Purpose:  The paper aims to focus on South Africa’s poor economic performance and the regular downgrades of the country’s economic and financial rating by international rating agencies. It attempts to show that these continuous downgrades are a recipe for economic and financial disaster in the long – run; that the continuance of this phenomenon will stymie the implementation of the National Dev...

The southern African species of the water beetle genus Limnebius Leach, 1815, are revised. Eleven new species are described, based on the examination and databasing of 6,201 specimens from 96 localities/events. Male genitalia are illustrated, and high resolution habitus images of the holotypes are provided. Distribution maps are provided for the eleven species now known from southern Africa, in...

Instituição: Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa 1Post-graduate student in the Department of Sports, Rehabilitation and Dental Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa 2Professor and Head of the Department of Sports, Rehabilitation and Dental Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa 3Associate Professor at the Department o...

The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and other climate patterns can have profound impacts on the occurrence of infectious diseases ranging from dengue to cholera. In Africa, El Niño conditions are associated with increased rainfall in East Africa and decreased rainfall in southern Africa, West Africa, and parts of the Sahel. Because of the key role of water supplies in cholera transmission, ...

H. Swart, A. Kotze, P.A.S. Olivier and J.P. Grobler 1 Department of Biodiversity, University of Limpopo, P/Bag X1106, Sovenga 0272, South Africa 2 Animal Improvement Institute, Agricultural Research Council, P/Bag X2, Irene 0062, South Africa 3 Department of Genetics, University of the Free State, PO Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa 4 National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, PO Box ...

A. Kotzé, J.P. Grobler, E. van Marle-Köster, T. Jonker & D.L. Dalton 1 National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, P.O. Box 754, Pretoria 0001, South Africa 2 Department of Genetics, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa 3 Department of Animal & Wildlife Sciences, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield, Pretoria 0028, South Africa 4 Northern Cap...

Ebola virus disease is the important emerging disease in Africa. This infection is deadly and has the main clinical feature as an acute hemorrhagic fever. The main hematological alteration in this infection is the platelet change. However, the change in other hematological parameters should be mentioned. 

African Centre for DNA Barcoding, University of Johannesburg, APK Campus, PO Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006 Johannesburg, South Africa, Department of Plant Science, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield 0028, South Africa, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of South Africa, Florida Campus, Florida 1710, South Africa, Technische Universit€at M€ unchen, Plant Biodiversity ...

OBJECTIVES To carry out a meta-analysis to assess the prevalence of four key breastfeeding indicators in four subregions of 29 sub-Saharan African countries. DESIGN, SETTINGS AND PARTICIPANTS The 29 countries were categorised into four subregions, and using cross-sectional data from the most recent Demographic and Health Surveys (2010-2015) of these countries prevalence of each of four key br...

1Centre for Human Metabonomics, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa; 2Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Cape Town, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa; 3Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Division of Human Genetics & Institute for Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town,...