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Teacher Reported Poverty Effects on Education Participation in a South African District
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sindiswa Stofile --- University of the Western Cape, Nora Linden --- Bergen University College, Rouaan Maarman --- University of the Western Cape,This study reports on teachers' perceptions of the effects of poverty on education participation in a district in the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa. Participants were 21 teachers (males = 10; females = 11) from seven schools (primary =5,... -
The Philosophical Assumptions, Utility and Challenges of Asset Mapping Approaches to Community Engagement
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sherianne Kramer --- University of South Africa, South Africa Taryn Amos --- University of South Africa, South Africa Sandy Lazarus --- University of South Africa, South Africa Mohamed Seedat --- University of South Africa, South AfricaThis literature review is a discussion of asset-based approaches to community engagement. Following a literature search, we identified several asset mapping approaches: Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD); Participatory Inquiry into Religious Health Assets, Networks and Agency (PIRHANA); Community Health Assets Mapping... -
Research Agenda to Facilitate Community Participation In HIV Vaccine Research: A Participatory Approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Anthea Lesch --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Sagri Singh --- International AIDS Vaccine Initiative Country and Regional Programmes, USA Zuhayr Kafaar --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Leslie Swartz --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Alexandre Menezes --- International AIDS Vaccine Initiative Country and Regional Programmes, USAThis article reports on a participatory process to generating a research agenda to guide research on community participation in HIV vaccine research. Community members representing stakeholder parties involved in the HIV vaccine research enterprise were invited to participate in the... -
Young Malawians on the interaction between mental health and HIV/AIDS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Jerome Wright Fred Lubben Mac Bain MkandawirePrevious research has identified high levels of mental health problems among people affected by HIV. This study surveys specifically adolescents in southern Malawi on their experience of the impacts of living with HIV or AIDS on one's mental health. At... -
Mismatches between youth aspirations and participatory HIV/AIDSprogrammes in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Andrew Gibbs --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), South Africa Catherine Campbell --- , United Kingdom Sbongile Maimane --- Centre for HIV/AIDS Networking (HIVAN), South Africa Yugi Nair --- Centre for Rural Health, South AfricaAlthough youth participation is a pillar of international HIV/AIDS policy, it is notoriously difficult to facilitate. We explore this challenge through a case study of a community-led HIV/AIDS management project in a South African rural area, in which anticipated youth... -
Initiating community participation: the stakeholder communication and environmental education programme
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: MJM GabrielUnder the new National Water Act the River Health Programme has Stakeholder Communication and Environmental Education (SCEE) as one of its components. This programme seeks to develop tools to help water resource managers involve previously disadvantaged communities in managing river... -
An assessment of participation, catch and effort in the KwaZulu-Natal shore-based marine linefishery, with comments on management effectiveness
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: SW Dunlop --- , South Africa BQ Mann --- , South AfricaThe primary purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of current management of the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) shore-based marine linefishery. Methods used included a stratified-random creel survey and an associated questionnaire survey. The study was undertaken between February 2009... -
An assessment of participation, catch and effort in the offshore boat-based linefishery in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: SW Dunlop --- , South Africa BQ Mann --- , South AfricaThis study evaluates trends in participation, catch and effort in the KwaZulu-Natal offshore boat-based linefishery. Methods used included a random access-point survey and an associated questionnaire survey. The study was undertaken between February 2009 and April 2010. Total participation in... -
Local community perception of joint forest management and its implications for forest condition: the case of Dambwa Forest Reserve in southern Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: M Phiri --- Forestry Department, Zambia Forest Research Division, Zambia PW Chirwa --- Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, South Africa S Watts --- , South Africa S Syampungani --- School of Natural Resources, ZambiaThis study conducted at Dambwa Forest Reserve in Livingstone, Zambia, evaluated the perception of local people about joint management of the forest reserve in the area and if there had been improvements to the livelihoods of the community and the... -
Representations of HIV/AIDS management in South African newspapers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Catherine Campbell Andy GibbsIn South Africa, numerous strong policy statements emphasise the importance of involving communities in HIV/AIDS management, yet in practice such involvement tends to be tokenistic and minimal. Social representations in the public sphere constitute the symbolic dimension within which responses... -
Community participation in river monitoring using diatoms: a case study from the Buffelspoort Valley Conservancy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: J Taylor --- School of Environmental Sciences and Development (Botany Division), South Africa N Pope --- , South Africa L van Rensburg --- School of Environmental Sciences and Development (Botany Division), South AfricaThis study was undertaken to determine the present ecological state of rivers and streams in the Buffelspoort Valley Conservancy (BVC), against which later potential changes in, and impacts on, water quality could be measured. After very brief training, all field... -
Coming to grips with 'abandoned arable' land in efforts to enhance communal grazing systems in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: JK Davis A Ainslie A FincaThe communal lands of the Eastern Cape have been regarded as both tools and problems by policy-makers. In particular, communal lands are problematised as environmentally degraded, of suboptimum productivity and constraining economic development. The Eastern Cape Communal Arable Lands Research... -
Perceptions of forest resource use and management in two village communities in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: NM Gugushe IM Grundy F Theron PW ChirwaRural communities in South Africa are similar to communities in other parts of the developing world in terms of their use and management of natural forest resources as a means of sustaining their livelihoods. Participatory surveys were conducted with communities... -
Fragmented participation in management of the fishery for small pelagic fish in South Africa – inclusion of small-rights holders is a complex matter
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: MM Hara --- Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies [PLAAS], University of the Western Cape, South Africa J Rogerson --- Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies [PLAAS], University of the Western Cape, South Africa J de Goede --- Pelagic and High Seas Fisheries Management, Branch: Fisheries Management, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries [DAFF], South Africa J Raakjær --- Innovative Fisheries Management [IFM], Department of Development and Planning, DenmarkThe reasons why most small-rights holders do not participate in management of the fishery for small pelagic fish (‘small pelagics’) in South Africa, despite legislation and policy encouraging their participation, were analysed. Membership of the Small Pelagics Management Working Group... -
Mutual Participation in the Health Worker-Patient Relationship
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: GJO Marincowitz --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Limpopo Province Unit,The importance of a mutual participatory model in medical care and decision making is supported by literature that now shows a link between patient participation and an improved health outcome. Illness (and the sick role) constitutes a state of diminished... -
Putting Participation into Practice
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: GJO Marincowitz --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Limpopo Province Unit,Background: The aim of the article is to share the findings of participatory action research performed to develop a mutual participatory doctor-patient relationship model, and to apply this model in a rural cross-cultural primary care setting. -
Leading while being led: developing the developer at a Catholic NGO in Cape Town
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Grant A. Fore --- STEM Education Research Institute (SERI), Indiana University-Purdue University, U.S.A.The paper uses ethnographic data about the religious ethics undergirding the discourse and practices of development agents at Catholic Welfare and Development (CWD), a faith-based NGO in Cape Town, South Africa. It explores how the dynamic interrelation between faith and... -
Small-scale rice irrigation technology in southern Ghana: the challenges for sustainable uptake
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Junji Koide --- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Japan Misa Masuda --- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, JapanPromotion of small-scale irrigation in rain-fed rice lowlands is reckoned a key strategy for filling the escalating gap between rice supply and demand in sub-Saharan Africa. Though studies acknowledged the farmer-centred nature of small-scale rice irrigation technology, along with its... -
The electronic voting machine: a continuous process of achieving quality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Manik Kher --- Department of Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, IndiaThe mandatory use of electronic voting machines in the Indian electoral process has brought about a sea change in making the elections free, fair, eco-friendly and cost effective. This paper discusses how through continuous improvement and stringent quality checks the... -
The impact of managerial accounting and control systems on employee participation programmes: an integrated causal model and path analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: J Lord --- Department of Accounting and Finance,Empirical support for the causal direction of inter-relationships between employee participation, attitudes and performance was sought on a profitable South African mine. Of particular interest were the roles played by various elements of the Firm’s managerial accounting and control system... -
Participation schemes in the South African Mining Industry: The impact of managerial accounting, communication and control systems
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: De Ratione • Authors: Jeremy Lord --- Department of Accounting at the University of Natal,The relationships between employees’ job satisfaction and their perceived extent of participation in profits, and budget-setting and other job-related decision-making, were examined in a profitable South African mining company. Using the statistical technique of Moderated Multiple Regression, it was established... -
Analysis of Indigenous Chicken Marketing Participation Decisions: The Case of Producers from Makueni County, Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: M. O. D. Ayieko --- Department of Agribusiness Management and Trade, E. K. Bett --- Department of Agribusiness Management and Trade, L. W. Kabuage --- Department of Agricultural Resource Management,Indigenous chickens are important in Kenya for food security, income generation, employment and improved livelihoods. However, despite these benefits producers are constrained from participating in the high value markets. A purposive multi-stage sampling was used to sample 130 households from... -
Knowledge of Livestock Grading and Market Participation among Small Ruminant Producers in Northern Somalia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: F. Wanyoike --- International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya N. Mtimet --- International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya N. Ndiwa --- International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya K. Marshall --- International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya L. Godiah --- Terra Nuova, Kenya A. Warsame --- IGAD Sheikh Technical Veterinary School (ISTVS), SomalilandThis study focused on market participation and producers’ knowledge of the indigenous livestock grading and pricing system applied to small ruminant marketing in Somaliland. Data were collected from a random sample of 144 men and women producers in three livelihood... -
Ethics and the Everyday: Reconsidering approaches to research involving children and young people
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Rachel Bray --- Centre for Social Science Research, South Africa Imke Gooskens --- Centre for Social Science Research, South AfricaGuidelines on ethical practice in research with children tend to focus on ways to protect children from potential economic and emotional exploitation. While such concerns deserve attention we argue that they represent only a portion of the moral framework in... -
Locating community participation in a water supply project—the Galanefhi Water Project (Eritrea)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Solomon Haile Gebremedhin --- Department of Economic Development, Central Region, Eritrea Francois Theron --- School of Public Management and Planning, University of Stellenbosch,Water projects, like sustainable development projects in general, often tend to become unsustainable because they are guided by top-down strategies which exclude the input, influence and ownership of projects by their beneficiaries. For attaining sustainable development, the social capital of... -
Leading while being led: developing the developer at a Catholic NGO in Cape Town
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Grant A. Fore --- STEM Education Research Institute (SERI), Indiana University-Purdue University, U.S.A.The paper uses ethnographic data about the religious ethics undergirding the discourse and practices of development agents at Catholic Welfare and Development (CWD), a faith-based NGO in Cape Town, South Africa. It explores how the dynamic interrelation between faith and... -
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... -
Evaluation of the sustainability of participatory management of forest plantations: the case study of Wari-Maro Forest Reserve, Republic of Benin
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Kisito Gandji --- Laboratory of Biomathematics and Forest Estimations, Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, Republic of Benin Valère K Salako --- Laboratory of Biomathematics and Forest Estimations, Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, Republic of Benin Achille E Assogbadjo --- Laboratory of Biomathematics and Forest Estimations, Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, Republic of Benin Vincent OA Orekan --- Laboratory of Biogeography and Environmental Expertise, Faculty of Letters, Arts and Human Sciences, Republic of Benin Romain L Glèlè Kakaï --- Laboratory of Biomathematics and Forest Estimations, Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, Republic of Benin Brice A Sinsin --- Laboratory of Applied Ecology, Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, Republic of BeninThis study assessed ecological and socio-economic impacts of a participatory forest management project in the Republic of Benin. The study focused on the Wari-Maro Forest Reserve and the ‘Projet d’Aménagement des Massifs Forestiers’ five years after its completion. A forest... -
Gender dimensions in the local chicken value chain in northern Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: I. Akite --- Department of Agribusiness and Rural Development, Uganda I. P. Aryemo --- Department of Agribusiness and Rural Development, Uganda E. K. Kule --- Department of Agribusiness and Rural Development, Uganda B. Mugonola --- Department of Agribusiness and Rural Development, Uganda D. R. Kugonza --- Department of Agricultural Production, College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, Uganda M. W. Okot --- Department of Animal Production and Range Management, UgandaThe study was conducted to explore gender dimensions in the local chicken value chain in northern Uganda. Specifically, it focused on characterizing local chicken value chain actors, ascertaining level and determinants of gender participation as well as relationships between gender,... -
Sustainable tourism development in Amsterdam Oud-West
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Thea Noordeloos --- International Hospitality & Service Management, The NetherlandsIn many popular tourism destinations in the world, rapid tourism growth is occurring. The Netherlands has also experienced tourism growth, with an expected increase of almost 6 million international tourists in 10 years. Amsterdam is the main destination in this... -
“I think the parent should be there because no one was born alone”: Kenyan adolescents’ perspectives on parental involvement in HIV research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Allison K Groves --- Department of Community Health and Prevention, USA Denise D Hallfors --- Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, USA Bonita J Iritani --- Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, USA Stuart Rennie --- Department of Social Medicine, USA Fredrick S Odongo --- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya Daniel Kwaro --- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya Nyaguara Amek --- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya Winnie K Luseno --- Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, USADespite a pressing need for adolescent HIV research in sub-Saharan Africa, ethical guidance for conducting research among minor adolescents is lacking. One ethical issue is the degree to which parents should be involved in the research process. The existing discourse... -
The BRIC and African Countries’ Informal Economies: Differences, Similarities and Some General Observations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Aareni Ammal Uruthirapathy --- School of Business, Trent University, Canada Moses N. Kiggundu --- Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, CanadaThis study examines whether African countries can learn from the experiences of BRIC countries that have informal economies. Our analysis revealed that some characteristics of the informal economy are common in both the BRIC and the select African group. The... -
The determinants of farmers’ decision to produce African leafy vegetables in the Limpopo province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Grany M. Senyolo --- Department of Crop Sciences, South Africa Edilegnaw Wale --- School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Discipline of Agricultural Economics, South Africa Gerald F. Ortmann --- School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Discipline of Agricultural Economics, South AfricaThere is a decline in the production, utilization and diversity of underutilized crops including African Leafy Vegetables (ALVs), which poses a threat to the status of food security and rural development. This study examines the factors influencing households’ participation decision... -
Sustainable tourism development in Amsterdam Oud-West
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Thea Noordeloos --- International Hospitality and Service Management, The NetherlandsThe Netherlands is currently experiencing rapid tourism growth, with Amsterdam being the main destination. Academics widely discuss the impact of tourism on the environment, the economy and society, and stress the need for sustainable tourism development. Eight semi-structured interviews were... -
Peaceful waters: Community action in sustainable scarce resource management in a rural Zimbabwean setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Evans Shoko --- School of Social Sciences, South AfricaI explored community collation approaches to sustainable water management by a rural Zimbabwean community for social justice and equity with inclusivity. Informants were a convenience sample of 27 community dwellers; including villagers (n = 20), community leaders (n = 2),... -
Factors affecting the choice of marketing outlet selection strategies by smallholder farmers in Swaziland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Bongiwe Porrie Dlamini-Mazibuko --- Discipline of Agricultural Economics, South Africa Stuart Ferrer --- Discipline of Agricultural Economics, South Africa Gerald Ortmann --- Discipline of Agricultural Economics, South AfricaThis paper explores smallholder vegetable farmers’ marketing channel selection decisions using data collected from a sample of 140 farmers from Manzini and Hhohho regions of Swaziland. Multivariate probit analysis was applied to examine the determinants of marketing channels participation. The... -
Inter- and intra-cultural variation in learning-through-participation among Hadza and BaYaka forager children and adolescents from Tanzania and the Republic of Congo
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sheina Lew-Levy --- Department of Psychology, United Kingdom Alyssa N. Crittenden --- Department of Anthropology, USA Adam H. Boyette --- Thompson Writing Program, USA Ibrahim A. Mabulla --- Department of Archaeology and Heritage, Tanzania Barry S. Hewlett --- Department of Anthropology, USA Michael E. Lamb --- Department of Psychology, United KingdomWe examined cross-cultural variation in children’s learning-through-participation in economic work in two forager societies; the Hadza of Tanzania and the BaYaka of the Republic of Congo. We used observational data from 46 Hadza (41% female) and 65 BaYaka (48% female)... -
Citizen science in South Africa: a personal perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: James A Harrison --- , South AfricaThe author recalls some of the achievements of the first Southern African Bird Atlas Project and other citizen science projects that were run by the Animal Demography Unit (then the Avian Demography Unit, ADU). The traditional motivation for such projects... -
Adoption of maize varieties on smallholder farmers’ market participation in Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Abadi Teferi Alemaw --- , Ethiopia Alem Mezgebo Hailu --- , Ethiopia Shishay Teklay Kahsay --- , EthiopiaAgricultural technologies have been introduced to Ethiopia. Farmers adopt such technologies for bettering their livelihoods by increasing farm production. However, increasing production by itself may not necessarily enhance farmers’ livelihoods. Among other factors that can result in enhanced livelihoods, farmers... -
Determinants of participation in livestock development programmes: Evidence from South Africa’s Kaonafatso ya Dikgomo (KyD) Scheme
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Saul Ngarava --- , South Africa Abbyssinia Mushunje --- , Petronella Chaminuka --- , South AfricaThe objective of the study was to determine factors influencing participation decisions in the Agricultural Research Council’s Kaonafatso ya Dikgomo (KyD) Scheme in South Africa. A cross-sectional survey was used to collect data on socio-economic and institutional factors, as well... -
South African marine citizen science – benefits, challenges and future directions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: WM Potts --- , South Africa JB Mann-Lang --- , South Africa BQ Mann --- , South Africa CL Griffiths --- , South Africa CG Attwood --- , South Africa AD de Blocq --- , South Africa SH Elwen --- , South Africa R Nel --- , South Africa KJ Sink --- , South Africa R Thornycroft --- , South AfricaSouth Africa has a long history of engagement in citizen science (CS), particularly marine CS. This review examines the contributions made by marine CS, from the 1930s through to the current era, where websites, social media and mobile apps provide... -
Households’ nonfarm livelihood participation and agricultural inputs investment: Evidence from northern Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Haile Tewele Berhe --- , EthiopiaEvidence shows that nonfarm livelihood activities are an important source of income for rural households and they may interact with farm activities in different ways. This article attempts to examine the investment linkage in which evidence is scarce in the... -
Introduction of an electronic petition system in the City of Tshwane – A municipal residents’ perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Queen E. Malemela --- , South Africa Ricky M. Mukonza --- , South AfricaPublic participation has been found, in prior related studies, as a way of demonstrating impartiality and ensuring inclusivity. In developed countries, governments ensure public participation using e-petitions. This study focused on determining municipal residents’ perceptions of the electronic petition system... -
Commercialization level and determinants of market participation of smallholder wheat farmers in northern Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Dubale Abate --- , Ethiopia Fikadu Mitiku --- , Ethiopia Rijalu Negash --- , EthiopiaWheat market participation improves the income and economic growth of many smallholder farmers in Ethiopia. Despite this, smallholder farmers are not enough to participate in the wheat market so that commercialization level is very low due to different factors. This... -
The mediating role of ICT regulation on the effects of ICT access and ICT use on e-participation: Evidence from structural equation modelling and necessary condition analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Ibrahim Osman Adam --- University for Development Studies, Ghana Muftawu Dzang Alhassan --- SD Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies, GhanaRecently, governments have been using information and communication technologies (ICTs) to provide platforms for citizen engagement and involvement through e-participation. This paper aims to explore the drivers behind e-participation in a global context. The discourse on e-participation in the information... -
An assessment of the impact of participation in the Oceanographic Research Institute’s Cooperative Fish Tagging Project on angler attitudes and behaviour
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: JB Mann-Lang --- , South Africa BQ Mann --- , South Africa GL Jordaan --- , South Africa R Daly --- , South AfricaScientific output has proven the value of the Oceanographic Research Institute’s Cooperative Fish Tagging Project (ORI-CFTP) to biological and fisheries research, with more than 95 published manuscripts based on data from the ORI-CFTP. This study reviews the project from the... -
Aspiring to citizenship: African immigrant youth and civic participation in Cape Town, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Alison Kuah --- University of Cape Town, South AfricaBased on ethnographic fieldwork carried out in Cape Town over four months, this article addresses the question of how African immigrant youth experience life and live as “citizens” in Cape Town. African immigrant youth straddle multiple positions, localities and identities... -
Drivers of youth participation in maize value addition in Gulu district, Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Martin Maku --- Gulu University, Uganda Enos Kitambo --- Gulu University, Uganda Basil Mugonola --- Gulu University, UgandaThis study focused on drivers of youth participation in maize value addition in Gulu district. The study identified the socioeconomic characteristics of the participating and non-participating youth and further ascertained the drivers of youth participation in maize value addition. A... -
The Farmer Life School: experience from an innovative approach to HIV education among farmers in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Kees Swaans --- Athena Institute for Research on Innovation and Communication in Health and Life Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands Jacqueline Broerse --- Department Science Communication, Athena Institute for Research on Innovation and Communication in Health and Life Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands Monique Salomon --- Centre for Environment, Agriculture and Development (CEAD), University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Maxwell Mudhara --- Farmer Support Group, Community Development and Outreach Division of the Centre for Environment, Agriculture and Development, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Makhosazana Mweli --- , South Africa Joske Bunders --- Athena Institute of the VU University Amsterdam, the NetherlandsThe Farmer Life School (FLS) is an innovative approach to integrating HIV education into life skills and technical training for farmers. This study aims to gain insight into the strengths and weaknesses of this relatively new approach, through the implementation... -
Hearing community voices: grassroots perceptions of an intervention to support health volunteers in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Catherine Campbell --- London School of Economics, Yugi Nair --- Centre for HIV/AIDS Networking (HIVAN), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Sbongile Maimane --- HIVAN, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Andy Gibbs --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), University of KwaZulu-Natal,With the scarcity of African health professionals, volunteers are earmarked for an increased role in HIV/AIDS management, with a growing number of projects relying on grassroots community members to provide home nursing care to those with AIDS – as part... -
Translocation of black‐headed dwarf chameleons Bradypodion melanocephalum in Durban, KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: AdrianJ. Armstrong --- Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, South AfricaThe coastal population of the black‐headed dwarf chameleon Bradypodion melanocephalum is threatened by rapid urban expansion in and around Durban which lies in the centre of the chameleon population's distribution. Translocations of threatened species from urban development sites is a... -
E-government’s role in enhancing foreign direct investment to sub-Saharan African countries: An application of system GMM
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Getahun Tolossa Adugna --- School of Economics, College of Business and Economics, University of Gondar, Ethiopia Wondemhunegn Ezezew Melesse --- School of Economics, College of Business and Economics, University of Gondar, Ethiopia Yinges Alemu Muche --- School of Economics, College of Business and Economics, University of Gondar, EthiopiaIn recent years, the provision of government services through electronic platforms has significantly increased due to the rapid development of digital technologies. The significant shift in digital governance is expected to have an effect on key macroeconomic variables through its... -
Evaluating the efficacy of a school-based Finnish Gutsy Go programme in enhancing adolescents’ positive mental health, experience of social inclusion, and social competence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Hanna Ahrnberg --- , Finland Kaija Appelqvist-Schmidlechner --- , Finland Pekka Mustonen --- , Finland Sari Fröjd --- Tampere University, Finland Katja Aktan-Collan --- , FinlandBackground: The Finnish Gutsy Go programme is a positive youth development intervention designed to enhance adolescents’ psychosocial well-being by enabling eighth-grade students to develop and execute good deeds within the community. -
English instruction experiences of native South African speech-language and/or hearing (SLH) undergraduate students: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Katijah Khoza-Shangase --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Margo Kalenga --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaThis study explored the experience of English as an instruction medium by South African Speech-Language and Hearing (SLH) students whose first language is not English ( African language speakers). A purposive sample of 24 female students for whom English was... -
Market participation as livelihood and safeguarding intangible cultural heritage: A case of Chăm ethnic minority pottery households in Vietnam
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Nguyen Bach Dang --- Nong Lam University, Vietnam Pham Thi Hong Nhung --- Nong Lam University, Vietnam Cao Thai Bao --- Nong Lam University, Vietnam Nguyen Ly Bang --- , VietnamThis study examines the extent of market participation among Chăm pottery producers in Vietnam and the factors that influence this extent. The research utilized the total market participation index to assess the level of market participation and Tobit regression to... -
Exploring participatory scenario planning for sustainable urban tourism development
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Miranda Cornelisse --- Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Arjen van Klink --- Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsThis viewpoint article explores the potential of multistakeholder participatory scenario planning (PSP) as a tool to foster a sustainable visitor economy in underprivileged neighbourhoods. Feijenoord, a district in Rotterdam, is such an area. While the visitor economy offers economic benefits,... -
Naming South African frogs and reptiles in nine Indigenous languages
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Fortunate M Phaka --- African Amphibian Conservation Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, South Africa Jean Hugé --- Hasselt University, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Research Group Zoology: Biodiversity and Toxicology, Belgium Fortune Ravhuanzwo --- African Amphibian Conservation Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, South Africa Maarten PM Vanhove --- Hasselt University, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Research Group Zoology: Biodiversity and Toxicology, Belgium Louis H du Preez --- African Amphibian Conservation Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, South AfricaScientific taxonomy, as a standardised means of communicating about wildlife, might have limited use or relevance for wildlife conservation stakeholders with minimal understanding of scientific names. Indigenous language names can improve species-specific communication with non-expert conservation stakeholders due to their... -
A systematic review on executive functions in female adolescents with eating disorders: Implications on daily life and relevance to rehabilitation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Hadeel Hamady-Saad --- University of Haifa, Israel Batya Engel-Yeger --- University of Haifa, IsraelBackground: Eating Disorders (ED) are prevalent in female adolescents and have far-reaching effects on daily participation and quality of life (QoL). Daily participation highly depends on Executive Functions (EF). Existing knowledge about EF in ED, as expressed in real life,... -
3. “Be active!” Revisiting the South African food-based dietary guideline for activity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Botha CR --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, North-West University, Wright HH --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, North-West University, Moss SJ --- Physical Activity, Sport and Recreation, North-West University, Kolbe-Alexander TL --- UCT/MRC Exercise Science and Sports Medicine Research Unit Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town,The objective of this paper was to review current evidence on physical activity for health in order to support the food-based dietary guideline (FBDG) “Be active!”. Physical activity, defined as at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity per day... -
Factors influencing participation in the planting for food and jobs programme: Empirical evidence from maize farmers in Ejura Sekyedumase, Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Addison Kwasi Akowuah --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana John-Eudes Andivi Bakang --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana Enoch Kwame Tham-Agyekum --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana Fred Ankuyi --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana Akua Yeboah Oduro-Owusu --- Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Ghana Collins Osei --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana Solomon Asirifi --- Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Ghana Pascal Benson Atiglah --- St Francis’ College of Education, GhanaPlanting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) as a development intervention has come with many successes. However, the recent concerns about its gradually dwindling prospects call for academics to study farmers’ participation and motivation, focusing on the Ejura Sekyedumase Municipality in...
