A quantitative assessment of the time to complete the Master of Medicine research thesis in a cohort of paediatrics registrars at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa by J Parry, A Coovadia

“…The Health Professions Council of South Africa implemented a compulsory research component for specialist practitioner registration through the Master of Medicine (MMed) degree in 2011, eliciting both commendation and critique. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices of oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among healthcare workers in the Ekurhuleni District, South Africa by E Mahlare, E Ramutshila, A Musekiwa, L Kuonza, T Mabuto

“…Despite HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) being one of the highly effective approaches to preventing HIV, and being freely available through primary healthcare clinics (PHCs), the uptake of HIV PrEP in South Africa (SA) is low. Objective. To understand knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAPs) of healthcare workers responsible for generating demand for HIV PrEP services, or identifying clients eligible for HIV PrEP services in PHCs in Ekurhuleni District, South Africa. …”
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Erratum to “Prostate Cancer in South Africa: Pathology Based National Cancer Registry Data (1986–2006) and Mortality Rates (1997–2009)” by Chantal Babb, Margaret Urban, Danuta Kielkowski, Patricia Kellett

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Human Papillomavirus Prevalence in Oral and Oropharyngeal Rinse and Gargle Specimens of Dental Patients and of an HIV-Positive Cohort from Pretoria, South Africa by Neil H. Wood, Koketso S. Makua, Ramokone L. Lebelo, Nina Redzic, Ina Benoy, Olivier M. Vanderveken, Johannes Bogers

“…The low prevalence of 3.6% compares well to similar studies in different cohorts studied in South Africa and falls within the global oral/oropharyngeal prevalence spectrum. …”
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The marketing of an unsought service through an unobtrusive medium: a content analysis of the websites of members of the National Funeral Directors Association of South Africa by Cerneels Coetzee, Tania Maree, Cornelius van Heerden

Subjects: “…National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) of South Africa…”
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Key Mechanisms of Risk Management in South Africa’s National Government Departments: The Public Sector Risk Management Framework and the King III Benchmark by Tankiso Moloi

“…Using the content analysis for data extraction in the annual reports of national government departments (NGDs), this paper explored risk management practices in South Africa’s public service, with national government departments as a case in point. …”
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Pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacteria and Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex co-infection: A pragmatic approach to its diagnosis and management in South Africa by C Opperman, S Singh, Y Ghebrekristos, R Warren, W Goosen

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Profiling bacterial communities of irrigation water and leafy green vegetables produced by small-scale farms and sold in informal settlements in South Africa by D. M. Kgoale, J. K. Gokul, S. Duvenage, E. M. Du Plessis, L. Korsten

“…This study aimed to profile bacterial communities in irrigation water (flooding and overhead irrigation water) and leafy green vegetables (Brassica rapa L. chinensis and Brassica rapa varieties of morogo) to establish the natural bacterial flora at the water-fresh produce interface from five small-scale farms in two provinces in South Africa. Illumina MiSeq high-throughput sequencing showed that each farm exhibited a unique bacterial community composition, with an overall high relative abundance of Proteobacteria, Firmicutes and Actinobacteria, including prominent families such as Burkholderiaceae (48%), Enterobacteriaceae (34%), Bacillales Family XII (8%), Rhodobacteraceae (3%), Micrococcaceae (1.98%) and Pseudomonadaceae (1.79%). …”
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Dyslipidaemia in patients with chronic kidney disease – a neglected cardiovascular risk factor by M R Essop, F Seedat, F J Raal

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Determinants of M-Commerce Platform Adoption Among Individuals in South African Township Communities by Mogau Mashishi, Mpho Primus

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Daring to Be Different: The First-Person HIV-Positive Narrator in Two South African Novels by Lizzy Attree

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Viva Madiba, Viva ! by Myriam Houssay-Holzschuch

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The Last Word by H.C. Marais

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The mirage of a triune rainbow by E.M. Conradie

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Tracking the Indigenous Sacred, Chidester-style by Rosalind I.J. Hackett

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The effective management of teachers’ habitual tardiness: Protecting scheduled teaching time by Michael Moreti Mahome, Lydia Kgomotso Mphahlele

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Kidney transplant utilising donors after circulatory death: The first report from the African continent by T du Toit, K Manning, L Bertels, G Hoffman, D Thomson, Z A Barday

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Sexual and reproductive health and rights, HIV and migration in southern Africa: A rapid review by G Musuka, I Chingombe, E Moyo, T Chikava, B Moyo, M Mapingure, H Musuka, T Dzinamarira

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HSRC Investigation into Intergroup Relations by H.C. Marais, L. Dreyer

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Exploring the Effects of Black Twitter (X) on South African Millennials’ Mental Health by Seriane Morapeli, Tshegofatso Ratale

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