<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:25.6000003814697px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:bold;line-height:inherit;float:left;display:inline"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif">Authors: </font></div><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;float:left;display:inline"><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 12px 0px 0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;display:inline;float:left"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.sajs.co.za/node/34136" title="Laura Czerniewicz" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;color:rgb(0,36,124)">Laura Czerniewicz</a>  (<a href="http://www.sajs.co.za/email/node/34136/field_email_address" title="Send email to corresponding author Laura Czerniewicz" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;color:rgb(0,36,124)">contact author</a>)</font></div><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 12px 0px 0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;display:inline;float:left"><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit"><a href="http://www.sajs.co.za/author/sarah-goodier" title="Sarah Goodier" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;color:rgb(0,36,124)"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif">Sarah Goodier</font></a></span></div></div></div><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:25.6000003814697px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span></font><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:25.6000003814697px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:bold;line-height:inherit;float:left;display:inline"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif">Issue: </font></div><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;float:left;display:inline"><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;display:inline"><a href="http://www.sajs.co.za/issue/2014/110/9-10/september-october-2014" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;color:rgb(0,36,124)"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif">September/October 2014</font></a></div></div></div><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:25.6000003814697px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:bold;line-height:inherit;float:left;display:inline"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif">Number of pages: </font></div><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;float:left;display:inline"><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;display:inline"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif">9</font></div></div></div><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:25.6000003814697px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:bold;line-height:inherit;float:left;display:inline"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif">DOI: </font></div><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;float:left;display:inline"><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;out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