Author:Gibberd, Jeremy T; Motsatsi, LDate:Oct 2013Environmental factors have been shown to have a significant impact on quality of education. This exploratory study investigates environmental conditions in a case study classroom at a South African secondary school. It undertakes field ...Read more
Author:Schachtschneider, K; Muasya, M; Somerset, VDate:01 Aug 2010Toxic metal pollution is a side effect associated with mining (van der Merwe et al., 1990), sewage pollution (Muchuweti et al., 2006) and agricultural practices (Jadia and Fulekar, 2009). South Africa, a rapidly developing country, increasingly ...Read more
Author:Van Wilgen, B; Impson, NDDate:2011South Africa has abundant biodiversity, but also many invasive alien species, especially plants and fish, that can transform ecosystems. Invading alien trees and shrubs impact on fynbos and threaten up to a quarter of the nation's plant ...Read more
Author:Baloyi, Ntsako; Kotzé, PaulaDate:Jun 2017This paper reports on a survey conducted to determine the readiness of organisations in South Africa to comply with personal data protection or privacy legislation and regulations. Issues addressed include employee knowledge of personal data ...Read more
Author:Taylor, NJ; Ibraimo, NA; Annandale, JG; Everson, CS; Vahrmeijer, JT; Gush, Mark BDate:Jun 2013The determination of accurate figures for orchard water use is critical for improved irrigation scheduling and for the issuing of water licenses. Under- or over estimations can have serious implications for production and water resources in ...Read more
Author:Beyers, RDate:Dec 2006Growing the economy in the short term generates the need for sustained skills development in key areas. Without any long term strategic interventions starting at school level South Africa will be forced to continue importing professionals ...Read more
Author:Taylor, NJ; Annandale, JG; Ibraimo, NA; Steyn, JM; Gush, Mark BDate:Feb 2017planning. However, it is impossible to measure ET under all possible combinations of climate and management practices, which necessitates the use of ET models. Although empirical models are more likely to be adopted by consultants and growers, ...Read more
Author:Godfrey, Linda KDate:May 2020The leakage of waste plastic into the environment, especially the marine environment, has become an issue of global concern. In response, governments have implemented various measures from plastic product bans, requirements for greater producer ...Read more
Author:Archer, Emma RMDate:Jan 2013On the 2nd of November, 2011, South Africa’s Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs tabled the draft South African Weather Service Amendment Bill to the National Assembly. After the period for written comment closed, in January 2012, ...Read more
Author:De Ronde, Wiilis; Bosscha, Peter A; Marais, Stephen T; Pretorius, ADate:Nov 2023Due to the high prevalence and unpredictability of violent protest action in South Africa, a need has arisen for rapidly deployable surveillance. This paper proposes an Automated Robotic Guardian for Urban Surveillance (ARGUS) platform, a ...Read more
Author:McDonald, Andre M; Cilliers, Jacques EDate:Oct 2012A coherent autoregressive–to–anything (ARTA) stationary stochastic process for modelling maritime clutter and targets is presented in this paper. The ARTA stochastic process model is an improvement over previous models in the sense that it ...Read more
Author:Malan, AG; Lewis, RWDate:Aug 2011This work is concerned with the development of an artificial compressibility version of the characteristicbased split (CBS) method proposed by Zienkiewicz and Codina (Int. J. Numer. Meth. Fluids 1995; 20:869–885). The technique is applied to ...Read more
Author:Osifeko, MO; Hancke, GP; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Apr 2020Smart, secure and energy-efficient data collection (DC) processes are key to the realization of the full potentials of future Internet of Things (FIoT)-based systems. Currently, challenges in this domain have motivated research efforts towards ...Read more
Author:Umba, SMW; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Ramotsoela, DDate:Apr 2022Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are increasingly deployed in Internet of Things (IoT) systems for applications such as smart transportation, telemedicine, smart health monitoring and fall detection systems for the elderly people. Given that ...Read more
Author:Smit, Jacoba E; Grobler, AF; Karsten, AE; Sparrow, RWDate:Jul 2009Currently the primary source of energy for industrial and domestic use is based on fossil fuels. The supplies of these fuels are limited and are becoming depleted. Thus there is a search for alternative and more sustainable energy sources. ...Read more
Author:Ferguson, KDate:Oct 2012In this presentation the author introduces an appropriate technology for low-infrastructure regions to broadcast minimum-delay, and live video streams over the wireless Internet with better perceived picture quality than is currently possible ...Read more