• Evaluating essential micronutrient content, sensory acceptability & economic viability of formulated sesame (Sesamum indicum), pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) & groundnut (Arachis hypogea) food blend 

  Marongwe, Farai Desire; Masamha, Blessing; Nyakudya, T; Mandumbu, Ronald; Kamota, Agather; Nyamadzawo, George (University of Kassel, 2023-11)

  Food blending involving legumes and cereals that has been widely explored, however, there is a paucity of evidence of the use of ‘neglected crops’ such as sesame oil seed in complementing cereals and legumes to alleviate ...
• The myth of being modern : digital machines and the loss of discovery 

  Smuts, Carson (Wiley, 2024-01)

  ‘Digitization’ is a logical operation that deconstructs information and transforms it into digits, rendering it a logical construct. Digital operations are fast, infinitely replicable, objective, and absolute. But digitization ...
• “An African view” : the photography of Denise Scott Brown 

  Murray, Noeleen; Josephy, Svea (Wiley, 2024-01)

  This article develops on the plenary paper we presented for the second Modern Heritage in the Anthropocene Symposium (MoHoA), held at the Bartlett School of Architecture(UCL) October 26–28, 2022. At the first MOHoA Symposium ...
• Identifying use-wear distributions on sewing needles : possible Later Stone Age sewing needle made from a tooth root at Little Muck Shelter, South Africa 

  Sherwood, Nicole Leoni; Forssman, Tim (Elsevier, 2024-02)

  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 ...
• Splice : gendered narratives of spices as healing 

  Naidoo, Dhee; Reddy, Vasu (Routledge, 2023)

  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 ...
• Climate, environment and migration : experiences of migrants in South Africa 

  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 ...
• The Kampala Convention and challenges to geopolitical security 

  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 ...
• Drivers of scale and sustainability of food safety interventions in informal markets : lessons from the Tanzanian dairy sector 

  Kinyua, Charity Wanjiku; Thebe, Vusilizwe (MDPI, 2023-08-30)

  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 ...
• ‘Remember there is that thing called confidentiality’ : experiences of institutional discrimination in the health system among adolescent boys and young men living with HIV in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa 

  Gittings, Lesley; Hodes, Rebecca; Kom, Phakamani; Mbula, Sinebhongo; Pantelic, Marija (Taylor and Francis, 2023)

  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 ...
• Shell disc beads and the development of class-based society at the K2-Mapungubwe settlement complex (South Africa 

  Mouton, Michelle; Antonites, Alexander (Springer, 2023-02)

  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, ...
• A preliminary analysis of the backed stone tool assemblage at Little Muck Shelter 

  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 ...
• Object biography of a decorated ivory artefact from Vryheid (MNR04), a Late Iron Age site in the Limpopo valley of South Africa 

  Antonites, Alexander; Ashley, Ceri Z.; Couto, Ashley; O'Connor, Sonia; Tiley-Nel, Sian (South African Archaeological Society, 2022)

  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 ...
• Why it is not enough to have beautiful rock art sites to attract tourists? Challenges facing cultural heritage tourism in a remote area, Limpopo Province, South Africa 

  Duval, Melanie; Hoerle, Stephane; Namono, Catherine; Ndlovu, Ndukuyakhe; Nivart, Anne; Mosebedi, Filix (South African Archaeological Society, 2022)

  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 ...
• The end of the later Stone Age in the Middle Limpopo Valley, Central Southern Africa 

  Forssman, Tim (Springer, 2023-08)

  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 ...
• "Asbaanjaers rig oë op Pretoria’ : a short history of stock-car racing in South Africa’s capital city 

  Pieterse, Jimmy (Routledge, 2020)

  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 ...
• Seeking sanctuary: creating a new utopia on a donkey farm 

  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 ...
• Living on the periphery and challenges of mobility : a tale of transport-induced social exclusion in Southlea Park, Harare, Zimbabwe 

  Chikengezha, Tadiwa Webster; Thebe, Vusilizwe (Springer, 2022)

  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 ...
• "From spoiling natives to no work, no food" : food scarcity and the controversy of food rations during the South African war 

  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 ...
• Formulating finger millet (Eleusine coracana L) and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) food blend for enhanced micronutrients for children below 5 years 

  Chinyama, J.; Masamha, Blessing; Nyamadzawo, G. (African Scholarly Science Communications Trust (ASSCAT), 2023-04)

  Malnutrition of children under 5 years is a public health concern because it is the most vulnerable stage of child’s growth where its impact results in long term health conditions such as stunting, wasting, obesity and ...
• Human responses to climate change in the second millennium AD : lessons from Bikita and Chivi districts in south-eastern and south-central Zimbabwe 

  Chimwanda, Acquiline (Brill Academic Publishers, 2023-11)

  The history of past civilisations in southern Africa from ad700 to ad1450 has engendered unresolved debates on the social complexities and ultimate decline of these powerful states. The purpose of this paper is to examine ...

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