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Language and academic achievement: Perspectives on the potential role of indigenous African languages as a lingua academica [PDF]

, 2012
Although research literature abounds with studies that show the importance of language for academic achievement, the potential role of indigenous African languages in the educational sector in South Africa has not been adequately appraised or appreciated.
Madiba, Mbulungeni
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Consumptive and Non-Consumptive Uses of Water Beetles (Aquatic coleopterans) in Sub-Saharan Traditional Rituals

Insects, 2023
The use of wild animals in customary rituals and as a sustenance resource is a longstanding tradition within sub-Saharan Africa. The emergence of commercial trade, has, however, created unattainable demands and has led to the overexploitation of animals.
Lucky Nhlanhla Mnisi, Nompumelelo Zondi, Innocent Pikirayi   +2 more
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Hip-hop, Identity, and Cultural Hybridity: An Exploration of Motswako as a Bicultural Phenomenon [PDF]

E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
South Africa is a linguistically and culturally diverse country. South African locals normally assimilate more than one culture, officially and unofficially.
Kgomotso Mothokhumo Ambitious Theledi, Soyiso Khetoa   +1 more
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WordNets for South African Languages

, 2020
Initially published by: Sonja E Bosch and Marissa Griesel. 2017. Strategies for building WordNets for under-resourced languages: The case of African languages. Literator (Potchefstroom. Online), 38(1):1–12.
Sefara, Tshephisho, Mokgonyane, Tumisho, Marivate, Vukosi   +2 more
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Black writers’ Shona novels of the liberation war in Zimbabwe: an art that tells the truth of its day

Literator, 2010
Over the years Shona fiction that portrays Zimbabwe’s liberation war has been a subject of severe criticism because of its tendency to falsify and distort history.
D.E. Mutasa, W.L. Chigidi
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Diagnosis and management of community-acquired pneumonia in children : South African Thoracic Society guidelines [PDF]

, 2020
BACKGROUND: Pneumonia remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality amongst South African children. More comprehensive immunisation regimens, strengthening of HIV programmes, improvement in socioeconomic conditions and new preventive strategies have
Avenant, T., Argent, A.C., Zar, H.J., Cohen, C., Madhi, S.A., Andronikou, S., Reubenson, G., Green, Robin J., Zar, Heather J., Green, R.J., Avenant, Theunis Johannes, Pillay, A., Itzikowitz, G., Jeena, P., Masekela, R., Nicol, M.P., Moore, D.P.   +16 more
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Tshivenḓa Common Nouns and their Impact on the Dignity of Women: A Sociolinguistic Approach [PDF]

E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
This paper critically examines how Tshivenḓa common nouns used to label women contribute to social conflict within the Vhavenḓa community. It explores how these nouns operate as linguistic tools that perpetuate gender bias, undermine women’s dignity, and
Mashudu Maṱhabi , Tshinetise David Raphalalani, Avhatakali Jonathan Makhado   +2 more
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A case for the adoption of Swahili as a language of early school literacy instruction in Ekegusii-speaking areas of western Kenya

Nordic Journal of African Studies, 2019
Swahili, a national and official language in Kenya, is in wide use in the country as an inter-ethnic medium of communication and, generally, as a lingua franca.
Peter Mose, Russell Kaschula
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Communicative challenges of interpreting in cross-border languages in South African courtrooms [PDF]

, 2020
This article presents some of the challenges encountered by court interpreters who interpret in cross-border languages, i.e. languages spoken across the borders of two neighbouring countries.
Usadolo, Sam Erevbenagie, Kotzé, Ernst
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Waist circumference percentiles of black South African children aged 10 - 14 years from different study sites [PDF]

, 2019
Background. Waist circumference (WC) is a useful predictor of cardiometabolic risk in children. Published data on WC percentiles of children from African countries are limited. Objectives.
Monyeki, M.D, Ukegbu, P.O., Kimani-Murage, E, Kimani-Murage, E., Motswagole, Boitumelo Stokie, Faber, M, Matsha, Tandi Edith, Matsha, T, Norris, S.A, Stuijvenberg, M.E, Ukegbu, P.O, Smuts, C. M., Kruger, H. S., Faber, M., Norris, S. A., Monyeki, K. D., Smuts, C.M, Kruger, H.S, Motswagole, B.S, Van Stuijvenberg, M. E.   +19 more
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