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Explaining the uncertainty: understanding small-scale farmers’ cultural beliefs and reasoning of drought causes in Gaza Province, Southern Mozambique [PDF]

, 2019
This paper explores small-scale farmers’ cultural beliefs about the causes of drought events and the reasoning behind their beliefs. Cultural beliefs vary across countries, regions, communities, and social groups; this paper takes the case of farmers ...
Salite, Daniela
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Sources of knowledge empowerment amongst pregnant women with TB disease: A qualitative study in South Africa

Health Expectations, Volume 27, Issue 1, February 2024.
Abstract Background Providing relevant knowledge to empower all pregnant women diagnosed and nondiagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) is essential worldwide. Proper dissemination of health information for pregnant women could assist in preventing TB complications amongst women and babies.
Mulondo Seani Adrinah, Khoza Lunic Base, Lebese Rachel Tsakani   +2 more
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Post-apartheid complexities of Xitsonga and mathematics teaching in rural foundation phase classrooms: A case of number patterns

Interdisciplinary Journal of Sociality Studies
The study conducted in rural Acornhoek, Mpumalanga, addresses the inadequate research and understanding surrounding the teaching of mathematics in the early grades, particularly in rural South African schools where indigenous languages like Xitsonga are ...
Hlamulo Wiseman Mbhiza, Ayanda Zondo, Sibongile Mlangeni, Vuyelwa Brenda Mpitso   +3 more
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Mutualism Despite Ostensible Difference: HuShamwari, Kuhanyisana, and Conviviality Between Shona Zimbabweans and Tsonga South Africans in Giyani, South Africa

Africa Spectrum, 2020
This ethnographic study explores forms of mutuality and conviviality between Shona migrants from Zimbabwe and Tsonga-speaking South Africans living in Giyani, South Africa.
Tamuka Chekero, Shannon Morreira
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Perceived Value and Purchase Influence of YouTube Beauty Vlog Content Amongst Generation Y Female Consumers

Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.
Globally and in South Africa, the beauty industry, which includes high‐involvement products such as skincare, fragrance, makeup, and haircare products, is experiencing robust growth, something partially attributed to the rapidly growing influence of beauty social media influencers.
Ayesha L. Bevan-Dye, Mahmaod Alrawad
wiley   +1 more source

Levels and Determinants of DDT and DDE Exposure in the VHEMBE Cohort. [PDF]

, 2017
BackgroundAlthough indoor residual spraying (IRS) is an effective tool for malaria control, its use contributes to high insecticide exposure in sprayed communities and raises concerns about possible unintended health effects.ObjectiveThe Venda Health ...
Barr, Dana Boyd, Bornman, Riana, Chevrier, Jonathan, Eskenazi, Brenda, Gaspar, Fraser W, Holland, Nina, Lipsitt, Jonah M, Quirós-Alcalá, Lesliam   +7 more
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Experience of Burden of Care and Support Needs of Informal Caregivers of Persons With Severe Mental Disorders in Rural South Africa: A Qualitative Study

Mental Illness, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.
Severe mental disorders are chronic and disabling conditions marked by serious functional impairments. As a result, persons with severe mental disorders require long‐term care from their family, relatives, or friends. Providing care is accompanied by negative experiences that result in distress for the caregivers, and as such, they require support to ...
Olindah Silaule, Nokuthula G. Nkosi, Fasloen Adams, Mirko Manchia   +3 more
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'It's because I like things… it's a status and he buys me airtime': exploring the role of transactional sex in young women's consumption patterns in rural South Africa (secondary findings from HPTN 068). [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND: 'Transactional sex', defined as a non-marital, non-commercial sexual relationship in which money or material goods are exchanged for sex, is associated with young women's increased vulnerability to HIV infection. Existing research illustrates
Heise, Lori, Kahn, Kathleen, MacPhail, Catherine, Pettifor, Audrey, Ranganathan, Meghna, Selin, Amanda, Silverwood, Richard J, Stöckl, Heidi, Watts, Charlotte, Xavier Gómez-Olivé, F   +9 more
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Probing Proverbial Propositions in Xitsonga Discourse in Vutlhari bya Vatsonga Machangana and Tinhlungu ta Rixaka Dictionary.

Rainbow: Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture
Vatsonga largely rely on proverbial expressions and other forms of figurative language in their daily discourse to convey various messages and lessons.
Ndzalama Maluleke
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Assessing the Impact of Modernization on Fertility: The Case of Mozambique [PDF]

, 2000
Mozambique is one of the poorest countries in the world. It also has one of the world's highest birth rates. Until recently there has been virtually no way to study Mozambique's high fertility because of the civil war.
Ceccato, V.A.
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