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Implicit personality conceptions of the Nguni cultural-linguistic groups of South Africa
(Sage, 2011)
The present study explored the personality conceptions of the three main Nguni cultural-linguistic groups of South Africa: Swati, Xhosa, and Zulu. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 116 native speakers of Swati, ...
Pricing weather derivatives for the chardonnay cultivar in Wellington using a credit default SWAP methodology
(Unisa/Taylor & Francis, 2011)
Most South African farmers employ standard insurance to protect crops from natural disasters such as hail or strong winds, but no insurance contracts exist to compensate for rain damage (although floods are covered), or ...
The significance of festivals to regional economies: measuring the economic value of the Grahamstown National Arts Festival in South Africa
(IT Publishing, 2011)
This paper estimates the economic value of South Africa's longest running national arts festival, the Grahamstown National Arts Festival in the Eastern Cape Province. The Eastern Cape is a middle-income province (6.6% of ...
Socio-economic determinants of poverty amongst female-headed households in a South African Township
(The Social Sciences Research Society (SOSRES), 2012)
The study reported here used household level data to analyse determinants of household poverty amongst female -headed households in a South African Township of Bophelong. Poverty is defined and then measured for the sampled ...
Assimilation of tourism satellite accounts and applied general equilibrium models to inform tourism policy analysis
(IP Publishing, 2011)
Historically, tourism policy analysis in South Africa has posed challenges to accurate measurement. The primary reason for this is that tourism is not designated as an 'industry' in standard economic accounts. This paper ...
Developing a national cadre of effective leadership towards sustainable quality service delivery in South Africa
(Academic journals, 2011)
The application of the three (3) dimensional leadership competency model has the likelihood of having a positive impact on a sustainable developmental local governance framework. The purpose of the study was to explore the ...
South Africa's youth unemployment dilemma: Whose Baby is it anyway?
(IFRD, 2017)
Youth unemployment is a major concern to various different countries, including South Africa, which ranked fourth-worst in the global youth unemployment ratings in 2013 and 2014reaching rates of more than 50 percent. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...