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Use and availability of tree and shrub resources on Maasai communal rangelands near Amboseli, Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: John Warui Kiringe Moses Makonjio OkelloUse of plant resources is critical in understanding resource dependence among poor rural communities. This study investigated use of tree and shrub resources by a local Maasai community, through discussions and a questionnaire. Twenty-four tree and shrub species were utilised... -
Types of Umbilini (Intuition) in the “ukunyanga” (Xhosa Divination) Tradition
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lily-Rose Nomfundo Mlisa --- University of Fort Hare, Philip Nel --- University of Free State,The study sought to characterize types of umbilini, a therapeutic skill in amagqirha divination system. Qualitative data on umbilini experiences were collected from 115 participants with self-reported umbilini experience and supplemented with 25 consultation session observations between amagqirha and their... -
Diophantine equations involving general Meixner and Krawtchouk polynomials
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Thomas Stoll RobertF. TichyWhile counting lattice points in octahedra of different dimensions n and m, it is an interesting question to ask, how many octahedra exist containing equally many such points. This gives rise to the Diophantine equation p n (x) =... -
Awareness of HIV/AIDS and its oral manifestations among people living with HIV in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Febronia Kahabuka Flora Fabian Poul Erick Petersen Hubert NguvumaliThe aim of this study was to investigate the awareness of the oral manifestations of HIV/AIDS and general issues about HIV and AIDS among people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. A structured questionnaire was used to... -
An assessment of the health of two rivers within Harare, Zimbabwe, on the basis of macroinvertebrate community structure and selected physicochemical variables
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: C PhiriThe aim of this study was to assess and compare the water quality of the Gwebi and Mukuvisi Rivers, on the basis of selected physicochemical variables and macroinvertebrate community structure. Five sites where selected on both rivers and these were... -
Distribution and habitats of Bulinus natalensis and its role as intermediate host of economically important helminth parasites in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: KennéN de Kock CorneliusT WolmaransThis article focusses on the geographical distribution and habitats of Bulinus natalensis, as reflected by the samples taken from 244 collection sites on record in the database of the National Freshwater Snail Collection (NFSC) at the Potchefstroom campus of the... -
Impacts of trout on aquatic macroinvertebrates in three Drakensberg rivers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: NA Rivers-Moore --- Centre for Water Resources Research, South Africa B Fowles --- , South Africa RJ Karssing --- , South AfricaGlobal literature suggests that trout, when introduced as alien species into local streams, have had deleterious impacts on aquatic community structure and function. Prior to defining management actions regarding trout in the rivers of the Ukhahlamba-Drakensberg Park (UDP), data are... -
Die-back of kiaat (Pterocarpus angolensis) in southern Africa: a cause for concern?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: JWM Mehl --- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), DST/NRF Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology (CTHB), Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, South Africa CJ Geldenhuys --- Department of Forest and Wood Science, South Africa J Roux --- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), DST/NRF Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology (CTHB), Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, South Africa MJ Wingfield --- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), DST/NRF Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology (CTHB), Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, South AfricaPterocarpus angolensis (kiaat) is a well-known southern African tree species of commercial importance that occurs in several vegetation types in the Zambezian regional centre of endemism. The most prominent of these vegetation types are the Zambezian miombo woodland and undifferentiated... -
Co-occurrence of tetrodotoxin and saxitoxin in Cambodian marine pufferfish Takifugu oblongus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: L Ngy --- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Japan C-F Yu --- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, China S Taniyama --- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Japan T Takatani --- Faculty of Fisheries, Japan O Arakawa --- Faculty of Fisheries, JapanThe toxicity and toxin profiles of the marine pufferfish Takifugu oblongus were investigated from fish collected from Sihanouk Ville, one of the main regions where pufferfish poisonings (PFP) have occurred in Cambodia. Standard mouse bioassay revealed that all specimens collected... -
Nail changes in systemic diseases
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: MH Motswaledi --- Department of Dermatology, South Africa MC Mayayise --- Department of Internal Medicine, South AfricaDiscerning between actual nail conditions and nail changes associated with systemic disease is a very important and interesting part of any clinical examination. This article provides a helpful clinical atlas of nail changes that may be associated with systemic disease... -
A practical approach to urine dipstick test abnormalities in relation to kidney and urinary tract disorders in children
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: G Van Biljon --- Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences,The routine use of urine dipstick testing in the consulting room of the family physician has fallen into disfavour for several reasons. One of the arguments cited most often is that it is time consuming and not cost beneficial. This... -
Meaning, happiness and psychological distress: correlates and qualitative reflections
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Henry D. Mason --- Directorate of Higher Education Development and Support (HEDS), South AfricaThe study investigated the concepts of meaning and happiness within an African context. Two hundred and forty-one participants (Mean age = 20.52 years, SD = 1.73, female = 57.67%) completed surveys on meaning, happiness and psychological distress. A subgroup of... -
An analysis of the recreational shore fishery in the Goukamma Marine Protected Area
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: P. Pradervand --- Oceanographic Research Institute, South Africa R. Hiseman --- Western Cape Nature Conservation Board, South AfricaTen years (1993–2002) of shore fishing catch and effort data collected during routine patrols in the Goukamma Marine Protected Area in theWestern Cape Province were analysed. Of a total of 35 species recorded, the most common were backtail, Diplodus sargus... -
Field evidence for colony size and aseasonality of breeding and in Ansell’s mole-rat, Fukomys anselli (Rodentia: Bathyergidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: A.M. Sichilima --- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa N.C. Bennett --- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa C.G. Faulkes --- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, U.K.Ansell’s mole-rat, Fukomys anselli, is a cooperatively breeding bathyergid endemic to the Lusaka Province of Zambia. During a 12-month field study involving the capture of 33 colonies of mole-rats, the number of occupants, breeding females and sex ratio within colonies... -
The long-lived queen: reproduction and longevity in female eusocial Damaraland mole-rats (Fukomys damarensis)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Christina M. Schmidt --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa Jennifer U. M. Jarvis --- Department of Zoology, South Africa Nigel C. Bennett --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaThe inverse relationship between reproduction and lifespan is one of the main concepts of life history theory. This association has been observed in most taxa, although exceptions have been found in which a breeding female outlives her non-reproductive cohorts. This... -
An investigation in purchasing practices of small F&B operators
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Michel Altan --- Academy of Hospitality and Facility Management, NHTV Breda, The Netherlands Christine Demen-Meier --- Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne, Le Chalet-à-Gobet, SwitzerlandThe food and beverage (F&B) purchasing function is operating in a rapidly changing environment, whereby professionalisation and efficiency become key. This paper aims to identify generic skills that are most important for small F&B operators when it comes down to purchasing and... -
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... -
Wastewater and solid waste disposal patterns of Dukem town households in Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection • Authors: A Mohammed --- Department of Health Studies, Lindiwe Zungu --- Department of Health Studies, M.E. Hoque --- Graduate School of Business and Leadership, University of KwaZulu-Natal (Westville Campus),The objective of this descriptive, cross-sectional study was to assess wastewater and solid waste management by the households of Dukem, a town in Ethiopia. A total of 391 households were selected using stratifed random sampling techniques. Face-to-face interviews were carried... -
Field evidence for aseasonality of reproduction and colony size in the Afrotropical giant mole-rat Fukomys mechowii (Rodentia: Bathyergidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Alfred M. Sichilima --- Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria, South Africa Chris G. Faulkes --- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, U.K. Nigel C. Bennett --- Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria, South AfricaThe giant mole-rat, Fukomys mechowii is a cooperatively breeding subterranean mole-rat exhibiting a reproductive division of labour in which usually one, or occasionally two, females are responsible for procreation. In a field study that involved complete excavation of 32 burrow... -
Ontogenetic variation and craniometric sexual dimorphism in the social giant mole-rat, Fukomys mechowii (Rodentia: Bathyergidae), from Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: C.T. Chimimba1 --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa A.M. Sichilima --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa C.G. Faulkes --- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, U.K. N.C. Bennett --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaThe degree of maxillary molar tooth-row eruption and wear were used to assign samples of the social giant mole-rat, Fukomys mechowii, from Zambia, into nine relative age classes in order to assess ontogenetic (age) variation and craniometric sexual dimorphism, with... -
Burrow architecture of the Damaraland mole-rat (Fukomys damarensis) from South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Hannah G Thomas --- Department of Zoology, South Africa Daniel Swanepoel --- Department of Zoology, South Africa Nigel C Bennett --- Department of Zoology, South AfricaThe burrow architecture (length, internal dimensions, fractal dimension of tunnel systems, number of nesting chambers and surface mounds) was investigated in the Damaraland mole-rat (Fukomys damarensis). A total of 31 animals were caught from five different colonies and their burrow... -
Riverine dominance of a nearshore marine demersal food web: evidence from stable isotope and C/N ratio analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: AM de Lecea --- School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa AJ Smit --- School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa ST Fennessy --- Oceanographic Research Institute, South AfricaThe Thukela Bank, KwaZulu-Natal, supports a diverse ecosystem and South Africa’s only prawn fishery. Oceanographic studies suggest riverine input is not important for the biology of this system, whereas biological studies suggest the contrary, with prawn catches increasing with increased... -
A system-level modelling perspective of the KwaZulu-Natal Bight ecosystem, eastern South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: UM Scharler --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa RC van Ballegooyen --- Coastal Systems Research Group, South Africa MJ Ayers --- School of Life Sciences, South AfricaThe KwaZulu-Natal Bight comprises the only sizeable shelf region on the eastern coast of South Africa, and is influenced by both the Agulhas Current on its seaward side and rivers and estuaries on its landward side. Established knowledge of the... -
Penaeid and carid community changes in the St Lucia estuarine lake system, South Africa, under low water level, extended closed periods and marine reconnection conditions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: GP Tweddle --- 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 AfricaPenaeid and carid communities were assessed in St Lucia over a wide range of saline conditions, water level conditions and mouth states, including a six-month marine connection and various connections to the Mfolozi Estuary. Samples were collected biannually in spring... -
Rights, violence and the marriage of confusion: re-emerging bride abduction in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: W.J. (Jaco) Smit --- Department of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, The NetherlandsDuring the last few decades, South(ern) Africa has witnessed a steady decline in marriage. While the paths people take to get married are diversifying due to various challenges — mainly a changing economy and high bride wealth demands — certain... -
Evaluation of an intervention aimed at developing the personal attributes of prospective entrants into the accounting profession
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Andres Merino --- School of Accountancy, South Africa Michele Aucock --- School of Accountancy, South AfricaRapid changes in the business world coupled with increased global competition demand that accountants must have a wide range of skills and attitudes if they are to meet the rising expectations of employers and of society as a whole. This... -
Nutrient addition increases biomass of soil fungi: evidence from a South African grassland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Zivanai Tsvuura --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa Meghan L Avolio --- National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, USA Kevin P Kirkman --- School of Life Sciences, South AfricaTheory predicts that nutrient addition to soil reduces the benefit of mycorrhizal associations to plants. This study sought to determine how long-term management of soil fertility influences the abundance of fungal mycelium. Ingrowth mesh bags were used to measure mycelial... -
An investigation in purchasing practices of small F&B operators
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Michel Altan --- Academy of Hospitality and Facility Management, NHTV Breda, The Netherlands Christine Demen-Meier --- Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne, Le Chalet-à-Gobet, SwitzerlandThe food and beverage (F&B) purchasing function is operating in a rapidly changing environment, whereby professionalisation and efficiency become key. This paper aims to identify generic skills that are most important for small F&B operators when it comes down to... -
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever presenting with undiagnosed chronic myeloid leukaemia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Marius J Coetzee --- Department of Haematology and Cell Biology, South Africa Lucille H Blumberg --- Centre for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, South Africa Janusz T Paweska --- Special Pathogens Unit, South Africa Pat Leman --- Special Pathogens Unit, South Africa Robert Swanepoel --- Special Pathogens Unit, South Africa André de Kock --- Department of Haematology and Cell Biology, South AfricaA patient with Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) presented with a high white cell count and splenomegaly. Underlying chronic myeloid leukaemia was diagnosed. The management of this complex case was difficult, and the patient demised. This case illustrates that in patients... -
Distribution and habitat use of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins Tursiops aduncus along the south coast of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: OA Vargas-Fonseca --- , South Africa SP Kirkman --- , South Africa D Conry --- , South Africa GM Rishworth --- , South Africa V Cockcroft --- , South Africa PA Pistorius --- , South AfricaThe distribution and habitat use of the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin Tursiops aduncus along the south coast of South Africa was investigated using bi-monthly boat-based surveys, from 2013 to 2016, over a distance of 145 km between the Goukamma and Tsitsikamma... -
An Evaluation of the Implementation of the Arabuko-Sokoke Forest Reserve Co-management Approach in Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: Felix Lamech Mogambi Ming’ate --- Department of Environmental Studies and Community Development, KenyaSeveral studies have been conducted on the implementation of co-management of forests. There is a significant gap in the current literature regarding the extent to which the implementation of co-management regimes is having an effect. The purpose of this paper... -
Kipchamba Arap Tapotuk’s Music: Oral Narratives, (Hi)story and Culture of the Kalenjin People
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Charles Kipng’eno Rono --- Literature, Theatre and Film, KenyaFocusing on the Koilong’eet Band, this paper is an interrogation of how the selected songs by Kipchamba Arap Tapotuk incorporate Kalenjin oral techniques to create a space for narrating the past and the culture of the Kalenjin people. By conducting... -
Breakfast consumption and its relationship to sociodemographic and lifestyle factors of undergraduate students in the School of Health Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Raeesa Seedat --- , South Africa Kirthee Pillay --- , South AfricaObjectives: A study was undertaken to investigate breakfast consumption and the sociodemographic and lifestyle profile of undergraduate students in the School of Health Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), and to determine if these factors are related to body... -
Lost in Transfer? Exploring the Influence of Culture on the Transfer of Knowledge Categories
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Obinna Alo --- , United KingdomSupported by an extensive review of four-domains of literature (knowledge management, organizational learning, culture, and retail), this study examines the influence of national culture on transfer of knowledge categories in top supermarkets in Africa and the United Kingdom (UK). Data... -
Fire and the persistence, decline and extirpation of Protea roupelliae subsp. roupelliae trees in a montane grassland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: François R Smith --- , South Africa Timothy G O’Connor --- , South Africa James E Granger --- , South Africa Angela J Beaumont --- , South AfricaWe investigated long-term changes, from 1979 to 2015, in the abundance of Protea roupelliae subsp. roupelliae trees growing in a montane grassland of the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg mountains. The study involved counting the numbers of adults and juveniles (saplings and seedlings) in... -
Death and the sociocultural dimensions of forced relocations: experiences from the Tugwi-Mukosi displacement in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Hardlife Stephen Basure --- , Zimbabwe Lloyd Nhodo --- , Ghana Charles Dube --- , Zimbabwe Roselyn Kanyemba --- , South AfricaThis article is an ethnographic inquiry into the cultural dimensions of forced relocations. It is based on the experiences of four resident anthropologists on the forced displacements at Tugwi-Mukosi in Masvingo province, Zimbabwe. Using the concept of death, we question... -
Comparison of calcium concentration in scales and vertebral column of a cyprinid from calcium-limited environments in the Lake Victoria Basin, Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: WA Nesbitt --- , Canada SB Clarke --- , Canada LJ Chapman --- , CanadaDespite dramatic differences in calcium concentrations within aquatic systems, very few studies have explored the relationships between ambient calcium concentration and the calcium concentration of resident fish under natural conditions. This study compares calcium concentration in the water to that... -
Wardowski and Ćirić type fixed point theorems over non-triangular metric spaces
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: V. Rakočević --- University of Niš, Serbia K. Roy --- The University of Burdwan, India M. Saha --- The University of Burdwan, IndiaIn this manuscript, we establish a fixed point theorem for F -Suzuki contraction mapping over a non-triangular metric space and also give a discussion as remarks on the non-triangular metric structure. Moreover we introduce non-triangular metric-like space and prove a... -
‘We keep her status to ourselves’: Experiences of stigma and discrimination among HIV-discordant couples in South Africa, Tanzania and Ukraine
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Laetitia C. Rispel --- , , South Africa Allanise Cloete --- , , South Africa Carol A. Metcalf --- , South AfricaIn HIV-discordant relationships, the HIV-negative partner also carries the burden of a stigmatised disease. For this reason, couples often hide their HIV-discordant status from family, friends and community members. This perpetuates the silence around HIV-discordant relationships and impacts on targeted... -
A new tree toad from the Ukaguru mountains, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: Alan Channing --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa W. T. Stanley --- Field Museum of Natural History, USAA new bufonid from the Ukaguru Mountains, Tanzania is described. We erect a new genus to accommodate this taxon. It is a large tree toad with well‐developed discs and an omosternum, but lacks parotid glands, tympanum and columella. -
Volatility spillover and connectedness among REITs, NFTs, cryptocurrencies and other assets: Portfolio implications
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: Masud Alam --- , Bangladesh Mohammad Ashraful Ferdous Chowdhury --- , Mohammad Abdullah --- Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Malaysia Mansur Masih --- Finance/Islamic Finance, UniKL Business School, MalaysiaWe investigate the return and volatility spillovers among NFTs, REITs, and other major financial assets from January 2019 to November 2022, using connectedness approaches. The findings indicate that total return and volatility connectedness increased during the COVID-19 and the Russia–Ukraine... -
Quantile dependencies across BRICS currency markets in time of crisis: Analysis of the Russia–Ukraine war
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: Oluwatomisin J. Oyewole --- Federal University of Agriculture, Nigeria Ismail O. Fasanya --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Mamdouh Abdulaziz Saleh Al-Faryan --- School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Faculty of Business and Law, University of Portsmouth, UK & Consultant in Economics and Finance, Saudi ArabiaThis paper examines the spillovers across BRICS currency markets during the Russia–Ukraine war. We observe that the connectedness across the BRICS currency markets is stronger during than before the war and the average-based connectedness framework shows a moderate level of... -
Cessation of South African residency: A critical analysis of juridical double taxation on United Kingdom immovable property held by natural persons
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Elizabeth Fick --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Maryke Wiesener --- Stellenbosch University, South AfricaWhen a natural person ceases to be resident, there is a deemed disposal of worldwide assets, and a capital gain must be calculated. Taxation levied because of a change in residence is referred to as an exit tax. In this... -
Silence, the Unsaid and the Unsayable in Yvonne Vera’s The Stone Virgins
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Nicklas Hållén --- Karlstad University and Uppsala University,The primary aim of this article is to think through how silence can be considered as generating meaning in literary prose. For this purpose, the article focuses on Zimbabwean author Yvonne Vera’s last novel, The Stone Virgins (2002a), which has... -
Differential geometry of Hom-Lie algebras and Hom-Lie algebroids
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: Bayram Şahin --- Ege University, Turkey Fulya Şahin --- Ege University, TurkeyIn this paper, the geometry of Hom-Lie algebras and Hom-Lie algebroids are studied. In this direction, the effects of connections on Hom-Lie algebras and Hom-Lie algebroids are first investigated. By finding the relations among hom-curvature operator, torsion and connection on... -
Migratory movement of photo-identified humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae along the southeastern coast of Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: B Tree --- Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa J Olbers --- , South Africa E Seyboth --- Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa SM Seakamela --- , South Africa VG Cockcroft --- Institute for Coastal and Marine Research, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa E Vermeulen --- Mammal Research Institute Whale Unit, University of Pretoria, South Africa KP Findlay --- Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South AfricaThe global conservation of humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae relies on continuous assessments of the populations’ post-whaling status, which in turn require information on population mixing and movements. One of the seven breeding stocks in the Southern Hemisphere, breeding stock C... -
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... -
Childhood Trauma and Remembrance: Weaponised PTSD in Glaydah Namukasa’s The Deadly Ambition
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Gabriel Kosiso Okonkwo --- Rhodes University, South AfricaDefining crime within the prism of personal responsibility without recourse to its triggers engenders post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in victims of unfair hearings. While literary studies interrogating blame for traumatic reactions on the basis of personal responsibility or choice abound,... -
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... -
Nutritional management of a patient with acute myeloid leukaemia complicated by gastrointestinal symptoms and typhlitis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Zelda Hugo --- Pretoria East Hospital,Leukaemia is the 11th most prevalent cancer worldwide, with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) representing an acute and highly aggressive subtype that requires urgent medical intervention. Although national data on incidence and mortality in South Africa remain limited, an epidemiological study... -
Uhlalutyo nzulu lwemirhiba engolwaphulomthetho ngabomthetho kwiinoveli zesiXhosa ezichongiweyo
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Siziwe Everrette Dlepu --- Walter Sisulu University, South AfricaInjongo yolu phando kukuxavatha umba wolwaphulomthetho olwenziwa ngabomthetho nangona bekumele ukuba bakhusela umthetho noluntu ngokubanzi. Kufumaniseka ukuba ngabo abatshotsh’entla kulwaphulomthetho oluqhubeka umhla nezolo, noluye lufake uluntu engozini. Ingcingane eyithiyori yomthetho wendalo yiyo ekuqanyelwe ngayo xa kuxavathwa olu phando. Le thiyori... -
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... -
Ngabe iziLimi zoMdabo zaseNingizimu Afrika zikulungele ukuthi kufundiswe ngazo? Ukuhunyushelwa esiZulwini kwencwadi yamaKhono eMpilo
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Erick Nkululeko Nzimande --- University of South Africa, South AfricaUkusetshenziwa kweziLimi zaboMdabo zaseNingizimu Afrika njengezilimi zokufundisa ezikoleni nasemfundweni ephakeme kuyinto esicwaningwe ngabacwaningi abaningi. Kodwa-ke ocwaningweni oselwenziwe luncane kakhulu olubheka ukuthi zikhona yini izinsizakufunda ezizokwenza ukufundisa ngalezi zilimi kube yimpumelelo. Ngakho-ke inhloso yalolu cwaningo ukuhlaziya ukuhunyushwa kweNcwadi kaThisha yamaKhono eMpilo... -
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... -
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