A panoptic view of the South African wealth tax by Asheer Jaywant Ram

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INFLATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH TRENDS: GLOBAL AND SOUTH AFRICAN PERSPECTIVES by Shelton Mandeya, Sin-Yu Ho

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Sappi’s stakeholder engagement approach involves listening to multiple voices for social impact by Andre Oberholzer, Mpho Lethoko, Mari Lee, Dalien Benecke, Thabisile Phumo

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Youth Awareness of Facebook Users’ Data Commodification and its Business Model by Abigail Boima, Toks Oyedemi

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The Last Word by Ken Owen

Subjects: “…suppression of news in South Africa…”
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Molecular Detection of Antibiotic-Resistant Genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Nonclinical Environment: Public Health Implications in Mthatha, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa by Mojisola Clara Hosu, Sandeep Vasaikar, Grace Emily Okuthe, Teke Apalata

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The impact of information sources on COVID-19 vaccination intentions among pre-service life sciences teachers in South Africa: A cross-sectional study by Lindelani MNGUNI, Moleboheng RAMULUMO

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Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis technique failure in adult patients treated at a tertiary hospital in central South Africa: a retrospective analytical study by Tshifhiwa B. Sikhipha, Claire Barrett, Nicoline van Zyl, Cornel van Rooyen, Feziwe B. Bisiwe

“…We aimed to describe the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, CAPD survival rate and the reasons for CAPD technique failure over a five-year period among adult patients on CAPD at a tertiary hospital in South Africa. Methods We conducted a retrospective analytical study reviewing files of patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) whose peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter was removed, or who died with a functioning PD catheter while on the PD program at Universitas Academic Hospital in Bloemfontein, South Africa, from 01 January 2015 until 31 December 2019. …”
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Using Food Composition Tables to Estimate Decreases in Sodium Intake Due to the Reformulation of Packaged and Ultra-Processed Foods in a Young Population in South Africa by Alexandra Ross, Elizabeth C Swart, Joelaine Chetty, Malory Jumat, Tamryn Frank, Averalda van Graan

“… Abstract Objective: In response to increasing hypertension rates, South Africa implemented a regulation which set a maximum total sodium content for certain packaged food categories. …”
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A modified Delphi study towards developing a guideline to inform policy on fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in South Africa: a study protocol by Ferdinand C Mukumbang, Babatope O Adebiyi, Kufre J Okop, Anna-Marie Beytell

“…With an estimated 183–259 per 1000 children born with FASDs, South Africa is identified to have the highest prevalence of FASDs in the world. …”
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Developing a youth-friendly internet-enabled HIV risk calculator: A collaborative approach with young key populations, living in Soweto, South Africa. by Mamakiri Mulaudzi, Gugulethu Tshabalala, Stefanie Hornschuh, Kofi Ebenezer Okyere-Dede, Minjue Wu, Oluwatobi Ifeloluwa Ariyo, Janan J Dietrich

“…Although South Africa is the global epicenter of the HIV epidemic, the uptake of HIV testing and treatment among young people remains low. …”
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Foundation phase teachers’ experiences in teaching physical education at a primary school in the COVID-19 era in the Motheo district, Free State, South Africa by Patrick Mweli, Lerato Mohale

“…The results revealed that foundation phase teachers had experiences and challenges teaching physical education at a primary school during COVID-19 in the Motheo district, Free State, South Africa. Furthermore, this study recommends teaching and learning support to help teachers and pre-service teachers improve their practice before they become in-service teachers and advocate for physical education.…”
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A decomposition analysis of sociodemographic factors and non-cigarette tobacco use as contributors to the change in smoking rates in South Africa between 2017/18 and 2021 by K Kali, O Ayo-Yusuf

“…Trends data up to 2018 suggest that tobacco smoking was increasing in South Africa (SA), but only limited information is available on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the current pattern of use of tobacco and nicotine products (TNPs). …”
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Caregivers' Barriers to Disclosing the HIV Diagnosis to Infected Children on Antiretroviral Therapy in a Resource-Limited District in South Africa: A Grounded Theory Study by Sphiwe Madiba, Kebogile Mokwena

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Renal transplant recipient and deceased-donor risk profiles at Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa: A 9-year review by F van der Schyff, M Barnard, B Ströbele, M de Jager, R Britz, P Gaylard, J Loveland

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A prediction risk score for HIV among adolescent girls and young women in South Africa: identifying those in need of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis by Reuben Christopher Moyo, Darshini Govindasamy, Samuel Om Manda, Peter Suwirakwenda Nyasulu

“…Methods We analyzed HIV-related HERStory survey data on 4,399 AGYW from South Africa. We identified 16 purported risk variables from the data set. …”
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Effect of case management on viral load in adult clients enrolled due to non-suppression in Capricorn District, South Africa: A case control study by Molebatsi Moholola, Kate Rees, Nthabiseng Motsoane, Ntsetse Kgopong, Chipo Mutyambizi

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Assessment of Antibiotic Resistance and Efflux Pump Gene Expression in Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Isolates from South Africa by Quantitative Real-Time PCR and Regression Analysis by Nireshni Mitchev, Ravesh Singh, Veron Ramsuran, Arshad Ismail, Mushal Allam, Stanford Kwenda, Florah Mnyameni, Nigel Garrett, Khine Swe Swe-Han, Abraham J. Niehaus, Koleka P. Mlisana

“…This study investigated the expression profile of antibiotic resistance-associated genes (penA, ponA, pilQ, mtrR, mtrA, mtrF, gyrA, parC, parE, rpsJ, 16S rRNA, and 23S rRNA) and efflux pump genes (macAB, norM, and mtrCDE), by quantitative real-time PCR, in clinical isolates from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Whole-genome sequencing was used to determine the presence or absence of mutations. …”
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Tuberculosis healthcare service disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, India and South Africa: A model-based analysis of country-level data by Abigail K. de Villiers, Muhammad Osman, Claudio J. Struchiner, Anete Trajman, Dheeraj Tumu, Vaibhav V. Shah, Guilherme L. Werneck, Layana C. Alves, Megha Choudhary, Sunita Verma, Sanjay K. Mattoo, Sue-Ann Meehan, Urvashi B. Singh, Anneke C. Hesseling, Florian M. Marx

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Tuberculosis healthcare service disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, India and South Africa: A model-based analysis of country-level data. by Abigail K de Villiers, Muhammad Osman, Claudio J Struchiner, Anete Trajman, Dheeraj Tumu, Vaibhav V Shah, Guilherme L Werneck, Layana C Alves, Megha Choudhary, Sunita Verma, Sanjay K Mattoo, Sue-Ann Meehan, Urvashi B Singh, Anneke C Hesseling, Florian M Marx

“…The percentage deaths during TB treatment were 13.7% (8.1%; 19.7%) higher than predicted in Brazil, 1.7% (-8.9%;14.0%) in India and 21.8% (7.4%;39.2%) in South Africa. Our analysis suggests considerable disruptions of TB healthcare services occurred during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, India, and South Africa, with at least partial recovery in the following years. …”
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