• Natural disasters : communal traditional coping strategies among members of Runnymede, South Africa 

  Matlakala, F. K. (African Renaissance, 2022)

  The changing of global warming and the participation of human activities has seen the rise of disasters globally. In their nature, natural disasters leave vulnerable community members homeless and health challenges. As ...
• Social workers’ intervention during natural hazards 

  Matlakala, Frans K.; Makhubele, Jabulani C.; Nyahunda, Louis (AOSIS, 2022)

  Social work profession is anchored on theory and practice and has both primary and secondary methods of interventions. The knowledge base of social work is constituted by values, principles, theories, skills and techniques. ...
• Religious and political intersections : the instrumentalisation of Christianity during Zimbabwe’s 2018 presidential elections 

  Mpofu, Shepherd (Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2021)

  This article discusses the critical intersection of Christianity with Zimbabwean politics during the 2018 harmonised elections. Christianity and politics play an important role in organising or polarising society. Major ...
• The determinants of malnutrition in children below five years at Seshego District Hospital, Capricorn District, Limpopo Province, South Africa. 

  Mmako, Lettie Ndweleng. (2023)

  Background Malnutrition is one of the big problems of public health in developing countries. It is still a persistent public health issue particularly among the poorest and vulnerable groups. Malnutrition of children ...
• An evaluation of the challenges faced by Mankweng Thuthuzela Care Centre in dealing with victims of sexual offences 

  Mnyakeni, Ntombizodwa (2023)

  Sexual offences has persisted to be a serious criminal phenomenon worldwide and also in South Africa. The challenges and consequences associated with sexual offences demand that effective prevention programmes be developed ...
• The use of knowldge and perceptions of malaria for improved control and elimination of malaria in the community of Dan, Limpopo Province, South Africa 

  Malatji, Moshohli Kenneth (2022)

  This exploratory study is based on the philosophically and metatheoretically sound epistemic position that to avoid category mistakes and transubstantive error in comprehending African phenomena, it is abserlutely necessary ...
• Under-utilisation of internal Employee Assistance programme (EAP) services by the SouthAfrican Police Service in Lephalale, Limpopo Province 

  Dipela, Mmaphuti Percy; Sithole, Sello (Oxford University Press, 2021)

  An employee assistance programme (EAP) is a service provided by an employer to employees who experience personal problems. Its utilisation becomes a challenge when the targeted population prefers to use alternative ...
• Ruling from the grave? : the political instrumentalization of Robert Mugabe’s corpse in contemporary Zimbabwean politics 

  Mpofu, Shepherd (SAGE, 2022)

  This qualitative research is a critical analysis of news media reports, political debates, and political and family behaviours to interrogate the centrality of death, corpses, funeral and mortuary rituals in African ...
• Death obsession’s potential mediational role in the relation between pregnancy-related anxiety and prenatal obsessive-compulsive disorder 

  Bambo, Sadi Cordelia; Mashegoane, Solomon (SAGE, 2021)

  The study investigated the mediator role of death obsession in the relationship between pregnancy-related anxiety and prenatal obsessive-compulsive disorder among pregnant women in the Capricorn district, South Africa. ...
• Library as place: evaluating physical and virtual spaces : a case study of two academic libraries 

  Williams, Marion Lucille; Saunderson, Ian; Dhoest, Alexander (Mousaion: South African Journal of Information Studies, 2022)

  Informed by Pierre Bourdieu’s theory on social capital, this paper examines how academic libraries might be considered places to create social capital. The study that directed this article utilised a qualitative approach ...
• The use of twitter to engage with radio listeners : case study of commercial radio station, Capricorn FM, South Africa 

  Mothiba, Mamohlotlo Melbonia (2021)

  This study used concurrent mixed research method on the use of Twitter to engage with radio listeners at a commercial radio station in Limpopo, South Africa. The study evaluated the use of Twitter to engage with radio ...
• Social media, diffusion of innovations, morale and digital inequality : A case study at the University of Limpopo Libraries, South Africa 

  Williams, Marion Lucille; Dhoest, Alexander; Saunderson, Ian (Library Hi Tech, 2019)

  Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore social media usage in an academic library in South Africa and the factors influencing its use. The primary goal of the study was to examine perceptions surrounding the ...
• Students’ Perceptions of the Adoption and Use of Social Media in Academic Libraries: A UTAUT Study 

  Williams, Marion Lucille (Communicatio, Unisa Press, 2021)

  This article reports on a study for which the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) served as a theoretical framework. The purpose of the qualitative exploration was to gain an understanding of students’ ...
• The adoption of Web 2.0 technologies in academic libraries: A comparative exploration 

  Williams, Marion Lucille (Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2020)

  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 ...
• Cosmetic surgery consideration among male and female University Students in five Asean countries 

  Peltzer, Karl; Pengpid, Supa; Turnbull, Niruwan (Gender and behaviour, 2017)

  Although cosmetic surgeries are increasing in frequency, only few studies have investigated cosmetic surgery attitudes in Asia. The aim of the study was to investigate male and female university students’ experiences and ...
• Financial Imperatives and Constraints towards Funding the SADC Standby Force 

  Shai, K.B.; Nzewi, O. I; Ndaguba, E. A (India Quarterly, 2018)

  Achievable and viable peace and security efforts in Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) have been limited by an over dependence on foreign and international peacekeeping. The aim of this article is to unpack ...
• An exploration of the 2016 violent protests in Vuwani, Limpopo Province of South Africa 

  Shai, K.B.; Nkuna, V. M (Main India, 2018)

  In the recent past, South Africa have witnessed a wave of community protests which have been attributed to a number of factors. Limpopo Province of South Africa also had a fair share of violent protests in several areas. ...
• Challenges of teenage fathers towards fatherhood in Vaalbank, Mpumalanga Province 

  Makhubele, J. C; Matlakala, Frans. K; Mashilo, M. W (Gender & 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 ...
• Survivors of sexual on women's livelihood narratives on women's livelihood strategies in the Democratic Republic of Congo - DRC prior to the 1996 war 

  Makhubele, J. C; Zihindula, Bercky M.; Muthuki, Janet (Gender & Behaviour, 2018-06)

  This study explored livelihood strategies that women employed before they were sexual assaulted prior to 1996’s war in DRC. This research was conducted in the South Kivu Province. Qualitative data were collected by means ...
• Knowledge of students at higher leaning institutions on intimate partner violence 

  Makhubele, J. C; Malesa, S. E.; Shika, F. L. (Gender & Behaviour, 2018-06)

  Students who are intimate partners at institutions of higher learning experience an extremely high level of violence during their college or university careers, with prevalence rates ranging between 20% and 50%. The main ...

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