Estimates of population density and correlates of the status of the samango monkey Cercopithecus mitis in Natal, South Africa

Awareness of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW 1979) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC 1989) is relatively high within academic and political circles in South Africa and elsewhere around the world. In South Africa, this can be ascribed mainly to the powerful women’s lobby movements represented in government and academic sectors. Women and children’s issues have been especially highlighted in South Africa over the last few years. In this process, the aforementioned two international human rights instruments have proved very useful. There is a gender desk in each national department. The Office on the Status of Women and the Office on Child Rights have been established within the Office of the President, indicating the importance attached to these institutions. These offices are responsible for co-ordinating governmental efforts towards the promotion and protection of women and children’s rights respectively, including the two relevant treaties. Furthermore, there is also a great awareness amongst non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in respect of CEDAW and CRC. This can be ascribed mainly to the fact that there is a very strong women’s NGO lobby and NGOs are actively committed to the promotion of children’s rights. Women are increasingly vocal and active within the politics of South Africa, but the weight of customary practices remains heavy. The foregoing is evident of the widening gap between policy theory and practice in the fraternity of vulnerable groups – children and women in particular.

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The Legal Status of Local Government in South Africa under the New Constitutional Dispensation

Southern African Public Law ◽

10.25159/2522-6800/2952 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 33 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Mbuzeni Mathenjwa

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Local Government ◽

Legal Status ◽

Case Law ◽

The Status ◽

History Of ◽

The Republic ◽

First Time

The history of local government in South Africa dates back to a time during the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910. With regard to the status of local government, the Union of South Africa Act placed local government under the jurisdiction of the provinces. The status of local government was not changed by the formation of the Republic of South Africa in 1961 because local government was placed under the further jurisdiction of the provinces. Local government was enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa arguably for the first time in 1993. Under the interim Constitution local government was rendered autonomous and empowered to regulate its affairs. Local government was further enshrined in the final Constitution of 1996, which commenced on 4 February 1997. The Constitution refers to local government together with the national and provincial governments as spheres of government which are distinctive, interdependent and interrelated. This article discusses the autonomy of local government under the 1996 Constitution. This it does by analysing case law on the evolution of the status of local government. The discussion on the powers and functions of local government explains the scheme by which government powers are allocated, where the 1996 Constitution distributes powers to the different spheres of government. Finally, a conclusion is drawn on the legal status of local government within the new constitutional dispensation.

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The status of alien bamboos in South Africa

South African Journal of Botany ◽

10.1016/j.sajb.2020.11.027 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 138 ◽

pp. 33-40

Author(s):

Susan Canavan ◽

David M. Richardson ◽

Johannes J. Le Roux ◽

Scot A. Kelchner ◽

John R.U. Wilson

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

The Status

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An Estimate of Leopard Population Density in a Private Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, using Camera—Traps and Capture-Recapture Models

South African Journal of Wildlife Research ◽

10.3957/056.040.0202 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 40 (2) ◽

pp. 114-120 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Shannon Chapman ◽

Guy Balme

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Population Density ◽

Camera Traps ◽

Kwazulu Natal ◽

Capture Recapture

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Integrative taxonomic methods reveal an incorrect synonymisation of the South African Pseudonereis podocirra (Schmarda) as the widespread Pseudonereis variegata (Grube) from Chile

Invertebrate Systematics ◽

10.1071/is18016 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 32 (6) ◽

pp. 1282 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Jyothi Kara ◽

Angus H. H. Macdonald ◽

Carol A. Simon

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

South African ◽

Species Delimitation ◽

Haplotype Network ◽

The Body ◽

General Description ◽

The South ◽

Morphological Examination ◽

Genetic Structuring ◽

The Status

The nereidid Pseudonereis variegata (Grube, 1866) described from Chile includes 14 synonymised species from 10 type localities with a discontinuous distribution, but no taxonomic or molecular studies have investigated the status of this species outside Chile. Two synonymised species, Mastigonereis podocirra Schmarda, 1861 and Nereis (Nereilepas) stimpsonis Grube, 1866, were described from South Africa and investigated here using morphological examination. MtCOI species delimitation analyses and morphology were used to determine the status of P. variegata in South Africa. Morphological examination revealed that museum and freshly collected specimens from South Africa that conform to the general description of P. variegata are similar to M. podocirra and N. stimpsonis with respect to the consistent absence of homogomph spinigers in the inferior neuropodial fascicle, expanded notopodial ligules and the subterminal attachment of dorsal cirri in posterior parapodia. The synonymy of M. podocirra and N. stimpsonis as P. variegata are rejected and P. podocirra, comb. nov. is reinstated. Morphologically, Pseudonereis podocirra differed from specimens from Chile with regard to the numbers of paragnaths, the absence of homogomph spinigers and changes in parapodial morphology along the body. Independence of these species was further supported by genetic distances, automatic barcode gap discovery and multi-rate Poisson tree process species delimitation analyses of 77 mtCOI sequences. Haplotype network revealed no genetic structuring within the South African populations. http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F0B1A5AF-9CE9-4A43-ACCF-17117E1C2F21

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Afrikaans: a language where ideology and linguistics meet

Scripta Neophilologica Posnaniensia ◽

10.14746/snp.2021.21.02 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 ◽

pp. 15-92

Author(s):

Camiel Hamans

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

17Th Century ◽

Cape Of Good Hope ◽

The Status ◽

Ideological Background ◽

And Linguistics

This paper summarizes the discussion about the origin and the status of Afrikaans. Two schools appear to be opposed to each other: the philological school and a creolistic view. The philological school tried to demonstrate with meticulous research of sources that Afrikaans is a full daughter of 17th century Dutch, which set foot ashore with van Riebeeck in 1652 at the Cape of Good Hope. Linguists who thought of a pattern of creolization in the formation of Afrikaans point to the influence of the languages of slaves brought to South Africa and to the influence of the original inhabitants, the Khoi and the San. This contribution mainly outlines the ideological background of these two schools of thought. For the philological school this is the system of Apartheid, while for the Creolist view the emphasis is more on decolonization.

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Exploring status consumption in South Africa: a literature review

Investment Management and Financial Innovations ◽

10.21511/imfi.13(3).2016.12 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 131-136 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Nkosivile Welcome Madinga ◽

Eugine Tafadzwa Maziriri ◽

Thobekani Lose

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Research Area ◽

Important Research ◽

Middle Income ◽

Status Consumption ◽

Income Groups ◽

The Status ◽

Goods Market ◽

Status Goods ◽

Important Research Area

South Africa is one of the most important countries in the status goods market. In addition, it has the biggest share from the status consumption market in Africa and it is amongst fastest growing countries worldwide in status consumption. The growth in status consumption in South Africa is attributed to the growth of the high-income and middle-income groups. As the demand for status increases and status goods become more available, the concept of status has become an important research area for academics and marketers. The aim of this study is to explore the concept of status consumption and provide an overview of status consumption. In this study, the literature has been reviewed for the studies on the same subject to make a compilation

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Indigenous vascular plants of the Soutpansberg, South Africa

Bothalia ◽

10.4102/abc.v49i1.2402 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 49 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Norbert Hahn

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Conservation Planning ◽

Vascular Plants ◽

Biosphere Reserve ◽

Herbarium Specimens ◽

Mountain Range ◽

Floristic Diversity ◽

Literature Reviews ◽

The Status ◽

Herbarium Collections

Background: The first checklist for the Soutpansberg was published in 1946, and the second list was compiled by the author in 2006 as part of his doctoral thesis. Currently, there is a need for an updated account of the biodiversity of the Soutpansberg Centre of Endemism and Diversity for conservation planning in the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve, within which the Soutpansberg is the principle geomorphological feature.Objectives: To present an updated list of vascular plants recorded for the Soutpansberg.Method: The list was compiled from various sources including literature reviews, herbarium specimens, herbarium databases and personal observations.Results: This article presents the most geographically accurate and taxonomically updated list of the indigenous vascular flora of the Soutpansberg, the northernmost mountain range of South Africa. Altogether 2443 taxa are recorded belonging to 922 genera in 187 families and 64 orders.Conclusion: The list presented in this article confirms the status of the Soutpansberg as a centre of floristic diversity in southern Africa. Notable is the higher-order diversity of the flora. It is likely that both future surveys and reviews of herbarium collections will add new taxa to the current total.

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