NWU academic advances environmental justice
Environmental justice, writes senior lecturer and researcher Dr Kesolofetse Lefenya, entails social transformation directed towards meeting basic human needs and enhancing the quality of life, environmental protection and democracy. She writes that, despite the latter, South Africa is experiencing intensifying public interest litigation between state organs, private entities and civil environmental awareness groups.
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Preventing is better than treating substance abuse
Prevention is better than cure, and the NWU's Prof Leepile Sehularo is at the forefront of seeking solutions to adolescent substance abuse through prevention programmes. Illegal substance use among adolescent learners is a global concern for government policy-makers, researchers and mental health care practitioners, according to Prof Sehularo from the School of Nursing Science in the Faculty of Health Sciences.
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Abduction and forced marriage still happen in South Africa
Even in 21st century South Africa, a constitutional democracy, forced marriage is a reality for some young girls. Ukuthwala, the customary practice where girls under the age of 18 years are abducted and married off to older men, still occurs in the rural Eastern Cape. According to master's graduate Bridget Joyce Machaka, such marriages are usually arranged by the groom and the girl's family without the bride's consent. read more |
