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Showing 1 to 20 of 314 for “"Eastern Cape"”.
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]Performance of Waste Stabilisation Ponds in the Eastern Cape Province
… of WSPs, including a case study of a WSP in the Eastern Cape (EC).
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Understanding women's claim to land in an Eastern Cape Village
… of women claiming residential land in a rural Eastern Cape community in order to foreground the inherent shortcomings of such top down approaches and their inability to fully recognise and protect the land rights of rural women.
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Sexual behaviour of grade eleven students in Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape
This study deals with sexual behaviour of adolescents in a rural area of South Africa. The primary objective is to explore the sexual behaviour of rural adolescents, specifically with regard to the first time they engage in sexual intercourse, the number of sexual partners, their use of …
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The geohydrology of the Swartkops River Basin : Uitenhage Region, Eastern Cape
… layer of Cretaceous sediments in the central and eastern parts of the study area, causing artesian conditions in places. The groundwater of the aquifers in the study area has a sodium-chloride character of low salinity in the western high-lying portion of the study area, with mineralisation …
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The detection of wetlands using remote sensing in Qoqodala, Eastern Cape
… possibilities of mapping wetlands in Qoqodala, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, using Landsat and/or Aster imagery. The methodology for mapping wetlands using Landsat imagery, proposed by Thompson, Marneweck, Bell, Kotze, Muller, Cox and Smith (2002) is adapted and applied to the study area. …
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Variability and trends in rainy season characteristics of the Eastern Cape
Forming part of south-eastern South Africa, the Eastern Cape province has been prone to extreme weather events such as floods and droughts. The region also displays considerable interannual rainfall variability with a tendency towards prolonged dry periods in recent decades. There is generally a …
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Analysing fuel transactions of government vehicles in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
… of fuel usage patterns and anomalies in the Eastern Cape Province government fleet in South Africa from April 2021 to January 2022 was conducted. Through the application of exploratory data analysis, clustering techniques, and predictive modelling, the research uncovers valuable insights that …
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Coastal zone utilization by juvenile fish in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
… study the occurrence of juvenile fish along the Eastern Cape coast was examined with the objective of assessing the importance of coastal habitats as nursery areas for the common coastal teleosts. The thesis comprises ten separate research papers and an overview of coastal zone utilization by …
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Perceptions of male teenagers towards teen fatherhood in Alxexandra Township, Eastern Cape Province
… about child welfare hood in Alexandria Township, Eastern Cape Province. Methodology: A qualitative explorative design was used. Purposive quota sampling was employed to select 25 participants from a population of teenage male learners in schools in Alexandria Township, Eastern Cape Province. …
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Visualising process and placemaking : upgrading shack urbanity in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
… to make meaningful places – and the dynamic landscape of policy and development data. Driven by a desire to account for the situation as it is on the ground, the layered methodological approach to what I call ‘intervention forensics’ culminates in a process of infiltration, and prioritises the …
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Risk factors for oesophageal cancer in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa
… oesophageal cancer (OC) among residents of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The study was conducted on 670 incident cases (98/% response rate) and 1188 controls (96/% response rate) attending either of the three major referral hospitals in the Province, i.e Umtata General, Frere and …
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Approach to congenital disorders: referral pathways for genetic services in the Eastern Cape
… services for congenital disorders in rural Eastern Cape through a descriptive phenomenology approach. Methods: Qualitative research, drawing on principles of phenomenology was used as the study design. The sample for this study included healthcare professionals who were involved in the …
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“Of unsound mind”: a history of three Eastern Cape mental institutions, 1875-1910
… regulated mental institutions in the colonial Eastern Cape, between the years 1875 to 1910. Fort England asylum in Grahamstown was established in 1875. Port Alfred asylum followed in 1889 and the Fort Beaufort institution was opened in 1894. Each asylum retained its own distinctive character …
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Microfinance and welfare of households in Ngcobo villages in the Eastern Cape Province
… on welfare of rural households in Ngcobo in the Eastern Cape through an administered survey. The study targeted fifty households based on convenience sampling technique and used a number of welfare indicators but selected food consumption patterns; roof, floor and walls of the main dwelling …
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Stable carbon isotopes and prehistoric diets in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
… and agriculturalists from the Holocene of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. The aims of the thesis include the testing, through direct quantitative measurements, of the validity of archaeological conclusions about prehistoric human behaviour in the Eastern Cape. Secondly, the usefulness …
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A Decolonial Perspective of Knowledge, Power and Place in the Eastern Cape Education System
… in the life of Xhosa students living in the Eastern Cape with particular interest in the experiences of high school learners in regions impacted by former apartheid segregation laws. Using mixed methods, consisting of surveys, interviews, and focus groups, this study explores decolonial …
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The late holocene vegetation history of Lake Farm, South Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Palynological analysis of organic sediments from a freshwater lake near Port Elizabeth (34°S,25°30'E) has provided a high- resolution vegetation history of the area for the last 2200 years. Detailed identification and counting of the fossil pollen resulted in the generation of a pollen diagram. …
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An Implementation Outcomes Evaluation for the Nal?ibali FUNda Leader Network: Eastern Cape Province
… in some of the disadvantaged communities in the Eastern Cape. The FUNda Leaders interviewed were satisfied with the campaign and its activities and were able to share stories about how the network and the activities enhanced knowledge and confidence among the youth in their respective reading …
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Application of lean management in the provisioning of textbooks to Eastern Cape public schools
… critical process of supplying textbooks in the Eastern Cape (EC) public schools. Lean Thinking and Value Stream Mapping (VSM) philosophies, a derivative of the Toyota Production System (TPS), was applied to evaluate the effectiveness of the current process and propose improvements as measured by …
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