Autos for Africa? : possibilities and pitfalls for an automotive industry in Africa by McLennan, Thomas

“…Despite limited industrialisation levels and relatively small domestic markets, some larger countries, such as Nigeria and Kenya, are putting policies in place to encourage domestic production. …”
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Imagining a new public space in the foreshore by re-creating the city-sea relationship by Watson-Smith, Adam Graham

“…What negative effects of mobility in a global society are universal to all contemporary cities and societies, and what are some of the contextually derived typological solutions? …”
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Improving the value of coffee exports in order to improve the value of exports: A case of Rwanda by Izere, Ines

“…The coffee sector is constrained by production of ordinary coffee and the exportation of low quantities of fully washed coffee, specialty and roasted coffee. In addition, some coffee plantations are old, fertilizers are not enough and the coffee farmer is paid little money. …”
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Semilinear elliptic partial differential equations with the critical Sobolev exponent by Mavuso, Melusi Manqoba

“…To this end, we first recall some useful results from functional analysis, including the Sobolev spaces, which provide a natural setting for the idea of weak or generalised solutions. …”
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A comparative study of the distribution of C₃ and C₄ species of Cyperaceae in South Africa in relation to climate by Chuba, David

“…The presence of the C₄ syndrome is shown to have some consistency within subfamilies, tribes and genera.…”
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Ex-ante evaluation of investment performance fees using spread options by Dube, Tinashe Alison

“…This dissertation analyses ex-ante asymmetric performance fee structures used by South African Mutual Funds and estimates performance fees some time before the fees are paid. Certain parties might benefit from having a reasonable estimate of its value. …”
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The major risk factors for coronary artery disease in the Coloureds of the Cape Peninsula : The CRISIC Study by Steyn, Krisela

“…At lower but real levels of risk 94,6% of men and 89,8% of women carried some degree of CHD risk factors was found.…”
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Domestication of free Wi-Fi amongst high school learners in disadvantaged communities in the Western Cape, South Africa by Mabhena, Zwelithini

“…Key findings reveal that while access points are available to serve in disadvantaged communities some learners are able to connect whilst others are unable or struggle to connect with ease. …”
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Remembering Repertoires: exploring performance as a social innovation technology by Rossouw, Tasneem

“…This thesis explores some of the functions that performance rituals play in social space. …”
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Low-rank completion and recovery of correlation matrices by Ramlall, Chetan K

“…In almost all instances, the method of convex relaxation performed better than spectral methods and achieved the closest and best-fitted low-rank approximations to the true, optimal low-rank matrices (for some rank-n). Furthermore, a dependence was found to exist on which correlation pairs were used as inputs, with the accuracy of the approximations being, in general, directly proportional to the number of input correlations provided to the algorithms.…”
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Consumption of Aloe to improve health outcomes in adults with irritable bowel syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Fong, Francisco J

“…PART B is an extended literature review which expands on some of the topics raised in the background section of the protocol. …”
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Suggested policies in regard to Suburban expansion into the Urban fringe (the Constantia Village), book 1 by Callaghan, Bernard Mark

“…Many fringe areas comprise prime farmland and, in some instances, the environmental characteristics of the l and are scenically attractive and offer great opportunities for meeting the outdoor recreational needs of the metropolitan population. …”
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A study of the development of sectional titles in South Africa since the promulgation of the Act in 1971 by Coetzee, K R

“…In other words, the block of flats of which each unit could only be rented, or in some cases in recent years, be "bought" on Blockshare basis (which will be discussed later), can now be individually bought as well as the owner now having a pro rata share in common property which consists of, inter alia, the passages, the roof, the grounds on which the building is situated, the swimming pool etc.…”
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Histological and morphological studies of the endocrine organs of xenopus laevis by Rimer, Gladys E J

“…The present enquiry concerns the Thyroid Gland, Pituitary and Epiphyseal Complexes with some observations concerning the possible occurrence of chromophil cells in the kidney of Xenopus laevis. …”
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Studies bearing on: (1) The nutrition of Bantu infants and young children and (2) The metabolism of calcium and iron by Bantu children and adults by Walker, Alexander Robert Pettigrew

“…These local Bantu are comprised of several ethnic groups, the largest of which are Zulu and Xhosa. While some communities of rural Bantu still live in a primitive manner. others, mainly in urban areas, tend progressively to adopt a westernised type of diet and manner of life. …”
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Physical fitness of young South Africans by Sloan, Archibald Walker

“…The title, 'Physical Fitness of Young South Africans', has been selected to convey the best general impression of the subject matter but the scope of the thesis is in some respects narrower, and in others broader, than the title suggests. …”
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The outdoor recreation potential of the Garden Route area: a study of the demand for outdoor recreation in a mobile population and evaluation of the Garden Route Area as a supplier... by Barry, Reginald Louis

“…While the echo of these super cents in the till is deadening even the sound of the sea to some, other's concern is sending a chill down the spine. …”
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A multivariate statistical approach to the assessment of nutrition status by Fellingham, Stephen A

“…Using a multidisciplinary data set of some 60 variables observed on 1898 school children from four racial groups, the study aims to identify statistically, both those variables which are unrelated to nutrition status and also those which, although related, are so highly correlated that the measurement of all would be an unnecessary extravagance. …”
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Potential health benefits of antioxidant effects of wine on lipids by Blackhurst, Diane Mary

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The relevance of the Pauli group in dynamical systems with pseudo-fermions by Bavuma, Yanga

“…The group of Wolfgang Pauli is well known in mathematical physics, because it describes some relevant symmetries in quantum dynamical systems. …”
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