Browsing by Subject "KwaZulu-Natal"
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Amphibian diversity and community-based ecotourism in Ndumo Game Reserve, South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2018)Amphibian diversity is declining at an alarming rate globally. Monitoring of amphibian communities is lax, yet vital to their conservation and understanding of their decline. Conservation areas often harbour rich ... -
Analysing the financial internal controls that promote accountability in the Kwazulu-Natal Office of the Premier : a case study approach
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)The advent of new financial reforms has demanded greater accountability from public organizations, expecting financial role players to fully account for entrusted resources in an environment of sound financial management. ... -
Causes of stress in public schools and its Impact on work performance of educators
(Kamla-Raj Enterprises, 2013)This article reports on educator stress in public schools. In doing so, the article sets the objectives of identifying the causes of stress in public schools of educators in KwaZulu-Natal. The data were collected by means ... -
The changing geography of wildlife conservation: perspectives on private game farming in contemporary KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2017)Widespread wildlife ranching on privately owned land in South Africa has been fuelled mainly by land use changes in the agricultural sector over recent decades. This has changed the landscape of nature conservation with ... -
Concentrations and human health risk assessment of DDT and its metabolites in free-range and commercial chicken products from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)Organochlorine pesticides such as dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) have been used in agriculture and for disease control purposes over many decades. Reports suggest that DDT exposure may result in a number of adverse ... -
Detection of endocrine disrupting compounds in abiotic and biotic matrices from the Phongola floodplain using tissue culture based bio-assays
(North-West University (South Africa), 2016)Increasing rates of urbanization, industrialisation, population growth and agricultural demand in South Africa have considerably decreased water quality leading to different forms of water pollution, which might be the ... -
The evaluation of KwaZulu–Natal's priority agricultural sectors for effective export promotion
(2012)This study provides the strategies that can be implemented to promote the agricultural sector in KwaZulu-Natal and the theory behind economic development, as well as the importance of trade and export growth. There are ... -
Exploration and comparison of bacterial communities present in bovine milk, faeces and blood using 16S rRNA metagenomic sequencing
(North-West University (South Africa), 2022)Livestock rearing plays a vital role in sustenance of the livelihoods of rural communities. In contrast, livestock serves as a potent reservoir of different pathogenic organisms that could have devastating health and ... -
Lack of phylogeographic structure in the endangered Pickersgill’s Reed Frog; Hyperolius pickersgilli (Raw, 1982)
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)The Endangered Pickersgill’s Reed Frog (Hyperolius pickersgilli) is endemic to South Africa and restricted to the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) coast. The natural habitat of H. pickersgilli is limited to fragmented patches of coastal ... -
A learner perspective on the implementation of Geographic Information Systems in selected schools in KwaZulu-Natal province
(AOSIS, 2020)Contemporary literature reveals a plethora of studies on the implementation of Geographic Information System (GIS) in South Africa. However, these studies provide an educator’s perspective while neglecting the learner’s ...