Author details Centre for Health Communication and Participation, Australian Institute for Primary Care & Ageing, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia. Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, PO Box 7004, St. Olavs plass, N-0130, Oslo, Norway. Health Systems Research Unit, Medical Research Council of South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa. International Union for Health...

A key is presented for the identification of the four species of Anthia Weber (Coleoptera: Carabidae) recorded from the Republic of South Africa: Anthia cinctipennis Lequien, Anthia circumscripta Klug, Anthia maxillosa (Fabricius), and Anthia thoracica (Thunberg). For each of these species, illustrations are provided of adult beetles of both sexes as well as illustrations of male reproductive s...

1AEON—Africa Earth Observatory Network, Geoecodynamics Research Hub, c/o Department of Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa; 2SARChI Chair on Biodiversity Value & Change in the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve & Core Member of Centre for Invasion Biology, School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, University of Venda, Private Bag X5050, Thohoyandou 0950, Sou...

This paper investigates South Africa’s readiness and attractiveness as a potential location for offshore Information Technology (IT) outsourcing. The shift of IT outsourcing from sites in the US and Western Europe to offshore locations such as India, the Philippines and China continues to be significant. Different countries are slowly entering the race to become the next offshore outsourcing ho...

At the 13 AIDS Conference in Durban new data from the following randomized clinical trials on the use of antiretrovirals (ARVs) to prevent mother to child transmission were presented: • PETRA Trial (South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda) • Perinatal HIV Prevention Trial (Thailand) • ANRS/CDC pooled analysis West Africa (Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso) • SAINT Study (South Africa) • HIVNET012 trial ...

This chapter discusses the critical link between human development and information and communications technology (ICT) policy in South Africa. Through a review of relevant literature, the status of human development and ICT growth in South Africa was investigated. The findings showed that South Africa is lagging behind many similar developing countries in terms of both ICT growth and human deve...

Unemployment among the youth is a significant problem in South Africa. Large corporations and the public sector simply cannot create enough jobs. Too many youths in South Africa currently do not consider entrepreneurship as an option in order to become independent. Unlike the youth of the Netherlands, South African youth prefer to find employment in the public or private sector. The Netherlands...

TIMOTHY E. HIGHAM*, G. JOHN MEASEY, ALEKSANDRA V. BIRN-JEFFERY, ANTHONY HERREL and KRYSTAL A. TOLLEY Department of Biology, University of California, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany & Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Merriman Avenue, Stellenbosch, South Africa D epartement d’Ecologie et de Gestion de la Biodiversit e, Centre Na...

Any new alien insect that succeeds in reaching and establishing in South Africa is a cause for concern, especially if it is phytophagous and feeds on commercially important plants. It is important that this should be detected early and documented so that the status of the insect as a pest can be assessed. Where necessary, the agricultural sector, trading partners and neighbouring countries shou...