A review of emerging AI technologies in education: challenges and benefits in South Africa
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Samkelisiwe Purity Phokoye, Ayogeboh Epizitone, Smangele Pretty Moyane
Emerging Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies are transforming the global education sector, with Artificial Intelligence playing a crucial role in enhancing teaching, learning, and administrative processes. …
A constructivist approach to trigonometry problem solving using Manipulatives: a case study of a South African secondary school
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Caresse Niranjan, Deonarain Brijlall
Trigonometry is currently an examinable section in the subject of mathematics and is assessed in grade 12 examinations. This study addresses the challenge that teachers’ …
Career pathways and employability challenges of national certificate vocational (NCV) office administration graduates in one of the TVET colleges in Limpopo
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Thivhavhudzi Prince Magoloi, Fhatuwani Ravhuhali
Career trajectories and graduate employment outcomes have been extensively studied across disciplines; however, the post-graduation pathways of National Certificate Vocational (NCV) Office Administration graduates from …
Examining Kaldor’s new war thesis: Evidence from Central and West Africa
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John Bosco Kiingati, David Bilungule Bakamana, Eric Omingo Ombasa
This paper examines Kaldor’s New War Thesis and locates it in the context of Central and West Africa where a plethora of burgeoning evidence provides …
Integrating indigenous knowledge into life skills curriculum: Enhancing learners' world and word reading strategies
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Thivhavhudzi Muriel Badugela, Tawanda Runhare
This paper aims to examine the effects of innovative teaching strategies that incorporate learners lived experiences into the implementation of the South African Life Skills …
Political Activism and Transgender Advocacy Through Poetry: The Case of Lee Mokobe
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Andiswa Mvanyashe
This paper examines the intersection of political activism and transgender advocacy within Lee Mokobe's poetry, utilising a multidisciplinary methodology that combines thematic literary analysis, socio-political …
Socio-Economic transformation in South Africa
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Bulelwa Maphela, Eyitayo Francis Adanlawo
This study aims to provide compelling evidence demonstrating the effectiveness of local economic development (LED) in advancing economic and social development. The research undertook a …
Optimizing road haulage firms’ operational performance in Zimbabwe through artificial intelligence: Moderating effect of driver training
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Munyaradzi Chibaro, Chisungo Chisungo, Wilbert Manyanga
This study investigates the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to improve operational performance in Zimbabwean road haulage enterprises, with a focus on driver training as …
The impact of credit and debt shocks on household consumption in South Africa
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Khwazi Magubane, Lerato Mothibi
This study investigates the dynamic relationship between credit supply and demand shocks and household consumption in South Africa using a quantile autoregressive distributed lag (QARDL) …
Determinants of youth labour absorption in South Africa: A sectoral analysis
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Amon Moleko, Precious Mncayi, Jabulile Lindiwe Makhalima
The efficient integration of young people into the global job market is fundamental to sustainable development, significantly impacting economic stability, social unity, and demographic benefits. …
When silence as a crisis response is golden and when it is not: Insights from South African PR consultants
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Martin Zhuwakinyu
As a crisis communication strategy, silence has received scant scholarly attention. This study, guided by an expanded version of the Image Repair Theory, where silence …
Reimagining curriculum in the global South: Balancing globalisation, technology, and decolonisation
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Ndanduleni Bernard Nthambeleni, Masa Sylvester Motadi
This chapter examines the evolution of curricula in the Global South amidst globalisation, emerging technology, and the imperative for decolonised education that is relevant to …
Educational technology for equity in South Africa: Promise and challenge
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Wellington Itai Manzi, Motalenyane Alfred Modise
Despite extensive research on the impact of educational technology in enhancing the quality of teaching, learning, and learner academic achievement, there remains a notable lack …
The role of knowledge management in stimulating organizational innovation: Empirical analysis in the Tunisian banking sector
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Sofiane Founès, Sami Boudabbous
This study investigates the impact of knowledge management on innovation in Tunisia's banking sector through a survey of salaried executives. The results indicate a strong …
A case of a misleading conclusion: a critical reassessment of the methodological and interpretive flaws of a recent meta-analysis of the vector role of cat fleas in feline hemotropic Mycoplasma species transmission
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Mahmoud S. Safwat
A recent meta-analysis published in Parasites & Vectors [17(1):444, 2024] re-evaluated the prevalence of feline hemotropic Mycoplasma spp. in Ctenocephalides felis. The authors compared prevalence …
Revealing the therapeutic potential of bioactive exopolysaccharide (EPSS10) derived from Streptomyces sp. MAE
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Esraa S. Refat, Attia A. Attia, Mohamed E. El Awady
Currently, there is an increasing interest in microbial exopolysaccharides (EPSs) due to their diverse functionalities, diversity in chemical structure and source, and enormous potential for …
Student Experiences of Digital Literacy and Learning Management System Adoption in Rural Higher Education
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Oluwatoyin Ayodele Ajani
Eco-friendly, stability-indicating micellar HPLC-UV method for simultaneous determination of clindamycin phosphate and adapalene in gel formulations
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Bassant Samy, Mokhtar M. Mabrouk, Mohamed A. Abdel Hamid
A rapid, accurate, sensitive, and eco-friendly micellar liquid chromatography method has been successfully developed and validated for the simultaneous determination of clindamycin and adapalene in …
Genomic insights into ST85 and ST158 belonging to recently emerged global clones of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from Egypt: in vitro assessment of repurposed drug–antibiotic combinations
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Mona S. El Far, Mervat A. Kassem, Eva A. Edward
BACKGROUND: The strikingly rapid increase in multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (MDRAB) incidence rates represents a major challenge in healthcare settings. This is due to the limitation …
Determining the influence of livelihoods, land access, and location on household food and nutrition security in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Mallika Sardeshpande, Rowan Naicker, Sithabile Hlahla
Access to healthy food varies across socioeconomic circumstances such as primary livelihood, and access to shops, land, farms, and cities. We compared household food and …