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Water and the human culture of appropriation: the Vaal River up to 1956
(2006)There is discernable evidence of the human presence having historically appropriated the 1300 kilometer long Vaal River of South Africa as it extends itself from the Drakensberg Plateau into the arid Karoo region. This ... -
Water and the public trust doctrine – a South African perspective
(2008)The legal principles concerning rights to water have been changed considerably by the provisions of the National Water Act 36 of 1998. The National Water Act aims to redistribute water rights to previously disadvantaged ... -
Water contestations in the Little Karoo: Liaisons between the Calitzdorp irrigation board and the Calitzdorp (Kannaland) Municipality, 1912- 2013
(2015)Although a good agricultural-yielding region when adequate rainfall is available the Little Karoo is plagued by regular, recurring and sometimes devastating droughts. In a rural town like Calitzdorp, where the same water ... -
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 ... -
Water shortages in Beaufort West : lessons learnt and applied during the 2009–2011 and 2017–2019 droughts
(AOSIS, 2022)Increasing and prolonged droughts have become a feature of the South African environmental landscape. This article investigates the sustainability of water procurement to the town of Beaufort West and the reasons for the ... -
Water users’ associations from the users’ perspective: local water management at Thabina irrigation scheme, Limpopo, South Africa
(2008)At a time when the South African water department and a circle of water experts in the country are defining their position on water users’ associations (WUAs), this paper looks at people’s actions and perceptions of local ... -
‘We are all just prisoners here of our own device’: The moral challenge of balancing technology, work and capitalistic pursuits
(AOSIS, 2021)Although technological proliferation is a reality in a 4IR world, and has immense potential to increase the efficiency and quality of work, it is accompanied by workplace practices that there is no benchmark for. These ... -
We know what we are, but not what we may be
(2006)This essay attempts to trace a personal journey from a liberal humanist stance to an awareness of non-dualism within the altering landscape of contemporary advances in technology. My fundamental argument is that the ... -
Well-being innovation platform projects of the North-West University: Evaluative perceptions of community participants
(AOSIS, 2021)Community engagement referred to approaches in which communities were involved in activities that positively impacted their lives. Currently, higher education institutions have community engagement high on their agenda. ... -
What counts as disciplinary literacy instructional approaches in teacher education?
(AOSIS, 2020)Drawing on the literature, this article examines approaches for developing disciplinary literacy in teacher education. Findings from different researchers indicate that most university entrants are underprepared for the ... -
‘When we are tired we shall rest’: bus boycotts in the United States of America and South Africa and prospects for comparative prospects history
(2007)This article looks at some of the practical, methodological, and disciplinary issues connected to comparative and transnational history through the lens of bus boycotts in South Africa and the United States in the 1950s. ... -
Who is watching the World Health Organisation? ‘Post-truth’ moments beyond infodemic research
(AOSIS, 2022)The World Health Organization (WHO) has established a public research agenda to address infodemics. In these, ‘an overflow of information of varying quality surges across digital and physical environments’. The WHO’s ... -
Workplace engagement of South African Millennials: A non-issue?
(AOSIS, 2021)Although theories on generational issues abound, this research sought to explore whether Millennial employees and employees from Generation X responded differently to the South African work environment. The aim of the ... -
The world of spirits and the respect for nature: towards a new appreciation of animism
(2006)The belief in spirits has diminished in Western thought since Enlightenment. But it has not disappeared totally. In the subconscious of people and in different subcultures and also in literature and art it is still alive. ... -
The world we live in : A perspective on blended learning and music education in higher education
(AOSIS, 2020)This article investigates the incorporation of Picciano’s Blending with purpose multimodal model into an undergraduate music education module. This multimodal model advocates that teachers and instructional designers should ... -
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 ... -
Xenophobic societal attitudes in a "new" South Africanism: Governance of public perceptions, national identities and citizenship
(2015)This article argues that xenophobia is not a natural state of being for any society; instead, it is a product of socialisation which becomes excessive with violent abuses of the outgroup immigrants where such conduct is ...