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Local communities and health disaster management in the mining sector
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013)Mining activities throughout the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have impacted on the health and safety of mining communities for many decades. Despite the economic contribution of mining to surrounding ... -
‘Local community-based disaster management’ the transformation of religious and local wisdom values in preparation to deal with natural hazards in West Sumatra, Indonesia
(OASIS, 2021)Community based disaster management (CBDM) empowers communities to be actively engaged and be pro-active in disaster management. The involvement of the community is one of the keys to success in disaster management, ... -
Local governance in disaster risk reduction in Cameroon
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2012)At the 2005 World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction held in Hyogo, Japan, 168 countries including Cameroon adopted the Hyogo Framework for Action, committing to take action to reduce human and socio-economic disaster ... -
The local historian and the press.
(Afdeling vir Navorsing oor Streek- en Sosio-ekonomiese Geskiedenis van die lnstituut vir Geskiedenisnavorsing, RGN / Division for Research into Regional and Socio-economic History, Institute for Historical Research, HSRC, 1986)• Opsomming: Hierdie artikel ondersoek die waarde van 'n aantal 19de-eeuse koerante - in buitedistrikte van die Kaapse oosgrens - vir die navorser in plaaslike geskiedenis. 'n Ontleding van hoofartikels toon gemeenskaplike ... -
Local history teaching in the Overberg region of the Western Cape: The case of the Elim Primary School.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)The problem of this study deals with the indifference of the Grade 8 learners of the Elim Primary School towards school History, and its relevance to their everyday lives. The following research question was formulated: ... -
Local human development in contexts of permanent crisis: women’s experiences in the Western Sahara
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2009)Sahrawi women are active agents in the social dynamics of the refugee camps, in which they have developeda number of coping strategies to overcome the hardships of a deteriorating humanitarian situation. Since the outbreak ... -
Local service delivery enhancement – attitudes: a case study of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality
(2010)In this article, the new developmental mandate assigned to local government is reviewed using the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (hereafter referred to as the NMBM) as a case study. The concept of developmental local ... -
Local worlds: Vulnerability and food insecurity in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa
(OASIS, 2020)The overwhelming finding is that after more than a decade of democracy, the Eastern Cape (EC) province remains trapped in structural poverty. This shows in all aspects of its demographic, health and socio-economic profiles. ... -
Localising environmental governance: the Le Sueur case
(2014)In the matter of Le Sueur v Ethekwini Municipality the KwaZulu-Natal High Court decided that municipalities had the power to legislate on environmental issues such as biodiversity and conservation. This note argues that ... -
Locating home where discourses of gender and empire intersect: An analysis of selected excerpts from Lady Anne Barnard’s Cape diaries and journals
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)Lady Anne Barnard’s abundant textual legacy has received a great deal of academic attention with scholars scrutinising her letters, journals and diaries. Although much excellent research has been done on her texts, no ... -
'Locating' or 'dislocating' heritage and cultural tourism within the humanities
(2013)Heritage and cultural tourism (HCT) is currently one of the fastest growing fields in the tourism domain. Tourism as a composite field of study has traditionally been located within the economic and business management ... -
Lock, R. 2015. Tales of the Old East Coast from Zululand to the Cape. [Book review]
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016) -
Lodhi 5 Properties Investments CC v FirstRand Bank Limited [2015] 3 All SA 32 (SCA) and the Enforcement of Islamic Banking Law in South Africa
(2017-03-17)On 22 May 2015, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) handed down a judgment in the matter of Lodhi 5 Properties Investments CC v FirstRand Bank Limited [2015] 3 All SA 32 (SCA). This judgement considered whether the prohibition ... -
A logical and structural thinking development tool (LST) to enhance fundamental problem-solving skills of learners of information technology
(2005)The role of information technology in modern education has increased significantly over the past two decades [14]. The opportunity to develop an interactive software system with the aim of enhancing fundamental problem-solving ... -
Lombard, R.T.J. 1977. Handleiding vir genealogiese navorsing. [Boek resensie]
(Afdeling Streekgeskiedenis van die lnstituut vir Geskiedenisnavorsing, RGN / Section for Regional History, Institute for Historical Research, HSRC, 1978) -
Lombard, R.T.J. 1980. Ermelo 1880 - 1980. [Boek resensie]
(Afdeling Streekgeskiedenis van die lnstituut vir Geskiedenisnavorsing, RGN / Section for Regional History, Institute for Historical Research, HSRC, 1980) -
The ‘long now’ of southern African water: exploring aspects of enchantment and disenchantment in Brandfort
(2015)Strategies aimed at understanding contemporary South African water supply and sanitation problems require a broad view of factors such as migration, urbanisation and climate change. Working from a case study of the water ... -
Los, J. 1984. Sandton. [Book review]
(Afdeling vir Navorsing oor Streek- en Sosio-ekonomiese Geskiedenis van die lnstituut vir Geskiedenisnavorsing, RGN / Division for Research into Regional and Socio-economic History, Institute for Historical Research, HSRC, 1986) -
The 'lost' South African tribe – rebirth of the Koranna in the Free State.
(Department of History, North-West University, Mafikeng-campus and the School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2005)The Khoisan is the original inhabitants of southern Africa. The Koranna were one of the tribes that already lived in the vicinity of Cape Town before the arrival of the first white settlers (1652). They had an own culture, ... -
Loubser, J.A. 1988. The apartheid bible. A critical review of racial theology in South Africa. [Boek resensie]
(The South African Society of History Teaching, 1989)