A Future Outlook: Improved Water Efficiency and Possible Strategic Actions for South Africa and the Upper Vaal WMA

2017 ◽  
pp. 129-151
Author(s):  
Anja du Plessis
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Water Efficiency ◽  
Future Outlook ◽  
Strategic Actions

scholarly journals Securitisation in South Africa: Historic deficiencies and future outlook

2003 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 744-764 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Saayman ◽  
P Styger
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South America ◽  
Structured Finance ◽  
Future Outlook ◽  
Banking Community ◽  
Mortgage Backed Securities ◽  
Asset Backed Securities

While American investors have been able to buy mortgage-backed securities  since the late 1970s and asset-backed securities since the mid-1980s, investors  in South Africa have not become involved in this growing market.  Securitisation also spread to Europe, South America, Asia and Australia during  the 1980s. The first securitisation in South Africa was completed in 1989, but  since then only a few securitised products have been offered to the investment  community. The aim of this article is to investigate the reasons for the lack of  growth in securitisation in South Africa and to determine whether securitisation  will grow to be a significant market in South Africa. The methodology used  includes interviews held with investors, securitisation specialists and other  structured finance specialists from the banking community. Experience from  other countries is noted and included in this article

The war against the pod nematode, Ditylenchus africanus, on groundnut in South Africa.

2021 ◽  
pp. 152-156
Author(s):  
Sonia Steenkamp
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Host Range ◽  
Plant Pathogens ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Economic Importance ◽  
Future Outlook ◽  
Nematode Management ◽  
Range Distribution

Abstract This chapter focuses on the economic importance, host range, distribution, symptoms of damage and biology and life cycle of the pod nematode, Ditylenchus africanus, infesting groundnut in South Africa. Some information on its interactions with other nematodes and plant pathogens, the efficacy and optimization of some recommended integrated nematode management strategies and future outlook and research requirements are also presented.

Future outlook forPinus patulain South Africa in the presence of the pitch canker fungus (Fusarium circinatum)

2012 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
pp. 203-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
RG Mitchell ◽  
TA Coutinho ◽  
E Steenkamp ◽  
M Herbert ◽  
MJ Wingfield
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Pitch Canker ◽  
Fusarium Circinatum ◽  
Future Outlook

A case study on the implementation of green building construction in Gauteng province, South Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 602-623
Author(s):  
Thendo Masia ◽  
Kahilu Kajimo-Shakantu ◽  
Akintayo Opawole
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
South African ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Water Efficiency ◽  
The South ◽  
Content Type

PurposeGreen building is a relatively new concept with limited applications in property development in South Africa. The objectives of this study are therefore threefold: identify key green building principles considered by property developers, establish the benefits of implementing the principles and determine the barriers to its applications.Design/methodology/approachThe study adopted a case study of two Green Star South Africa (SA)-certified buildings in Sandton, Johannesburg. These are Alexander Forbes building, and Ernst & Young Eris Towers. The two certified buildings were purposefully selected because of the insightful information they provide regarding application of green building principles. The main themes investigated in the cases are environmental awareness, green building principles applications, as well as benefits and barriers of green building. A total of six interviewees from the contractors', property developers', environmental/green building consultants' and sustainability consultants' organizations who were involved in the implementation of green building principles in the two cases provided the qualitative data for the study. The qualitative data were supplemented with data relating to the two case studies obtained from the ‘Earth Works for a Sustainable Built Environment’. The interviews were arranged over a period of two months, and each interview took between 20 and 30 minutes. Analysis of the data was done through a phenomenological interpretation of the qualitative opinions expressed by the interviewees.FindingsKey green building principles comprising energy efficiency, water efficiency, resource efficiency, occupants' health and well-being and sustainable site development were implemented in the two cases. The fact that the buildings were rated 4-star enabled inference to be drawn that the implementation of the principles was less than 60 per cent. Energy efficiency of 35 per cent indicated in Case I suggests that the level is consistent with the South African green building standard of 25 per cent to 50 per cent. However, the energy and water efficiency assessment of the building were based on projections rather than on ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the buildings' performance. Moreover, perceived saving in operational cost was identified as dominant driver to green building principles implementation. Conversely, lack of government incentives and absence of reliable benchmarking data regarding performance of green buildings were major barriers to its full implementation.Practical implicationsThe findings of this study provide important implications to the developers and government on the application of green building principles. In the first place, the evidence that initial high cost premium could be off settled by long- term saving on operational costs as a result of use of local materials, energy and water savings as well as use of recycled material, as implemented in the two case projects, would improve investment decision in green building by developers. The understanding of the drivers and barriers to implementation of green building principles also has implications for guiding government policies and programmes towards green building.Originality/valueThe significance of this study stems from the fact that limited studies, especially in the South African context, have indicated the drivers and barriers to the implementation of green building principles. The case study approach adopted gave a novelty to the study by providing hands-on information from the stakeholders who were known to have played specific roles in the application of green building. The findings indicated that initial high cost premium was not a consideration in developers' choice of green building which justifies the possibility of a costlier product when factors such as environmental sustainability benefit is considered to be ultimate. The study thus suggests further research involving larger cases on energy efficiency, water efficiency and costs of green buildings compared to the conventional type to bring the findings to a broader perspective and assist to benchmark data for green building assessment.

South Africa: Contesting the Luxury of Aids Dissidence

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Harris
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Antiretroviral Therapy ◽  
Treatment Program ◽  
The State ◽  
Legal Process ◽  
Government Action ◽  
Strategic Actions ◽  
The World ◽  
Treatment Action ◽  
Treatment Action Campaign

Although South Africa has the largest AIDS treatment program in the world, the ANC’s mishandling of the epidemic post-apartheid nevertheless contributed significantly to the spread of the disease. Unlike in Thailand or Brazil – where in many instances professional movements partnered with the state to respond to citizen needs and expand access to antiretroviral therapy – legal movements in South Africa however confronted a remarkably different dynamic: an intransigent government that, by virtue of unrivaled electoral majority, enjoyed the luxury of entertaining dissident AIDS science and experimenting with charlatan AIDS policy. While the strategic actions of the AIDS Law Project and the Treatment Action Campaign would eventually compel government action, initial government intransigence and the long and drawn-out nature of the legal process would prove to have horrific consequences, measured in hundreds of thousands of lost lives.

Time and Latitude in South Africa

1972 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 27-38
Author(s):  
J. Hers
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Astronomical Observations ◽  
Royal Observatory ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Astronomical Determination ◽  
Limited Accuracy ◽  
Better Than

In South Africa the modern outlook towards time may be said to have started in 1948. Both the two major observatories, The Royal Observatory in Cape Town and the Union Observatory (now known as the Republic Observatory) in Johannesburg had, of course, been involved in the astronomical determination of time almost from their inception, and the Johannesburg Observatory has been responsible for the official time of South Africa since 1908. However the pendulum clocks then in use could not be relied on to provide an accuracy better than about 1/10 second, which was of the same order as that of the astronomical observations. It is doubtful if much use was made of even this limited accuracy outside the two observatories, and although there may – occasionally have been a demand for more accurate time, it was certainly not voiced.

Indirect Rule in South Africa

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Myers
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Indirect Rule

Combining Professional Interests and Travel: People to People Citizen Ambassador Program

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-54
Author(s):  
Alex Johnson ◽  
Amanda Hitchins
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Communication Disorders ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
Exchange Program

Abstract This article summarizes a series of trips sponsored by People to People, a professional exchange program. The trips described in this report were led by the first author of this article and include trips to South Africa, Russia, Vietnam and Cambodia, and Israel. Each of these trips included delegations of 25 to 50 speech-language pathologists and audiologists who participated in professional visits to learn of the health, education, and social conditions in each country. Additionally, opportunities to meet with communication disorders professionals, students, and persons with speech, language, or hearing disabilities were included. People to People, partnered with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), provides a meaningful and interesting way to learn and travel with colleagues.

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