South Africa is a multilingual country where eleven official languages are constitutionally entrenched and guaranteed. These languages have equal footing in all activities, including as a medium of teaching and learning ...

TheJointUnitedNationsProgrammeonHIVandAIDSproposedtoreducetheverticaltransmissionofHIVfrom 72,200to 8300 newly infected children by 2015 in South Africa (SA). However, cultural, infrastructural, and socio-economic barriers ...

Purpose – This study documented adaptation strategies employed by rural women in Vhembe district as they reel with climate change impacts. Women are heavily plagued by climate change impacts than any other genders ...

This paper addresses the adoption and non-adoption of communication methods such as social media and explores the implementation of Web 2.0 technologies and their use in academic libraries. I interviewed 16 library employees ...

Objective: The relationship between tuberculosis (TB) treatment and alcohol use disorders over time is under-researched. The aim of this investigation was to study alcohol use and TB medication adherence and its predictors ...

An annotated list of larvae (metacestodes) of gryporhynchid tapeworms (Cestoda: Cyclophyllidea) from freshwater fishes in Africa is provided with numerous new host and geographical records. Newly collected materials from ...

Objective: The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and relationship of anxiety and depressive features among patients diagnosed with a variety of chronic diseases in three Southeast Asian countries (Cambodia, ...

The lack of hygiene and safety practices is a major contributor of foodborne outbreaks and it has a great influence on consumers. Each year over two million people die from diarrheal diseases, many of which are acquired ...

In recent years, South Africa has been experiencing slow economic growth. This has resulted in high unemployment levels, especially among the youth, who are the most economically active and therefore in need of occupations. ...