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A bi-directional SOAP/SMS gateway service - Halse, Guy Antony; Terzoli, Alfredo; Wells, George
Many applications need the ability to do real-time notification when events occur. Often the people who need to be kept aware of events are in a remote location.
This paper looks at a bi-directional gateway between networked computers and the GSM short message service. The gateway is implemented as a web service, and uses the Simple Object Access Protocol to facilitate data communication.
The service interacts with a database in order to facilitate retrieval of sent or received messages, as well as provide accounting abilities.
It is intended as a practical proof-of-concept application demonstrating some ofdemonstrating some of the capabilities of the...
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Open Source in South African Schools: Two Case Studies - Halse, Guy Antony; Terzoli, Alfredo
One of the major problems facing schools in South Africa is the difficulty in obtaining modern, up-to-date computer facilities. This paper looks at the use of open source solutions in two government schools in South Africa to demonstrate that it is possible for schools to utilise almost any existing computer to provide effective network solutions.
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XML to facilitate management of multi-vendor networks - Halse, Guy Antony; Wells, George; Terzoli, Alfredo
Many standards aimed at managing networks currently exist, and yet networks remain notoriously difficult to maintain. Template-based management systems go a long way towards solving this problem. By developing an XML based language to describe network elements, as well as the topology of a network, we can create tools that are free from vendor specific idiosyncrasies, and are capable of managing both todays networks and those of the future.
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LibQUAL+ at Rhodes University Library: An Overview of the First South African Implementation - Moon, A.E.
When Rhodes University Library closed its LibQUAL+ survey on 29 August 2005, it became the first of seven university libraries in South Africa to complete this Web-based survey, which measures library users perceptions of service quality and identifies gaps between desired, perceived, and minimum expectations of service.
This paper focuses on the Rhodes Librarys implementation of the 2005 LibQUAL+ survey. Results are looked at within the broader context of aggregate scores and score norms from the South African cohort. The librarys first efforts to address areas where perceptions of service quality differed from users expectations are described and plans for future...
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Media in the Service of Citizens - Banda, Fackson
This lecture looks at the role of the media in promoting an enhanced citizenship, locating the debate within the discourse of development and freedom. It identifies threats to what can be characterised as a 'media-citizens compact', such as media over-commercialisation. It concludes that public-service media are cardinal to the enjoyment of citizenship rights and freedoms.
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Implementing an EPrints repository system at a small South African university - Vermaak, Irene
This presentation gives a descriptive and analytical overview of the implementation of the Rhodes eResearch Repository system at Rhodes University, building on an ETD programme started in 1998. This project involves staff from Rhodes University Library and the Information Technology Division, with the approval of the Dean of Research. With the support of Management and a strong university IT culture of using open source software, Rhodes University Library planned the implementation of the system without major bureaucratic obstacles. We did, however, experience limited budgetary support and severe staff constraints. This poster aims to encourage institutions with limited resources to start...
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Between the Reds and the Greens: a Geographical Interpretation of the Land Question in South Africa - Fox, R.C.
This inaugural lecture is in two parts: each related to a different nexus of the four types of scholarly activity. The first reflects on my career and is an examination of how I have developed as a teacher and learner. The key scholarly activities being discovery, integration and teaching. The second part reflects on the evolution of my research interests and leads up to an examination of the land question in South Africa. The scholarly activities in this part of the lecture are discovery, integration and application.
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On the Fast Track to Land Degradation? A Case Study of the Impact of the Fast Track Land Reform Programme in Kadoma District, Zimbabwe - Fox, R.C.; Rowntree, K.M.; Chigumira, E.C.
The Fast Track Land Reform Programme is the defining instrument for Zimbabwes future development prospects. In the three year period from 2000 to 2002 300,000 families were resettled on 11 million hectares thus witnessing the end of the colonial division of land which had seen 15.5 million hectares still in European hands in 1980, the start of the post-colonial period. The process which displaced the commercial farm workers and farm owners was chaotic, violent and disorderly and so has been called jambanja. Subsequent legislation and government agricultural initiatives have attempted to impose, retroactively, technocratic order to the sweeping changes that...
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Active Learning for Understanding Land Degradation: African Catchment Game and Riskmap - Rowntree, K.M.; Fox, R.C.
Land degradation is the result of the intersection of a complex set of biophysical and socio-economic factors. The capacity of an individual or community to address land degradation is likewise constrained. While it is quite possible for professionals and learners to grasp the main issues around land degradation from a theoretical perspective, internalizing the reality of what it means to be the resource degrader is more difficult. We have developed two active learning methods that aim to address this problem. The first is the African Catchment Game, a role-playing game based on Graham Chapmans Green Revolution Game, adapted for the...
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An appraisal of the applicability of development journalism in the context of public service broadcasting (PSB) - Banda, Fackson
The concept of development journalism has, over time, become possessed by demons of all sorts of confusion. If we want to wrest any useful principles from the concept, it is important that we exorcise the demons it has come to be associated with, not least the demon of the postcolonial states blatant interference in the practice of journalism. This demonisation of the concept is partly suggested by Shahs observation that development journalism, central to many discussions of mass communication and development in the Third World, needs to be reconceptualised because deliberations about its validity and usefulness have been bogged down...
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The Land Question in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya: a Geographical Perspective on Resource Endowment - Fox, R.C.; Rowntree, K.M.
In sharp contrast to the debates concerning land policy, land tenure and sustainable resource management in South Africa is any input concerning the geographical distribution of land productivity. This paper attempts to redress this imbalance by providing an empirical investigation of land potential in South Africa. In this way we intend to provide the crucial context for policy and academic studies of the land issue in South Africa. Furthermore, we will undertake our study in such a way that comparison can be made to Zimbabwe and Kenya where the land issue has been such a critical component of the post-colonial...
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Media and cyber-democracy in Africa: an introduction - Banda, Fackson
The paper provides a sketch of the discourse of media and cyber-democracy in and out of Africa. Firstly, it discusses the characteristic features of new media technology. Secondly, it attempts a theorising of cyber-democracy, within the context of general democratic theory. Thirdly, it sets out a vision of cyber-democracy for Africa. In delineating this vision, it highlights six features characteristic of the democratic potential of new media technology and gives examples of how Africa has appropriated them. Finally, it outlines a new media research agenda for Africa.
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The deductibility of interest - Gunn, R.; Stack, E.M.
The deduction of interest expenditure, for the purpose of calculating the South African taxable income on which normal tax is levied, must satisfy the requirements of the preamble to section 11 and section 11(a) of the Income Tax Act 58 of 1962, read with section 23(g), unless a particular section makes specific provision for its deduction. There appears to be a presumption that if interest expenditure is incurred in the production of income derived from carrying on a trade, it is deductible and we need look no further. This presumption may underlie the 2005 amendment of sub-section (2) of section...
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Refining lecturers assessment practices through formal professional development at Rhodes University, Grahamstown. - Sayigh, L.
In recent years, the so-called Accreditation and Registration of Assessors has given rise to much debate in the Higher Education sector. The idea that anyone assessing student learning should be required to train in order to gain a formal qualification and register as an assessor originated with the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) and was soon challenged within the higher education community. The Study Team appointed to investigate the implementation of the NQF (National Qualifications Framework) in 2001 recommended that registration of assessors should not be required of individuals teaching in the higher education sector if employed by an accredited...
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Role Playing African Development: an International Comparison - Fox, R.C.; Assmo, P.; Kjellgren, H.
The African Development Game is a role playing simulation developed to demonstrate the difficulties six African countries face in reaching the Millennium Development Goals. The game has been played in three different countries, South Africa, Sweden and Finland, to examine its utility as a learning tool for students who are unfamiliar both with the Millennium Development Goals and the problems of African development. Analysis of the games played in South Africa and Sweden. is based on a comparison of student reflections supplemented by participant observation and spreadsheet information of economic performances. Marked differences in the types of learning and success...
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