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A Disease of Privilege? Social Representations in Online Conversations about Covid-19 amongst some South Africans during lockdown

- Sitto, Karabo, Lubinga, Elizabeth

  • Authors: Sitto, Karabo , Lubinga, Elizabeth
  • Date: 2020
  • Subjects: Social representations , Socio-economic inequalities , South Africa
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/459643 , uj:40873 , Citation: Sitto, K. & Lubinga, E. 2020. A Disease of Privilege? Social Representations in Online Conversations about Covid-19 amongst some South Africans during lockdown.
  • Description: Abstract: Responses by South Africans to communication from their government about the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown and proposed courses of action for containment have highlighted previously incommunicable socio-economic inequalities pervading access to healthcare. Government’s reaction in a bid to stem the Covid-19 global pandemic, though slow at commencement, has often been swift and decisive with regular briefings by ministerial clusters and the presidency in collaboration with various experts, displaying apparent transparency and ease of comprehension for audiences. However, there have arisen a range of oft-negative responses by citizens such announced courses of action, often based on representations of who the face of the virus is and in turn influencing their responses to government’s courses of action. A Social Representation approach was followed, with focus on citizen representations made regarding the spread of the Covid-19 virus, arising social representations and potential health communication consequences. The PEN-3 cultural model on health beliefs and actions presents a cultural yet contextual understanding of public health and health promotion by predicting people’s behaviour within their immediate environment. Social representations in reaction to initial news of the virus were those of a disease of those ‘lucky’ enough to be well-travelled and those privileged i.e. not the majority of South Africa, especially not black people...
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An adoption model of mHealth applications that promote physical activity

- Ndayizigamiye, Patrick, Kante, Macire, Shingwenyana, Shalati

Angifi Dladla and the bleakness of freedom

- Dladla, Angifi

  • Authors: Dladla, Angifi
  • Date: 2020
  • Subjects: Dladla , South Africa , Violence
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/464575 , uj:41509 , Citation: Dladla, A. 2020. Angifi Dladla and the bleakness of freedom. , DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/reseafrilite.51.3.08
  • Description: Abstract: Angifi Dladla is a Poet of No Sure Place. His poetry speaks for the marginalized and explores the otherwise unmentioned dynamics of South Africa's political and social landscape. In this article I explore how this label is demonstrated within his two collections of poetry, The Girl Who Then Feared to Sleep and Lament for Kofifi Machu. More specifically, my argument engages with the evolving meanings of freedom evoked by Dladla, first in his apartheid-era poetry and, second, in that of today's post-apartheid situation. I demonstrate how the black-on-black violence of the 1980s townships caused a sense of confinement that forced Dladla within himself. Only then was he able to understand freedom and chart a way forward. Following this, the article turns toward those poems that depict contemporary South Africa. My analysis suggests that when freedom, not oppression, is the official political environment of the day, the reality for many is only continued violence and despair. To chart a way out of this bleak malaise, Dladla exhorts others to write in the style of his own poetry.
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Developing a scale for measuring influential factors towards geotourism development

- Matshusa, Khodani, Thomas, Peta, Leonard, Llewellyn

  • Authors: Matshusa, Khodani , Thomas, Peta , Leonard, Llewellyn
  • Date: 2020
  • Subjects: Kruger National Park , South Africa , Geotourism
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/457383 , uj:40583 , Citation: Matshusa, K., Thomas, P. & Leonard, L., 2020, ‘Developing a scale for measuring influential factors towards geotourism development’, Acta Commercii 20(1), a861. https://doi.org/10.4102/ ac.v20i1.861 , ISSN: (Online) 1684-1999
  • Description: Abstract: Orientation: This article provided a theoretical enhancement for geotourism development positing the geotourism development index that contributed to gaining understanding of geotourism development by different stakeholders. Research purpose: To establish and delineate a measurement scale of factors and subsequent variables that influenced geotourism development. Motivation for this study: Geotourism has been recognised as a branch of sustainable tourism that can be used for local social sustainability through job creation, poverty alleviation, geoconservation and the development of rural economies. Effective geotourism was impossible without understanding the factors influencing geotourism development. Developing the measurement scale for measuring influential factors was deemed important in understanding and towards geotourism development. Research design, approach and method: Quantitative data were collected from 105 volunteering respondents in order to understand their perceptions of the influential factors in the context of geotourism in a South African national park. Consequently, a statistical analysis using exploratory factor analysis was performed through the principal axis factoring data extraction method to determine factors to establish a measurement scale for influential factors towards geotourism development. Main findings: The research proposed a measurement scale for measuring the influential factors towards geotourism development. Practical/managerial implications: Theoretically, this article consolidated the knowledge and understanding of the concept of geotourism development for South African national parks and other stakeholders such as the National Department of Tourism, local communities and academic institutions. Practically, this research emphasised the importance of geotourism-influential factors as mechanisms to develop geotourism and stimulate interest from tourists. Contribution/value-add: Geotourism concept has been under-researched and no previous research has comprehensively and systematically determined the influential factors of geotourism in an African national public park proposing a quantitative measurement scale towards geotourism development with such parks as public resources for abutting communities.
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Entrepreneurial intention : perspectives from women in a South African province

- Pheaha, M, Schachtebeck, C.

  • Authors: Pheaha, M , Schachtebeck, C.
  • Date: 2020
  • Subjects: Entrepreneurship , Entrepreneurial intention , South Africa
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/463833 , uj:41409 , Citation: Pheaha, M., Schachtebeck, C. 2020. Entrepreneurial intention : perspectives from women in a South African province. , DOI: https://doi.org/10.35683/jcm20097.90
  • Description: Abstract: The objective of this study was to assess the entrepreneurial intention of women in a South African province. The study employed a quantitative, exploratory research design, utilising a self-administered survey of 200 women in South Africa’s North West province. A non-probability sampling approach was followed. Data were analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) by means of an exploratory factor analysis, Pearson’s product-moment correlation and multiple regression analysis. Findings revealed that moderate entrepreneurial intentions exist among women in the North West province. Entrepreneurial self-efficacy was found to yield the greatest influence on entrepreneurial intention, followed by risk-taking attributes and cultural perspectives. It also emerged that attitudes towards entrepreneurship, cultural perspectives, risk-taking and self-efficacy had a significant and positive relationship with entrepreneurial intention. There was no statistical difference in entrepreneurial intention in terms of age, educational qualifications and employment status. The study provides guidelines for governmental and non-governmental role players in harnessing and promoting entrepreneurial intention among women. The study provides insights into the existence of entrepreneurial intention in a rural setting in South Africa, which has been neglected in literature. This study contributes to the existing body of knowledge on entrepreneurial intention in South Africa. The findings can be used to guide policy interventions as they highlight factors which should be integrated into programmes enhancing women’s entrepreneurial intention.
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Experiencing de facto racial residential segregation in urban South Africa : an African Refugee’s auto-ethnography

- Tewolde, Amanuel Isak

Exploring interdependence in Tourism Economic Development Ecosystems

- Thomas, Peta

  • Authors: Thomas, Peta
  • Date: 2020
  • Subjects: South Africa , Ecosystem , Tourism
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/440197 , uj:38327 , Thomas, P. 2020: Exploring interdependence in Tourism Economic Development Ecosystems.
  • Description: Abstract: , Ecosystems represent complex interrelated systems monitored by economic indicators. To maximise future desired economic performance, resilience within the economic ecosystem leads to its long-term sustainability. The aim of this article is to review how resilience could be achieved for a tourism economic ecosystem to disruptive change. Resilience is a concept that defines business and government’s ability to adapt to economic disruptive change. Resilience for tourism entails ensuring the sustainability of an economic ecosystem to delineate future growth of that destination. The research is descriptive and conceptual in nature, adopting a qualitative research approach. A map of a tourism ecosystem is proposed reliant on economic indicator interpretation to realistically put forward future economic development strategies that promote overall system resilience towards economic growth. Researchers with a specific interest in tourism ecosystems may find this paper useful in understanding the complexity of interpreting economic indicators to develop future economic growth opportunities.
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Fossil suids from Bolt’s Farm Palaeokarst System, South Africa : implications for the taxonomy of Potamochoeroides and Notochoerus and for biochronology

- Pickford, M., Gommer, D.

  • Authors: Pickford, M. , Gommer, D.
  • Date: 2020
  • Subjects: South Africa , Suidae , Taxonom
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/432472 , uj:37358 , Pickford, M. & Gommery, D. (2020). Fossil suids from Bolt’s Farm Palaeokarst System, South Africa: implications for the taxonomy of Potamochoeroides and Notochoerus and for biochronology. Estudios Geológicos 76(1): e127. https://doi.org/10.3989/egeol.43542.536
  • Description: Abstract: , Recent excavations at Aves Cave I (AC), Brad Pit ‘A’ (BPA), Milo ‘A’ (MA), Bridge Cave (BC) and Alcelaphine Cave (AL), in the Cradle of Humankind, Gauteng, South Africa, have yielded fossil suid remains which provide biostratigraphic information about the periods of deposition in the Bolt’s Farm Palaeokarst System. At Aves Cave I there are Late Pliocene deposits which have yielded the extinct suid Potamochoeroides hypsodon, including skeletal elements that were poorly represented in previous collections from Bolt’s Farm as well as rare remains of Notochoerus capensis. At Brad Pit ‘A’ remains of Gerontochoerus koobiforaensis occur. Milo ‘A’ and other deposits have yielded remains of the suid Metridiochoerus andrewsi that indicate a later phase of endokarst sedimentation (Early Pleistocene). The Panthera Spot at Bridge Cave has yielded articulated foot bones of a suid, provisionally identified as Phacochoerus modestus and which suggest an Early Pleistocene age for this infilling. The augmented samples of suids from Bolt’s Farm invite detailed comparisons with the Suidae from Makapansgat which permits a review of the taxonomy of Notochoerus and Potamochoeroides. It is shown that both genera are Suinae, and could be synonyms. Comparisons are also made with Plio-Pleistocene suids from Malawi and Namibia.
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Living under lockdown in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa : anxious voices from the unplanned shift to online therapy

- Knight, Zelda Gillian

  • Authors: Knight, Zelda Gillian
  • Date: 2020
  • Subjects: Lockdown , South Africa , Online psychotherapy
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/461400 , uj:41096 , Citation: Knight, Z. G. (2020). Living under lockdown in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa: anxious voices from the unplanned shift to online therapy. Research in Psychotherapy: Psychopathology, Process and Outcome, 23(3), 202-210. doi: 10.4081/ripppo.2020.487
  • Description: Abstract: This paper is a narrative, phenomenological description of the themes of experiences of some of my South African patients that collectively elicit anxious voices from the unplanned shift to online therapy while living under the world’s longest lockdown in the shadow of the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This paper thus presents a thematic description of moments in therapy, which illustrate the influence of lockdown on their sense of self, and the emergence of new anxieties not encountered before. Such themes are: i) new anxieties about death and dying; ii) new anxieties about loss of contact with friends and family and the emergence of existential anxiety; iii) new anxieties about current household relationships and the emergence of object loss; iv) new anxieties about the unplanned shift to online therapy and the threat of internet dis-connection, and finally; v) new anxieties about missing body parts of online therapy: Part-body-on-the-screen relating versus what-was-once-whole-body relating. As this paper is based on psychoanalytic theory, and the notion of intersubjectivity, my own experiences and thoughts are included in the therapeutic engagement. The core contribution of this paper is that it adds a voice to the other voices of other patients around the world who are also living under lockdown. Without this kind of narrative documentation, the world-wide therapeutic community may not know the extent of the anxieties of living under lockdown in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Moving forward with life : acceptability of a brief alcohol reduction intervention for people receiving antiretroviral therapy in South Africa

- Myers, Bronwyn, Parry, Charles D. H., Morojele, Neo K., Nkosi, Sebenzile, Shuper, Paul A., Kekwaletswe, Connie T., Sorsdahl, Katherine R.

Organisation culture of a successful Limpopo Secondary School

- Sithole, Mukateko, Smith, Clive, Mara, Cashandra

  • Authors: Sithole, Mukateko , Smith, Clive , Mara, Cashandra
  • Date: 2020
  • Subjects: School culture , South Africa , Assumptions
  • Language: English
  • Type: Conference proceedings
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/458279 , uj:40698 , Mukateko, S., Smith, C., Mara, C.: Organisation culture of a successful Limpopo Secondary School.
  • Description: Abstract: Schools are best described by their unique culture that is peculiar to themselves. School culture is the assumptions, values, norms and cultural artefacts, ceremonies, unwritten rules of behaviour and thinking that are established, shared and accepted through mutual understanding by the members of a school community which influence their functioning. We investigated the characteristics of the organisation culture of a successful Limpopo secondary school. Schein’s (2009) levels of organisation culture provided the theoretical framework for the study. The study was framed within an interpretative paradigm. One-on-one semi-structured interviews were conducted with six teaching professionals, analysed and coded, to uncover themes and subthemes, which are reported on using Schein’s levels. The levels reported on are firstly school artefacts, notably school uniform, sports, ceremonies and logo. The second level was the school values, being discipline, ethos, community involvement, role modelling and effective communication. The third level contained school assumptions concerning religion, equality, commitment and professionalism. We found that the school under study was well managed in a variety of aspects related to each level. The significant contribution of this study can be valuable to school management and policy makers, if applied in context.
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Overcrowding and health in two impoverished suburbs of Johannesburg, South Africa

- Nkosi, Vusumuzi, Haman, Tanya, Naicker, Nisha, Mathee, Angela

  • Authors: Nkosi, Vusumuzi , Haman, Tanya , Naicker, Nisha , Mathee, Angela
  • Date: 2020
  • Subjects: Overcrowding , Health , South Africa
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/464906 , uj:41553 , Citation: Vusumuzi, N., Haman, T., Naicker, N. & Mathee, A. 2020. Overcrowding and health in two impoverished suburbs of Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • Description: Abstract: Background: Rapid urbanization, unmatched by an associated supply of housing, has resulted in overcrowding in the cities of many developing countries, including in Johannesburg, South Africa. Household overcrowding has been associated with a range of ill-health outcomes, including acute respiratory infections and diarrhoeal diseases. The aim of this study was to describe the levels of household crowding, and examine associations with respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms in selected two low-income neighbourhoods in Johannesburg. Methods: Questionnaire data from a panel study conducted over an 11-year period between 2006 and 2016 were extracted to conduct the analyses. Structured questionnaires, designed to collect information on housing conditions, socio-economic and health status were administered to adult representatives of households occupying the primary dwelling on pre-selected study sites. Results: Over the 11-year study period, levels of overcrowding remained unchanged. Around 57.6% of dwellings in the study neighbourhoods were determined to be overcrowded in relation to international guidelines. Results from the multiple logistic regression analyses indicated that crowded dwellings were associated with elevated levels of acute respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms, as well as fever/chills. Conclusion: Respondent perceptions varied from objective measures of overcrowding. Crowded dwellings were associated with elevated reports of acute respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms, as well as fever/chills.
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Patterns of African and Asian admixture in the Afrikaner population of South Africa

- Hollfelder, N., Erasmus, J. C., Hammaren, R., Vicente, M., Jakobsson, M., Greeff, J. M., Schlebusch, C. M.

  • Authors: Hollfelder, N. , Erasmus, J. C. , Hammaren, R. , Vicente, M. , Jakobsson, M. , Greeff, J. M. , Schlebusch, C. M.
  • Date: 2020
  • Subjects: Afrikaner , South Africa , Admixture
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/464120 , uj:41448 , Citation: Hollfelder, N. et al. 2020. Patterns of African and Asian admixture in the Afrikaner population of South Africa. , DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-020-0746-1
  • Description: Abstract: Background: The Afrikaner population of South Africa is the descendants of European colonists who started to colonize the Cape of Good Hope in the 1600s. In the early days of the colony, mixed unions between European males and non-European females gave rise to admixed children who later became incorporated into either the Afrikaner or the Coloured populations of South Africa. Differences in ancestry, social class, culture, sex ratio and geographic structure led to distinct and characteristic admixture patterns in the Afrikaner and Coloured populations. The Afrikaner population has a predominant European composition, whereas the Coloured population has more diverse ancestries. Genealogical records previously estimated the contribution of non-Europeans into the Afrikaners to be between 5.5 and 7.2%. Results: To investigate the genetic ancestry of the Afrikaner population today (11–13 generations after initial colonization), we genotyped approximately five million genome-wide markers in 77 Afrikaner individuals and compared their genotypes to populations across the world to determine parental source populations and admixture proportions. We found that the majority of Afrikaner ancestry (average 95.3%) came from European populations (specifically northwestern European populations), but that almost all Afrikaners had admixture from non-Europeans. The non-European admixture originated mostly from people who were brought to South Africa as slaves and, to a lesser extent, from local Khoe-San groups. Furthermore, despite a potentially small founding population, there is no sign of a recent bottleneck in the Afrikaner compared to other European populations. Admixture amongst diverse groups from Europe and elsewhere during early colonial times might have counterbalanced the effects of a small founding population. Conclusions: While Afrikaners have an ancestry predominantly from northwestern Europe, non-European admixture signals are ubiquitous in the Afrikaner population. Interesting patterns and similarities could be observed between genealogical predictions and our genetic inferences. Afrikaners today have comparable inbreeding levels to currentday European populations.
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Perceptions of franchise stakeholders on trust in franchising relationships

- Dube, Benefit, Mara, Cashandra, Ntimane, Vongani

  • Authors: Dube, Benefit , Mara, Cashandra , Ntimane, Vongani
  • Date: 2020
  • Subjects: South Africa , Franchisor , Franchisee
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/447158 , uj:39184 , Citation: Dube, B., Mara, C. & Ntimane, V. 2020. Perceptions of franchise stakeholders on trust in franchising relationships. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 9 (1).
  • Description: Abstract: Franchising plays a crucial role to the growth of emerging economies like South Africa. It brings together two entrepreneurs with individual goals of wealth creation to work together as franchisor and franchisee. However, this relationship is susceptible to risks such as free-riding and opportunism by both parties due to their sometimes-diverging interests in business. Exploring perceptions of trust in franchisorfranchisee relationships inspired this study, which is an extract from a masters’ dissertation. The agency, leader member exchange and resource scarcity theories and related literature were used to investigate perceptions of franchisors and franchisees respectively, network success and the role of trust in the franchise relationship. The study found that while the franchise agreement provides guidelines on expected conduct and remedies to challenges that may arise, it sometimes becomes the source of conflict. Despite, the balance of power seemingly weighing in favour of the franchisor, franchisees buy into franchises trusting that the franchisor will act in good faith and in the best interest of the whole network. Perceived franchisor trustworthiness, approachability and openness to communication enhance franchisee positive attitude, cooperation and brand loyalty. The study, therefore, concludes that trust is a determining factor in the success, performance and sustainability of franchises. Theoretically, this study contributes to existing literature on franchising and may be used to guide future research. Future studies may be on the cost of non-compliance, sabotage or litigation in relation to benefits of a culture of trust and honesty in franchise relationships. The practical contribution of the study is that it suggests possible ways of improving trust in franchise relationships.
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Platinum mine workers’ exposure to dust particles emitted at mine waste rock crusher plants in Limpopo, South Africa

- Sepadi, Maasago M., Chadyiwa, Martha, Nkosi, Vusumuzi

The current state of corporate social responsibility practices of firms operating in construction industry

- Mokwena, Jabu, Mashwama, Nokulunga Xolile, Thwala, Didi, Aigbavboa, Clinton, Hamma-Adama, Mansur

  • Authors: Mokwena, Jabu , Mashwama, Nokulunga Xolile , Thwala, Didi , Aigbavboa, Clinton , Hamma-Adama, Mansur
  • Date: 2020
  • Subjects: Companies , South Africa , Workforce
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/464639 , uj:41517 , Citation: Mokwena, J. et al. 2020. The current state of corporate social responsibility practices of firms operating in construction industry. , DOI: https://doi.org/10.14455/isec.2020.7%282%29.cpm-01
  • Description: Abstract: The overall aim of this study is to appraise the current practice of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on firms operating in the South African construction market. Primary and secondary sources of data were utilized. The primary data were collected via of questionnaire survey issued to 12 different firms operating within the South African construction sector and secondary data obtained from related and reliable scholarly literature such as journal articles, conference papers, reports, books etc. Out of 60 questionnaires issued, 50 were acquired back, and all surveys received were valid. Descriptive statistical analysis was used for the collected primary data. The study reveals that common CSR variables that are practiced by South African construction firms using certified product/material verified by the independent third party. These include supporting government initiatives on public welfare; Occupational health, business ethics and code of conduct; welfare and safety; Purchasing green material and the most important CSR variables are contractual obligations are met, and product and service providers are paid in a timely manner; Using certified product/material verified by the independent third party; Ensuring fair treatment of workers at work irrespective of race, gender, and disability; and consult employees about crucial business activities. The implementation of CSR activities offers a great solution for many problems that are being faced by the South African construction firms as well as the South African society.
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The development of a Waste Tyre Pyrolysis production plant business model for the Gauteng Region, South Africa

- Nkosi, Nhlanhla, Muzenda, Edison, Mamvura, Tirivaviri A., Belaid, Mohamed, Patel, Bilal

  • Authors: Nkosi, Nhlanhla , Muzenda, Edison , Mamvura, Tirivaviri A. , Belaid, Mohamed , Patel, Bilal
  • Date: 2020
  • Subjects: Batch pyrolysis , Business model , South Africa
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/457906 , uj:40651 , Nhlanhla, N., et al.: The development of a Waste Tyre Pyrolysis production plant business model for the Gauteng Region, South Africa.
  • Description: Abstract: Some of today’s modern life challenges include addressing the increased waste generation and energy deficiencies. Waste tyres have been identified as one of the key environmental concerns due to their non-biodegradable nature and bulk storage space demand. Pyrolysis is a thermochemical process with the potential to address the growing waste tyre problem, energy deficits, and material recovery by converting waste tyres to pyrolysis oil that can be used as a fuel. This study seeks to critically evaluate the feasibility of constructing and operating a waste tyre processing facility and then subsequently marketing and selling the pyrolysis secondary end products by developing a financial business model. The model encompasses costing, procurement, installation, commissioning, and operating a batch pyrolysis plant in Gauteng, South Africa. To achieve the study objectives, an order of magnitude costing method was used for model construction. The results showed the feasibility and sustainability of operating a 3.5 tonne per day batch waste tyre pyrolysis plant in Gauteng Province, South Africa, with a 15-year life span and a projected payback period of approximately 5 years. It was concluded that for the pyrolysis plant to be successful, further treatment steps are required to improve the process economics; also, a stable and sustainable product market should exist and be regulated in South Africa.
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The peculiarities of South African history : Thompsonian social history and the limits of colonialism

- Sparks, Stephen

  • Authors: Sparks, Stephen
  • Date: 2020
  • Subjects: South Africa , Colonialism , E.P Thompson
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/451594 , uj:39799 , Citation: Sparks, S. 2020. The peculiarities of South African history : Thompsonian social history and the limits of colonialism.
  • Description: Abstract: From the late 1970s, South Africanist social history of broadly Thompsonian characteristics richly explicated the experiences of South Africa’s African population under ‘racial capitalism’. This article asks what value this scholarship might have in a moment when South African universities (like their British and American counterparts) face calls for the decolonisation of curricula. Social historians delineated the peculiar nature of South Africa’s precocious but uneven capitalist transformation under colonial conditions, accounting for the preservation and resilience of communal rural areas falling under the control of chiefs and the dominance of oscillating migrant labour. Where structuralists saw a political economy tailor-made for mining capital, social historians identified important limits to the powers of capital and colonialism in the region -- limits set, in large part, by the region’s African communities. Underlining the tragic irony of the powerful symbiosis between the patriarchal and ethnically defined livelihood strategies of (male) African migrant labourers and the interests of mining capital and segregationists, South Africanist social historians advanced a significantly less romantic vision of ‘the commons’ than that typically found in Thompson’s work or the work of his students.
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A factor analysis of transportation infrastructure feasibility study factors : a study among built environment professionals in South Africa

- Okoro, Chioma Sylvia, Musonda, Innocent, Agumba, Justus Ngala

A factor analysis of transportation infrastructure feasibility study factors : a study among built environment professionals in South Africa

- Okoro, Chioma Sylvia, Musonda, Innocent, Agumba, Justus Ngala

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