Vol. 106 No. 5/6 (2010)

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Published: 2010-05-20

Obituary

Frederik van Zyl Slabbert (1940 - 2010)

Michael Savage

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Leader

The centenary of Union

Michael Cherry

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Book Reviews

Fires, science and society

Brian van Wilgen

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Fording the Amazon

Bill Nasson

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News and Views

The deep-time treasure chest of the Makhonjwa Mountains

Maarten de Wit

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Can lizards beat the heat, or will they go extinct?

Krystal Tolley

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Union by default?

Rayda Becker

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News Feature

Pebble bed modular reactor demonstration plant is funded but not constructed

Craig McKune

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Research Articles

The enterprise ecology of towns in the Karoo, South Africa

Daan Toerien, Maitland Seaman

10 pages
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An assessment of the atmospheric nitrogen budget on the South African Highveld

Kirsten Collett, Stuart Piketh, Kristy Ross

9 pages
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Bridging the science - policy interface: A new era for South African research and the role of knowledge brokering

Linda Godfrey, Nikki Funke, Carmel Mbizvo

8 pages
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A tool for modernisation? The Boer concentration camps of the South African War, 1900 - 1902

Elizabeth van Heyningen

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Synthesis of zeolite-P from coal fly ash derivative and its utilisation in mine-water remediation

Viswanath Vadapalli, Wilson Gitari, Annabelle Ellendt, Leslie Petrik, Gillian Balfour

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PI3K-dependent ERK is involved in GM-CSF-mediated activation of progenitor cells in a neovascularisation model

Wei Zhao, Xiang-Hong Yang

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Correspondence

Commentary on the African Biological Safety Association inaugural meeting: March 8 - 12 2010

Louise Bezuidenhout

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Research Letters

Competence of Science Foundation students in some simple strategies for problem solving

Mailoo Selvaratnam, Nkosana Mavuso

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Creation of a high-yielding recombinant maize hybrid for the production of a microbicide to prevent HIV-1 transmission

Eugenia Barros, Sydney Nelson

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Microwave plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition growth of carbon nanostructures

Shivan Singh, Leigh Jarvis

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Land-cover classification with an expert classification algorithm using digital aerial photographs

Alberto Perea, José Meroño, María Aguilera, José de la Cruz

6 pages
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Review Articles

Evidence-based policymaking: A review

Wilma Strydom, Nikki Funke, Shanna Nienaber, Karen Nortje, Maronel Steyn

8 pages
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