The first baseline estimation of marine litter in Port Elizabeth, South Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 172 ◽  
pp. 112903
Author(s):  
Toshka Barnardo ◽  
Tanna Mae van Niekerk ◽  
Lorien Pichegru ◽  
Danica Marlin
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Marine Litter ◽  
Port Elizabeth ◽  
Baseline Estimation

scholarly journals V. — On the Occurrence of an Opisthocœlian Dinosaur (Algoasaurus Bauri) in the Cretaceous Beds of South Africa

1904 ◽  
Vol 1 (9) ◽  
pp. 445-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Broom
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Clayey Rock ◽  
Moderate Size ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Port Elizabeth ◽  
Brick And Tile ◽  
Scientific Value

Last year, while the Port Elizabeth Brick and Tile Company were quarrying a clayey rock at Despatch, near Uitenhage, a number of bones were discovered in the rock. Though the discovery created some little interest, no one seems to have appreciated the scientific value of the find, and large numbers of the bones were made into bricks. A few fragments of vertebræ and ribs have been collected by the Port Elizabeth Museum, and recently an attempt has been made to rescue some more of the bones that still remain in the rock. So far a number of very imperfect fragments of vertebræ—cervical, dorsal, and caudal—a fairly good femur, an imperfect scapula, portions of many ribs, and an ungual phalanx, have been discovered. The examination of these remain leaves no doubt that the skeleton is that of an Opisthoeælian Dinosaur of moderate size.

Mobile-mediated mothering from a distance: A case study of Somali mothers in Port Elizabeth, South Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 656-673 ◽  
Author(s):  
Celine Meyers ◽  
Pragna Rugunanan
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Mobile Platforms ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Emotional Bonds ◽  
Distinct Category ◽  
Port Elizabeth ◽  
Educational Pursuits

This article explores the mobile-mediated mothering experiences among migrant Somali mothers living in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Twenty semi-structured interviews were conducted with Somali mothers to examine how Imo, Viber, Skype and WhatsApp enable them to fulfil important maternal responsibilities toward their left-behind children in Somalia. The findings reveal that three types of maternal tensions occur due to their migration: guilt and concern, family strains, and judgement in Somali communities. Efforts to overcome these tensions include the adoption of mobile technologies to continue to mother from a distance. Migrant Somali mothers in this study mediate mothering using mobile platforms by: (a) transferring remittances to their children’s caretakers, (b) sustaining emotional bonds, (c) teaching religious beliefs, and (d) encouraging educational pursuits. By focusing on mothers as a distinct category of women, this study contributes to the theoretical call for more scholarship on matricentric feminism.

Landmark local poll will recast South Africa politics

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Voter Turnout ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Moderate Increase ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Nelson Mandela ◽  
Port Elizabeth ◽  
Municipal Election

Significance The party secured 54% of the vote compared to 62% in the last municipal election in 2011. The opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) saw a moderate increase overall but made substantial gains in key cities, notably Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB), which incorporates Port Elizabeth, the capital Tshwane (Pretoria) and Johannesburg. Impacts Relatively high voter turnout (58%) will provide incoming administrations with strong mandates to carry out their policy programmes. Violent incidents may occur in the coming weeks as local-level competition over municipal posts intensifies. Racial tensions exacerbated by the ANC and EFF's inflammatory rhetoric during campaigning will likely ease now that the poll has passed. The results may push the national ANC government to consolidate its core support by prioritising spending on rural development.

African Nationalism in South Africa: Origins and Problems

1970 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 371-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donovan Williams
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Early Nineteenth Century ◽  
Port Elizabeth ◽  
Significant Area ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
African Nationalism

Many of the characteristic strains of African Nationalism in South Africa, as were manifest during its peak in the 1950s, may be traced back to the historical situation on the Eastern Frontier of the Cape Colony in the early nineteenth century. In the twentieth century, the Port Elizabeth–East London–Alice triangle remained a highly significant area for nationalist ideas and action, and this derived from the effects on the Xhosa of the Black–White confrontation which began here 150 years earlier. In the early part of the nineteenth century the fundamental competition for land and cattle led to White military and missionary actions which, coupled with the preaching of Christianity, promoted attitudes among the Xhosa which may be seen in all subsequent African Nationalism.

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