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Christianity and secularisation in South Africa: probing the possible link between modernisation and secularisation
(Edinburgh University Press, 2013)
The secularisation theory of Max Weber states that modernisation inevitably leads to the decline of religion. This theory has in recent years been challenged by the desecularisation theories of various sociologists and ...
Poverty in a South African township: the case of Kwakwatsi
(Academic Journals [© 2010 Academic Journals], 2012)
South Africa’s world revered democratic transition lies more than a decade in the past, a period long enough to evaluate past achievements and challenges. The study reported here provides a snapshot like view of poverty ...
Happy life expectancy and correlates of happiness among older adults in South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)
Objectives: This paper examines factors associated with happiness and to estimate happy life expectancy for older people in South Africa.
Methods: The study uses data from the first wave of the Study on Ageing and Adult ...
Correlates of sedentary behaviour among adolescents and adults with hazardous, harmful or dependent drinking in South Africa
(AOSIS, 2019)
Background: There is lack of information on the correlates of sedentary behaviour among persons with alcohol use disorders. The study aimed to examine socio-demographic and health correlates among adolescents and adults ...
May Measurement Month 2017: an analysis of blood pressure screening results in South Africa-Sub-Saharan Africa
(Oxford Univ Press, 2019)
Elevated blood pressure (BP) is a growing burden worldwide, leading to over 10 million deaths each year. May Measurement Month (MMM) is a global initiative of the International Society of Hypertension (ISH) aimed at raising ...
E-retailing adoption and innovativeness, implementation capacity and business performance of
(Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj Napoca, 2013)
Research on e-retailing in the context of developing countries such as South Africa has remained scarce. In order to fill this gap, the current study is done to explore the relationship of e-retailing adoption, e-retail ...
Comparing developments in water supply, sanitation and environmental health in four South African cities, 1840-1920
(Historical Association of South Africa, 2010)
Environmental health had its modern-day roots in the sanitation and public health movement of the United Kingdom in the nineteenth century. The field addresses all human health-related aspects of both the natural environment ...
Does enhanced regulation improve EIA report quality? Lessons from South Africa
(ELSEVIER, 2013)
Recently, various EIA systems have been subjected to system review processes with a view to improve performance. Many of these reviews resulted in some form of legislative reform. The South African Environmental Impact ...
Analysis of government expenditure and sectoral employment in the post–apartheid South Africa: application of ARDL model
(International Foundation for Research and Development (IFRD), 2017)
The current study has been designed to analyse the interactions between real government spending and job creation in South Africa focusing on five major economic sectors, namely construction, financial, manufacturing, ...
Double blow: alien crayfish infected with invasive temnocephalan in South African waters
(Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2013)
Trade in live, freshwater crayfish for ornamental markets, as well as for aquaculture, has grown rapidly and
has become the major pathway for the introduction of non-indigenous crayfish species to several countries
worldwide. ...