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Lung function, inflammation and cardiovascular mortality in Africans
(Wiley, 2016)
Background
The link between impaired lung function and cardiovascular outcome is well established in European and American populations. It is possible that this association may be driven by a systemic spillover of ...
A motivation-based typology of five-day international test cricket match spectators
(AFAHPER-SD, 2015)
Considering the various formats of cricket, as well as the different reasons why tourists attend
these events, it becomes clear that more direct marketing of these events is required in order to
expand attendance at ...
Career choice and unemployment length: a study of graduates from a South African university
(Sage, 2016)
Graduate unemployment is especially problematic in a country where much emphasis is placed on furthering academic studies for economic and personal rewards. This article investigates the relationship between career choice ...
Barriers to small informal business development and entrepreneurship: the case of Emfuleni Region
(Czestochowa University of Technology, 2016)
The nature of being an entrepreneur encapsulates the essence of fully embracing opportunities and taking on new challenges and risks. Informal entrepreneurship is often taken for granted and hardly recognised as being a ...
Researching resilience: lessons learned from working with rural, Sesotho-speaking South African young people
(Sage, 2016)
Theories of youth resilience neglect youths' lived experiences of what facilitates positive adjustment to hardship. The Pathways-to-Resilience Study addressed this by inviting Canadian, Chinese, Colombian, New Zealand and ...
Periglossum podoptyches (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae), a new species from KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa
(Magnolia Press, 2016)
Periglossum podoptyches is described as a new species from the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa. As a rare species its conservation status is assessed as Vulnerable. This new species is closely related to both ...
Socio–economic determinants of household food expenditure in a low income township in South Africa
(Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational Research (MCSER), 2012)
The study, on which this article is based analysed the impact of selected socio-economic characteristics on food expenditure patterns of a low-income township in South Africa. The results are based on a household survey ...
Addressing climate change in Southern Africa: any role for South Africa in the Post-Paris Agreement?
(Sage, 2016)
Climate change is a global challenge. Its ramifying effects on both natural and human systems cut across different regions of the world. While Africa as a whole is being confirmed to be more affected by climate change due ...
Women as agents of development: an assessment of Modimola Village in the North West Province of South Africa through the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP)
(IFE Centre for Psychological Studies (ICPS), 2016)
Women were, in the past, perceived as instruments of development in Africa. This is concretised by the religious roles accorded to them as a gender that can only play a supportive role for men in their communities. They ...
The South African salt story: where are we and where are we heading?
(Karger, 2017)
Background and objectives:
The mortality and morbidity
burden caused by hypertension are preventable and therefore, efforts need to be taken to address this burden. Excess dietary sodium ...