scholarly journals Foreword: South African Journal of Geomatics special edition

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
G Breetzke ◽  
F Cawood ◽  
S Coetzee ◽  
J Smit
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Special Edition ◽  
South African Journal ◽  
African Journal

Crash

1997 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Terre Blanche
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
South African ◽  
Special Edition ◽  
South African Journal ◽  
The South ◽  
Knowledge Accumulation ◽  
African Journal

This article introduces the special edition. I characterize the edition as representing an intersection between the historical trajectories described by the South African Journal of Psychology and the ongoing series of Qualitative Methods Conferences hosted by local psychology departments. With reference to the rhetoric used to introduce previous special editions of the SAJP, the papers presented at the first and second Qualitative Methods Conferences, and the articles included in this edition, I suggest that the SAJP may be en route from a technicist understanding of knowledge accumulation to a more politically aware, contextual view, while the Qualitative Methods Conferences may be in the process of increasing academic co-optation.

scholarly journals Contemporary organisational change and the importance of trust

2002 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Neville Bews ◽  
Deon Rossouw
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
South African ◽  
Organisational Change ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Special Edition ◽  
Industrial Psychology ◽  
South African Journal ◽  
New Era ◽  
Organisational Trust ◽  
African Journal

Over the last two decades the rate of social change has been so rapid that there are those who have announced the arrival of a whole new era. For this special edition of the South African Journal of Industrial Psychology, this paper examines some of these changes, as they are unfolding over two fronts. Firstly, the extent of change in respect of the transformation of work is considered. Secondly the manner in which employees are responding to these changes is examined. These changes are then related to the phenomenon of organisational trust and the importance of organisational trust within contemporary society. Opsomming Sosiale verandering oor die afgelope twee decades het teen so ‘n tempo plaasgeving dat sommige beweer dat ‘n nuwe era aangebreek het. Met die oog op hierdie spesiale uitgawe van die South African Journal of Industrial Psychology/ Suid Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Bedryfsielkunde verken hierdie artikel sommige van die veranderinge soos wat dit veral op twee fronte ontvou het. Eerstens word gekyk na die omvang van die transformasie van werk. Tweedens word die wyse waarop werkers op hierdie transformasie reageer, ondersoek. Hierdie veranderinge word daarna in verband gebring met die verskynsel van vertroue in organisasies asook met die belangrikheid van sodanige vertroue in die huidige tydsgewrig.

scholarly journals Mmino wa bana (Children’s Songs) as a Determinant of Reading Recorded Knowledge among Rural Teenagers in Ga Molepo, South Africa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahlaga Molepo
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
South African Journal ◽  
The South ◽  
National Library ◽  
Reading Initiatives ◽  
Information Studies ◽  
Children's Songs ◽  
Arts And Culture ◽  
African Journal

<p>The National Library of South Africa (NLSA) in conjunction with the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC) and UNISA’s Information Services Department hosted the National Reading Summit from 24 to 26 March 2021.</p><p>The National Reading Summit responded to national reading initiatives as well as the National Reading Survey that was commissioned by the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture through the South African Book Development Council (SABDC) published in 2017. The survey found that a lot more needs to be done if we are to achieve significant literacy levels.</p><p><br></p><p>This pre-recorded virtual presentation was featured on the last day of the National Reading Summit. More details on the research is available in a peer reviewed article that was published on 27 May 2021 in Vol. 38 No.1 of <i>Mousaion: </i>The South African Journal of Information Studies.</p>

scholarly journals Causes of extreme fatigue in underperforming athletes - a synthesis of recent hypotheses and reviews

2006 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 108 ◽  
Author(s):  
PJ Robson-Ansley ◽  
L Lakier Smith
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ◽  
South African ◽  
Athletic Performance ◽  
Sports Medicine ◽  
Chronic Fatigue ◽  
Cytokine Release ◽  
South African Journal ◽  
Fatigue Syndrome ◽  
Inflammatory State ◽  
African Journal

The underperformance syndrome (UPS), previously known as the overtraining syndrome (OTS), has been defined as a persistent decrement in athletic performance capacity despite 2 weeks of relative rest. Clinical research has suggested that cytokines play a key role in fatigue in disease and chronic fatigue syndrome. Furthermore, it has recently been demonstrated that exogenous administration of interleukin-6 (IL-6) increases the sensation of fatigue during exercise. In light of current cytokine and chronic fatigue syndrome research, this article reviews and updates the cytokine theories that attempt to explain the aetiology of the debilitating fatigue experienced in OTS/UPS. Initially, it was proposed that UPS may be caused by excessive cytokine release during and following exercise, causing a chronic inflammatory state and ‘cytokine sickness'. More recently, the hypothesis was extended and it was proposed that time-dependent sensitisation could provide a model through which the aetiology of UPS may be explained. According to this model, the principal abnormal factor in UPS is an intolerance/heightened sensitivity to IL-6 during exercise. South African Journal of Sports Medicine Vol. 18 (4) 2006: pp. 108-114

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