Patriarchy remains a rooted system that shapes the lives of women in post-colonial Africa, preserving gender inequalities and constraining women‘s independence. For this reason, this study was prompted by a need to investigate ...
The aquatic environment is constantly in jeopardy since it is the ultimate recipient of waste disposal. Mining, industrial and agricultural developments have led to a significant increase in, amongst others, heavy metal ...
Nile crocodiles are common in South Africa, reaching up to 6m in total length. The quality and yield of crocodile skins plays a significant role in it price determination Hence, the aim of this study was to determine the ...
The post-apartheid era in South Africa created an environment where people of different socio-economic and racial orientations can work together on an equal basis. Thus, citizens come to the work environment with diverse ...
Treated wastewater (TWW) can serve as a substitute option for irrigation to decrease the water scarcity pressures in semi-arid regions of Limpopo Province, South Africa. However, prolonged use of TWW can degrade soil quality ...
In this thesis, we aim to construct some designs and their codes from the projective
symplectic group PSp4(q), where “q” is a prime power. We study the primitive permutation
representations and conjugacy classes of ...
This study investigated parental perceptions and monitoring practices concerning teenagers’ smartphone use, an issue that has gained prominence with the rapid proliferation of smartphone technology. While smartphones offer ...
Tomatoes are a key crop in South Africa, contributing significantly to vegetable production and consumed in both fresh and processed forms. Despite their importance, smallholder tomato farmers face multiple challenges, ...
Speech technology includes several approaches and technologies that allow ma- chines to engage with spoken language, which include spoken dialog systems and automatic speech recognition. The end-to-end (E2E) techniques, ...
In recent years, machine learning models have gained popularity in credit scoring applications
due to their ability to handle large volumes of data and capture complex patterns.
However, the lack of transparency and ...
Background Children under the age of five are frequently treated with herbal remedies, a grim reality that can occasionally be lethal. Although herbal therapies are widely regarded as safe treatments, their effectiveness ...
Addressing soil fertility decline and acidification due to land use change from undisturbed forest to tea plantation is important in order to foster sustainable management of tea plantations. The establishment of tea ...
This study centers on creating an automatic speech recognition (ASR) system for Tshivenda, one of South Africa's under-resourced languages. Utilizing the Connectionist Temporal Classification (CTC) framework and the NCHLT ...
Background and aim: Misdiagnosing and mismanaging accommodative and vergence anomalies can result in patients experiencing a poor quality of life due to poor visual status, particularly in the paediatric population. As a ...
Library and information services in higher education institutions exist to serve and satisfy the information requirements or needs of students by providing some services and resources required to support their academic ...
The study sought to investigate grammatical errors committed by Grade 7 learners when writing Tshivenda Home Language Creative Essays. The nature of the study and type of data collected motivated the researcher to use a ...
Maintaining discipline and classroom management enhances the quality of teaching and learning in the school and outside, as learners grow up to be socially and economically competent individuals. Educators use different ...
The study aimed at investigating the impact of code-switching in Grade 11 learners’
longer transactional text writing in English First Additional Language Classroom at Dzindi
Circuit, Vhembe East District, Limpopo Province, ...
Continuing bonds (CBs) after bereavement have been the subject of contemporary research interest. Unlike previously understood, maintaining bonds with deceased relatives has been shown to have some adaptive value. CBs have ...
The study investigated the relationship between employment policies, employment levels, and local development in South Africa, using the Polokwane municipal area as its case study. The objectives of the study were to analyse ...