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FOSATU - Policy motion on industrial councils

- FOSATU

  • Authors: FOSATU
  • Date: Nov 1981
  • Subjects: FOSATU
  • Language: English
  • Type: text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/118421 , vital:34627
  • Description: FOSATU BELIEVES: Industrial Councils were established and have been developed to serve the interests of employers and a minority of workers. That most Industrial Councils are presently unrepresentative of the majority of workers and therefore undemocratic. That the Constitution and structure of most Industrial Councils reflects this un-representativeness and authoritarian base and it would be difficult for any small and democratic union to have an effect on Industrial Councils as they presently exist. That some Industrial Councils., because they are dominated by employers, misdirect workers' money collected either in the form of a levy or in benefit funds. That some Industrial Councils have blocked speedy solution to industrial problems by placing cumbersome procedures and bureaucratic structures in the way of direct negotiation between employers and workers.
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  • Date Issued: Nov 1981

SASBO and Dishonesty

- SASBO

  • Authors: SASBO
  • Date: 1993
  • Subjects: SASBO
  • Language: English
  • Type: text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160614 , vital:40480
  • Description: In the early 1990’s when internal fraud, theft and dishonesty became an issue of major concern, SASBO members decided to state their position on all forms of employee dishonesty. They expressed the view that criminals should be rooted out of the finance sector, because, inter alia: People of low integrity have no place in finance. Criminals also defraud their colleagues. Reduced profits through fraud would mean lower pay increases. Criminals pollute the working environment and their actions cast suspicion on everyone around them. When crimes take place, innocent employees are accused of not exercising sufficient vigilance and are subject to disciplinary actions, including dismissal. The SASBO National Council, therefore, instructed their Union not to protect guilty personnel. Yet they believed that accused members should receive a fair hearing. As a Union representing the interests of employees in a highly vulnerable workplace such as that found in the finance sector, SASBO, then, had a duty to condemn staff defalcation and fraud in the strongest terms, and to play whatever role that was necessary in ensuring that offenders were removed from the system. The need for SASBO to have a documented policy on the handling of cases involving theft, fraud and dishonesty, when its members were accused of being involved, was obvious. Applying the above principles, and aided by its legal advisors, SASBO’s National Council, in September 1993, adopted the following policy on dishonesty:
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  • Date Issued: 1993

6th National Congress Resolutions

- COSATU

  • Authors: COSATU
  • Date: 1996
  • Subjects: COSATU
  • Language: English
  • Type: text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/113189 , vital:33728
  • Description: COSATU must intervene in affiliates where it has identified problems, where problems have been brought to its attention and / or has been requested to do so. The CEC should draw guidelines on how and under which circumstances the federation and its structures may intervene taking into account clauses 3.9 and 3.10 of the constitution. Such intervention should not undermine affiliates where such problems exist. COSATU leadership must be visible during major disputes between affiliates and employers and co-ordinate solidarity with workers involved in such disputes.
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  • Date Issued: 1996

NUMSA National Auto Shop Stewards Council Update

- NUMSA

  • Authors: NUMSA
  • Date: Sep 1989
  • Subjects: NUMSA
  • Language: English
  • Type: text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/114126 , vital:33927
  • Description: During July and August this year, the united mass action of 25 OOO auto workers forced the bosses to negotiate nationally. Large demonstrations of workers demanding national negotiations marched and toyi-toyied through the plants. But auto workers also gave their bosses another strong message. United and strong, marching with large banners and replica AKs, workers were unbanning the ANC and flying high the red flag. Workers demanded the release of Nelson Mandela and all political prisoners. They said all hangings and political trials must stop. Workers demonstrated against the LRA and all other apartheid laws. Workers wanted their bosses to be clear. The bosses must know that the mass defiance campaign in the factory is part i of the struggle of the oppressed and exploited masses. When we are demanding better working conditions today, when we are unbanning our organisations through mass action today, we are demanding at one and the same time, control over every aspect of our lives in the factory and in the townships where we live. Our struggle for freedom is one struggle.
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  • Date Issued: Sep 1989

Visualising the Psyche: Perspectives on mental health in the medium of comics

- Solomon, Tayla Shan

  • Authors: Solomon, Tayla Shan
  • Date: 2020
  • Subjects: Spiegelman, Art -- Maus , Kelly, Joe, 1971- -- I kill giants , Niimura, J M Ken -- I kill giants , Brosh, Allie -- Hyperbole and a half , Comic books, strips, etc. -- Psychological aspects , Comic books, stripa, etc. -- Therapeutic use
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , Thesis , Masters , MFA
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148413 , vital:38737
  • Description: The field of Psychology is constantly shifting in its understanding of mental health. Scholars have been critiquing Psychology’s narrow perspective of what constitutes ‘normal’. Many dealing with mental health issues fear that they will be misunderstood and are confronted with systems and institutions that they find unempathetic. This mini-thesis conceptualises creative empathy as a solution to these problems. It is based on the idea that every experience is unique and therefore cannot be wholly understood without engaging in an imaginative process. The appropriateness of the comics medium as a tool for promoting this strategy is explored with a focus on the use of visual imagery to tell stories of distressing experiences. It looks at Tayla Shan Solomon’s The Adventures of Apparently-Anyone-Can-Do-It-If-TheyJust-Try Bug! (2019), Art Spiegelman’s Maus (I & II) (1986), Joe Kelly and JM Ken Niimura’s I Kill Giants (2011), and Allie Brosh’s Hyperbole and a Half: unfortunate situations, flawed coping mechanisms, mayhem, and other things that happened (2013). This mini-thesis analyses various techniques employed by comics artists to create compelling stories of idiosyncratic experiences, including the use of symbolic imagery and framing.
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  • Date Issued: 2020

Centralised bargaining now!

- CWIU

  • Authors: CWIU
  • Date: 1996
  • Subjects: CWIU
  • Language: English
  • Type: text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/119104 , vital:34701
  • Description: Keynote addresses were delivered by the Acting General Secretary, Cde Muzi Buthelezi, Cde Jay Naidoo COSATU General Secretary and CWIU President, Cde Don Gumede. Cde Gumede outlined the purposes of the conference “to assess progress and problems, to plan our path in order to provide a clear programme towards centralised bargaining as a result of proper analysis”, He urged delegates “to push employers into joint employers forums to negotiate on proper wages, job creation and an end to retrenchments”. Cde Jay Naidoo addressed the conference on the burning issues of the day. He spoke about VAT, the National Economic Negotiating Forum, trade union unity and CODESA. Cde Naidoo stressed that future economic and political policies must be formulated on the basis of daily and immediate issues facing the working people. Acting General Secretary, Cde Muzi Buthelezi outlined the progress made in the struggle for centralised bargaining. “We have to note” he said, “that the chemical bosses are very tough on this question. They do not want to negotiate, meet or do anything as an industry. They want to keep all activities at a plant or company level”. The remainder of the conference was given the task of redefining the sectors within the chemical industry, developing core demands and outlining a programme of action. Delegates broke into their different sectors to discuss these issues before returning to plenary to thrash out the major steps to be taken by the union in the coming months.
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  • Date Issued: 1996

Improved concurrent Java processes

- Ntlahla, Mbalentle Apelele Wiseman

  • Authors: Ntlahla, Mbalentle Apelele Wiseman
  • Date: 2021-10-29
  • Subjects: Java (Computer program language) , Computer multitasking , Sequential processing (Computer science) , Parallel programming (Computer science) , Simultaneous multithreading processors
  • Language: English
  • Type: Master's theses , text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/192129 , vital:45198
  • Description: The rise in the number of cores in a processor has resulted in computer programmers needing to write concurrent programs to utilize the extra available processors. Concurrent programming can utilize the extra processors available in a multi-core architecture. However, writing concurrent programs introduces complexities that are not encountered in sequential programming (race conditions, deadlocks, starvation, liveness, etc., are some of the complexities that come with concurrent programming). These complexities require programming languages to provide functionality to help programmers with writing concurrent programs. The Java language is designed to support concurrent programming, mostly through threads. The support is provided through the Java programming language itself and Java class libraries. Although concurrent processes are important and have their own advantages over concurrent threads Java has limited support for concurrent processes. In this thesis we attempt to provide the same support that Java has for threads through the java.util.concurrent library to processes. This is attempted to be done through a Java library (za.co.jcp). The library will provide synchronisation methods of multiple processes, Java process shared variables, atomic variables, process-safe data structures, and a process executors framework similar to that of the executor framework provided by Java for threads. The two libraries' similarities, and performance is analyzed. The analysis between the two libraries is performed to compare the code portability, ease of use, and performance difference between the two libraries. The results from the project have shown that it is possible for Java to provide support for concurrency through processes and not only threads. In addition from the benchmarks performed the performance of the za.co.jcp library is not significantly slower than the current java.util.concurrent thread library. This means that Java concurrent applications will also now be able to use cooperating processes rather than be confined to using threads. , Thesis (MSc) -- Faculty of Science, Computer Science, 2021
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  • Date Issued: 2021-10-29

The contribution of export support programmes for small and medium enterprises in the agro-processing sector in the Eastern Cape

- Fihlani, Asisipho

  • Authors: Fihlani, Asisipho
  • Date: 2021-04
  • Subjects: Small business -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Economic development -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Entrepreneurship -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
  • Language: English
  • Type: Master's theses , text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/51400 , vital:43271
  • Description: Globally, government export support programmes have been created to assist SMEs with exports. In South Africa, there has been an introduction of government export support programme. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the contribution of the Export Marketing and Investment Assistance (EMIA) for SMEs in the agro-processing sector in the Eastern Cape, with specific focus on East London and Port Elizabeth. A qualitative methodology meant to acquire in-depth knowledge was employed in the study. A case study was developed, in which EMIA’s contribution to SMEs’ export was the case in study. A group of seventeen participants, which included government officials and SMEs were interviewed and thematic analysis was used to evaluate the contribution of EMIA to agro-processing SME exports. The study found that EMIA was useful towards SME exports but lacked on addressing key barriers to exports faced by SMEs. The study recommends that government should place more emphasis on linking SMEs with proper contacts of buyers in international markets and that SMEs should be incentivised for costs relating to logistics for initial export orders. , Thesis (MPhil) -- Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences, Development Finance, 2021
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  • Date Issued: 2021-04

Effect of gold nanoparticle shape on the photophysicochemical properties of sulphur containing metallophthalocyanines

- Dube, Edith, Nyokong, Tebello

  • Authors: Dube, Edith , Nyokong, Tebello
  • Date: 2019
  • Subjects: To be catalogued
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/187048 , vital:44559 , xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2018.12.091"
  • Description: In this work tetrakise[(thiopheneethoxy) phthalocyaninato] zinc(II) (1), tetrakise[(thiopheneethoxy) phthalocyaninato] indium (II) chloride (2), tetrakis [(benzo [d]thiazol-2-yl phenoxy) phthalocyaninato] zinc(II) (3), and tetrakis [(benzo [d]thiazol-2-yl phenoxy)phthalocyaninato] indium (II) chloride (4) were linked to both gold nanospheres (AuNSs) and gold nanotriangles (AuNTs) via Au-S and Au-N (the latter for complexes 3 and 4 only) self assembly. The photophysicochemical behaviour of complexes and their conjugates were studied. The conjugates yielded improved triplet and singlet quantum yields, with nanospheres displaying better properties than nanotriangles. The conjugates with a benzothiazole phenoxy substituent also yielded better properties than their thiophene ethoxy counterpart. These conjugates especially those with a benzothiazole phenoxy substituent have potential as photosensitisers for photodynamic therapy applications.
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  • Date Issued: 2019

In vitro diffusion cell design and validation. II. Temperature, agitation and membrane effects on betamethasone 17-valerate permeation

- Smith, Eric W, Haigh, John M

  • Authors: Smith, Eric W , Haigh, John M
  • Date: 1992
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , Article
  • Identifier: vital:6422 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006557
  • Description: An in vitro permeation cell has been designed and validated for use in monitoring the transmembrane permeation of betamethasone 17-valerate. The design utilizes common laboratory equipment and incorporates as many beneficial features as possible from other designs. The importance of fully validating the hydrodynamic performance of the cell prior to experimentation is stressed. The cell was validated by monitoring the diffusion of betamethasone 17-valerate in isopropyl myristate solution into purified isopropyl myristate receptor phase at different temperatures, different agitation rates and through different synthetic and biological membranes. The results of the hydrodynamic validation agree with data from other researchers and show that the permeation cell is adequately sensitive to these experimental parameters. The results of the membrane evaluation allow appropriate selection of the barrier material for representative transdermal experiments to be conducted. While human and porcine stratum corneum/epidermis are similar in diffusive properties, hairless mouse skin appears to be the most convenient animal membrane for these studies. Although silicone and cellulose membranes appear to be useful in this application, porous filter membranes and egg-shell membranes are insufficiently discriminatory to betamethasone 17-valerate diffusion to provide useful in vitro permeation data.
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  • Date Issued: 1992

Open debate: ephemeral democracies: interrogating commonality in South Africa

- Makhubu, Nomusa

  • Authors: Makhubu, Nomusa
  • Date: 2013
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/147626 , vital:38655 , https://0-doi.org.wam.seals.ac.za/10.1080/09528822.2013.796200
  • Description: South Africa's Post-Apartheid era is characterized by the rhetoric of ‘unity in diversity’. However, numerous artist-led public interventions disclose alienating socio-economic conditions. Neoliberal reforms in the context of prevailing structural designs of Apartheid in South Africa weaken the democratization process, making it figurative rather than tangible and participatory. There is a pervasive perception that centres of power within the arts in South Africa are located in institutions of white proprietorship. As a result, young artists create independent establishments where they can have some control over cultural production and dissemination. This article debates the different strategies that are used by young practising artists to confront contemporary challenges in Post-Apartheid South Africa. One of these strategies promotes integration and deracialization through persistent engagement with predominantly white institutions in order to generate a sense of common purpose while the other opts for the power of provocative racialized but marginalized cultural movements.
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  • Date Issued: 2013

Access and control of biodiversity in the context of biopiracy: the case of pelargonium sidoides in the Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality

- Doyle, Anastasia Roxane

  • Authors: Doyle, Anastasia Roxane
  • Date: 2019
  • Subjects: Biopiracy -- South Africa , Traditional ecological knowledge -- South Africa , Plants, Cultivated -- Patents , Biodiversity -- Conservation -- South Africa , Pelargoniums -- Harvesting -- South Africa , Pelargonium sidoides -- Harvesting -- South Africa
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , Thesis , Masters , MSocSc
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/76321 , vital:30547
  • Description: The purpose of this research is to explore access and control of biodiversity in the context of biopiracy with specific reference to the case of pelargonium sidoides in the Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality. The research is informed by the increased appropriation of local biodiversity and indigenous knowledge by industry as well as global debates on promoting sustainable resource utilisation and sustainable rural livelihoods. This study adopts a two-pronged conceptual approach mainly, Marx’s Ecology and the Sustainable Rural Livelihoods Framework (SRLF). The former provides useful insights into the processes and dynamics of power asymmetries between developed and developing countries, capital accumulation, inherent displacement and the predatory nature of capitalism. Whilst the latter addresses how livelihoods are fashioned in a holistic way. As a significant starting point the South African political economy is examined through the lens of the two economies debate. This research is primarily qualitative using in-depth interviews, observations and archival research as the primary data collection techniques. Preliminary site visits were conducted to negotiate access. Key informants of the study were representatives of the core groups (interested and affected stakeholders) involved in the case of pelargonium sidoides. Specifically, participants included representatives from the Imingcangathelo Community Development Trust and the Masakhane Community Property Association, local harvesters, local community members, monitoring and enforcement environmental officers, plant breeders (cultivators), scientists, local businessmen involved in natural resource trade, academics, legal representatives and non-governmental organisations. The Rhodes University research ethical guidelines were followed accordingly. The findings of the study suggest that trade in pelargonium sidoides is influenced by a complex and dynamic interplay between the state-industry-rural elite coalitions. Moreover, that this activity is largely centralised and exclusionary. This process is depicted in the unsustainable utilisation of pelargonium sidoides and other natural resources, the dismantling of local livelihoods, exploitation of harvesters and an incoherent environmental governance structure. At the core of this unequal system of exchange is industry, which effectively functions to generate profits whilst dispossessing peripheral communities such as the Masakhane community. The study therefore, argues that in order for local communities to access the trade there needs to be a shift in this system of unequal exchange. Not only regarding beneficiation, but in building community capacity and becoming involved as critical stakeholders in the governance of resources in the study area. The study found that there are competing narratives that inform the status and sustainability of pelargonium sidoides. Furthermore, given the current trajectory of the Masakhane community’s struggle for land, access to natural resources and exclusion from decision-making regarding pelargonium sidoides, the area will continue to be underdeveloped with concomitant poverty, inequality and comprised rural livelihoods.
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  • Date Issued: 2019

Establishment of “The South African Bioinformatics Student Council” and activity highlights:

- Rafael, Candice Nancy, Ambler, Jon, Niehaus, Antoinette, Ross, James, Tastan Bishop, Özlem

  • Authors: Rafael, Candice Nancy , Ambler, Jon , Niehaus, Antoinette , Ross, James , Tastan Bishop, Özlem
  • Date: 2018
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148250 , vital:38723 , https://doi.org/10.14806/ej.23.0.903
  • Description: The South African Society for Bioinformatics1 (SASBi) was officially formed in September 2012 during a joint Congress with the South African Genetics Society (SAGS). Prior to this there was no official body to represent bioinformatic researchers and students in the country. The establishment of SASBi also led to the establishment of the Student Society as a platform for students to meet and discuss their research activities, but also to socialise and broaden their network of knowledge and friendships. A small group of students joined as volunteers to pioneer and set up a SASBi Student Council (SASBiSC). As a first step, one representative, selected from the attendees present at the first Joint Congress of SASBi and SAGS, was elected to the main SASBi Council.
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  • Date Issued: 2018

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Film production incentives, employment transformation and domestic expenditure in South Africa: visualizing subsidy effectiveness

- Collins, Alan, Ishizaka, Alessio, Snowball, Jeanette D

  • Authors: Collins, Alan , Ishizaka, Alessio , Snowball, Jeanette D
  • Date: 2016
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/67456 , vital:29094 , https://doi.org/10.1080/10286632.2016.1255206
  • Description: Publisher version , In 2004 the South African Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) introduced a Film and Television Production Rebate Programme. In order to qualify for the rebate, certain criteria have to be met including success in job creation and skills development within the industry, alongside a particular focus on the percentage of ‘historically disadvantaged individuals’ employed. This study sets out the issues associated with evaluating success in meeting these various criteria and is, to the best of our knowledge, the first study to apply multi-criteria visualization techniques to inform the evaluation of public subsidy effectiveness. The ‘PROMETHEE’ method is applied and apart from presenting project performance in a visually intuitive manner, the approach helps to clarify patterns of relative success, show where policy objectives are competing, and to identify project exemplars for more efficiently guiding future public support in the sector.
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  • Date Issued: 2016

Temporal patterns and seasonal variation in microplastic loads in the water column and in the tissues of consumers along the southern and south-eastern coasts of South Africa

- Redelinghuys, Suzanne

Sepedi oral poetry with reference to kiba traditional dance of South Africa

- Maahlamela, Tebogo David

  • Authors: Maahlamela, Tebogo David
  • Date: 2018
  • Subjects: Northern Sotho poetry , Northern Sotho poetry -- History and criticism , Folk songs, Northern Sotho , Sound poetry -- South Africa , Archival materials -- Conservation and restoration , Spiritualism in literature , Cultural appropriation , Folk poetry, Northern Sotho , Kiba traditional dance , Kiba poetry
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/63209 , vital:28381
  • Description: Previous studies show that contrary to other African languages of fewer speakers, written poetry in Sepedi/Sesotho sa Leboa’s transition from oral to written did not only lag behind, its development was also slow, with less intense treatment. However, this scarcity is not of the actual oral material, but rather its documented version. Vast untreated material at various repositories such as the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) library and the International Library of African Music (ILAM) are facing a risk of being lost due to limited resources and resourcefulness to digitalise them. Investigation of written poetry from 1906 to 2006 attests to the fact that in its written form, Sepedi/Sesotho sa Leboa poetry is still underdeveloped, dominated by “microwaved” collections aiming at nothing beyond meeting school prescription criteria. Calls have been made from the dominant South African poetry narrative that there are no innovative studies in the field of African languages, especially Sepedi/Sesotho sa Leboa. Musicological studies show that contemporary jazz artists have adopted and adapted kiba poetry into jazz music, which resulted into classics of all times. Intensive studies were conducted on such poetic kiba-influenced jazz, but the primary source remains a grey area. The analysis of selected kiba poems shows that kiba poetry is the richest poetic form in the Sepedi/Sesotho sa Leboa with its creative and artistic merit exceeds all other genres. The study further reveals that kiba poetry is the heart of Bapedi/Basotho ba Leboa spirituality, a heart without which some faith institutions will remain incomplete. Furthermore, kiba poetry embodies, among others, poetic genres rarely explored in the South African poetry milieu such as “sound poetry” and poetry of special metrical schemes, of dramatic and devotional essence. Scholarly attention is, therefore, recommended on this repertoire to explore the field beyond this preliminary study, so as to save as many kiba poems as possible, which will enrich the dwindling written poetry milieu. Literary excellence of the treated poems attests to the fact that the artistic wealth of kiba poetry is worthy of attention, and it has potential to transform not only the face of poetry in Sepedi/Sesotho sa Leboa, but of the entire South African poetry landscape.
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  • Date Issued: 2018

Effects of hyperinflation on stock market performance: case of Zimbabwe

- Mutandwa, Tsitsi Hope

  • Authors: Mutandwa, Tsitsi Hope
  • Date: 2010
  • Subjects: Stocks--Zimbabwe , Stock exchanges--Zimbabwe , Inflation targeting--Zimbabwe
  • Language: English
  • Type: Master's theses , text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/24980 , vital:63768
  • Description: In this study an analysis of the long-term equilibrium relationship between inflation, selected macroeconomic variables and the Zimbabwe stock market (represented by market capitalization) is explored. Using stock market capitalization as a proxy for stock market performance is important for an investigator since it can capture movements in the whole market. The link between stock market performance and macroeconomic variables in particular inflation is well-documented in the literature. However, a void in the literature relates to examining the cointegration between hyperinflation and stock market performance. Although hyperinflation is nothing more than inflation at high rates, clarity on this point is necessary because of the seemingly unclear nature of the relationship in the literature. Inflation has mostly been documented as negatively impacting on financial markets. This is not so clear when it comes to hyperinflation. The Zimbabwean stock market has performed well during the high inflation period. This then raises the question: Does hyperinflation stimulate the growth of the stock market? The analysis is undertaken by employing cointegration and vector error correction modeling approach using quarterly data for the period 1980-2007 Our results show among others, that hyperinflation has impacted negatively on the growth of the stock market in Zimbabwe. However, other driving factors such as foreign direct investment and relatively high bank lending rates may have fuelled the observed growth in the stock market during the period of study. , Thesis (MCom) -- Faculty of Management and Commerce, 2010
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  • Date Issued: 2010

Records management by the Wesley community small-scale farmers in the Ngqushwa Municipality of the Eastern Cape

- Ncanywa, Ziyanda https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5075-7448

  • Authors: Ncanywa, Ziyanda https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5075-7448
  • Date: 2018-05
  • Subjects: Records -- Management , Farms, Small
  • Language: English
  • Type: Master's theses , text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/25305 , vital:64142
  • Description: The study sought to investigate records management programmes by small-scale farmers, focussing on small-scale farmers in Wesley Community in Eastern Cape South Africa. The objectives of the study were to: Determine the types of records kept by small-scale farmers in Wesley Community; Assess records the records management practices used by small-scale farmers in Wesley Community; Find out the benefits of managing farm records by small-scale farmers in Wesley Community; and Identify the constraints small-scale farmers in Wesley Community encounter in the management of their farm records. This study adopted both qualitative and quantitative research approaches. The researcher followed a methodological path that began with a thorough literature review and a careful and thoughtful posing of research questions and objectives. A sample of Wesley Community small-scale farmers was chosen using both convenience and snowball sampling where available and willing farmers were interviewed using questionnaires and in-depth interviews. Collected data were analysed using Microsoft Excel 2010. The study found that an encouraging number of small-scale farmers keep records. The records kept by small-scale farmers, however, some of them are not organised or being kept in a systematic way. Small-scale farmers do find record keeping very beneficial and are interested in keeping more records. Illiteracy and low self-esteem proved to be constraints when it comes to small-scale farmers’ records keeping and management. It was concluded that small-scale farmers do keep records. The manner in which the records are kept is mostly systematic. There a benefits of keeping records for farmers even though small-scale farmers face a few constrains when it comes to record keeping. From the findings it is recommended that: the government offer basic education classes for small-scale farmers, records management awards to motivate small-scale farmers and records management training for small-scale farmers. , Thesis (MLIS) -- Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2018
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  • Date Issued: 2018-05

Climate change and food security in South Africa

- Xola, Dungelo

  • Authors: Xola, Dungelo
  • Date: 2021-12
  • Subjects: Food security -- Climatic factors -- South Africa
  • Language: English
  • Type: Master's theses , text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/${Handle} , vital:45720
  • Description: Climate change continues to pose a threat to mankind. Its impacts are evident in both developed and developing countries. South Africa is a no exception to the climate change problems. Climate change in South Africa has affected water availability which subsequently affects food security of the country. This research study investigated the impacts of climate change on food security in South Africa. South Africa’s food security is severely affected by climate change and as a result, the South African government through the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has devised strategies to respond to climate change and ensure food security in the country. The study analysed government documents and articles about climate change from 2008 to 2018. The study employed content analysis as a data analysis method and the study developed eighteen codes and from those codes, four themes emerged. The research findings highlight that South Africa is a food secure nation only at a national level. In addition, the findings highlighted that climate change poses a significant threat on the agricultural sector which ultimately affects food security in South Africa. The climate change impacts in South Africa include an increase in temperatures, rise in sea water levels, and floods. Climate change in South Africa continues to pose a significant threat in the GDP as it affects crop production and livestock farming, which ultimately affects the exports of the country. , Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences, Economics, Development & Tourism, 2021
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  • Date Issued: 2021-12
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