Author:Xulu-Gama, NomkhosiDate:2017While the apartheid regime collapsed more than two decades ago, many of the institutions, social processes and problems that characterised that era are, in various forms, still with us today. The African National Congress (ANC) government ...Read morecbn
Author:Kevin, FellinghamDate:2017Instead of causing us to remember the past like the old monuments, the new monuments seem
to cause us to forget the future. Instead of being made of natural materials, such as marble,
granite: plastic, chrome, and electric light. They are ...Read more
Author:Motala, Ayesha; Sihlali, NokwandaDate:2021On 25 May 2021, the Land and Accountability Research Centre in cooperation with the Heinrich Böll Stiftung Cape Town hosted a virtual launch of the booklet: “A Woman Is A Strong Person”: The Lived Experiences Of Rural Women Activists.
The ...Read more
Author:De Jager, Karin; Dianne, SteeleDate:2016An important characteristic of academic writing is the acknowledgement of other writers’ words or creations through citing and referencing all sources of information used. Citing is the practice of quoting from, or referring to other writers’ ...Read morecbnd
Author:Smythe, DeeDate:01 Jan 2015More than 1 000 women are raped in South Africa every day. Around 150 of those
women will report the crime to the police. Fewer than 30 of the cases will be prosecutedand no more than 10 will result in a conviction. This translates into an ...Read more
Author:Meer, Talia; Lunau, Marie; Oberth, Gemma; Daskilewicz, Kristen; Muller, AlexDate:01 Jun 2017Individuals engaging in same-sex acts, individuals identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/ or intersex (LGBTI), and individuals who do not conform to heteronormative ideals of gender and sexuality experience structural, ...Read morecbn
Author:Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl; Arinto, PatriciaDate:22 Dec 2017Education in the Global South faces several key interrelated challenges, for which Open Educational Resources (OER) are seen to be part of the solution. These challenges include: unequal access to education; variable quality of educational ...Read morecb
Author:Akokpari, JohnDate:Oct 2007Dramatised in deepening poverty; food and nutritional insufficiency; health and educational crisis; bad governance; violent and intractable conflicts; rising numbers of refugees and internally displaced persons; and environmental bankruptcy ...Read more
Author:Gxubane, ThulaneDate:2016This chapter explores family group conferencing with youth sex offenders within a residential diversion framework, and draws on the findings of a broader study which the author conducted in this area of restorative justice practice in South ...Read more
Author:Jamieson, Lucy; Sambu, Winnie; Mathews, ShanaazDate:01 May 2017The study aims to document how the child protection system processes reported cases of child abuse, and make recommendations about how child protection services could be strengthened, to reduce the risk of trauma to children and breaking the ...Read more
Author:Delany, Aislinn; Jehoma, Selwyn; Lake, LoriDate:Nov 2016The South African Child Gauge® is an annual publication of the Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town. It aims to report on and monitor the situation of children in South Africa, in particularly the realisation of their rights. The ...Read more
Author:Reddy, ThivenDate:2015South Africa is a society driven by guilt, fear and anger. In a society that is so clearly a product of injustice for so long, the past cannot but be deeply etched upon everything. One part lives in a world of comfort, fear and guilt. The ...Read morecbnd
Author:Griffiths, M J; Dicks, R G; Richardson, C; Harrison, S T LDate:2011Microalgal oil is currently being considered as a promising alternative feedstock for
biodiesel. The present demand for oil for biofuel production greatly exceeds the supply,
hence alternative sources of biomass are required. Microalgae ...Read morecb
Author:Forbes, Keith; Voigt, Anthon; Bodika, NdimiDate:2004Two mirrors are used to create five views of an object: a view onto the object, two reflections and two reflections of reflections. The five views are captured in a single snapshot. Epipolar geometry of the object’s five silhouettes is ...Read more
Author:Dixon, John; Tredoux, Colin; Clack, BeverleyDate:2005This article provides a general background to this special focus section of the journal on ‘racial interaction and isolation in everyday life’. It reviews both the geographic literature on segregation and the psychological literature on the ...Read more
Author:Nattrass, NicoliDate:2003In his ‘State of the Nation’ address in February, President Mbeki (2002) argued that macroeconomic stability had been achieved, the structure of the economy had changed for the better, and that the basis for sustainable growth and poverty ...Read more
Author:Dawes, A; Bray, R; van der Merwe, ADate:2007Practical and user-friendly, this volume provides an evidence and rights-based approach to monitoring the well-being of children and adolescents in South Africa. Drawing on international precedents, and extensive peer review processes, experts ...Read more
