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Empirical correlation of mineral commodity prices with exchange-traded mining stock prices.

Nangolo, C.; Musingwini, C. (The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy., 2011-07)

Mineral commodity prices comprise one of the key criteria in the selection of mining stocks. We contend that of the three principal elements of mineral commodity prices, spot price, forward price and long-term price, one ...
The English Spirit

Martienssen, Rex D (Transvaal, Natal and Orange Free State Provincial Institutes of South African Architects and the Chapter of South African Quantity Surveyors, 1939-01)

" The architectural monuments of England are to be found in the country. In the vernacular where architectural forms combine with an unaccountable poise and harmony; where brick and tile and thatch and stone are used with ...
Enumeration as a Grassroot Tool Towards Securing Tenure in Slums: Insights from Kisumu, Kenya

Huchzermeyer, Marie (Urban Forum (2009) 20:271–292, 2009)

Community-based slum enumeration was carried out in Kisumu from 2005 to 2008 as part of a city-wide slum-upgrading initiative. This paper analyses this enumeration exercise particularly in relation to land management and ...
Enumeration as a grassroot tool towards. Independent report of a peer evaluation mission to Kisumu 2-4 October 2007.

Huchzermeyer, Marie (GLOBAL Landtool Network, UN Habitat, 2008)

Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) recognises community-based slum enumeration as a potential grassroots mechanism tool which could assist in achieving its objectives relating to land management and tenure security. This ...
Estimating cost of equity in project discount rates: comparison of the Capital Asset Pricing Model and Gordon's Wealth Growth Model.

Nhleko, A.S.; Musingwini, C. (The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy., 2016-03)

Since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) in mid-2008, capital has been more difficult to access. Mining projects must contend with projects from other industries for scarce capital. A decision to invest available capital ...
Estimating mine planning software utilization for decision-making strategies in the South African gold mining sector.

Genc, B.; Musingwini, C.; Celik, T. (The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy., 2015-02)

This paper discusses a new methodology for defining and measuring mine planning software utilization in the South African gold mining sector within an evolving data-set framework. An initial data-set showing the mine ...
Evaluating self-help initiatives in the upgrading of informal settlements

Mbunjana, Zizipho (School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand., 2017)

Apartheid spatial policies have left many black South Africans living in peripheral areas far from their places of employment. These people have occupied vacant land closer to urban areas and have built what they now refer ...
Evaluating the Effects of Spatial Politics of Public Transportation in Johannesburg: A Focus on Bus Systems

Mthimkulu, Noluthando (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2015-11)

The importance of effective and efficient public transport systems in developing cities has become a topic of focus. Here, the research report seeks to investigate the spatial politics of public transport systems in the ...
Evaluating the Impacts of the Zola Backyard Upgrading Programme on Landlords and Backyard Dwellers in the Area

Hopa, Lutho (UNIVERSITY OF WITWATERSRAND FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, 2016)

Backyard rental accommodation is increasingly receiving attention from the state, urban planners and policy makers as one of the solutions to the housing problem in South Africa. The state in their quest to achieving ...
An Evaluation of the Inclusion of Principles of Corridor Development, Transit-Oriented Development and Non-Motorised Transportation within Johannesburg’s Corridors of Freedom: The Case of Turffontein Corridor

Simões, Vanessa (2014)

The City of Johannesburg, has in recent years, been addressing the need to transform the spatial inequalities still present in the City through the provision of efficient mass public transportation. Unfortunately many ...
Evolution of and Architect's House 1940

Martienssen, Rex D (The Journal of the Cape, Natal, Orange Free State and Transvaal Provincial Institutes of South African Architects and the Chapter of South African Quantity Surveyors., 1942-02)

'Architects' houses tend to be interesting not because they inevitably exceed either on practical or aesthetic grounds the work done in the normal way, but because they are in a sense snatches of autobiography.'...'in the ...
Exchange Buildings

Lennox, Canning & Goad (2011-07-25)

Exchange Buidings, 1890. Erected at a cost of 125,000 pounds, this building, in the Neo-Classic tradition, was opened on February 10th, 1890. Situated corner commissioner and Simmonds Streets, it was partly converted into ...
An Exploration of the Social Production of Vilakazi Street as a Social Space

Segooa, Tjaka (2014)

Uncertainties of globalisation and gentrification remain a persistent in former black townships. The assimilation of these ideologies has led to several unintentional consequences in spaces such as Vilakazi Street, Orlando ...
Exploring City official’s practices of community engagement

Molema, Lebogang (UNIVERSITY OF WITWATERSRAND FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, 2016)

Public participation is the cornerstone of democracy in South Africa, and it is at the local government that most of the community engagement is undertaken. However with this being said there are a number of signs that ...
Exploring Maboneng as an International Urban Tourism Attraction within Johannesburg

Murtagh, Rory (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2015-11)

Maboneng has become a prominent and valuable urban tourism destination in Johannesburg and with the positive and growing impacts and influences that tourism could have on Johannesburg’s inner city as a whole there is a ...
Exploring the Dynamics and Potential Outcomes of an Integrated Land Information System for Land Development - A Case Study of Johannesburg's Land Information System

Momberg, Mark (2014)

As we delve deeper into the 21st century, the progressive diffusion of technology in our daily lives is becoming more apparent. The world is fundamentally changed due to the relentless pace and nature of technological ...
Exploring the Implications of SPLUMA’ (16: 2013) Municipal Planning Tribunal in South African Local Government: The Case of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Johannesburg

Sibiya, Zwelibanzi (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2015)

Together with the enactment of a new legislature in the form of SPLUMA (16: 2013), the change from a provincial based DFA Tribunal to a local based SPLUMA Tribunal raised many implications and issues for the local government ...
Exploring the Relevance of Periodic Markets to Neighbourhood Identity

Guya, Maria Jokudu (University of the Witwatersrand; Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, 2016)

Marketplaces have been a part of societies for centuries and have served as public spaces of trading. While they exist in many different shapes and forms, common to all market places is interaction between traders and ...
Extension of the layer removal technique for the measurement of residual stresses in layered anisotropic cylinders.

Carpenter, H.W.; Reid, R.G.; Paskaramoorthy, R. (Springer, 2014-09)

An extension of the layer removal technique is presented that allows the residual stresses within multilayered anisotropic pipes of any wall thickness to be determined. The method inherently satisfies the self-equilibrium ...
An extension to classical lamination theory for use with functionally graded plates.

Reid, R.G.; Paskaramoorthy, R. (Elsevier, 2011-01)

An extension to classical lamination theory is presented for the improved analysis of thin to moderately thick functionally graded plates. The method results in an explicit formulation that accommodates any through-thickness ...

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