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This study explores the opportunities and challenges facing African businesses in contributing to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals within the frameworks of Agenda 2030 and Agenda 2063, ...

Rapid urbanisation across Africa is placing increasing strain on urban governance systems, intensifying long-standing challenges such as infrastructure deficits, inefficient service delivery, and limited institutional ca...

Persistent regional disparities remain a central challenge for sustainable development in many emerging and developing economies, raising questions about how fiscal decentralization relates to territorial socio-economic ...

IntroductionChild malnutrition remains a public health and development challenge, particularly in Africa. Dairy can play a significant role in improving child nutrition and can plausibly be incorporated into Africa’s s...

Those working within the South African (SA) District Health System (DHS) have various roles in addressing population health and wellbeing needs. These include motivating and co-ordinating local providers offering communi...

Background: Smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are at the forefront of climate change impacts, facing significant challenges to their livelihoods because of increasing temperatures, erratic rainfall and extreme w...

Considerable resources have been spent on estimating the size of populations of people who use drugs (PWUD) and people who inject drugs (PWID) in Africa. Precise estimates are elusive, not least because of stigma and cri...

Food insecurity is a significant problem in South African rural areas, especially in the Eastern Cape Province, where poverty levels and unemployment are high. This study fills a critical research gap by providing micro-...

Background: Health professions education is undergoing a paradigm shift from a predominantly curative focus towards prevention and health promotion, in line with global health priorities such as Sustainable Development ...

While work on sacred spaces has persisted for decades, their agency in mitigating climate change remains less explored, especially from indigenous communities’ perspectives. The article unpacks the concept of Ndau mar...

Abstract Background Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has been witnessing a persistent increase in the burden of cardiovascular diseases (CVD), such as stroke and heart disease, over several decades. A key driver of this burden h...

Background: Reading proficiency in English as a First Additional Language remains a critical challenge in South Africa and other countries. The 2021 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study starkly highlighted t...

Background: The rehabilitation experience can influence the transition back to home and community life. With impending National Health Insurance reform and limited rehabilitation guidelines in South Africa, there is a n...

Background: Speech-language pathology (SLP) students in South Africa often face persistent challenges in transferring theoretical learning to authentic clinical contexts. This theory–practice divide is compounded by l...

Abstract Background Iodine plays a critical role in producing thyroid hormones essential for brain development. An imbalance of iodine, whether deficiency or excess, can disrupt thyroid function. Iodine-induced hypothyro...

Abstract Background Over the past few decades, a series of major challenges to global health have successively emerged, which call for China’s deeper engagement in global health governance. In this context, the China-U...

Background: Globally, medicinal plants and their health-related products provide significant income and are recognised as important contributors to livelihoods. There still exist challenges in the commercialisation of c...

Abstract Cassava (Manihot esculenta) is an important staple food in sub–Saharan Africa. Over 60% of the global cassava production occurs in Africa, with the southern African region contributing approximately 15% to thi...

Orientation: The South African hospitality industry is highly dependent on skilled kitchen staff, yet it continues to experience persistent turnover that disrupts operational efficiency, service quality, and profitabili...

For most African nations, ethnic balancing has remained a huge problem to national development. In many occasions, ethnicity has become a very important political tool in the hands of greedy politicians parading themselv...

Abstract Energy insecurity is a persistent yet insufficiently examined barrier to sustainable informal entrepreneurship in African cities. In Namibia, informal women entrepreneurs in low-income settlements face limited e...

Orientation: This study explored how executive coaching can strengthen emotionally intelligent leadership behaviours and improve collaboration between senior and middle-level leaders in a South African engineering organ...

Abstract Background Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) has become a significant medical problem among young adults from ethnic minorities. Despite being disproportionately affected by AUD, existing literature often overlooks fac...

Orientation: South African higher education institutions, including technical and vocational education and training (TVET) colleges, face persistent challenges in retaining skilled employees, with turnover intentions un...