INDUSTRIAL THEOLOGY IN SOUTH AFRICA: PROBLEMS, PRIORITIES AND PROSPECTS

Emergency care research priorities in South Africa.

BACKGROUND Emergency care research is rarely undertaken in low- and middle-income countries. A manageable 'road map' for research in South African (SA) emergency care is needed to address research gaps. OBJECTIVE To identify, collate and prioritise research topics from identified knowledge gaps in emergency care in SA. METHODS Seventy-six individuals were invited to participate in a modifie...

Telemedicine in Africa: potential, problems, priorities.

Conventional Sugarcane Breeding in South Africa: Progress and Future Prospects

Initial sugarcane production in South Africa relied on imported varieties. When imported varieties succumbed to diseases, the industry established the South African Research Institute (SASRI) with the mandate to develop sugarcane varieties. The popular and highly successful varieties, NCo310 and NCo376 were selected from crosses imported from India. NCo310 and NCo376 were grown successfully in ...

E-Agriculture Development in South Africa: Opportunities, Challenges and Prospects

The global development of information and communication technologies (ICT) has created a new agricultural development paradigm that promises to transform the performance of the agricultural sector and improve rural livelihoods in developing countries. Over the past five years, South Africa has witnessed a swift ICT-led transformation of its public service delivery with major innovations in key ...

Setting priorities for health in 21st century South Africa.

South Africa (SA) commands financial health care resources comparable to Brazil, Mexico and Thailand. Despite spending similar amounts in the public sector (3.5% of gross domestic product (GDP) in terms of purchasing power parity, these and other countries have far better health outcomes than SA on almost all measures including life expectancy and maternal mortality (Table I). While the combine...