scholarly journals SASCM guideline for daptomycin use in South Africa – 2017 update

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-81
Author(s):  
Warren Lowman ◽  
Jennifer Coetzee ◽  
Olga Perovic
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Clinical Microbiology ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
African Society ◽  
Appropriate Use ◽  
Skin Structure ◽  
South African Society ◽  
Complicated Skin ◽  
And Staphylococcus Aureus

Daptomycin is currently registered for use in treatment of complicated skin and skin structure infections (cSSSI) and Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia. The role of daptomycin in treatment of severe Gram-positive infections needs to be considered outside of these specific and rigid indications. Based on surveillance data, supporting literature and within the context of antimicrobial stewardship, the South African Society for Clinical Microbiology (SASCM) provides recommendations for appropriate use of daptomycin. These recommendations were formulated by members of the National Antimicrobial Committee (NAC), a sub-committee of SASCM, following consultation and review of the relevant literature.

scholarly journals History, memory and reconciliation: Njabulo Ndebele’s The cry of Winnie Mandela and Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela’s A human being died that night

Literator ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
R. Goodman
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Human Being ◽  
African History ◽  
African Society ◽  
South African Society ◽  
The Past ◽  
Public Figures ◽  
Ethical Complexity ◽  
Narrative Techniques

This article deals with two texts written during the process of transition in South Africa, using them to explore the cultural and ethical complexity of that process. Both Njabulo Ndebele’s “The cry of Winnie Mandela” and Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela’s “A human being died that night” deal with controversial public figures, Winnie Mandela and Eugene de Kock respectively, whose role in South African history has made them part of the national iconography. Ndebele and Gobodo-Madikizela employ narrative techniques that expose and exploit faultlines in the popular representations of these figures. The two texts offer radical ways of understanding the communal and individual suffering caused by apartheid, challenging readers to respond to the past in ways that will promote healing rather than perpetuate a spirit of revenge. The part played by official histories is implicitly questioned and the role of individual stories is shown to be crucial. Forgiveness and reconciliation are seen as dependent on an awareness of the complex circumstances and the humanity of those who are labelled as offenders. This requirement applies especially to the case of “A human being died that night”, a text that insists that the overt acknowledgement of the humanity of people like Eugene de Kock is an important way of healing South African society.

scholarly journals South African Society of Anaesthesiologists Perioperative Patient Blood Management Guidelines 2020

2020 ◽  
pp. S1-S68
Author(s):  
R Wise ◽  
D Bishop ◽  
M Gibbs ◽  
K Govender ◽  
MFM James ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Patient Blood Management ◽  
Blood Components ◽  
Blood Management ◽  
African Society ◽  
Appropriate Use ◽  
Hospital System ◽  
Management Guidelines ◽  
South African Society ◽  
Life Saving

Anaesthesiologists regularly request and administer blood components to their patients, a potentially life-saving intervention. All anaesthesiologists must be familiar with the indications and appropriate use of blood and blood components and their alternatives, but close liaison with haematologists and their local haematology blood sciences laboratory is encouraged. In the last decade, there have been considerable changes in approaches to optimal use of blood components, together with the use of alternative products, with a need to update previous guidelines and adapt them for anaesthesiologists working throughout the hospital system.

The ‘Transformation’ of the South African Military

1996 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 441-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary Kynoch
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Regional Policy ◽  
African Society ◽  
The South ◽  
South African Society ◽  
State Security ◽  
Regional Conflict ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The Military

SouthernAfrica has been at war since the 1960s. Following the capitulation of Ian Smith's Rhodesian Front and the acceptance of majority rule in Zimbabwe in 1980, the widely acknowledged root of most of the regional conflict has been South Africa. In defendingapartheid, the régime in Pretoria engaged in a systematic campaign of destabilisation designed to bring its neighbours to heel. Military invasions, raids, sabotage, support of dissident groups, and assassinations were all part of the National Party (NP) Government's ‘total strategy’ that employed violence as a key element in its regional policy to achieve economic, military, and political hegemony. P. W. Botha during his tenure as Prime Minister and President, 1978–89, ‘politically modified the role’ of the South African Defence Force (SADF), as explained by Herbert Howe, and ‘created the military-dominated State Security Council, which effectively replaced the Cabinet and became the centre of national decision-making and official power in the 1980s’.1The result was the militarisation of South African society and a swath of destruction across the southern part of the continent.

scholarly journals Canine agents in two South African short stories

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathilda Slabbert
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
South African ◽  
African Society ◽  
South African Society ◽  
Human Animal ◽  
Human Emotions ◽  
Animal Agency

This article explores the role of the figure of the dog in two contemporary South African short stories. It considers the metaphorical-cum-allegorical significance of the textual animal in these texts, asking how the writers use dogs as imaginative devices to draw attention to issues of gender, human emotions or psychoses, and the avowal or disavowal of (human and animal) agency. The aim is to engage with the writers’ evident wish both to comment on human-animal relationships and encounters in contemporary South African society, and to emphasise how these become effective, affective means of commenting on the continued inequities of post-apartheid society.

scholarly journals What makes theological education "theological"? A South African story on the integrity of theological education

1996 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 405-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.J. Robinson ◽  
D.J. Smit
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Theological Education ◽  
Historical Consciousness ◽  
Sociological Imagination ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
African Society ◽  
South African Society ◽  
The Past ◽  
Public Responsibility

What  makes  theological  education  "theological"?  A  South  Mrican story on the iniegrity of  theological education David  Tracy  claims  that  the  contemporary  emergence  of a  sociological imagination  is  as  crucial for  theological  self-consciousness  as  the  earlier rise of  historical consciousness among  theologians.  The  authors are of  the opinion  that  the  rapid  and fundamental  social  changes  in  South  African society  over  the  past few  years  have  accelerated  this  "emergence  of a sociological  imagination"  amongst  Sout~  African  theologians.  In  three sections,  they  point  to  three  clusters  of questions  that  have  therefore become  increasingly  important,  namely  questions  related  to  the  growing awareness  of the  crucial  role  of social  location  or  context,  questions arising  from  a  growing  acknowledgement  of public  responsibility,  and questions concerning  the  integrity of  theological education,  i e the question on what makes theological education  "theological".

scholarly journals The role of the school in inculcating citizenship values in South Africa: Theoretical and international comparative perspectives

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (Supplement 2) ◽  
pp. S1-S11
Author(s):  
Charl Wolhuter ◽  
Jan Germen Janmaat ◽  
Johannes (Hannes) L van der Walt ◽  
Ferdinand J Potgieter
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
African Society ◽  
South African Society ◽  
Unequal Treatment ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Role Players ◽  
South African Education ◽  
International Comparative

In view of the serious moral decay in South African society, this article reports on our research regarding the role of the school in the inculcation of citizenship values (as part of the brief of South African education). We regard a set of citizenship values consonant with a democratic dispensation to be a core component of a moral order essential for South Africa. Using a combination of interpretive-constructivist and comparative approaches, we examine and evaluate the experiences of other post-conflict societies in using education to inculcate citizenship values. We conclude that schools can be successful with respect to the inculcation of citizenship values, provided that the curriculum itself does not discriminate against any group or category of people. Desegregation can only be beneficial in the absence of negative depiction (including criminalisation) or the unequal treatment of any particular societal grouping. Our research suggests that active citizenship education is needed in schools. For this reason, we contend that teacher education has to form an integral part of a moral revival project. Lastly, we highlight the importance of finding democratically agreed-upon ways to continually engage with parents, legal caregivers and other stakeholders and role-players before and during the execution of any such project.

scholarly journals The leadership role of emeritus Archbishop Desmond Tutu in the social development of the South African society

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 263-297
Author(s):  
KJ Pali
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
South African ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
African Society ◽  
The South ◽  
South African Society ◽  
The Social ◽  
Desmond Tutu

Leadership of the ministers of the Word is often restricted to within church boundaries, on the pretext that ministers should be religious and not too involved in the “world”. On the other hand, ministers are involved in social issues mostly to address immediate needs, often at the expense of  transforming the unjust system that perpetuates social injustices. Emeritus Archbishop Desmond Tutu practised his leadership ministry within and beyond the church boundaries. In the South African society, his leadership ministry contributed towards social development and transformation. This article aims to analyse the contribution of the leadership role of emeritus Archbishop Desmond Tutu in the social development of the South African society. The main research question is to what extent is or was the leadership of emeritus Archbishop Desmond Tutu involved in the social development of the South African society?

The Continued Impact of Black Consciousness in South Africa

1991 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kogila Moodley
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
World View ◽  
The Self ◽  
Black Consciousness ◽  
African Society ◽  
Political Awareness ◽  
South African Society

The idea of Black Consciousness heralded an era of alternative political awareness in the late 1960s. A self-empowering, vibrant, reconstructionist world-view emphasised the potential rôle of black initiatives and responsibility in articulating the power of the powerless. Between 1968–76, the Black Consciousness Movement (B.C.M.), as it became known, was one of the most important developments in South Africa, not only as the result of the self-confident protest and rebellion that it unleashed, but also ‘because of the questions it posed about the nature of oppositional politics in South Africa and its relation to the nature of South African society’.1

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