E.E. Cummings' modernist poetry roots itself in nature. That it has not received overt
ecosemiotic ("ecocritical") attention is surprising. This thesis reads Cummings' poetic
oeuvre as found in his Complete Poems (1994) ...
The economic performance of eight East Asian countries - Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong
Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia - have been described as the "East Asian
Miracle" because of their economies' ...
During adolescence, the nutritional needs are higher than at any other time in the
lifecycle. Childhood food practices persist into late adolescence and children's
food preferences predict their food consumption patterns. ...
The Brenton Blue butterfly, Orachrysops niobe (Trimen) is currently only known to be extant at
one locality in the southern Cape (the Brenton Blue Butterfly Reserve = BBBR), and currently
globally Red Listed as "Critically ...
Tatera brantsii was numerically dominant in the small mammal community on the plateaux
of the rehabilitated ash disposal sites of ESKOM's Hendrina Power Station in 1998 and 1999
(Vermaak 2000). The species seemed well ...
The single biggest environmental problem facing the coalmine industry today is the high acid
concentration in mine runoff water. After pollution prevention and effluent reuse, reclamation is the
most important component ...
The objectives of the study were to identify, classify, describe and map the plant
communities in the proposed Highveld National Park, including the degraded
Spitskop areas. Vegetation sampling was done by means of the ...
The larger grain borer (LGB) Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) is the most important pest of farm stored maize and cassava in Africa. This alien invasive species was introduced into the continent from Mesoamerica in the late ...
Stemborer ecology in South Africa has been studied well but largely in maize in commercial
monoculture production systems. Stemborers are important pests of maize in resource-poor
farming systems at the Tshiombo irrigation ...
The main purpose of this study was to determine the economic contribution of tourism to selected provinces of South Africa. One of the reasons why this research is important is the fact that tourism is not reported as an ...
The former Minister of Education, Prof Kader Asmal, stated in his report;
"Transformation and Restructuring: A new institutional landscape for Higher Education" in 2001, that it is his intention to close Vista University, ...
It was the purpose of this study to determine the economic benefits of the 2003 Cricket
World Cup for the host community, through analysing the spending patterns of local
residents, non-residents and local businesses. In ...
It is the purpose of this study to determine the economic benefits of events to the host
community from both a supply and demand side. In the context of event tourism, economic
impact is defined as the net economic change ...
The purpose of this study was to determine the economic impact of tourists
visiting the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival in Oudtshoorn. In the context of
event tourism, economic impact can be defined as the net change ...
Literature indicates that events like a wine festival have many role players involved that need each other for them to be successful. The more role players there are, the more complex the event becomes, as in the case of ...
According to Naudé and Krugell (2003a) South Africa's cities are too small, dispersed,
and over concentrated. In South Africa, households in the country's urban areas have
average incomes almost thrice as high as the ...
Land degradation is a process that causes the reduction in resource potential of natural
rangelands and occurs widespread throughout southern Africa. This process is mainly
characterized by the loss in vegetation cover, ...
The aims of this research about learners affected or orphaned by HIV/AIDS was to determine, by means of a case study, the psychological well-being of learners affected or orphaned by HIV/AIDS; the general performance of ...