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L-classifier chains classification and variable selection for multi-label datasets
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Multi-label classification extends binary and multi-class classification to scenarios where every data case is assigned several labels simultaneously. Applications include labelling images with tags, ... -
Labour control and the establishment of profitable settler agriculture in colonial Kenya, c. 1920–45
(Routledge, 2019)This article contributes to the growing literature on the impact of colonial legacies on long-run development. We focus on Kenya, where it is previously argued that land tenure and taxation policies created an impoverished ... -
Labour market returns to educational attainment, school quality, and numeracy in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates the extent to which educational attainment, school quality and numeric competency influence individuals’ employment and earnings prospects in the South African labour market using ... -
Lack of a support system for people infected and affected by HIV and AIDS in the workplace : can emotional and psychosocial support assist them to cope better with their problems?
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006-03)This research paper investigates the need for emotional and psychosocial support for people infected and affected by HIV and AIDS in the workplace. Most employees infected and affected by HIV and AIDS, as well as their ... -
Land reform in South Africa : a case study of the Witzenberg pals initiative
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The post-1994 South African government introduced Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) in an attempt to address the economic inequality of the country. The primary goal of BEE policy is to assist black South ... -
Land rights in sub-Saharan Africa : measuring impact with satellite images, machine learning and citizen science
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : The thesis employs satellite imagery to measure the impacts of land rights- in data-scarce sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). SSA governments are politically and financially constrained to provide objective and ... -
Land use in Mumbwa Game Management Area : livelihood, migrations, and land cover change
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : As category VI IUCN Protected Areas where people can practice the sustainable use of natural resources, game management areas (GMAs) of Zambia employ a mixed land use approach. The Mumbwa GMA, adjacent ... -
The law and economics of potential competition in digital markets
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: This research aims to explore how authorities in different jurisdictions respond to potential competition in the online automotive classifieds platform markets. This is done by means of a review of cases ... -
Leader emotional intelligence, transformational leadership, trust and team commitment : testing a model within a team context
(AOSIS Publishing, 2008-06-30)This exploratory study tested a model within a team context consisting of transformationalleadership behaviour, team-leader emotional intelligence, trust (both in the team leader and in the team members) and team commitment. ... -
Leaders who serve the common good
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch Business School, 2007-08)Sustainable leadership, says Prof Laetitia van Dyk, depends on developing leaders who are a great deal more than capable. They must demonstrate integrity, vision, accountability and stewardship, she tells PENNY HAW. -
Leadership and democratisation : the case of Nelson Mandela in South Africa and Kim Dae-Jung in South Korea
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2004-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Since the late 1940s, South Africa and South Korea were ruled by authoritarian governments, which oppressed the people’s freedom and rights. The governments created the deeply divided societies that ... -
Leadership and performance: a South African public sector case study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Leaders in public sector departments in South Africa operate in an environment that is different from that in which private sector departments operate. They also have an array of challenges, but still ... -
Leadership approaches related to complex global risks : a literature study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY : An increasingly globalised world presents countries such as South Africa with tremendous challenges and opportunities. Increasing interconnections between the economic, environmental, technological, and ... -
Leadership for Innovation: A South African Public Library Case Study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY: Change is constant and the ability of public libraries to innovate and adapt to change is critical to stay relevant and competitive in a technology-driven world where people are finding faster, smarter, ... -
Leadership initiatives and structure by the Church of Norway, within Norway, pertaining to HIV/AIDS
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Through the history mankind, the church has been recognised as one of the most influential forces and Christianity has placed high value on supporting vulnerable individuals and groups. In the past, ... -
The leadership role of principals in managing HIV in primary schools in the Grahamstown District Area, Eastern Cape Province
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Education in Sub-Saharan Africa is overshadowed with challenges of HIV which affects the learner and educator populations negatively. The HIV epidemic is considered the single largest threat to global ... -
Leading somewhere
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch Business School, 2007-02)FRIK LANDMAN says both corporate educators and corporate leaders who present themselves for education have a choice. The choice of accepting responsibility. -
Leading tourism ventures : what are the characteristics that enable some small tourism enterpreneurs to succeed, while others fail?
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Learners awareness of HIV/AIDS and their attitudes towards peer educators in Khayamandi High School
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The main aim of the study was to investigate learners' awareness of HIV/AIDS and their attitudes towards peer educators in secondary schools. The Department of Education in the Western Cape Province ... -
Learning experiences of students who are hard of hearing in higher education : case study of a South African University
(Cogitatio, 2018)Students who are hard of hearing (HOH) are being granted access to university increasingly, yet they remain significantly under-represented and under-supported, often resulting in poor academic outcomes with elevated levels ...
