Author:Ittmann, HW; Viljoen, NM; Cooper, Antony K; Van Dyk, FEDate:Jul 2013Infrastructure development impacts directly on the economic growth and global competitiveness of a country. It is no secret that South Africa needs to drastically revitalise and expand its transport infrastructure, which is the focus of this ...Read more
Author:Joubert, A; Archer, Emma RM; Cull, T; Davis, C; Engelbrecht, F; Landman, W; Vincent, KDate:Mar 2012Climate change information is difficult to communicate beyond the scientific community, due to its inherent uncertainty and complexity, yet at the same time end users need access to the information in a format that is appropriate to their ...Read more
Author:Wright, Jarrad G; Calitz, Joanne RDate:Apr 2019The RSA power system again became constrained in Q1-2019 with Eskom needing to loadshed (to Stage 4 at times). Causes of leadshedding have been cited as high unplanned plant failures on the thermal coal fleet, depleted diesel (OCGTs) and water ...Read more
Author:Wright, Jarrad G; Calitz, Joanne RDate:Apr 2019The RSA power system became constrained again in the first quarter of 2019, with Eskom needing to loadshed to stage 4 at times. Causes of loadshedding have been cited as high unplanned plant failures on the thermal coal fleet, the loss of the ...Read more
Author:Ritchie, M; Das, SonaliDate:Sep 2015This paper reviews some data issues and associated techniques which have been implemented in the field of remote sensing for the identification of wetlands. Wetlands are found in diverse geographic areas, however in situ measurements from ...Read more
Author:Pieterse, AmyDate:Sep 2014It is well known that the city regions attract migrants from across the country because of their roles as economic engines and job baskets in South Africa. To address urbanisation implications it is imperative to better understand some of the ...Read more
Author:Wilken, Ilana; Marais, LauretteDate:Nov 2023South Africa is facing a literacy crisis, with the latest PIRLS results showing that 8 out of 10 learners cannot read for basic comprehension by the time they leave the foundation phase. In this climate, the development of strategies to assist ...Read more
Author:Matthee, Karel W; Mweemba, G; Pais, AV; Rijken, M; Van Stam, GDate:Dec 2007This paper presents an initiative to bring connectivity to rural Zambia using a collaborative approach. In particular, it focuses on a proof-of-concept Internet service that has been implemented in rural Macha located in the Southern Province ...Read more
Author:Mokoena, Tshepiso; Lebogo, Ofentse; Dlaba, Asive; Marivate, Vukosi NDate:Sep 2017In many real world applications, human analysts are not only interested in the detected anomalies but are also interested in the reasons behind why they were flagged as anomalous. However, existing anomaly detectors provide the analysts with ...Read more
Author:Grobler, M; Jansen van Vuuren, JDate:Aug 2010Africa has recently seen explosive growth in information and communication technologies, making cyber crime a reality in this part of the world. This paper investigates the possibility of another increase in cyber crime as a result of the ...Read more
Author:Roux, KDate:Oct 2015What started off as tinkering in a lab with ad-hoc peer-to-peer wireless networks when WiFi was still in its infancy, became an idea for addressing the need to have affordable broadband in sparsely populated, rural areas – Broadband for all. ...Read more
Author:Matthee, Karel WDate:Oct 2012In this presentation the author discusses the Broadband for All initiative where wireless mesh networks are used to provide an alternative telecommunications infrastructure in rural and under-serviced areas and how it is supported by young ...Read more
Author:Olwal, T; Masonta, Moshe T; Mfupe, Luzango P; Mzyece, MDate:May 2013The paper reviews the broadband ICT policy initiatives in Southern Africa with a focus on the status and trends following the commission of ITU member states by the World Summit on the Information Society in 2003. The paper also presents the ...Read more
Author:Ford, Merryl; Herselman, Martha EDate:May 2017South Africa is about to provide broadband internet connectivity to all schools in the country via the implementation of the national broadband policy. The challenge is to ensure a balance between the schools’ demand-side usage and supply-side ...Read more
Author:Makitla, I; Makan, A; Roux, KDate:01 Sep 2010Providing access to remote rural areas presents a unique set of technical and non-technical challenges. These challenges are key issues that arise when deploying wireless networks to remote rural areas in developing countries; long distances ...Read more
Author:Clinton, DD; Cleland, A; Botha, D; Nagussey, D; Lewis, S; Day, P; Wall, KDate:Feb 2010Sustainable engineering infrastructure and services are the basic cornerstones of life, civilization and economic wellbeing of communities. Across the world, there is a huge deficiency in capacity to understand the need for, how to develop, ...Read more
Author:Iyawa, GE; Herselman, Martha E; Botha, AdèleDate:Sep 2019Digital Health Innovation Ecosystem is a relatively new concept, with studies describing it as an ecosystem that allows patients and other healthcare stakeholders take part in the healthcare delivery process using digital health technologies ...Read more
Author:Iyawa, GE; Herselman, Martha E; Botha, AdèleDate:Sep 2019Digital Health Innovation Ecosystem is a relatively new concept, with studies describing it as an ecosystem that allows patients and other healthcare stakeholders take part in the healthcare delivery process using digital health technologies ...Read more
Author:Mekuria, Fisseha; Twala, B; Marwala, T; Ntlatlapa, Ntsibane SDate:May 2013The paper describes the organization and management of two wireless eco-systems in next generation wireless communications research and human capacity development. The developed eco-systems have been tested and presented at an international ...Read more
Author:Lessing, M; Von Solms, SHDate:May 2008The lack of a fully inclusive guideline document to assist the functioning of sufficient Information Security Governance is common in the business environment. This article focuses on developing such a guideline document, based on a number ...Read more