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The environmental movement in South Africa is plural and diverse, but lacks a strong centre or unified framing. How can we explain and understand this, and what consequences does it have for ecological politics in South Africa? There are many environmental grievances, extensive resources available to potential social movements, and a broadly favourable political opportunity structure. On the other hand, prominent environmental organisations have faced a number of limits, obstacles and...

Purpose: To determine whether a structured approach to end-of-life decision-making directed by a compassionate interdisciplinary team would improve the quality of care for patients with terminal illness in a teaching hospital in Ghana. Findings: A retrospective analysis was done for 20 patients who consented to participate in the structured approach to end-of-life decision-making. Twenty patients whose care did not follow the structured approach were selected as controls. Outcome measures...

This paper investigates the effects of climate change on agricultural activities in Igbe Farming Community, Lagos, Nigeria. The paper adopts a case study methodology in which structured questionnaires were administered on 161 farmers in the community. Information on the socio-economic characteristics of the farmers, their agricultural practices, knowledge of, vulnerability to and adaptation to climate change were obtained. The study revealed that most of the migrants lease their farm plots...

Urinary schistosomiasis has been subject of numerous studies around the Taabo dam but the scanning aspect has never been studied. This study was therefore designed to determine the scan morbidity of urinary schistosomiasis among school children in six localities around the Taabo dam. A parasitological examination of urine and the scanner of bladder, ureters, kidneys, liver and spleen were performed in each school child selected. Urinary schistosomiasis was recorded at rates ranging from...

Contrary to the trapping and the reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) and the other Green House Gas (GHG) strategies which are being implemented in developed countries, this article attempts to seize the process of adaptation to climate change from a purely African point of view. After a survey on the peasants in the village called Louggol-Bame in the Northern Cameroon region, the work presents a metaphysical option of overcoming the irregularities of the rain. On the one hand, the faithful of monotheistic religions

Contrary to the culturalist and the evolutionist point of view which says that the access to modernity implies the crushing of local knowledge in extensor, this article suggests to pay attention to the representations of the local communities for a better fight against the negative consequences of climate change. Hence, a fieldwork has been carried out on the peasants of the village called Louggol-Bam

Background: There is a significant risk of a medical student acquiring a blood-borne pathogen following occupational exposure to blood and other bodily fluids from infected patients in the healthcare setting. Internationally and nationally, interventions have been implemented in medical schools to reduce students’ risk of acquiring a blood-borne pathogen. Few studies in South Africa have evaluated such interventions.

Management of domestic sewage and runoff poses enormous problems in major cities of Benin. These waters are mostly dumped in the streets or gutters that drained them to make referrals for various rivers without any treatment, causing the chemical pollution of these.This study focused on the physicochemical characterization of household sewage and runoff from the city of Cotonou and the impact of the spill on their chemical quality of the channel of the city. Indeed, they are water troughs...

In the late 19th and early 20th century, many of the positions adopted in South Africa to argue for the conservation of indigenous forests were taken up by the state and various other commercial and industrial tree-growing bodies to legitimise the planting of alien trees in large artificial ‘forests’. These included the perceptions of the positive impact that forests may have on climate and ultimately rainfall, the contribution of forestry in combating soil erosion and halting the process of...

Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural SeriesVolume 51, Issue 10 p. 20332B-20332C Military LIBYA: Training Against Terrorism First published: 19 November 2014 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-825X.2014.05973.xRead the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I...

Cross-Training is an effective training technology which results in employee motivation and problem-solving. A good cross-training plan can encourage employees to learn more about all sides of the business and is able to jump in to help anytime, anywhere when other departments need to be supported. The tourism industry is a labor-intensive service industry dependent for survival and competitive advantage on the availability of good quality personnel to deliver, operate and manage the tourist...

Today, social network is very important to many people particularly for the youths in their everyday lives, integrating their online and offline experience and becoming one of the primary means of connecting and socially interacting worldwide, whether among individuals, students, business people and even governments. The purpose of this study is to propose a conceptual framework on the relationship between social network usage especially Facebook with academic performance.

High population pressure and the rapid pace of human activity including urbanization, industrialization and other economic activities have led to a dwindling supply of arable land per capita as well as water, especially ground water in underdeveloped countries. This has entailed considerable damage to the physical environment, including degradation and depletion of natural resources and unsustainable use of land and water resources. With the impact of climate change, the depletion of water...

The Yerer–Tullu Wellel Volcano-tectonic Lineament (YTVL) is an E–W trending fault system or aborted rift that intercepts the Main Ethiopian Rift (MER) at Debre Zeyt (Bishoftu)/Yerer, in the eastern periphery of Addis Ababa. The structure is in correspondence with the westward extension of the southern margin of the Gulf of Aden rift. The YTVL extends for more than 500 km with a very clear northern fault margin, between Addis Ababa and Ambo known as the “Ambo Fault”. The southern margin is...

The study investigated the impact of outdoor educational activities and the interaction effect of location of pupils' residence and gender on pupils' knowledge of, and attitude, to selected environmental issues and problems.Treatment had significant main effect on pupils' environmental knowledge (F (1,471) = 137.37;p<0.05) and attitude to environmental issues and problems (F (1,471) = 23.35;p<0.05).Pupils exposed to outdoor educational activities performed better in knowledge ( =19.59; SD =...

Mathematics as a subject is an important subject that leads to the development of other scientific fields; in South Africa, the teaching of mathematics seems to experience major problems confronting educators, which are the lack of qualified teachers in the teaching of mathematics, particularly in data handling mostly in rural schools.The other factor is that the majority of learners studying through the medium of English are usually second or third language speakers.It has been noticeable...

South Africa has achieved a lot in term of accessibility to education.According to the Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity (CREATE, 2008), almost all children of school-going age (7 to 13 years) are enrolled in schools in South Africa.However, there are still some gaps between success and access in term of performance in some subjects especially mathematics.In fact the results of students in mathematics according to the Southern Eastern African Consortium...

The importance of agricultural sciences in the school curriculum all over the world cannot be over -emphasized .It include an alternative source of fresh produce, improved life satisfaction and a way to preserve cultural identity and traditions.This study tends to investigate more role of unban agriculture in relation to life satisfaction.The study reveals among others some components of life satisfaction as a result of urban agriculture.These components are; nutrition, self-employment, food...