Two South African novels, Congo Song (Cloete [1943]1973) and Moxyland (Beukes 2008) comment on the central part played by artists and their work in the midst of a society on the brink of war. Both narratives are set in ...
Female Glossina pallidipes Austen and G. m. morsitans Westwood (Diptera: Glossinidae) were treated with deltamethrin or pyrethrum extract through topical application or by exposure to cloth or glass treated with the same ...
Social learning is the basis for the formation of traditions in both human and nonhuman animals. Field observations and experiments provide evidence for the existence of traditions in animals but they do not address the ...
The article explores the role that food gardens can play in contributing to the empowerment of rural South African women. The goal of the study was to focus on likely other benefits - beyond economic advantages -realised ...
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were synthesised by a conventional chemical vapour deposition (CVD) method using acetylene as carbon source and a bimetallic catalyst of Fe-Co supported on a CaCO3 support. The CNTs were characterized ...
Fe
3O
4 coated polypyrrole (PPy) magnetic nanocomposite was prepared via in situ polymerization of pyrrole monomer for the removal of highly toxic Cr(VI). Structure and ...
Nel N.Muller H.Hugo A.Helldin R.Backmann O.Dwyer H.Skarlind A.(2011)
This article is based on joint research, between academics from South Africa and Sweden, comparing the influence of South African and Swedish teachers' attitudes towards the practical application of inclusive education ...
Children are caring for an increasing proportion of orphans and abandoned children in several African countries. Children in child-headed households generally live under poor economic conditions. Given the dire need to ...
The detection and quantification of four phthalate esters-dimethyl phthalate (DMP), diethyl phthalate (DEP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP), and diethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP)-in water, sediment, and some fish species were carried ...
A highly selective and sensitive phosphate sensor has been fabricated by constructing a crystal disk consisting of variable mixtures of aluminium powder (Al), aluminium phosphate (AlPO4) and powdered copper (Cu). The ...
Technical abilities of primates are typically tested in the laboratory. It has been argued that close contact between animals and humans may lead to an increase in skills due to an 'enculturation' of subjects. Here, we ...
Social Engineering (SE) attacks exploit vulnerabilities that are based on principles of human psychology. In conjunction with loopholes in the security structure of the organisation, these attacks can yield results that ...
This article seeks to establish the relevance of Mikhail Bakhtin's (1895-1975) theory of dialogue/carnival to the shifting realities of talk radio in the United States (US). Scholars have used Bakhtin's ideas as they apply ...
One popular view of student achievement is that the quality of teaching students receive plays an important part in whether or not they do well at school. In this article we draw attention to 'context' as a complementary ...
In this article we examine the dynamic causal relationship between economic growth, employment, and poverty reduction in South Africa - using the Auto-Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) bounds testing procedure. The study ...
In this paper we consider the fair pricing of single stock futures (SSFs) and the effect of dividend risk on the dividend compensation component in the pricing formulas. SSF valuation is subject to the pricing of discrete ...
Matabola K.P.Van Der Merwe E.M.Strydom C.A.Labuschagne F.J.W.(2010)
BACKGROUND: The influence of different hydrating agents on the pH of the hydrating solutions, rate of hydration of MgO to Mg(OH)
2 and product surface area was studied as a function of temperature ...
This article aims to describe how xenophobia is experienced by a small selection of immigrant participants in five inner city schools in Johannesburg. The May 2008 xenophobic violence prompted the investigation. Theoretically, ...