scholarly journals South Africa debuts world-class Science Forum

2016 ◽  
Vol Volume 112 (Number 1/2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward W. Lempinen ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
World Class

scholarly journals NOTES ON SPATIAL-STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN URBAN SOUTH AFRICA -THE 1990s

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hermanus S. GEYER
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Informal Sector ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Structural Evolution ◽  
Business Sector ◽  
Urban South ◽  
World Class ◽  
Urban Business ◽  
South African Cities

Informal businesses used to be something that was only tolerated in the former black townships during the years of apartheid. Since then the informal business sector has become an integral part of the central business setup of cities in South Africa. It not only serves to widen the security net of the urban poor in cities, it also represents the outcome of the democratization process in the country over the past fifteen years. Yet, there has been a tendency amongst local authorities to take steps to reduce the footprint of this sector in the urban environment in recent years. This trend ties in with the new approach of government to transform South African cities to become ’world class’ centres - a step that is aimed at making the cities more visually acceptable to visitors from abroad. In this paper an attempt is made to demonstrate the importance of the informal sector within the urban business makeup and to show what role it played in the spatial-structural evolution of the urban economies during the 1990s. The paper analyzes the structure of the urban business sector as a whole and structurally links the formal and informal sectors, demonstrating the importance of both sectors in the economic makeup of the cities. It analyses the structure of the informal sector and shows how different layers of the sector potentially relates to the formal urban sector.

scholarly journals NOTES ON SPATIAL-STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN URBAN SOUTH AFRICA -THE 1990s

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hermanus S. GEYER
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Informal Sector ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Structural Evolution ◽  
Business Sector ◽  
Urban South ◽  
World Class ◽  
Urban Business ◽  
South African Cities

Informal businesses used to be something that was only tolerated in the former black townships during the years of apartheid. Since then the informal business sector has become an integral part of the central business setup of cities in South Africa. It not only serves to widen the security net of the urban poor in cities, it also represents the outcome of the democratization process in the country over the past fifteen years. Yet, there has been a tendency amongst local authorities to take steps to reduce the footprint of this sector in the urban environment in recent years. This trend ties in with the new approach of government to transform South African cities to become ’world class’ centres - a step that is aimed at making the cities more visually acceptable to visitors from abroad. In this paper an attempt is made to demonstrate the importance of the informal sector within the urban business makeup and to show what role it played in the spatial-structural evolution of the urban economies during the 1990s. The paper analyzes the structure of the urban business sector as a whole and structurally links the formal and informal sectors, demonstrating the importance of both sectors in the economic makeup of the cities. It analyses the structure of the informal sector and shows how different layers of the sector potentially relates to the formal urban sector.

scholarly journals Age of the Archaean Murchison Belt and mineralisation, South Africa

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.R. Vearncombe ◽  
N.J. McNaughton ◽  
J.K. Porter ◽  
J-W. Zi ◽  
C. Talavera
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sedimentary Basins ◽  
Mineral Deposits ◽  
Isotopic Age ◽  
Igneous Intrusions ◽  
Younger Age ◽  
Ore Minerals ◽  
World Class ◽  
Absolute Age ◽  
Shrimp Zircon

Abstract The east-northeast-trending Murchison-Thabazimbi Lineament in northern South Africa is one of the world’s most important structures for its control on world-class mineral deposits, Proterozoic sedimentary basins and giant igneous intrusions. The deepest exposed Archaean parts of the lineament are the Murchison Belt. Bounded by granitoids, the belt comprises greenschist to amphibolite facies volcano-sedimentary strata with isoclinal folds and the 7 km thick meta-igneous Rooiwater Complex. The Rooiwater Complex is intruded by a northern regional granitoid dated at 2 929 ± 7 Ma by SHRIMP U-Pb on zircons. Using field relationships, published isotopic age data and new SHRIMP zircon dates we confirm the age Rooiwater Complex at 2 965 Ma, showing it to be contemporaneous with the Archaean volcanic and sedimentary formations, the meta-igneous Complex being the lower sequence in a ~2 980 to 2 960 Ma island arc. Despite being implicated as a source of gold for the world’s largest natural accumulation of gold in the Witwatersrand Basin, the absolute age of Sb-Au mineralisation in the Murchison Belt is poorly constrained. We have utilised SHRIMP U-Pb geochronology to date monazites from a Sb-Au ore sample from the granitoid-hosted Malati Pump orebody and determine ages for two different generations of monazite, both associated with ore minerals. The older age of 2 832 ± 23 Ma is from a minority of grains and is interpreted to date the primary Sb-Au mineralisation, about 120 Ma after belt formation. This age predates, or is possibly synchronous with, sedimentation of the upper-Witwatersrand Central Rand Group. The younger age of 1 968 ± 17 Ma from a majority of monazite grains is unrelated in time to known events and interpreted here as a cryptic hydrothermal reworking of the Sb-Au ores in this deposit.

scholarly journals Veterinary education in South Africa : the class of 1926 : short historical communication

2004 ◽  
Vol 75 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
R.D. Bigalke
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Private Practice ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
Veterinary Science ◽  
Veterinary Education ◽  
Probable Reason ◽  
Part Time ◽  
World Class ◽  
Veterinary Faculty

Both Sir Arnold Theiler, appointed as Dean in 1920 when the Onderstepoort Veterinary Faculty was established, and Dr P J du Toit, who succeeded him in 1927, appear in the compound photograph of the class of 1926, constituting the 3rd group of graduates. The probable reason for having 2 deans on the photograph, which was obviously composed from shots taken individually of the outgoing and incoming deans of the faculty as well as of each of the 7 graduates, is initially analysed in this paper. This is followed by short descriptions of the life histories of the graduates. The class of 1926 was probably unique in that 2 of its members, who were employees of the Onderstepoort Research Institute, were granted special permission to study veterinary science at the Faculty. After graduating, most of the class members spent the greater part of their careers as civil servants at Onderstepoort as researchers and part-time teachers in the Faculty, as was customary for many years, or as state veterinarians in the field. Private practice did not feature strongly with them. Noteworthy is that the class produced 3 outstanding scientists, i.e. a world class parasitologist, a very eminent pathologist and Onderstepoort's 1st poultry specialist.

Mineralogy of high-field-strength elements (Y, Nb, REE) in the world-class Vergenoeg fluorite deposit, South Africa

2015 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
pp. 583-601 ◽  
Author(s):  
Torsten Graupner ◽  
Caroline Mühlbach ◽  
Ulrich Schwarz-Schampera ◽  
Friedhelm Henjes-Kunst ◽  
Frank Melcher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Field Strength ◽  
High Field ◽  
High Field Strength ◽  
The World ◽  
World Class

scholarly journals Description Of Leadership In South Africa: Organisational Context Perspective

2004 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. Shokanie ◽  
K. J. Stanz ◽  
J. A. Slabbert
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Transactional Leadership ◽  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Senior Leaders ◽  
World Class ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Status Analysis ◽  
Leadership Dimensions ◽  
Transactional And Transformational Leadership

The aim of this study was to describe the nature of leadership in organisations in pursuit of ‘world class’ competitive status. ‘Analysis of Variance’ (ANOVA) was used for analysis and interpretation of data. The sample of convenience consisted of 534 senior leaders. The difference between transactional and transformational leadership dimensions was determined. The results showed that the nature of leadership in South Africa is diversified between transactional leadership and transformational leadership dimensions. The diverse nature of leadership is brought about by the dynamics of organisational environments. More also, there is a definite shift away from conventional transactional leadership to a combination of transactional and transformational leadership dimensions. Opsomming Die doel van die studie was om die aard van leierskap in organisasies in die navolging van wêreldklas meedingende status te ondersoek. Variansie-ontleding (ANOVA) is gebruik om data te analiseer en te interpreteer. Die geleentheidsteekproef het uit 534 senior leiers bestaan. Die verskil tussen transaksienele en trans formasionele leierskapsdimensies is bepaal. Die resultate dui daarop dat leierskap in Suid Afrika ’n kombinasie van transaksionele en transformasionele leierskap aanneem. Die diverse aard van leierskap word deur die dinamika van organisasieomgewings teweeg gebring. Meer nog is daar ’n definitiewe wegbeweeg van die konvensionele transaksionele leierskap na ’n kombinasie van transaksionele en transformasionele leierskap.

scholarly journals Emerging Ghanaian and Nigerian Fashion Entrepreneurs: The Cultural considerations and Structural Challenges of Growing a Fashion Business in a Developing Economy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annika Waddell
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New York ◽  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Developing Economy ◽  
Art Gallery ◽  
Cultural Considerations ◽  
World Class ◽  
Fashion Designers

In 2016, Ghana’s capital city of Accra, located along the Atlantic coast, was touted as “Africa’s Capital of Cool” by the New York Times (July 2016), highlighting the growing number of boutiques, hotels and world-class restaurants. Just a couple of months earlier, on April 30, 2016, the Brighton Museum & Art Gallery had opened the first major UK exhibit dedicated to African Fashion. The book Fashion Cities Africa, edited by Eritrean-born journalist Hannah Azieb Pool, was released the same month, and shares insights into the aesthetics and designs emerging from Nairobi (Kenya), Casablanca (Morocco), Lagos (Nigeria) and Johannesburg (South Africa). Since the start of the millennium, fashion journalists (Suzy Menkes and André Leon Talley) have been discussing the prevalence of high-end African fashion designers such as Duro Olowu, Lisa Folawiyo, and Folake Folarin Coker.

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