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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Africa and South Africa"”.
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Feeding unrest : food prices, food security and protest participation in Africa and South Africa
Recent food riots throughout much of Africa and the Middle East in the wake of spikes in international food commodity prices have fueled a renewed academic and popular interest in the long-recognized connection between food prices and social unrest. This dissertation addresses the question how do …
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Challenges and opportunities for private investment funds in Western Africa's startup ecosystem
… research on the operations of private funds in Africa exist with varying levels of depth and detail. These research focus on the continent's regional hubs-North Africa, West Africa, East Africa, Central Africa, and South Africa. Given the varying economic realities among countries within these …
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African creative futures: mainstreaming creativity in the South African skills ecosystem
Creative future skills will be essential for Africa and South Africa, driving economic development, innovation capacity, and the ability to respond to the evolving socio political environments of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) era. This study explores opportunities for developing creativity …
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Invasive Group B Streptococcal disease in newborns at Groote Schuur Hospital
… disease is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in newborns globally, and is more common in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Africa. There are few studies reporting on the burden of invasive Group B Streptococcus disease (iGBS) in newborns in South Africa, especially in the Western …
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Interfacing RFID and Web 2.0 Technologies to Improve Inventory Management in South African Enterprises
… not only the direct costs of storage, insurance and taxes, but also the cost of having money tied up in inventory. Running inventory using paper-based systems, Excel files and traditional enterprise software is a costly and resource-intensive approach that may not even address the appropriate …
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The activities of the Aborigines Protection Society as a pressure group on the formulation of colonial policy 1868-80
… this aim in a selected twelve year period, and to discover if these years were of particular significance for the Society. To further this end the records of the Society and of the Colonial Office, the body which was directly concerned with the formulation of policy towards native peoples, …
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On chiefs and peace: Examining the role of traditional governance in sub-Saharan African conflict dynamics
… structures play in countries’ internal peace and conflict dynamics? While dominant approaches in conflict studies understand governance mainly through the lenses of state capacities, governance scholars have increasingly payed attention to non-state governance structures. Particularly in …
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Critical Success Factors for Private and Public-Private Partnership Investments in Renewable Energy Development in Kenya
… or Critical Success Factors (CSFs) for IPPs and PPPs in renewable energy have been well researched and documented in many developed countries and significant literature exist. In Africa, studies on drivers of renewable energy development have focused on North Africa and South Africa. This …
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Exploring the decolonisation of the Environmental Management Curriculum in a Rural Historically Disadvantaged Institution of Higher Education
In the Global South generally and South Africa specifically, calls for decolonising the university curriculum have gained momentum in the recent past. In South Africa, this was aptly demonstrated by the 2015/2016 #FeesMustFall protests which called for inter alia, a transformed university and its …
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Establishing the kinematics of the North East Region of South Africa with the use of GPS data
… of the least well defined plate boundaries. The southern extension, as it extends through the latitudes that are co-incidental to South Africa's geographical extent has not been defined. This project analyses Trignet data, supplemented with other available Nubian GPS data, to determine whether …
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ICTs and the reconfiguration of 'marginality' in Langa Township: A study of migration and belonging
Mobility and migration are survival tactics for long-term security and sustainability within Africa and South Africa is perceived as offering opportunities to those seeking greener pastures. South Africa's history of 'selective immigration' has made many local South Africans, particularly the …
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Engagement/involvement of staff from public medical Institutions with pregnant women experiencing intimate partner violence - a systematic review of African & South African literature
… (IPV) experienced by pregnant women living in South Africa and Africa. This study aimed to investigate what protocols/pathways staff at public health care institutions (PHCI) use to identify, screen, report, record and refer instances of IPV. The motivation for this study was to bring awareness …
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Reforming reformed church polity in South Africa's Black Reformed Churches (RCSA) : an African decolonial approach
… of decolonising the Reformed church polity in Africa and South Africa has its roots in the history of colonialism and missionary activity on the continent. The black Reformed churches in South Africa still operate primarily from within the Europe mindset especially in terms of church polity …