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Indigenous knowledge approach in maintaining a livelihood in the face of disastrous climate change: case of drought in Msinga villages, KwaZulu-Natal
(OASIS, 2019)
The aim of this study is to explore and examine the ways of maintaining livelihoods of communities in the face of extreme climatic conditions using indigenous knowledge systems. Special attention was paid to drought ...
Exploring linkages between transport and disaster risk reduction in South Africa: a review of literature
(AOSIS, 2018)
Transport systems, network densities, design capacities and constraints (including levels of service expressed in terms of quantity and quality) are central to disaster risk logistics, mitigation and adaptation. Using a ...
Poetry as method in the History classroom: decolonising possibilities
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2019)
Poetry can present historical material in a non-academic format. This format may be particularly important for students who are excluded from epistemic access (Morrow, 2007). This exclusion stems from many things, but ways ...
Emotions in Holocaust education – the narrative of a history teacher
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2019)
Emotion is an integral part of Holocaust education and inculcating empathy in learners is a well-used pedagogical tool to encourage learners to connect with the victims. This is necessary because of the vast number of ...
The impact of artisanal mining on rehabilitation efforts of abandoned mine shafts in Sutherland goldfield, South Africa
(AOSIS, 2018)
Abandoned gold mine sites are generally characterised by severe environmental problems and physical hazards. Because of socio-economic problems confronting communities around abandoned mine sites, historic and abandoned ...
Rural transport and climate change in South Africa: converting constraints into rural transport adaptation opportunities
(OASIS, 2018)
This study explored the implications of climate change for rural transport in South Africa. The article was seeking to convert existing rural transport adaptation constraints into rural transport adaptation opportunities. ...
Water history and transdisciplinarity: a South African perspective.
(North-West University, 2011)
In the article attention is given to recent developments in the field of water history at North-West University in South Africa, where transdisciplinary research strategies have been incorporated into research programmes ...
Xenophobic attacks on foreign shop owners and street vendors in Louis Trichardt Central Business District, Limpopo Province
(2015)
Xenophobic attacks in South Africa in 2008 and 2015 sent shockwaves through the
country and the world. In these events, around 70 people were killed while thousands
were displaced; and, property and products of street ...
Efficiency measurement of basic service delivery at South African district and local municipalities
(2009)
South Africa has experienced immense changes in the postapartheid
era and coordinated local public policy has sought to expand and
improve the level of basic services provided to previously disadvantaged
people. Local ...
Some patterns of internal migration in North West Province, South Africa, 1996-2001
(2010)
Migration is an important component of population change in North West province of South
Africa. Unfortunately, reliable data on migration is difficult to collect. The aim of this study is
to provide estimates of net ...