Coppicing ability of 20 Eucalyptus species grown at two high-altitude sites in South Africa

2003 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith M Little ◽  
Robin AW Gardner
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
High Altitude ◽  
Species Interaction ◽  
The Other ◽  
Eucalyptus Species ◽  
Mpumalanga Province ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Potential Alternative ◽  
Alternative Species ◽  
Growing Conditions

In the 1980s, Eucalyptus macarthurii and E. nitens were planted in the colder, higher altitude areas of South Africa to meet the increased demand for pulpwood. To find possible alternatives, six site × species interaction trials were planted in 1990–1991. Based on volume performance and pulping properties, E. badjensis, E. benthamii, E. oreades, E. nobilis, E. smithii, and E. fraxinoides were identified as having good commercial potential. Although the performance of the parent crop is important, the ability to coppice is advantageous because of lower reestablishment costs. To determine this, the ability for these species to coppice was assessed at 10 months after felling at two of the trial sites with widely different growing conditions (Broadholms in Mpumalanga province and Draycott in KwaZulu-Natal province). More than 80% of the living stumps of E. benthamii, E. smithii, E. quadrangulata, E. macarthurii, E. badjensis, E. dunnii, E. cypellocarpa, E. saligna, and E. elata had coppiced at both sites. At Draycott, an exposed, dry site, both E. smithii and E. benthamii could be considered as potential alternative species to E. nitens, because besides having good volume, both species coppiced well. At Broadholms, a more protected and slightly wetter site, the significantly better volume of E. fraxinoides (which did not coppice well) when compared with the other species would mean that a substantial saving in reestablishment costs via coppice regeneration would have to be made before one could consider this method of reestablishment.

scholarly journals CULTURAL IDENTITY, TRADITION, AND THE RITUAL KILLING OF BULLS – A NOTE ON A RECENT DECISION OF THE FRENCH CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL ON THE LEGALITY OF BULLFIGHTING

Obiter ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Peté ◽  
Angela Crocker
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Animal Welfare ◽  
Animal Rights ◽  
The Other ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Public Controversy ◽  
Legal Challenge ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
The Republic

In a recent two-part article in this journal, the authors of this note analysed the controversy surrounding the ritual bull-killing which takes place during the Ukweshwama “first fruits” ceremony held each year in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. While much of the Ukweshwama ceremony is uncontroversial, the ritual killing of a bull by young Zulu warriors with their bare hands attracted strong opposition from certain animal-rights groups, which resulted in legal action and public controversy. The authors attempted to disentangle the different legal, historical, political and philosophical strands which combined to make up a complex story about the place of ancient rituals in the modern world, particularly those involving animal sacrifice. They also attempted to situate the controversy around the Ukweshwama bull-killing ritual within a contemporary global context, by comparing and contrasting the Zulu bull-killing ceremony on the one hand, and Spanish bullfighting on the other. The purpose of the present note is to report on recent developments in what is a global debate on the place of ancient rituals which involve the ritual killing of animals, within modern constitutional democracies. In particular, this note will examine and discuss the outcome of a recent legal challenge brought before the Constitutional Council of the Republic of France by certain animal-welfare groups in that country. The challenge was directed at bringing an end to a legal exception which operates in certain parts of the country – that is, those with an uninterrupted local tradition of bullfighting – excluding bullfighting from the provisions of animal-welfare legislation. The legal, political and cultural issues which arise as a result of this legal challenge are of relevance to those in South Africa who are concerned, one way or the other, about the future of the annual Ukweshwama bull-killing ritual in KwaZulu-Natal. Like it or not, although the bull-killing rituals which take place in the South of France and in KwaZulu-Natal South Africa are very different, the similarities between the rituals and their impact on broader society (legally, politically and culturally), are such that they cannot be ignored. The authors make a similar point in relation to the links between Spanish bullfighting and the Ukweshwama bull-killing ritual.

Telemedicine and neurosurgery: experience of a regional unit based in South Africa

2003 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Jithoo ◽  
P V Govender ◽  
P Corr ◽  
N Nathoo
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Retrospective Analysis ◽  
The Other ◽  
Prospective Analysis ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Regional Unit ◽  
Referral Hospitals ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Ct Scanners

We carried out a retrospective analysis of all emergency referrals to the neurosurgery department of the Wentworth Hospital from 1996 to 1999. The hospital provided a service to seven peripheral hospitals with computerized tomography (CT) scanners and 46 hospitals without, in the province of KwaZulu Natal. By the end of the study, six of the hospitals with CT scanners had facilities for teleradiology and the mean patient return rate had fallen to 17%. In comparison, almost half the patients seen from the hospitals with no CT scanners were returned to hospital after assessment at the Wentworth Hospital. We also carried out a prospective analysis of 100 consecutive teleradiology-assisted consultations from January to March 2000. Of the 57 patients (79%) who remained at their referral hospitals, 45 had a good outcome, while the other 12 (21%) patients had a poor outcome. The implementation of teleradiology-assisted consultation decreased the number of inappropriate inter-hospital transfers while maintaining appropriate patient care and improving outcome.

Hepatozoon langii n. sp. and Hepatozoon vacuolatus n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Adele­orina: Hepatozoidae) from the crag lizard (Sauria: Cordylidae) Pseudocordylus langi from the North Eastern Drakensberg escarpment, Eastern Free State, South Africa

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3608 (5) ◽  
pp. 345-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOHANN VAN AS ◽  
ANGELA J. DAVIES ◽  
NICO J. SMIT
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
High Altitude ◽  
The Other ◽  
Host Cells ◽  
Giemsa Staining ◽  
Free State ◽  
Mixed Infections ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Eastern Free State

Two new haemogregarine species, Hepatozoon langii n. sp. and Hepatozoon vacuolatus n. sp., are described from the pe-ripheral blood of the high altitude crag lizard, Pseudocordylus langi, collected between October 2006 and April 2009 from the North Eastern Drakensberg, Eastern Free State. Hepatozoon langii n. sp. has maturing and mature gamonts that appear encapsulated and have narrow, curved tails. Their cytoplasm stains pinkish-purple with Giemsa, while their nuclei are pur-ple stained with stranded chromatin. Mature gamonts measure 19.1 ± 1.0 (15.4–28.1) μm long by 6.2 ± 1.1 (3.5–7.9) μm wide. Hepatozoon vacuolatus n. sp. gamonts are mostly broader at one pole than the other, have bluish-pink cytoplasm characterised by distinctive rounded and oval vacuoles, and demonstrate pink granules with Giemsa staining. Nuclei stain purple and are mainly coarsely granular. Mature gamonts measure 16.5 ± 1.0 (14.7 - 17.6) μm long by 5.9 ± 1.2 (4.0 - 7.7) μm wide. Both species parasitize erythroblasts, as well as erythrocytes and can dehaemoglobinize the cytoplasm of their host cells. Hepatozoon langii n. sp occurred in the absence of H. vacuolatus n. sp., but the latter haemogregarine always formed mixed infections with the former; no stages intermediate between the two haemogregarine types were observed.

First Report of Botrytis Blight, Caused by Botrytis cinerea, on Hibiscus in South Africa

2000 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
L. Swart ◽  
P. Langenhoven
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Edible Oil ◽  
Hibiscus Sabdariffa ◽  
Food Ingredients ◽  
Plant Parts ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Annual Herb ◽  
Medicinal Properties ◽  
Growing Conditions ◽  
Commercial Field

Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.) is an annual herb grown in China, Thailand, Mexico, and Africa. Different plant parts are used for cold and hot beverages, food ingredients, edible oil, and medicinal properties. In May 1999, a disease was observed in a commercial field of 6-month-old H. sabdariffa plants in Eshowe, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Because the disease can result in plant death, Botrytis blight may have a significant impact on the establishment and yield of this crop in the field, especially under cool, wet growing conditions. Posted 10 June 2000.

scholarly journals New information about the pre-imaginal morphology of genus Graptomyza (Diptera, Syrphidae, Volucellini): description of third-instar larva and re-description of puparium of G. signata (Walker, 1860)

2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-30
Author(s):  
Andrea Aracil ◽  
Celeste Pérez-Bañón ◽  
Ximo Mengual ◽  
Snežana Radenković ◽  
Gunilla Ståhls ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Instar Larva ◽  
The Other ◽  
Dna Barcodes ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
New Information ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
First Time ◽  
Third Instar Larva

Pre-imaginal morphology of the flower fly species Graptomyzasignata (Walker) is described and figured in detail based on specimens collected on a decomposed Aloe-like plant in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. Third-instar larva is described for the first time and the puparium morphology is re-described using both light (optical) and electron microscopy. The present work represents the second larval description for a species of the genus Graptomyza, after the description of the larva of G.alabeta Séguy. The immatures of these two Graptomyza species were examined and compared to the pre-imaginal stages of the other members of the tribe Volucellini, pointing out the possible diagnostic characters of the genus Graptomyza. Moreover, new DNA barcodes are provided for G.signata and deposited in the NCBI GenBank.

Austrobatrachus iselesele, a new toadfish species from South Africa (Teleostei: Batrachoididae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3400 (1) ◽  
pp. 58 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID W. GREENFIELD
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Other ◽  
Black Spots ◽  
Kwazulu Natal

The second known species in the genus Austrobatrachus is described from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Its live color-ation is very different from the other known species, A. foedus, having many black spots on the body and solid colored fins. It also has a longer snout and larger eye. The species lives in holes in the reef at depths of 49–50 m.

scholarly journals From North Carolina to KwaZulu Natal: World Library Partnership

2009 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 146
Author(s):  
Donna Nixon
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
North Carolina ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Mpumalanga Province ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Sleeping Bag ◽  
Global Understanding ◽  
Community Libraries

In July of 2003 most nights found me huddled in my sleeping bag,reluctant to leave its warmth to rush down the hall to the dormitorybathroom. It was the tail-end of winter in Mpumalanga Province in theRepublic of South Africa, and I was there as a volunteer with the WorldLibrary Partnership (WLP), a North Carolina non-profit organizationdevoted to promoting global understanding through support of community libraries in South Africa and other developing countries.

scholarly journals Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. LI. Ticks infesting leopard tortoises Stigmochelys pardalis, hingeback tortoises Kinixys zombensis and angulate tortoises Chersina angulata

2017 ◽  
Vol 84 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan G. Horak ◽  
Ashley Pearcy ◽  
Kyle J. Lloyd
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
National Park ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Amblyomma Hebraeum ◽  
Stages Of Development ◽  
Mpumalanga Province ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
The Family ◽  
Sand Lizard

The objective of the study was to record the tick species collected from three species of tortoise, each in a different province of South Africa. Ticks were collected from leopard tortoises, Stigmochyles pardalis, in the southern region of the Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga province; from hingeback tortoises, Kinixys zombensis, in the Enseleni Nature Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal province and from angulate tortoises, Chersina angulata, in the West Coast National Park, Western Cape province. Of the 63 leopard tortoises examined, 58 were infested with Amblyomma marmoreum and 49 with Amblyomma hebraeum, and all stages of development of both species were recovered. Amblyomma nuttalli was collected from 25 hingeback tortoises, and all stages of development were present. All 24 angulate tortoises examined were infested with Amblyomma sylvaticum, and large numbers of larvae, nymphs and adults were collected. Three snake species and a sand lizard were also infested with A. sylvaticum. The adults of A. marmoreum, A. nuttalli and A. sylvaticum were identified as specific parasites of the family Testudinidae, whereas all stages of development of A. hebraeum were classified as generalists.

scholarly journals Poem

2008 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kobus Moolman
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Creative Writing ◽  
The Other ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
The University

Title(s): ANATOMY, a sequence containing The Hand, The Foot, The Foot (the other one), The Shoulder, The Foot Re-Visited, and The Wrist, Kobus Moolman has published three collections of poetry and two plays. He has won numerous awards both locally and internationally for his work. He teaches creative writing at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa.

scholarly journals Evaluating Productivity and Efficiency Contradictions of Metrorail South Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 7-19
Author(s):  
Jeremiah Kau Makokoane
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
The Other ◽  
Malmquist Productivity Index ◽  
Productivity Index ◽  
Scale Efficiency ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Optimal Scale ◽  
Large Size ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Full Period

This study focusses on the efficiencies of subunits of South Africa’s Metrorail services. Over the period 2015/16 to 2018/19 Metrorail implemented its corporate plan to improve operations efficiency. This study applies the Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI) to compare the performance efficiency of the three Metrorail subunits over the study period. The results indicate the variation of productivity levels amongst Metrorail subunits. Furthermore, output-oriented scale efficiency scores are used to measure the optimal scale situation of each Metrorail subunit. It is concluded that largely the KwaZulu-Natal subunit seems to be more efficient when compared to the other two subunits over the full period under analysis. Therefore, in the cognition of the relatively large size of the Gauteng and Western Cape subunits and their concomitant inefficiency levels, the findings suggest that Metrorail management should focus on correcting their inefficiencies while also considering alteration of their size to optimize production.

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