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Plants Used by Bapedi Traditional Healers to Treat Asthma and Related Symptoms in Limpopo Province, South Africa

Semenya, S. S; Maroyi, A (Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2018)

To the best of our knowledge there are presently no ethnobotanical surveys focusing on the utilisation of herbal remedies for asthma in South Africa. The present study is therefore an attempt to fill this gap in knowledge. ...
Ethnobotanical survey of plants used by Bapedi traditional tuberculosis and its opportunistic infections in the Limpopo Province, South Africa

Semenya, S. S; Maroyi, A (South African Journal of Botany, 2019)

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Bapedi phytomedicine employ a range of plant species to treat diabetes mellitus (DM). Existing literature partially support the use of certain species for this purpose. AIM OF THE STUDY: ...
Outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Providencia rettgeri in a tertiary hospital

Lekalakala, M. R; Tshisevhe, V. S; Tshuma, N; van Rensburg, S Janse; Mbelle, N (SAMJ South African Medical Journal, 2018)

The emergence of resistance to multiple antimicrobial agents in pathogenic bacteria is a significant public health threat, as there are limited effective antimicrobial agents for infections caused by multidrug-resistant ...
Laboratory based antimicrobial resistance surveillance for Pseudomonas aeruginosa blood isolates from South Africa

Lekalakala, M. R; Singh-Moodley, Ashika; Duse, Adriano; Naicker, Preneshni; Kularatne, Ranmini; Nana, Trusha; Mbelle, Nontombi; Dawood, Halima; Han, Khine Swe Swe; Ramjathan, Praksha; Bhola, Prathna; Whitelaw, Andrew; Perovic, Olga (Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2018)

Introduction: Antimicrobial resistant bacterial infections are widespread globally and increases in antimicrobial resistance presents a major threat to public health. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic healthcare ...
Comparison of Xpert GBS v. culture for rapid detection of group B streptococcus in pregnant women: Sensitivity, specificity and predictive values

Lekalakala, M. R; Said, M; Dangor, Y; Mbelle, N; Sihlabela, A; Ismail, F (SAMJ South African Medical Journal, 2018)

Background. Group B streptococcus (GBS) is a leading cause of invasive disease, particularly in newborns. Seventy-five percent of neonates will be colonised by mothers carrying the organism. Confirmation of maternal ...
Simplified approach to uncertainty of measurement in the clinical virology laboratory

Tshisevhe, Vhuzhani; Newman, Howard (Reviews in medical virology, 2018)

Medical laboratories are required to ensure the quality of their diagnostic results. Quality assurance procedures include quality assessments (internal and external), quality controls (negative, positive, or internal ...
Demographic profile of participants and the types of rural enterprises in Zululand District Municipality, KwaZulu Natal

Selepe, Mosa; Chamane, Zipho; Mdiniso, Joyce (African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2018)

Rural enterprises have an important role to play in rural development because of their potential in inter alia, providing employment, alleviating poverty and achieving food security. These enterprises include tourism related ...
Tuberculosis non-communicable disease comorbidity and multimorbidity in public primary care patients in South Africa

Peltzer, Karl (African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine, 2018)

Background: Little is known about the prevalence of non-communicable disease (NCD) multimorbidity among tuberculosis (TB) patients in Africa. Aim and setting: The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of NCD ...
Assessment of food hygiene knowledge and practices among food handlers in selected hotels around uMhlathuze Area

Selepe, Mosa; Mjoka, Joanne (African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2018)

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 ...
Ecotourism as a vehicle to reduce unemployment and poverty: The role of the community and employees

Selepe, Mosa; Xaba, Fikile; Mdiniso, Joyce (African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2018)

Ecotourism has been positively linked to job creation, small business development and poverty alleviation. The article forms part of the larger study which seeks to assess the contribution of ecotourism to sustainable ...
Challenges of teenage fathers towards fatherhood in Vaalbank, Mpumalanga Province

Matlakala, F. K; Makhubele, J. C; Mashilo, M. W (Gender and behaviour, 2018)

Teenage fatherhood is a social and health challenge and the voice of the young fathers has mainly been neglected by existing research in the South Africa academic and scholarly landscape. Much of the studies have usually ...
Challenges endured by women during the conflict-related sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Makhubele, J. C; Muthuki, Janet; Zihindula, Bercky M. (Gender and behaviour, 2018)

This paper presents an analysis and discussion of the effects of sexual violence from the perspective of women survivors in the eastern province of the DRC. It aims to understand how these challenges affected their livelihood ...
Challenges impeding the successful implementation of early childhood development programmes in South Africa: Implications for practice

Makhubele, J. C; Baloyi, T. V (Gender & Behaviour, 2018)

The purpose of this paper is to discuss, debate, and discourse the stumbling blocks that impede the proper implementation of early childhood development programmes in South Africa. This paper used qualitative methodology. ...
Perceptions and attitudes of rural women in Matebeleng, Limpopo Province towards cervical cancer

Kwakwa, M. M; Makhubele, J. C (African Journal for Physical Activity and Health Sciences (AJPHES), 2018)

Cervical Cancer is a global concern and the most common cancer among women in many less developed countries where there is inadequate access to information and quality screening programmes. In South Africa alone, 6742 ...
The nexus between substance abuse and commercial sex work in Musina boarder town, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Svinurai, A; Makhubele, J. C (Gender and behaviour, 2018)

Substance abuse and sex work share an intrinsic relationship, with the debate, its cause and effect difficult to ascertain. Substance abuse behaviours is a common phenomenon among sex workers the world over, with researches ...
Exploring Language as an Impediment to or a Resource for the Indigenisation of Social Work Education

Makhubele, J. C; Mabvurira, Vincent; Matlakala, Frans. K (Southern African Journal of Social Work and Social Development, 2018)

The enduring dominant influences from Western countries have long been felt in the different spheres of political ideologies, education, and financial, technological and intellectual discourses, particularly in Africa. In ...
Error identification and improvement in English first additional language (EFAL) : a case study of Grade 10 essay writing

Maruma, Mamalatswa Walburga (Gender and Behaviour, 2017)

This paper seeks to identify errors committed by learners in EFAL essay writing, focussing on causes behind such errors, and strategies to eliminate them as a way of improving learners’ writing skills. Document review was ...
Influence of Home Factors on At-Risk Learners’ Academic Performance in Limpopo Province, South Africa

Letsoalo, M. E; Maoto, R. S; Chuene, K. M (Journal of Gender, Information & Development in Africa, 2018)

This exploratory study followed a qualitative phenomenological design. It explored the influence of home factors on the academic performance of at-risk learners in South Africa’s Limpopo Province. The authors used secondary ...
Influence of Shona beliefs in understanding illness: Implications for indigenous social work practice in Zimbabwe

Mabvurira, V; Makhubele, J. C (Theologia Viatorum:Journal of Theology and Religion in Africa, 2018)

For most traditional African communities, religion is life and life is religion. Almost every event in life is explained within the purview of religion. This qualitative study used the Afrocentric methodology in an effort ...
Transgression of corporate governance in South Africa’s state-owned enterprises

Mashamaite, K. A; Raseala, P. (Bangladesh e-Journal of Sociology, 2018)

State-owned enterprises (SOEs) play a very important role in South Africa’s socioeconomic development trajectory, and a strong, transparent and accountable government is central to such course. Accordingly, the immediate ...

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