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Mafunisa, M.J. (Heinemann, 2015-08-25)

Access to specialist services and the criminal justice system: data from the Teddy Bear Clinic

Higson-Smith, C.; Lamprecht, L. (HSRC Press, 2015-08-25)

This chapter begins by describing the population that makes use of the services of the Teddy Bear Clinic in Gauteng, South Africa. This clinic is regarded by many experts in the field as a leading service provider in the ...

Accounting for changes in manufacturing employment in South Africa

Tregenna, F. (Oxford University Press, 2015-08-25)

The objective of this study is to understand the components, as well as the possible causal determinants of the changes in manufacturing employment in South Africa. This paper focuses on the relationships between capital ...

'Accounting' for migrants in inequality and the future: the distance to openness

Masilela, T.; Rule, S.; Adams, R. (HSRC Press, 2019-03-20)

The questions of the value of migrations to social development and the alleviation and/ or exacerbation of poverty and inequality have featured strongly in international debates and discussions in the wake of large-scale ...

Achieving 90-90-90: a focus on sero-discordant couples

Mthembu, J.; Khan, G.; Manengela, T. (Intech Open Access, 2019-03-29)

The South African Department of Health adopted numerous strategies to manage the HIV epidemic. Recently, the global 90-90-90 HIV treatment strategy was adopted. This strategy hope to ensure that 90% of people living with ...

Achieving sustainability in the context of the Blue Economy

Owusu-Sekyere, E. (Africa Institute of South Africa, 2018-08-17)

Action and community-based research: improving local governance practices through the community scorecard

Sanchez Betancourt, D.; Vivier, E. (Wits University Press, 2019-04-05)

The chapter begins with an examination of the elements of PAR/CBR. Thereafter the authors describe the implementation of the community scorecard in Cape Town, drawing on the steps and rationale followed as the researchers ...

(Ad)dressing sexual reproductive health issues and its determinants in KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa: evidence from a situational analysis of millennium development goals indicators

Khalema, N.E.; Ndinda, C.; Makiwane, M.; Vawda, M.; Bhembe, L.; Mahapa, N.; Zondo, M. (Springer, 2015-08-25)

This chapter presents a synthesis of the progress on key health-related MDGs in two South African provinces of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) and the Eastern Cape (EC) focusing on sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR) indicators. ...

Addressing the underlying causes of crime and violence in South Africa

Emmett, A.B. (Human Sciences Research Council, 2015-08-25)

Adolescence

Wild, L.; Swartz, S. (Oxford University Press, 2015-08-25)

From a developmental perspective, adolescence is both an exciting and a challenging time. Physically, adolescents' bodies are maturing. Cognitively, they start to think about the world in new ways. Socially, changing ...

Adolescence

Wild, L.; Swartz, S. (Oxford University Press, 2016-12-22)

This chapter describes the adolescence period as a stormy time in any person's life. It describes the physical changes associated with puberty and the psychological implications of its timing. The chapter also looks at ...

Adolescents perceptions of the future of South Africa: a 40 year perspective

Finchilescu, G.; Dawes, A.R.L. (Nova Science Publishers, 2015-08-25)

Affirmative action and cosmopolitan citizenship in South Africa

Modisha, G. (HSRC Press, 2015-08-25)

This chapter looks at the policies and assess views, as expressed by key stakeholders, on the impact of the Employment Equity Act (EEA) (No. 55 of 1998) within the labour market. The chapter shows that there is little ...

Affirmative action in the public service

Ndletyana, M. (HSRC Press, 2015-08-25)

This chapter begins with a brief background on affirmative action, followed by analysis of the relevant policy and legislation, focusing mainly on their justification of affirmative action. It also looks at the theoretical ...

Africa

Southall, R.J. (Manchester University Press, 2015-08-25)

This book argues that our perspectives on democratization reflect the intellectual origins of the inquiry. A range of disciplines from anthropology to economics, sociology and legal scholarship, as well as different area ...

Africa in the contemporary world

Southall, R. (UCT Press, 2015-08-25)

Africa in the contemporary world

Southall, R.J. (University of Cape Town, 2015-08-25)

African international students in South African universities

Mda, T.V. (Monash University Publishing, 2015-08-25)

There has been a huge growth in foreign students studying at South African universities. African students in this context are students who come from African countries. This chapter focuses on African international students ...

The African Union's position on organic agriculture: what are the benefits of governance at continental level?

Pophiwa, N. (Africa Institute of South Africa, 2015-08-25)

Organic Agriculture (OA) has grown in prominence as an alternative to conventional agriculture especially suitable for small holder farmers on the African continent. Many leaders of organic agricultural movements on the ...

African urbanisation: will compact cities deliver shared and sustainable prosperity?

Turok, I. (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018-05-28)

The purpose of this chapter is to reflect on the bold propositions about urbanisation in the light of existing evidence about the situation on the ground in Africa. The core question posed is whether the UN's high-level ...

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