Author:Peyper, Janique MichelleDate:2022Background Up to 59% of tuberculosis (TB)/human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-treated patients develop paradoxical TB-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (TB-IRIS) after addition of antiretroviral (ARV) therapy to ...Read more
Author:Pein, Rebecca-LeeDate:2022This thesis contributes to the discussion about the impact and dynamics of the informal Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM) sector in sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on the case of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The debate around ...Read more
Author:Pindayi, BrianDate:2022This study sought to determine how Twitter affected political mobilisation and civic engagement in Zimbabwe from 2015 to 2020. Zimbabwe's competitive authoritarian regime has over the years restricted access to mainstream media platforms, ...Read more
Author:Ongudi, Silas OkechDate: 2022This thesis consists of three chapters that contribute towards a better understanding of the important role played by social safety net programs in supporting poor households mitigate the effects of weather shocks, reduce poverty and ...Read more
Author:Mogensen, Karina FischerDate:2022General unemployment rates are high in South Africa, but unemployment rates for persons with disabilities in the open labour market are still considerably higher than those of able-bodied persons. Research has identified a number of barriers ...Read more
Author:Anih, Samuel IgbokweDate: 2022Over the years, crewed space missions, starting from the first human spaceflight in 1961 to date, have adopted rudimentary strategies to manage waste-streams generated inside spacecraft. Currently, on the International Space Station (ISS), ...Read more
Author:Berry, Neil AlexanderDate: 2022This study uses Queer Theory to explore the inconsistencies in South Africa's approach to the international protection of people of non-normative sexual orientations and gender identities (SOGI). It seeks to understand why South Africa's ...Read more
Author:MacAlister, DunjaDate: 2020Climate change is increasingly becoming a concern on plant growth, as seen in the increased number of warmer days and nights as well as an increased occurrence of heat waves, and drought periods globally. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...Read more
Author:Mbau, Rendani DonaldDate:2022Comparative genomic analyses have identified an altered capacity for cobalamin biosynthesis as a critical step in the evolution of the pathogenic Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex strains from a common environmental ancestor. However, resolving ...Read more
Author:Kunene, AvelaDate:2022The combination of metal catalyst with molecular oxygen (which is the cheapest and the most environmental-friendly oxidant) is undoubtedly a more benign alternative to the existing methodologies for the oxidation of alcohol substrates to ...Read more
Author:Kemp, EstiDate:2022We measure the non-bank financial intermediation (NBFI) sector of South Africa over time, and how it is connected to the banking system. While the growth of the NBFI-sector has outpaced that of banks - driven mainly by collective investment ...Read more
Author:Jansen, Marvin JeffreyDate:2022The study aim was to explore the role, including the limits and possibilities, of medical simulation as a pedagogical method in an undergraduate acute care clinical skills curriculum within a South African tertiary education environment. The ...Read more
Author:Ismail, Sherazaan DineoDate:2022Since the advent of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and the resultant suppression of viraemia in the majority of people living with HIV-1 (PLWH) on ART, HIV-1 infection has become manageable and PLWH have similar life expectancies as uninfected ...Read more
Author:Hendricks, CandiceDate:2022Osteoarthritis contributes to the burden of physical disabilities globally, as it is the most common cause of severe chronic pain impacting the function of millions of people. Osteoarthritis is more commonly reported by women who are obese ...Read more
Author:Ncube, Nolwazi NadiaDate: 2022In this dissertation I focus on the practices and socio-cultural beliefs associated with menstruation that are held by rural Ndebele women and girls in Zimbabwe. I examine the embodied experience of menstruation (ukungena esikhathini – in the ...Read more
Author:Ebrahim, AdèleDate:2022Background: In South Africa and internationally, there is policy written and work done around empowering persons with disabilities to earn an income to become economically independent. Similarly, much has been written about the importance of ...Read more
Author:Dinkele, Elizabeth SarahDate:2022Mseleni Joint Disease (MJD) is a crippling osteoarthropathy of unknown aetiology endemic to southern African Bantu-language speakers in a remote region of Northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Effective management of MJD has been hindered by ...Read more
Author:De Coito, Paula MarieDate:2022Abundant, diverse and ecologically important, the 'false-limpet' genus Siphonaria has a near world-wide distribution. However, arising from uniformity of shell shape among species and its plasticity within species, frequent synonymisations ...Read more
Author:Adam, Sani YakubuDate:2022By borrowing both empirical and conceptual tools from book history, this dissertation documents the history of the Kano Book Market (KBM) in northern Nigeria. Its sources are drawn from archives, private and public records, oral histories, ...Read more
