• The making of "gender diplomacy" as a foreign policy pillar in Kenya and Namibia 

  Onditi, F. (Lexington Books, 2019-08-16)

  Can the gender equality norm stand out as a game-changer in shaping a countrys foreign policy and diplomatic engagements? African states, like many other nations globally, often influence regional and global processes ...
• "I started that day and continued for 2 years": a case report on adolescent 'whoonga' addiction 

  Groenewald, C.; Essack, Z. (Taylor and Francis, 2019-08-13)

  Background: Whoonga is a new craze drug that young people in South Africa are increasingly using. It consists of a cocktail of drugs and is considered to be highly addictive. Yet, there is a paucity of research that describes ...
• A new narrative for the blue economy and blue carbon 

  Steven, A.D.L.; Vanderklift, M.A.; Bohler-Muller, N. (Taylor and Francis, 2019-08-13)

  The terms Blue Economy and Blue Carbon are, it seems, popping up everywhere, but what do they mean, and are they linked? They are usually considered separately in discussions about policy and action, which has resulted in ...
• Setting the agenda for new Franco-Africa relations in the twenty-first Century 

  Check, N.A.; Adar, K.G. (Africa Institute of South Africa, 2019-08-13)
• Promoting research integrity and avoiding misconduct - perspectives on and from Africa 

  Van Zyl, C.; Kombe, F.; Okonta, P.; Rossouw, T. (Springer, 2019-08-13)

  Research in the social sciences provides insights into human behaviour and social interactions. Evidence from such research may inform policies and decisions affecting the lives of many. It requires trust between the ...
• The relationship between multidimensional economic well being and children's mental health 

  Turbeville, A.; Aber, J.L.; Weinberg, S.L.; Richter, L.; Van Heerden, A. (2019-08-12)

  Conceptualizing both economic well -being (EWB) and children's development as multidimensional constructs, the present study examines their association using bioecological developmental theory and structural equation ...
• Power relations in sexual agreements among male couples in southern Africa 

  Essack, Z.; Lynch, I.; Kaunda, C.J.; Stephenson, R.; Darbes, L.; Van Rooyen, H. (2019-08-13)

  Sexual agreements between same-sex practising men facilitate communication about health promotion activities, including HIV prevention. In African contexts, male couples negotiate their sexual agreements in relation to ...
• Deficiencies of our decolonisation efforts contain lessons for the future 

  Bank, L. (2019-05-31)
• Introduction 

  Scholvin, S.; Black, A.; Revilla Diez, J.; Turok, I. (Springer, 2019-07-03)
• Conclusion 

  Scholvin, S.; Black, A.; Revilla Diez, J.; Turok, I. (Springer, 2019-07-03)

  Beginning with the relevance of policies, the analysis of Zambia's retail sector in the chapter by Mwanda Phiri and Francis Ziba reminded us of the challenges that local suppliers face when trying to plug into value chains ...
• Violence in hot weather: will climate change exacerbate rates of violence in South Africa? 

  Chersich, M.F.; Swift, C.P.; Edelstein, I.; Breetzke, G.; Scorgie, F.; Schutte, F.; Wright, C.A. (2019-08-12)

  Worldwide, violence claims more than 1.4 million lives each year, accounting for 1 in 40 of all deaths globally. Alarmingly, South Africa (SA) recorded a homicide rate of 35.8 per 100 000 people in 2017/18, which is the ...
• How "Organized hypocrisy" within the standby force Is pulling African institutions from the global influence 

  Onditi, F. (Lexington Books, 2019-08-12)

  Organized hypocrisy (henceforth shortened to OH) as a concept brings to the fore the importance of understanding how organizations manage conflicting forces. These forces might otherwise render an organization incapable ...
• A violent minority?: a quantitative analysis of those engaged in anti-immigrant violence in South Africa 

  Gordon, S. (2019-07-01)

  Xenophobic violence poses a clear threat to South Africa, especially in light of the country???s treaty commitments to ???open borders??? following the 30th Ordinary Assembly of the African Union. Civil society organizations ...
• Impact of male partner involvement on mother-to-child transmission of HIV and HIV free survival among HIV-exposed infants in rural South Africa: results from a two phase randomised controlled trial 

  Sifunda, S.; Peltzer, K.; Rodriguez, V.J.; Mandell, L.N.; Lee, T.K.; Ramlagan, S.; Alcaide, M.L.; Weiss, S.M.; Jones, D.L. (2019-07-31)

  The Sub-Saharan Africa region still remains the epicentre of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. With regards to new paediatric HIV infections, almost 90% of new HIV infections are among children (aged 0-14 years), largely through ...
• The construction and representation of sexual and gender diversity in Namibian school textbooks: global discourses or Southern African realities? 

  Brown, A.; Reygan, F. (2019-07-31)

  Liberal, western approaches to non-normative sexuality and gender have been roundly critiqued by queer education theorists for their regulation of sexuality and their perpetuation of cisgenderism and heteronormativity. ...
• Effectiveness of a health behavioural intervention aimed at reduction of risky sexual behaviours among young men in the KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa 

  Manyaapelo, T.; Van den Borne, B.; Ruiter, R.; Sifunda, S.; Reddy, P. (2019-07-31)

  Two studies evaluating the same behavioural intervention were conducted in two areas in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa using a randomized pre-test post-test control group design for study 1 (peri-urban) and a ...
• Psychological distress and C-reactive protein in a South African national survey 

  Sewpaul, R.; Naude, P.; Stein, D.; Labadarios, D. (2019-07-31)

  To examine the association of psychological distress with serum C-reactive protein (CRP) in a South African cohort. Data were analysed on individuals aged older than 15 years from the South African National Health and ...
• Cuban medical training for South African students: a mixed methods study 

  Sui, X.; Reddy, P.; Nyembezi, A.; Naidoo, P.; Chalkidou, K.; Squires, N.; Ebrahim, S. (2019-07-31)

  Achieving universal health care coverage will require greater investment in primary health care, particularly in rural and under served populations in low and middle-income countries. South Africa has invested in training ...
• Nurses' perceptions of adolescents accessing and utilizing sexual and reproductive healthcare services in Cape Town, South Africa: A qualitative study 

  Jonas, K.; Roman, N.; Reddy, P.; Krumeich, A.; Van den Borne, B.; Crutzen, R. (Elsevier, 2019-07-31)

  In Sub-Saharan Africa access to and utilization of sexual and reproductive healthcare is unsatisfactory. Consequently, rates of teenage pregnancy and unsafe abortions among adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa, including in ...
• Anthropometric indices for predicting cardiovascular risk factors: Ellisras longitudinal study 

  Sebati, B.; Monyeki, K.; Kemper, H.; Sekgala, D.; Mphekgwana, P. (2019-07-31)

  The aim of the study was to determine which anthropometric indices can best predict the presence of common cardiovascular risk factors among young adults in the rural village of Ellisras in the Limpopo Province, South ...

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