scholarly journals Cosmogenic 3He Measurements Provide Insight into Lithologic Controls on Bedrock Channel Incision: Examples from the South African Interior

2016 ◽  
Vol 124 (3) ◽  
pp. 423-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Keen-Zebert ◽  
S. Tooth ◽  
F. M. Stuart
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
The South ◽  
Channel Incision ◽  
Bedrock Channel ◽  
Insight Into

scholarly journals Depression in the South African workplace

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 2
Author(s):  
Marthinus P. Stander ◽  
Margreet Bergh ◽  
Helen Elizabeth Miller-Janson ◽  
Janetta C. De Beer ◽  
Frans A. Korb
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
South African ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
The South ◽  
Anxiety Group ◽  
Prevalence Of Depression ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Insight Into

Depression is a common psychiatric disorder and can be costly, having a significant impact on the individual and employers. The South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG) in partnership with HEXOR, with the support of Lundbeck, undertook research into depression in the workplace, because South African information is not available on this topic. It provides insight into the prevalence of depression within the workplace in South Africa, as well as the impact of depression on the employees and employers in terms of sick leave and levels of productivity, especially when the symptoms include cognitive impairment. It is apparent that stigma plays a pivotal role in the reasons for non-disclosure to employers. It further highlights the magnitude of awareness, early detection and the provision of a holistic support system within the work environment, free from bias, to ensure that optimum benefit can be achieved for both employer and employee.

scholarly journals Meeting the challenge of the work-life balance in the South African workplace

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 393-401 ◽  
Author(s):  
GF Mageni ◽  
AD Slabbert
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
South African ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
The South ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
The Past ◽  
Insight Into

The work-life balance (WLB) construct as a business imperative has been of growing concern in organisations outside South Africa for the past two decades, particularly given the pressure to create a sustainable global competitive advantage through human capital. Within the last decade this aspect has been prominent in various forums. However, no studies as yet provide insight into the applicability of WLB models to the South African workplace. The present article therefore explores the composition of a WLB system, and analyses constraints on its application under the conditions of the South African labour market.

The Earliest Eyewitness Depictions of Khoikhoi: Andries Beeckman in Africa

Itinerario ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erlend de Groot
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
South African ◽  
The South ◽  
Know How ◽  
Art Historians ◽  
Travel Writers ◽  
Modern Image ◽  
Insight Into

Countless studies by historians, art historians and anthropologists have dealt with the early modern image of the South African Khoikhoi. Lacking everything that Europeans valued, they fell prey to the most contemptuous imagery available. The term ‘Hottentots’, by which they were known, was considered more or less synonymous with monstrous appearance, beastly habits and cultural ignorance. As such they were portrayed in official reports and travel journals, in prints and drawings. Few European artists and travel writers published their observations with any recourse to reality, however. They usually created their images in Europe in accordance with prevailing artistic and literary conventions, time and again reverting to stereotypes that were embedded in prejudice and based on incomplete and distorted knowledge. Thus far scholars have not discovered a single drawing by an eyewitness from the first two centuries of Khoikhoi-European encounters. As a consequence our insight into the mechanisms of stereotyping is far from complete. We neither know how the images were perceived by European viewers nor do we know if and how the stereotypes blurred the perception and judgement of eyewitnesses themselves.

scholarly journals Perceptions of a selected group of relatively affluent blacks regarding certain aspects of tourism

1988 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 109-114
Author(s):  
C. Boshoff ◽  
A. P. Du Plessis
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Black Market ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Market Segment ◽  
The South ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Insight Into

Recent international and local developments have had a negative influence on the South African Tourism industry, particularly regarding the number of overseas tourists visiting the country. To compensate, the industry has renewed its interest in local options - particularly the potential and opportunities the black market offers. However, there appears to be a high degree of uncertainty about utilizing its potential. This study is an attempt to gain some insight into the tourism needs and requirements of a particular market segment, namely relatively affluent blacks. The findings reveal that affluent blacks do not exhibit tourism needs which are unique to that particular market segment, but do suggest definite needs and preferences. Information pertaining to these needs is essential for the marketer of tourism to ensure that appropriate marketing strategies are formulated which will allow for proper utilization of opportunities to the advantage of both marketer and consumer.

‘This democracy is killing us’: perceptions of rights and democracy in the South African Police Service

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-187
Author(s):  
Heidi Brooks
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
The South ◽  
Police Reform ◽  
Police Service ◽  
South African Police Service ◽  
Crucial Component ◽  
Liberal Constitutionalism ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
South African Police ◽  
Insight Into

AbstractPolice reform in South Africa has been a crucial component of democratic consolidation. Yet recent research presents a contrasting set of opinions, indicating low levels of public trust in the South African Police Service (SAPS), but continued belief in their right to enforce the law, and a strong sense of isolation amongst officers themselves. As police are constitutive of the officers who populate their ranks, attention should be given to how ‘democracy’ is perceived by those charged with its protection. Through a series of interviews, this article examines how SAPS officers understand and experience ‘democracy’. Situating officers in the broader society and communities in which they work, it shows that officers conceive of democracy predominantly through the lens of ‘rights’ and that their role in protecting rights is complicated by the transitional nature of South Africa's democracy. It also provides insight into a sense of disempowerment amongst officers, suggesting negative conceptions of the quality of democracy and of the balance of liberal constitutionalism with the democratic impetus of building safer communities.

scholarly journals Taking stock of the last 20 years: Responses to organised crime in a democratic South Africa

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khalil Goga
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
African State ◽  
Organised Crime ◽  
The State ◽  
The South ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Consciousness ◽  
State Responses ◽  
Insight Into

Following the end of apartheid, the South African state has faced a number of challenges. One of these has been the growing spectre of organised crime, which has weighed heavily on the public consciousness. The narrative has been one of organised crime, which is becoming increasingly sophisticated and dangerous, pitted against a weakening and ill-equipped state. This article seeks to give insight into the legal and institutional measures taken by the South African state over the last 20 years. It focuses on direct state responses to organised crime, primarily changes to legislation and enforcement structures. It finds that although the state has been active in changing legislation to combat organised crime, it has often been its own worst enemy where enforcement is concerned, and has consequently lost some important tools in the fight against organised crime.

Manufacturing Consent Revisted: China’s image in selected South African media in the opening phase of the Covid-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anton Pillay
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
The South ◽  
Strategic Partner ◽  
Propaganda Model ◽  
African Media ◽  
Consent Theory ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Opening Phase

The absence of any real substantial critique of China in South Africa media in the aftermath of Covid-19 is cause of concern given the increasing evidence to suggest that China is exporting its authoritarian press censorship culture abroad. South Africa, a strategic partner of China, offers insight into this “export.” In developing a methodology which asks if “China is crafting its image”, this research examines a sample of South African media between March- July 2020 to ascertain if censorship occurred. Deploying the theoretical framework of the Propaganda Model (PM) developed Herman and Chomsky’s “Manufacturing Consent” theory, the research cross analyzes via five filters to determine if China is “Manufacturing Consent” within the South African media.

scholarly journals A DISCUSSION OF INTELLECTUAL HISTORY, JURISPRUDENTIAL THEORIES AND FEMINISM IN THE ERADICATION OF EPISTEMIC VIOLENCE IN SOUTH AFRICA

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiasha Pilla
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Intellectual History ◽  
South African ◽  
Legal Pluralism ◽  
African Society ◽  
The South ◽  
South African Society ◽  
Feminist Scholar ◽  
Epistemic Violence ◽  
Insight Into

This analysis and discussion of intellectual history, along with analysing theories concerned with legal pluralism, provides insight into the ideas and ideologies currently influencing jurisprudence that aims to eradicate epistemic violence. This paper will illustrate how the aforementioned analysis, along with the concept of transformative constitutionalism, actively contributes towards the development of jurisprudence that aims to diminish epistemic violence and the inequality that emanates from it. The paper will illustrate how theories concerned with legal pluralism, traditions and ideologies, such as Marxism, Black Consciousness, feminism and religion, all play a role in contributing towards the development of a critical jurisprudence that will aim to eradicate epistemic violence in several sectors of the South African society. This paper will further illustrate how feminism as an ideology, and in the field of sociological law, can uncover and subsequently empower hidden and marginalised narratives, thereby promote the eradication of epistemic violence. In addition, the paper will include an analysis of a feminist poem by a South African feminist scholar to highlight the relevance of the ideology of feminism in combatting epistemic violence.

Exploring recidivism in the South African context.

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Belinda Bedell ◽  
Nicholas Challis ◽  
Charl Cilliers ◽  
Joy Cole ◽  
Wendy Corry ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
South African Context ◽  
The South ◽  
African Context
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