• Gender disparities in poverty among smallholder livestock farmers in South Africa 

  Maziya, M.; Tirivanhu, P.; Kajombo, R.J.; Gumede, N.A. (Earthscan, 2020-12-11)

  This paper analyses gender disparities in poverty and the determinants of poverty among smallholder communal livestock farmers across five provinces in South Africa. A combination of multi-stage and stratified sampling ...
• Re-thinking the value of land-based livelihoods in former Bantustans of post-apartheid South Africa 

  Chirau, T.; Tirivanhu, P.; Chabaya, O. (Earthscan, 2020-12-11)

  This paper explores the value of land-based livelihoods in former bantustans of post-apartheid South Africa. South Africa, particularly the former bantustans continue to endure massive inequalities with respect to economic ...
• An investigation of healthcare professionals' motivation in public and mission hospitals in Meru county, Kenya 

  Muthuri, R.N.D.K.; Senkubuge, F.; Hongoro, C. (MDPI, 2020-12-10)

  Strengthening health systems in developing countries such as Kenya is required to achieve the third United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal of health for all, at all ages. However, Kenya is experiencing a 'brain drain' ...
• HSRC Review Vol 17(1): March 2019 

  Oosthuizen, A (2019-03-28)
• Can trade in services bolster regional development in southern Africa? 

  Visagie, J.; Turok, I. (2020-03-31)

  Service exports are the fastest growing portion of world trade and now account for nearly a quarter of global exports. Tradable services contribute to economic growth and development by bolstering industrial capabilities, ...
• Upgrading dense informal settlements by building upwards: lessons from an informal settlement in Durban, South Africa 

  Visagie, J.; Turok, I.; Misselhorn, M. (2020-09-07)

  Approximately 287 000 households live in 581 informal settlements across eThekwini Municipality and the numbers are growing. This translates into roughly one shack for every ten formal brick or block houses. The pressures ...
• Coastal challenges: mainstreaming climate action in the G20 development agenda 

  Singh, P.; Benney, M.T.; Galeotti, M.; Lunga, W.; Otto, C.; Sedaoui, R.; Zimmer, M. (2020-09-23)

  This policy brief explores and provides a holistic view of the existing practices, issues, and opportunities for a sustainable coastal management initiative among the G20 member countries. Specifically, it highlights coastal ...
• Support vector regression and beta distribution for modeling incumbent party for presidential elections 

  Kikawa, C.R.; Ngungu, M.N.; Ntirampeba, D.; Ssematimba, A. (Earthscan, 2020-12-07)

  The present paper aims to model, predict, and explain presidential election results using selected quarterly macroeconomic indicators, i.e., gross national product, consumer price index, unemployment rate and gross national ...
• Navigating agency: adolescents' challenging dating violence towards gender equitable relationships in a South African township. 

  Moolman, B.; Essop, R.; Tolla, T. (Earthscan, 2020-12-07)

  Intimate partner violence among adolescents is a result of gender and sexual inequitable norms. South African studies note the high prevalence of intimate partner violence in adolescent relationships with adolescent girls ...
• Indigenous knowledge and modern sciences: complementary wisdom to help farmers: combining two knowledge systems to help sustain agricultural production in South Africa 

  Ubisi, N.; Jiri, O.; Kolanisi, U. (National Research Foundation, 2020-12-07)

  For a very long time African communities, especially rural smallholder farmers, have relied on information gathered using indigenous systems to define their farming practices, as well as predicting the quality of seasons. ...
• South Africa's policies of lip-service disrespect people with disabilities 

  Hart, T.; Msitshana, A.; Bohler-Muller, N. (2020-11-25)

  Like all fellow South Africans, we as disabled persons welcomed South Africa's 1996 Constitution and subsequent legislation, including the Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997 (and the amendment of 2020), the ...
• Vuwani: understanding the violent community response to municipal boundary re-demarcation 

  Kanyane, M.; Adonis, C.; Rule, S. (Routledge, 2020-12-07)

  Prior to May 2016, the relatively unknown community of Vuwani in the Limpopo Province of South Africa had hardly been prone to violent protests and destruction of public property. This changed when the Limpopo High Court ...
• Tourism innovation and sustainability: implications for skills development in South Africa 

  Booysens, I.; Motala, S.; Ngandu, S. (Springer, 2020-08-11)

  This chapter interrogates human resource competencies vis-a-vis innovation in tourism which is an under-researched topic in the tourism literature. Innovation is pertinent not only for competitiveness for tourism firms and ...
• Risky sexual behaviours among women of reproductive age in a high HIV burdened township in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 

  Hlongwa, M.; Peltzer, K.; Hlongwana, K. (2020-07-21)

  Despite several intervention programmes in South Africa, risky sexual behaviours among women of reproductive age remain a public health concern, thereby making them prone to unintended pregnancies and/or sexually transmitted ...
• The relationship between social welfare policy and multi dimensional well-being: an analysis using the South Africa child support grant 

  Cooper, A.; Mokomane, Z.; Fadiji, A.W. (2020-08-06)

  Socio-historical context and ideology are often overlooked in analyses of how social welfare policy is used to promote well-being. This paper uses the South African Child Support Grant (CSG) to illuminate how a policy may ...
• Lottery incentives have short-term impact on ART initiation among men: results from a randomized pilot study 

  Barnabas, R.V.; Van Heerden, A.; McConnell, M.; Szpiro, A.A.; Krows, M.L.; Schaafsma, T.T.; Ngubane, T.; Nxele, R.B.; Joseph, P.; Baeten, J.M.; Celum, C.L.; Van Rooyen, H. (Wiley Publishing Company, 2020-07-27)

  Introduction: Among people living with HIV in South Africa, viral suppression is lower among men than women. The study aim was to test the impact of lottery incentives, which reward positive health choice (e.g. antiretroviral ...
• Neighbourhood responses to drought in the Western Cape 

  Rule, S.; Parker, S.; Majikijela, Y.; Lunga, W. (2020-08-25)

  An extreme drought event occurred in the Western Cape when the mean level of water supply dams declined to 28% of capacity in August 2017. Our survey of 240 households and 71 businesses identified neighbourhood variations ...
• Understanding the influence of 24-hour movement behaviours on the health and development of preschool children from low-income South African settings: the SUNRISE pilot study 

  Draper, C.E.; Tomaz, S.A.; Cook, C.J.; Jugdav, S.S.; Ramsammy, C.; Besharati, S.; Van Heerden, A.; Vilakazi, K.; Cockroft, K.; Howard, S.J.; Okely, A.D. (2020-09-01)

  Background: The International Study of Movement Behaviours in the Early Years, SUNRISE, was initiated to assess the extent to which young children meet movement behaviour guidelines (physical activity, sedentary behaviour, ...
• Community-based antiretroviral therapy versus standard clinic-based services for HIV in South Africa and Uganda (DO ART): a randomised trial 

  Barnabas, R.V.; Szpiro, A.A.; Van Rooyen, H.; Asiimwe, S.; Pillay, D.; Ware, N.C.; Schaafsma, T.T.; Krows, M.L.; Van Heerden, A.; Joseph, P.; Shahmanesh, M.; Wyatt, M.A.; Sausi, K.; Turyamureeba, B.; Sithole, N.; Morrison, S.; Shapiro, A.E.; Roberts, D.A.; Thomas, K.K.; Koole, O.; Bershteyn, A.; Ehrenkranz, P.; Baeten, J.M.; Celum, C. (2020-10-15)

  Community-based delivery of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV, including ART initiation, clinical and laboratory monitoring, and refills, could reduce barriers to treatment and improve viral suppression, reducing the ...
• Preliminary results of lockdown survey: moving from lockdown to community participation, motivation and enablement 

  Reddy, S. (2020-11-18)

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