Fulminant amoebic colitis is rare and has a high mortality. The role of surgery in the management of this condition is examined using examples from two cases presenting one year apart at Ngwelezane Hospital in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Both patients presented in an extremely unwell state with distended, peritonitic abdomens. Evidence from these cases confirms findings from others in the lite...

1​ Gene Expression & Biophysics Group, CSIR Synthetic Biology ERA, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa. 2​ Institute of Infectious Diseases & Molecular Medicine (IDM), Division of Chemical Systems & Synthetic Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 7925, South Africa. 3​ KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for TB-HIV (K-RITH), Durban, 4001, South Africa. 4​ University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 404...

International trends suggest that corruption is prevalent in every country (Enste & Heldman, 2017). For instance, Sohail, Arslan and Zaman (2014) contended increasingly having negative implications for governments organisations worldwide. Therefore, this study explores the approaches curbing emerging economies. An exploratory research design was conducted. The qualitative method adopted to ...

The climate of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, is evaluated for historical and projected trends in the period 1950–2100. This region lies next to warm Indian Ocean experiences an alternating airflow imposed by subtropical easterly mid-latitude westerly wind belts. Multi-year wet spells have diminished since 2001 potential evaporation deficits spread from Tugela Valley. Although coastal vegetation ...

Ntambwe Malangu The implementation of the comprehensive plan for the care, management, and treatment of HIV and AIDS in South Africa [1] needs to be supported by all. It is encouraging to note that Wilson and Blower [2] used South Africa to develop a novel method to determine the optimal strategy for allocating antiretroviral treatment (ART) sites among healthcare facilities (HCFs) in KwaZulu–N...

Goat farming holds great importance in the KwaZulu Natal province, it offers means to generate income specially sustain rural households. Employment and food security are accounted for. Proper management of goats play a prime role improving productivity herds. To discover what influence various practices have on production goats, data was collected from seventy farmers uMgungundlovu district Kw...

M. van der Laan1, J.G. Annandale1*, C.C. du Preez2 and S.A. Lorentz3 1 Department of Plant Production and Soil Science, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa 2Department of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa 3School of Bioresources Engineering and Environmental Hydrology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg 3209...

The health needs of Black elderly in rural and urban KwaZulu was investigated through a survey. Interviews with 240 elderly was done, looking at the first and second level of the health facilities plan, as well as social support and health indicators. It was found that urban elderly are generally better off than rural elderly and a profile of need is described.

1 Departments of Emergency and Surgery, Emergency Surgery and Trauma Surgery Unit, Trauma Center, Maggiore Hospital–Bologna Local Health District, Bologna, Italy, 2 Department of Radiology, Maggiore Hospital–Bologna Local Health District, Bologna, Italy, 3 Department of Emergency and Transplant Surgery, S. Orsola Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy, 4 Addington Hospital, Durban, KwaZul...