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The Kyoto Protocol, which has been directing global attempts to control climate change, is due to expire in two years' time. While it was hoped that the recent Copenhagen talks would provide a way forward, such hopes were dashed. Surprisingly, the South African delegation actually took on something of a leadership role at Copenhagen and exceeded many watchers' expectations in its proclaimed commitment to mitigating climate change.

South African universities are required by the Language Policy for Higher Education adopted by the government on 6 November 2002 to implement multilingualism in their learning and teaching programmes. Multilingualism is recommended in this policy as a means to ensure equity of access and success in higher education, in contrast to past colonial and apartheid education policies that left a legacy of inequality, exclusion and failure. The implementation of this policy requires that...

South African universities are required by the Language Policy for Higher Education adopted by the government on 6 November 2002 to implement multilingualism in their learning and teaching programmes. Multilingualism is recommended in this policy as a means to ensure equity of access and success in higher education, in contrast to past colonial and apartheid education policies that left a legacy of inequality, exclusion and failure. The implementation of this policy requires that...

The Taita Hills form the northernmost part of the Eastern Arc Mountains of Kenya and Tanzania, is one of the world's most important regions for biological conservation. Due to the expansion of agricultural activities during the last centuries, currently only 1% of the original vegetation remains preserved in the Taita Hills. These landscape changes, together with potential increases in rainfall volumes caused by climate change, offer a great risk for soil conservation. The present research...

Farmers and pastoralists in Africa are remarkably consistent across countries in how they report climate is changing. These changes are still relatively small but, combined with the effects of chronic poverty, disease and environmental degradation, are already having severe human consequences. The changes are consistent with what is expected to occur due to man-made global warming and will increase. Women are especially impacted. Africa is least responsible for greenhouse gas emissions, but...

This paper challenges two common perceptions regarding transactional sex relationships particularly in Africa: that they are primarily resorted to as survival strategies by economically disadvantaged young women and that sex and money are always exchanged within these relationships. Instead, I show how, in reality, young women and the men they date may use these relationships primarily to compete for social status in their peer groups as well as to fashion themselves as high-status,...

In recent decades, civil wars in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo have caused massive social disruptions, which have been exacerbated by volcanic and earthquake disasters. Seismic data were gathered and analysed as part of an effort to monitor the volcanoes and quantitatively assess the earthquake hazard. This information can be used to regulate the settlement of displaced people and to “build back better”. In order to investigate volcanic processes in the Virunga...

The problem of low performance in mathematics by youths in high schools limits their future participation in professions deemed to be essential for the country's economic development, such as those in engineering. This problem has been regarded as a legacy of apartheid education policy which excluded the majority of black youths from mathematics education in South Africa. Taking cognisance of this view, the 1995 White Paper on Education and Training promulgated a redressing of this problem...

It is very important that sex and relationships education (SRE) programme developers attempt to elicit, understand and incorporate young people's views in the SRE development and implementation processes. This paper reports the findings of a study that sought to identify young people's self-identified learning needs and priorities regarding sexual health that should be included in school-based SRE. Seven hundred and fifteen primary and secondary students aged between eight years and over 20...

An interview-based qualitative study was undertaken to explore the experiences and practices of educators in providing democratic schooling as a way of delivering quality education for learners in schools. The exploration looked at educators’ understandings of the concept of democracy in schools, their understanding of the concept quality education and whether there is any link between democratic schooling and quality education. The findings suggest that there is a perceived link between...

Journal Article African Transitional Justice Research Network: Critical Reflections on a Peer Learning Process Get access Nokukhanya Mncwabe Nokukhanya Mncwabe *Africa Regional Coordinator, Transitional Justice Programme, Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation , South Africa . Email: nmncwabe@csvr.org.za Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Transitional Justice, Volume 4, Issue 3, November 2010, Pages 497–508,...

The major causes of maternal death in Nigeria are avoidable and preventable. Many of these deaths occur in the rural health facilities and hospitals which are severely lacking in skilled birth attendants. Of the many strategies that have been developed to reduce avoidable maternal death significantly, increasing the availability of skilled human resources is crucial. The shortage of obstetric specialists, especially in the rural and peripheral health facilities in rural Nigeria where more...

The peculiar environment of Sharm El-Sheikh area, upon which its tourism industry is based, is undoubtedly threatened by different sources of pollution that are directly related to the rapid growth of the city, the influx of millions of tourists every year, and to the increased maritime activities in the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea. The 1999’s oil spillage in Sharm El-Maya Bay represented an extreme example of one of these threats. Although the spillage itself was promptly contained, only...

A Research Report Submitted to the Institute of Open and Distance Learning in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of the Bachelor of Degree in Primary Education of Kampala International University.

This article summarizes findings from a research project on junior farmer field and life schools (JFFLS) as an agriculture-based intervention to improve the livelihood prospects of children and orphans made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS in central Mozambique. In the sites investigated JFFLS have opened up concrete present and potential livelihood options in agriculture and beyond. More generally, the resource profile dynamics of participants are altered in ways that provide strong grounds to...