Sewing needles are often identified by their form rather than use-wear. As a result, some needles may be missed that do not conform to expected morphologies unless they are inspected more closely. Existing use-wear studies ...
De Beer, Frederik Coenraad(University of Pretoria, 1979-05)
The Bakoni ba Dikgale seceded from the Bakoni ba Matlala
shortly after 1700 and established themselves in the
present tribal area, 50 km North-East of Pietersburg,
where they came into contact with Venda and Ndebele
groups ...
This article focuses on the uses of spice as a method of healing in selected dishes within a Durban Indian foodscape. Beyond its culinary potential (taste, flavour, seasoning), the article motivates spice as having particular ...
Jilesen, Robin P.; Wegerif, M.C.A. (Marc)(Brill Academic Publishers, 2023-11)
This article examines the impacts of climate- and environment-related adversity on migration from other sub-Saharan African countries to the prominent migration destination of South Africa. It describes factors and processes ...
Bamidele, Seun; Pikirayi, Innocent(Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria, 2023-09)
The AU Kampala Convention aims to ensure that the states that have signed the treaty
protect and assist internally displaced persons (IDPs) in their regions to establish
geopolitical security, which is threatened by the ...
Food safety is critical but poorly addressed in African countries. A food safety training and
certification intervention piloted in Kenya, India, Tanzania, and Nigeria was scaled and sustained
in India but not the African ...
Die Changana-Tsonga van Mhaladistrik kan op grond van
hulle geskiedenis en etniese skakeling as 'n mikrokosmos
van die inwoners van Gazankulu beskou word.
Die administratiefreg het die bestaan en funksionering
van 'n ...
Adolescents and men are two populations that perform poorly within the HIV cascade of care, having worse AIDS-related health outcomes, and experiencing higher levels of HIV-related stigma. This paper explores institutional ...
The K2-Mapungubwe settlement complex is widely regarded as the centre for the development of class-based society out of earlier ranked communities between c. AD 900 and AD 1300 in northern South Africa, southern Zimbabwe, ...
Forssman, Tim; Van Zyl, Sonja(South African Archaeological Society, 2022)
Little Muck Shelter in the middle Limpopo Valley has an unusually
large density of scrapers that increase in frequency from the last few
centuries BC into the first millennium AD, and then decline in the
early second ...
Vryheid (MNR04) is a small, isolated Late Iron Age homestead dated
between the 18th and 19th centuries, located in northern South Africa.
During excavations in 2014, a carved ivory artefact was exposed on
the floor of ...
Starting from the observation that having exceptional rock art sites is
not enough on its own to attract tourists, we use a case study in
the Makgabeng to analyse the challenges many remote areas face
when trying to ...
Later Stone Age industries are often applied pan-regionally despite having been defined in specific environments that possess their own set of underlying conditions. Archaeologists have expressed concern with this approach ...
This article outlines the history of stock-car racing in South Africa’s capital city until 1968. By reconstructing the histories of two raceways in Pretoria, it shows how stock-car and oval-track racing helped to (re)inscribe ...
James, Anna; Pieterse, Jimmy(Taylor and Francis, 2022)
A recent uptick in international trade in donkey hides has sparked intense concern among social activists. Several campaigns have been launched in attempts to protect donkeys and to ensure their wellbeing in response to ...
This article explores how geographical location contributes to the social exclusion of communities on the fringes of the city. It uses a case study of Southlea Park, a low-income settlement on the southern periphery of ...
Van Schalkwyk, Johan Abraham(University of Pretoria, 1985)
Afrikaans: Die tegniese skeppinge van die Molepo, woonagtig in die distrik
Thabamoopo, van Lebowa, word na vervaardigingsmetode, vorm en
gebruik beskryf. Die faktore, wat 'n invloed het op die produsering
van tegniese ...
Manaka, Mpho(University of Stellenbosch, Faculty of Military Science, 2022)
Food became scarce during the South African War (1899–1902), which led to large
numbers of the population dying from starvation or diseases related to hunger. This was
due to certain towns in the country being under ...