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Exploring Africa’s democratic transitions and economic development policy: South African and Nigerian experiences
(SAAPAM, 2014)
This paper contends that the new “Africa Rising Narrative” will net lead to the majority of African citizens attaining prosperity under the current democratic transition. this paper argues that Africa lacks appropriate ...
Attitude towards sexual control among women in conjugal union in the era of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Mahikeng, South Africa
(UAPS, 2014)
Husbands continue to be the greatest source of sexually transmitted infections including HIV to their wives. Using a survey of 568 respondents and 33 in-depth interviews, this study examined the attitudes of women in marital ...
Rates and predictors of school pregnancy among black women in the North West Province, South Africa
(PKP, 2014)
Learner pregnancy is one of the challenges impeding the unlocking of the potentials of women in sub-Saharan Africa. This paper estimated the prevalence of learner pregnancy and identified its predictors in the North West ...
The psychosocial challenges of people living with HIV/AIDS in North-West Province of South Africa
(Kamla-Raj Enterprises, 2014)
The present study investigated psychological and social challenges facing PLWHA in Northwest
Province of South Africa. 728 participants were sampled for the study; there were 319 (43.8%) female and 409 (56.2%) male, with ...
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 ...
Economic justice and prophetic discourse in the South African context - towards a dialogical mode of discourse
(School of Religion & Theology, University of KwaZulu Natal, 2013)
The prophetic discourse about economic justice in South Africa has been mainly influenced by Black theology, Latin American Liberation theology and African theology. In the case of influences from the Americas, economics ...
Improvement in South African students' outlook due to music involvement
(Taylor & Francis, 2015)
In the spring of 2009, we started a concert band programme at a high school in
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. In the fall of 2011, we returned to the school to
measure the impact of participating in a concert band on the ...
Read me to resilience : exploring the use of cultural stories to boost the positive adjustment of children orphaned by AIDS
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)
The study explored whether and how culturally sensitive stories can encourage resilience in young children orphaned by AIDS. The purpose of the investigation was allied to the paradigm of positive psychology, which focuses ...
Mentor relationship effects on perceived quality of life by a sample of rural South African teenagers
(Elliott & Fitzpatrick & NISC [© 2010 Elliot & Fitzpatrick], 2013)
This study investigated mentor effects on the perceived quality of life of South African adolescent boys. Participants were 20 adolescent boys that completed the Child Functioning Inventory High School, a standardised ...
A critical review of studies of South African youth resilience, 1990–2008
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2010)
Given the growing emphasis in research and service provision on strengths rather than deficits, the focus on youth support in the South African Children’s Act of 2005 and the lack of educational, therapeutic and other ...