Apartheid Spies: The Character, the Reader, and the Censor in André Brink’s A Dry White Season by Giuliana Iannaccaro

“…Its dialogue with the real Johannesburg of the late Seventies is manifest: characters and plot are grafted on real events, like the youth riots in Soweto (1976) and the death of Steve Biko in the hands of the Security Police (1977). …”
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Emotional Trauma in Parental Involvement in Transitioning Learners with Intellectual Disabilities from Mainstream to Special Schools by Leah Lefakane, Nonhlanhla Maseko

“…Using a qualitative case study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight purposively sampled participants from one chosen mainstream primary school in Soweto, Gauteng Province, South Africa. The results of the current study confirmed that the meanings participants attribute to their parent role characteristics during the transitioning of their children with intellectual disabilities are influenced by the connection between the Parent Development Theory’s parent role perceptions and the participants’ individual factors, including their educational background levels, which made a major contribution to how these parents perceived their parental role and their understanding of intellectual disabilities. …”
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Quality of life and physical activity among older adults living in institutions compared to the community by Lesego M. Ramocha, Quinette A. Louw, Muziwakhe D. Tshabalala

“…The study was conducted in Soweto, Johannesburg. A computer-generated random sample of older adults aged 60 years and above participated. …”
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Relative difficulty of early grade compare type word problems: Learning from the case of isiXhosa by Ingrid E. Mostert

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Neurological and growth outcomes in South African children with congenital cytomegalovirus: A cohort study by Jayani Pathirana, Leanne Texeira, Hannah Munian, Firdose Nakwa, Ismail Mayet, Innocent Maposa, Michelle J. Groome, Suresh Boppana, Shabir A. Madhi, Michael Nevels

“…Study design This was a prospective matched cohort study conducted in Soweto, South Africa where forty-six confirmed cCMV cases were matched on HIV-exposure, gender and gestational age (±two weeks) to 84 cCMV-uninfected controls in a 1:2 ratio. …”
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Antiphospholipid antibodies in black south africans with hiv and acute coronary syndromes: prevalence and clinical correlates by Tikly Mohammed, Stewart Simon, Singh Sham, Sliwa Karen, Libhaber Elena, Becker Anthony C, Essop Mohammed R

“…</p> <p>Findings</p> <p>Prospective single centre study from Soweto, South Africa, comparing the prevalence of aPL in highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) naïve HIV positive and negative patients presenting with Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS). …”
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Metagenomic sequencing of post-mortem tissue samples for the identification of pathogens associated with neonatal deaths by Vicky L. Baillie, Shabir A. Madhi, Vida Ahyong, Courtney P. Olwagen

“…In this study, metagenomic next generation sequencing was used to explore for putative pathogens associated with neonatal deaths in post-mortem blood and lung tissue samples, in Soweto, South Africa. Here we show that the metagenomic sequencing results corroborate the findings using conventional methods of culture and nucleic acid amplifications tests on post-mortem samples in detecting the pathogens attributed in the causal pathway of death in 90% (18/20) of the decedents. …”
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Maternal HIV infection is associated with distinct systemic cytokine profiles throughout pregnancy in South African women by Akoto, C, Norris, SA, Hemelaar, J

“…We evaluated a broad range of systemic cytokines at each trimester of pregnancy in 56 women living with HIV (WLHIV) and 68 HIV-negative women, who were enrolled in a prospective pregnancy cohort study in Soweto, South Africa. The pro-inflammatory cytokine IP-10 was detected in each trimester in all WLHIV, which was significantly more than in HIV-negative women. …”

Predictors of postnatal depression in an urban South African cohort. by Ramchandani, P, Richter, L, Stein, A, Norris, SA

“…METHOD: A large prospective population cohort study identified antenatal risk factors for postnatal depression in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. One thousand and thirty-five women were interviewed in the antenatal period and subsequently completed the Pitt Depression Questionnaire in the postnatal period. …”

Corrigendum: Diabetes—Tuberculosis Care in Eswatini: A Qualitative Study of Opportunities and Recommendations for Effective Services Integration by Victor Williams, Victor Williams, Victor Williams, Alinda G. Vos-Seda, Alinda G. Vos-Seda, Samson Haumba, Lindiwe Mdluli-Dlamini, Marianne Calnan, Diederick E. Grobbee, Kennedy Otwombe, Kennedy Otwombe, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch

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Perceptions of secondary school management teams in managing pregnant learners in an urban context by Phindile P. Twala, Antoinette du Preez, Tinda Rabie

“…Setting: This study was conducted in four secondary schools in Gauteng province, Soweto-Pimville District 10. Methods: This study employed a qualitative, descriptive design. …”
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The relationship between small business owners’ practice of effectuation and business growth in Gauteng townships by Michael Nyoni, Menisha Moos

“…Setting: Primary research was conducted in the three Gauteng townships of Alexandra, Honeydew and Soweto in SA because townships contribute more than 38% towards South Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP). …”
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Retrospective caseseries analysis of haematological malignancies in goldmining areas of South Africa by C Espina, T Inamasu, M Patel, A Pentz, M Joffe, F Winde, J Schüz

“…Basic clinical, demographic and residential information on patients with haematological malignancy diagnosed between 2004 and 2013 was collected retrospectively from the patient files at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital in Soweto, Johannesburg.Results. In total, 1 880 patients aged 18 - 94 years were identified. …”
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Analysis of corneal biometry in a black South African population by Thariq Bagus, Kerry Alberto, Michel Muteba, Aubrey Makgotloe

“…Setting: The study was conducted at St John Eye Hospital, Soweto, South Africa. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of a database of adult black patients awaiting cataract surgery. …”
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Canalicular lacerations: Causes, related ocular injury and management at St John Eye Hospital by Stephanus J. Lindeque, Kerry L. Alberto, Trevor Carmichael, Aubrey Makgotloe

“…Setting: St John Eye Hospital, Soweto, Gauteng Province, South Africa. Methods: This was a prospective descriptive study of all patients presenting with canalicular lacerations at St John Eye Hospital over a 7-month period. …”
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Gestational diabetes mellitus placentas exhibit epimutations at placental development genes by Laetitia P. Meyrueix, Raad Gharaibeh, Jing Xue, Cory Brouwer, Corbin Jones, Linda Adair, Shane A. Norris, Folami Ideraabdullah

“…We conducted an epigenome-wide association study of 42 placentas from pregnancies in the South African Soweto First 1000 days cohort (S1000). Using genome-wide bisulfite sequencing, we compared non-GDM placentas to GDM placentas with similar proportions from obese and non-obese mothers. …”
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Ponte City, Johannesburg: a history of appropriation and the appropriation of history by McKay, Harriet

“…Ponte is known, however, for having been quickly abandoned following the Soweto Uprising in 1976, after which it was reappropriated by black squatters—drug lords, pimps and gang bosses. …”
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Teacher awareness of psychosocial support available as per the Integrated School Health Policy in South Africa by Jace Pillay, Leila Patel, Rubina Setlhare-Kajee

“…Setting: A total of 50 school teachers from five under-resourced primary schools in Gauteng school communities of Meadowlands, Ivory Park, Alexandra and Doornkop-Soweto completed a feedback questionnaire designed by the investigators. …”
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COVID-19 Vaccination Rollout: Aspects of Hesitancy in South Africa by Bent Steenberg, Andile Sokani, Nellie Myburgh, Portia Mutevedzi, Shabir A. Madhi

“…However, 24 months on, less than one-third have finished their vaccination on a national average, and in the sprawling South Western Townships (Soweto), this figure remains troublingly low with as many as four in every five still hesitant. …”
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The effect of HIV infection on glycaemia and renal function in type 2 diabetic patients. by Siyabonga P Khoza, Nigel J Crowther, Sindeep Bhana

“…MATERIALS AND METHODS:Diabetic patients with and without HIV infection were recruited from a diabetic clinic at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, South Africa. Data was collected on weight, height, HbA1c, fasting glucose, urine albumin:creatinine ratio, HIV status, CD4 counts, viral load and concomitant therapies. …”
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