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Rail renaissance based on strategic market segmentation principles
(University of South Africa (Unisa), 2012)South Africa’s annual State of Logistics survey indicates that the majority of dense, long-distance surface freight is transported by road, placing severe constraints on the country’s freight logistics infrastructure ... -
Raising a crop of farmers
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch Business School, 2008-02)In the wake of the launch of Zimbabwe’s land-reform programmes and the subsequent deterioration of the formal farming industry, contract farming has emerged as a significant economic activity. It offers communal farmers ... -
Rationalizing a personalized conceptualization for the digital transition and sustainability of knowledge management using the SVIDT method
(MDPI, 2018)The objective of a current design science research (DSR) undertaking is responding to the call for a decentralizing Knowledge Management (KM) revolution by conceptualizing a Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) system. The ... -
Re-assessing the South African household inflation expectations survey through a sequential mixed methods approach
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Many central banks rely on survey-based measures of household inflation expectations as a gauge of policy credibility and an input for forecasting inflation. An accurate measure of the public’s inflation ... -
Real age-adjusted life expectancy
(University of JohannesburgAOSIS, 2013)This study summarises the development of a model to determine an individual’s adjusted life expectancy based on his Real Age. The model incorporates aspects such as gender, residing province, income, HIV status, ethnic ... -
A realised volatility measurement using quadratic variation and dealing with microstructure effects
(Operations Research Society of South Africa, 2006)ENGLISH SUMMARY : A volatility measurement that overcomes the respective problems encountered when implementing the realised and Discrete Sine Transform volatility measurements is defined and discussed in this paper. First ... -
Reaping the rewards of risk
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch Business School, 2008-02)South Africa needs more venture capitalists who brave risks by supporting new entrepreneurs with early-stage finance. In such uncharted territory failure is a possibility, but so are excellent returns -
Reasons contributing to low uptake of HIV testing and counselling services by health workers in Masvingo urban district
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: HIV and AIDS have not spurred the health professionals despite the fact that the society expects health workers to be role models and have adequate knowledge of HIV and AIDS. This study wanted to identify ... -
Reasons for limited responses to HIV/AIDS in certain faith-based ministries : a case study of Cloud and Fire Ministery, Kanye, Botswana
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The work of FBOs began to emerge as a specific area of study and discussion in global health, thirty years ago. Despite much work, repeated calls for more clarity, theoretical frameworks, data and empirical ... -
Reasons for low male participation in HIV and AIDS support groups : a focus on Mahalapye sub district, Botswana
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Aim: Male involvement in HIV Support groups has been noted to be low (Heyer et al, 2008; Maboshe, 2008; Russel & Schneider, 2000). The aim of the study was to explore factors affecting the participation ... -
The reasons for low utilization of long acting contraceptives amongst HIV positive women at Harare post test services clinic, Zimbabwe
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The study sought to answer the question, what are the reasons for low utilization of long acting contraceptives among HIV positive women attending the Harare Post-test support services clinic. The study ... -
Reasons for poor adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) by young female (15 -24 years) HIV/AIDS patients in Oshakati district
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Namibia has a small population of about 2 million people and its HIV/AIDS situation is not different from that of the global trend. Approximately 20% of the sexually active adult population lives with ... -
Reasons of early sexual debut of “female” adolescents attending Town-Two Clinic in Khayelitsha, South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Introduction: There is an increase in the prevalence of HIV among young females compared to their male counterparts in South Africa (Shisana, 2012). Previous studies have shown early sexual debut is one ... -
Recommendation pattern preferences and share analysts bias on the JSE
(Bureau for Economic Research, 2018)The trustworthiness of analysts’ reports has rightly been questioned after the financial crises of the 1990s and 2000s revealed biases in their behaviour. This study investigated the inclination of analysts to issue ... -
Recommender systems
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A Recommender System (RS) is a particular type of information filtering system used to propose relevant items to users. Their successful application in online retail is reflected in increased customer ... -
Reconceptualising urban food security : an analysis of the everyday negotiations of food access in Lusaka, Zambia
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study calls to attention the everyday experiences of what is an increasing urban food insecurity crisis in southern Africa. It draws on a wide literature review and in-depth qualitative work conducted ... -
The reconstruction of regional systems of innovation to allow the evolution of the biotechnology industry in non-high technology regions : the case of the Western Cape region in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates the efforts of stakeholders in a regional innovation system (RIS) to reconstruct the system to enable the development of the nascent biotechnology industry in the Western Cape ... -
Record linkage in the Cape of Good Hope Panel
(Taylor and Francis GroupRoutledge, 2019-02)In this article, we describe the record linkage procedure to create a panel from Cape Colony census returns, or opgaafrolle, for 1787–1828, a dataset of 42,354 household-level observations. Based on a subset of manually ... -
Reflecting on corporate governance in South Africa : lessons learned and the way forward
(Unisa Press, 2020-12)Background: South Africa is a corporate governance pioneer. The King Reports have offered guidance to listed companies in the country since 1994 and unlisted entities since 2016. In the drive for corporate change, attention ... -
Reflecting on the King IV director remuneration recommendations : a financial services perspective
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY: Director remuneration is a contentious topic worldwide. South African companies increasingly receive immense stakeholder scrutiny due to perceivably excessive executive remuneration packages, insufficient ...
