Author:Morris, CFDate:2009ICTs have been identified as the catalyst to assist developing countries bridge the development chasm thus alleviating the effects of poverty. However, Africa is littered with ICT projects that have failed or struggle to survive. The key ...Read more
Author:Maserumule, R; Colvin, C; Woodborne, SDate:Nov 2008Groundwater is a relatively small component of South Africa's water resources accounting for approximately 15% percent of South Africa's water consumption (DWAF 2002). Unfortunately, this statistic is overshadowed by the fact that close to ...Read more
Author:Butgereit, LDate:May 2009In a world where school books, pencils and paper have to compete with cell phones, IPODs, and MP3 players for pupils' attention, Dr Math entices pupils to practice basic mathematics skills by providing games and competitions using Mxit over ...Read more
Author:Schutte, PC; Edwards, A; Milanzi, LADate:Mar 2012Mining operations are frequently associated with difficult working conditions and high levels of workplace stress. Workplace stress can be defined as the harmful physical and emotional responses that oc-cur when the psychological and/or ...Read more
Author:Watermeyer, R; Wall, K; Pirie, GDate:Mar 2013The National Planning Commission, chaired by the Minister in The Presidency for National Planning, was mandated to take a broad, cross-cutting, independent and critical view of South Africa in order to help define the South Africa its people ...Read more
Author:Botha, Adèle; Herselman, Martha EDate:May 2015The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of how an evidence-based implementation framework was developed through the implementation of an ICT4D project in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The framework was developed over ...Read more
Author:Strydom, WilmaDate:Oct 2016In 2015 the CSIR conducted the second national survey on household waste recycling behaviour in South Africa. Focussing on the self-reported recycling quantities of the 1500 targeted households in towns & rural areas, the results show that ...Read more
Author:Wall, KDate:Feb 2010Water and wastewater utilities are the engines of the economic well being of cities
Problems associated with water and sanitation service provision in lower and middle income countries are increasing, not shrinking. The potential contribution ...Read more
Author:Smith, Andrew C; Harrison, PA; Pérez Soba, M; Archaux, F; Blicharska, M; Egoh, Benis NDate:Aug 2017There is no unified evidence base to help decision-makers understand how the multiple components of natural capital interact to deliver ecosystem services. We systematically reviewed 780 papers, recording how natural capital attributes (29 ...Read more
Author:Cowling, R; Van Wilgen, BW; Kraaij, T; Britton, JDate:Sep 2009Successful land management depends in part on good planning. Planners often use brief descriptions of possible futures (termed scenarios) to help people to visualize the longer-term consequences of the actions they take (or fail to take) ...Read more
Author:Foteinis, SpyrosDate:May 2020Disposable paper cups comprise typical single-use plastic items, as they are lined internally with a thin plastic coating for waterproofing. They are consumed at a staggering rate worldwide, with the UK alone consuming around 7 million cups ...Read more
Author:Taljaard, Susan; Van Niekerk, LaraDate:Mar 2013Over the past six years international interest in multi-use marine spatial planning (MSP), as a practical process to launch integrated coastal management (ICM), exploded. This paper explores the extent to which existing national legal frameworks ...Read more
Author:Landman, WADate:Jun 2014The production of seasonal forecasts on a routine basis in South Africa started in the early 1990s. Most of the modelling then was based on linear statistical approaches. The subsequent evolution of the seasonal forecasting enterprise in South ...Read more
Author:Murambadoro, MDate:Aug 2009The South African constitution seeks to secure ecological sustainable development and use of natural resources while promoting justifiable economic and social development. It is important to understand how society makes use of natural resources ...Read more
Author:Sadzik, PDate:May 1988This guide will assist on how to build a small water tank which can be used to store spring water, rainwater or water pumped from a stream or dam. Small water tanks can be constructed from many different materials such as corrugated iron, ...Read more
Author:Hietanen, O; Lefutso, D; Marais, Mario A; Munga, N; Taute, B; Nyewe, M; Semwayo, TDDate:Apr 2011In this work we look at the collaboration projects between COFISA Y SAFIPA, which were set up by the department of external affairs in Finland between 2006 and 2010 in cooperation with South Africa. COFISCA’s objective was to help increase ...Read more
Author:Roux, FSDate:Oct 2013Optical vortices are always created or annihilated as vortex dipoles — pairs with opposite topological charge. Here a quantity, consisting of the transverse first and second derivatives of the optical field, is derived with which one can ...Read more
Author:Burger, L; Litvin, I; Ngcobo, Sandile; Forbes, ADate:Mar 2014The beam from a laser resonator is determined by the optical elements it contains. Most commonly, these consist of two spherical mirrors, but phase- and amplitude-modulating elements can also be included to produce custom beams. For every ...Read more