Author:Szewczuk, S; Clausen, N-EDate:Oct 2012South African innovation and ingenuity has resulted in a totally indigenous 300 kW wind turbine that has been designed and manufactured to withstand the rigours of the African continent.Read more
Author:Findlater, KM; Funke, Nicola S; Adler, R; Turton, ADate:Mar 2007Since the arrival of the Dutch in 1652, water resource development in South Africa has been driven by political ideology and rising demand for limited resources, forcing major changes in policy and institutional capacity over time. Understanding ...Read more
Author:Roro, Kittessa T; Carter-Brown, Clinton G; Koopman, S; Mali, TDate:May 2018The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has established an integrated energy research centre to provide decision support to South African industry and policymakers, where such support will be informed by its technical research. ...Read more
Author:SASCARDate:Jul 1981This document provides a description of the past, current and planned South African biological research activities in the sub-Antarctic and Antarctic regions. Future activities will fall under one of the five components of the research ...Read more
Author:Cooper, Antony K; Coetzee, SDate:Oct 2008Various countries and international organizations have address standards or are developing them. An address is needed for many more applications than just postal delivery, such as: goods delivery; connecting utilities; opening bank accounts; ...Read more
Author:SASCARDate:Feb 1984This document describes the past, current and planned future South African earth science research programme in the Antarctic, Southern Ocean and subantarctic regions. The scientific programme comprises five components into which present and ...Read more
Author:SASCARDate:Dec 1978This document provides a comprehensive review of the planned South African scientific activities in Antarctica and on the sub-Antarctic islands in the five year period starting in 1978. The scientific programmes are classified under five ...Read more
Author:Featherstone, CoralDate:Aug 2019World wide, there is a concerning use of social media to sway public opinion through the use of disinformation campaigns. Elections, political decisions such as the Brexit referendum and topics such as vaccination have all been targets of ...Read more
Author:De Wet, Lambert H; Gossel, SJDate:Dec 2015This paper explores the factors that influence capital structure decisions in South Africa from the perspective of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The results of a survey of 33 CFOs of JSE listed companies find that South African CFOs are ...Read more
Author:Feig, Gregor T; Joubert, Warren R; Mudau, Azwitamisi E; Monteiro, Pedro MSDate:Nov 2017Monitoring of atmospheric CO2 and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) has been identified as a priority by international agencies, such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and government departments that are interested in ...Read more
Author:Schmitz, Peter MU; Kruger, Daniel M; Cooper, Antony KDate:2011This paper is an invited commentary from a South African perspective on papers in a special issue of the journal, Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research, on crime patterns and the structure of urban geographies.Read more
Author:Gibberd, Jeremy TDate:Sep 2009The South African Constitution is widely recognized as one of the most progressive constitutions worldwide. The constitution has a strong focus on human rights and the environment. This recognized through a requirement for reasonable legislation ...Read more
Author:Van der Molen, JDate:Jan 2008Diatoms are an important group of micro algae occurring in marine, estuarine and freshwater habitats as phytoplankton and phytobenthos. The species composition at any given time and place is indicative of the prevailing environmental conditions ...Read more
Author:Van der Molen, JDate:Jul 2008Diatoms are an important group of micro algae occurring in marine, estuarine and freshwater habitats as phytoplankton and phytobenthos. The species composition at any given time and place is indicative of the prevailing environmental conditions ...Read more
Author:Dlamini, IZ; Ngobeni, Sipho J; Mutanga, MBDate:Oct 2010Electronic government and e-services development in South Africa is moving at a snail-pace but has potential to improve. Nothing much has been done regarding the implementation of e-government applications. There are bits and pieces for ...Read more
Author:Musango, JK; Brent, AC; Bassi, ADate:Jul 2009This paper provides a South African energy model that was developed as a first step towards a comprehensive Threshold 21 model for South Africa. The energy sector consists of five sub-models, which are structured around the supply and demand ...Read more
Author:Grover, AS; Van Huyssteen, GB; Pretorius, MWDate:May 2010Human language technologies (HLT) can play a vital role in bridging the digital divide and thus the HLT field has been recognised as a priority area by the South African government. The authors present the work on conducting a technology audit ...Read more
Author:Grover, AS; Van Huyssteen, GB; Pretorius, MWDate:Jun 2011Human language technology (HLT) has been identified as a priority area by the South African government. However, despite efforts by government and the research and development (R&D) community, South Africa has not yet been able to maximise ...Read more
Author:Bessarabov, D; Langmi, Henrietta W; Ren, Jianwei; Musyoka, Nicholas MDate:May 2017The paper provides brief introduction to the National South African Program, branded HySA (Hydrogen South Africa) as well as discusses potential business cases for deployment of hydrogen and fuel cell technology in South Africa. This paper ...Read more