This article will analyse the United Nations' experience of demilitarization in Southern Africa with reference to the issues surrounding the transition from an emergency situation to a developmental context. The three ...

The Municipal Systems Act (32/2000) establishes the integrated development plan (IDP) as the delivery mechanism for local authorities to fulfil their developmental mandate. The National Land Transport Transition Act (22/2000) ...

The use of transnational supply chains has been perceived as the “mantra for success” in the ear of globalisation, changing customer demographics and demand. The fast-moving customer goods (FMCG) industry has also joined ...

ABSTRACT The purpose of this research report is to investigate whether the European Union has begun to take the form of a political union, both in terms of the policy areas it has expanded its activities into and the ...

Abstract Using longitudinal data collected between 1999 and 2007, for Agincourt Demographic Surveillance Area, the paper examines the effect of marital status and co-residence on mortality of women who are aged between ...

Introduction Given the increasing prevalence of non-typhoidal salmonella in humans, especially as an opportunistic illness associated with HIV, enhanced surveillance for non-typhoidal salmonella (NTS), including screening ...

As organisations continuously attempt to do more with less, Chief Information Officers (CIOs) must manage their portfolio of IT investments more effectively and efficiently. In order to achieve this, CIOs can adopt a ...

Self-imagery plays a significant role in the development and maintenance of social anxiety (Hirsch, Clark and Mathews, 2006a). As a feared social event is anticipated, negative self- images become activated and this ...

Speech recognition adoption rate within Interactive Voice Response (IVR) systems is on the increase. If implemented correctly, businesses experience an increase of IVR utilization by customers, thus benefiting from reduced ...