Author:Schachtschneider, KDate:Mar 2012Acid mine drainage (AMD) is a serious threat to water quality in South Africa. Questions are being asked to South African government leaders as to what they are doing to mitigate the effects that South Africa’s mining industry is having on ...Read more
Author:Ngejane, Hombakazi C; Eloff, J; Mabuza-Hocquet, Gugulethu P; Lefophane, SamuelDate:Aug 2018Cyber threats such as identity deception, cyber bullying, identity theft and online sexual grooming have been witnessed on social media. These threats are disturbing to the society at large. Even more so to minors who are exposed to the ...Read more
Author:Dlamini, Nelisiwe P; Mthetwa, Sthembile N; Barbour, Graham DDate:Aug 2018The issue of hardcopy document forgery is still prevalent. In South Africa, a series of cases have been reported where academic documents are forged. This poses a problem of integrity, trust and authentication of hardcopy documents. Therefore, ...Read more
Author:Woodborne, S; Pienaar, M; Van der Merwe, Martina RDate:Nov 2008Cholera epidemics have been analysed using epidemiological models that depend on human-to environment- to-human spread of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae bacteria (Koelle et al. 2004, Koelle et al. 2005). Within such a framework the vulnerable human ...Read more
Author:Naidoo, Sasha; Thambiran, TirushaDate:Dec 2016Urbanisation in South Africa is expected to increase to 71.3 % in 2030 and reach nearly 80% by 2050, with the City of Johannesburg projected to surpass the 10 million population mark and emerge as a megacity by 2030. Urbanised cities generally ...Read more
Author:Naidoo, Sasha; Thambiran, TirushaDate:Dec 2016Urbanisation in South Africa is expected to increase to 71.3 % in 2030 and reach nearly 80% by 2050, with the City of Johannesburg projected to surpass the 10 million population mark and emerge as a megacity by 2030. Urbanised cities generally ...Read more
Author:Adebiyi, ID; Popoola, PAP; Pityana, Sisa LDate:Apr 2016Today's increasingly extreme and aggressive production environments require that machine components be made with materials having specific surface properties such as good wear resistance. Unfortunately, nature does not provide such materials, ...Read more
Author:Dlodlo, N; Tolmay, JP; Mathaba, SUDate:Sep 2011The research is about coming up with a way to develop and provide digital content by taking advantage of the expertise of local teachers. The digital content is mixed and matched to fit the theme of the day, as opposed to fixed content that ...Read more
Author:Chelule, E; Van Greunen, D; Herselman, Martha E; Veldsman, ADate:May 2011Business incubation has long been a successful economic development tool in developed and emerging economies. It helps entrepreneurs start businesses that remain sustainable. However, business incubation theory designed for developed countries ...Read more
Author:Ogunleye, OS; Makitla, IDate:Oct 2010In this paper the authors report the current developments around the Mobi4D platform. Mobi4D is a communication services delivery platform based on the JAIN SLEE compliant and certified Mobicents Application Server. It provides agnostic access ...Read more
Author:Botha, Adèle; Van Greunen, D; Herselman, Martha EDate:May 2010The interdisciplinary field of Human Computer Interaction (HCI), having barely matured past its adolescent shoes, now faces the challenge of meaningfully integrating Mobile Human Computer Interaction (MHCI). MHCI however, when viewed as an ...Read more
Author:Botha, Adèle; Van Deventer, ADate:Sep 2009There is an acknowledged international skills shortage in Science and Technology. TekkiTots is an initiative by the Meraka Institute aimed at introducing Science and Technology to preschools. Due to the infrastructure limitations in rural ...Read more
Author:Meyer, HeloiseDate:Jun 2020Mobility is the future and people of the 21st century are continuously witnessing the fast-paced growth of mobile technology. The ever-increasing storage capacity of mobile devices allows for the capturing of the user activities in digital ...Read more
Author:Joubert, FEDate:1976A mobile gas analysis laboratory has been acquired by the Fuel Research Institute. The purpose of this facility is to provide to the Inspectors of mines and to colliery managements an on-site gas analysis service during fire control operations.Read more
Author:Ogunleye, OS; Van Belle, JP; Fogwill, TADate:Jul 2014Mobile phones are becoming the most rapidly adopted technology in history and the most popular and widespread personal technology in the world. Also, the ubiquitous nature of mobile phones in developing countries, for example South Africa ...Read more
Author:Sibiya, G; Makitla, I; Ogunleye, S; Fogwill, T; Alberts, RDate:Sep 2014The leading global cause of high mortality has been identified to be chronic non-communicable diseases such as stroke, cancer, chronic respiratory conditions, heart disease, diabetes etc. These diseases affect communities both from the rural ...Read more
Author:Botha, Adèle; Van Greunen, D; Herselman, Martha EDate:Oct 2010Applying a Mobile Human Computer Interaction (MHCI) view to the domain of education using Mobile Learning (Mlearning), the research outlines its understanding of the influences and effects of different interactions on the use of mobile ...Read more
Author:Ford, MDate:May 2008As a communications device, cell phones have changed the African landscape and are proliferating rapidly throughout the continent. As the devices become increasingly powerful and sophisticated, they open up new opportunities for services. ...Read more
Author:Walker, A; Butler, L; Bright, G; Tlale, NS; Kumile, CDate:2008Industrial manufacturing systems achieve production stability due to near constant production processes e.g. mass production. Passive methods such as production flow analysis can produce plant layouts which optimise material flow within the ...Read more