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Contact with human facilities appears to enhance technical skills in wild vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops)

Van De Waal E.; Bshary R. (2010)

Technical abilities of primates are typically tested in the laboratory. It has been argued that close contact between animals and humans may lead to an increase in skills due to an 'enculturation' of subjects. Here, we ...
The role of food gardens in empowering women: A study of Makotse Women's Club in Limpopo

Gretchen Du P.; Enniah M.L. (2010)

The article explores the role that food gardens can play in contributing to the empowerment of rural South African women. The goal of the study was to focus on likely other benefits - beyond economic advantages -realised ...
The phenomenon of xenophobia as experienced by immigrant learners in Johannesburg inner city schools

Kruger D.; Osman R. (2010)

This article aims to describe how xenophobia is experienced by a small selection of immigrant participants in five inner city schools in Johannesburg. The May 2008 xenophobic violence prompted the investigation. Theoretically, ...
Language as a form of social behavior [La lengua como forma de comportamiento social]

Lirola M.M. (2012)

This article will show from a theoretical point of view the main reasons why investigating language as social behaviour allows to understand not only the social structure but also language, which is understood as a social ...
The funding of a public service broadcaster in view of competition: A South African perspective

Masuku M.B. (2010)

The South African public service broadcaster (SABC) was transformed significantly by the Broadcasting Act 4 of 1999. Since the transformation, there have been many developments that have had an impact on the broadcasting ...
Social-learning abilities of wild vervet monkeys in a two-step task artificial fruit experiment

Van De Waal E.; Bshary R. (2011)

Social learning is the basis for the formation of traditions in both human and nonhuman animals. Field observations and experiments provide evidence for the existence of traditions in animals but they do not address the ...
Highly absorbed X-ray binaries in the Small Magellanic Cloud

Novara G.; La Palombara N.; Mereghetti S.; Haberl F.; Coe M.; Filipovic M.; Udalski A.; Paizis A.; Pietsch W.; Sturm R.; Gilfanov M.; Tiengo A.; Payne J.; Smits D.; De Horta A. (2011)

Many of the high mass X-ray binaries (HMXRBs) discovered in recent years in our Galaxy are characterized by a high absorption, most likely intrinsic to the system, that can impede their detection at the softest X-ray ...
Mammal pollinators lured by the scent of a parasitic plant

Johnson S.D.; Burgoyne P.M.; Harder L.D.; Dotterl S. (2011)

To communicate with animals, plants use signals that are distinct from their surroundings. Animals generally learn to use these signals through associative conditioning; however, signals are most effective when they elicit ...
Stochastic control of credit default insurance for subprime residential mortgage-backed securities

Petersen M.A.; Mulaudzi M.P.; Mukuddem-Petersen J.; Schoeman I.M.; De Waal B. (2012)

Subprime residential mortgage securitization and its associated risks have been a major topic of discussion since the onset of the mortgage crisis in July 2007. In this paper, we provide a stochastic dynamic model for ...
An investigation into the governance of information technology projects in South Africa

Marnewick C.; Labuschagne L. (2011)

Information technology (IT) projects are often perceived as adding little or no organisational value despite substantial investments being made. The non-adoption of governance principles might contribute to this perception ...
Origin of the helminth community of an exotic invasive lizard, the brown anole, anolis sagrei (Squamata: Polychrotidae), in Southwestern Taiwan

Nerval G.; Bursey C.R.; Goldberg S.R.; Mao J.-J.; Slater K. (2011)

Composition of the helminth community of the brown anole, Anolis sagrei, an exotic invasive species in Taiwan, was studied to identify the emigration point of this lizard. A total of 5,757 helminths was found, of which ...
The state is insolvent ⋯ and pacta sunt servanda? [Die staat is na sy swernoot ⋯ en pacta sunt servanda?]

Schlemmer E.C. (2011)

Through the centuries it became clear that sovereigns and states very often do not abide by their contractual undertakings either because they are unable to do so or because they are merely unwilling due to some or other ...
Making it happen: A grounded theory study of inservice teacher training for parent involvement in schools

Lemmer E. (2011)

Effective parent involvement programmes depend primarily on the capacities of teachers to work effectively with families in school- based initiatives. However, teachers generally receive little preparation for parent ...
Foraging, food production and laminar components in the Northern Cape, South Africa, and beyond

Parsons I. (2011)

Variability in the size of laminar (blade/bladelet) components has been used as a distinguishing feature between two archaeological signatures in the interior of the Northern Cape Province, South Africa. These signatures ...
Shamanism and the shamanic complex

Craffert P.F. (2011)

The purpose of this article is to introduce biblical interpreters to shamanism and the study of the shamanic complex. The shaman represents an identifiable pattern of religious entrepreneurs with shared practices and beliefs ...
Research capacity building: A US-South African partnership

Airhihenbuwa C.O.; Shisana O.; Zungu N.; BeLue R.; Makofani D.M.; Shefer T.; Smith E.; Simbayi L. (2011)

Research capacity building engenders assets that allow communities (and, in this case, student fellows) to respond adequately to health issues and problems that are contextual, cultural and historical in nature. In this ...
Possible detection of two giant extrasolar planets orbiting the eclipsing polar UZ Fornacis

Potter S.B.; Romero-Colmenero E.; Ramsay G.; Crawford S.; Gulbis A.; Barway S.; Zietsman E.; Kotze M.; Buckley D.A.H.; O'Donoghue D.; Siegmund O.H.W.; McPhate J.; Welsh B.Y.; Vallerga J. (2011)

We present new high-speed, multi-observatory, multi-instrument photometry of the eclipsing polar UZ For in order to measure precise mid-eclipse times with the aim of detecting any orbital period variations. When combined ...
Treatment adherence following national antiretroviral rollout in South Africa

Van Dyk A.C. (2011)

The national antiretroviral (ARV) programme in South Africa commenced in 2004. ARV drugs became readily available to all South Africans due to the concerted efforts of 'access to all' campaigns. This study investigates ...
Negotiating property rights in southern africa through the novel magora panyama: A legal perspective

Vambe B.; Mpfariseni B. (2011)

In Africa, debates on the question of property rights have tended to be carried out in learned law journals and in legal courts. This narrowing of the sites where contestations over property rights are fought over has then ...
Faunal remains from chibuene, an Iron Age coastal trading station in central Mozambique

Badenhorst S.; Sinclair P.; Ekblom A.; Plug I. (2011)

We report on the small faunal assemblage from the Iron Age coastal trading station of Chibuene, situated on the coastal littoral of central Mozambique. The faunal assemblage was excavated in 1995 and contains bones from a ...

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