Witchcraft and Mathematics Learning in South African Rural Schools

Adolescent alcohol use in rural South African high schools.

OBJECTIVE To examine psychosocial correlates of lifetime alcohol use among adolescents in rural South African high schools. METHOD Questionnaires were administered to 1600 students from 20 randomly selected high schools in the Mankweng district within Limpopo province. Self-report data on alcohol use, demographic, environmental and psychosocial variables were collected. RESULTS About 22% of...

Witchcraft in Transkei Region of South African: case report.

Witchcraft and witch-hunt have been practiced widely almost all over the world. It is known as magic in Europe, maleficium (wrong-doing) in Latin America, and superpower in Asia. In Africa those accused of being witches often face execution. A range of accusations are leveled against witches such as causing impotence, turning milk sour, causing disease and death.Three cases are presented here t...

The role of public schools in HIV prevention: perspectives from African Americans in the rural South.

Though African-American youth in the South are at high risk for HIV infection, abstinence until marriage education continues to be the only option in some public schools. Using community-based participatory research methods, we conducted 11 focus groups with African-American adults and youth in a rural community in North Carolina with high rates of HIV infection with marked racial disparities. ...

What’s Wrong with South African Schools?

Condom Access in South African Schools: Law, Policy, and Practice

In 2007, South Africa’s new Children’s Act came into effect [1,2], expanding the scope of several existing children’s rights and explicitly granting new ones. The Act gives to children 12 years and older a host of rights relating to reproductive health, including access to contraceptives and to information on sexuality and reproduction, and the right of consent to HIV/AIDS testing and treatment...