In other parts of sub-Saharan Africa, Traditional Councils (TCs) have always been central to the
governance of rural communities. In South Africa, they were restructured in 2003 in order to
promote effective leadership ...
Declining underground water, unpredictable rainfall patterns and high temperatures pose a threat to future food and water security. Water security is also threatened by the growing demand for water in the agriculture sector ...
Seasonal variation and long-term change in climate have a direct impact on the form, scale, spatial and temporal effects on maize farming. Adaptation is key to reducing the effects. Several costs accompany the adaptation ...
An increase in population and migration to urban centres remains a threat to effective solid waste management mostly in developing countries. Informal settlements usually do not have effective waste collection system as ...
Approximately, 780 million of people in the world lack access to safe water for domestic use. Out
of these, 37 % are found in sub-Saharan Africa. Because of the negative impact of climate
variability and change, scarcity ...
The purpose of this thesis is to develop coupled multi-scale dynamics of infectious disease systems. An
infectious disease system consists of three subsystems interacting, which are the host, the pathogen, and
the ...
South Africa has many abandoned mines which seriously affect the environment and the livelihood of the host communities. The lack of in-depth knowledge of the problems of these mines, limited resources for their rehabilitation, ...
Improved access to modern affordable, sustainable and reliable energy supply is fundamental in the development of any economy and in the achievement of sustainable development goals. However, energy as a resource is ...
The biggest environmental challenge affecting developing countries is the rapid growth of solid waste and its consequent poor management. Management of waste requires data from different entities associated with solid ...
Background: Heat energy is essential for the anaerobic digestion of organic materials such as household, human or agricultural waste. Many developing countries have witnessed efforts to implement anaerobic digestion ...
Mining has a potential to provide sustainable economic and social benefits to communities and the regions in which mining companies operate. However, many mines have been abandoned and/or improperly closed which has lasting ...
Mining has been one of the most significant contributors to South Africa's social and
economic progress. South Africa is endowered with a diverse of minerals and mining
activities are driven by large corporations and ...
Human Immunodeficiency virus/ acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a relatively modern disease that has caused extensive morbidity, mortality and suffering worldwide. HIV/AIDS is associated with different enzymes ...
Cinnamic acid containing molecules have been shown to possess unprecedented pharmacological activities against various physiological disorders. Most of the plants containing these compounds have been shown to exhibit ...
Sand and gravel resources are the most important raw materials for the construction of infrastructure and buildings. However, extraction activities negatively affect settings for the resources and cause adverse environmental ...