Browsing Research Articles (Disaster Management Training and Education Centre for Africa (DiMTEC)) by Issue Date
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A crisis communication plan for municipalities: the case of the Frances Baard district municipality
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2013)A crisis communication plan facilitates the effective flow of information between relevant organisation(s) and a community affected by a crisis. In 2010 the Frances Baard District Municipality, situated in the Northern ... -
Investigating the prevention and mitigatory role of risk communication in the COVID-19 pandemic: a case study of Bloemfontein, South Africa
(AOSIS, 2021)The South African disaster response activities surpass risk reduction since the implementation of the Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002 (DMA) and the National Disaster Management Framework of 2005 (NDMF). Risk reduction, ... -
COVID-19 disaster response: South African disaster managers’ faith in mandating legislation tested?
(AOSIS, 2021)For the first time in the history of the Disaster Management Act, 57 of 2002, South Africa declared COVID-19 an epidemiological disaster. Section 3 and 27(1) of this Act activated the responsible Minister in consultation ... -
Quantifying the nutritional and income loss caused by crop raiding in a rural African subsistence farming community in South Africa
(AOSIS, 2021)Globally, crop damage by wildlife contributes to food insecurity through the direct loss of food and income. We investigated the calories lost and the potential economic impact of crop raiding at subsistence homesteads ... -
COVID-19 home remedies and myths becoming a hazardous health infodemic?
(AOSIS, 2021)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) brought on several social, economic, political, and environmental challenges. What was mostly questioned was the efficacy of the Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002 (As Amended 16 of 2015) ... -
Adaptation to climate change and impact on smallholder farmers' food security in South Africa
(MDPI, 2022)If not adequately managed, climate change is predicted to have a large negative impact on smallholder subsistence farmers, posing a significant danger to household food security. However, the role of adaptive techniques ... -
Perception and adaptation strategies of smallholder farmers to drought risk: a scientometric analysis
(MDPI, 2022)Droughts are a worldwide issue that affects ecosystems’ economies and cultures; therefore, its perception and adaptation strategies among smallholder farmers are crucial for the mitigation of drought risk, and for sustainable ... -
Enhancing household welfare through perennial crop production in Northern Ghana
(MDPI, 2023)As Ghana seeks to diversify its agricultural export commodity trade away from its over-reliance on cocoa, empirical evidence is critical to inform policy direction on the implementation of programs to promote such an agenda. ... -
Strengthening Namibia's flood early warning system through a critical gap analysis
(MDPI, 2023)Floods are considered leading hydrometeorological disasters, which are increasing in frequency, intensity and complexity with the evolution of climate change. Their associated impacts have detrimental and often prolonged ... -
Effects of the density of invasive Lantana camera plants on the biodiversity of large and small mammals in the Groenkloof Nature Reserve (GNR) in South Africa
(MDPI, 2023)Multi-scale approaches have been used to determine scales at which mammal species are responding to habitat destruction due to invasion, but the impacts of weeds on mammals have not been extensively studied, especially in ...