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  • The competitiveness effects of electricity generation taxes : a computable general equilibrium analysis 
    Seymore, Reyno (University of Pretoria, 2011-10-17)
    The South African Government, in the Budget Review of 2008, proposed to impose a 2c/kWh tax on the sale of electricity generated from non-renewable sources, to be collected at source by the producers/generators of electricity. ...
  • Competitiveness of South Africa’s biotechnology sector 
    Moodley, Nivan (University of Pretoria, 2010-05-31)
    In 2001, the South African government developed a biotechnology strategy and set aside approximately $70 million to support and stimulate the development of biotechnology skills, capabilities and tools in South Africa(Campbell, ...
  • Competitiveness of the South African deciduos fruit canning industry 
    Madima, Tshifhiwa Matibe (University of Pretoria, 2010-08-18)
    The purpose of the study is to investigate the competitiveness of the South African deciduous fruit canning industry in the global canned fruit market. The study was done in the Western Cape Province, the province where ...
  • Competitiveness of the water utility consulting industry on the Internet in South Africa 
    Rademeyer, P.; Snyman, M.M.M. (Maria Magdalena Margaretha); Snyman, Retha (Department of Knowledge and Information Management, University of Johannesburg, 2004-09)
    An adapted version of Michael E. Porter's five competitive forces model was used to determine the competitiveness of the water utility consulting industry on the Internet, in South Africa. This was done by analysing the ...
  • Compilation of a hydropower development assistance tool for evaluating hydropower resources in South Africa 
    Klingenberg, Anke Carmen (University of Pretoria, 2018)
    A nation’s industrial growth as well as the quality of life is dependent on energy supply and demand. With the current situation of the supply of energy not matching the growing demand, small-scale hydropower projects ...
  • Compilation of a preliminary checklist for the differential diagnosis of neurogenic stuttering 
    Lundie, Mariska; Erasmus, Zandria; Zsilavecz, Ursula Louise; Van der Linde, Jeannie (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2014-06)
    BACKGROUND: Neurogenic stuttering (NS) is the most frequently occurring acquired form of stuttering in children and adults. This form of stuttering is primarily caused by neurological incidents. Owing to controversies ...
  • The compilation of corpus-based Setswana dictionaries 
    Sebolela, Fannie (University of Pretoria, 2009)
    The aim of this thesis is to describe how corpus-based Setswana dictionaries should be compiled. The challenge to the modern Setswana lexicographer is to compile very practical descriptive and user-friendly dictionaries. ...
  • The compilation of indigenous knowledge regarding insect pests in small-scale farming communities in North Eastern South Africa 
    Netshifhefhe, Shandukani Rudolf (University of Pretoria, 2005-07-05)
    Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document
  • Compiled hindsight? Publishers’ archives in South Africa 
    Le Roux, Elizabeth Henriette (Walter de Gruyter, 2013)
    Publishing is an important cultural industry, and its products form part of the record of our social and cultural history. Yet what of the records of the publishers themselves – the voluminous correspondence, financial ...
  • Complacency : an action theoretical approach via Paul Ricoeur and Anthony Giddens 
    Carstens, Jana Alvara (University of Pretoria, 2019-05)
    In this work I make sense of complacency through an action theoretical perspective based on the action theories of Paul Ricoeur and Anthony Giddens. Even though complacency is a prevalent phenomenon, there is hardly any ...
  • Complement fixation with horsesickness viruses 
    McIntosh, B.M.; Alexander, R.A.; Clark, R.; Louw, J.G.; De Kock, V.E. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1956)
    Fixation of complement bas been obtained using antigens prepared from suckling mouse brains and antisera from hyperimmune guinea-pigs. With horsesickness viruses the complement fixation test is less type specific than ...
  • Complementary effects of cell wall degrading enzymes together with lactic acid fermentation on cassava tuber cell wall breakdown 
    Adetunji, Adeoluwa Iyiade; Du Clou, Heidi; Walford, Stephen N.; Taylor, J.R.N. (John Reginald Nuttall) (Elsevier, 2016-11)
    Entrapment of starch granules within cassava parenchyma cells constitutes a major challenge in starch extraction from cassava tuber. This was addressed by applying cellulolytic and hemicellulolytic enzymes coupled with ...
  • Complementary feeding practices and their influences 
    Sayed, Nazeeia (University of Pretoria, 2018)
    The global focus on a 1 000 days from conception to 2 years stresses the importance this period has on improving infant health. South Africa has focused on policies and actions to improve breastfeeding rates but specific ...
  • The complementary relation between the right and the good in justice as fairness : implications for liberal democracies 
    Benton, Paige (University of Pretoria, 2023)
    I claim that the revisions John Rawls made to his theory of justice—as seen in his political conception of justice as fairness in the revised edition of Political Liberalism and Justice as Fairness: A Restatement—result ...
  • Complementary symbiont contributions to plant decomposition in a fungus-farming termite 
    Poulson, Michael; Hu, Haofu; Li, Cai; Chen, Zhensheng; Xu, Luohao; Otani, Saria; Nygaard, Sanne; Nobre, Tania; Klaubauf, Sylvia; Schindler, Philipp M.; Hauser, Frank; Pan, Hailin; Yang, Zhikai; Sonnenberg, Anton S.M.; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Zhang, Yong; Wingfield, Michael J.; Grimmelikhuijzen, Cornelis J.P.; De Vries, Ronald P.; Korb, Judith; Aanen, Duur K.; Wang, Jun; Boomsma, Jacobus J.; Zhang, Guojie (National Academy of Sciences, 2014)
    Termites normally rely on gut symbionts to decompose organic matter but the Macrotermitinae domesticated Termitomyces fungi to produce their own food. This transition was accompanied by a shift in the composition of the ...
  • Complementation of CTB7 in the maize pathogen Cercospora zeina overcomes the lack of in vitro Cercosporin production 
    Swart, Velushka; Crampton, Bridget Genevieve; Ridenour, John B.; Bluhm, Burt H.; Olivier, Nicholas Abraham; Meyer, Jacobus Johannes Marion; Berger, David Kenneth (American Phytopathological Society, 2017-09)
    Gray leaf spot (GLS), caused by the sibling species Cercospora zeina or Cercospora zeae-maydis, is cited as one of the most important diseases threatening global maize production. C. zeina fails to produce cercosporin in ...
  • Complete coding sequences of 23 South African domestic and wildlife rabies viruses 
    Sabeta, Claude Taurai; Mohale, Debrah; Phahladira, Baby; Ngoepe, Ernest Chuene; Van Schalkwyk, Antoinette; Mogano, Kgaogelo; Chirima, Johannes George; Suzuki, Toru; Makita, Kohei (American Society for Microbiology, 2020-09-17)
    South African rabies viruses originating from dogs and jackals (canid viruses) are closely related and highlight cross-species transmission events between the two canine species. Rabies due to the canid lyssavirus variant ...
  • Complete engine CFD of a micro gas turbine 
    Kotzé, Johan Christiaan (University of Pretoria, 2018)
    The design challenges of micro gas turbines, compared to large gas turbines, lies in the size of Athe components. Firstly, the small components cannot achieve a high-pressure ratio which cause the mass flow rate to be ...
  • Complete engine CFD of a micro gas turbine 
    Kotzé, Johan Christiaan (University of Pretoria, 2018)
    The design challenges of micro gas turbines, compared to large gas turbines, lies in the size of Athe components. Firstly, the small components cannot achieve a high-pressure ratio which cause the mass flow rate to be ...
  • Complete genetic linkage maps from an interspecific cross between Fusarium circinatum and Fusarium subglutinans 
    De Vos, Lieschen; Myburg, Alexander Andrew; Wingfield, Michael J.; Desjardins, Anne E.; Gordon, Thomas R. (Tom); Wingfield, Brenda D. (Elsevier, 2007-08)
    The Gibberella fujikuroi complex includes many plant pathogens of agricultural crops and trees, all of which have anamorphs assigned to the genus Fusarium. In this study, an interspecific hybrid cross between Gibberella ...