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Unobserved structural shifts and asymmetries in the random walk model for stock returns in African frontier markets

open access: yesCogent Economics & Finance, 2020
The purpose of this study is to examine the weak-form market efficiency hypothesis (EMH) for 8 African Frontier markets between 2001 and 2017. To achieve this purpose, we employ unit root testing procedures which are robust to both nonlinearities and ...
David de Villiers   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Development Costs of Revolution: Evidence From Violent and Nonviolent Transitions

open access: yesKyklos, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using data from the Varieties of Democracy (V‐Dem) project and the NAVCO catalog (1950–2019), we estimate the developmental effects of successful revolutions through difference‐in‐differences models and event studies. Our findings differ from common expectations: neither violent nor nonviolent revolutions consistently deliver expected ...
Shishir Shakya   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Why be deciduous in a tropical savanna climate? Insights from leaf deployment, stem growth and sap flow dynamics

open access: yesNew Phytologist, EarlyView.
Stem increment, sap flow and leaf phenology. Summary Savannas are ecosystems with hot and wet summers and warm and dry winters. How and why savanna trees partition their physiological activity through this seasonal cycle is unknown; yet it is important to understand this temporal partitioning in order to anticipate how anthropogenic climatic change ...
Steven I. Higgins   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Creating Environmental Awareness using an Eco-Feedback Application at a Higher Education Institution

open access: yesSouthern African Journal of Environmental Education, 2020
Providing environmental education and creating environmental awareness assists future generations to conserve, preserve and sustain the environment. Organisations are supporting environmental awareness education efforts and universities are increasingly ...
Andre Calitz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The conditions of collective freedom: Reworking Black consciousness through Blackwomen's praxis in Apartheid prisons

open access: yesThe Southern Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, I argue that Black Consciousness philosophy, as articulated by Steve Biko in I Write What I Like (2004), becomes philosophically universalizable only when it is reworked through a Black women's praxis, already enacted by Blackwomen political prisoners under Apartheid.
Zinhle ka'Nobuhlaluse
wiley   +1 more source

Research & innovation report 2019/2020 [PDF]

open access: yes
Annual report highlighting research and innovation undertaken at the Nelson Mandela ...

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Financial implications for built environment consultants working at risk in South Africa

open access: yesActa Structilia, 2012
Consultants in the built environment of South Africa are facing financial risks due to clients’ expectations of completing certain portions of work at risk.
Chris Adendorff   +3 more
doaj  

What is a Multi‐Ethnic Party and How to Spot a Fake One?

open access: yesSwiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Multi‐ethnic parties have been variously defined: as those which do not champion the interests of, or mobilize against, any specific ethnic group; as those with a recognisably cross‐communal leadership or membership; and as those which acquire some distribution of support across groups.
Jon Fraenkel
wiley   +1 more source

Letter from Nelson R. Mandela to Mrs. F. Matthews

open access: yes, 2015
Nelson R. Mandela writes to Mrs. F. Matthews from Robben Island, reminiscing about her home in Alice, the days at Fort Hare, cultural contributions made by Mrs. Matthews, her current home in Gaborone, and the indebtedness to Prof. Z. K.

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The importance of geodiversity in understanding and conserving the Western Rift Valley Corridor

open access: yesEcology and Society
Earth Stewardship is a transformative initiative that emphasizes the crucial interdependence between human societies and the intricate ecological systems that sustain all life on our planet. Recognizing geodiversity, a concept encompassing the geological
Warren D Miller   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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