• Ceratocystidaceae exhibit high levels of recombination at the mating-type (MAT) locus 

  Simpson, M.C. (Melissa Claire); Coetzee, Martin Petrus Albertus; Van der Nest, Magrieta Aletta; Wingfield, Michael J.; Wingfield, Brenda D. (Elsevier, 2018-12)

  Mating is central to many fungal life cycles and is controlled by genes at the mating-type (MAT) locus. These genes determine whether the fungus will be self-sterile (heterothallic) or self-fertile (homothallic). Species ...
• Electronic properties of ferrocenyl-terpyridine coordination complexes : an electrochemical and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic approach 

  Botha, Ebrahiem; Landman, Marile; Van Rooyen, Petrus H.; Erasmus, Elizabeth (Elsevier, 2018-10)

  Please read abstract in the article.
• Economic returns from investment in beef cattle improvement research in South Africa 

  Nevondo, T.T. (Takalani); Chaminuka, Petronella; Nhundu, Kenneth; Liebenberg, Frikkie (Routledge, 2019)

  The national beef cattle improvement scheme was introduced by the South African government with the objective of improving the biological and ecological efficiency of beef production through genetic improvement and enhanced ...
• Protecting the protected : reducing wildlife roadkill in protected areas 

  Collinson, W.J.; Marneweck, C.; Davies-Mostert, Harriet T. (Wiley, 2019)

  Social media discussions highlight public concern for wildlife‐vehicle collisions (WVCs) inside protected areas. Using a quasi‐experimental field trial, we investigated factors affecting the likelihood of WVCs within ...
• Where ‘heaven and earth’ meet : religion and social responsibility 

  Beyers, Jaco (CSSALL Publishers, 2017)

  In this discussion the question to be addressed, will not be as much as to present direction in the format of religious participation in social responsibilities. Such a question assumes that religion does indeed have a ...
• Defining an African vocabulary for the exploration of possibilities in higher education 

  Kumalo, S.H. (Siseko) (CSSALL Publishers, 2018)

  In a review of Coetzee’s White Writing (1988) and Gordimer’s Essential Gesture (1988), Lewis Nkosi (1989) highlights fundamental deficits in South African literature. Owing to inadequate resources and statutory racial ...
• The perceived motivational impact of voice-over-powerpoint™ on part-time adult learners in a distance learning environment 

  Brits, Lorena; Van Oordt, Theresa (CSSALL Publishers, 2018)

  The primary purpose of this study was to determine whether well-designed instructional material based on motivational theory and blended learning theory has the intended impact on the learning motivation of adult learners ...
• Attitudes toward plagiarism : the case of undergraduate health sciences students at the University of Pretoria 

  Matsebetlela, E.M. (Emmanuel); Kuhudzai, Anesu Gelfand (CSSALL Publishers, 2018)

  The primary aim of the study on which this article is based was to investigate undergraduate health sciences students’ perceptions, attitudes to and awareness of plagiarism at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. ...
• The right to strike and replacement labour : South African practice viewed from an international law perspective 

  Kujinga, Benjamin T.; Van Eck, B.P.S. (Stefan) (Academy of Science of South Africa, 2018-10-30)

  South Africa is a member of the International Labour Organisation (hereafter the ILO), an establishment that sets international labour law standards through its conventions, recommendations and expert supervisory committees. ...
• Molecular assessment of Bartonella in Gerbillus nanus from Saudi Arabia reveals high levels of prevalence, diversity and co-infection 

  Kleynhans, D.J. (Dewald); Sarlia, Joshua; Hatyoka, L.M. (Luiza); Alagaili, Abdulaziz N.; Bennett, Nigel C., 1961-; Mohammed, Osama B.; Bastos, Armanda D.S. (Elsevier, 2018-11)

  Bartonellae bacteria are associated with several re-emerging human diseases. These vector-borne pathogens have a global distribution, yet data on Bartonella prevalence and diversity in the Arabian Peninsula are limited. ...
• Catastrophic health payments : does the equivalence scale matter? 

  Koch, Steven F. (Oxford University Press, 2018-10)

  We present a revised method for estimating equivalence scales. Such scales are used to adjust household welfare to account for the size of the household, and are used extensively in the application of the World Health ...
• The pathology of political conundrum and the utilisation of M&E information in the public service in Africa 

  Kimaro, Josephine Rogate; Fourie, D.J. (David Johannes); Tshiyoyo, Mudikolele Michel (African Association of Agricultural Economists, 2018-09)

  Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems continue to be at the centre of and a reference point for effective public service performance management ethos. A clear distinction exists between performance measurement and ...
• #FEESMUSTFALL : science teaching during student unrest 

  Tekane, Rethabile; Louw, Ina; Potgieter, Marietjie (CSSALL Publishers, 2018)

  Student protests are a regular feature of the tertiary landscape. However, the disruptions and potential threat to the academic project at traditional universities can be partially mitigated by online teaching and learning. ...
• Pup provisioning in the cooperatively breeding African wild dog, Lycaon pictus, is driven by pack size, social status and age 

  Forssman, K.R. (Katherine); Marneweck, Courtney; O’Riain, M. Justin; Davies-Mostert, Harriet T.; Mills, Michael G.L. (Southern African Wildlife Management Association, 2018)

  Division of labour, in terms of providing for offspring, in obligate cooperatively breeding mammalian species is poorly understood.To understand offspring provisioning in a cooperatively breeding canid, we analysed a ...
• Experiences of school health nurses regarding the provision of the school health service delivery in the Tshwane district 

  Dibakwane, Selebetswe T.; Peu, Mmapheko Doriccah (AOSIS Open Journals, 2018-11-19)

  BACKGROUND : Irrespective of the provision of an integrated school health policy, the school health nurses continue to experience multiple challenges regarding the provisioning of school health service delivery. AIM : ...
• Scaling community-based services in Gauteng, South Africa : a comparison of three workforce-planning scenarios 

  Bennett, Rod; Marcus, Tessa S.; Abbott, Geoff; Hugo, J.F.M. (Jannie) (AOSIS Open Journals, 2018-05-31)

  BACKGROUND : The introduction of community-based services through community health workers is an opportunity to redefine the approach and practice of primary health care. Based on bestpractice community oriented primary ...
• Participatory budgeting in the City of Kwekwe (Zimbabwe) : a perspective on the issues-trends and options 

  Marumahoko, S.; Chigwata, T.C.; Nhede, Norman Tafirenyika (African Consortium of Public Administration, 2018-12)

  Towards the end of 2017, as has been the case every year, the Kwekwe City Council produced a budget outlining its various activities for the 2018 financial year. The unveiling of the 2018 budget was, among other things, ...
• Prevalent leadership styles of black top-managers in South African state-owned enterprises (SOEs) 

  Eresia-Eke, Chukuakadibia E.; Mabasa, Tabea Regina (African Consortium of Public Administration, 2018-12)

  As part of the effort to redress some of the imbalances of apartheid, Black top managers have emerged in many organisations including South African SOEs. The leadership styles that they predominantly display in the quest ...
• Turnover intentions among South African IT professionals : gender, ethnicity and the influence of pay satisfaction 

  Naidoo, Rennie (International Center for Information Technology and Development, 2018-01)

  The South African ICT industry is struggling with high turnover despite the relatively high remuneration packages it offers to its gender and racially diverse IT professionals. This study explored pay satisfaction levels ...
• Detection of the Janus kinase 2 V617F mutation using a locked nucleic-acid, real-time polymerase chain reaction assay 

  Senamela, Tshiphiri; Kock, Marleen M.; Becker, Piet J.; Potgieter, Joachim (AOSIS Open Journals, 2018-01-31)

  The purpose of this study was to develop a real time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for the detection of the JAK2 V617F mutation that could be used in diagnostic laboratories. Sanger sequencing and a newly developed ...

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