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Willingness to pay for water in South African rural areas: a case of Nsikas Village of Mpumalanga Province
No full textMCOM in EconomicsDepartment of EconomicsThe scope and focus of this study was narrowed to the rural households in Mpumalanga Province - Nsikazi villages. Therefore the study was titled: The willingness to pay for water in South African Rural areas: A case study of Nsikazi Villages of Mpumalanga Province. The principal objectives of the study are as follows: determining the level of the relationship between the households' willingness to pay and the household's socio-economic and water sources characteristics; determining the amount of money that rural households are willing to pay for an improved water service, and the level of service that they would prefer to use, and lastly, determining the payment system that households prefer in their rural areas. This study was limited only to those households, staying in those villages in which the RDP water service was already put in place by the government. A Contingent valuation questionnaire was
used to collect data from households and the questionnaire comprised three parts, namely, water sources; household willingness to pay for three levels of water services, and questions about the socio-economic and demographic characteristics of the respondents. A Contingent valuation method was used in order to determine whether the households were willing to pay for the running costs of an improved water system.
Based on the willingness to pay estimates, households in Mpumalanga rural areas were willing to pay R6.1 million towards the cost of providing a yard tap water service. The revenue maximizing tariff per household in Mpumalanga Province for yard tap water was found to be R12.50 per household per month. An important finding of the analysis in this villages was that the overwhelming majority of households preferred a yard tap as they view it as a convenient water service option, and almost all the respondents expressed dissatisfaction with the street taps water supply system.USAI
The perception of Grade One teachers towards the use of educational technology in implementation Curriculum 2005: a case in the Northern Province (Region 3)
No full textMED in Curriculum StudiesDepartment of Professional and Curriculum StudiesThe research study was initiated to investigate the challenges faced by secondary school educators with regard to the management of teenage mothers who receive child support-grant in Sibasa Circuit of the Vhembe District of Limpopo Province of South Africa. The study focused at critical issues that are experienced by educators in managing these teenage mothers in schools. The assumption was that educators' and learners performance is affected the lack of effective and efficient management of learners. In addition, it is assumed that effective and efficient management of these learners may improve their performance as well as that of educators with respect to obtaining satisfactory pass rate.
These critical issues include amongst others; capacity of educators in managing teenage mothers who receive child support grant; understanding of roles and responsibilities of educators in the management these learners; causes and effect of absenteeism by teenage mothers; poor performance by teenage mothers; dropouts and performance of learners.
Triangulation of quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection was employed to collect both qualitative and quantitative. Ten (10) Schools within the target area namely, Sibasa Circuit in the Vhembe District were sampled and data was collected using a structured questionnaire comprised of both open-ended and closed-ended questions.
Key findings of the research study were that educators did not receive proper training regarding the management of teenage mothers at their schools; educators are not familiar with the policies guiding the management of teenage mothers and those lacks of management of learners have impact to the performance of learners that leads to their drop out of school.
Some recommendations are that:
• Educators should be trained about the management of teenage mothers, receive ongoing training, outline and communicate roles and responsibilities with respect to management of these learners, as well as the ensuring that the accountability of success and failure of the management is made clear to both educators and learners
The Constitutionality of Ukuhlola: A South African Cultural Practice
Full text linkDepartment of Public LawThe South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) as one of the chapter 9 state institutions supporting Constitutional democracy is mandated amongst others to promote respect for human rights and cultural practice. It also promotes the protection, development and attainment of human rights. It is within this mandate that the Human Rights Commission has observed the debates surrounding the prohibition of Ukuhlola (virginity testing) in the Children’s Bill. Ukuhlola has been historically regarded as a necessary social tool to bring pride amongst virgin girls, the parents and community as a whole. Ukuhlola is still practiced in some of the communities in South Africa, in particular Nguni communities. Ukuhlola culture originated from Zulu culture and is prevalent mostly in KwaZulu-Natal Province. The motive was to receive the full lobola (the eleventh cow). Ukuhlola practice faced out during the past century, but has made a come back in various areas of South Africa including Kwazulu-Natal in recent years. South Africa’s Moral Regeneration Movement3 has decided to urge the return of ukuhlola of teenage girls as a tool to fight against women abuse, teenage pregnancies and HIV& AID
Factors leading mental health care users to use modern and traditional medicine in rural areas of Makhado Municipality in the Vhembe District of Limpopo Province in South Africa
Full text linkMRDVInstitute for Rural DevelopmentTraditional medicine still plays a bigger role in people dealing with health and disease. Research
shows that in some Asian and African countries, traditional medicine forms the primary mode of
health care for 80% of the population. This is actively promoted in South Africa and is used by at
least 70% of the country’s population. This study investigated the contributory factors leading
mental health care users to use a combination of traditional and modern medicine in rural areas.
The study was conducted using qualitative research methods. The population of this study were
MHCUs, Mental health practitioners and traditional healers. Purposive sampling was used to
select participants. Data was analyzed through a computer programme called Atlas TI. The
results revealed the following as contributory factors leading mental health care users to use
modern and traditional medicine in rural areas : cultural factor , belief in witch craft , influence by
significant others (family members and friends), poor PHC intervention and treatment method.
Recommendations to the health care practitioners and policy makers around the use of
traditional and modern medicine was made based on the findings