socio-Historical Context of In-School Corporal Punishment in a KwaZulu-Natal Setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Viv O'Neil --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Beverley Killian --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Angela Hough --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaThis article presents part of the results of an investigation into barriers to learning in the context of HIV in Richmond, a small KwaZulu-Natal town. Participants were learners from Grades 3,6, and 9(N=117; males=59; females=58). Data were collected by individual... -
The Male Rape Survivor: Possible Meanings in the Context of Feminism and Patriarchy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Gertie Pretorius --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaThis article covers a philosophical investigation into the possible meanings of rape for male survivors. The legal definitions of rape are investigated and the impossibility of male rape—from a legal, personal and social angle—described. An analysis of male rape in... -
Student Teachers' Reflections of a Community Service Learning Experience
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Özge Hacifazlioǧlu --- Bahcesehir University, Turkey Nesrin Özdemir --- Bahcesehir University, Turkey Hüseyin Uzunboylu --- Near East University, Turkish Republic of Northern CyprusThe study examined student teachers' reflections on being involved in a social responsibility project in a community setting. Participants were 71 beginning students in two sequential cohorts (cohort 1 = 34, cohort 2 = 37). Data on their community learning... -
Efficacy of a Post-modern Group Career Assessment Intervention of Disadvantaged High School Learners
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Daleen Alexander --- University of the Witwatersrand, Joseph Seabi --- University of the Witwatersrand, David Bischof --- University of the Witwatersrand,The study used a post-modern group assessment procedure to explore career perceptions of 11 Grade 11 learners (6= males; 5= females; mean age = 17 years) from disadvantaged communities. A qualitative process of thematic content analysis was used to analyse... -
Exploring the Psychological Exteriority and Interiority of Men's Violence Against Women
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ursula Lau --- University of South Africa, Garth Stevens --- University of the Witwatersrand,This study explored male perpetrators subjective experiences of violence against their intimate partners. Participants were a convenience sample of 12 men (11 ‘Black’ and 1 ‘White’, between 18 to 70 years of age) recruited from three organisations in Johannesburg, South... -
The Lived Experiences of Sex Workers in South Africa: An Existential Phenomenological Exploration
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Gertie Pretorius --- University of Johannesburg, Dale Bricker --- University of Johannesburg,We explored the lived experiences of sex workers in South Africa by employing a phenomenological methodology. Five women between the ages of 34 and 48 years who were/are involved in this industry were interviewed between January and March 2008. Through... -
Exploring Young Black Persons' Narratives About the Apartheid Past
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Cheryl Petersen --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa Chris Venter --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa Karel Botha --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South AfricaThis study examined intergeneration narratives about the apartheid past through the retelling of 14 young black South Africans aged 16 to 21 (males =6, females =8). A qualitative categorical-content data analysis underpinned by social constructionism, explored these secondary narrative segments... -
Functions Served by Corporal Punishment: Adolescent Perspectives
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Pesanayi Gwirayi --- University of Fort Hare,This exploratory study investigated the functions served by corporal punishment as perceived by high school students in a developing country. A qualitative research design was used. Participants were a convenient sample of five high school students. Data were collected using... -
Job Demands and Resources, Psychological Conditions, Religious Coping and Work Engagement of Reformed Church Ministers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sebastiaan Rothmann --- North-West University, South Africa Chenelle Buys --- North-West University, South AfricaThis study investigated the relation between job demands and resources, psychological conditions, religious coping and work engagement of Reformed Church ministers. A cross-sectional survey design was used. Participants were 115 Reformed Church ministers (age range = 25 to 65, Afrikaans... -
‘Bhuti’: Meaning and Masculinities in Xhosa Brothering
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lisa Saville Young --- Rhodes University, South Africa Catherine Jackson --- Rhodes University, South AfricaThe article explores the connections between context, masculinity and the fraternal relationship to understand brotherhood in Xhosa culture. The participant was a Xhosa man (32 years old, with tertiary level education). Data were collected using a semi-structured interview. The data... -
Delegitimisation of Disliked Political Organisations Through Biased Language and Acronyming
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Tadios Chisango --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Calvin Gwandure --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaThe study investigated the use of biased language and acronyming in political organisations in South Africa and Zimbabwe. The study surveyed the discourses of political parties that were posted on the internet. Thematic content analysis was used to analyse the... -
Perceived Stress by Senior Secondary School Educators in a South African School District
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Reynold Abraham Sonn --- Walter Sisulu University,This study investigated perceptions of work-related stress as experienced by school personnel in a South African school district. Participants were senior secondary high school educators from five schools (n= 20, mean age = 38.6, females = 12, males = 8... -
Perceived Learner School Citizenship Behaviours in a Sample of Historically Disadvantaged South African Primary Schools
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Masilonyana Motseke --- Central University of Technology, South AfricaThis study investigated learner in-school behavioral adjustment after the banning of corporal punishment in South African schools. Participant informants were 16 teachers from eight schools in a historically disadvantaged school district. Of the 16 teachers (females=10, age range between 35... -
The Prevalence of Well-Being on Teachers in Afri Twin Schools as Well as Non Afri Twin Schools
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Werner de Klerk --- North-West University, South Africa Q. Michael Temane --- North-West University, South Africa Alida W. Nienaber --- North-West University, South AfricaThis study explored the prevalence of well-being in Afri Twin and non Afri Twin teachers. The Afri Twin project allows schools of comparable type and size in Britain and South Africa to be ‘twinned’ with each other, with a possible... -
Validating An Adapted Measure of Organisational Energy in the South African Context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Rowenna Erin Cuff --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Nicolene Barkhuizen --- North-West University, South AfricaThis study validated an adapted measure of organisational energy, namely the Energy Scapes Profile (ESP), in the South African context, considering also possible differences in perceptions of organisational energy by the participants' demographics. Participants were a convenience sample of 304... -
Self-Efficacy, Collective Efficacy and the Psychological Well-Being of Groups in Transition
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sarah M. Roos --- North-West University, South Africa Johan C. Potgieter --- North-West University, South Africa Michael Q. Temane --- North-West University, South AfricaThis study sought to determine the differential influence of self- and collective efficacy beliefs on the psychological well-being of individuals within a community in transition. A cross-sectional survey design was used to collect data from 1050 Setswana speaking participants from... -
Exploring the Attainment of Career Success
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Eileen Koekemoer --- North-West University, South Africa Sune Visagie --- North-West University, South AfricaThis study examined the role of the organisation as well as the role of the employee in the attainment of career success for senior management employees. Participants were a purposive sample of 24 senior management employees from two international financial... -
Teacher Conceptions and Preferences for Student Discipline Instruments in South African Schools: A Narrative Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ntshangase Sibusiso --- University of South Africa, Naidu Narainsamy --- University of South Africa,This study investigated the teachers' understanding of the context of alternative methods to maintain discipline in South African schools. A narrative approach was use in conducting semi-structured interviews with 10 primary school teachers (females = 80%). Data were analysed using... -
Decisions and advice about infant feeding: findings from sociological work in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Gill SeidelWhat are women's practices and experiences? And what are pregnant women being told about risks through breastfeeding in an area of high HIV seroprevalence? This work sets out to explore these two principal questions in terms of the implications for... -
Differences in Tunisian adolescents' knowledge, misconceptions and attitudes towards HIV/AIDS from 1997 to 2002
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Fethi Tebourski Aida NajemSurveys were conducted to estimate the extent to which knowledge, misconceptions and attitudes of adolescents in Tunisia towards HIV/AIDS had changed after a period of five years. A population of school-going adolescents of both sexes, age 16 to 20, was... -
Breaching cultural silence: enhancing resilience among Ugandan orphans
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Marguerite Daniel Hellen Malinga Apila Rune Bjørgo Gro Therese LieCultural silence is frequently the outcome of deep-seated taboos regarding adults talking to children about sex and death. This paper examines the impact of cultural silence on the resilience of children orphaned by AIDS in Uganda. Cultural silence is often... -
The making of vulnerabilities: understanding the differentiated effects of HIV and AIDS among street traders in Warwick Junction, Durban, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: May Chazan Alan WhitesideThe end of apartheid in South Africa has led to political-economic transition, the deregulation of cities, and increased population mobility, with growing numbers of people living and working in sub-standard and 'informal' urban conditions. These processes have created a fertile... -
Christian theology of life, death and healing in an era of antiretroviraltherapy: reflections on the responses of some Botswana churches
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Lovemore Togarasei --- Department of Theology and Religious Studies, BotswanaThis article discusses Christian understandings of life, death and healing in the context of antiretroviral (ARV) therapy. The discussion is a response to the reactions of some Botswana Pentecostal and African Independent Churches to the availability of ARV therapy, as... -
Obstacles to creating an environment conducive to HIV prevention for young people
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Roselyn Nm Kareithi --- Adolescent Health Research Unit, South Africa Crick Lund --- Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Centre for Public Mental Health, South AfricaThe external environment of an organisation influences the desired goals and interventions of that organisation in many ways. However, strategies for influencing the external context to create a more enabling environment for the interventions of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are often... -
The Madikwe Forum: a comprehensive partnership for supporting governance of Botswana's HIV and AIDS response
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Gavin George --- Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Division (HEARD), South Africa Candice Reardon --- Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Division (HEARD), South Africa Jonathan Gunthorp --- Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Division (HEARD), South Africa Themba Moeti --- African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships (ACHAP), Botswana Innocent Chingombe --- African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships (ACHAP), Botswana Lesego Busang --- African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships (ACHAP), Botswana Godfrey Musuka --- African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships (ACHAP), BotswanaThere is a need for actors within the philanthropic sector to pursue collaborative partnerships with developing nations which could result in sustainable country-led responses to HIV and AIDS. There is also a need to evaluate the structures governing these partnerships... -
Water — The common element: Lessons from antiquity and the health of the environment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: C DickensThe chief pursuit of all aquatic science is to come to know the rules that govern aquatic systems. In this pursuit many scientists move in the direction of greater diversity, where the laws that govern ecosystem relationships become increasingly confined... -
Household water sources and their contribution towards fluoride consumption in Njoro Division, Nakuru District, Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: Wkn MoturiFluoride is regarded as an essential element for the formation of healthy bones and teeth. However, high fluoride levels in drinking water have been associated with high incidences of dental fluorosis. A 1996–1997 study in Njoro Division, Nakuru District, established... -
Cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins in the source water from Lake Chivero, Harare, Zimbabwe, and the presence of cyanotoxins in drinking water
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: Lindah Mhlanga Jenny Day Gertrud Cronberg Moses Chimbari Nqobizitha Siziba Heléne AnnadotterThe phytoplankton community and cyanotoxins in Lake Chivero (formerly Lake McIlwaine) and the presence of cyanotoxins in treated drinking water were investigated between 2003 and 2004. A typical seasonal succession of Cyanobacteria species occurred from January to April, Bacillariophyta from... -
The association between invertebrates and macrophytes in a tropical reservoir, Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe: a preliminary survey
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: Lindah Mhlanga Nqobizitha SizibaThe invertebrate fauna associated with aquatic macrophytes in the littoral of Lake Kariba was studied over a three-month period in 2002. Animals from seven classes — Hirudinea, Oligochaeta, Turbellaria, Insecta, Crustacea, Bivalvia and Gastropoda — were collected. Two hirudineans, Placobdella... -
Nature of suspended particulate matter and concentrations of heavy metals in sediment in the southern part of Lake Victoria, East Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: JF Machiwa --- Department of Aquatic Environment and Conservation, TanzaniaThe concentrations of metals in bottom sediment in the Tanzanian waters of Lake Victoria and the nature of suspended particulate matter (SPM) were analysed. The objective of the study was to compare levels of metals in sediment from different locations... -
The potential for zoobenthic fauna dispersal into the St Lucia Estuary from the Mfolozi–Msunduzi estuarine system, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: RK Owen --- Coastal Research Unit of Zululand, Department of Zoology, South Africa DP Cyrus --- Coastal Research Unit of Zululand, Department of Zoology, South Africa L Vivier --- Coastal Research Unit of Zululand, Department of Zoology, South Africa HL Jerling --- Coastal Research Unit of Zululand, Department of Zoology, South AfricaThe onset of a prolonged drought in the St Lucia catchment in 2002 and subsequent mouth closure raised concern for the biota of the estuary. Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife proposed a scheme whereby the Mfolozi–Msunduzi mouth would be closed, causing fresh... -
An overview of the structure and function of microbial biofilms, with special emphasis on heterotrophic aquatic microbial communities
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: AW Muia --- Department of Biological Sciences, Kenya G Bretschko --- , Austria GJ Herndl --- Department of Biological Oceanography, The NetherlandsAn overview is presented of the formation, structure and development of biofilms, and of the roles and functions of heterotrophic microbial communities in streambeds, in order to stimulate interest and research in this field in Africa. Microbial biolfilms are of... -
Impact of marine influence and cultivation on the diatom flora of Thiaroye Pond, Dakar, Senegal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: EH Sow --- Department of Geology, Senegal CAK Fofana --- Department of Geology, Senegal C Aw --- Department of Geology, Senegal PM Ndiaye --- Department of Geology, SenegalDuring a limnological and palaeolimnological study of the western part of the Great Coast of Senegal, an analysis of diatoms was carried out in Thiaroye Pond in the suburbs of Dakar. Current diatom flora in the water and on floating... -
Rapid colonisation of artificial substrates by macroinvertebrates in a South African lentic environment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: AJ Booth --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa WT Kadye --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa T Vu --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa M Wright --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South AfricaMacroinvertebrate colonisation patterns on artificial substrates were investigated in a small reservoir in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Semi-closed 1 000 cm3 polythene netting cages filled with either brick, gravel, shredded plastic, or equal proportions of these three materials, were... -
Fish distributions in the Rondegat River, Cape Floristic Region, South Africa, and the immediate impact of rotenone treatment in an invaded reach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: OLF Weyl --- , South Africa BR Ellender --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa DJ Woodford --- , South Africa MS Jordaan --- , South AfricaAlien fishes are considered the most serious threat to native headwater stream fishes in South Africa. A 4 km reach of the Rondegat River is the first section of a South African river to be rehabilitated through the attempted removal... -
Breeding biology and nestling development of the Grasshopper Buzzard
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: R Buij --- Institute of Environmental Sciences, The Netherlands K Kortekaas --- Institute of Environmental Sciences, The Netherlands I Folkertsma --- Institute of Environmental Sciences, The Netherlands M van der Velde --- Behavioural Ecology and Self-organization, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, The Netherlands J Komdeur --- Behavioural Ecology and Self-organization, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, The Netherlands HH de Iongh --- Institute of Environmental Sciences, The NetherlandsResearch into the effect of environmental variables on reproductive success of tropical raptors is often constrained by the lack of information on breeding biology. We provide the first detailed information of the breeding biology and nestling development of the Grasshopper... -
Morphometric sexing of Mediterranean Yellow-legged Gulls Larus michahellis michahellis breeding in the Gulf of Gabès, southern Tunisia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Abdessalem Hammouda --- Département des Sciences de la Vie, Faculté des Sciences de Gabès, Tunisia Slaheddine Selmi --- Département des Sciences de la Vie, Faculté des Sciences de Gabès, TunisiaDiscriminant analysis functions have previously been determined for sexing Mediterranean Yellow-legged Gulls Larus michahellis michahellis from the western Mediterranean basin. However, data from eastern Mediterranean populations are lacking. In this work, we used morphometric data from a sample of 81... -
Variations in bird communities of the Saharan mountains
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Michel Clouet --- Association Régionale Ornithologique du Midi et des Pyrénées (AROMP), Muséum Histoire Naturelle, France Jean Joachim --- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Comportement et Ecologie de la Faune Sauvage, Chemin de Borde Rouge, FranceCharacteristics and variations of the bird communities in the Saharan mountains were evaluated in five massifs from West to East: the Adrar of Mauritania, the Ahaggar in Algeria, the Adrar of the Iforas in north-eastern Mali, the Aïr Mountains in... -
MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE POWDERS, PROPERTIES AND POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS IN NUTRITION
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: H. Steege B. Phillipp R.E. Nest G. Magister H.J. Lewerenz D. Bleyl Reeves -
Productivity Studies of a Large Scale Semi-mechanised Harvesting System for Shortwood in Hilly Terrain
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: R.M. de Laborde --- ,Large scale extraction of shortwood E. grandis timber by means of a semi-mechanised system in hilly terrain gives high productivity from clearfellings. The system employs wheeled tractors and manually loaded low-bed trailers for infield shortwood harvesting. Loads of five to... -
APPLICATION OF LAVSOE, AN EUTROPHICATION MODEL, TO BLOEMHOF DAM
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: J.N. Rossouw --- ,In 1985 the Department of Water Affairs introduced an effluent phosphate standard of 1 mg l−1 (as P) in seven potentially sensitive catchments. Although this is an uniform standard, permits can be granted for effluents to exceed the standard in... -
Dissolved Oxygen Characteristics of the Gamtoos Estuary, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: M. W. Pearce E. H. SchumannThe fall and recovery of dissolved oxygen (DO) is documented throughout the Gamtoos Estuary, South Africa during dry conditions and following light and heavy rainfall over a 13-month period from November 1992 to November 1993. Hypoxic conditions generally occurred in... -
Population, Breeding, Diet and Conservation of the Crozet Shag Phalacrocorax [atriceps] Melanogenis at Marion Island, 1994/95–2002/03
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: R. J. M. Crawford J. Cooper B. M. Dyer A. C. Wolfaardt D. Tshingana K. Spencer S. L. Petersen J. L. Nel D. G. Keith C. L. Holness B. Hanise M. D. Greyling M. Du ToitThe number of Crozet shags or cormorants Phalacrocorax [atriceps] melanogenis breeding at subantarctic Marion Island decreased by 68% from 841 pairs in 1994/95 to 272 pairs in 2002/03. The mean number of pairs at colonies also decreased and was significantly... -
Patterns of immigration to and emigration from breeding colonies by African penguins
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: PA Whittington RM Randall RJM Crawford AC Wolfaardt NTW Klages BM Randall PA Bartlett YJ Chesselet R JonesOf over 20 000 African penguins Spheniscus demersus that had been flipper-banded as chicks between 1978 and 1999, 2% of those re-sighted after fledging settled to breed at non-natal colonies. This represented 14% of the banded birds that were subsequently... -
Surviving off junk: low-energy prey dominates the diet of African penguins Spheniscus demersus at Mercury Island, Namibia, between 1996 and 2009
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: K Ludynia --- Animal Demography Unit, Department of Zoology, South Africa J-P Roux --- Animal Demography Unit, Department of Zoology, South Africa R Jones --- Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Namibia J Kemper --- Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Namibia LG Underhill --- Animal Demography Unit, Department of Zoology, South AfricaThe diet of African penguins Spheniscus demersus in Namibia consisted mainly of sardine Sardinops sagax in the 1950s. Since the collapse of pelagic fish stocks in the 1970s, birds fed mainly on bearded (pelagic) goby Sufflogobius bibarbatus, a low-energy prey... -
Allozyme and mtDNA variation of white seabream Diplodus sargus populations in a transition area between western and eastern Mediterranean basins (Siculo-Tunisian Strait)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: M Kaouèche --- Unité de Recherche de Biologie, Ecologie et Parasitologie des Organismes Aquatiques, Tunis L Bahri-Sfar --- Unité de Recherche de Biologie, Ecologie et Parasitologie des Organismes Aquatiques, Tunis M González-Wangüemert --- Departamento de Ecología e Hidrología, Facultad de Biología, Spain Á Pérez-Ruzafa --- Departamento de Ecología e Hidrología, Facultad de Biología, Spain OK Ben Hassine --- Unité de Recherche de Biologie, Ecologie et Parasitologie des Organismes Aquatiques, TunisTo investigate the possible influence of the Siculo-Tunisian Strait on the genetic structure of white seabream Diplodus sargus, 13 polymorphic allozyme loci and a fragment of the cytochrome b mito-chondrial DNA were analysed. Allozyme data indicated a moderate but significant... -
Collapse of South Africa's penguins in the early 21st century
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: RJM Crawford --- Oceans and Coasts, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa R Altwegg --- Animal Demography Unit, South Africa BJ Barham --- , UK PJ Barham --- Animal Demography Unit, South Africa JM Durant --- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biology, Norway BM Dyer --- Oceans and Coasts, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa D Geldenhuys --- , South Africa AB Makhado --- Oceans and Coasts, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa L Pichegru --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, South Africa PG Ryan --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, South Africa LG Underhill --- Animal Demography Unit, South Africa L Upfold --- Oceans and Coasts, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa J Visagie --- , South Africa LJ Waller --- Animal Demography Unit, South Africa PA Whittington --- , South AfricaThe number of African penguins Spheniscus demersus breeding in South Africa collapsed from about 56 000 pairs in 2001 to some 21 000 pairs in 2009, a loss of 35 000 pairs (>60%) in eight years. This reduced the global... -
A significant and unappreciated intertidal mytiloidean genus: the biology and functional morphology of Brachidontes puniceus (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) from the Cape Verde Islands
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: Brian Morton --- Department of Zoology, UKBrachidontes puniceus (Gmelin 1791) occurs on all the islands of the Cape Verde Archipelago and along the West African coast from Mauritania to Ghana. The species is morphologically, in terms of its acutely heteromyarian form, strong byssal attachment, stout ligament,... -
Identifying management preferences, institutional organisational rules, and their capacity to improve fisheries management in Pemba, Mozambique
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: TR McClanahan --- , USA JE Cinner --- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, Australia C Abunge --- , USAThe potential to improve the management of fisheries in Pemba, Mozambique, were explored by evaluating stakeholder's preferences for management and the key institutional design elements of the fisheries organisations or community councils of fisheries (CCPs). We interviewed fishers, community leaders... -
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... -
Patterns and drivers of marine bioinvasions in eight Western Cape harbours, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: K Peters --- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa C Griffiths --- Marine Biology Research Centre, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa TB Robinson --- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, South AfricaIn South Africa, fouling is the dominant vector of marine invasions, being responsible for 48% of the 86 alien introductions that are known. This study aimed to document alien species in fouling assemblages in eight Western Cape harbours and to... -
Assessing Pharmaceutical Innovation in Tunisia: An Empirical Survey on Firms' Knowledge-Capital and an Analysis of the National Sectoral Innovation System
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Nejla Yacoub --- Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences, TunisiaThe objective of this research was to assess pharmaceutical innovation in Tunisia. First, we examined the national sectoral innovation system (NSIS), focusing on the objectives and instruments of the industrial and innovation policy. Second, we adopted an empirical approach based... -
Excavator-based processor operator productivity and cost analysis in Zululand, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: G Hogg --- Department of Forest and Wood Science, South Africa R Pulkki --- Department of Forest and Wood Science, South Africa P Ackerman --- Department of Forest and Wood Science, South AfricaOperator impact on productivity and cost using similar processor machines was addressed in this case study. The study had two objectives: (1) determine the extent of operator productivity variation between six processor operators in a harvesting operation; and (2) determine... -
Fibre volume losses of eight softwood clearfell harvesting systems in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: P Ackerman --- Department of Forest and Wood Science, South Africa R Pulkki --- Department of Forest and Wood Science, South AfricaA study of both fibre volume loss and related opportunity cost was performed across the South African softwood sawtimber industry to gain information on the actual utilisation of useful fibre and potential loss or gain of opportunity in terms of... -
Use and neglect of best-practice HIV/AIDS programme guides by South African companies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Ronald Whelan David Dickinson Tessa MurrayNumerous guidelines set out best-practice policies for HIV/AIDS interventions in the workplace. This study analysed 14 recognised codes and guidelines to gain an understanding of the theoretical consensus regarding the key components of best-practice workplace HIV/AIDS interventions. Nine key components... -
School managers' understanding of HIV/AIDS in Gauteng, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: UchennaB Amadi-IhunwoThis paper presents the diverse understandings of HIV/AIDS and people living with HIV (PLHIV) revealed by school managers in a selection of public schools in Gauteng Province, South Africa. Discussions with school managers emerged as part of a larger investigation... -
Wellness programme and health policy development at a large faith-based organisation in Khayelitsha, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: ElizabethD ArendThis paper presents a case study of wellness programme and health policy development based on an HIV/AIDS organisation's Khayelitsha site in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. The study examines the different challenges that the organisation faces in relation to... -
Anthropological perspectives on the challenges to monitoring and evaluating HIV and AIDS programming in Lesotho
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: David Turkon --- Department of Anthropology, United States David Himmelgreen --- Department of Anthropology, United States Nancy Romero-Daza --- Department of Anthropology, United States Charlotte Noble --- Department of Anthropology, United StatesThis article focuses on how numerous international nongovernmental organisations (INGOs) have stepped forward to provide services related to HIV and AIDS prevention and treatment in Lesotho. We highlight some widely recognised challenges associated with the INGO approach and describe how... -
Artistic activities and cultural activism as responses to HIV/AIDS in Harare, Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Susan Pietrzyk --- Department of Anthropology, United StatesOver the last two decades both the number and types of civil-society-led organisations involved in addressing HIV and AIDS have increased dramatically. In many cases, the work undertaken is thoughtfully researched, appropriately focused, and as a result produces positive outcomes... -
Experiences of collaboration, coordination and efficiency in the delivery of HIV/AIDS home-based care in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: John Mazzeo --- Department of Anthropology, United States Loveness Makonese --- Department of Sociology and Anthropology, South AfricaThe difficulties of achieving successful collaboration between stakeholders can lead to uncoordinated and fragmented outcomes for HIV/AIDS programming, which has consequences for the immediate health and livelihood security of the intended beneficiaries. This article examines the collaboration between local, national... -
Temporal trends in total phosphorus, temperature, oxygen, chlorophyll a and phytoplankton populations in Hartbeespoort Dam and Roodeplaat Dam, South Africa, between 1980 and 2000
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: CarinE van Ginkel MichaelJ SilberbauerEutrophication, phytoplankton blooms and changes to the phytoplankton composition are some of the problems facing the managers of Hartbeespoort Dam and Roodeplaat Dam. Trends, both decreasing and increasing, are visible in the phosphorus concentrations, temperatures, dissolved oxygen concentrations and chlorophyll... -
The response of the diatom flora of St Lucia Lake and estuary, South Africa, to a severe drought
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: GC Bate PA SmailesLake St. Lucia, South Africa's largest estuarine system, was isolated from the sea by a beach berm throughout a severe drought from 2002 to 2007, with the lake water level being extremely low over much of its total area. A... -
Macroinvertebrate colonisation of artificial substrates in a Nigerian river I: gravel and leaf litter
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: JO Olomukoro U OkologumeBenthic macroinvertebrate colonisation of artificial gravel and leaf litter substrates over periods of four to 40 days was examined in the Ogba River, Benin City, Nigeria. Of all the assemblages of organisms identified (398 individuals, 27 taxa) on different substrates,... -
Diving behaviour of African penguins: do they differ from other Spheniscus penguins?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: PG Ryan SL Petersen A Simeone D GrémilletAfrican penguins Spheniscus demersus closely resemble Magellanic S. magellanicus and Humboldt S. humboldti penguins and have similar breeding and feeding ecologies. Adults feed on pelagic schooling fish in continental shelf waters, but African penguins have been reported to have shallower... -
Influences of the abundance and distribution of prey on African penguins Spheniscus demersus off western South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: RJM Crawford LG Underhill JC Coetzee T Fairweather LJ Shannon AC WolfaardtOff South Africa, anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus and sardine Sardinops sagax are the main prey of African penguins Spheniscus demersus. The combined spawner biomass of these fish increased from less than one million t in 1996 to more than nine million... -
Recent distributional changes of seabirds in South Africa: is climate having an impact?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: RJM Crawford AJ Tree PA Whittington J Visagie L Upfold KJ Roxburg AP Martin BM DyerThere have been recent changes in the distributions of several seabirds in South Africa. In the mid-1990s, breeding of Leach's storm petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa was recorded in the Western Cape, the first record for the Southern Hemisphere. There was a... -
Simultaneous extraction of chitin and astaxanthin from waste of lobsters Jasus lalandii, and use of astaxanthin as an aquacultural feed additive
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: L Auerswald G GädeThis work investigates simple methods for simultaneous extraction of astaxanthin and chitin from industrial waste of the South African West Coast rock lobster Jasus lalandii. Removal of proteins from waste is the critical step to yield intact chitin and astaxanthin... -
Impact of the Treasure oil spill on African penguins Spheniscus demersus at Dassen Island: case study of a rescue operation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: AC Wolfaardt LG Underhill R Altwegg J Visagie AJ WilliamsThe bulk ore carrier MV Treasure sank between Robben and Dassen islands off western South Africa in June 2000. Although releasing less oil than the Apollo Sea spill six years earlier, the number of African penguins Spheniscus demersus oiled (approximately... -
Restoration of oiled African penguins Spheniscus demersus a decade after the Apollo Sea spill
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: AC Wolfaardt LG Underhill R Altwegg J VisagieThe bulk ore carrier Apollo Sea sank south-west of Dassen Island off western South Africa in June 1994, oiling approximately 10 000 African penguins Spheniscus demersus, most of which were collected from Dassen Island. A total of 4 076 de-oiled... -
Breeding success of African penguins Spheniscus demersus at Dassen Island, especially after oiling following the Apollo Sea spill
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: AC Wolfaardt LG Underhill DC Nel AJ Williams J VisagieThe reproductive success of African penguins Spheniscus demersus at Dassen Island from 1994 to 2000 was variable, but much higher than previously reported figures for the species. Breeding success was positively related to the abundance of anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus and... -
Impact of flipper-banding on breeding success of African penguins Spheniscus demersus at Robben Island: comparisons among silicone rubber bands, stainless-steel bands and no bands
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: PJ Barham LG Underhill RJM Crawford TM Leshoro DA BoltonFrom 2001 to 2006, two new designs of flipper bands made from silicone rubbers were tested on African penguins Spheniscus demersus at 365 nests on Robben Island, South Africa. We compared, over six years, the breeding success, from hatching to... -
Comparison of moult phenology of African penguins Spheniscus demersus at Robben and Dassen islands
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: AC Wolfaardt LG Underhill RJM CrawfordDassen and Robben islands are approximately 50 km apart, and currently support the largest and third largest populations of African penguins Spheniscus demersus respectively. At both islands, moult is the most synchronised and seasonal activity of the annual cycle. The... -
Review of the rescue, rehabilitation and restoration of oiled seabirds in South Africa, especially African penguins Spheniscus demersus and Cape gannets Morus capensis, 1983–2005
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: AC Wolfaardt AJ Williams LG Underhill RJM Crawford PA WhittingtonSouth Africa is a global hotspot for oil pollution. The regional oiled seabird cleaning centre, the South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB), has handled over 50 000 seabirds from its inception in 1968 until 2005. The... -
High genetic homogeneity of the moon jelly Aurelia aurita (Scyphozoa, Semaeostomeae) along the Mediterranean coast of Tunisia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: AR Ben Faleh A Ben Othmen T Deli A Annabi K SaidThe moon jelly Aurelia aurita is one of the most common and widespread species of scyphomedusa in the Mediterranean Sea. In all, 18 allozyme loci were studied to investigate the genetic variation and population structure of 11 A. aurita populations... -
Breeding and moult phenology of African penguins Spheniscus demersus at Dassen Island
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: AC Wolfaardt --- , South Africa LG Underhill --- Animal Demography Unit, Department of Zoology, South Africa J Visagie --- , South AfricaThe breeding and moult phenology of African penguins Spheniscus demersus at Dassen Island form part of a variable annual cycle. Between 1994 and 2006, African penguins bred throughout the year. Most of this period was characterised by favourable feeding conditions... -
Recent trends in numbers of Crozet shags breeding at the Prince Edward Islands
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: RJM Crawford --- Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa PG Ryan --- , South Africa BM Dyer --- Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa L Upfold --- Department of Environmental Affairs, South AfricaNumbers of Crozet shags Phalacrocorax [atriceps] melanogenis breeding at Marion Island decreased by more than 70% from 840 pairs in 1994/1995 to 220 pairs in 2003/2004 and then increased to some 500 pairs in 2008/2009. The trends are thought to... -
Impact of the invader Ipomoea hildebrandtii on grass biomass, nitrogen mineralisation and determinants of its seedling establishment in Kajiado, Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: JK Mworia JI Kinyamario EA JohnThe invasive coloniser Ipomoea hildebrandtii aggravates the problem of inadequate grass forage in Kajiado district, Kenya. To test its impact on grass biomass, nitrogen (N) mineralisation and seedling establishment, grazing and coloniser density were controlled using experimental exclosures and weeding... -
A comparison of deterministically predicted genetic gains with those realised in a South African Eucalyptus grandis breeding program
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: SD Verryn CL Snedden KA EatwellTree breeders attempt to predict the genetic gains that are likely to be achieved through selection and breeding of new generations, using stochastic or deterministic modelling. There are many factors that may cause a discrepancy between the predicted and realised... -
Female-biased mortality in African penguins
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: L Pichegru --- DST/NRF Centre of Excellence at the Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, Department of Zoology, South Africa NJ Parsons --- Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds, South AfricaSex-biased mortality can increase the risk of extinction of threatened populations. Numbers of the endangered African penguin Spheniscus demersus are decreasing rapidly and the smaller size of females, associated with their higher foraging effort during the breeding season, may place... -
Congruent, decreasing trends of gentoo penguins and Crozet shags at sub-Antarctic Marion Island suggest food limitation through common environmental forcing
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: RJM Crawford --- Branch: Oceans and Coasts, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa BM Dyer --- Branch: Oceans and Coasts, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa L Upfold --- Branch: Oceans and Coasts, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa AB Makhado --- Branch: Oceans and Coasts, Department of Environmental Affairs, South AfricaNumbers of gentoo penguins Pygoscelis papua and Crozet shags Phalacrocorax [atriceps] melanogenis breeding annually at Marion Island, one of South Africa's Prince Edward Islands in the South-West Indian Ocean, were strongly correlated over 19 split-years from 1994/1995 to 2012/2013. Both... -
Cannabinoid antagonist in obesity treatment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: M-T Van der Merwe --- Netcare Bariatric Centers of Excellence, Netcare Ltd, -
Time to face the book?: "Unfriending" IV fluids. Where are we currently with fluid administration in anaesthesia and critical care?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Z Farina --- Anaesthesia, -
The value of medical student hepatitis B immunisation as part of clinical skills training in the Clinical Skills Unit of the University of the Free State
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: EAM Prinsloo --- Department of Family Medicine, G Joubert --- Department of Biostatistics, L De Bruyn --- Clinical Skills Unit, S Adam --- Department of Family Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences, J Botes --- Department of Family Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences,Background: It is compulsory for medical students of the University of the Free State to be immunised against hepatitis B before they have contact with clinical patients. Previously, the students were vaccinated on campus at the student health services. With... -
The barriers and challenges to Health Promotion in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: RD Govender --- Department of Family Medicine, -
Feminism and the ethics of care
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Knapp D van Bogaert --- Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics, Faculty of Health Sciences, GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine and PHC, Faculty of Health Sciences,In a world where the physician-patient relationship is dominated by “male” values of autonomy and rights, space must be given to the no less important “feminine” values of care and connectivity. Both are necessary and complementary. -
Factors impacting on organisational learning in three rural health districts
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: KP Vermaak --- Centre for Rural Health, SJ Reid --- Centre for Rural Health, CM Horwood --- Centre for Rural Health,Background: Access to quality health care in rural areas may be compromised not only by the inadequate numbers of skilled professional staff, but also by the lack of skills of the health professionals who are employed in rural facilities, due... -
Reconstructed Living Lab: supporting drug users and families through co-operative counselling using mobile phone technology
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: MB Parker --- Faculty of Informatics and Design, South Africa J Wills --- School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, United Kingdom GB Wills --- School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, United KingdomBackground: There is a recognised problem with drug taking in South Africa. In socially deprived areas immediate help for drug users and their families is a problem. As part of their work in a community in tension, Impact Direct Ministries... -
Varenicline: a new pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation in primary care practice
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: N Robson --- University Malaya, MalaysiaBackground: Cigarette smoking causes significant morbidity and mortality and is a major public health concern worldwide. Primary care doctors are in a unique position that enables them to promote smoking cessation, as smokers are more aware of their health at... -
The challenges experienced by nongovernmental organisations with regard to the roll-out of antiretroviral therapy in KwaZulu-Natal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: J Michel --- Department of Health Studies, MC Matlakala --- Department of Health Studies,Background: Successful administration of antiretroviral therapy (ART) requires full adherence to the regimen by the patient. The introduction of ART needs a well-functioning health system with adequately trained health professionals, laboratory support, a constant supply of drugs and social systems... -
Nurses' monitoring of the Road to Health Chart at primary healthcare level in Makhado, Limpopo province
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: G Kitenge --- Louis Trichardt Memorial Hospital, I Govender --- Department of Family Medicine,Background: The Road to Health Chart (RTHC) is a record chart carried by the caregiver that combines essential information on the growth monitoring of a child, immunisation, vitamin A supplementation, deworming medicine and other illnesses. It provides useful information to... -
Angiotensin II type 1 receptor antagonists and their combinations in the treatment of hypertension
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: JA Ker --- Department of Internal Medicine, -
Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists: a new approach to type 2 diabetes management
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Lambert Lynn [AN0001]Despite advances in options for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, optimal glycaemic control is often not achieved. Hypoglycaemia and weight gain that are associated with many antidiabetic medications may interfere with the implementation and long-term application of treatment strategies... -
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,... -
Job Retention Factors, Perceived Career Mobility and Organisational Commitment in the South African Financial Sector
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Tanzia F. Joāo --- University of South Africa, Melinde Coetzee --- University of South Africa,This study explores job retention factors, perceived career mobility and organisational commitment among early career employees. Participants were professional auditors, accountants and financial staff (N = 82) in the finance industry in South Africa (57% = females, 70% White, age... -
Work Engagement, Organisational Commitment, Job Resources and Job Demands of Teachers Working Within Disadvantaged High Schools in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lyndsay Kristine Field --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Johanna Hendrina Buitendach --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaThe study determined the relationship between work engagement, organisational commitment, job resources and job demands of teachers (N = 117) working within two historically disadvantaged high schools in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. A cross-sectional design was used (N = 117). Participants... -
Incidental finding of hypertension and diminished femoral pulses: short-segment stenosis of the aorta just distal to the origin of the left subclavian artery
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: S Ellemdin --- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, P Soma --- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, MIE Hassen --- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, -
Sports contribution to open communication in a workplace: a qualitative study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Yvonne T. Joubert --- University of South Africa,This study explored employees’ perceptions of the contribution that conversations about sport have on workplace social bonding. Participants were 63 sport participants from nine different financial organisations in the Gauteng region of South Africa (33% were female and 67% were... -
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... -
Planned intervention and organisational development: the role of leadership in change initiatives
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Victor E. Dike --- National University,Every system - organisation or human being - has the tendency of striving to change for the better. Although the process can be planned or unplanned, it involves continuous adjustment to a new environment. This paper focuses on the role... -
Exploring risk and protective mechanisms associated with HIV infection among adolescents in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Pamela Naidoo --- Population Health, Health Systems and Innovation, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Geri Donenberg --- Department of Medicine, United States Alicia Davids --- Population Health, Health Systems and Innovation, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Kim Jonas --- Population Health, Health Systems and Innovation, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Redwaan Vermaak --- Population Health, Health Systems and Innovation, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Leickness Simbayi --- Population Health, Health Systems and Innovation, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Ashraf Kagee --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Catherine Ward --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Erin Emersen --- Department of Medicine, United StatesThis study explored South African adolescents’ perceived risk and protection for HIV infection. Adolescents (N=28) with a mean age of 14.6 years receiving mental health care participated in Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) to engage in an in-depth exploration of their... -
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... -
Rethinking technological choices and knowledge production in the mines and on the factory floor: Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha's experiences in central India
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Radhika Krishnan --- Centre for Studies in Science Policy, IndiaThis paper seeks to locate in the experiences of the Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha, a workers’ collective in Central India, an alternative model of technological transfer. Responding to the proposal of large-scale mechanisation of the iron ore mines in Central India,... -
Computerised inventory management for a manufacturing industry: A case study in Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Emmanuel Seye Owoeye --- Mechanical Engineering Department, Nigeria Samuel Babatope Adejuyigbe --- Mechanical Engineering Department, Nigeria Bukola Olalekan Bolaji --- Mechanical Engineering Department, Nigeria A.F. Adekoya --- Computer Science Department, NigeriaVarious authors have suggested that the cost of purchasing and holding inventory can account for as much as 60%–80% of the total cost of a product or service. Usually, only some of the inventory (about 10%) contributes to 70%–80% of... -
Potassium maldistribution revisited
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Justine Pietersen --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, South Africa Andrew Levin --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, South AfricaObjective: This study investigated the maldistribution of concentrated 15% potassium chloride after injection into one-litre, flexible, Ringer’s lactate bags. -
Racing risk, gendering responsibility: a qualitative study of how South African students talk about sexual risk and responsibility
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Mary van der Riet --- Psychology, School of Applied Human Sciences, South Africa Tamaryn Jane Nicholson --- Psychology, School of Applied Human Sciences, South AfricaIndividuals’ perceptions of risk have implications for whether and how they engage with protective strategies. This study investigated how sexual risk, specifically HIV and pregnancy and responsibility for these risks were constructed in discussions across five groups of youth in... -
Communication characteristics of young children with HIV in South Africa as reported by some physicians
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Michelle Hattam --- Con Amore School, South Africa Brenda Louw --- Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, United States Salome Geertsema --- Communication Pathology, South AfricaHIV has been shown to have significant effects on the development of a child. Currently, there is limited South African research regarding HIV and specific characteristics of communication development, and the treatment thereof, in the child infected with HIV. The... -
Practicing pan-Africanism: an anthropological perspective on exile-host relations at Kongwa, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Christian A. Williams --- Institute for Reconciliation and Social Justice, South AfricaThis paper explores exile-host relations at Kongwa, where southern Africa's first guerrilla soldiers lived alongside villagers in rural, central Tanzania between 1964 and 1978. Drawing from the author's previous research on SWAPO's exile camps, recent publications about the ANC in... -
Traditional Acholi mechanisms for reintegrating Ugandan child abductees
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Eric Awich Ochen --- Department of Social Work and Social Administration, UgandaUsing a mainly qualitative approach, this paper analyses the presence, significance and efficacy of traditional mechanisms for the protection of children from conflicts and other adverse situations. Contemporary child protection debates seem to put emphasis on the western construction of... -
Dealing and sharing: the construction of community in a Pretoria public park
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Dennis Edward Webster --- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, South AfricaThis paper describes how a group of men, who are invisible to the state because they possess no formal legal documentation, such as ID books or passports, and do not take part in the formal economy, live in a public... -
Organisational and individual strengths use as predictors of engagement and productivity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Frederick W. Stander --- Optentia Research Programme, South Africa Karina Mostert --- WorkWell Research Unit, South Africa Leon T. de Beer --- WorkWell Research Unit, South AfricaThis study sought to determine whether Perceived Organisational Support for Strengths Use (POSSU) and Proactive Behaviour towards Strengths Use (PBSU) predict engagement and productivity in a sample of South African call centre operators. Participants were 218 call centre operators within... -
Performance appraisal systems — equity perceptions of mathematics teachers: an exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Michael Kainose Mhlolo --- Faculty of Education, South AfricaThis study investigated equity perceptions of a school based performance appraisal system in a subject discipline. Participants were 110 mathematics teachers (females = 10%) and 12 school principals (females = 25%). They completed a questionnaire on distributive, procedural and interactional justice regarding the performance... -
Experiences of stereotyping among individuals employed in selected South African organisations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lizelle Brink --- Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, South Africa Jan Alewyn Nel --- Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, South AfricaThis study investigated the effects of stereotypes among individuals working in selected South African organisations. The participants were 336 employees within the following sectors: banking (n = 40), higher education institutions (n = 72), mining (n = 63), municipalities (n = 24), nursing (n = 4), police services (n = 20), schools... -
Distribution of Lilian's Lovebirds in Malawi
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Tiwonge I Mzumara --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa Michael R Perrin --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa Colleen T Downs --- School of Life Sciences, South AfricaLilian's Lovebird Agapornis lilianae is regarded as a mopane Colophospermum mopane woodland specialist. Its global population is sparse and is spread along the Zambezi valley with little known about its current distribution and status. We explored the current distribution of... -
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... -
Sexual size dimorphism in montane cordylid lizards: a case study of the dwarf crag lizard, Pseudocordylus nebulosus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Eloise Costandius --- Department of Botany & Zoology, South Africa P. le Fras N. Mouton --- Department of Botany & Zoology, South AfricaThe aim of this study was to provide information on sexual size dimorphism (SSD) in Pseudocordylus nebulosus and to discuss the observed variation in SSD among montane cordylids. Data for P. nebulosus were recorded in the Landdroskop area in the... -
Reproductive cycle of the Namaqua sand lizard, Pedioplanis namaquensis (Squamata: Lacertidae), from southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Stephen R. Goldberg --- Department of Biology, U.S.A.The reproductive cycle of the Namaqua sand lizard, Pedioplanis namaquensis, from southern Africa is described from histological examination of gonadal material from museum specimens. Males followed a seasonal testicular cycle in which sperm was produced in January–March and September–December. Testes... -
Variation in the timing of reproduction of the four-striped field mouse, Rhabdomys pumilio, in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Claire Jackson --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa Ric T. F. Bernard --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaWe used the four-striped field mouse, Rhabdomys pumilio (Sparrmann, 1784), to test the hypothesis that reproduction in a small, short-lived mammal will be opportunistic, characterized by temporal and spatial variation in the timing of events, and only be inhibited under... -
Potential of Metriaclima lanisticola (Teleostei: Cichlidae) for biological control of schistosome intermediate host snails
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Mary Lundeba --- Aquaculture and Fisheries Science Department, Malawi Jeremy S. Likongwe --- Aquaculture and Fisheries Science Department, Malawi Henry Madsen --- DBL Center for Health Research and Development, Denmark Jay R. Stauffer --- School of Forest Resources, Penn State University, U.S.A.Metriaclima lanisticola, a native cichlid of Lake Malawi, was studied under laboratory conditions to evaluate its possible role as a predator of snails (Bulinus spp.). Bulinus globosus, B. nyassanus and B. tropicus were used as prey. B. globosus and B... -
Competition and niche partitioning in a floodplain ecosystem: a cladoceran community squeezed between fish and invertebrate predation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Markus Lindholm --- Department of Biology, Norway Dag Olav Hessen --- Department of Biology, NorwaySeasonal floodplains occasionally comprise highly productive zooplankton communities which are exposed to rapid shifts in predator regimes, also between vertebrate and invertebrate predators.We recorded the impact of two co-occurring zooplankton predators, the notonectid Anisops sardea and 0+ fish fry of... -
The effects of organic and conventional management practices on feeding activity of soil organisms in vineyards
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: A. J. Reinecke --- Department of Botany and Zoology, South Africa R. M. C. Albertus --- Department of Botany and Zoology, South Africa S. A. Reinecke --- Department of Botany and Zoology, South Africa O. Larink --- Technical University, GermanyThis study investigated whether the activity of soil organisms in a vineyard soil in the Western Cape, South Africa, was affected differently by different management practices. The influences of organic and conventional treatments were compared in two vineyard blocks, one... -
Faecal analysis suggests generalist diets in three species of Western Cape cordylids
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: S. Clusella-Trullas --- Department of Botany and Zoology, South Africa A. Botes --- Department of Botany and Zoology, South AfricaClimate has been proposed as an explanation for the present-day distribution of closely-related melanistic and non-melanistic cordylid species in the southwestern Cape of South Africa. However, diet may also contribute towards shaping geographic distributions. We present preliminary data on diet... -
Morphometric variation in the Tunisian green frog, Rana saharica Anura: Ranidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Nabil Amor --- Research Unit: Genetics, Biodiversity and Bio-Resources Development, Biotechnology Institute of Monastir, Tunisia Sarra Farjallah --- Research Unit: Genetics, Biodiversity and Bio-Resources Development, Biotechnology Institute of Monastir, Tunisia Khaled Said --- Research Unit: Genetics, Biodiversity and Bio-Resources Development, Biotechnology Institute of Monastir, TunisiaRana saharica is the most widely distributed anuran in Tunisia. We examined morphological variation in 124 specimens as a function of their geographical origin, using univariate and multivariate statistics with traditional morphometrics. Our results supported the existence of three morphotypes... -
Habitat preferences of three sympatric lacertid lizards in the arid Tankwa Karoo Basin of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: I. J. du Plessis --- Department of Botany and Zoology, South Africa P. le F. N. Mouton --- Department of Botany and Zoology, South AfricaFour lacertid lizards, Pedioplanis laticeps, P. lineo-ocellata, Meroles knoxii and Nucras tessellata, occur sympatrically on the arid plains of the Tankwa Karoo Basin in South Africa. The aim of this study was to determine whether the four species are spatially... -
Are melanistic populations of the Karoo girdled lizard, Karusasaurus polyzonus, relics or ecotypes? A molecular investigation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Hanlie M. Engelbrecht --- Department of Botany and Zoology, South Africa P. le Fras N. Mouton --- Department of Botany and Zoology, South Africa Savel R. Daniels --- Department of Botany and Zoology, South AfricaIt has been proposed that melanism in cordylids evolved in response to a single climatic event and that melanistic populations of Karusasaurus polyzonus are relictual. This study investigates the genetic relationships of melanistic and non-melanistic populations of K. polyzonus along... -
Spatial and temporal population dynamics of rodents in three geographically different regions in Africa: Implication for ecologically-based rodent management
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Apia W. Massawe --- Pest Management Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania Loth S. Mulungu --- Pest Management Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania Rhodes H. Makundi --- Pest Management Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania Nomfundo Dlamini --- Department of Biological Sciences, Swaziland Seth J. Eiseb --- National Museum of Namibia, Namibia Frikkie Kirsten --- Agricultural Research Council-Plant Protection Research Institute, South Africa Themb’alilahlwa Mahlaba --- Department of Biological Sciences, Swaziland Phanuel Malebane --- Agricultural Research Council-Plant Protection Research Institute, South Africa Emil Von Maltitz --- Agricultural Research Council-Plant Protection Research Institute, South Africa Ara Monadjem --- Department of Biological Sciences, Swaziland Peter Taylor --- Durban Natural Science Museum, Heritage and Libraries Department, South Africa Vassana Tutjavi --- National Museum of Namibia, Namibia Steven R. Belmain --- Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, U.K.As part of a three-year study to develop ecologically-based rodent management (EBRM) in southern Africa, a capture–mark–recapture study was carried out in Tanzania, Namibia and Swaziland to establish the demographic patterns and population dynamics of rodents. Two study grids were... -
Foraging strategies of coexisting lacertid lizards in the arid Tankwa Karoo Basin of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: I.J. du Plessis --- Department of Botany and Zoology, South Africa P. le F.N. Mouton --- Department of Botany and Zoology, South AfricaFour lacertid lizards, Pedioplanis laticeps, P. lineo-ocellata, Meroles knoxii and Nucras tessellata, occur sympatrically on the arid plains of the Tankwa Karoo Basin in South Africa. The aim of this study was to evaluate the significance of foraging strategy in... -
The phylogeography of Lemniscomys striatus (Rodentia: Muridae) confirms a remarkable vicariant event in neighbouring savanna populations in Central Gabon
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: J. F. Mboumba --- Université des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku, Gabon V. Nicolas --- Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Département de Systématique et Evolution, France M. Colyn --- Université de Rennes 1, France P. Deleporte --- Université de Rennes 1, FranceOur recent phylogeographic study on the strictly savanna small rodent Nannomys minutoides revealed an unexpected pattern of divergence between populations occupying neighbouring savanna islands in Central Gabon, suggesting the historical and continuing fragmentation of these savanna habitats. In this study,... -
Phylogeography of Buthus Leach, 1815 (Scorpiones: Buthidae): a multigene molecular approach reveals a further complex evolutionary history in the Maghreb
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Diana Pedroso --- CIBIO, Centro de Investigaçço em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genèticos, Campus Agrário de Vairço, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, Portugal Pedro Sousa --- CIBIO, Centro de Investigaçço em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genèticos, Campus Agrário de Vairço, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, Portugal D. James Harris --- CIBIO, Centro de Investigaçço em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genèticos, Campus Agrário de Vairço, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, Portugal Arie Van der Meijden --- CIBIO, Centro de Investigaçço em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genèticos, Campus Agrário de Vairço, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, PortugalThe distribution of the scorpion genus Buthus Leach, 1815 includes southwestern Europe, North and Central Africa and extends east towards the Arabian Peninsula. Phylogenetic relationships within the genus are complex and remain partially unresolved despite several previous assessments. A set... -
Home range, habitat selection and activity patterns of an arid-zone population of Temminck’s ground pangolins, Smutsia temminckii
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Darren W. Pietersen --- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa Andrew E. McKechnie --- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa Raymond Jansen --- Department of Environmental, South AfricaAll previous behavioural studies of Temminck’s ground pangolins (Smutsia temminckii) have focused on populations in mesic regions. We examined home range size, activity periods, habitat selectivity and refuge site selection of 13 individuals over three years in the Kalahari Desert... -
Silence, blame and AIDS conspiracy theories among the Xhosa people in two townships in Cape Town
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Jonas Samuel Sivelä --- African Studies, Department of World Cultures, FinlandConspiratorial expressions about the origins of HIV/AIDS have been recognised as an outcome of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa. This article examines the reasons behind AIDS conspiracy theories, which include a reoccurring repertory of themes, motifs and characters. In... -
Structural traits of elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum Schum.) genotypes under rotational stocking strategies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Carlos AM Gomide --- Embrapa Gado de Leite, Brazil Carla S Chaves --- Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Brazil Karina G Ribeiro --- Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil Lynn E Sollenberger --- University of Florida, USA Domingos SC Paciullo --- Embrapa Gado de Leite, Brazil Tatiana P Pereira --- Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Mirton JF Morenz --- Embrapa Gado de Leite, BrazilDespite the forage potential of elephant grass, controlling canopy structure during grazing has limited its use in pasture. This study was conducted to determine the effect of grazing frequency and post-grazing height on canopy structural characteristics of elephant grass genotypes... -
Life design counselling effects on the career adaptability of learners in a selective independent school setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jacobus G. Maree --- Faculty of Education, South Africa Claire Symington --- Faculty of Education, South AfricaThis collective case study applied life design counselling to augment the career adaptability of learners in a South African independent school setting. Five purposively selected learners attending Grade 11 (age range: 16–18) completed eight group-based life design counselling sessions. Data... -
Differential reactions to anthropogenic disturbance by two ground-nesting shorebirds
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Shirley Van de Voorde --- Van Hall Larenstein, The Netherlands Minke Witteveen --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST–NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa Mark Brown --- School of Life Sciences, South AfricaMany ground-nesting shorebirds experience a high level of anthropogenic disturbance, often to the detriment of their breeding success. This study investigated the responses of the Near-Threatened African Black Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini (ABO) and the Least Concern Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus... -
Price earnings ratios on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange - Are they a guide to value?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: G D I Barr --- Department of Statistical Science and Economics, B S Kantor --- Department of Economics,This paper tests whether there is an equilibrium relationship between prices and earnings on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). Such a relationship would hold if the JSE Index and index earnings were cointegrated, A full explanation of the technique of... -
The time series behaviour of net profit, cash flow from operating activities and accruals of South African listed industrial companies for the period December 1988 to November 2002
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: B W Steyn --- Department of Accountancy, W D Hamman --- Graduate School of Business,Harmonising South African accounting methods with international trends led to basically all South African accounting statements being revised after December 1994. This resulted in changes in accounting policies and methods and, quite often, involved more conservative requirements than previously. -
Quality Control in Smaller Audit Practices
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: De Ratione • Authors: K. Dilton-Hill --- University of the Witwatersrand,An AICPA peer review checklist was modified to determine the extent of compliance with auditing standards on 68 audit engagements spread over 12 smaller audit firms. A quality control checklist was completed by each firm to identify the quality control... -
Essensiële agtergrondkennis van die konsepsuele raamwerk: ’n Opvallende leemte in die Ovkom-leerplan
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: De Ratione • Authors: E. Saenger --- Universiteit van Suid-Afrika, -
Computer-based Message System Flows in Large Organisations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: De Ratione • Authors: B R Lower --- University of Cape Town, S Erlank --- University of Cape Town, P M Q Lay --- University of Cape Town,The structure of a typical organization can be described in terms of hierarchies and work groups, linked by blows of control and information. Communication between and within these work groups takes place in formal and informal ways, using a variety... -
Intemasionale rekeningkundige standaarde: ’n waardebepaling
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: De Ratione • Authors: M.A. Faul --- Universiteit van Suid-Afrika, T.H. Wallach --- Universiteit van Durban-Westville, -
Stock market responses to corporate unbundling in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: De Ratione • Authors: Geoffrey Blount --- Department of Business Economics, Sinclair Davidson --- Department of Economics and Finance,This paper examines the effect of the announcement of a restructuring on the returns of the parent companies and the subsidiaries to be unbundled. Abnormal returns are calculated from sixty days prior to the unbundling announcement to sixty days after... -
How to develop student-centred management cases
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Klaes Eringa --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Perry Yi Jin --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The NetherlandsCase studies are very popular in management education. Many case studies, however, are written at a level that is beyond the understanding of their target audience and therefore fail to do what they are intended for. The present study examines... -
Grazing capacity, milk production and milk composition of kikuyu over-sown with annual or perennial ryegrass
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Janke van der Colf --- Western Cape Department of Agriculture, South Africa Philip R Botha --- Western Cape Department of Agriculture, South Africa Robin Meeske --- Western Cape Department of Agriculture, South Africa Wayne F Truter --- Department of Plant Production and Soil Science, South AfricaKikuyu (Pennisetum clandestinum) is a highly productive pasture species that supports high stocking rates and milk production per hectare, but production per cow is low due to low nutritive value. The aim of this study was to determine the grazing... -
A study of hurdles in mass treatment of schistosomiasis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: A Randjelovic --- Faculty of Medicine, Norway SG Frønæs --- Faculty of Medicine, Norway M Munsami --- The Kwazulu-Natal Department of Health, South Africa JD Kvalsvig --- Discipline of Public Health Medicine, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, South Africa SG Zulu --- Discipline of Public Health Medicine, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, South Africa S Gagai --- Discipline of Public Health Medicine, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, South Africa A Maphumulo --- Discipline of Public Health Medicine, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, South Africa L Sandvik --- Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Norway SG Gundersen --- Research Department, Norway EF Kjetland --- Discipline of Public Health Medicine, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, South Africa M Taylor --- Discipline of Public Health Medicine, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, South AfricaBackground: It has been estimated that 700 million people worldwide and 5.2 million people in South Africa are in need of annual treatment for schistosomiasis. In accordance with the current policy the Department of Health (DoH) in KwaZulu-Natal province, South... -
Surviving change by changing violently: ukuthwala in South Africa's Eastern Cape province
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: W.J. (Jaco) Smit --- Department of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, The Netherlands Catrien Notermans --- Department of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, The NetherlandsDuring the last decade a comeback of the apparently extinct marriage practice called ukuthwala has been noted and has found much attention in the South African media. It has been raised as a particular concern that, apparently, ukuthwala increasingly entails... -
Quality of working life and commitment amongst employees in public organisations in Ghana: does job involvement matter?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Oluyinka Ojedokun --- School of Research and Postgraduate Studies, South Africa Erhabor Sunday Idemudia --- School of Research and Postgraduate Studies, South Africa Mercy Desouza --- Department of Psychology, GhanaThis study tested a mediation model of job involvement to predict organisational commitment from quality of work life. A total of 137 workers employed in two public organisations participated in the study (males = 52.6%, females = 47.4%, junior staff = 67.9%, senior staff = 32.1%, age range... -
Life design counselling effects on the career adaptability of learners in a selective independent school setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jacobus G. Maree --- Faculty of Education, South Africa Claire Symington --- Faculty of Education, South AfricaThis collective case study applied life design counselling to augment the career adaptability of learners in a South African independent school setting. Five purposively selected learners attending Grade 11 (age range: 16–18) completed eight group-based life design counselling sessions. Data... -
Perceived organisational support influences on job satisfaction and organisational commitment among junior academic staff members
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Fumani Donald Mabasa --- Department of Business Management, South Africa Hlanganipai Ngirande --- Department of Human Resource Management, South AfricaThis study investigated the relationship between perceived organisational support, employee job satisfaction and organisational commitment among junior academic staff of a South African higher education institution (N =70; female = 41 .4%; masters qualification = 85 .7%). Participants completed a... -
Impact of land use on water quality in the Likangala catchment, southern Malawi
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: D Pullanikkatil --- Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, South Africa LG Palamuleni --- Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, South Africa TM Ruhiiga --- Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, South AfricaIn southern Malawi, the Likangala River, which is important for irrigation, domestic use and fishing, is affected by various land uses along its catchment. The impact of urbanisation and agriculture on the water quality of this river was investigated in... -
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... -
Land is for people—experiences of the community of Khuis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: PA Erasmus --- Department of Anthropology,This study is an investigation into the social history of the Tlharo, with the aim of articulating and clarifying the particular nature of their experiences in respect of land-related issues. Their circumstances are described against the background of the course... -
Spatial and organisational complexity in the Dwars River Valley, Western Cape
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: C. S. van der Waal --- Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology,Access to land and housing in South Africa is of great importance to a range of actors, leading to contested processes and complex organisational interactions. Using the anthropology of organisations and a process ethnographic approach, the spatial and organisational complexity... -
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... -
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 world ‘topsy-turvy’ and the ancient Near Eastern cultures: a few examples
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Paul A. Kruger --- Department of Ancient Studies,This paper considers socio-political examples of the universal cultural phenomenon of symbolic inversion (mundus inversus), the earliest instances of which can be traced back to the cultures of the ancient Near East. Symbolic inversion refers to manifestations of expressive behaviour... -
Koranna struggle against the colonial church: the case of Brandewynsfontein
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Piet Erasmus --- Department of Anthropology,Although Goliath Yzerbek, in his struggle to safeguard the perceived land rights of the Koranna, had to deal with many more obstacles than the colonial church, only the interactions of the Berlin Missionary Society with the Koranna of Brandewynsfontein will... -
The possibility of a critical anthropology after apartheid: relevance, intervention, politics
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Kelly Gillespie --- University of Pretoria, Anthropology and Archaeology, South Africa Bernard Dubbeld --- University of Pretoria, Anthropology and Archaeology, South AfricaThis paper, prompted by an Anthropology Southern Africa conference around the theme ‘Public Anthropology’, argues that any post-apartheid anthropology that abandons criticality as a core disciplinary principle risks dispelling any radical content that anthropology may have to offer South African... -
‘Don't “paraffin” me!’: deception, power and agency in a South African sport for development organisation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Cassandra Clark --- Department of Social Anthropology,The staff of Sport FUNdamentals Southern Africa (SFSA), a sport for development organisation, have labelled a range of deceitful behaviours ‘paraffining’. These behaviours range from improvising life skills lessons to lying in reports. It references paraffin, a common, yet potentially... -
Introduction to Anthropology Southern Africa special issue on ‘Engaging Difference: Perspectives on belonging and exclusion in contemporary southern and East Africa’
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Heike Becker --- Department of Anthropology and Sociology,This special issue of Anthropology Southern Africa is the result of troubling questions of how to engage difference and belonging. Anthropologists in South Africa, like their colleagues elsewhere, today face the return of difference thinking. The articles in this special... -
Men, women, temporality and critical ethnography in Africa—the imperative for a transdisciplinary conversation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Elaine Salo --- Institute for Women's and Gender Studies, University of Pretoria,This article addresses concerns of African-based scholars about how we can adequately represent the social heterogeneity and the rich diversity of African subjects. I argue that by prioritising Pan-Africanist solidarity, and in our search for African authenticity, we often represent... -
Decency and exclusion: a symbolic interpretation of post-displacement discriminatory discourse in De Doorns, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Nicola M. Hugo --- University of Stellenbosch, South AfricaFrom 14–17 November 2009 an estimated 3000 Zimbabweans were violently and forcefully displaced from their dwellings in a rural farming area, De Doorns, in the Western Cape, South Africa. This study looks into a discourse of decency to contribute, through... -
Temporal distribution of baseline characteristics and association with early mortality among HIV-positive patients at University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Joshua.O. Akinyemi --- Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, College of Medicine, Nigeria Olubukola A. Adesina --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Medicine, Nigeria Modupe.O. Kuti --- Department of Chemical Pathology, College of Medicine, Nigeria Babatunde.O. Ogunbosi --- Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, Nigeria Achiaka E. Irabor --- Department of Family Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria Georgina N. Odaibo --- Department of Virology, College of Medicine, Nigeria David O. Olaleye --- Department of Virology, College of Medicine, Nigeria Isaac F. Adewole --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Medicine, NigeriaThe first six months of HIV care and treatment are very important for long-term outcome. Early mortality (within 6 months of care initiation) undermines care and treatment goals. This study assessed the temporal distribution in baseline characteristics and early mortality... -
Telling stories and adding scores: Measuring resilience in young children affected by maternal HIV and AIDS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Liesel Ebersöhn --- Centre for the Study of Resilience and Department of Educational Psychology, South Africa Irma Eloff --- Centre for the Study of Resilience and Department of Educational Psychology, South Africa Michelle Finestone --- Centre for the Study of Resilience and Department of Educational Psychology, South Africa Adri Grobler --- Centre for the Study of Resilience and Department of Educational Psychology, South Africa Melanie Moen --- Centre for the Study of Resilience and Department of Educational Psychology, South Africa“Telling stories and adding scores: Measuring resilience in young children affected by maternal HIV and AIDS”, demonstrates how a concurrent mixed method design assisted cross-cultural comparison and ecological descriptions of resilience in young South African children, as well as validated... -
The Dracula killer: A psychobiographical illustration of the Schahriar syndrome model for serial murder
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Paul Fouché --- Department of Psychology, Faculty of the Humanities, South Africa Hanlie Nel --- Department of Psychology, Faculty of the Humanities, South Africa Pravani Naidoo --- Department of Psychology, Faculty of the Humanities, South AfricaThis psychobiographical study of Richard Trenton Chase (1950–1980), a serial murderer, has the aim to uncover the psychic mechanisms characteristic of his functioning. The study included primary and secondary data sources. All materials collected and analysed, were published and publically... -
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... -
Translation and validation of the EORTC QLQ-CX24 questionnaire into the indigenous African languages of
isiXhosa and AfrikaansItem type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Gynaecological Oncology • Authors: G C Du Toit --- Unit of Gynaecological Oncology, Tygerberg Hospital, University of Stellenbosch, D G Nel --- Centre for Statistical Consultation, University of Stellenbosch,Objectives: Quality of life (QOL) assessment plays an important role in oncological clinical practice and research settings when evaluating treatment outcome. Cervical cancer remains a prevalent disease in South African women. The current study translated the European Organisation for Research... -
The seroprevalence of Bordetella pertussis antibodies in adolescents in the Western Cape
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection • Authors: M.A. Rensburg --- Divisions of Chemical Pathology, M. Esser --- Immunology, C de Beer --- Medical Virology Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory disease that can occur in all age groups. Over the past 15 years, an increase in the incidence of reported cases has been observed globally. Local surveillance data have also shown an increase in... -
Spatial utilization by black-backed jackals in southeastern Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: S.K.K. Kaunda --- Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria, South AfricaSpace use by black-backed jackals was investigated between November 1995 and February 1997 in the Mokolodi Nature Reserve (MNR) in southeastern Botswana. Mean aggregate home-range size for the three radio-collared jackals was 15.9 km2. Mean home-range size varied between seasons... -
Foraging behaviour of brown-hooded kingfishers (Halcyon albiventris) in the East UsambaraMountains, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: C.E. Corbin --- Department of Biological Sciences, U.S.A. M.J. Kirika --- Department of Ornithology, KenyaWe report metrics of foraging behaviour of the brown-hooded kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris) at field sites near Amani, Tanzania. We also test whether the relationships between perch height, search time, sally distance and handling times are consistent with predictions of opportunistic... -
Reproductive seasonality of southern African inshore and estuarine invertebrates – a biogeographic review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Alan N. Hodgson --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaA literature review reveals that reproductive seasonality of less than 1% of South Africa’s inshore marine invertebrates has been studied. Approximately 95% of studies have been on large, long-lived, gonochoristic, iteroparous species, and nearly 50% on molluscs. There is only... -
Genetic variation across Tunisian populations of the anuran species Discoglossus pictus and Pelophylax saharicus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Nabil Amor --- Research Unit: Genetics, Biodiversity and Bio Resources Development, Biotechnology Institute of Monastir, Tunisia Guillermo Velo-Antón --- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, U.S.A Sarra Farjallah --- Research Unit: Genetics, Biodiversity and Bio Resources Development, Biotechnology Institute of Monastir, Tunisia Khaled Said --- Research Unit: Genetics, Biodiversity and Bio Resources Development, Biotechnology Institute of Monastir, TunisiaThe intraspecific variation of mitochondrial cytochrome b sequence was analysed for two widely distributed Tunisian anuran species, Discoglossus pictus and Pelophylax saharicus. We observed low genetic variation within both species (D. p. auritus 0.6% uncorrected genetic distances, P. saharicus 0.2%)... -
The phylogenetic affinities of Trachylepis sulcata nigra and the intraspecific evolution of coastal melanism in the western rock skink
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Daniel M. Portik --- Department of Biology, U.S.A. Aaron M. Bauer --- Department of Biology, U.S.A. Todd R. Jackman --- Department of Biology, U.S.A.The phylogenetic affinities of the melanistic subspecies Trachylepis sulcata nigra have never been investigated, and it was unclear if this subspecies represented a locally adapted population or a distinct species. Sequences from the nuclear marker RAG-1 (1149 bp), two novel... -
Ecophysiology of Acacia species in wet–dry tropical plantations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Alieta Eyles --- Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Australia Paul Drake --- Cooperative Research Centre for Forestry, Australia Le Thanh Quang --- Forest Science Sub-Institute of South Vietnam, Vietnam Pham Van Bon --- Forest Science Sub-Institute of South Vietnam, Vietnam Daniel Mendham --- CSIRO Ecosystems Sciences, Australia Don White --- CSIRO Ecosystems Sciences, Australia Kieu Tuan Dat --- Forest Science Sub-Institute of South Vietnam, Vietnam Pham The Dung --- Forest Science Sub-Institute of South Vietnam, Vietnam Chris Beadle --- Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, AustraliaSelected tropical Acacia species are used extensively for short-rotation plantation forestry in many parts of Asia and, to a limited degree, in Australia. We explored leaf-level photosynthetic activity and leaf water potential (Ψleaf) of three field-grown Acacia tree species (aged... -
Fibre losses during debranching and debarking of Eucalyptus pulp logs using a single-grip harvester
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Jaco-Pierre van der Merwe --- Department of Forest and Wood Science, South Africa Reino Pulkki --- Department of Forest and Wood Science, South Africa Pierre Ackerman --- Department of Forest and Wood Science, South AfricaMechanised harvesting operations are becoming more prevalent in South Africa, with the realisation that motor- manual and manual harvesting operations pose significant health and safety risks to workers. However, the potential damage caused by single-grip harvester feed rollers and delimbing... -
The factors affecting functionality and sustainability of mechanized elements of water supply systems in Mbeere South Sub-County, Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Job Kitetu --- Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenya Kinyua Ngige --- Clean Air Energy Solutions, KenyaThis paper focuses on the functionality and sustainability of mechanized elements of water supply systems. Despite the huge sums of money spent by development agencies in developing water supply systems, once the projects are handed over to communities they start... -
Job stress and attitudes toward change: The mediating effect of psychological attachment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Melinde Coetzee --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South Africa Pamela J.J. Chetty --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South AfricaThe present study explores the indirect effect of job stress on attitudes toward change through individuals’ psychological attachment (organisational commitment mindsets and job embeddedness). The sample comprised N = 350 employees (black African: 67%; males: 69%; 26–40 years: 67%) who... -
Operator work-related musculoskeletal disorders during forwarding operations in South Africa: an ergonomic assessment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Kudakwashe Phairah --- Department of Plant Production and Soil Science, Forest Science Postgraduate Programme, South Africa Michal Brink --- Department of Plant Production and Soil Science, Forest Science Postgraduate Programme, South Africa Paxie Chirwa --- Department of Plant Production and Soil Science, Forest Science Postgraduate Programme, South Africa Andrew Todd --- Department of Human Kinetics and Ergonomics, South AfricaForest machine operators are still experiencing work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) despite extensive mechanisation and modernisation of harvesting systems. However, paucity of local ergonomics research and technology transfer problems may affect the use of mechanised systems in South Africa. Consequently, this... -
HIV in acute care: a review of the burden of HIV-associated presentations to an Emergency Department
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: B Naicker --- Division of Emergency Medicine, South Africa RC Maharaj --- Division of Emergency Medicine, South AfricaObjective: To determine the burden of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease and co-infection on a district-level Emergency Department (ED) in KwaZulu-Natal. -
Laboratory-based surveillance of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in South Africa, 2006–2010
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Desiree du Plessis --- National Institute for Communicable Diseases, South Africa Bhavani Poonsamy --- National Institute for Communicable Diseases, South Africa Veerle Msimang --- National Institute for Communicable Diseases, South Africa Leigh Davidsson --- Department of Diagnostics and Vaccinology, Sweden Cheryl Cohen --- National Institute for Communicable Diseases, South Africa Nelesh Govender --- National Institute for Communicable Diseases, South Africa Halima Dawood --- Department of Medicine, South Africa Alan Karstaedt --- School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa John Frean --- National Institute for Communicable Diseases, South AfricaBackground: We aimed to establish the characteristics of patients with confirmed Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia recruited by passive, sentinel laboratory-based surveillance. -
Organisational commitment and job retention among nurses in a South African setting: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Terera Sharon Ruvimbo --- Department of Human Resource Management and Labour Relations, South Africa Ngirande Hlanganipai --- Department of Human Resource Management and Labour Relations, South AfricaThe objective of this article was to determine the influence of Human Resource Management practices (compensation and reward practices, performance evaluation practices and managerial leadership practices) on organisational commitment and retention of nurses in a South African public hospital setting... -
Perceived ethical leadership: Its moderating influence on employees’ organisational commitment and organisational citizenship behaviours
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 AfricaThis study investigated the extent to which employees’ perception of ethical leadership moderated their organisational commitment and organisational citizenship behaviour. A non-probability purposive sample (N = 839; females = 32%) of employees in a railway organisation in the Democratic Republic... -
Sex in troubled times: moral panic, polyamory and freedom in north-west Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Steven Van Wolputte --- Institute for Anthropological Research in Africa, BelgiumIn Namibia, early missionaries among the Herero were intrigued by the important role of the matriclan, as it did not fit their ideals of a pastoral society. Despite their obsession with female sexuality, metonymically expressed in concerns over political organisation... -
Kounis syndrome: a narrative review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Petrus Fourie --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, South AfricaInflammatory mediators released from activated mast cells and basophils during hypersensitivity reactions have direct pathological effects on the myocardium and coronary vasculature. It was traditionally thought that cardiovascular signs and symptoms in anaphylaxis are largely due to peripheral vasodilation and... -
Characteristics of roost cavities used by Lilian's Lovebird Agapornis lilianae in Liwonde National Park, Malawi
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Tiwonge I Mzumara --- Research Centre for African Parrot Conservation, School of Life Sciences, South Africa Michael R Perrin --- Research Centre for African Parrot Conservation, School of Life Sciences, South Africa Colleen T Downs --- Research Centre for African Parrot Conservation, School of Life Sciences, South AfricaLilian's Lovebird Agapornis lilianae is a non-excavating cavity user of mopane Colophospermum mopane woodlands. We investigated roost characteristics of Lilian's Lovebirds in Liwonde National Park, Malawi. We quantified tree and roost site variables for roost and non-roost trees. Sixty-six roosts... -
Long-term physical, chemical and biological changes in a small, urban estuary
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: M Viskich --- Department of Biological Sciences and Centre for Invasion Biology, South Africa CL Griffiths --- Department of Biological Sciences and Centre for Invasion Biology, South Africa C Erasmus --- Branch: Fisheries Management, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, South Africa S Lamberth --- Branch: Fisheries Management, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, South AfricaThe Diep River estuary, a small estuary in suburban Cape Town, South Africa, has been subject to disturbance for centuries. Several earlier studies have documented conditions in the system, providing baselines against which to measure more recent changes. This study:... -
Alternative substrates for cultivating oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Mashudu R Masevhe --- Agricultural Research Council–Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Crops, South Africa Puffy Soundy --- Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Science, South Africa Nicolette J Taylor --- Department of Plant Production and Soil Science, South AfricaWheat straw has generally been used as the main substrate for cultivating oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus); however, in South Africa it is becoming expensive for small-scale farmers to utilise. Therefore, the main objective of the study was to investigate the... -
Diversity and inclusion as indicators of sustainable human resources management in the international hospitality industry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Sjoerd Gehrels --- Innovation in Hospitality, Stenden Academy of International Hospitality Research, Stenden Hotel Management School, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Javed Suleri --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The NetherlandsThis research paper discusses the notion of sustainable human resources management (SHRM). In order to deal with current and expected talent deficiencies for the international hospitality industry, innovating approaches to HRM are highly needed. An important focus within SHRM in... -
Hospitableness and sustainable development: New responsibilities and demands in the host-guest relationship
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Arjan van Rheede --- Research Centre, Hotelschool, The Hague, The Netherlands Daphne Maria Dekker --- Research Centre, Hotelschool, The Hague, The NetherlandsHow does the current paradigm of the host-guest relationship cause the hospitality industry to lag behind in sustainable development? Hospitality is often defined as “a feeling of being welcome”. It is about “welcoming the stranger: a person who comes today... -
An index of waste: humanitarian design, “dignified living” and the politics of infrastructure in Cape Town
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Peter Redfield --- Department of Anthropology, United States of America Steven Robins --- Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, South AfricaThis article develops a framework for thinking about waste as an index that signals a relational position within contested, historically layered conceptions of human order. It follows two contrasting frameworks for thinking about sanitation infrastructure: a quest to redesign the... -
The meaning of work for South African women: A phenomenological study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kerrin Person --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, Michelle S. May --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, Claude-Hélène Mayer --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, GermanyThis study sought to gain an in-depth understanding of the meaning that women attribute to their work in the South African context. The six women informants were 27–32 years old, all with tertiary education, in senior positions, without children. Data... -
The impact of mechanical log surface damage on chip size uniformity during debranching and debarking Eucalyptus pulpwood logs using a single-grip harvester
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Jaco-Pierre van der Merwe --- Department of Forest and Wood Science, South Africa Pierre Ackerman --- Department of Forest and Wood Science, South Africa Reino Pulkki --- Department of Forest and Wood Science, South Africa Dirk Längin --- , South AfricaMechanised harvesting operations are becoming more prevalent in South Africa with the realisation that motormanual and manual harvesting operations pose significant health and safety risks to workers. The damage inflicted by single-grip harvester feed rollers and delimbing knives on log... -
The social aspects of alcohol misuse/abuse in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Bmp Setlalentoa --- Department of Social Work, South Africa Pt Pisa --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, South Africa Gn Thekisho --- Department of Social Work, South Africa Eh Ryke --- Department of Psychosocial Behavioural Sciences, South Africa T Loots Du --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, South AfricaUse of alcohol in Africa, particularly in South Africa, has a long history and is a way of life for many people, regardless of their socio-economic background. Alcohol abuse has many negative economic, social and health consequences. The objective of... -
Alcohol intake and micronutrient density in a population in transition: the transition and health during urbanisation in South Africa (THUSA) study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: M Serfontein --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, South Africa C Venter --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, South Africa A Kruger --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, South Africa U MacIntyre --- Institute of Human Nutrition, South Africa Pt Pisa --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, South AfricaObjective: To investigate the possibility of micronutrient dilution by alcohol in the diets of an adult population in nutrition transition. -
Diet of nesting African Crowned Eagles Stephanoaetus coronatus in emerging and forest–savanna habitats in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Gerard Malan --- Department of Nature Conservation, South Africa Eleen Strydom --- Department of Nature Conservation, South Africa Susanne Shultz --- Faculty of Life Sciences, UK Graham Avery --- Natural History Collections Department, South AfricaThe aim of this study was to investigate the species composition of prey caught in the forest, savanna and emerging habitats in which African Crowned Eagles Stephanoaetus coronatus breed in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. At the 17 nest sites, the... -
Sexual size dimorphism and morphometric sexing in a North African population of Laughing Doves Spilopelia senegalensis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Tasnim Ayadi --- Département des Sciences de la Vie, Faculté des Sciences, Tunisia Abdessalem Hammouda --- Département des Sciences de la Vie, Faculté des Sciences, Tunisia Samia Kididi --- Laboratoire d’Elevage et Faune Sauvage, Tunisia Mohamed Habib Yahyaoui --- Laboratoire d’Elevage et Faune Sauvage, Tunisia Slaheddine Selmi --- Département des Sciences de la Vie, Faculté des Sciences, TunisiaLike the majority of Columbiformes, the Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis is sexually monomorphic in plumage, but seems to be slightly dimorphic in size. However, due to the lack of studies little is known about the sexual size dimorphism in this... -
Choice in HIV testing: the acceptability and anticipated use of a self-administered at-home oral HIV test among South Africans
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Elizabeth A Kelvin --- City University New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, City University of New York, USA Sonia Cheruvillil --- City University New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, City University of New York, USA Stephanie Christian --- City University New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, City University of New York, USA Joanne E Mantell --- Division of Gender, Health and Sexuality, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Department of Psychiatry, USA Cecilia Milford --- MatCH Research (Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health Research), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, South Africa Letitia Rambally-Greener --- MatCH Research (Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health Research), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, South Africa Nzwakie Mosery --- MatCH Research (Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health Research), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, South Africa Ross Greener --- MatCH Research (Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health Research), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, South Africa Jennifer A Smit --- MatCH Research (Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health Research), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, South AfricaCombination HIV prevention is being widely promoted by funders. This strategy aims to offer HIV prevention choices that can be selected and combined to decrease HIV risk in ways that fit with each individual’s situation. Treatment as prevention and pre-exposure... -
(Re)politicising and (re)positioning prevention: community mobilisations and AIDS prevention in the new AIDS era
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Imara Ajani Rolston --- Department of Social Psychology & Centre for the Study of Human Rights, United KingdomAn increasing focus on the relationship between AIDS prevalence and socio-economic inequality signals the need for a revaluation of the role of “politics” and “power” in AIDS prevention. This revaluation bears great significance when considering the future trajectories of the... -
The economics of the carbon sequestration potential of plantation forestry in south-western Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Isaac Kiyingi --- National Forestry Resources Research Institute, Uganda Abdi-Khalil Edriss --- Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Faculty of Development Studies, Malawi Alexander MR Phiri --- Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Faculty of Development Studies, Malawi Buyinza Mukadasi --- School of Postgraduate Studies, Uganda Susan Tumwebaze --- School of Forestry, Environment and Geographical Sciences, Uganda Hillary Agaba --- National Forestry Resources Research Institute, UgandaThis study assessed the amount of carbon stored and the economic viability of the small-scale Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) carbon offsets in Pinus caribaea and Eucalyptus grandis plantations under varying rotations. Volume equations were used to estimate carbon stocks and... -
Design of a hand water pump using a quick-return crank mechanism
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: C. A. Okoronkwo --- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nigeria B. O. Ezurike --- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nigeria R. Uche --- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nigeria J. O. Igbokwe --- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nigeria O. N. Oguoma --- Department of Mechanical Engineering, NigeriaThe detailed design procedure for a quick-return mechanism hand water pump is presented. The system designed is basically a modification to reciprocating lift pumps also known as India mark III. The modified pump is operated by the up and down... -
Genetic monitoring of ex situ African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus) populations in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Christiaan Labuschagne --- Department of Genetics, South Africa Lisa Nupen --- National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, South Africa Antoinette Kotzé --- Department of Genetics, South Africa J Paul Grobler --- Department of Genetics, South Africa Desiré L Dalton --- Department of Genetics, South AfricaThe African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus) has suffered population declines and is listed in the IUCN Red List as Endangered. The species is endemic to the coast of southern Africa, and breeding colonies are distributed on the south-western coast of Africa... -
Taxpayers’ attitudes towards tax amnesties and compliance in South Africa: an exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: S. V. Junpath --- Faculty of Accounting & Informatics, South Africa M. S. E. Kharwa --- Faculty of Accounting & Informatics, South Africa L. J. Stainbank --- Faculty of Accounting & Informatics, South AfricaSouth Africa has seen tremendous changes since 1994, from the introduction of a new government to structural changes in tax administration. One of the challenges the government faced in the new democracy was the restructuring of the tax system. Multiple... -
The strength of Gunnera perpensa’s “evidence of traditional use”
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Lehlohonolo J Mathibe --- Therapeutics and Medicines Management, Discipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences, South AfricaIn South Africa, and in several countries in the world, several traditional medicines are used often, although their pharmacology is not yet clear and the extent, if any, of their benefit is not scientifically documented. The Australian’s “Therapeutic Goods Administration”... -
Group B streptococcus colonisation in pregnant women at Dr. George Mukhari Hospital, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: MC Monyama --- Department of Life and Consumer Sciences, South Africa JY Bolukaoto --- Department of Life and Consumer Sciences, South Africa MO Chukwu --- Department of Life and Consumer Sciences, South Africa MRB Maloba --- Department of Microbiological Pathology, South Africa SR Moyo --- Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, Namibia RT Mavenyengwa --- Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, Namibia M Nchabeleng --- Department of Microbiological Pathology, South Africa SL Lebelo --- Department of Life and Consumer Sciences, South AfricaThe aim of the study was to estimate group B streptococcus (GBS) colonisation in pregnant mothers using selective enrichment broth and solid media for culturing GBS. Vaginal and rectal swabs were collected from 413 pregnant women for GBS culture at... -
The influence of transformational leadership on organisational citizenship behaviour in a South African combat military unit
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Oscar Sechudi --- South African Army, South Africa Benny Olivier --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South AfricaThis study investigated perceived individual transformational leadership (TL) to influence behaviours on follower organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) in a South African combat military unit. A sample of 300 of 567 military followers (males = 78%; black Africans = 82%) completed... -
The effect of yield curve shape and level on bond immunisation effectiveness
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: Brendan Prettejohn --- Department of Economics, South Africa Gary van Vuuren --- School of Economics, South AfricaThe effect of different-shaped yield curves on the effectiveness of bond immunisation was investigated. Bonds were priced using historical yield curves of various shapes and simulated interest rate shocks applied. The resulting end-values of these bonds were calculated and compared... -
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) implementation in rural community health centres in Mpumalanga province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Karl Peltzer --- HIV/AIDS/STIs and TB (HAST) Research Programme, South Africa Guillermo Prado --- Center for Prevention Implementation Methodology (CePIM) for Drug Abuse and Sexual Risk Behavior, USA Viviana Horigian --- Florida Node Alliance of the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network, USA Stephen Weiss --- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, USA Ryan Cook --- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, USA Sibusiso Sifunda --- HIV/AIDS/STIs and TB (HAST) Research Programme, South Africa Deborah Jones --- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, USAThis study explores organisational and individual provider influences on prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) implementation at 12 community health centres (CHCs) in a rural South African setting. Clinic staff members (N = 103; females = 86%, nurse managers = 9.7%,... -
Employability capacities and organisational commitment foci of human resource professionals: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ingrid L. Potgieter --- Department of Human Resource Management, Melinde Coetzee --- Department of Industrial & Organisational Psychology, Pretoria Nadia Ferreira --- Department of Human Resource Management,This study explored the relationship between employees’ employability capacities and their organisational commitment foci. A convenience sample of 196 South African human resource professionals participated in the study, consisting of 73% females and 88% black African people, predominantly within their... -
Hierarchical analysis of Swainson’s Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii habitat use on Highveld maize and livestock farms
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Johann H van Niekerk --- Department of Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Science, South AfricaThis paper explains habitat use by Swainson’s Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii on maize Zea mays and livestock farms on the Highveld south-east of Johannesburg, South Africa. The purpose is to describe habitat modification methods to manipulate the abundance of Swainson’s Spurfowl... -
Wintering waterbird assemblages in the central part of the Gulf of Gabès in southern Tunisia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Foued Hamza --- Département des Sciences de la Vie, Faculté des Sciences de Gabès, Tunisia Abdessalem Hammouda --- Département des Sciences de la Vie, Faculté des Sciences de Gabès, Tunisia Slaheddine Selmi --- Département des Sciences de la Vie, Faculté des Sciences de Gabès, TunisiaAlthough the Gulf of Gabès is recognised as an Important Bird Area, several aspects of the ecology of waterbirds inhabiting this area still need to be investigated. We observed how waterbird foraging guilds varied among habitats. In total, 49 species... -
Child Abuse or Discipline? Moses Isegawa’s Critique of Ugandan Child-rearing Practices in Abyssinian Chronicles
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Edgar Nabutanyi --- Department of Literature, UgandaAlthough Moses Isegawa’s debut novel, Abyssinian Chronicles, has received popular recognition in the press, it is yet to attract commensurate critical attention in literary scholarship. No wonder the available critical analyses of this important Ugandan text focus on only its... -
Rerouting the Postcolonial from an East African Perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Alex Nelungo Wanjala --- Department of Literature & Sub-Department of French, KenyaSome postcolonial critics have recently called for a rerouting of the postcolonial study of literature due to what they perceive as increased globalization that affects the identity and worldview of the subject. Various critics have also called for attention to... -
Advancing gender equality to improve HIV prevention: A study of practice
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Jenevieve Mannell --- Institute for Global Health, University College London, United KingdomAddressing gender inequality as a social driver of HIV risk and vulnerability has become a key activity of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in South Africa. This paper sheds light on the environmental factors that influence gender and HIV activities in this... -
A tale from the field: Reflexivity during management research in an African-based development organisation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Loice Natukunda --- Management, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom Phil Johnson --- Management, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom Pauline Dibben --- Management, University of Sheffield, United KingdomThis article is a product of the reflexive experience of data collection and analysis in a development organisation in Uganda. Several studies provide helpful debates about managing people in Africa. However, existent literature seldom covers pertinent issues related to collecting... -
Performance and emission evaluation of pure biodiesel from non-edible feedstock and waste oil in a diesel engine
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: E. I. Onuh --- Mechanical Discipline, School of Engineering, South Africa Freddie Inambao --- Mechanical Discipline, School of Engineering, South AfricaBiodiesel prepared from Jatropha, Moringa and restaurant waste oil were evaluated in a 3.5 kw diesel engine to determine their performance and pollutant emission. The brake specific (BS) emissions across the full load spectrum were benchmarked against the United States Environmental... -
Predictors of superstitious beliefs
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Patrick Kwaku Ofori --- School of Health and Allied Sciences, David Tod --- School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, UK David Lavallee --- School of Sport, UKThis study investigated whether relationships exist among personal control, coping mechanism, primary control, secondary control and superstitious beliefs. The participants were 375 Ghanaian student athletes (females = 44%). They completed measures of self-reported superstitious beliefs, personal control, coping mechanisms, primary... -
Child factors associated with complementary feeding practices in Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Alex Mokori --- Institute of Food, Nutrition and Well-being, University of Pretoria, Uganda Hettie Schonfeldt --- Institute of Food, Nutrition and Well-being and Department of Animal and Wildlife Sciences, South Africa Sheryl L Hendriks --- Institute of Food, Nutrition and Well-being and Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, South AfricaObjectives: The objective of the study was to identify child factors that influenced complementary feeding practices in 2006 and 2011 in Uganda. -
How to develop student-centred management cases
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Klaes Eringa --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Perry Yi Jin --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsCase studies are very popular in management education. Many case studies, however, are written at a level that is beyond the understanding of their target audience and therefore fail to do what they are intended for. The present study examines... -
Hospitableness and sustainable development: New responsibilities and demands in the host-guest relationship
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Arjan van Rheede --- Research Centre, Hotelschool, The Netherlands Daphne Maria Dekker --- Research Centre, Hotelschool, The NetherlandsHow does the current paradigm of the host-guest relationship cause the hospitality industry to lag behind in sustainable development? Hospitality is often defined as “a feeling of being welcome”. It is about “welcoming the stranger: a person who comes today... -
Diversity and inclusion as indicators of sustainable human resources management in the international hospitality industry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Sjoerd Gehrels --- Innovation in Hospitality, Stenden Academy of International Hospitality Research, Stenden Hotel Management School, The Netherlands Javed Suleri --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsThis research paper discusses the notion of sustainable human resources management (SHRM). In order to deal with current and expected talent deficiencies for the international hospitality industry, innovating approaches to HRM are highly needed. An important focus within SHRM in... -
The mechanisms behind environmental strategies in chemical manufacturing firms
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Keshminder Singh --- Faculty of Business and Management, Malaysia VGR Chandran --- Faculty of Economics and Administration, Department of Development Studies, Malaysia Santha Chenayah Ramu --- Faculty of Economics and Administration, Department of Economics, MalaysiaThe evaluation of an effective environmental strategy goes beyond understanding its antecedents and benefits. Identifying and understanding the various mechanisms behind the formulation, design and implementation of environmental strategies is important – yet past studies have not adequately addressed this... -
Manganese adsorption by sediment in Wadi Tafna, Algeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: N Dali-Youcef --- Department of Ecology and Environment, Algeria B Ouddane --- UFR of Chemistry, France Z Derriche --- Department of Chemistry, AlgeriaThe removal of manganese from aqueous solution by sediment in Wadi Tafna, north-western Algeria, was investigated under batch conditions in 2003. Kinetic data equilibrium removal isotherms were measured at 20 °C. The influence of different experimental parameters, such as contact... -
Construct validation of the Zimbardo Time Perspectives Inventory
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nico Keyser --- Department of Economics, South AfricaThe aim of the present study was to validate the factorial structure and psychometric properties of the Zimbardo Time Perspectives Inventory (ZTPI) in a South African student sample. A total of 200 students completed the ZTPI. The sample comprised 58... -
Constructing a positive narrative for African sport consumerism
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Frederick W. Stander --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South AfricaSport consumerism is a burgeoning field of practice and serves both the utilitarian and behaviouristic goals. The utilitarian aspects are aligned to derivatives of value generated through the sport consumption effort. Behaviourism in the consumer context suggests a communal narrative,... -
The dynamics and digitisation of religious testimonies: a case of prophetic ministries in Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Gabriel Faimau --- Department of Sociology, BotswanaA major element in the religious practice of believers in prophetic Christianity is the sharing of religious testimonies. Focusing on prophetic ministries in Botswana, this paper examines the nature and function of religious testimonies and the dynamics of their digitisation... -
Significant genetic differentiation among meroplanktonic barrel jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) in the Mediterranean Sea
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: AR Ben Faleh --- Marine Biology Unit, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, Tunisia H Allaya --- Marine Biology Unit, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, Tunisia A Armani --- FishLab, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Italy AAB Shahin --- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, EgyptMolecular data have shown that jellyfishes are more geographically restricted and evolutionarily divergent than previously thought. We examined genetic variation and divergence within the meroplanktonic barrel jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo in the Mediterranean Sea; specific sampling areas were the northern Adriatic,... -
Pseudohypoaldosteronism: report of three cases
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: Vesna Stojanović --- School of Medicine, Institute for Child and Youth Health Care of Vojvodina, Serbia Slobodan Spasojević --- School of Medicine, Institute for Child and Youth Health Care of Vojvodina, Serbia Tanja Radovanović --- Institute for Child and Youth Health Care of Vojvodina, Serbia Aleksandra Doronjski --- School of Medicine, Institute for Child and Youth Health Care of Vojvodina, SerbiaPrimary pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1 (PHA-1) is a heterogeneous syndrome characterised by salt-wasting due to unresponsiveness of target organ to mineralocorticoids. It is inherited in an autosomal recessive or autosomal dominant pattern, and often is a result of the mutation de... -
Removal (and attempted removal) of material from a Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus nest by a starling and a Hooded Vulture
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Lindy J Thompson --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa John P Davies --- Lawson’s Birding, Wildlife and Custom Safaris, South Africa Keith L Bildstein --- Acopian Centre for Conservation Learning, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, USA Colleen T Downs --- School of Life Sciences, South AfricaRelatively little is documented about nest material theft in vultures. We used camera traps to monitor Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus nests for a year. We report camera trap photographs of a starling Lamprotornis sp. removing what appeared to be dung... -
Anaesthetic management of a patient with multiple system atrophy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Supriya Dsouza --- Department of Critical Care, India Anil Parakh --- Department of Anaesthesiology, India Adarsh Kulkarni --- Seth Gs Medical College and Kem Hospital, India Ajit Baviskar --- Department of Critical Care, IndiaMultiple system atrophy (MSA) is a rare adult-onset neurodegenerative disease. Symptoms vary from autonomic dysfunction to Parkinsonism and cerebellar ataxia, in any combination. MSA affects many organ systems with many possible complications and makes perioperative management of a patient with... -
Transversus abdominis plane block after Caesarean section in an area with limited resources
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Desale Tewelde Kahsay --- Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Eritrea Waltraud Elsholz --- Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Eritrea Habteselassie Zerezghi Bahta --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, EritreaBackground: The primary objective of this study was to assess whether transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block is effective as part of multimodal pain management following Caesarean section in an area with limited resources. The study also looked at the advantage... -
Mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in Haemophilus parainfluenzae
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Regina E. Abotsi --- Antimicrobial Research Unit, School of Health Science, South Africa Usha Govinden --- Antimicrobial Research Unit, School of Health Science, South Africa Sabiha Y. Essack --- Antimicrobial Research Unit, School of Health Science, South AfricaHaemophilus parainfluenzae is part of the HACEK group of fastidious bacteria commonly implicated in endocarditis and bacteremia. Previously considered as a normal respiratory, oral and sometimes genitourinary commensal, it has been recognised as a pathogen that can cause life-threatening infections... -
Workplace diversity in South Africa: Its qualities and management
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Yvonne T. Joubert --- Department of Human Resource Management, South AfricaThis qualitative study explored diversity management strategies used by South African financial institutions. The sample included 72 employees (33.33% females; 39.08% Indigenous African language speakers). Of the participants, 44.45% were white, 28.57% were black, 22.22% were Indian, and 4.78% were... -
Principals’ experiences of being disempowered by union members
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Chris Myburgh --- Department of Educational Psychology, South Africa Marie Poggenpoel --- Department of Educational Psychology, South Africa Veronica Mapitso Kgabo --- Department of Educational Psychology, South AfricaThis study explored school principals’ experience of managing unionised schools in South Africa. Qualitative in-depth phenomenological interviews were conducted with a purposeful selected sample of 13 school principals of unionised schools (age range 36-60 years). The school principals responded to... -
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... -
Authentic leadership influences on organisational commitment in a South African state hospital
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Veronica Hlongwane --- University of South Africa, South Africa Benny Olivier --- University of South Africa, South AfricaThis study investigated the influence of authentic leadership (AL) on employee organisational commitment (OC) in a South African state hospital. A convenience sample of 222 employees (female = 81%; black = 82%) completed the Authentic Leadership Questionnaire on their perceptions... -
Estimating Cape hare occupancy and abundance in southern Tunisia using spotlighting data
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Chammem Mohsen --- Laboratoire d’Elevage et de la Faune Sauvage, Tunisia Karssene Yamna --- Laboratoire d’Elevage et de la Faune Sauvage, Tunisia Jarray Mohsen --- Laboratoire d’Elevage et de la Faune Sauvage, Tunisia Khorchani Touhami --- Laboratoire d’Elevage et de la Faune Sauvage, TunisiaThis study outlines the importance of integrating spotlighting data and occupancy modelling to estimate the spatial occupancy, abundance and habitat preferences of Cape hares Lepus capensis in southern Tunisia. Exploring the spatial distribution pattern of this species is problematic because... -
Female-only care of Swainson’s Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii chicks frees males for territorial maintenance
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Johann H van Niekerk --- Department of Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Science, South AfricaUniparental care often means that males do not contribute to the wellbeing of their offspring. For this reason, little attention has been given to avian species where the absent male contributes indirectly to the wellbeing of his chicks. This paper... -
Home range and habitat use of Trumpeter Hornbills Bycanistes bucinator in an urban–forest mosaic, Eshowe, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Moses Chibesa --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa Barry Taylor --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa Tharmalingam Ramesh --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa Colleen T Downs --- School of Life Sciences, South AfricaDespite the negative impacts of urbanisation, some species adapt to pressures of habitat loss and fragmentation. Trumpeter Hornbills Bycanistes bucinator are a large avian forest frugivore that uses urban environments in South Africa. Consequently, we used GPS/UHF transmitters to study... -
Increasingly urban Marabou Storks start breeding four months early in Kampala, Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Derek Pomeroy --- Department of Zoology, Uganda Micheal Kibuule --- Department of Zoology, UgandaIn recent decades, Marabou Storks Leptoptilos crumeniferus have become common in many urban centres, including Kampala, Uganda, where, as of 2016, they number several thousand birds, with more than 1 200 breeding pairs. Elsewhere in Uganda, the majority of colonies... -
Effect of treatment choices for cervical adenocarcinoma in situ on rates of residual disease, recurrence and progression
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Gynaecological Oncology • Authors: Johanna Theuws --- Radboud University, The Netherlands David G. Allen --- Department of Gynecologic Oncology, AustraliaBackground: Cervical adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS) is the known precursor condition of cervical adenocarcinoma. The aim of this study is to evaluate treatment choices for AIS in terms of residual disease, recurrence and progression to invasive cancer. -
Different Orders of Pleasure: Good Life and Human Flourishing in the City in Dambudzo Marechera’s Scrapiron Blues
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Edwin Mhandu --- English Department, South AfricaIn this article, I argue that Dambudzo Marechera’s Scrapiron Blues demonstrates different and varied orders of enjoyment and well-being in the city that challenge the authenticity and truthfulness of the narration of the enjoyment space(s) sanctioned by the ZANU PF... -
Self-employability Initiative: Developing a Practical Model of Disabled Students' Self-employment Careers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Reuel Johnmark Dakung --- Faculty of Management Sciences, Department of Business Administration, Nigeria John C. Munene --- Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, Uganda Waswa Balunywa --- Department of Entrepreneurship, Uganda Laura Orobia --- Department of Accounting and Finance, Uganda Mohammed Ngoma --- Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, UgandaThis study investigated the self-employability initiatives of disabled university students by presenting a model that would allow the concept to be explained and used easily as a framework for working with students to develop their self-employment careers. A cross-sectional survey... -
Fungi and insects associated with Euphorbia ingens die-off in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Johannes A van der Linde --- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS), South Africa Diana L Six --- College of Forestry and Conservation, Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, USA Michael J Wingfield --- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS), South Africa Jolanda Roux --- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, FABI, NAS, South AfricaEuphorbia ingens, landmark succulent trees in savannas of South Africa, have been dying in large numbers over the last 10–15 years. Initial studies conducted in the Limpopo province of South Africa revealed a diverse group of biotic agents including fungi,... -
Harvesting and extraction impacts on Eucalyptus grandis × E. urophylla coppicing potential and rotation-end volume in Zululand, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Kylle Schwegman --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa Keith M Little --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa Andrew McEwan --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa Simon A Ackerman --- Institute for Commercial Forestry Research, South AfricaFrom the early 2000s there has been a general shift in South Africa in harvesting and extraction systems from the use of semi- to fully-mechanised systems. Any increase in mechanisation, as is occurring in Zululand, will need to take into... -
A liabilities approach to the likelihood of liquidation in business rescue
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Wesley Rosslyn-Smith --- Department of Business Management, South Africa Marius Pretorius --- Department of Business Management, South AfricaWhile reorganisation procedures aim to salvage financially distressed firms, they are often abused, as uneconomic, failing firms commence with proceedings that erode value rather than preserve it. The commencement standard for business rescue is aimed at preventing such abuse, though... -
Structural barriers to South African volunteer home-based caregivers providing quality care: the need for a policy for caregivers not affiliated to primary healthcare clinics
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: David Morton --- Department of Nursing Science, South Africa Thoko Mayekiso --- Vice Chancellor’s Office, South Africa Peter Cunningham --- Department of Sociology and Anthropology, South AfricaCommunity home-based care (CHBC) is a critical component of non-formal care in communities in Africa that have a high prevalence of HIV and tuberculosis (TB). Community carers consisting primarily of volunteers are critical role players in African healthcare systems and... -
Psychometric validation of an Organisational Performance Questionnaire (OPQ) based on the Burke-Litwin model
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Benny Olivier --- University of South Africa, South AfricaThis study reports the findings on the development and validation of an Organisational Performance Questionnaire (OPQ) based on the Burke-Litwin model. Respondents were 398 employees from various public and private sector organisations in South Africa, consisting of different genders (male... -
Authentic leadership, followership, and psychological capital as antecedents of work engagement
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Marieta du Plessis --- Department of Industrial Psychology, South Africa Adré B. Boshoff --- Department of Industrial Psychology, South AfricaThe present study investigated authentic leadership, psychological capital, and followership behaviour influences on work engagement of employees. Respondents were 901 South African employees within the healthcare industry organisation (n = 647) and mining industry (n = 254). The employees completed... -
Organisational climate, job satisfaction, and leadership style influences on organisational commitment among South African soldiers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Thulile N. Makhathini --- Department of Industrial Psychology, Faculty of Military Sciences, South Africa Gideon A.J. Van Dyk --- Department of Industrial Psychology, Faculty of Military Sciences, South AfricaThe study examined the extent to which organisational climate, job satisfaction, and leadership styles influences organisational commitment among South African soldiers. Study participants were 150 military personnel (41% females, 32% privates, 35% Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs), age range 24 to 64)... -
Psychological empowerment and organisational change among hotel employees in Egypt
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Mohamed A. Nassar --- Hotel Studies Department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, EgyptEmpowering employees can have a significant impact on increasing job satisfaction, efficiency and productivity in the hotel industry. This paper aims to investigate the effect of empowerment on readiness for and acceptance of organisational changes among employees in Egyptian chain... -
PAHs, OCPs and PCBs in sediments from three catchments in Durban, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: T Vogt --- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South Africa R Pieters --- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South Africa BK Newman --- Coastal Systems Research Group, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South AfricaPolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were analysed from sediment samples collected in 2012 from rivers, surface runoff canals and estuaries in three highly urbanised catchments in durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. PAHs were ubiquitous, at... -
School-based care and support for the intellectually disabled learners at risk for sexual abuse: South African teacher carer perspectives
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Andile Alfred Mdikana --- Department of Inclusive Education, South Africa Nareadi Tlakale Phasha --- Department of Inclusive Education, South AfricaThis study examined the functionality of a school-based care and support program for the intellectually disabled learners who have a history of sexual abuse. Participants were 28 teachers from four special educational needs schools in the Gauteng Province, South Africa... -
First genetic data for band-winged grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Oedipodinae) of the Biskra region of Algeria with new records for the country
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Abdelhamid Moussi --- Laboratory Valorization and Conservation of Natural Resources, Algeria Lara-Sophie Dey --- General Zoology, Germany Daniel Petit --- UMR 1061 Inra, France Abderrahmane Abba --- Laboratory Valorization and Conservation of Natural Resources, Algeria Robert Klesser --- General Zoology, Germany Martin Husemann --- Centrum für Naturkunde, GermanyDNA barcoding represents an objective tool for fast species identification, especially for taxa for which morphological identification is difficult. One current limitation of barcoding is the lack of reference sequences for many groups. While many European and North American countries... -
Organisation climate mediation of the relationship between hardiness, self-efficacy, and job satisfaction among military followers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Palesa Luzipo --- Department of Industrial Psychology, Faculty of Military Sciences, South Africa Gideon Van Dyk --- Department of Industrial Psychology, Faculty of Military Sciences, South AfricaThis study examined influences of organisational climate on hardiness, self-efficacy, and job satisfaction in a military setting. Data were collected from 120 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) military personnel (female = 36%; officers = 90%; age range = 24–64... -
Unique ‘spring-loaded’ gnathopod in the recently re-discovered and highly range-restricted estuarine amphipod Quadrivisio aviceps
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: C Griffiths --- Department of Biological Sciences and the Marine Research Institute, South Africa J Landschoff --- Department of Biological Sciences and the Marine Research Institute, South AfricaThe amphipod Quadrivisio aviceps (KH Barnard 1940), previously known from just three records collected at two small estuaries in the Western Cape, South Africa, was re-discovered at one of the original collection sites (the Palmiet River lagoon). The population at... -
Barriers to antiretroviral therapy initiation for HIV-positive children aged 2–18 months in Swaziland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Pauline Jolly --- University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, USA Luz A Padilla --- University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, USA Charisse Ahmed --- University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, USA Chantal Harris --- University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, USA Nobuhle Mthethwa --- Swaziland National AIDS Programme, National Pediatric HIV Care & Treatment Office, Swaziland Megha Jha --- University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, USA Inessa Ba --- Clinton Health Access Initiative, Swaziland Amy Styles --- Eureka Idea Company, Australia Sarah P Hope --- Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative, Swaziland Raina Brooks --- University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, USA Florence Naluyinda-Kitabire --- United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Swaziland Makhosini Mamba --- United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Swaziland Peter Preko --- President Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), SwazilandAlthough early antiretroviral therapy (ART) reduces HIV-related mortality in children by up to 75%, almost half of HIV-positive children younger than 1 year old in Swaziland do not initiate ART. This study was conducted to identify barriers to early ART... -
Sobukwe’s children: nationalism, neo-liberalism and the student protests at the University of Fort Hare and in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Leslie J. Bank --- Human Sciences Research Council, South AfricaThis article explores the provocation of the former vice-chancellor of the University of Fort Hare, Dr Mvuyo Tom — made at the university’s centenary celebrations in 2016 — that the #FeesMustFall (#FMF) movement was a misguided and destructive millenarian movement,... -
Trauma event autobiographies: An exploratory multiple case study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Corné Engelbrecht --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Maria Papaikonomou --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis multiple case study explored trauma event memories of three individuals to characterise underlying meanings important for their recovery. The three participants were women in the age range of 43 to 54 years old, who shared their own memories of... -
Perceived corporate ethical values and organisational justice in relation to employee commitment at a manufacturing company
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jeremy Mitonga-Monga --- Department of Industrial and People Management, South Africa Crystal Hoole --- Department of Industrial and People Management, South AfricaThis study investigated the relationship between employees’ perceptions of their organisation’s corporate ethical values and justice and their level of commitment. The study participants were 201 employees of a manufacturing company in the Democratic Republic of Congo (female = 32%%,... -
First records of marine tardigrades (Arthrotardigrada) from Fuerteventura (Canary Islands, Spain)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Łukasz Kaczmarek --- Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Poland Paul Bartels --- Department of Biology, Warren Wilson College, USA Milena Roszkowska --- Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, PolandMarine tardigrades are very poorly known and up to now only c. 200 taxa have been reported around the world (mostly from European coasts). In a marine algae sample, collected on the coast of Fuerteventura island (Atlantic Ocean, Canary Islands),... -
Antimicrobial resistance surveillance in the South African public sector
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Olga Perovic --- Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Husna Ismail --- Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Erika Van Schalkwyk --- Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs),Electronic surveillance for antimicrobial resistance was established in 2013 for public sector laboratories and released annually. This article reports susceptibility data on ESKAPE pathogens for 2016. -
Antimicrobial resistance surveillance in the South African private sector report for 2016
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Olga Perovic --- Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Mycoses, Husna Ismail --- Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Mycoses, Erika Van Schalkwyk --- Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Mycoses, Warren Lowman --- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, School of Pathology, Elizabeth Prentice --- Ampath Microbiology National Reference Laboratory, Marthinus Senekal --- Pathcare Pathology Group Reference Laboratory, Chetna N Govind --- Department of Clinical Microbiology, South AfricaAim: The relevance of surveillance for antimicrobial resistance is increasingly recognised in the light of a global action plan to combat resistance. This report presents antimicrobial susceptibility testing on ESKAPE pathogens from private sector laboratories in South Africa for 2016. -
Feeding ecology of Lilian’s Lovebird Agapornis lilianae in Liwonde National Park, Malawi
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Tiwonge I Mzumara --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa Mike R Perrin --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa Colleen T Downs --- School of Life Sciences, South AfricaLilian's Lovebird Agapornis lilianae is a small, near-threatened parrot resident in mopane Colophospermum mopane woodlands. We investigated its diet and foraging behaviour in Liwonde National Park, Malawi. We expected that Lilian's Lovebirds would show little specialisation for a particular food... -
Urban bird trends in a rapidly growing tropical city
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Dan Chamberlain --- Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, Italy Micheal Kibuule --- Department of Zoology, Uganda Roger Q Skeen --- Nature Uganda, Uganda Derek Pomeroy --- Department of Environmental Management, UgandaLong-term studies of urban birds are relatively scarce, especially in Africa. We analysed trends in species richness and bird species occurrence over a 32-year period in Kampala, Uganda, in order to assess changes in the bird community in a period... -
Macroparasites of angelfish Brama brama (Bonnaterre, 1788) in the southern Benguela Current ecosystem
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: AL Mackintosh --- Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa CC Reed --- Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa MAI Nunkoo --- Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa PH King --- Department of Biology, South Africa CD van der Lingen --- Department of Biological Sciences, South AfricaThe angelfish Brama brama is a mesopelagic species distributed circumglobally in temperate to warm-temperate waters, including continental-shelf-edge and upper-slope waters of the Benguela Current ecosystem. Little is known about the parasite assemblage of Benguela B. brama, with only three parasite... -
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... -
Career-related dispositional factors in relation to retention within the retail sector: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nadia Ferreira --- Department of Human Resource Management, South Africa Ingrid L. Potgieter --- Department of Human Resource Management, South AfricaThe study aimed to explore the extent to which employees’ organisational commitment and career adaptability predicted employee retention factors in the South African retail sector; taking employee demographics into account. A sample of 224 early to mid-career permanent retail employees... -
Building low-carbon energy innovation systems in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Radhika Perrot --- Independent researcher, South Africa Maruf Sanni --- National Centre for Technology Management, NigeriaThe objective of this special issue is to bring together research on low-carbon innovation in the African context. The aim is to assess and compare various cases of low-carbon energy development in Africa in an effort to understand the underlying... -
Migritude’s Decolonial Lessons
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Neelofer Qadir --- Department of English, USAIn this essay, I trace the deep time of the Indian Ocean through and against which Shailja Patel fabulates the notion of migritude and, in particular, what its valences are for solidarities between black and brown Kenyans and other south-south... -
Communities’ perceptions of benefit-sharing mechanisms for forest-based land reform models in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Ratsodo Phillip Tshidzumba --- Forest Science Postgraduate Programme, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, South Africa Paxie W Chirwa --- Forest Science Postgraduate Programme, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, South Africa Folaranmi D Babalola --- Forest Science Postgraduate Programme, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, South AfricaOne of the dominant challenges facing the South African forestry sector is the issue of land restitution. The aim of this study was, therefore, to assess the perception of beneficiaries of benefit-sharing modalities for forest-based land reform initiatives in their... -
Physico-chemical water quality characteristics of upper Ebonyi River, Enugu State, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: NO Nweze --- Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology, Nigeria EC Eze --- Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology, NigeriaThe physico-chemical characteristics of upper Ebonyi River, Nigeria were assessed at four locations, from September 2014 to December 2014, using standard methods, thereby providing information for documentation and the determination of pollution status in comparison with World Health Standards. Parameters,... -
The introduction, spread and ecology of redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus in the Zambezi catchment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: RJ Douthwaite --- Kafue River Trust, Holly Oast, United Kingdom EW Jones --- 3 Cwm Arthur, Myddleton Park, United Kingdom AB Tyser --- Kafue River Trust, Holly Oast, United Kingdom SM Vrdoljak --- Wildtracks Lodge, ZambiaTwo of the four crayfish species brought to Zambia for aquaculture since 1979 are now naturalised. Procamburus clarkii occurs in the Maramba River at Livingstone, close to a former fish farm, whereas Cherax quadricarinatus, deliberately introduced to a number of... -
When life's good: Gendered marital satisfaction and work-pay satisfaction influences on organisational commitment of advancement-career-stage employees
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Chibuzor Uchenna Onuoha --- Population & Health Research Entity, Faculty of the Human Sciences, South Africa Erhabor Sunday Idemudia --- Population & Health Research Entity, Faculty of the Human Sciences, South AfricaWe examined the influences of marital satisfaction and work-pay satisfaction on organisational commitment among advancement-career-stage employees while controlling for gender and a selection of socio-demographics. The sample consisted of 350 workers (females = 237; mean age = 32.44, SD =... -
Retention of festival volunteers: Management practices and volunteer motivation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Diane Zievinger --- Stenden Hotel Management School, The Netherlands Frans Swint --- Stenden Hotel Management School, The NetherlandsMany volunteers in different festival organisations within the hospitality industry begin with great excitement, but slowly lose interest. This might be due to poor volunteer management practices that result in decreased motivation among volunteers, and with the consequences of them... -
Induction of anaesthesia with propofol according to the adjusted ideal body mass in obese and non-obese patients: an observational study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: FJ Smith --- Department of Anaesthesiology, School of Medicine, South Africa FX Jurgens --- Department of Anaesthesiology, School of Medicine, South Africa JF Coetzee --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, South Africa PJ Becker --- Department of Anaesthesiology, School of Medicine, South AfricaBackground: Obesity changes body composition including fat free mass (FFM), regarded as the “pharmacologically active mass”. Scaling drug doses to obese patients by total body mass (TBM) results in overdose. We aimed to determine the success rate of inducing anaesthesia... -
Cognitive adjustment and psychological capital influences on expatriate workers’ job performance: An Ethiopian study
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, ChinaThis study examined the relationship between cognitive adjustment and expatriates’ performance in the foreign host-country, and the moderating role of psychological capital in this relationship. The expatriates (N = 1 229; female = 32%; mean international tenure = 2.99, SD = 4.44) completed measures of cognitive adjustments (work... -
Self-esteem: Its mediating effects on the relationship between discrimination at work and employee organisation commitment and turn-over intention
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Shanice Jackson --- School of Industrial Psychology and Human Resource Management, South Africa Leon TB Jackson --- WorkWell: Research Unit for People, North-West South AfricaThis study examined self-esteem as a mediator of the relationship between perceived discrimination, employee intentions to quit, and affective organisation commitment. A convenience sample of 414 South African employees were participants (female = 44.9%; black = 42.3%; 38.2% between the age of 26 and... -
The influence of phosphorus and calcium application rates on the mineral composition of the perennial legume Macrotyloma axillare
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Karina Batista --- Instituto de Zootecnia, Brazil Luciana Gerdes --- Instituto de Zootecnia, Brazil Alessandra Aparecida Giacomini --- Instituto de Zootecnia, Brazil Waldssimiler Teixeira de Mattos --- Instituto de Zootecnia, Brazil Ivani Pozar Otsuk --- Instituto de Zootecnia, BrazilThe response of legumes to the supply of either phosphorus (P) or calcium (Ca) alone has been extensively investigated but no prior studies have evaluated their combinations in the perennial legume Macrotyloma axillare (Macrotyloma legume). This study assessed the mineral... -
Employee engagement at a higher education institution in South Africa: Individual, team and organisational levels
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Tinashe Ndoro --- Management Department, South Africa Nico Martins --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South AfricaWe examined the levels of employee engagement among staff members at a higher education institution in South Africa at the individual, team, and organisational levels. The participants (N = 202) completed a validated measure of employee engagement (females = 62.4%;... -
Urban secrets? Affinities and anthropologies of South African cities
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Corinne Kratz --- Department of Anthropology and Institute of African Studies, United States of America Jill Weintroub --- Life in the City Programme, Wits City Institute, South Africa Noëleen Murray --- Wits City Institute, South AfricaThis paper reflects on the discussions of a collective of academics in and around Johannesburg, Africa’s iconic city built on the extractive capital of gold mining. Captured aptly in William Kentridge’s art film Johannesburg: Second Greatest City after Paris (1989),... -
What is anthropology that decolonising scholarship should be mindful of it?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Hylton White --- Department of Anthropology, South AfricaDecolonising scholarship in South African anthropology has met with an ingrained scepticism about ethnographic valorisations of forms of life that claim to be indigenous. This scepticism comes from a very long history of opposing ethnological essentialisms created in the colonial... -
Management of the Global Fund aid programme in Botswana: challenges and prospects for health services delivery
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Dintle Molosiwa --- Chemonics International Inc., Botswana Tyanai Masiya --- School of Public Management and Administration, South Africa Godfrey Maringira --- School of Humanities, Anthropology, South AfricaThis paper examines the institutional management of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) in Botswana. We analyse the often contested roles of the state and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) as recipients of GFATM and partners in extending... -
Transformational leadership, diversity climate, and job satisfaction in selected South African companies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sean McCallaghan --- NWU Business School, South Africa Leon T. B. Jackson --- NWU Business School, WorkWell Research Unit, South Africa Marita M Heyns --- Optentia Focus Area, South AfricaThis study investigated the relationship between transformational leadership, diversity climate, and job satisfaction in a selection of South African companies. Participants were a convenience sample of 263 employees from the Gauteng Province (white = 69.3%). They completed measures for transformational leadership, diversity... -
Trauma awareness and preparedness: Their influence on posttraumatic stress disorder development related to armed conflict experience
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Yvonne Duagani Masika --- Laboratoire de Psychologie Médicale et d’Addictologie, Belgium Christophe Leys --- Faculty of Psychology, Belgium Pierre Fossion --- Laboratoire de Psychologie Médicale et d’Addictologie, Belgium Paul Verbanck --- Laboratoire de Psychologie Médicale et d’Addictologie, Belgium Maurice Tingu Yaba Nzolameso --- Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l’Education, Samuel Mampunza Ma Miezi --- Département de Psychiatrie, RDC Charles Kornreich --- Laboratoire de Psychologie Médicale et d’Addictologie, BelgiumThis study examined influences of trauma awareness and preparedness on the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in civilian and military personnel with exposure to the civil war. Participants were 302 people with exposure to civil war in the Democratic... -
Validation of the work engagement, job satisfaction, psychological empowerment, and organisational citizenship measures in a mining sector setting in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Polite Masvaure --- Department of Industial Psychology, South Africa Johanna Hendrina Buitendach --- Department of Industial Psychology, South AfricaThis study aimed to validate measures of work engagement, job satisfaction, psychological empowerment, and organisational citizenship for use with employees in a mining enterprise in Zimbabwe. Miners (N = 176, males = 85.2%, females = 1.3%; age range = 24–65... -
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... -
Psychosocial resources, support, and career satisfaction among professional women: A South African study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ndayiziveyi Takawira --- Department of Human Resource Management, South Africa Melinde Coetzee --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South AfricaThe study examined the role psychosocial resources play in enhancing perceptions of support and career satisfaction among professional women. The participants were a purposive sample of 606 professional women from South Africa (white = 61.8%, black = 19.9%, Indian =... -
Grandidierella lignorum (Amphipoda: Aoridae) can be used for assessing the toxicity of sediment with varying grain sizes and low organic content
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: NF Masikane --- Department of Zoology, South Africa BK Newman --- Coastal Systems Research Group, Natural Resources and the Environment, South Africa UM Scharler --- School of Life Sciences, South AfricaSediment grain size and organic matter influences the distribution of macrozoobenthic fauna. These parameters also influence bioavailability and toxicity of contaminants in aquatic systems, because sediment is the sink and source for most contaminants. These sediment parameters therefore potentially confound... -
Tolerance to salinity and dehydration in the Sahara Desert blue-eyed turtle, Mauremys leprosa saharica (Testudines: Geoemydidae) from a brackish pond in the Lower Draa basin, southern Morocco
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Soumia Loulida --- , , Morocco Mohammed Znari --- , , Morocco Mohamed Naimi --- , , Morocco Safaa Bendami --- , , MoroccoThe marginal populations of the Sahara blue-eyed pond turtle, Mauremys leprosa saharica, in the southern-most species distribution range in the pre-Saharan areas of north-west Africa, are faced with extreme environmental conditions of arid climate and anthropogenic and climate change mediated... -
Psychological contract influence on organisational identification among call centre employees
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Definite Mutendi --- Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, South Africa Roslyn De Braine --- Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, South Africa Nelesh Dhanpat --- Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, South AfricaThe study investigated whether the psychological contract predicts organisational identification in a call centre setting. Participants included 198 employees (females = 66%; permanent employees = 74%, temporary employees = 26%). Participants completed measures on psychological contract and organisational identification. Using... -
Employee engagement, organisational commitment, and job satisfaction in Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Molefe Maleka --- Department of People Management and Development, South Africa Mthokozisi Mpofu --- Department of People Management and Development, South Africa Clifford Kendrick Hlatywayo --- Department of Human Sciences, Namibia Ines Meyer --- Organisational Psychology, South Africa Stuart Carr --- Industrial and Organisational Psychology, New Zealand Jane Parker --- Employment Relations and HRM, New ZealandThe goal of this study was to measure employee engagement (EE), organisational commitment (OC), and job satisfaction (JS) in Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. We surveyed a convenience sample of 631 employees (South Africa: n = 219; Namibia: n =... -
Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of African spurfowls Galliformes, Phasianidae, Phasianinae, Coturnicini: Pternistis spp.
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Tshifhiwa G Mandiwana-Neudani --- Department of Biodiversity, South Africa Robin M Little --- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa Timothy M Crowe --- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa Rauri CK Bowie --- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, Department of Biological Sciences, South AfricaAfro-Asiatic perdicine galliform birds, commonly and inconsistently referred to as francolins, spurfowls and partridges, have contentious taxonomic and phylogenetic histories. In a widely followed monograph, Hall combined two putative monophyletic, but taxonomically unnamed, clades comprising 28 perdicine species known as... -
Age classes of developing Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer based on plumage, morphology and behaviour
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Johann H van Niekerk --- Department of Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, South AfricaThis paper describes the plumage and morphology development of 11 age classes of Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer to assist with field observations. Sixteen spurfowl were marked with coloured leg rings in the Cannon Rocks Holiday Resort, Eastern Cape, South Africa... -
Implications of geographical range changes and resultant sympatry for three Accipiter hawks on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Robin M Little --- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa Rene A Navarro --- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, South AfricaSome invasive species are known to compete with and even displace indigenous species. Two Accipiter species historically indigenous to eastern South Africa have colonised the Cape Peninsula in the south-west of the country and have become sympatric with a third... -
Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of ‘true’ francolins: Galliformes, Phasianidae, Phasianinae, Gallini; Francolinus, Ortygornis, Afrocolinus gen. nov., Peliperdix and Scleroptila spp.
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Tshifhiwa G Mandiwana-Neudani --- Department of Biodiversity, South Africa Robin M Little --- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa Timothy M Crowe --- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa Rauri CK Bowie --- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, Department of Biological Sciences, South AfricaAfro-Asiatic perdicine galliform taxa commonly and inconsistently referred to as francolins, spurfowls and partridges have contentious taxonomic and phylogenetic histories. Hall combined two putative monophyletic, but taxonomically unnamed, clades comprising 28 perdicine species known as ‘francolins’ or fisante in South... -
Clarifying taxonomic, distributional and genetic information relating to subspecies of the Hildebrandt’s Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti and the Yellow-necked Spurfowl P. leucoscepus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Timothy M Crowe --- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa Robin M Little --- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa Donald A Turner --- Bird Committee of Nature Kenya, KenyaWe provide suggested errata vis-à-vis Mandiwana-Neudani TG, Little RM, Crowe TM, Bowie RCK. 2019. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of African spurfowls Galliformes, Phasianidae, Phasianinae, Coturnicini: Pternistis spp. Ostrich 90(2): 145–172. Firstly, the name fischeri was incorrectly applied to the southern... -
Body condition of Little Egret Egretta garzetta nestlings in relation to hatching order in a southern Tunisian breeding colony
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Amel Neb --- Unité de Recherche “Ecologie de la Faune Terrestre” (UR17ES44) – Faculté des Sciences de Gabès, Tunisia Abdessalem Hammouda --- Unité de Recherche “Ecologie de la Faune Terrestre” (UR17ES44) – Faculté des Sciences de Gabès, Tunisia Slaheddine Selmi --- Unité de Recherche “Ecologie de la Faune Terrestre” (UR17ES44) – Faculté des Sciences de Gabès, TunisiaThe effect of asynchronous hatching on nestling health and condition in ardeids is still in need of empirical evidence from populations living in different environmental conditions. Using morphometric and hematologic data from Little Egret Egretta garzetta nestlings in a Tunisian... -
Progress in diabetes care in the KwaZulu-Natal public health sector: a decade of analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: N Sahadew --- Clinical and Professional Practice, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, South Africa VS Singaram --- Clinical and Professional Practice, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, South AfricaAims: This study analysed diabetes-related information routinely collected by the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Department of Health (DOH). -
Relative impact of differences in job security on performance among local government employees: The moderation of affective commitments
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Stephen Tetteh --- School of Management, Peoples Republic of China Cisheng Wu --- School of Management, Peoples Republic of China Lincoln Jisuvei Sungu --- School of Management, Peoples Republic of China Christian Narh Opata --- School of Management, Peoples Republic of China Gloria Nana Yaa Asirifua Agyapong --- School of Economics, Peoples Republic of ChinaWe investigated the relationship between public employees’ job security, motivation, and role performance; and how affective commitments moderate this relationship among local government service employees. Participants were 373 local government service employees from Ghana (females = 41.5%; mean service experience... -
Workplace incivility and organisational identification: The role of affective organisational commitment and perceived insider status
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ju Guo --- School of Economics and Management, China Yanjun Qiu --- Department of Strategy and Discipline, ChinaWe investigated the mediating role of affective organisational commitment (AC) and the moderating role of perceived insider status (PIS) on the relationship between workplace incivility (WINC) and organisational identification (OID). A total of 417 employees from 66 private Chinese universities... -
Transformational and transactional leadership effects on communication styles
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: El-Roy Crews --- School of Industrial Psychology and Human Resource Management, South Africa Marissa Brouwers --- School of Industrial Psychology and Human Resource Management, South Africa Jan C. Visagie --- School of Industrial Psychology and Human Resource Management, South AfricaThis study aimed to investigate the effects of perceived transformational and transactional leadership styles on communication styles among employees in manufacturing organisations within South Africa. Respondents were a purposive sample of 564 employees of South African manufacturing organisations (females =... -
Smart cascades: using cost analysis to improve HIV care and treatment interventions to achieve global 95–95–95 goals
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Catherine Barker Cantelmo --- Health Policy Plus Project (HP+), USA Bryant Lee --- Health Policy Plus Project (HP+), USA Arin Dutta --- Health Policy Plus Project (HP+), USABackground: HIV programmes are achieving significant scale, even as external financing plateaus. Maximising achievement from identification to viral suppression is key to epidemic control and reaching global 95-95-95 goals. Cost and technical efficiency analyses can help programs understand why losses... -
Proper Names in Translation: Should They be Translated or Not?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Nahashon A. Nyangeri --- Department of Kiswahili Language, Linguistics and Literature, Kenya Rachel Wangari --- Department of Kiswahili Language, Linguistics and Literature, KenyaOne of the most problematic elements that translators grapple with in the translation of literary works is proper names. The contention is whether or not proper names should be translated. Proper names are the raw materials the writer uses to... -
Mental health and individual and organisational outcomes: A latent profile analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Molandri Moller --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South Africa Sebastiaan Rothmann --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South AfricaThis study aimed to identify latent mental health profiles for managers in agribusinesses. Additionally, we aimed to investigate how these profiles differed regarding the managers’ job satisfaction, organisational citizenship behaviour, and intention to leave. Managers (N = 507) from agribusinesses... -
Can core self-evaluations promote employee strengths use?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: He Ding --- School of Economics and Management, China Xinqi Lin --- School of Labor and Human Resources, ChinaThis study attempted to explore the impact of core self-evaluations (CSE) on employee strengths use, as well as the moderating effect of perceived organisational support for strengths use (POS for strengths use) on the relationship. We hypothesised and tested a... -
Exploring the indirect costs of a firm in business rescue
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Wesley Rosslyn-Smith --- Department of Business Management, South Africa Nicole Varela Aguiar De Abreu --- Department of Business Management, South Africa Marius Pretorius --- Department of Business Management, South AfricaIt may be argued that the indirect costs of financial distress are substantially higher than the direct costs. Consequently, indirect costs of participating in a formal turnaround may hinder the success of a reorganisation attempt. This study set out to... -
Eutrophication of Ethiopian water bodies: a serious threat to water quality, biodiversity and public health
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: T Fetahi --- Aquatic Ecology, EthiopiaFreshwater ecosystems provide several ecological and economic services. However, these ecosystems in Ethiopia are deteriorating, because of economic growth, unwise use and pollution (eutrophication). This paper reviews existing trends of eutrophication in Ethiopian water bodies, identifies principal sources of nutrient... -
Identification of land predators of African Penguins Spheniscus demersus through post-mortem examination
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Ralph ET Vanstreels --- Marine Apex Predator Research Unit, Institute for Coastal and Marine Research, South Africa Nola J Parsons --- Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds, South Africa Cuan McGeorge --- Stony Point Nature Reserve, South Africa Renata Hurtado --- Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds, South Africa Katrin Ludynia --- Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds, South Africa Lauren Waller --- Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds, South Africa Monique Ruthenberg --- Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve, South Africa Arne Purves --- Environmental Management Department, Transport and Urban Development Authority, South Africa Lorien Pichegru --- Marine Apex Predator Research Unit, Institute for Coastal and Marine Research, South Africa Pierre A Pistorius --- Marine Apex Predator Research Unit, Institute for Coastal and Marine Research, South AfricaThe African Penguin Spheniscus demersus is an endangered seabird endemic to southern Africa, and killing sprees by terrestrial predators have been one of the main threats for its mainland colonies. The methods employed to manage predators may differ depending on... -
Organisational commitment influences on the relationship between transactional and laissez- faire leadership styles and employee performance in the Ghanaian public service environment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Francis Donkor --- School of Management and Economics, China Dongmei Zhou --- School of Management and Economics, ChinaThis study explored organisational commitment influences on the relationship between leadership style and employee performance in a developing country’s public sector enterprises. The study participants were 330 full-time employees in ten units in the Ghanaian public sector commission (female =... -
Mediation effect of perceived organisational and social support in the relationship between career adaptability and career satisfaction among professional women
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ndayiziveyi Takawira --- Department of Human Resource Management, South AfricaThis study examined whether perceived organisational support (POS) and social support mediated the relationship between career adaptability and career satisfaction among professional women. The participants were a purposive sample of 606 professional women (62% = white, 20% = black African,... -
Leader-member exchange and organisational citizenship behaviour: The mediating and moderating effects of role ambiguity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Leigang Zhang --- School of Teacher Education, China Huaibin Jiang --- School of Education, China Tingting Jin --- Intensive Care Unit, Shaoxing People’ Hospital, ChinaThis study investigated the mediating and moderating effects of role ambiguity (RA) on the relationship between leader- member exchange (LMX) and organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB). Participants were 426 nurses recruited from 12 public hospitals in China (female = 99.1%; mean... -
Perceived organisational support, job stress, and turnover intention: The moderation of affective commitments
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Stephen Tetteh --- School of Management, China Cisheng Wu --- School of Management, China Christian Narh Opata --- School of Management, Ghana Gloria Nana Yaa Asirifua Agyapong --- School of Economics, China Richard Amoako --- School of Management, China Frank Osei-Kusi --- School of Management, ChinaThe current study examined the role of affective commitment in the relationship between perceived organisational support (POS), job stress, and quitting intention of mining sector employees. The participants were 407 employees of a mining company in Ghana (females = 41.8%,... -
The avifauna, conservation and biogeography of the Njesi Highlands in northern Mozambique, with a review of the country’s Afromontane birdlife
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Samuel EI Jones --- School of Biological Sciences, United Kingdom Gabriel A Jamie --- Biodiversity Inventory for Conservation, Belgium Emidio Sumbane --- Biodiversity Inventory for Conservation, Belgium Merlijn Jocque --- Biodiversity Inventory for Conservation, BelgiumNorthern Mozambique’s ‘sky-island’ mountains have become increasingly recognised for their Afromontane birdlife. Despite growing ornithological coverage, however, several Mozambican mountains remain poorly known. We present results from a three-week survey of three such mountains: the Njesi Plateau, Mount Chitagal and... -
The Problematics of Naming in Kenyan Creative Narratives
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Makau Kitata --- Literature, University of Nairobi, KenyaThere is a tendency in Kenyan literature, which can be defined as ahistorical ethnopolitanism. In this approach the writer chooses to use names of characters and places that indicate an attempt to see the Kenyan community from a distance. The... -
Ethnographic evidence versus theoretical models: reminiscences and reflections on a linear proletarianisation model for Southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Andrew D. Spiegel --- , South AfricaConceptualising what was seen as the proletarianisation of Southern Africa’s working people was a significant analytical preoccupation of the social sciences in the 1970s. Considering that the region’s political economy was dependent on migrant labour, anthropologists and others sought to... -
Dispositions of agency as explanatory mechanisms of employees’ satisfaction with retention practices
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Khatoon Gani --- Department of Human Resource Management, South Africa Ingrid Potgieter --- Department of Human Resource Management, South Africa Melinde Coetzee --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South AfricaThis study explored the explanatory power of psychological dispositions of agency (i.e. employability attributes and organisational commitment) in relation to employees’ satisfaction with organisational retention practices. Participants were a convenience sample of employees from a higher education academic institution in... -
Haematology and biochemistry values for Temminck’s pangolins (Smutsia temminckii) from Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Ellen Connelly --- , Zimbabwe Lisa Hywood --- , Zimbabwe Mark Donaldson --- , Zimbabwe Darren W Pietersen --- , ZimbabweBlood biochemistry values are routinely employed during clinical examinations to assess the health of the patient and to identify potential underlying conditions. No blood biochemistry data are currently available for Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii), a species that is being confiscated... -
Performance evaluation of an electric corn shelling machine for small scale indigenous industries in Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: B. O. Ezurike --- , Nigeria J. O. Osazuwa --- , Nigeria C. A. Okoronkwo --- , NigeriaThe time and energy expended in shelling corn manually have necessitated the detailed design and construction of a modern electric corn shelling machine. The major problems associated with the manual corn shelling machine were the high level of fatigue of... -
Exploring the process of ethical leadership on organisational commitment: The mediating role of career calling
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Leigang Zhang --- , China Huaibin Jiang --- , ChinaThis study aimed to examine the extent to which career calling mediates the relationship between ethical leadership and organisational commitment. The sample consisted of 943 employees randomly recruited from ten financial organisations in China (females = 39.87%; mean age =... -
The effect of employees’ behaviour on organisational competitiveness in hospitality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Belmiro D. Simbine --- , Eddy K. Tukamushaba --- ,The purpose of this research was to establish the effect of employee behaviour on organisational competitiveness in the hospitality industry. A sample of 51 employees took part in the study. Results show that employee attitude and perceptions towards various aspects... -
Sheep, herbs and blood on the beach: discrepant representations of ritual acts for essentialising and reinforcing difference in contemporary South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Andrew D. Spiegel --- , South AfricaSouth Africa’s 2018/2019 summer holidays were marked by a flurry of media reports describing, some in vivid, graphic detail, the ritual slaughter of a sheep on a popular Cape Town beach by a group of #MustFall activists. Their action was... -
Essentialism in Zoroastrian boundary construction
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Paulina Niechciał --- , PolandThe article explores tensions in contemporary Zoroastrianism, one of the world’s oldest practiced religions, over who a “real” Zoroastrian is, what, for Zoroastrians, constitutes the essence of Zoroastrianism and how constructed collective boundaries may or may not be crossed. Considering... -
Encountering, explaining and refuting essentialism
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Jonatan Kurzwelly --- , South Africa Nigel Rapport --- , United Kingdom Andrew D. Spiegel --- , South AfricaEssentialism manifests itself in a diversity of forms and is used in multiple ways. Yet it is always potentially dangerous — even when it is mobilised strategically and in apparently worthy forms for purposes of overcoming oppressive structures. As the... -
A comparison of experimental designs for cultivar evaluations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Hae Saul --- , South Africa M Booyse --- , South Africa PA Swanepoel --- , South AfricaSpatial heterogeneity and the lack of clear or significant treatment responses in agricultural field experiments complicates recommending the most suitable cultivar(s) to producers for a specific area. Increased attention should be given to the experimental design of cultivar trials, as... -
Addressing community-level stigma toward key populations: communication insights from action research in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Warren Parker --- , USA Joan Schubert --- , Ghana Serwaa Owusu-Ansah --- , Ghana Kwadwo Asante-Afari --- , Ghana Samuel Edem Assisi --- , Ghana Emmauel D Adiku --- , Ghana Thad Pennas --- , USA Saul Evans Williams --- , GhanaBackground: Global HIV response emphasises improving the uptake of HIV testing, providing access to antiretroviral therapy and sustaining viral suppression with a view to curtailing the pandemic by 2030. Stigma and discrimination impede this response by limiting engagement with the... -
Applying a social-ecological lens to opinions about HIV self-testing among Kenyan truckers who declined to test: a qualitative study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Stephanie N Christian --- , USA Joanne E Mantell --- , USA Matthew L Romo --- , USA Christian Grov --- , USA Gavin George --- , South Africa Eva Mwai --- , Kenya Eston Nyaga --- , Kenya Jacob O Odhiambo --- , Kenya Kaymarlin Govender --- , South Africa Elizabeth A Kelvin --- , USAHIV prevalence among truckers in Africa is high and testing rates suboptimal. With numerous African countries having approved HIV self-testing kits, more information on how to design acceptable and accessible self-testing programs for high-risk populations is necessary. We explored views... -
Work beliefs, work-role fit, and well-being of judges in South Africa: Effects on intention to leave and organisational citizenship behaviour
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Elsie Adriana Rossouw --- , South Africa Sebastiaan Rothmann --- , South AfricaThis study explored work beliefs, work-role fit, well-being, intention to leave, and organisational citizenship behaviour in a sample of judges in South Africa. We employed an exploratory, multi-method design to survey South African judges (n = 25 for the qualitative... -
Guidelines for promoting organisational resilience in South African schools
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Werner de Klerk --- , South Africa Jacob J.P. le Grange --- , South Africa Monique de Klerk --- , South Africa Jené Pretorius --- , South AfricaSustaining educator resilience is increasingly important in transitional societies which have a higher risk for dysfunction from coping with adjustments to emerging organisational practices with no local precedent. This would be the case for South African schools that have weathered... -
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... -
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... -
Servant leadership, diversity climate, and organisational citizenship behaviour at a selection of South African companies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sean McCallaghan --- , South Africa Leon T. B. Jackson --- , South Africa Marita M. Heyns --- , South AfricaThe study examined the mediation effect of diversity climate on the relationship between servant leadership and organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB). Participants were a convenience sample of 262 employees from South African financial, industrial, manufacturing, and retail sectors (male = 52.9%;... -
The influence of manual and motor-manual pitting implements, pit size and quality on eucalypt performance, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Ullrich Hechter --- , South Africa Keith M Little --- , South Africa Louis Titshall --- , South AfricaPitting is the preparation of a planting position. Various methods of pitting exist and range from manual pitting to fully-mechanised operations. Until recently, most pit preparation in South Africa was carried out manually using hand-held pitting implements (agricultural hoe, mattock,... -
The construction of “normative Zimbabweanness” through demonisation of rage, anger and emotion in select press coverage of the #ZimShutDown protests
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Kudzaiishe P. Vanyoro --- , South AfricaHashtagged #ZimShutDown on Twitter, protests erupted in Zimbabwe in January 2019 in response to a widespread national economic crisis and a drastic fuel price hike. This paper shows how the protesters’ use of citizen rage, anger and emotion was criminalised,... -
Organisational capital and graduate employability: A serial mediation analysis of human and personal-social capital
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nora Bakabbey Kulbo --- , China Xiao Wen --- , China Prince Clement Addo --- , ChinaWe explored three resource capitals related to employability (human, personal-social, and organisational) to explain graduate work entry prospects in a developing country setting. Our study sample consisted of 743 final year university students in Ghana and Kenya. Less than half... -
Pot trial screening of chemical, biological and natural insecticides for the management of white grubs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) during eucalypt and wattle establishment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Benice J Sivparsad --- , South Africa Andrew R Morris --- , South Africa Ilaria Germishuizen --- , South AfricaIn South African forest plantations, white grubs (Scarabaeidae larvae) can contribute to high transplant mortality following re-establishment. Currently registered insecticides are considered highly hazardous and their use is restricted by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). Therefore, there is an immediate... -
Perspectives on hospitality industry trade unionism in the UK and beyond
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Roy C. Wood --- , UKThe study of traditional industrial relations institutions in the hospitality industry (such as trade unions) is somewhat in the doldrums. This is, perhaps, unsurprising, given that the sector has historically never had high union membership. This article briefly explores the... -
Screening of ectomycorrhizal and other associated fungi in South African forest nurseries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: V Chartier FitzGerald --- , South Africa J Dames --- , South Africa G Hawley --- , South AfricaThe South African forestry industry covers approximately 1.3 million hectares and is dependent on exotic pine and eucalypt species. Nursery seedlings are not inoculated with ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi. This investigation assessed levels of naturally occurring ECM colonisation of Pinus patula... -
The influence of developmental feedback on voice: The mediating role of organisation-based self-esteem
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Weilin Su --- , China Xinqi Lin --- , China Manuel London --- , USAWe investigated the extent to which receiving developmental feedback from the work supervisor increased employee confidence to be proactive in expressing promotive voice (e.g., offering advice) and prohibitive voice (e.g., point out problems or criticising), and the employee organisation-based self-esteem... -
The association between EBITDA reconciliation quality and opportunistic disclosure
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Mattheus Theodorus Mey --- , South Africa Christiaan Lamprecht --- , South AfricaPurpose: This paper investigated the potential opportunistic disclosure of ‘earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation’ (EBITDA) by analysing the association between the quality of EBITDA reconciliations and factors associated with opportunistic disclosure. -
South African raptors in urban landscapes: a review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Shane C McPherson --- , South Africa Petra Sumasgutner --- , Austria Colleen T Downs --- , South AfricaGlobally, but especially in Africa, increasing human populations and anthropogenic land-use change are generally affecting diversity negatively. Urban environments in southern Africa typically comprise a mosaic landscape of anthropogenic infrastructure with some green spaces. These urban cities have a range... -
Contextual relevance and decolonisation of South African Industrial Psychology training: An exploratory case study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Edel-Quinn F. Nibafu --- , South Africa Marieta Du Plessis --- , South Africa Fatima Abrahams --- , South AfricaThis study explored the contextual relevance of Industrial Psychology training in a South African university, focussing on its responsiveness to contemporary multi-cultural work settings. Our purposive sample of informants (n = 15, female = 66.67%, South African black citizens =... -
Values gaps affecting human resources management relations between expats and locals: The case of a Chinese manufacturer in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Yanyin Zi --- , Japan Arthur Linke --- , South AfricaChinese companies have continued to increase foreign direct investment (FDI) and engagement within Africa, perceived as a last global frontier market, particularly in light of China’s Belt and Road initiative. The literature highlights a number of human resources management (HRM)... -
Enhancing competitiveness of Zimbabwe’s cotton production under contract farming
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Jackqeline Mutambara --- , Harare, Zimbabwe Kingstone Mujeyi --- , Harare, ZimbabweThis study was designed to assess the competitiveness of cotton production by smallholder farmers under contract farming in Zimbabwe and propose strategies for enhancing sector performance. Data were collected from secondary sources, key informant interviews and focus group discussions (FGDs)... -
Evaluating the influencing factors responsible for construction contractors’ opportunism in a developing economy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Matthew Ikuabe --- , South Africa Ayodeji Oke --- , South Africa Clinton Aigbavboa --- , South AfricaConstruction is a very competitive business which often experiences situations in which contractors deploy various schemes to rake in financial proceeds unduly, particularly when the risks encountered do not turn out as favourably as envisaged at inception. This exposes the... -
Perceived information communication and technology (ICT) demands and psychological well-being among Gabon civil servants: The moderating role of social support and organisational support
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Joseph Medzo-M’engone --- , FranceThis study examined the role of social and organisationnal support in the relationship between emloyee perceptions of information communication and technology (ICT) demands and psychological well-being. Civil service employees (N = 162) in a large public institution in Gabon were... -
From suppliers to nodes in global value chains: An upgradation of the ICT cluster of Pakistan through regional and national innovation systems.
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Iffat B. Naqvi --- , Pakistan Zahid Ali Memon --- , Pakistan Wahid Bux Mangrio --- , PakistanThe bottom-level weaker position of developing countries industrial clusters in GVCs make them prone to the threats of non-compliance of international standards and power dominance by lead firm in GVCs as empirically evident from the traditional industrial clusters of Pakistan... -
Critical Literary Arts in Action: The Decolonial Project of Ba re e ne re within and beyond Lesotho
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Lineo Segoete --- , Lesotho Zachary Rosen --- , LesothoIn this article we explore the historical construction of literary infrastructure established in Lesotho. Building on an analysis of Sesotho language orthography by Dr Litšepiso Matlosa, we recall the colonial genesis of written Sesotho by Swiss and French missionaries. As... -
Characterisation of Eucalyptus rhizospheric communities using fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) profile analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Chimdi Nwigwe --- , South Africa Annabel Fossey --- , South Africa Olga de Smidt --- , South AfricaHybrid vigour is exploited in Eucalyptus forestry through the production of interspecific hybrids. Hybrids are deployed via cuttings that often suffer from poor rooting. Rhizospheric microorganisms have been associated with rooting enhancement, therefore knowledge of the diversity of microorganism communities,... -
Moderating effect of supply chain complexity in governance mechanisms and operational performance relationship: Evidence from a sub-Saharan African market
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Emmanuel Kwabena Anin --- , Ghana Nathaniel Boso --- , Ghana David Asamoah --- , GhanaThis study draws on the tenets of transaction cost economics to examine the moderating effect of supply chain complexity on the relationship between formal control and social control mechanisms, and operational performance. The study argues that under conditions of increased... -
Training and support relationship influences on volunteers’ public advocacy behaviours: Their mediation by psychological empowerment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Meng Chenli --- , China Eugene Abrokwah --- , ChinaThis study examined how psychological empowerment mediation of training and support relationship influences volunteer public advocacy behaviours. Survey participants were 300 volunteers at community health volunteer organisations (CHVOs) in Shanghai, China (female = 36.94%; mean age = 28.89 years, SD... -
The impact of technology transfer / policies on the economic catch-up of the Korean National Innovation System and its implications for Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Temitayo Shenkoya --- , South Korea Euiseok Kim --- , South KoreaPrevious studies have shown that technology transfer is essential for innovation and knowledge diffusion. However, without appropriate policies, technology transfer cannot be successful. This research studied technology transfer and its policies in Korea with the aim to determine whether it... -
Disasters are not cute: Cute expressions increase dehumanisation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jiaxin Shi --- , China Junjie Qiu --- , China Tuo Liu --- , GermanyPeople perceive cute expressions about situations or events positively or negatively. However, the conditions for how cute expression messaging would be received are less clear. In three studies, we investigated the influences of natural disaster cute expression messaging on audiences... -
An evaluation of the legislative and policy response of tax authorities to the digitalisation of the economy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Helena Strauss [cor1] Danie Schutte --- , South Africa Tyson Fawcett --- , AustraliaTax administration and reform within the digitalised economy is an ongoing global debate. In the study, the global tax response to various elements introduced by the digitalisation of the economy is synthesised, analysed and evaluated. The study is set apart... -
Assessment of soil surface scarification and reseeding with sulla (Hedysarum coronarium L.) of degraded Mediterranean semi-arid rangelands
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Slim Slim --- , Tunisia Mounir Louhaichi --- , Tunisia Mouldi Gamoun --- , Tunisia Serkan Ates --- , United States Sawsan Hassan --- , Jordan Oumeima Ben Romdhane --- , Tunisia Azaiez Ouled Belgacem --- , United Arab EmiratesClimate change and degradation of natural resources pose daunting challenges in arid and semi-arid rangelands of southern Mediterranean region. Overcoming these challenges requires considerable management actions efforts. In this context, the current two-year (2017/2018 and 2018/2019) study investigated the effects... -
To err is human; to forgive, divine: A scoping review of workplace forgiveness experiences
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Salomé Elizabeth Scholtz --- , South AfricaForgiveness in the workplace can play a crucial role in employee health and organisational outcomes. This scoping review explored the emerging evidence on employee experiences of workplace forgiveness. The search included JSTOR (2020) and Scopus databases, spanning the period 2010-2020... -
The interplay between interpersonal relationships and organisational learning behaviour: Influences of psychological safety
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Emenike N. Anyaegbunam --- , Nigeria Izuchukwu L. G. Ndukaihe --- , Nigeria Onyinye A. Nwankwo --- , Nigeria Fabian O. Ugwu --- , NigeriaThis study examined the association between interpersonal relationships and organisation learning behaviour among new employees; as well as the influence of psychological safety on that relationship. Participants were 1 500 newly recruited university employees (females = 41.66%; mean age =... -
Organisational trust and commitment among South African public service employees: Influence of socio-demographics
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ingrid Potgieter --- , South Africa Kelebogile Mathonsi --- , South AfricaThis study examined the influence of socio-demographics on the relationship between employee organisational trust and organisational commitment. The study’s participants were 255 South African public service employees (female = 58%; black = 82%; permanently employed = 84%), between the ages... -
How abusive supervision affects unethical pro-organisational behaviour: A moderated mediation examination of exchange and proactive personality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jing Wang --- , China Gangqiang Wang --- , China Guoqin Liu --- , China Yalin Chu --- , China Li Zhou --- , ChinaIn this study, we examined how abusive supervision would be associated with unethical pro-organisational behaviour (UPB). Using a time-lag study design, we collect a sample of 322 working adults from a large bank in the south-west of China (female =... -
Sustainable person-environment fit and subjective career success: The moderating role of resilience
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Zilmarie Carstens --- , South Africa Eileen Koekemoer --- , South Africa Andries Masenge --- , South AfricaThis study examined the relationship between person-environment fit and subjective career success (SCS), as well as the role of personal resilience in that relationship. A convenience sample of 742 employees from various sectors in South Africa (female = 55.3%; Afrikaans... -
Decolonising and Africanising the Spanish studies curriculum under emergency online teaching: introducing Equatorial Guinean literature in South African higher education
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Nereida Ripero-Muñiz --- , South Africa Thato Senabe --- , South Africa Musa Maseko --- , South Africa Yolanda Reigadas --- , South AfricaThis is a reflective piece that explores the process of creating and implementing a new course at the University of the Witwatersrand on the literature of Equatorial Guinea under emergency online teaching that took place in 2020 due to the... -
Determining the post-herbivore-exclusion effect on an intertidal community by the recovery response of a known dominant herbivore
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: DC van den Berg --- , South Africa K Sethebe --- , South Africa GW Maneveldt --- , South AfricaFollowing a long-term herbivore-exclusion study (2003-2008) in the mid-eulittoral zone at Kalk Bay, Cape Town, South Africa, the post-herbivore-exclusion effect (12 years later) of the limpet Cymbula oculus, the dominant herbivore in the community, was examined after it had recolonised... -
Is the largest African penguin colony in South Africa influencing local ocean productivity?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: G Passuni --- , South Africa LRD Human --- , South Africa SN Riddick --- , United States P Pattrick --- , South Africa M Bizani --- , South Africa SHP Deyzel --- , South Africa NA Strydom --- , South Africa TG Bornman --- , South Africa L Pichegru --- , South AfricaIn coastal waters, nutrient supplies originate principally from allochthonous sources, such as inputs from rivers, estuaries or oceanic waters. Recently, it has been suggested that marine life contributes to the nutrient load, with penguin colonies being the largest contributor worldwide... -
Machine learning techniques to estimate mechanised forest cutting productivity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Saulo Boldrini Gonçalves --- , Brazil Nilton Cesar Fiedler --- , Brazil Jeferson Pereira Martins Silva --- , Brazil Gilson Fernandes da Silva --- , Brazil Mayra Luiza Marques da Silva --- , Brazil Luciano José Minette --- , Brazil Daniel Pena Pereira --- , Brazil Domingos Manuel Mendes Lopes --- , Portugal Evandro Ferreira da Silva --- , Brazil Antônio Henrique Cordeiro Ramalho --- , Brazil Jeangelis Silva Santos --- , Brazil Marcelo Otone Aguiar --- , Brazil Jose de Oliveira Melo Neto --- , Brazil Renisson Neponuceno de Araújo Filho --- , BrazilThe productivity of wood harvesting operations is one of the main viability indicators of the forestry enterprise, which is directly influenced by land, population, and operational planning characteristics. The variables that affect the productivity of harvesting machines are particularly difficult... -
Organisational citizenship behaviours: Their influences on mineworkers’ turnover intention
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Khayalethu Ngqeza --- , South Africa Nelesh Dhanpat --- , South AfricaWe investigated organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) influences on employee turnover intention in a mining organisation. The participants were 371 mining employees (men = 74%; women = 26%; mean age = 37.2 years, SD = 8.21 years). The employees completed standardised... -
Estimation of pesticide mixture interaction in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) using survival analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: KC Kanu --- , Nigeria NH Amaeze --- , Nigeria AA Otitoloju --- , NigeriaThe acute toxicity of the pesticides atrazine, mancozeb, chlorpyrifos and lambda-cyhalothrin, acting singly and jointly, was assessed on Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) fingerlings. Median lethal concentration (LC50), median lethal time (LT50), and mixture interaction were estimated, whereas survival analysis was... -
Rethinking project management maturity models for the South African power sector
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Natisha Gareeb --- , South Africa Pantaleo D. Rwelamila --- , South AfricaThe purpose of this paper is to determine whether the current Project Management Maturity Models (PMMM) described in the literature are suitable for the South African (SA) power sector. The research objective of this paper is to map the main... -
Organisational compassion and employee voice behaviour: The mediating role of perceived insider status and felt responsibility
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Yungui Guo --- , China Wei Wang --- , ChinaDrawing on social exchange and social cognitive theory, we explored the role of perceived insider status and felt responsibility in the relationship between organisational compassion and employee voice. The sample consisted of 301 employees from eight enterprises in China (female... -
Linking servant leadership to customer-oriented organisational citizenship behaviour: The moderating role of perceived interactional justice
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Shaping Qiu --- , USA Ruijuan Zhang --- , China Sami Jabarkhail --- , USA Larry M. Dooley --- , USAThis study examined the association between employee servant leadership perceptions and their customer-oriented organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB), and the influence of perceived interactional justice in this relationship. Participants were 708 hospitality industry employees from across China (female = 66.53%; mean... -
Citizen science survey of non-native Rose-ringed Parakeets Psittacula krameri in the Durban metropole, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Tinyiko C Shivambu --- , South Africa Ndivhuwo Shivambu --- , South Africa Colleen T Downs --- , South AfricaThe Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri (Scopoli, 1769) has become invasive in several countries, including South Africa, mainly through the pet trade releases and escapees. We conducted an online questionnaire survey targeting the residents in Durban, eThekwini Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa... -
Corporate sustainability and firm performance in small and medium enterprises in Ghana: Mediating role of green innovation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Stephen Sarfo Adu-Yeboah --- , People’s Republic of China Yuanchun Jiang --- , People’s Republic of China Michelle Frempomaa Frempong --- , People’s Republic of China Md Altab Hossin --- , People’s Republic of China Richard Amoako --- , People’s Republic of ChinaThis study examined green innovation influences on the relationship between business organisation corporate sustainability and its performance related to market share, profitability, and market positioning. Participants (n = 432) were from the hospitality (n = 138), agribusiness (n = 74), manufacturing (n = 105) and professional services (n = 115)... -
Perceived organisational reputation and work engagement among Nigerian bank employees: The mediating role of transformational leadership style
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Gabriel C. Kanu --- , Nigeria Anene M. Ezeh --- , Nigeria Ikechukwu V. N. Ujoatuonu --- , Nigeria Sampson O. Elom --- , Nigeria Lawrence E. Ugwu --- , NigeriaThis study aimed to examine the relationship between employee perceptions of their organisational reputation and employee work engagement, and the role of transformational leadership style in that relationship. The study sample comprised 183 employees of Nigerian banks (female = 52.5%; managers = 9.8%; mean... -
A psychological contract for the digital mindset: Factor analysis of the Psychological Contract Inputs-Outcomes Inventory (PCIOI)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Alda Deas --- , South Africa Melinde Coetzee --- , South AfricaWe aimed to explore the factor structure of the Psychological Contract Inputs-Outcomes Inventory (PCIOI) as a potential reliable measure for assessing the psychological contract content elements of employees with a digital mindset. Employees (n = 293, mean age = 38.58... -
Practical aspects of insulin administration: what the healthcare provider knows
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: Nousheen Parker --- , South Africa Ankia Coetzee --- , South Africa Lourentia van Wyk --- , South Africa Magda Conradie --- , South Africa -
The Feminist Writer and the Subaltern: A Perspective on Ole Kulet’s Blossoms of the Savannah
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Andrew Nyongesa --- , Kenya Joseph Gaita Murimi --- , Kenya Justus Kizito Makokha --- , KenyaDominant literary conversations like post-structuralism have crowned the literary writer as an impartial and reliable voice for the voiceless in oppressive cultural settings. Since the marginal group is weak and cannot speak for themselves, the intellectual is given express authority... -
Impact of cold plasma-mediated treatment on coated and packaged ‘Monterey’ strawberries during cold storage
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Zinash A Belay --- , South Africa Nandi E Nyamende --- , South Africa Oluwafemi James Caleb --- , South AfricaCold plasma technology has been used within the food industry for surface decontamination. Therefore, this study investigated the efficacy of low-pressure cold plasma (CP) treatment to decontaminate sodium alginate-coated and packaged ‘Monterey’ strawberries. Cold plasma treatment was carried out at... -
Predicting hospitality management students’ intention to enter employment in the hospitality industry on graduation: a person–environment fit perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Ran Zhang --- Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands Klaes Eringa --- NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, the NetherlandsThis study investigates factors predicting hospitality management students’ intention to enter employment in the hospitality industry upon graduation. Survey data were collected from 591 hospitality management students in a hotel management school in the Netherlands. Results of multiple regression analyses... -
Can I bring my pet? The space for companion animals in hospitality and tourism
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Lucia Tomassini --- NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsCompanion animals play an important role in our lives as pets, as emotional support animals, as guide dogs, or through different forms of pet therapy. The sociological, emotional and physical space that companion animals have been gaining in our lives... -
Correlates of lived career calling: The role of perceived calling and organisational cultural identity among police cadets
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jie Zhou --- Sichuan Police College, ChinaWe examined how and when multiple entry motivation influenced lived calling. Participants were 737 police cadets from Sichuan Province, China (female= 24.42%; sophomore= 65.0%; major in science= 32.7%). The participants completed surveys on entry motivation, perceived calling, lived calling, and... -
New host–parasite associations of Cymothoidae (Crustacea, Isopoda) infesting elasmobranch fishes in Tunisian waters
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: F Youssef --- El Manar University, Tunisia B Benmansouand --- El Manar University, Tunisia Z Ramdane --- University of Bejaia, AlgeriaBetween 2015 and 2020, 2 092 specimens of cartilaginous fishes (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii) belonging to eight species and five genera were sampled along the Tunisian coast and examined for their cymothoid parasites, Among the eight examined elasmobranch species, only three were... -
Organisational justice and workplace deviance behaviour among bank workers in Nigeria: the role of perceived organisational support as a moderator
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Eze C. Ifeanyichukwu --- , Nigeria Ike O. Obinna --- University of Nigeria, Nigeria Obiageli Omeje --- Enugu State University of Science and Technology Enugu, Nigeria Ejike Okonkwo --- Enugu State University of Science and Technology Enugu, Nigeria Attamah Ikechukwu --- University of Nigeria, Nigeria Chinwendu M. Okoro --- Coal City University, NigeriaThe study investigated the relationship between organisational justice (OJ: distributive, interactive, and procedural) and work-place deviance (WPD) behaviours and the role of perceived organisational support (POS) in that relationship. Participants were bank workers from South-east Nigeria (n = 482; male... -
Organisational support: Associations with psychological contracts and turnover intention in the South African food manufacturing industry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Michael Loudwick Mathebula --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Jeremy Mitonga-Monga --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaThe study examined the role of employee perceived organisational support (POS) in the relationship between employee psychological contract (PC) and turnover intention (TUI). The participants comprised employees in a South African (SA) food manufacturing company (n= 385 employees; female =... -
Work-place diversity climate: Its association with racial microaggressions and employee work-place well-being
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sean McCallaghan --- North-West University, South AfricaThe study examined the role of work-place diversity climate in relation to employees’ experiences of racial microaggressions (RMAs), their organisational commitment, turnover intentions, job satisfaction, and organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) in selected South African organisations. The employees (n = 262;... -
Servant leadership and employee attitudes within a South African state-owned enterprise: Mediation by employee motivation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Leone Jackson --- North-West University, South Africa Roslyn Belinda Lodewyk-Raliphada --- North-West University, South Africa Marissa Brouwers --- North-West University, South Africa Leon TB Jackson --- North-West University, South AfricaWe sought to investigate employee motivation mediation of the relationship between servant leadership, employee motivation, job satisfaction, and affective organisation commitment in a public sector enterprise. Participants (n = 128; male = 73; female = 55; age range = 31–40... -
Compulsory unethical pro-organisational behaviour and employees’ in-role performance: a moderated mediation analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jing Wang --- Zunyi Medical University, China Gangqiang Wang --- Zunyi Normal University, China Guoqin Liu --- Zunyi Medical University, China Qing Zhou --- Zunyi Medical University, ChinaThis study aimed to identify the influences of compulsory unethical pro-organisational behaviour (CUPB) on employees’ in-role performance and the potential mechanisms between them. Based on the multilevel data from 612 salespeople in China (female = 55.4%; managers = 47.8%; 23–30... -
The power drivers of public sector audit committee effectiveness
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Philna Coetzee --- Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa Lourens Erasmus --- University of South Africa, South Africa Mangakane Pududu --- University of South Africa, South Africa Shan Malan --- University of South Africa, South Africa Audrey Legodi --- Tshwane University of Technology, South AfricaAudit committees are often implicated as accomplices in governance failures, or slow to react to findings. The power drivers of public sector audit committee effectiveness in developing countries is an under-researched area. With the progress of developing countries threatened by... -
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... -
Challenges impacting on the quality of care to persons living with HIV/AIDS and other terminal illnesses with reference to Kanye community home-based care programme
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Simon M Kang'ethe --- Skill Share International,HIV/AIDS has been found to be a challenging disease to humanity, its challenge spin-offs falling especially on to the caregivers of those infected and affected by the virus. This paper aims to discuss the challenges influencing the state of caregiving... -
Provider-initiated HIV testing in health care settings: Should it include client-centered counselling?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Susan M Kiene --- Medicine and Community Health (Research), Brown University, Michael Stein --- Medicine and Community Health, Brown University, USA Moses Bateganya --- Makerere University (Internal Medicine), Rhoda Wanyenze --- Makerere University School of Public Health-CDC HIV Fellowship Programme, Uganda Kenneth Mayer --- The Fenway Institute/Fenway Health, Haruna Lule --- Gombe Hospital, UgandaTo increase access to HIV testing, the WHO and CDC have recommended implementing provider-initiated HIV testing (PITC). To address the resource limitations of the PITC setting, WHO and CDC suggest that patient-provider interactions during PITC may need to focus on... -
Maternal HIV status and infant feeding practices among Ugandan women
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Pius Okong --- St Francis Hospital Nsambya, Praxedes Kituuka Namaganda --- Department of Paediatrics, St Francis Hospital Nsambya, Luciana Bassani --- St Francis Hospital Nsambya, Mary Mbidde Tabaro --- St Francis Hospital Nsambya, Francesca Zanetto --- St Joseph's Hospital, Edith Birungi Mwebaze --- Social Sector Planning and Management, Makerere University, Liliana Weimer --- Unit of Pharmacology and Therapy of Viral Diseases of the Department of Therapeutic Research, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (The Italian National Institute of Health), Lina Tomasoni --- Unit for Tropical and Imported Diseases, Spedali Civili General Hospital, Francesco Castelli --- Department for Mother and Child Care and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Brescia, Italy Marina Giuliano --- Unit of Pharmacology and Therapy of Viral Diseases of the Department of Therapeutic Research, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (The Italian National Institute of Health),To describe the infant feeding practices in the general population in Uganda, and to assess the impact of maternal HIV status on these practices, a questionnaire was administered to women attending the follow-up clinics for child vaccination. Among the mothers... -
HIV/AIDS stigma at the workplace: Exploratory findings from Pakistan
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Sajid Bashir --- Human Resource Management, Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, PakistanPeople living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) are stigmatised socially. They are devalued and considered like outcasts by having lesser opportunities for education, treatment and housing, and in an organisational context they get reduced opportunities of selection, promotion and income. The phenomena... -
Ambiguous diagnosis, futile treatments and temporary recovery: Meanings of medical treatment among HIV/AIDS family caregivers providing care without ARVs
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Mokhantšo Makoae --- Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC),The capacity of countries with high HIV and AIDS prevalence to provide antiretroviral treatment and care for all people who need support remains a public health challenge. In Lesotho, there are improvements in this area but the high proportion of... -
Acceptability, feasibility and challenges of implementing an HIV prevention intervention for people living with HIV/AIDS among healthcare providers in Mozambique: Results of a qualitative study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Prafulta Jaiantilal --- , , Mozambique Sarah A. Gutin --- , , USA Beverley Cummings --- , , Mozambique Francisco Mbofana --- , , Mozambique Carol Dawson Rose --- , , USADespite the Mozambique government's efforts to curb human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), national prevalence is 11.5% and support is needed to expand HIV-related services and improve program quality. Positive prevention (PP) programs, which prioritize HIV prevention with... -
Responses to the global HIV and AIDS pandemic: a study of the role of faith-based organisations in Lesotho
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Dejo Olowu --- , , NigeriaThis article attempts to establish the key contribution by people of faith to the global HIV pandemic response, using Lesotho as a case study. Particular focus is paid to the work of selected religious organisations in Lesotho in this context,... -
‘Public enemy no. 1’: Tobacco industry funding for the AIDS response
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Julia Smith --- , , Canada Sheryl Thompson --- , , Canada Kelley Lee --- , , CanadaThis article analyzes the history of tobacco industry funding for the AIDS response – a largely ignored aspect of private donor involvement. Primary documents from the Legacy Tobacco Documents Library and AIDS organizations are analyzed, alongside existing literature on the... -
Monitoring and evaluation of sport-based HIV/AIDS awareness programmes: Strengthening outcome indicators
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Elma Nelisiwe Maleka --- , South AfricaThere are number of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in South Africa that use sport as a tool to respond to Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS), however, little is reported about the outcomes and impact of these programmes. The aim of... -
A review of the genus Thelotornis A. Smith in eastern Africa, with the description of a new species from the Usambara Mountains (Serpentes: Colubridae: Dispholidini)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: DonaldG. Broadley --- Research Associate, Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe,The populations of Thelotornis in eastern Africa are reviewed. Thelotornis kirtlandii extends east of the Albertine rift to Uganda and the Imatong Mountains in southern Sudan, but in Tanzania it is only represented by a few relict populations in montane... -
Re‐discovery of Cynisca bifrontalis in Gabon, with additional notes on Monopeltis galeata (Reptilia: Amphisbaenia)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: WilliamR. Branch --- Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa OlivierS.G. Pauwels --- Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Belgium Marius Burger --- University of the Western Cape, South AfricaA small series of amphisbaenians from the Toucan/Rabi region, Ogooué‐Maritime Province, south‐western Gabon, is reported. It includes five specimens of Cynisca bifrontalis (Boulenger 1906), previously known only from the holotype, and five specimens of Monopeltis galeata (Hallowell 1852). The Toucan/Rabi... -
Diet of sympatric Gaboon Vipers (Bitis gabonica) and Nose‐horned Vipers (Bitis nasicornis) in southern Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Luca Luiselli --- Centre of Environmental Studies “Demetra” and F.I.Z.V., Italy GodfreyC. Akani --- Rivers State University of Science and Technology, NigeriaThe stomach content of 524 Gaboon Vipers, Bitis gabonica gabonica (53 subadults, 222 males and 249 females) and 392 Nose‐horned Vipers, Bitis nasicornis (48 subadults, 163 males and 161 females), from a number of forest‐plantation mosaic areas of southern Nigeria... -
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... -
Analysis of intraspecific colour variation in the fossorial Coastal Legless Lizard, Microacontias litoralis (Scincidae: Acontiinae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: PhomoloL. Mashinini --- Transvaal Museum, South Africa Neil.J. L. Heideman --- University of the Free State, South Africa P. le FrasN. Mouton --- Stellenbosch University, South AfricaAn analysis of intraspecific variation in the fossorial skink Microacontias litoralis revealed that orange‐coloured and melanistic individuals co‐occur at several localities. Body colour was found to be independent of sex and body size. Both orange‐coloured and melanistic in situ embryos... -
New range extensions for Dasypeltis atra Sternfeld in Tanzania (Serpentes : Colubridae), with a review of the distribution of colour phases
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: DonaldG. Broadley --- Biodiversity Foundation for Africa, Zimbabwe MichaelF. Bates --- National Museum, South AfricaFour Tanzanian specimens of the patterned phase of Dasypeltis atra represent range extensions into savanna areas. One of these specimens, from Ibaya Camp in Mkomazi Game Reserve, extends the species’ range by about 100 km to the south‐east from Mount... -
Colonisation theory and invasive biota: the Great Fish River case history, 35 years later
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: Pule P Mpopetsi --- Rhodes University, South Africa Wilbert T Kadye --- Rhodes University, South AfricaUsing the Great Fish River, South Africa, Laurenson and Hocutt (1986) proposed a colonisation theory outlining the characteristics of successful invaders and the properties of aquatic habitats that facilitate successful fish invasions. The Great Fish River has modified flow due... -
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... -
A natural terminal Pleistocene decline of African penguin populations enhances their anthropogenic extinction risk
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: H Beckett --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa OK Hansen --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa S von der Heyden --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa GF Midgley --- Stellenbosch University, South AfricaThe African penguin Spheniscus demersus, endemic to the coast of southern Africa, has suffered anthropogenic-driven population declines since 1900 and is now listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Conservation efforts currently underway are informed by the species’ adaptive... -
Is the use of commercial organic ameliorants for cropping justified?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: T C Baloyi --- ARC-Grain Crops, South Africa F R Kutu --- ARC-Grain Crops, South Africa C C du Preez --- University of the Free State, South AfricaLarge areas of soils in sub-Saharan Africa are poor in organic matter and nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium (NPK) fertilisation is essential for cropping. Most farmers are smallholders who cannot afford NPK fertilisers but they could consider alternatives like commercial organic ameliorants.This applies also... -
How does organisational support improve job satisfaction? A moderated mediation analysis based on evidence from a global survey
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ye Tian --- China University of Geosciences, China Yungui Guo --- Hunan University of Science and Technology, ChinaWe tested a moderated mediation model that examines the mediating role of personal accomplishment and the moderating role of work interest in the relationship between organisational support and job satisfaction among post-doctoral students/fellows. Our sample comprised 6 575 post-doctoral students/fellows... -
Conservation status and threats to lovebirds: knowledge gaps and research priorities
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Sascha Dueker --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Sandi Willows-Munro --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Michael R Perrin --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Yilma D Abebe --- , Ethiopia Nathaniel ND Annorbah --- University of Environment and Sustainable Development, Ghana Esther W Mwangi --- National Museums of Kenya, Kenya Ireene R Madindou --- National Museums of Kenya, Kenya Wondimagegnehu Tekalign --- Wolaita Sodo University, Ethiopia Emiliano Mori --- Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri, Italy Tiwonge I Mzumara --- , United Kingdom Chris Brown --- , Namibia Ursula Bryson --- , Namibia Henry Ndithia --- National Museums of Kenya, Kenya Tim Dodman --- , United Kingdom Henriette van der Zwan --- North-West University, South Africa Rencia van der Sluis --- North-West University, South Africa Chaona R Phiri --- Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom Abigail Karimanzira --- , Zimbabwe Rowan O Martin --- , United KingdomLovebirds (genus Agapornis of family Psittaculidae) are a group of small, colourful parrot species endemic to sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar, two-thirds of which are considered to have declining populations. Effective conservation efforts are hampered by a lack of information, particularly... -
Representation theorems for closed ideals of CB (X)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Alireza Olfati --- Yasouj University, IranLet CB (X) be the Banach algebra of all continuous bounded ℂ-valued functions on a completely regular Hausdorff space X equipped with the supremum norm. We provide representation theorems for arbitrary closed ideals of CB (X). Indeed, for a closed... -
From otium to opium (and back again?): Lockdown’s leisure industry, hyper-synchronisation and the philosophy of walking
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Helen-Mary Cawood --- University of the Free State, South Africa Mark J. Amiradakis --- University of the Free State, South AfricaThis article provides an account of the cultural changes induced by the pandemic, and draws on the tradition of critical theory (especially the work of Horkheimer and Adorno, and Fromm) and the work of Bernard Stiegler to critically assess their... -
Telecommuting and job performance during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of psychological detachment from work
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jinkai Cheng --- Renmin University of China, China Chao Zhang --- Fuzhou University, ChinaThis study examined the mediating role of psychological detachment from work and the moderating influence of perceived organisational telework task support in the relationship between the extent of telecommuting and the job performance of employees. Using a time-lag study design,... -
Corporate social responsibility and employee knowledge sharing: The roles of organisational trust and exchange quality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Si Qian --- Beijing Technology and Business University, China Ke Ma --- Beijing Technology and Business University, China Siqi Guo --- Beijing Technology and Business University, ChinaDrawing on the social exchange theory, this study aimed to examine the relationship between perceived corporate social responsibility (CSR) and employee knowledge-sharing behaviour, including the roles organisational trust and exchange quality play in that relationship. Survey data were collected from... -
Maximal subrings of classical integral domains
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: M. Alinaghizadeh --- Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Iran A. Azarang --- Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, IranIt is shown that if R is an integral domain with |R| = 2ʿ, then either R has a maximal subring or R has a prime ideal P which is not a maximal ideal of R, Char(R/P) = Char(R) and... -
Feasibility study on the use of the modified Finnish Diabetes Risk Score in South African context: a case of home-based carers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: TM Mothiba --- University of Limpopo, South Africa MH Mphasha --- University of Limpopo, South Africa TT Molepo --- University of Limpopo, South Africa H Bastiaens --- University of Antwerp, Belgium J Wens --- University of Antwerp, Belgium -
Altruism and Agency: Fictional Representations of Albino Vulnerability in Elias Mutani’s Human Poachers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Spemba Elias Spemba --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa and Languages and Literature; Mkwawa University College of Education, TanzaniaThis article examines Elias Mutani’s Human Poachers (2016) to assess how the body of child character with and without albinism is culturally assigned specific meanings by exploring how the author configures and reconfigures the agencies of a child character with... -
Strengths-based human resource system and organisational citizenship behaviour: Mediation by organisational support and moderation by tenure
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: He Ding --- North China Electric Power University, China Meng Zhang --- North China Electric Power University, China Enhai Yu --- North China Electric Power University, ChinaThis study explored perceived organisational support (POS) mediation and the role of organisational tenure moderation in the relationship between the perceived strengths-based human resource (HR) system and organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB). We collected data from 216 Chinese employees in different... -
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... -
Job insecurity and employee commitment during COVID-19: mediating the role of quitting intention in family-owned hotels
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Esther Theresa Appaw-Agbola --- Ho Technical University, Ghana Jennifer Eyram Nkrow --- Ho Technical University, Ghana Elikem Krampa --- Ho Technical University, GhanaUsing the social exchange theory, this article explores how quitting intention mediates job insecurity and organisational commitment in family-owned hotels during the COVID-19 period in Ghana. A conceptual model was developed to give a clear perspective of the study. Literature... -
Collective Efficacy among schoolteachers: Influences on the relationship between Trust and Organisational Citizenship Behaviour
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: --- Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia --- Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China --- Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, MalaysiaWe explored the mediating effect of Collective Efficacy (CE) on the relationship between Trust and Organisational Citizenship Behaviour (OCB) in an education setting. A total of 255 teachers (females = 56%, elementary in an urban area = 47%, mean years... -
Childhood emotional abuse and gamebullying among Chinese youths: The mediating roles of mindfulness and Machiavellianism
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: --- University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China --- Peking University, China --- Institute of Journalism and Communication, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, ChinaThis study investigated the relationship between childhood emotional abuse and gamebullying among youths, and the roles of mindfulness and Machiavellianism in that relationship. The study sample comprised 504 Chinese youths (female = 51.2%) who completed the Childhood Emotional Abuse Scale,... -
Motivating Generation Z — the volunteers of the future
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Henrik Pahus --- , Denmark Tina Knuth --- , DenmarkIn this article, we present the results of an ongoing research project from 2020 to 2023 on volunteerism and Generation Z. The purpose of the overall project is to examine which elements are motivating or demotivating to volunteers from Generation... -
Advertisement call description of the exceedingly rare Phrynomantis affinis (Anura: Microhylidae), with comparisons to P. bifasciatus and range extensions for both species
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Francois S Becker --- National Museum of Namibia, Namibia Alan Channing --- North-West University, South AfricaDespite a relatively broad distribution in Africa, the Spotted Rubber Frog, Phrynomantis affinis, is extremely rarely encountered. Only 18 specimens from 12 localities have been collected with a few additional observations recorded. Virtually nothing of the species’ natural history is... -
Testing the thermal melanism hypothesis for Cape Cobras (Naja nivea) using community science photographic data
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Jody M Barends --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Kim J Scholtz --- University of the Western Cape, South AfricaAnimal colour is a highly adaptive phenotypic trait that can respond to several selection pressures, including those facilitated by variations in climate. The thermal melanism hypothesis predicts that for ectotherms, selection for darker phenotypes should be highest in cooler areas... -
Job satisfaction and perception of workloads among dietitians and nutritionists registered in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Louise van den Berg --- University of the Free State, South Africa Sindi-marie de Beer --- University of the Free State, South Africa Talitha Claassen --- University of the Free State, South Africa Jemima Meyer --- University of the Free State, South Africa Ingrid Strydom --- University of the Free State, South Africa Cornelius van Rooyen --- University of the Free State, South Africa Hermina Spies --- University of the Free State, South Africa -
On the product of vanishing classes in a finite group
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Neda Ahanjideh --- Shahrekord University, IranLet G be a finite group. An element g ∈ G is called a vanishing element of G if there exists an irreducible complex character χ of G such that χ(g) = 0. The conjugacy class of G containing a... -
South African nursing students' stress and resilience during the global COVID-19 health crisis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ilze Steenkamp --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa Jennifer Chipps --- University of the Western Cape, South AfricaThe study aimed to investigate nursing students' psychological distress and their response to stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants were 370 South African nursing students (female= 75%; mean age= 21.9 years, SD = 3.9 years). Students completed the following scales:... -
Examining the mediating role of support resources in the self-efficacy and career satisfaction relationship among professional women in a developing economy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ndayiziveyi Takawira --- University of South Africa, South AfricaThis study explored the mediating role of perceived organisational support and social support in the relationship between self-efficacy and career satisfaction among professional women. The participants comprised a non-probability sample of 606 professional women (white = 62%; black women of... -
The Subversion of Archipelagic Memory in Yvonne Owuor’s The Dragonfly Sea
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Edgar Fred Nabutanyi --- Makerere University, South AfricaArchipelago memory and history are often scripted as inherently colonial and patriarchal obligations. This is anchored on the belief that it is the dominant power that connects the archipelago and curates its history-making enterprise. This logic, which affirms the agency... -
Repositioning ‘woman’ in Nwapa’s Efuru and Emecheta’s Joys of Motherhood
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Sifiso Sibanda --- North-West University, South AfricaThis paper focuses on Nwapa and Emecheta’s transformative representation of their heroines in Efuru and The Joys of Motherhood, respectively. In these two works, the authors seek to reposition ‘woman’ and inaugurate her as a formidable force of change. They... -
Highly variable breeding phenology in an arid region colonial cooperative breeder, the Sociable Weaver Philetairus socius
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Pietro B D’Amelio --- Université Paris-Saclay and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay, France Nicolas J Silva --- , France Liliana R Silva --- University of Porto, Portugal André C Ferreira --- University of Zurich, Switzerland Franck Theron --- University of Porto, Portugal Claire Doutrelant --- , France Rita Covas --- University of Porto, PortugalDescribing breeding phenology (the timings of reproductive events) is central for studying individual fitness and population dynamics. While fundamental differences in breeding strategies between different biomes (e.g. tropics and temperate regions) have long been identified, detailed descriptions based on long-term... -
Living together, feeding apart: the comparative foraging ecology of two African flycatcher species
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Peter GH Frost --- , South Africa Suzanne K Frost --- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town, South AfricaThis study examined how habitat and resource conditions influence the foraging behaviour and ecology of the Pale (Pallid) Flycatcher Agricola pallidus and Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis, two perch-and-pounce insectivores that swoop on prey from elevated perches. These species were studied... -
Hunting the hippo: a brief history of wildlife hunting and the reconfiguration of animal-human relations in Namibia’s Zambezi region
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Hauke-Peter Vehrs --- University of Cologne, GermanyThe Zambezi region in north-eastern Namibia is located at the centre of the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA), an area that is endowed with a great variety of wildlife and managed not only to protect this asset but also... -
Overqualification perception and employee voice: Mediation by dual path autonomous and controlled motivation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Enhai Yu --- School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, China Xiao Ge --- School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, China He Ding --- School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, ChinaDrawing on person–vocation fit and self-determination theory, we explored the role of the autonomous and controlled motivation in the relationship between overqualification perception and employee voice. The sample consisted of 251 employees from different enterprises in China (female = 52.6%;... -
Effects of materialism and perceived social support on the mental health of college students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ming Hong --- , ChinaWe aimed to examine the role of materialism and perceived social support on the mental health of college students. Participants were 988 college students from Guangdong Province, China (female = 55.77 %; mean age =19.70 years, SD = 1.56 years)... -
Is mindfulness associated with lower online trolling among adolescents? Mediating effects of self-esteem and depression and moderating effect of dark personality traits
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Fang Li --- Sichuan Normal University, China Xu Tang --- Sichuan Normal University, China Xin Ge --- , China Mengni Yu --- Sichuan Normal University, China Siqi Wang --- Sichuan Normal University, China Biyun Wu --- Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, ChinaWe investigated the relationship between mindfulness and online trolling among adolescents. We also explored the mediating role of self-esteem and depression and the moderating role of dark personality traits in the relationship between mindfulness and online trolling. Chinese adolescents (n... -
Cape genet Genetta tigrina diet in the Albany Thicket Biome, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Axola Plaatjie --- University of Fort Hare, South Africa Filipe Carvalho --- University of Fort Hare, South Africa Rabelani Marikhele --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Zimkitha JK Madikiza --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Emmanuel Do Linh San --- University of Fort Hare, South AfricaThe diet of the Cape genet Genetta tigrina is only well known in the coastal forests of South Africa, where either arthropods or small mammals are their dominant prey. Here, we aimed to demonstrate this species’ opportunistic behaviour by investigating... -
Parasitoid guild of the citrus leafminer, Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in Tunisian citrus orchards and a new report of Cirrospilus ingenuus Gahan (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Dorra Mansour --- University of Sousse, Regional Research Centre on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture at Chott Meriem, Institut Supérieur Agronomique de Chott-Mariem, Tunisia Mohamed Braham --- University of Sousse, Regional Research Centre on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture at Chott Meriem, Institut Supérieur Agronomique de Chott-Mariem, TunisiaA survey of the parasitoid species of the citrus leafminer (CLM), Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), a cosmopolitan pest of citrus, was carried out in 2019 and 2020 in the major citrus production area of Tunisia. Four different Eulophidae species... -
Diet of a Maghreb Owl Strix mauritanica individual at Kahf Lakhal cave on Jbel Moussa, northern Morocco
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Abdeslam Rihane --- , Morocco Abdelmottalib Nahli --- University of Hassan II Casablanca, Morocco EL-Mustapha Laghzaoui --- , Morocco Youssef Dbiba --- , Morocco Mohamed Radi --- , Morocco Mohamed Dakki --- , Morocco El Hassan El Mouden --- , Morocco Rhimou El Hamoumi --- University of Hassan II Casablanca, MoroccoThe diet of a single Maghreb Owl Strix mauritanica (family Strigidae) was examined within its natural habitat at Kahf Lakhal cave on Jbel Moussa, a mountain in northern Morocco. The two distinct batches of pellets collected contained a total of... -
A framework for using social media for organisational learning: An empirical study of South African companies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Harry Moongela* --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Marié Hattingh --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaThis study addresses the gap in the literature in terms of the lack of guidelines for organisations that would like to use social media to facilitate organisational learning (OL). This study presents an overarching conceptual theoretical framework that can assist... -
Opportunities and barriers for the integration of Industry 4.0 into small and medium-sized enterprises in Tunisia: analysis with MICMAC and DEMATEL
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Abdessalem Jerbi --- Université de Sfax, Tunisia Manel Elmsalmi --- Université de Sfax, TunisiaThis study presents a comprehensive framework for understanding the key opportunities and barriers in implementing Industry 4.0 (I4.0) in Tunisian medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), using MICMAC (Matrice d’Impacts Croisés, Multiplication Appliquée à un Classement) and DEMATEL (Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory)... -
Transformational leadership and financial employees’ unethical pro-organisational behaviour: A cognitive perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Hu Zhengyan --- Henan University, China Enhui Cao --- Henan University, China Junzhe Zhao --- Henan University, China Minghui Wang --- Henan University, ChinaWe examined the relationship between transformational leadership and financial employees' unethical pro-organisational behaviour, accounting for organisational identity and future focus in the context of the Chinese organisational culture. Participants were 94 business leaders and 176 financial employees mainly from the... -
The contribution of leader–member exchange (LMX) to organisational sustainable development: Results and implications from Kenyan public universities study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mirriam Ogunja --- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China Zhao Shurong --- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China Yu Manjing --- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China Huang Rui --- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China Du Ying --- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, ChinaWe aimed to establish the contribution of leader–member exchange (LMX) to sustainable development of public universities in the emerging country of Kenya. The participants were 320 employees from public universities in Kenya (female = 43.1%; middle level managers = 47.8%,... -
Dear Mr Sobukwe: examining Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe’s pan-African vision and how it has influenced youth movements in South Africa today
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Karabo-Maya Rodwell --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaPan-Africanism is experiencing a resurgence amongst young people in post-1994 South Africa. In this article, I explore how people across different generations interpret the legacy of a critical figure in South African history, Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe. The participants in this... -
Impact of agricultural land-use on functional feeding groups of Afrotropical Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera in the Kat River, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: Frank Chukwuzuoke Akamagwuna --- Rhodes University, South Africa Oghenekaro Nelson Odume --- Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University, South Africa Nicole Bertine Richoux --- Rhodes University, South AfricaDespite Africa experiencing a substantial rise in inadequately managed agricultural practices, studies examining the effects of these activities on the functional organisation of macroinvertebrates in tropical streams are underdeveloped. The responses of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera (EPTs) functional feeding groups... -
Changes in hepatic volume and body composition following a two-week very low-calorie diet (VLCD) prior to a laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Francis-Mico Price --- University of the Free State, South Africa Francois Nicholaas Schutte --- Zuid-Afrikaans Hospital, South AfricaAn enlarged fatty liver makes laparoscopic surgery of the upper gastrointestinal tract (GIT) more technically challenging. A 35-year-old female was referred to the dietitian for a preoperative very low-calorie diet (VLCD) to assist in decreasing hepatic volume and visceral adiposity... -
Framing HIV and AIDS in competitive authoritarian democracies. Case study of the print press in Mozambique, 1986–2020
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Araújo Domingos --- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Nina Wormbs --- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Urban Lundberg --- Dalarna University, SwedenMozambique has the sixth highest prevalence of HIV in the world and ranks fourth in new infections. The government-owned print press Notícias has played an important role in the social construction of HIV and AIDS in the country as it... -
Theorizing collective leadership: Lessons from Ekpe, an indigenous African institution
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Joseph Ebot Eyong --- University of Derby, United KingdomSignificant academic effort has been expended in researching leadership. The essence has been to emphasize individualism, linearity, heroism, hierarchy, teleological thinking, and economic calculus – even when theorizing collective leadership. Yet, little is known about leadership in subaltern cultures in... -
A systematic literature review of blockchain technology and accounting issues: Is it a hype or hope?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Aisa Tri Agustini --- University of Jember, Indonesia Jogiyanto Hartono Mustakini --- University of Gadjah Mada, Indonesia -
Concentration and cavitation in the Riemann solution for the relativistic Euler equations with non-ideal isothermal dusty gas
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Bencui Shan --- Yunnan Normal University, P.R. China Yanyan Zhang --- Xinyang Normal University, P.R. China Yu Zhang --- Yunnan Normal University, P.R. ChinaThe phenomena of concentration and cavitation in the Riemann solutions of the relativistic Euler equations with non-ideal isothermal dusty gas are considered. The Riemann problem is solved first, and the solutions consisting of rarefaction waves and shock waves are obtained... -
Reconceptualising success in hospitality internships: a new perspective on students’ achievement factors
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Nicole Vermolen --- NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsThis viewpoint article examines the challenges and factors influencing student success during hospitality internships, particularly those organised by a hotel management school in collaboration with international host companies. A previous study on the topic highlights that only 21% of students... -
Occurrence and pathogenicity of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici on wheat in South Africa during 2007 and 2008
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: T. Terefe --- ARC-Small Grain Institute, Private Bag X29, Bethlehem 9700, South Africa Z.A. Pretorius --- Department of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa I. Paul --- ARC-Small Grain Institute, South Africa J. Mebalo --- ARC-Small Grain Institute, Private Bag X29, Bethlehem 9700, South Africa L. Meyer --- ARC-Small Grain Institute, Private Bag X29, Bethlehem 9700, South Africa K. Naicker --- ARC-Small Grain Institute, Private Bag X29, Bethlehem 9700, South AfricaSurveys were conducted in 2007 and 2008 to determine the distribution and frequency of pathotypes of Puccinia graminis Pers.:Pers f. sp. tritici Eriks. E. Henn. in South Africa. Stem and/or leaf samples of wheat and triticale (X Triticosecale) infected with... -
Punishment possibility and implicit morality: The moderating role of moral identity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Chang-Jiang Liu --- Nanjing Normal University, China Fang Hao --- Nanjing Normal University, ChinaWe investigated the relationship between the possibility of punishment and implicit moral judgments, as well as the moderating role of moral identity on this relationship. Participants (n = 159, mean age = 21.64 years, SD = 2.47 years) first performed... -
How and when does employees’ learning goal orientation contribute to taking charge behaviour? The roles of empowering leadership and work-related flow
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lingnan Kong --- North China Electric Power University, China He Ding --- North China Electric Power University, China Sha Liu --- North China Electric Power University, China Shunkun Yu --- North China Electric Power University, China Chengju Qin --- North China Electric Power University, ChinaWe explored the mediating role of work-related flow and the moderating role of empowering leadership in the relationship between employees’ learning goal orientation and taking charge behaviour. Chinese employees (n = 313; female =57.51%; mean age =32.26 years, SD =... -
Minisuperspace description for inhomogeneous cosmological models and the role of the Lie symmetries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Andronikos Paliathanasis --- Institute of Systems Science, Durban University of Technology, South AfricaWe explore the application of Lie symmetries to simplify the gravitational field equations of inhomogeneous cosmology. By employing these symmetries, we demonstrate the construction of a point-like Lagrangian and establish the existence of a minisuperspace description. Finally we show how... -
Patent-paper citations: A window into the technological impact of Tunisian research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Ridha Mhamdi --- Centre of Biotechnology of Borj-Cedria, TunisiaThis study constitutes the first report evaluating research performance at a national level by analyzing literature references cited in patents. The objective is to quantify the technological impact of the Tunisian research through patent-paper citations. Using the SciVal research analytics... -
Genome-wide genetic-marker variation uncovers potential stock structuring of oceanic tuna (skipjack) and coastal tuna (kawakawa) within the western Indian Ocean
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: FA Mzingirwa --- Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI), Kenya NJ McKeown --- Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom GM Okemwa --- Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI), Kenya WHH Sauer --- Rhodes University, South Africa JS Halafo --- Instituto Oceanográfico de Moçambique (InOM), Mozambique JG Mshana --- Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania JN Kamau --- Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI), Kenya PW Shaw --- Rhodes University, South AfricaTuna and tuna-like species are highly mobile and migratory, and therefore assumed to have single highly connected populations over large ocean regions. However, empirical data on the genetic population structure of such species in the western Indian Ocean (WIO) remain... -
Spatio-temporal dynamics of anthropogenic land-use pressures on temporarily closed estuaries in South Africa: a four-decade remote sensing analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: B McKelvey --- Oceanographic Research Institute, South African Association for Marine Biological Research, South Africa CF MacKay --- Oceanographic Research Institute, South African Association for Marine Biological Research, South AfricaLand-cover change is the leading cause of habitat loss globally. The extent of estuarine habitat loss and land-use pressures are understudied in South Africa, particularly in the numerically dominant temporarily closed estuaries. Remote sensing techniques are effective tools for monitoring... -
Phases of STI cycle: Countries comparative analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Eugeny Balatsky --- Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Russian Federation Svetlana Ushakova --- Politics and Law in Science and Technology, Russian Federation Vadim Malahov [cor1] Maxim Yurevich --- Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Russian FederationThis article focuses on a comparative analysis of the main technological development stages of a country. For the purpose of assessing the S&T potential of countries, a method of creating a scientific and technological balance is proposed. This approach unites... -
Women and Femininity in Setswana Proverbs: Pragmatic Analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Kealeboga Aiseng --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaMany African cultures have been discredited, ridiculed and negated. This study offers a different perspective on understanding African cultures. The article visits one of the oldest forms of literature in African societies, oral literature, focusing on proverbs to unpack gender... -
“No blood on their hands”?: The structured incoherence of the apartheid state and its violence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Joshua D. Rubin --- Colby College, United States of AmericaThe ideological contradictions generated by South Africa’s apartheid regime were neither exceptional nor wholly derivative of structural and physical violence. Instead, these contradictions contain valuable information about the practical operations of the state that produced them. Drawing from state archives... -
The added value of community-based organisations in retaining people living with HIV (PLHIV) in the continuum of care in Mali
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Marion Di Ciaccio --- Community-based research laboratory, Coalition PLUS, France Mariam Yebedie --- Association pour la Résilience des Communautés pour l’Accès au Développement et à la Santé - ARCAD Santé PLUS, Mali Kanuya Coulibaly --- Association pour la Résilience des Communautés pour l’Accès au Développement et à la Santé - ARCAD Santé PLUS, Mali Diane Dondbzanga --- Association pour la Résilience des Communautés pour l’Accès au Développement et à la Santé - ARCAD Santé PLUS, Mali Djénébou Traoré --- Association pour la Résilience des Communautés pour l’Accès au Développement et à la Santé - ARCAD Santé PLUS, Mali Mamadou Cissé --- Association pour la Résilience des Communautés pour l’Accès au Développement et à la Santé - ARCAD Santé PLUS, Mali Bintou Dembélé --- Association pour la Résilience des Communautés pour l’Accès au Développement et à la Santé - ARCAD Santé PLUS, Mali Laura Rouane --- Community-based research laboratory, Coalition PLUS, France Rosemary M Delabre --- Community-based research laboratory, Coalition PLUS, France Daniel Simões --- Community-based research laboratory, Coalition PLUS, France Daniela Rojas Castro --- Community-based research laboratory, Coalition PLUS, France Luis Sagaon-Teyssier --- Aix Marseille Univ, Inserm, IRD, SESSTIM, Sciences Economiques & Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de l’Information Médicale, ISSPAM, FranceBackground: Retention in care of people living with HIV (PLHIV) is a crucial public health issue in Mali. Several barriers to retention have been highlighted, including socioeconomic status, gender, sexual orientation, HIV-related stigma, as well as organisational and structural barriers,... -
Ucwaningo ngokuvezwa kokuhlukunyezwa kwabesifazane enovelini kaME Ngcobo, Igazi Lezibi
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Lungile Friedah Zuma --- University of Kwazulu-Natal, South AfricaAbantu besifazane iningi labo bangabantu abacindezelwayo umphakathi abahlala kuwona bazithola beyizisulu zokunukubezwa ngokocansi. Amalungelo alinganayo phakathi kwezakhamuzi zase-Afrika abukeka kuyinto okusenzima ukuthi ilungiseke ngenxa yokuthi kusenabesilisa abazibona ukuthi bangaphezulu uma beziqhathanisa nabesifazane. Esikhathini samanje sithole abantu besifazane sebenza nemisebenzi eyenziwa... -
Transforming language discourse in higher education through reading modules in African languages
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Nkidi Phatudi --- College of Education, University of South Africa, Millicent Ngema --- College of Education, University of South Africa,The discourses around teaching and learning in South Africa are intense, with English still being a preferred language of learning and teaching at higher education level. The dominance of English as the language that unifies societies economically and politically marginalises... -
Height–diameter allometric models for commercial species in the south-western region of the Brazilian Amazon
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Lucas Dalmolin Ciarnoschi --- Federal University of Paraná, Brazil Sylvio Péllico Netto --- Federal University of Paraná, Brazil Allan Libanio Pelissari --- Federal University of Paraná, Brazil Marcus Vinicio Neves d’Oliveira --- , Brazil Alexandre Behling --- Federal University of Paraná, Brazil Claiton Nardini --- Federal University of Paraná, Brazil João Paulo Sardo Madi --- Federal University of Paraná, BrazilAccurate total height estimates in Brazilian Amazon forests are still scarce. This study aimed to (1) evaluate a method for stratifying data by potential height (quasi-asymptotic heights) to group the species; (2) fit a regression model using potential heights (quasi-asymptotic... -
Spring migration phenology of trans-Saharan migratory birds at a southern Tunisian oasis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Fatma Belani --- University of Gabès, Tunisia José Javier Cuervo --- National Museum of Natural Sciences, Spain Marina García-del Río --- National Museum of Natural Sciences, Spain Abdessalem Hammouda --- University of Gabès, Tunisia Ivan Maggini --- Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Austria Slaheddine Selmi --- University of Gabès, TunisiaNorth African date palm oases are regarded as important stopover sites for trans-Saharan migratory birds after their Sahara crossing during spring migration. However, little is known about the timing of migration through these areas. In this study, we investigated the... -
Prevalence and associated factors of loneliness among in-school adolescents in three South Asian countries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Md Khalid Hasan --- Texas Tech University, United States Helal Uddin --- East West University, Bangladesh Tahmina Bintay Younos --- Texas Tech University, United States Nur A Habiba Mukta --- East West University, BangladeshObjective: We aimed to determine the prevalence and factors associated with loneliness among adolescent students in three South Asian countries. -
Exploring the integration of indigenous languages into teaching and learning practices at primary schools in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Mousin Omarsaib --- Durban University of Technology, South Africa Muvhulawa Matumba --- Durban University of Technology, South Africa Patricia Badenhorst --- Durban University of Technology, South Africa Ghulam Masudh Mohamed --- Durban University of Technology, South AfricaThis systematic literature review explores the integration of indigenous languages (ILs) into teaching and learning practices at primary schools in South Africa. The authors examine the current state and preparedness of teachers in integrating ILs to enhance learning. The PRISMA... -
Isihloko: “Yintoni esegameni?” Uhlalutyo lwamagama athiywe abalinganiswa abangamanina kwiincwadi ezikhethiweyo zesiXhosa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Nompumelelo Kapa --- University of Fort Hare Alice, South Africa Lukhanyo Elvis Makhenyane --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaUkuthiywa igama kwabalinganiswa kuncwadi yinxalenye yokubunjwa kwabalinganiswa. Igama umbhali alithiyayo liba yinxalenye yengqiqo yombhali noko anqwenela ukudlulisa ngencwadi ayibhalileyo, kuba amagama anentsingiselo enzulu yaye abhekiselele kwimiba ebalulekileyo. Amagama abantu kumaXhosa akhelwa kumnombo weziduko, kubuKrestu, amava osapho umntwana azalelwe kulo, okulindelwe... -
Ukuhlaziywa kwamasiko nokubunjwa kwabalingiswa besifazane ngendlela engaqondile emdlalweni kaMavundla othi Unyaka Wesethembiso 2012
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Noluthando Zwane --- School of Education, South Africa Themba Madingiza --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaLolu cwaningo lucubungula amasiko kanye nokuvezwa kwabalingiswa besifazane ngendlela engaqondile emdlalweni othi, Unyaka Wesithembiso oshicelelwe uMavundla ngowezi-2012. Kulolu cwaningo kusetshenziswa injulalwazi yefemenizimu lapho kubhekwa okulandelayo ngabalingiswa besimame abakhethiwe: izingubo zokugqoka, inkulumo, ukucabanga, kanye nezenzo. Ucwaningo luhlose ukuqhathanisa abesifazane abavela ezindaweni...
