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The taming wicked problems framework: a plausible biosocial contribution to ‘ending AIDS by 2030’
(AOSIS, 2018)In 2014, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) published the Gap Report, which states that a new biosocial response to the HIV and AIDS epidemic is required to reinforce the biomedical strategy – Vision ... -
Teacher identity and Religion Education in Life Orientation
(AOSIS, 2021)Integral to the Life Orientation curriculum is democracy and human right. This article contends that considering human rights cannot simply be a theoretical exercise as the implementation thereof affects lived human ... -
Teachers’ experiences of teaching Accounting in the context of curriculum changes in South Africa
(AOSIS, 2021)Accounting as a subject is plagued by persistent changes because of shifts in the discipline originating from the developments in the profession. This study focuses on teachers’ experiences of teaching Accounting as a ... -
Tegniek as bemiddeling tussen lewensritme en kosmiese ritme?
(2009)Die doel van hierdie artikel is om na te dink oor ’n merkwaardige gebeurtenis waarin spitswetenskap en kuns mekaar ontmoet het: die astroseismologie van Conny Aerts en die komposisie van Willem Boogman. Op die punt van ... -
Theoretical analysis of state capture and its manifestation as a governance problem in South Africa
(AOSIS, 2018)State capture became topical in South Africa in March 2016 following the dismissal of the then Minister of Finance, Nhlanhla Nene, on 09 December 2015. ‘Nenegate’ revealed poor understanding of state capture among politicians ... -
Thinking processes used by high-performing students in a computer programming task.
(North-West University, 2011)Computer programmers must be able to understand programming source code and write programs that execute complex tasks to solve real-world problems. This article is a transdisciplinary study at the intersection of computer ... -
The threat of mine effluent to the UNESCO status of the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site
(2010)There is a significant environmental risk posed to the region in which one of the most important and richest archaeological and palaeontological resources is located in South Africa. This area, known as the Cradle of ... -
'Through music and into music', through music and into well-being: Dalcroze eurhythmics as music therapy
(2014)There is a longstanding relationship between music therapy and Dalcroze Eurhythmics, an approach to music education that had its beginnings in the reform pedagogy movement of the European fin de siècle. Émile Jaques-Dalcroze ... -
Time and space - The context of Hans Roosenschoon's music
(2014)This essay pays tribute to Hans Roosenschoon who celebrated his 60th birthday in December 2012. In contrast to conventional approaches that focus on local ideologies and local political issues, the essay explores the ... -
To blend or not to blend? Consumer attitudes towards mandatory use of ethanol-blended fuel in Zimbabwe
(AOSIS, 2017)Worldwide, the use of bioethanol is proliferating as an alternative to fossil fuels. Consistent with this trend, the Zimbabwean government mandated the blending of unleaded petrol with 10% ethanol. As the use of ethanol-blended ... -
Together we can do more – environmental consciousness in the South African dam construction sector (1945-1980)
(2013)For several thousand years societies have diverted and dammed up rivers to meet their increasing water needs. The Industrial Revolution ushered in the modern era of water resource development, which has led to the ... -
Tourism business operators’ perceptions, knowledge and attitudes towards climate change at Victoria Falls
(AOSIS, 2020)Climate change remains one of the biggest challenges facing the world today and is characterised by extreme weather events such as heatwaves, extreme droughts and floods. Regardless of the threat posed by climate change ... -
Tourists’ willingness to pay to view otters along the Wild Coast, South Africa: a potential for in creased ecotourism
(2005)This article reports on tourists’ willingness to pay to view Cape clawless otters Aonyx capensis along the Eastern Cape Wild Coast, South Africa. We collected data from a survey carried out using a structured, ... -
Towards a social sustainability in higher education: enhancing students’ solidarity and togetherness through collaborative projects in racially diverse learning environments
(2013)One key goal in the mission and vision statement of the University of the Free State is to recruit the best and most diverse students who work in solidarity and togetherness across social and historical divides. This ... -
Towards a unified concept of transdisciplinary research
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Towards strengthening collaboration between district and local municipalities in South Africa: insights from Ehlanzeni District Municipality
(AOSIS, 2019)This article examines the state of collaboration between a district municipality and its local municipalities using Ehlanzeni District Municipality as a case study. This is important because in terms of the Local Government: ... -
Towards the conceptualisation of flow in corporate financial reporting theory
(2015)Developments in science, technology and sophisticated interconnected social networks increase the speed and volatility of the flow of economic-related energies, such as financial and intellectual capital. These developments ... -
Towards transdisciplinary education
(2005)The methodology of transdisciplinarity is founded on three postulates: there are, in Nature and in our knowledge of Nature, different levels of Reality and, correspondingly, different levels of perception; the passage ... -
Town engineers in South Africa before 1910, with reference to water supply
(2013)This article looks at the town engineers in South Africa prior to Union in 1910. It briefly examines the growth in the number of municipalities and town engineers in the country in this period and investigates the ... -
Tracking Gauteng thunderstorms using Crowdsourced Twitter data between Soweto and Pretoria
(2014)Summer thunderstorms in Gauteng are often dramatic, noisy, wet events. They can appear suddenly on exceptionally hot sunny days travelling fast across the province. With such dramatic arrivals, people often flock to ...