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Analysis of short- and long-run interactions between the stock market and prices of different sizes of properties in South Africa
(Business Perspectives Publishing Company, 2015)
Stock and property markets are regarded as investment alternatives and the interaction between these two markets has
been established. However, there is a debate on whether this interaction starts from the property market, ...
Undisturbed dust as a metric of long–term indoor insecticide exposure: residential DDT contamination from indoor residual spraying and its association with serum levelsCorrigendum to “Undisturbed dust as a metric of long-term indoor insecticide exposure: Residential DDT contamination from indoor residual spraying and its association with serum levels in the VHEMBE cohort” Environment international, 94:778-783.
(Elsevier, 2015)
Although approximately 123 million people may be exposed to high levels of insecticides through the use of indoor
residual spraying (IRS) for malaria control, fewstudies exist on indoor insecticide contamination due to ...
South African small independent retailers' knowledge of the Consumer Protection Act
(MC Cant, 2015)
Following the first democratic elections in 1994, the South African government has introduced several laws regulating the country's business environment for the purpose of protecting consumers from unethical business ...
A pilot study to identify skills shortages that exist in first-year trainee accountants in South Africa
(IP Publishing Ltd, 2015)
This study aims to determine the skills shortages in first-year
trainee accountants entering practice in South Africa and to recommend
ways to address and overcome those shortages. Questionnaires were
administered to ...
Regional economic impacts of events: a comparison of methods
(AOSIS, 2015)
The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview and comparison of three related methods for modelling
the short-run economic impact of events, namely the partial Input-Output (I-O), Social Accounting Matrix
(SAM) and ...
Who are the big spenders at a motorcycle event?
(University of Johannesburg, 2015)
Africa Bike Week, considered South Africa’s premier biking event, attracts large numbers of bikers, especially Harley-Davidson bikers, and bike enthusiasts from across the country. This study investigated these visitors ...
Overcoming the achievement GAP: the perception of students in two historically disadvantaged South African school
(University of Zulia, 2015)
This paper reports on two historically disadvantaged South African schools who managed to overcome the perennial problem of the achievement gap (as measured by matric results) between the historically advantaged and the ...
Contesting Ideas of a University: The Case of South Africa
(MDPI, 2015)
This article portrays four historically evolved ideas of a university, as they have developed in the South African context, namely the British liberal-humanistic education idea, the Afrikaner idea of an ethnically-oriented ...
Public participation in decentralised governments in Africa: making ambitious constitutional guarantees more responsive
(Juta Law, 2015)
Following the example of South Africa, Kenya, Tunisia and Zimbabwe have recently adopted constitutions that contain bills of rights, embrace the ideals of decentralisation and profess a commitment to participatory democracy. ...
Conflict management and job characteristics of nurses in South African public hospitals
(Taylor and Francis, 2015)
This study sought to determine whether job demands and job resources predicted conflict handling styles among nurses
within South African public hospitals. A convenience sample of 205 nurses were included (males = 10.7%; ...