... confidence ofthe product and is an indication ofthe trust ofthe organic label. 12. Conclusion This paper has established the growing importance of organic products in the food system ofthe ... (ii) They are good for the management of illness (35.4% of consumers); (iii) They have a better appearance and taste (30.8% ofthe consumers) and (iv) they are safe to consume (27.7% ofthe ... square) ofthe variability in the consumer’s awareness status. The accuracy of classification was estimated at 74.8 percent with the sensitivity ofthe model showing that 64.9 percent of the...
... limitations ofthe study. This section draws on the main report of the Nelson Mandela/HSRC Study of HIV/AIDS of which the national survey of children is apart. (Refer to the main report ofthe Nelson ... the majority of infected children will show signs of HIVdisease or AIDS in the first year oflife and half of them will die by the end ofthe secondyear. However, 25 per cent of infected children ... end of 2002, more than31 000 cases of rape and sexual assault of young people under the age of 17 years werereported to theSouth African Police. It is clear, of course, that a large number of...
... determines the diagnosis of TB for the majority of adults, positive culture results often arelacking for children. In the majority of cases, the diagnosis of pediatric TB is established by the triad of ... and analysis of epi-demiologic and other dataã Development of policies and procedures and of a planfor controlling TB, on the basis ofthe assessment of the problemã Assurance of diagnostic, ... health, their skills and capacities, the places where they work, the way they are organized, the equipment and systems available to them, and the fiscalresources they command) represents the public...
... 146 of 1993) was passed, the ELRC played an important role in midwifing many ofthe policy proposals dealing with the supply and demand of teachers.These discourses were at the heart ofthe ... Redistribution would enable the removal ofthe backlog of teacherless classrooms, improve PTRs, reduce drop-out rates and address the root ofthe problem ofthe culture of teaching and learning ... spaces – indeed, they had been ‘sites of struggle’ for over a decade – in which the ‘restoration ofthe culture of teaching and learning’ was one ofthe first priorities of post-apartheid education...
... man-agement of immunizations, the Expert Panel followed a processused in development of other IDSA guidelines. The processincluded a systematic weighting ofthe quality of evidence and the grade of ... endorsed by the following organizations: the AAP, the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, and the Pediatric InfectiousDiseases Society. The content ofthe guidelines and the man-uscript ... annual intervals, the Expert PanelChairs, the SPGC liaison advisor, and the Chair ofthe SPGCwill determine the need for revisions to the guidelines on the basis of an examination of current literature....
... expectation of a strengthening ofthe rand) or by raising interest rates. Under either of these options, it would probably be both difficult and undesirable for the SARB to maintain the higher rates of ... Over the course ofthe past several years, macroeconomic policies in SouthAfrica have helped reduce the vulnerability ofthe economy to adverse external shocks and contagion from other emerging ... currency crisis of 1998. Nevertheless, the NOFP and other indicators of international reserve adequacy remain a source of concern for investors that is reflected in SouthAfrica s sovereign...
... behalf of the ANC on the occasion ofthe adoption ofthe new democratic Constitution in May 1996. The speech captured the dual identity ofthe peoples’ in South Africa as both South Africans’ ... disintegration of the nationalist consensus in South Africa. The victory ofthe Zuma faction may have reasserted the power ofthe people, the ordinary South Africans. But a new culture of violence ... criticism that the ‘new’ SouthAfrica in the 1990s was ‘little more than the West’s lackey on the southern tip of Africa (Landsberg 2000: 107; Tieku 2004). The indisputable achievement of the Mbeki...
... centre ofthe probable causes of MDR TB, the outcome of treatment and the costs involved. A report should be forwarded for the personal attention ofthe Provincial Head of Health,outlining the ... preventive therapy irrespective of state of health and tuberculin response. In the absence of information on the effectiveness of preventive therapyfor MDR TB the national guidelines for contacts of ... on the probable causes of MDR TB, the outcome of treatmentand the costs involved. Each centre should conduct an annual review on the probable causes of MDR TB, the outcome of treatment and the...
... them. Some of them need to be taught That’s the other part. Most of them come from the farms and we teach them at the workshops. To have workshops maybe twice a month with them to teach them first. ... to the decline ofthe agricultural sector. The economic situation was reported to have been made worse by the fall in profitability and closure of many ofthe gold mines in the district. The ... and the gold reserves in the mines are running out. The collapse ofthe mining industry raises further problems, for example, most ofthe migrant labourers left the community when they lost their...
... disintegration of the nationalist consensus in South Africa. The victory ofthe Zuma faction may have reasserted the power ofthe people, the ordinary South Africans. But a new culture of violence ... aspects ofthe state of our nation. Neither the introductory chapter by the editors nor the perspectives presented in the subsequent chapters represent the views ofthe HSRC and, as is the case ... identity became the topic of a high-profile Africa- wide debate in the mid-1990s – under the banner SouthAfrica and Africa: Within or Apart?’ – where it was noted that apartheid SouthAfrica ‘has...