Pollination: Impact, role-players, interactions and study – A South African perspective

Plant–pollinator interactions are essential for maintaining both pollinator and plant communities in native and agricultural environments. Animal-instigated pollination can be complex. Plants are usually visited by a number of different animal species, which in turn may visit flowers of several plant species. Therefore, the identification of the pollen carried by flower visitors is an essential first step in pollination biology. The skill and time required to identify pollen based on structure and morphology has been a major stumbling block in this field. Advances in the genetic analysis of DNA, using DNA barcoding, extracted directly from pollen offers an innovative alternative to traditional methods of pollen identification. This technique, which is reviewed in detail, can be used on pollen loads sampled from bees in the field and from specimens in historic collections. Here the importance of pollination, the role-players involved, their management and the evolution of their interactions, behaviour and morphology are reviewed – with a special focus on South African bees.

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Preparedness of banks to be compliant with the criteria for the advanced measurement approach: A South African perspective

Corporate Ownership and Control ◽

10.22495/cocv8i2sip4 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 8 (2, Special issue) ◽

pp. 44-53

Author(s):

Jacobus Young

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

South African ◽

Middle Management ◽

Operational Risk ◽

Basel Accord ◽

Qualitative And Quantitative ◽

Role Players ◽

African Perspective ◽

Measurement Approach ◽

Insight Into

The New Basel Accord proposed qualitative and quantitative criteria for banks to use the Advanced Measurement Approach to calculate a capital charge for operational risk. The question now is how prepared are banks in South Africa? This article provides insight into relevant criteria, indicating the level of preparedness of banks for the Advanced Measurement Approach. An analysis based on results of a questionnaire, aimed at junior and middle management levels, indicated that banks are more compliant with qualitative than quantitative criteria. It also indicated a general lack of understanding of certain criteria. Should a bank want to implement the Advanced Measurement Approach, it is imperative that criteria be clear and that all role-players be knowledgeable about relevant systems and processes.

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Seen and heard: The youth as game-changing role-players in climate change and environmental consciousness – A South African perspective

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies ◽

10.4102/hts.v77i2.6893 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 77 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Jacques W. Beukes

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

South African ◽

Environmental Crisis ◽

Environmental Consciousness ◽

Environmentally Conscious ◽

Role Players ◽

African Perspective ◽

African Youth ◽

Climate Crisis ◽

Changing Role

The environmental crisis, ecological injustice and climate change are some of the biggest challenges to humanity and sustainable development worldwide. The youth are at the centre of the ecological (in)justice, environmental consciousness and climate change discourse. For the youth to participate and influence development with regard to the climate crisis in a favourable way, they must understand their role and the issues and challenges that they face in this regard.Contribution: The aim of this explorative article is twofold. It highlights the involvement of the South African youth in ecological matters. It also offers insights on why the youth can be regarded as game-changing role-players with regard to the climate crisis and being environmentally conscious.

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Post-1994 labour legislations: An overview of influence on employment relations in emerging markets

Journal of Governance and Regulation ◽

10.22495/jgrv9i4art8 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 94-105

Author(s):

David Isaac Ntimba ◽

Karel Frederick Lessing ◽

Ilze Swarts

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

South African ◽

Trade Unions ◽

Employment Relations ◽

Workplace Relationships ◽

The South ◽

New Era ◽

Role Players ◽

African Perspective ◽

Labour Legislation

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the primary labour legislation that was promulgated after the democratization of South Africa after 1994. These legislations were introduced as regulatory and corrective measures for workplace relationships in work organizations (Booysen, 2005; Vettori, 2018). The data for this paper was collected through the perusal of scientific journals, newspaper articles, published/unpublished dissertations and theses, textbooks, and other relevant informative documents. The significant and influential role, which these labour legislations played in the development of a new era of employment relations in South Africa, cannot be overstated. The South African perspective of employment relations is also presented and discussed in this paper to reveal its nature and its role-players, such as the state, trade unions, and employers’ organizations (Ehlers & Jordaan, 2016; Smith & Diedericks, 2016). The workplace relationship between employers (through their management) and employees (through their trade unions), and the effects which such an antagonistic relationship has had on the South African labour market are also addressed (Finnemore & Koekemoer, 2018). The main finding of this paper is that there has been an improvement in workplace relationships, since the implementation of the post-1994 labour legislation although such improvement has been gradual.

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