The axial map of a town is one of the key components of the space syntax method – a tool
for analysing urban layout. It is derived by placing the longest and fewest lines, called axial
lines, to cross the adjacencies ...
China`s resource demand is contributing to historic shifts in global mineral market behaviour and overall optimism in African resource rich countries. Considering the fact that most African countries are underdeveloped and ...
Nano-sized 3 mol% yttria stabilised zirconia powders were synthesized from a co-precipitation technique and compared to powders obtained from Geratech Zirconium Beneficiation Ltd, a zirconium chemical plant company based ...
Low-density Ti-Mg and Ti-Al-Mg alloy specimens have been produced by
sintering mechanically alloyed powders. Alloying titanium with low-density
elements has been found to reduce costs while improving on properties such
as ...
Studies of San rock art in southern Africa have appealed to researchers for specificities of
individual rock art sites in order to counter the prevailing practice of conceptualising San
rock art as a homogenous entity. ...
The water quality study of the rivers in the Hartbeespoort Dam catchment as well as
its outflow has been conducted over a period of 6 months (i.e. from January 2004 to
July 2004). The research effort has focused on ...
The present report identifies six problems concerning the determinacy of mental content which confront naturalistic accounts of such content. In the light of these six problems, an evaluation of representative exemplars ...
Service delivery by public sector institutions is arguably one of the greatest
challenges facing South Africa. There have been many processes embarked
upon to bring about improvements. Rarely are the processes written ...
This thesis investigated whether a fragmented assemblage of fossilized Homo
sapiens remains collected from Palau; Micronesia represents a population exhibiting a case
of insular dwarfing. The earliest occupation of Palau ...
The aim of market investors is to maximise their returns from the market. Often they
do this by the use of historical financial (and other relevant) information about
companies and their share prices. The search for ...
Verso inscription by Dennis Godfrey " ... 'Eersteling' the first gold mine that proved payable in the Transvaal. It was established ... and managed in 1870 by Edward Button ... from the Button family 6.4.65. The mine ...
Poverty and unemployment are extremely high in South Africa, especially in rural
areas where there are low levels of infrastructure. The government has begun to
address this in the field of civil engineering; however ...
As part of its broad strategy to tackle rising unemployment, poverty and to
facilitate black economic empowerment, the South African government
resolved to promote skills development in the workplace. To this end, ...
Post 1994 a plethora of workshops and train programmes were offered to
provide principals with opportunities to develop their management and
leadership skills; and with the implementation of the Skills Development Act,
No. ...
Low levels of skills and high levels of monotomy are associated with work in auto-plants. In South Africa workers develope a wide range of skills and perform a wide variety of jobs. These skills are called 'tacit skills' ...
Set against rising levels of confidence within a new creative economy, creative industrial clusters are
increasingly emphasizing their roles as significant drivers of local economic development. Fashion is
recognised as ...
One of the strategies to protect the environment is through public interest environmental litigation supported by democratic participation in environmental decision making. However, there are emerging threats to such ...
Sustainability of commercial plantations is dependent on the conservation of soil nutrients, especially on the ancient, leached soils of the tropics. This is particularly important when limited fertilization is practiced. ...