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Aug 5, 2024 | arxiv.org | Van Niekerk

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Jul 7, 2024 | ebnet.co.za | Van Niekerk

Stephen van Niekerk,  Head: Retail Life Insurance at MomentumPeace of Mind Today, Security Tomorrow: Benefits of Life Insurance as You AgeIn March 2024, the world was shocked to learn that two British Royal family members were suddenly diagnosed with cancer. According to Stephen van Niekerk from Momentum Life Insurance, this highlighted a universal fact – disease does not discriminate and remains a threat to us all… even royalty.

Jun 19, 2024 | bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com | Van Niekerk |Van Tonder |Cape Town

The total number of participants used for analysis was 1718 (1584 - self-inflicted ingestion, 134 - other-inflicted ingestion). Table 1 demonstrates the variances between those who suffered ingestion of harmful substances through self-inflicted ingestion as compared to those who suffered such injury through other-inflicted ingestion. As seen in Table 1, females constituted a much greater proportion of injuries due to ingestion of harmful substances (72.7%) than males (27.3%).

May 7, 2024 | agricultureandfoodsecurity.biomedcentral.com | de Bruyn |Van Niekerk

The study was conducted in the North-Western Free State, South Africa. This area forms part of what is known as South Africa’s ‘maize quadrangle’ (Fig. 1). The general climate conditions of the North-Western Free State include hot summers, mild winters and an annual rainfall of approximately 500 mm per year [17].

Apr 12, 2024 | researchspace.csir.co.za | Van Niekerk

Abstract:Context: Artificial breaching of intermittently closed estuaries has become more frequent in the face of global-change pressures. Aims: This study aimed to determine whether the ecological health of the Great Brak Estuary has been affected by the prolonged loss of marine connectivity arising from below-average inflow and failed breaching attempts.