· Apartheid ("apartness" in the language of Afrikaans) was a system of legislation that upheld segregationist policies against non-white citizens of South Africa. After the National Party gained ...
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· Biovac is a South African specialist vaccines company that was established to revive local human vaccine production in Southern Africa. Alongside the development of bacterial vaccine technologies, the company has built modern facilities and secured high profile technology transfers from international vaccine companies.
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· South Africa produces more than 10 percent of the world's gold, from more than 30 functioning mines. South Africa's natural resources also include mineral reserves of iron ore, copper, platinum, silver, manganese, titanium, …
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With colonialism, which began in South Africa in 1652, came the Slavery and Forced Labour Model. This was the original model of colonialism brought by the Dutch in 1652, and subsequently exported from the Western Cape to the …
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South Africa experienced a transformation between 1870, when the diamond rush to Kimberley began, and 1902, when the South African War ended. Midway between these dates, in 1886, the world's largest goldfields were discovered on the Witwatersrand. As the predominantly agrarian societies of European South Africa began to urbanize and industrialize, the region evolved into …
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Wind can easily transfer the harmful substances to nearby houses contaminating the residential area of the city where more than 1.5 million people live. The effects of dust on people include severe coughing and vomiting while some children have been diagnosed with neurological disorders. Moreover, about 10-13% 13-to-14-year old children who ...
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· South Africa has been a resource economy in excess of a century. An independent evaluation of South Africa's non-energy in-situ mineral wealth is estimated at US$2.5 trillion (Citibank report, May 2010), making the country the wealthiest mining jurisdiction. However, a considerable amount of South Africa's mineral resources
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· In 2018, South Africa's proved coal reserves accounted for 1.3 per cent of the world's total (BP, 2019). These coal reserves are equivalent to 26.1 GtCO ... to deploy carbon capture and storage for coal-to-liquid processes (Republic of South Africa, 2016). Recognizing the long-term trend of switching energy systems from fossil fuels to ...
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· Speech delivered by the Minister of Transport, Mr Fikile Mbalula, on the occasion of the virtual tabling of the Budget Vote 40 of the Department of Transport in the National Assembly on 18 May 2022 At 14h00. I must thank the Portfolio Committee on Transport for its robust and uncompromising oversight. Your leadership and guidance has kept us on ...
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· South Africa is a major destination for refugees fleeing crises, but their children face discrimination and are often denied access to school and healthcare services. Gender-based violence is an emergency in South Africa. While young boys are victims of all forms of violence, there are shocking levels of violence, especially sexual violence ...
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· The exploitation of Africa and Africans by the Western world since 1500, made an invaluable – and even an indispensable – contribution to the building of the economies of three ... If South Africa's share is excluded, Africa's share of WGDP is just more than 2%. 3 The richest 10% in South Africa receive 74% of SA GDP.
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· Colonialism, which cited to the system of political and economic power by one state over another, had an gigantic bang on Africa—The bondage existed in Africa long before Europeans arrived. It formed nations and …
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loosely and interchangeably by various stakeholders, some of. the short- and long-term benefits of recycling and re-use of. mining and metal extraction wastes include (Lottermoser, 2011): (1 ...
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The Constitution of t he Republic of South Africa (Constitution) (Act 108 of 1996), the Labour Relations Act (LRA) (Act 66 of 1995), and the Basic
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· Perspectives on southern Africa's past in the eras before the establishment of European colonial rule have been heavily shaped by political conflicts rooted in South Africa's history as a society of colonial settlement. The archive of available evidence—archaeological finds, recorded oral materials, and colonial documents—together with the concepts used to …
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· CHAPTER 1 • SOUTH AFRICAN HIGHER EDUCATION BEFORE AND AFTER 1994. 5. when a choice of one method of analysis is taken to be an absolute, since no one. size can best serve the distinctiveness of ...
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· The Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR), Cape Town, South Africa, and the Johannesburg-based Foundation for Human Rights (FHR) hosted three public dialogues in Cape Town, on 23 April 2018 on "Ending Violence Against Women in South Africa: Disruption and Innovation"; on 22 May 2018 on "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI) …
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The independence of the majority of Britain's African territories put the independence of the High Commission territories in Southern Africa on the British agenda, despite their continued economic dependence on South Africa and the relative weakness of their independence movements. Lesotho, with high levels of literacy, was the first to organize.
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· Some of the largest mining in Africa projects include: Ruighoek Mine (South Africa): This project has a capital value of over R 40 billion. A refurbishment of an older mine, it's expected to produce 150 000 to 200 000 tons of chrome per year. It is located north of Rustenburg in the North West Province of South Africa.
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Colonisation is the process of acquiring colonies. European powers took over land by force and then settled European people on the land. The conquered land then became known as a colony. Imperialism is a policy of extending a country's power and influence through colonisation, use of military force, or other means.
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· The Obama administration has pledged to double the annual investment in foreign assistance to Africa from $25 billion in 2008 to $50 billion by the end of his first term. The administration had ...
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2 · Economic activity in modern-day South Africa has been centred on mining activities, their ancillary services and supplies. The country's stock exchange in Johannesburg was established in 1887, a decade after the first …
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· Globalization has had a positive impact on the South African society . Myopic mindedness has been dealt away with and they have been set a more affluent and integration of ideas from different parts of the world which has helped the society in general. For instance the AIDS awareness has become a global theme and has encouraged South Africa to ...
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· 2.5 Has the Collective Bargaining in South Africa Evolved Over Time (Pre- and Post-apartheid Periods)? 12 2.6 Weakness of the Wage Determination Process in South Africa 14 3. WAGES IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN MINING SECTOR 17 3.1 Worker Remuneration as a Percentage of Total Company Costs 17 3.2 Mining Wages in South Africa: A Sectoral …
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· The Protection from Harassment Act, 2011 (Act 17 of 2011 ), is the first specific legislation to address sexual harassment in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. The essence of the Act is to provide a quick, easy and affordable civil remedy in the form of a protection order for incidences of stalking.
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As explicated in Fourie (Chapter 1 in this volume), the 'informal sector' refers to employment and production that takes place in. unincorporated, small or unregistered enterprises while ...
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The Fertilizer Society of South Africa was established in 1959. It was restructured in 2014, when it became known as the Fertilizer Association of Southern Africa (Fertasa). The Association represents the fertilizer industry in Southern Africa, with its members producing, trading, blending and distributing fertilizer products across this region ...
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· The proportion of elderly in South Africa is on the increase with 8.1% of the population being over the age of 60-years. Despite this, the problem of elder abuse has not received much attention from researchers or policy makers. No national epidemiological studies about elder abuse in South Africa could be found . 9, 10).
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· uring Apartheid in South Africa, the country was a collaboration of racism and sexism with the government striving day in and day out to keep the country in such a state. The gender discrimination in South Africa is deeply rooted in the ethnic traditions of the multi-cultural communities, as well as by the compliance of women themselves.
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· to Business Process Enabling South Africa (BPeSA) – the national association for companies operating in the BPM sector, also known as BPO/Business Process Services (BPS) – the BPM sector employed approximately 215 000 workers in 2015. More than half (59.9%) of these jobs have been created in the last five years. The number of jobs catering to
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