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HIV and AIDS knowledge of Pharmacy students at the University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus)/Tshwane University of Technology before and after a teaching intervention
(2009)Healthcare workers need to be qualified to deal with the specific requirements of the HIV/AIDS syndrome, which demands technical and scientific knowledge and understanding of the disease. Adequate knowledge about HIV/AIDS ... -
HIV/AIDS awareness among first year pharmacy students and the role of the university
(2007)As HIV/AIDS continues to spread and affect the lives of millions of people, a sense of urgency has developed about the imperative need to stop the epidemic. Education is the key to change knowledge, attitudes and behaviour. ... -
HIV/AIDS Perceptions, attitudes and awareness of undergraduate students
(2006)The central question to be examined revolves around the perceptions, attitudes and awareness regarding HIV/AIDS among undergraduate students at the North-West University (Vaal Triangle Campus). Therefore, the objective of ... -
Hominisation and humanisation: a perspective from the sociology of technics
(Department of Philosophy, University of Pretoria, 2006)This essay will present a few challenges to a new Humanism from the perspective of the sociology of technics. For this purpose Humanism will be described as an effort to intervene in the process of human formation or ... -
The House of the LORD ... the house of man
(2015)The idea of cult centralisation in ancient Israel is investigated as a form of disenchantment. The Temple in Jerusalem can now be styled The House of the LORD and the countryside ought to be bereft of holy places and ... -
How Pat Metheny came to Carolina in Mpumalanga, South Africa: using music in transdisciplinary water research
(2013)Listening to music can help researchers to comprehend and gain insight into complex problems in transdisciplinary research. This article explains how members of a research group at North-West University in South Africa ... -
How to eat: vegetarianism, religion and law
(North-West University, 2012)The approach of Critical Legal Studies that law is a cultural artefact that can be criticised is taken as point of departure in this paper. This insight is applied to food as a very important cultural artefact that ... -
How to make sense of the past – salient issues of Metahistory
(2007)This aerticle provides an overview of current issues in metahistoty. Basic categories of historical thinking, such as memory and historical culture, or historical consciousness, are outlined and contextualised in the ... -
The human spirit as a necessary condition for higher education: a risk assessment
(2015)Risk management can either protect or endanger higher education institutions (HEIs) in South Africa. A crucial determining factor is how the core risks for these institutions are identified and mitigated. This article ... -
Humanism and nature – some reflections on a complex relationship
(2006)The paper starts with a systematical analysis of the interrelationship of humanism and nature. It proceeds to a historical reconstruction of this relationship in the development of Western humanism from ancient Rome via ... -
Identifying knowledge management processes and practices used for decision-making and knowledge sharing in the modern San community
(2014)First People, such as the San community of Platfontein, are the holders of rich and complex knowledge systems that are very important for dispute resolution and decisionmaking. In order to ensure that these knowledge ... -
The illusion of ethics for good local governance in South Africa
(2010)Ethics, the legislation and upholding of good conduct by public officials is a sine qua non for sustenance of good governance and service delivery. The White Paper on the Transformation of the Public Service 1994 identified ... -
Immigrant entrepreneurship in South Africa : a review and research agenda
(AOSIS, 2022)Immigrant entrepreneurship is a global phenomenon that has recently attracted the interest of South African academics. The goal of this article was to conduct a systematic review of the literature on immigrant entrepreneurship ... -
The impact of collaborative strategies on disaster risk reduction in Zimbabwe dairy supply chains in 2016
(AOSIS, 2017)Disasters are on the increase globally with accompanying devastating effects on dairy supply chains. The devastating effects, caused by disasters on economies in various countries such as United States of America, Japan, ... -
Impact of social entrepreneurs on community development in the Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality area, South Africa
(AOSIS, 2019)Social entrepreneurs are well positioned to tackle socio-economic problems in deprived communities. The impact of social entrepreneurs is becoming important for addressing social challenges and providing innovative, ... -
The impact of xenophobia-Afrophobia on the informal economy in Durban CBD, South Africa
(2015)The renewed incidents of xenophobia, which engulfed South Africa, dented this country’s image, continentally and internationally. These occurrences invoke an unresolved question, thus: Can xenophobic attacks be attributed ... -
The importance of a people-centred approach for Corporate Social Responsibility: a case study of Welverdiend and the surrounding community
(2014)Despite the contribution of mining to the South African economy, this industry has impacted negatively on the environment and society for many decades. These negative impacts are mostly evidence of poor corporate actions. ... -
The importance of Life Orientation in a time of COVID-19 : perceptions of preservice teachers
(AOSIS, 2022)This research explored the challenges experienced by society during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the role thereof in the validation of Life Orientation in South African schools. The importance of ... -
Improving the contribution of foreign voluntourists in South Africa : The importance of training and supervision
(AOSIS, 2020)The market for voluntourism from the Western world to developing countries is on the rise. Voluntourists are mainly young people who combine travel with volunteering in educational, early childhood development, environmental ...