2024-03-29T07:22:45Zhttps://repository.nwu.ac.za:443/oai/requestoai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/39452018-08-24T10:24:00Zcom_10394_3605com_10394_1149col_10394_3858
The devil is in the detail – an analysis of the DBSA’s ‘Access to Sanitation’ indicator
Ingle, M K
Indicators
Sanitation
DBSA
Sanitation backlog
Pit toilets;
Flush toilets
When using indicator values to measure change over an interval
of time, the general understanding of the factor being analysed may have
been modified during the period under review. Altered definitions of
‘urban’, or ‘poverty’, provide common instances of this phenomenon. This
article outlines a similar situation with respect to the ‘access to sanitation’
indicator as it features in the Development Bank of Southern Africa’s
series of Development Reports. These publications are often referred
to as a ready source of useful information. It is shown how an altered
understanding of what constituted ‘sanitation’ in South Africa came to
influence the relevant indicator values. This change, if not taken into
account, could result in planning calculations yielding invalid conclusions.
The article deals with the casual use of ready-to-hand indicators by nonspecialist
practitioners, and about how easy it is to be misled on occasion.
2011-01-18
2011-01-18
2009
Article
INGLE, M.K. 2009. The devil is in the detail – an analysis of the DBSA’s ‘Access to Sanitation’ indicator. TD The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 5(2):217-229, Dec. [http://dspace.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/3605]
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oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/39482018-08-24T10:21:39Zcom_10394_3605com_10394_1149col_10394_3858
Tegniek as bemiddeling tussen lewensritme en kosmiese ritme?
Wolff, E
Tegniek
Wetenskap
Astronomie
Kuns
Musiek
Kultuur
Ritme
Alledaagse lewe
Conny Aerts
Willem Boogman
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 ontmoeting, tussen hierdie andersins uiteenlopende praktyke, is (1) ’n nadenke
oor ritme en ritmering, (2) wat tegnies bemiddel is en oor (3) die verhouding
tussen die alledaagse lewenswêreld en die enormiteit van die kosmos wat daardeur
getematiseer word. Nadat die agtergrond van hierdie ontmoeting uiteengesit
is, word ’n fenomenologiese analise van die komplekse weefsel van lewensritme
uitgewerk om aan te toon hoe laasgenoemde deur vertroudheid gevorm word
en wat die tegniese aard daarvan is. Daar word betoog dat ’n gelukkende lewenskarakter
hiervan afhanklik is. Lewensritme neem egter vorm aan onder druk van
sosiale interaksie en van kulturele intervensies. In ’n wêreld wat onder die invloed
van Westerse wetenskap staan, word mense se lewensoriëntering meesal gekenmerk
deur ’n verlies aan kosmiese lewensoriëntasie. Die vooruitsig dat hierdie
verlore band tussen die mens en die kosmos deur wetenskap of kuns (of albei)
herwin kan word, word aan kritiese nadenke onderwerp.
2011-01-18
2011-01-18
2009
Article
WOLFF, E. 2009. Tegniek as bemiddeling tussen lewensritme en kosmiese ritme? TD The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 5(2):175-189, Dec. [http://dspace.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/3605]
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oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/39552018-08-24T10:24:57Zcom_10394_3605com_10394_1149col_10394_3858
Municipal engineers in Johannesburg and Pretoria before 1910
Mäki, H
Haarhoff, Johannes
22104836 - Mäki, Harri Raimo Juhani
Municipal history
Civil engineering
Water supply
Sanitation
Johannesburg
Pretoria
This paper examines the history of the first town engineers in
Johannesburg and Pretoria by looking at the selection process that was
applied in their appointment; their responsibilities; and the circumstances
at the end of their tenures. It explores what was expected of municipal
engineers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; shows how
weak their position was within the municipal structure; and explains how
vague their job description was in relation to their wide field of operation.
It becomes clear that most early town engineers had no formal training
for the positions they held and that there was added pressure from elected
councillors in both municipalities who were prone to follow assiduously
how officials were spending public money
2011-01-19
2011-01-19
2009
Article
MAKI, H. & HAARHOFF, J. 2009. Municipal engineers in Johannesburg and Pretoria before 1910. TD The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 5(2):230-247, Dec. [http://dspace.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/3605]
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oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/39462018-08-24T10:19:32Zcom_10394_3605com_10394_1149col_10394_3858
Oil crops in biofuel applications: South Africa gearing up for a bio-based economy
Marvey, B B
Food crops
Biofuel
South Africa (SA)
Large fluctuations in crude oil prices and the diminishing oil
supply have left economies vulnerable to energy shortages thus placing
an enormous pressure on nations around the world to seriously consider
alternative renewable resources as feedstock in biofuel applications. Apart
from energy security reasons, biofuels offer other advantages over their
petroleum counterparts in that they contribute to the reduction in greenhouse
gas emissions and to sustainable development. Just a few decades
after discontinuing its large scale production of bioethanol for use as engine
fuel, South Africa (SA) is again on its way to resuscitating its biofuel
industry. Herein an overview is presented on South Africa’s oilseed and
biofuel production, biofuels industrial strategy, industry readiness, challenges
in switching to biofuels and the strategies to overcome potential
obstacles.
2011-01-18
2011-01-18
2009
Article
Marvey, B.B. 2009. Oil crops in biofuel applications: South Africa gearing up for a bio-based economy. TD The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 5(2):153-161, Dec. [http://dspace.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/3605]
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oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/69052018-08-24T10:18:46Zcom_10394_3605com_10394_1149col_10394_3858
Editorial comment: a new era for TD, The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa
Tempelhoff, J W N
10224793 - Tempelhoff, Johann Wilhelm Nicolaas
2012-08-16
2012-08-16
2009
Article
Tempelhoff, J.W.N. 2009. Editorial comment: a new era for TD, The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa. TD The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 5(2):ix-x, Dec. [http://dspace.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/3605]
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