Problems and prospects for health sector links in the Southern African region: The role of South Africa

1993 ◽  
Vol 37 (7) ◽  
pp. 927-935 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allison Beattie ◽  
Laetitia Rispel ◽  
Michelle Booysen
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
African Region ◽  
Southern African Region

Two new species of Callilepis (Asteraceae) from southern Africa with corymbose inflorescences

Phytotaxa ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 183 (4) ◽  
pp. 254
Author(s):  
Paul Herman ◽  
Marinda Koekemoer
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
African Region ◽  
Southern African Region ◽  
Two New Species

Two new species of Callilepis (Asteraceae) are described: C. corymbosa and C. normae. They differ from other Callilepis species mainly by their corymbose inflorescences and white disc florets. They are endemic to the southern African region: C. corymbosa is known from Swaziland only and C. normae occurs in Mpumalanga, South Africa.

South Africa’s Economic Role in Africa

2021 ◽  
pp. 418-440
Author(s):  
Mills Soko ◽  
Mzukisi Qobo
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Domestic Policy ◽  
Policy Outcomes ◽  
African Region ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Economic Role ◽  
Policy Performance ◽  
Economic Diplomacy ◽  
Southern African Region

South Africa’s expansion into Africa since the dawn of democracy has mostly been a product of a series of deliberate domestic and foreign policy decisions implemented by successive post-apartheid governments. By prioritizing the ‘African Agenda’, South Africa has sought to harness its representation at the helm of continental institutions into meaningful foreign policy outcomes, including economic diplomacy objectives. South Africa has largely succeeded in fulfilling the goals outlined in its foreign policy and in the ‘African Agenda’. Nonetheless its actions, especially in the context of the enactment of the Protocol on Trade in the Southern African region, has also undermined the economic interests of its regional neighbours. The extent to which South Africa will be able to sustain its foreign policy performance in Africa in the future will depend on how far it weighs its domestic policy pressures with its continental obligations, on how it responds to and accommodates the economic concerns of its regional neighbours, and on how it manages African perceptions of the country.

Globalization and Health Policy in South Africa

2004 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Cleary ◽  
Di McIntyre ◽  
Stephen Thomas
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Relative Role ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Health Goals ◽  
Private Health Sector

AbstractThis paper considers influences of globalization on three relevant health policy issues in South Africa, namely, private health sector growth, health professional migration, and pharmaceutical policy. It considers the relative role of key domestic and global actors in health policy development around these issues. While South Africa has not been subject to the overt health policy pressure from international organizations experienced by governments in many other low- and middle-income countries, global influence on South Africa's macroeconomic policy has had a profound, albeit indirect, effect on our health policies. Ultimately, this has constrained South Africa's ability to achieve its national health goals.

scholarly journals A Numerical Model Study of an Intense Cutoff Low Pressure System over South Africa

2007 ◽  
Vol 135 (3) ◽  
pp. 1128-1150 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. T. Singleton ◽  
C. J. C. Reason
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Numerical Model ◽  
Extreme Rainfall ◽  
South Coast ◽  
African Region ◽  
Extreme Rainfall Events ◽  
Rainfall Events ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Southern African Region ◽  
Cutoff Low

Abstract Investigations of extreme rainfall events in the southern African region are limited by the paucity of the observational network. Furthermore, the lack of full radar coverage for South Africa makes quantitative precipitation estimation difficult. Therefore, numerical modeling represents the most effective method for improving the understanding of the mechanisms that contribute to extreme rainfall events in this region with the caveat that accurate validation of model simulations is hampered by the limited observations in the region. This paper describes an intense cutoff low event over South Africa that led to record rainfall and flash flooding along the south coast of the country and adjoining hinterland. Analyses from the Global Forecast System model showed that the cutoff aloft was accompanied by a strong low-level jet (LLJ) impinging onto the south coast where rainfall was heaviest, and that lapse rates were steep in the lower troposphere. Simulations of the event were carried out using a numerical model [i.e., the fifth-generation Pennsylvania State University–National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesoscale Model (MM5)], which showed that severe convection occurred over the ocean on the right-hand side of the LLJ, and at its leading edge where it impinged on the coastal topography. This topography was also very important in providing additional forcing for the ascent of moist air. A factor separation technique was used to show that surface heat fluxes from the warm sea surface temperature (SST) of the Agulhas Current were important in enhancing low-level cyclogenesis, and that topography was important in maintaining the position of the low-level coastal depression, which led to favorable conditions for rainfall remaining in the same area for an extended period of time. It is suggested that improved representation of the tight topographic and SST gradients of the southern African region in NWP models or postprocessing systems would help to provide more accurate forecasts of the amount and location of heavy precipitation during cutoff low events where surface forcing is important.

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