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Human resources for health planning and national health insurance : the urgency and the opportunity
(Health Systems Trust, 2018)The implementation of National Health Insurance (NHI) amplifies the urgent need for coordinated, comprehensive health workforce planning in South Africa. Planning for and estimating the cost of adequate human resources for ... -
Die huwelikspatrone van Europese setlaars aan die Kaap, 1652 - 1910
(Pretoria : Human Sciences Research Council, North-West University, 2014-07)The Cape Colony at the southernmost tip of Africa, founded in 1652 with the arrival of European sailors and soldiers under the auspices of the Dutch East India Company, provides, we believe, an excellent opportunity ... -
Investigating the comprehension iceberg : developing empirical benchmarks for early-grade reading in agglutinating African languages
(AOSIS, 2020-02-18)Background: Reading development in agglutinating African languages is a relatively under-researched area. While numerous studies highlight the low comprehension levels among learners reading in African languages in South ... -
Long-run spatial inequality in South Africa : early settlement patterns and separate development
(Bureau for Economic Research, 2018)New economic geography theories predict that historically densely settled areas also become more industrialised. Industrial agglomeration has therefore cultivated spatial inequalities in all parts of the world. South Africa ... -
Luxury product consumption in Eighteenth-century Cape Colony households
(International Institute of Social History, 2012)What we know about the material culture of eighteenth century Cape Colony settlers is mostly limited to qualitative evidence found in official documents, letters, travel accounts and other correspondence. This paper uses ... -
Market concentration trends in South Africa’s private healthcare sector
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)The Competition Commission (CC) commenced with an enquiry into South Africa’s private healthcare sector at the beginning of 2014, the outcome of which could have far-reaching consequences for the medical industry in South ... -
Measuring quality gaps in TB screening in South Africa using standardised patient analysis
(MDPI, 2018)This is the first multi-district Standardised Patient (SP) study in South Africa. It measures the quality of TB screening at primary healthcare (PHC) facilities. We hypothesise that TB screening protocols and best practices ... -
Nationalizing South African mines : an economic assessment
(The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2013-01)Nationalization is high on the policy agenda in South Africa. This paper considers the case for nationalizing the local mining sector from an evidence-based perspective, which is derived from theoretical considerations and ... -
Patient predictors of health-seeking behaviour for persons coughing for more than two weeks in high-burden tuberculosis communities : the case of the Western Cape, South Africa
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2019)Background: This study aimed to analyse the patient predictors of health-seeking behaviour for persons coughing for more than 2 weeks to better understand this vulnerable and important population. Methods: The study ... -
Paying the high price of active management : a new look at unit trust fees
(Bureau for Economic Research, 2018)This study attempts to allocate the fund management expenses of actively managed South African general equity unit trusts between active and passive management portions, thereby calculating the implicit cost of active ... -
Public finances under private company rule : the Dutch Cape Colony (1652–1795)
(North-West University, 2013-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This paper provides an overview of the public finances of the Cape Colony in the period during which it was governed by the Dutch East India Company (1652–1795). Using information from secondary sources, ... -
Die relatiewe welvaart van die vroee Kaapse setlaars
(LitNet, 2012-08)Die tradisionele beskouing van die 18de-eeuse Kaapkolonie as ’n armoedige bestaansekonomie moet heroorweeg word. Deur van 2 577 onlangs gedigitaliseerde boedelinventarisse gebruik te maak, toon hierdie artikel dat die ... -
The rise and fall of mortality inequality in South Africa in the HIV era
(Elsevier, 2018-08)Post-apartheid South Africa has seen an unprecedented rise and fall of mortality in less than two decades as a result of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the subsequent rollout of free antiretroviral therapy (ART). Since the ... -
Die rol van die Nasionale Studentefinansieringskema (NSFAS) in die fasilitering van toegang tot hoer onderwys vir studente uit armer gemeenskappe in Suid-Afrika
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2017-12)In die vorige politieke bestel was swart studente onderverteenwoordig aan universiteite in Suid-Afrika. In 1990 was byvoorbeeld slegs 37,7% van studente swart. Met die oorgang na die nuwe politieke bestel is alle beperkings ... -
The role and value of water in natural capital restoration on the Agulhas Plain
(University of Pretoria, 2013)The Agulhas Plain is a low-lying coastal area within the Cape Floristic Region. It is heavily invaded by alien vegetation that infringes upon the sustainable supply of ecosystem goods and services provided by the native ... -
Should puffery advertising in South Africa be banned? an interdisciplinary analysis
(SUN MeDIA Bloemfontein, 2010)Advertising is employed to influence consumer decision-making by informing, persuading and reminding. Legal persuasive advertising is referred to as puffery (praise for a product by means of subjective opinions, superlatives, ... -
South Africa’s hospital sector : old divisions and new developments
(Health Systems Trust, 2017)The hospital sector in South Africa mirrors deep inequalities in the country as a whole. The private, for-profit hospital sector is well resourced and caters to a population that tends to be wealthier, urban and more likely ... -
The strategic implications of black empowerment policy in South Africa : a case study of boundary choice and client preferences in a small services firm
(Faculty of Economic & Management Science, Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, 2012)This paper studies the relationship between a firm’s boundary choices within its value chain and the BEE pressures it faces from its clients. The paper shows that BEE policy alters the value chain preferences of a firm’s ... -
Trickle-down ethnic politics : drunk and absent in the Kenya Police Force (1957-1970)
(American Economic Association, 2018)How does ethnic politics affect the state's ability to provide policing services? Using a panel of administrative personnel data on the full careers of 6,784 police officers, we show how the rise of ethnic politics around ... -
Water management reporting in the Agro-Food Sector in South Africa
(MDPI, 2017)The purpose of the study is to assess whether Corporate Social Responsibility regarding water is considered relevant for sustainability in companies related to agriculture in South Africa, considering that their impact ...
