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Sorrow

Miller, Gwenneth (2020)

The drawing was presented as port of solo exhibition titled: “Enfolding”, which finds an echo in Gilles Deleuze' (1993) writing on The fold. The ink drawing "Sorrow" developed as an extension of the print work “The thread ...

Expanding our understanding of the role polyprotein conformation plays in the coronavirus life cycle

Gildenhuys, Samantha (Portland Press, 2020)

Coronavirus are the causative agents in many globally concerning respiratory disease outbreaks such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) and coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). ...

Offshoring-Outsourcing and Onshoring Tradeoffs: The Impact of Coronavirus on Global Supply Chain

Kajjumba, George William Nagitta, Oluka Pross Osra, Faisal A. Mkansi, Marcia (IntechOpen, 2020)

The world has become a global village with companies investing in different nations to remain afloat and competitive. In the process of offshoring- outsourcing, companies and nations have become interdependent in their ...

Reflections on the characters of Dr Rieux and Fr Paneloux in Camus’ The Plague in a consideration of human suffering during the COVID-19 pandemic

Bentley, Wessel (2020)

During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, one is drawn to engage with texts that deal with the topic of human suffering. Two texts will be considered in this article. The first is the novel The Plague by Albert Camus, and the ...

Navigating and Reimagining Community Engagement amidst COVID-19

Louw, Seneca Taliep, Naiema Ismail, Ghouwa Bulbulia, Samed (2020)

Community engagement is a critical manifestation of a humanising approach on how to respond to various psychosocial and structural violence challenges in the context of a pandemic. Community engagement within the context ...

The Effect of Bank Liquidity and Unemployment on Bank Credit Risk

Marozva, Godfrey Mutezo, Ashley Teedzwi (Danubius University of Galati, 2020)

The aim of this article is to investigate the impact of bank liquidity risk and unemployment on credit risk in the South African banking sector. The panel data analysis approach is used, primarily employing the dynamic ...

The paradox of the reopening of schools under the lockdown – An exposure of the continued inequalities within the South African educational sector: A theological decolonial view

Baloyi, Elijah (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2020)

The arrival of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in South Africa was responded to by a lockdown, which barred people from moving out of their homes unless for serious and stipulated reasons by government. Amongst other ...

Unisa Big Band at the 2020 Unisa International Piano Competition

Devroop, Karendra (2020-01-21)

I founded the Unisa Big Band in 2018. The ensemble is currently comprised of some of Gauteng’s foremost jazz artists but also includes some young jazz musicians who are part of the Unisa Music Foundation’s community ...

Is pregnancy a risk factor of COVID-19?

Phoswa, Wendy N. Khaliq, Olive P. (Elsevier, 2020-06-27)

This review evaluates whether pregnancy is a risk factor for COVID-19 by looking at the expression of immune markers such as immune cells and cytokines in order to have a better understanding on the pathophysiology of the ...

How the Covid-19 pandemic has changed Open Distance Learning – a curriculum perspective

van den Berg, Geesje (2020-07)

My presentation this morning is on ways of how the Covid-19 pandemic has changed Open Distance Learning, using a curriculum perspective. First, I would like to share the overview of the presentation with you: starting ...

COVID-19 and the academe in South Africa: Not business as usual

Hedding, David Greve, Michelle Nel, Werner Breetzke, Gregory D. Jansen van Vuuren, Bettine (2020-07-20)

The famous R.E.M. song laments ‘It’s the end of the world as we know it, I had some time alone, I feel fine…’. Many South Africans would agree that COVID-19 signals the end of the world (or business) as we know it, and ...

Educational inequality on access to physical resources at Highveld Ridge East Circuit : Mpumalanga

Osman, Cookie Regina (2020-09)

The phenomenon of educational inequality on access to physical resources in the Highveld Ridge East Circuit of Mpumalanga was investigated in the study. Since the COVID-19 worldwide pandemic had affected education on a ...

Covid-19 is the first phase of the 4th Industrial Revolution

Bayane, Percyval (Letaba Herald, 2020-09-11)

A select bouquet of leadership theories advancing good governance and business ethics: a conceptual framework

Vercueil, Megan (2020-10-20)

How authors and scholars have approached leadership studies – in terms of their thinking, defining and studying – has changed remarkably over time. According to literature, this is predominantly due to greater optimism ...

The African Open Access portal as a Covid-19 information hub

Mensah, Pricilla Ahmad, Umar Okelo, Luke (2020-10-21)

Creatures of Home series

Luneburg, Nathani (2020-11)

Creatures of Home (2020) consists of eight framed pen and ink portrait drawings of my childhood dogs, dressed in human clothing and posing against patterned backgrounds. The backgrounds are drawn digitally with the Photoshop ...

A leadership capability model for the South African higher education environment

Cloete, Michael Stanley (2020-12)

Over the past few years, the world in general has been influenced by several rapid changes and disruptions including climate change, globalisation, economic developments, the fourth industrial revolution, technological ...

Continuous professional development requirements of public librarians in the Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

Maboya, Kwena Martha (2020-12)

Continuous professional development (CPD) is a vital tool for maintaining and sustaining the skills, knowledge and expertise of staff members in organisation. The user-friendliness of information and communication technology ...

Covid-19 and the need to contextualise problems and policies: a comparative perspective.

de Vries, M Kroukamp, HJ van Jaarsveldt, Liza Ceciel (ASSADPAM, 2020-12)

Although the Covid-19 pandemic that spread over the world in 2020 is a tragedy in terms of casualties, it is also exemplary. Exemplary, as an il lustration that identical policies in different contexts have varying effects ...

Towards a framework too enhance Millennials' and Generation Xers' well-being during the Covid-19 pandemic

Van der Linde, Bernadine Anine (2020-12)

Orientation: While adversity causes devastation, it can also cause individuals to assume a new and positive perspective on life. Positive emotions can assist individuals in overcoming adversity, safeguard them against ...

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