Rebuttal: Ojemaye, C. Y., Onwordi, C. T., Pampanin, D. M., Sydnes, M. O., & Petrik, L., 2020. Presence and risk assessment of herbicides in the marine environment of Camps Bay (Cape Town, South Africa). Sci. Total Environ. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140346

2021 ◽  
Vol 755 ◽  
pp. 142576
Author(s):  
Darryl Colenbrander ◽  
Gregg Oelofse ◽  
Maria Le Roux
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Marine Environment ◽  
Cape Town

Presence and risk assessment of herbicides in the marine environment of Camps Bay (Cape Town, South Africa)

2020 ◽  
Vol 738 ◽  
pp. 140346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia Y. Ojemaye ◽  
Chionyedua T. Onwordi ◽  
Daniela M. Pampanin ◽  
Magne O. Sydnes ◽  
Leslie Petrik
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Marine Environment ◽  
Cape Town

scholarly journals Economic Risk Assessment of Climate Change at the Urban Scale: The Case of Cape Town, South Africa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin de Wit ◽  
Jonty Rawlins ◽  
Belynda Petrie
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
At Risk ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Climate Response ◽  
Economic Risk ◽  
Capital At Risk ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Economic Risks

Estimating the economic risks of climate shocks and climate stressors on spatially heterogeneous cities over time remain highly challenging. The purpose of this paper is to present a practical methodology to assess the economic risks of climate change in developing cities to inform spatially sensitive municipal climate response strategies. Building on a capital-based framework (CBF), spatially disaggregated baseline and future scenario scores for economic wealth and its exposure to climate change are developed for six different classes of capital and across 77 major suburbs in Cape Town, South Africa. Capital-at-risk was calculated by combining relative exposure and capital scores across different scenarios and with population impacted plotted against the major suburbs and the city’s 8 main planning districts. The economic risk assessment presented here provides a generic approach to assist investment planning and the implementation of adaptation options through an enhanced understanding of relative levels of capital endowment vis-à-vis relative levels of exposure to climate-related hazards over time. An informed climate response strategy in spatially heterogeneous cities need to include spatially sensitive estimates on capital-at-risk and populations disproportionally impacted by climate exposure over time. The economic risk assessment approach presented here helps in advancing to such a goal.

scholarly journals Estrogenic activity, chemical levels and health risk assessment of municipal distribution point water from Pretoria and Cape Town, South Africa

Chemosphere ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 186 ◽  
pp. 305-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdalena Catherina Van Zijl ◽  
Natalie Hildegard Aneck-Hahn ◽  
Pieter Swart ◽  
Stefan Hayward ◽  
Bettina Genthe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Health Risk Assessment ◽  
Estrogenic Activity ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Distribution Point

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.

Knowledge about Newborn Discharge Follow-up in Cape Town, South Africa

PEDIATRICS ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 137 (Supplement 3) ◽  
pp. 393A-393A
Author(s):  
KaWing Cho ◽  
Jean P Milambo ◽  
Leonidas Ndayisaba ◽  
Charles Okwundu ◽  
Abiola Olowoyeye ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Cape Town

Experiences of Hearing Parents Following the Diagnosis of Their Child's Hearing Loss

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronel Sanet Davids ◽  
Mariana De Jager
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Best Interest ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Hearing Parents ◽  
Phenomenological Design ◽  
Depth Interviews

An estimated 90 per cent of children with a hearing loss are born to hearing parents. Most parents are unprepared for the diagnosis, leaving them shocked, confused, sad and bewildered. This article reports on a study aimed at exploring and describing the experiences of hearing parents regarding their child’s hearing loss. The study was conducted in Cape Town, South Africa. The study applied a qualitative methodology with a phenomenological design. Purposive sampling was implemented and data were collected by means of unstructured in-depth interviews. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. Ethical considerations were adhered to. The main findings of the study indicated that hearing parents experience a myriad of emotions when their child is diagnosed with a hearing loss. This study advocates for various stakeholders in the helping profession to collaborate in the best interest of hearing parents and a child with hearing loss. Furthermore, these findings serve as guidelines for professionals working with these families.

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