The stories in the details:
- Authors: Kyazze, Sim
- Date: 2003
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/159177 , vital:40274 , https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC146272
- Description: A famous journalism adage is that "the story is in the details". For the world Information Society, those details might be in the mind-blowing technological advances in recent years and the dizzying alternative news sources; and in the increased novelty in story telling.
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- Date Issued: 2003
- Authors: Kyazze, Sim
- Date: 2003
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/159177 , vital:40274 , https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC146272
- Description: A famous journalism adage is that "the story is in the details". For the world Information Society, those details might be in the mind-blowing technological advances in recent years and the dizzying alternative news sources; and in the increased novelty in story telling.
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- Date Issued: 2003
The prevalence of use and value of wild edible herbs in South Africa
- Authors: Shackleton, Charlie M
- Date: 2003
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:6652 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007063
- Description: The prevalence of use and commercial value of wild edible herbs in South Africa is examined from four recent quantitative studies at eight different sites. The use of wild edible herbs was widespread in rural communities, with over 90% of households using them in all but one sample site. Mean frequency of use in season was generally between two and five times per week, with a mean of four times across all sites. But many households consume them daily. Use in winter was less than in summer. The mass of wild edible herbs consumed ranged from 12 kg to over 130 kg per household per year. Local (farm-gate) prices ranged from R2.65 to R72 per kilogram, but were generally between R30 and R40 per kg. Direct-use value to consuming households ranged from R85 to almost R5000 across the eight sites, with a mean of R1020 per user household per year. Although harvesting of wild herbs takes time, the high gross direct-use value represents a considerable saving on having to purchase commercial alternatives. Key species differ from place to place both in availability and use, and include both indigenous and exotic species. Commonly used genera include Amaranthus, Bidens, Chenopodium, Cleome, Corchorus, and Momordica. The use, value and trade in wild edible herbs currently receives no recognition in land and agrarian reform policies. It is imperative that this be addressed, and the relationships between rural livelihoods, use of wild edible herbs, food security, and land and resource tenure be clarified, and debated within the policy forums around different models for, and delivery of, agrarian reform and rural development.
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- Date Issued: 2003
- Authors: Shackleton, Charlie M
- Date: 2003
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:6652 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007063
- Description: The prevalence of use and commercial value of wild edible herbs in South Africa is examined from four recent quantitative studies at eight different sites. The use of wild edible herbs was widespread in rural communities, with over 90% of households using them in all but one sample site. Mean frequency of use in season was generally between two and five times per week, with a mean of four times across all sites. But many households consume them daily. Use in winter was less than in summer. The mass of wild edible herbs consumed ranged from 12 kg to over 130 kg per household per year. Local (farm-gate) prices ranged from R2.65 to R72 per kilogram, but were generally between R30 and R40 per kg. Direct-use value to consuming households ranged from R85 to almost R5000 across the eight sites, with a mean of R1020 per user household per year. Although harvesting of wild herbs takes time, the high gross direct-use value represents a considerable saving on having to purchase commercial alternatives. Key species differ from place to place both in availability and use, and include both indigenous and exotic species. Commonly used genera include Amaranthus, Bidens, Chenopodium, Cleome, Corchorus, and Momordica. The use, value and trade in wild edible herbs currently receives no recognition in land and agrarian reform policies. It is imperative that this be addressed, and the relationships between rural livelihoods, use of wild edible herbs, food security, and land and resource tenure be clarified, and debated within the policy forums around different models for, and delivery of, agrarian reform and rural development.
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- Date Issued: 2003
The OSS promise:
- Authors: Kyazze, Sim
- Date: 2003
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/159138 , vital:40271 , https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC146251
- Description: For Africa the attraction of open source software (OSS), is obvious. But for once, Internet intellectuals are not simply sounding off to annoy the rich north.
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- Date Issued: 2003
- Authors: Kyazze, Sim
- Date: 2003
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/159138 , vital:40271 , https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC146251
- Description: For Africa the attraction of open source software (OSS), is obvious. But for once, Internet intellectuals are not simply sounding off to annoy the rich north.
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- Date Issued: 2003
Pipes, poles and people:
- Authors: Kyazze, Sim
- Date: 2003
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/159153 , vital:40273 , https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC146268
- Description: Tina James, a South African ICT consultant, tells the story of Minnie Barendse Kruger who had been struggling to get a Khoisan Cultural Village going in the Eastern Cape. Kruger set up a restaurant where traditional food is prepared, and the Barendse Griquas Trust stepped in and helped set up a multi-purpose Community Centre.
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- Date Issued: 2003
- Authors: Kyazze, Sim
- Date: 2003
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/159153 , vital:40273 , https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC146268
- Description: Tina James, a South African ICT consultant, tells the story of Minnie Barendse Kruger who had been struggling to get a Khoisan Cultural Village going in the Eastern Cape. Kruger set up a restaurant where traditional food is prepared, and the Barendse Griquas Trust stepped in and helped set up a multi-purpose Community Centre.
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- Date Issued: 2003
Pharmaceutical Pictograms: Part 1: Communicating Medicine Information to the Low-literate Patient
- Dowse, Roslind, Ehlers, Martina S
- Authors: Dowse, Roslind , Ehlers, Martina S
- Date: 2003
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/157026 , vital:40080
- Description: To assess the influence of formal education on the interpretation of pharmaceutical pictograms.
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- Date Issued: 2003
- Authors: Dowse, Roslind , Ehlers, Martina S
- Date: 2003
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/157026 , vital:40080
- Description: To assess the influence of formal education on the interpretation of pharmaceutical pictograms.
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- Date Issued: 2003
Interrogate the information society:
- Authors: Berger, Guy
- Date: 2003
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/159181 , vital:40275 , https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC146276
- Description: If there is one thing journalists should know about the "Information Society", it's this: never use the phrase as if its meaning speaks for itself. This is one of the most slippery and contentious phrases yet to grace contemporary discourse. For a start, why "Information Society" and not "Knowledge Society"? And why "society" and not "economy"? This is not academic semantics. There are wholly different meanings at stake with different implications for journalists, politicians, policy makers and many more.
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- Date Issued: 2003
- Authors: Berger, Guy
- Date: 2003
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/159181 , vital:40275 , https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC146276
- Description: If there is one thing journalists should know about the "Information Society", it's this: never use the phrase as if its meaning speaks for itself. This is one of the most slippery and contentious phrases yet to grace contemporary discourse. For a start, why "Information Society" and not "Knowledge Society"? And why "society" and not "economy"? This is not academic semantics. There are wholly different meanings at stake with different implications for journalists, politicians, policy makers and many more.
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- Date Issued: 2003
Capital E for events: ways that work: useful solutions
- Authors: Garman, Anthea
- Date: 2003
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: vital:38359 , http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC146297
- Description: You would think being located in a small town in one of the most impoverished provinces in South Africa would be a drawback for making media. But a small town is a reachable, convenient laboratory environment for student journalists - and never more so than when the National Arts Festival comes to Grahamstown during the winter vacation.
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- Date Issued: 2003
- Authors: Garman, Anthea
- Date: 2003
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: vital:38359 , http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC146297
- Description: You would think being located in a small town in one of the most impoverished provinces in South Africa would be a drawback for making media. But a small town is a reachable, convenient laboratory environment for student journalists - and never more so than when the National Arts Festival comes to Grahamstown during the winter vacation.
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- Date Issued: 2003
A new public sphere?: outstanding issues
- Wasserman, Herman, de Beer, Arrie
- Authors: Wasserman, Herman , de Beer, Arrie
- Date: 2003
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/159142 , vital:40272 , https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC146261
- Description: It is widely accepted that a healthy public sphere is a necessity for democracy, and that the media can facilitate debate in this sphere. In the years since democratisation in South Africa, the media's freedom to fulfil this role has been jealously guarded.
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- Date Issued: 2003
- Authors: Wasserman, Herman , de Beer, Arrie
- Date: 2003
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/159142 , vital:40272 , https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC146261
- Description: It is widely accepted that a healthy public sphere is a necessity for democracy, and that the media can facilitate debate in this sphere. In the years since democratisation in South Africa, the media's freedom to fulfil this role has been jealously guarded.
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- Date Issued: 2003
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