Results 71 to 80 of about 4,445 (194)

Transactional sex among young women in rural South Africa: prevalence, mediators and association with HIV infection. [PDF]

, 2016
INTRODUCTION: Young adolescent women in sub-Saharan Africa are three to four times more likely to be HIV-positive than boys or men. One of the relationship dynamics that is likely to be associated with young women's increased vulnerability to HIV is ...
Amanda Selin, Audrey Pettifor, Beauclair, Boerma, Catherine MacPhail, Charlotte Watts, Chatterji, Choudhry, Collinson, Corey, Cowan, Dellar, Dunkle, Dunkle, Eaton, Epstein, Estelle Piwowar-Manning, F Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Fishbein, Gilbert, Halperin, Harrison, Jama Shai, James P Hughes, Jewkes, Jewkes, Jewkes, Kahn, Karim, Kathleen Kahn, Kelly, Lenoir, Lori Heise, Luke, MacPhail, MacPherson, Madhavan, Meekers, Meghna Ranganathan, Mojola, Norris, O'Donnell, Oliver Laeyendecker, Ott, Pettifor, Pettifor, Pitpitan, Poulin, Prudden, Pulerwitz, Ranganathan, Rehle, Richard J Silverwood, Richiardi, Rosenberg, Schroder, Shisana, Sinead Delany-Moretlwe, Stoebenau, Stoebenau, UNAIDS, Vanderweele, Wamoyi, Watt, Weinhardt, Wilson, Wojcicki, Woolf-King, World Health Organization., Zembe   +69 more
core   +5 more sources

#Reloading language programs

The Modern Language Journal, Volume 109, Issue 2, Page 479-487, Summer 2025.
Susan Coetzee‐Van Rooy
wiley   +1 more source

Linguistic Exclusion in South African E-Governance

Digital Policy Studies
Digital platforms offer new avenues for public service access, yet indigenous communities like Xitsonga speakers in South Africa face exclusion due to language barriers in e-government and ICT tools.
Janine Shout Ramothwa
doaj   +1 more source

Variables associated with Grade R English Additional Language acquisition in multilingual rural Mpumalanga schools

South African Journal of Education, 2016
In a previous study Moodley, Kritzinger and Vinck (2014) found that formal English Additional Language (EAL) instruction contributed significantly better to listening and speaking skills in Grade R learners, than did a play-based approach. The finding in
P Moodley, A Kritzinger, B Vinck
doaj   +1 more source

Who benefits the most from peer effects within ethnic group ? Empirical evidence on the South African Labour Market [PDF]

This paper provides evidence that local social interactions within etnic groups may explain the puzzling variations in labour-market outcomes across individuals.
Gaëlle Ferrant, Yannick Bourquin
core  

Borrowing and Loan Words: The Lemmatizing of Newly Acquired Lexical Items in Sesotho sa Leboa

Lexikos, 2011
<p>ABSTRACT: The influence of foreign languages in Sesotho sa Leboa, or Northern Sotho, results in borrowing, which ultimately leads to an increase in the vocabulary of Sesotho sa Leboa.
V.M. Mojela
doaj   +1 more source

Investigating the comprehension iceberg: Developing empirical benchmarks for early-grade reading in agglutinating African languages

South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2020
Background: Reading development in agglutinating African languages is a relatively under-researched area. While numerous studies highlight the low comprehension levels among learners reading in African languages in South Africa, little has been done to ...
Nicholas Spaull, Elizabeth Pretorius, Nompumelelo Mohohlwane   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

English reading and writing performance of Xitsonga-speaking Grade 7 learners in township schools: A case study

Per Linguam : A Journal of Language Learning, 2010
A clear preference for English as language of teaching and learning (LoLT) is evident in most South African schools. However, discrepancies exist between language policy aims and educational outcomes with regard to the successful acquisition of English ...
Manyike, Tintswalo V., Lemmer, Eleanor M.   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Morphosyntactic features of universal quantifiers in isiZulu and Xitsonga: A comparative study

Literator
Due to their common roots within the Bantu language family, isiZulu and Xitsonga exhibit several shared linguistic features, notably the use of a noun class system. Yet, their distinct morphological rules differentiate them.
Rivalani X. Masonto, Elliot M. Mncwango
doaj   +1 more source

Language Policy Implementation For Service Delivery: A Case Study of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality in South Africa [PDF]

E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
South African local authorities (i.e., local government sector) have a responsibility to develop and strengthen Southern Bantu languages as prescribed by the country’s Constitution.
Khayelihle Phumlani Nkosi, Thabo Ditsele
doaj   +1 more source