This Practice as Research report investigates the syncretization of Forum theatre with Appreciative Inquiry in dealing with ethnic prejudice in Hillbrow, South Africa. The study looks at how two seemingly contradictory ...

The new Graduate Entry Medical Programme at the University of the Witwatersrand widens access to study and aims to change the learning process. Content is integrated horizontally and vertically and the learning is organized ...

Self-compacting concrete (SCC) is becoming a popular form of concrete usage in a range of applications throughout the world. This investigation considers the development of the technology and use of SCC. Importantly, the ...

Pancratistatin is a naturally occurring Amaryllidaceae alkaloid isolated from the bulbs of Pancratum littorale. Pancratistatin has been shown to be capable of inducing apoptosis in several cancer cell lines. Although the ...

algorithm. The origins of handwriting idiosyncrasies and habituation are explained using systems theory, and it is shown that the 2/3 power law governing biomechanics motion also applies to handwriting. This leads to the ...

Total stations are used extensively for taking geodetic and engineering survey measurements. These measurements are made possible by accurate observation of targeted points. One example is deformation surveys (slope stability ...

A casual scan of workplace based mental health services in South Africa reveals a developing tendency and trend towards the outsourcing of this service. Most companies that previously boosted relatively huge integrated ...

In 2001, South Africa adopted inflation targeting as the monetary policy framework. The principal of the framework is to maintain inflation within the target band of 3% to 6%. However the policy has been heavily criticised. ...

Abstract: Mozambique Island, situated in the North of Mozambique, was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1991, for its unique architecture, a testimony to the amalgamation of different cultural and scientific ...

In this thesis I consider how mathematics students in a traditional firstyear Calculus course at a South African university appropriate mathematical objects which are new to them but which are already part of the official ...