Search
Now showing items 1-10 of 15
Profitability of precision phosphorus application on a commercial farm in the Heidelberg district, Western Cape
(University of the Free State, 2010-05)
English: Phosphorus (P) is an important nutrient required by every living plant and animal cell, and deficiencies in soils could cause a restriction on crop production. P is also a primary nutrient essential for root ...
The socio-economic coping and adaptation mechanisms employed by African migrant women in South Africa
(University of the Free State, 2017-07)
The main aim of this study was to explore the socio-economic coping and adaptation mechanisms employed by African migrant women in South Africa. The conceptualisation of the social capital theory and its relationship with ...
A metafrontier analysis of sheep production in the N8 development corridor
(University of the Free State, 2017-06)
English: In South Africa, sheep enterprises play an important role as a source of livelihood for many farmers, especially smallholder farmers. The productivity of sheep farmers in South Africa is very low. The lack of ...
An assessment of practitioners opinions on the principle of spacial resilience
(University of the Free State, 2016-03)
Colonial and apartheid planning left a legacy of rigid, control-oriented, top-down
spatial planning and land use management and fragmented and inequitable
settlements. Despite many policies and the interim Development ...
The status quo of green-building education in South Africa
(University of the Free State, 2015)
English: There is countrywide a lack of relevant and necessary professional and tertiary
institutions offering education and training in green building in South Africa. This
causes a lack of awareness, knowledge and skill ...
The sustainability of housing built under the “breaking new grounds” housing policy: a case study of Carr Gardens, Johannesburg
(University of the Free State, 2015)
English: The housing challenge in South Africa is complex and often political. The post- apartheid government has to efficiently use scare resources to provide housing for poor South Africans. On the one hand, the state ...
Systematics of the shoot fly subgenus atherigona s. str. (diptera: muscidae) of South Africa
(University of the Free State, 2014-07)
English: Atherigona Rondani, 1856, is considered one of the most speciose genera of Muscidae, with 131 species presently known from the Afrotropical Region. The genus has been studied by numerous taxonomists since the ...
Visual dimensions of academic discourse in higher education
(Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State, 2010)
This article explores the visual nature of academic discourse within Higher Education
in South Africa. It provides insight into the increasing influence of the visual in
academic writing – arguing that the materiality ...
Die volwassenheid van die bourekenaar se kontraktuele kommunikasievermoë
(University of the Free State, 2013)
English: The aim of this article is to identify principles that support the quantity surveyor to communicate effectively in contractual communication and measure these principles to determine the maturity standard of the ...
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 ...