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Journal of Consumer Sciences
The Journal of Consumer Sciences is an official publication of the South African Association of Family Ecology and Consumer Sciences (SAAFECS).
Prof Roberson from the Tshwane University of Technology was appointed Editor of the Journal of Consumer Sciences, hosted by African Journals Online, at the Annual General Meeting held in 2024.
Prof Venter de Villiers will serve as the Journal Editor for the 16th International SAAAFECS Conference special edition, as voted for by the delegates.
For more information on the scope of the journal and author guidelines refer to the journal website www.ajol.info/index.php/jfecs.
Enquiries and articles for consideration for publication can be sent to JournalConsumerScience@gmail.com.
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The Journal of Consumer Sciences (JCS) publishes articles that focus on consumer experiences in different places and from different perspectives and methodological positions. The journal will consider research from within the fields of consumer studies, consumer science, home economics, family studies, consumer education, consumer rights and consumer behaviour. We also consider household and/or individual food security to be a facet of food consumerism and hence those working in this field should consider publishing in this journal. The journal also welcomes current consumer-related research that examines the impact of environmental, community and sustainability issues.
The journal is published through African Journals Online at Journal of Consumer Sciences – African Journals Online
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Journal of Consumer Sciences- Vol. 53 (2025)
Special Edition. Food and nutrition challenges in Southern Africa. Vol 8 (2025)
Special Edition. Diversifying clothing research in Southern Africa. Vol 6 (2025)
Journal of Consumer Sciences – Vol 52 (2024)
Special Edition. Food and nutrition challenges in Southern Africa. Vol 7 (2024)
Special Edition. Diversifying clothing research in Southern Africa. Vol 5 (2024)
Special Conference Edition (16th International SAAFECS Conference). Vol 1 (2024)
Journal of Consumer Sciences - Vol 51 (2023)
Journal of Consumer Sciences Vol 50 (2022)
Journal of Consumer Sciences – Vol 49 (2021)
Harnessing education through entrepreneurship in consumer studies to address youth unemployment in South Africa.
Inpatients’ perspective of foodservice quality in selected public hospitals of South Africa’s Gauteng province: a gender comparison.
ME Letsoalo, LJ Ncube
Contextualized interpretation of food (in) security by rural youth in KwaZulu-Natal.
T Kheswa, U Kolanisi, M Siwela
Statistical modelling of key body dimensions in developing a size chart for the full-figured, pear-shaped South African women.
O Ola-Afolayan, PE Zwane, A Mastamet-Mason
Effects of the four realms of experience and pleasurable experiences on consumer intention to patronise pop-up stores.
E Cassel, B Jacobs, M Graham
Sustainable packaging materials for processed fruits and vegetables in East Africa: A case study of Nairobi, Kenya.
C Chen, GO Abong, S Hartwig, G Keding
Special Edition. Food and nutrition challenges in Southern Africa. Vol 6 (2021)
Evaluation research on the food security programme effectiveness towards managing food insecurity at a South African university.
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SC Sabi
U Kolanisi
D Naidoo
M Siwela
Journal of Consumer Sciences – Vol 47 (2019)
Special Edition: Diversifying clothing research in Southern Africa. Vol 2 (2017)
The development and application of a fabric objective measurement data system in the South African apparel industry: Hygral expansion and formability
S Das, L Hunter, AF Botha
Anolyte as an alternative bleach for stained cotton fabrics
K Seiphetlheng, HJH Steyn, R Schall
Perceptions of Seshoeshoe fabric, naming and meanings of motifs on fabric
B Pheto-Moeti, DM Riekert, AJ Pelser
Special Edition: Food and nutrition challenges in Southern Africa Vol 1 (2017), Vol 2 (2017)
Journal of Consumer Sciences – Special Edition. Food and nutrition challenges in Southern Africa. Vol 1 (2017)
Lipid profile, hyperglycaemia, systemic inflammation and anthropometry as cardiovascular risk factors and their association with dietary intakes in children from rural Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape, South Africa
W Oldewage-Theron, AA Egal, C Grobler
Does social capital play a role in climate change adaptation among smallholder farmers for improving food security and livelihoods?
JM Thamaga-Chitja, N Tamako
Assessment of dietary challenges faced by Sub-Saharan immigrants residing in Gauteng province: a pilot study
TP Mbombo-Dweba, AO Agyepong, JW Oguttu, CA Mbajiorgu
Situational analysis: Implementation of the National School Nutrition Programme in low socio-economic primary schools in Nelson Mandela Bay
A Gresse, A Nomvete, C Walter
Journal of Consumer Sciences – Special Edition. Food and nutrition challenges in Southern Africa. Vol 2 (2017)
Consumers’ knowledge about and attitudes towards lucerne (Medicago sativa L.)
A Mielmann, C Bothma, F Steyn, CJ Hugo
Food choices, physical activity levels and other factors associated with weight gain in primary school educators
Z Seme, A de Villiers, NP Steyn, M Senekal
Response of total phenolic content and antioxidant activities of bush tea and special tea using different selected extraction solvents
PL Mathivha, FN Mudau
Journal of Consumer Sciences – Special Edition. Food and nutrition challenges in Southern Africa. Vol 3 (2018)
Dietary diversity amongst adults who buy at shopping malls in the Nelson Mandela Bay area
E de Bruin, A Gresse
Black South African Women’s perceptions of obesity in the Msunduzi district of Pietermaritzburg
P Dandala, U Kolanisi, A van Onselen, JM Green
A self-help weight-management manual limits weight gain in first-year female students living in university residences
M Senekal, C Lombard, J Harbron
What motivates consumers to choose sugared dairy products? A cross-sectional, online survey
J Botha, A Mielmann, H Dreyer
An exploration of the consumption, cultivation and trading of indigenous leafy vegetables in rural communities in the greater Tubatse local municipality, Limpopo province, South Africa
N Mungofa, F Malongane, FT Tabit
Special Edition. Diversifying clothing research in Southern Africa. Vol 3 (2018)
Journal of Consumer Sciences Volume 25 (2017)
The physical fibre properties of Gonometa postica after degumming the cocoons with different methods
I Van der Merwe, HJH Steyn, C Hugo, R Schall
Consumer decision-making and psycho-social well-being as complementary perspectives: a narrative review.
N Le Roux, D Van der Merwe, C Wilders, MP Wissing
Newsletters
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SPECIAL SAAFECS NEWSLETTER – JANUARY 2022
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Newsletter from IFHE
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Calendar for IFHE
4 – 11 August 2023
Asian Regional Association for Home Economics (ARAHE): 21. Biennial International Congress, Integrating culture & innovation in home economics towards industrial revolution, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (more)
26-28 February 2021
16th Canadian Symposium on Home Economics Education, Canada (more)
28 – 30 March 2021
Caribbean Association of Home Economists Inc. (CAHE), 24th Biennial Conference: Home Economists Mindset, Reset: Navigating the New Normal
8 – 9 May 2021
Latvia University of Agriculture/Institute of Education and Home Economics, 13th International Scientific Conference: Rural Environment. Education. Personality (REEP-2020), Jelgava, Latvia (more).
20 – 21 May 2021
European Association for Home Economics (EAHE) & Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative (SCORAI): Workshop on Consumoption and Care, Galway, Ireland (more).
25 – 29 October 2021
IFHE African Region, 11th Regional Conference: Securing Family Future for Sustainability in Retirement: A Home Economics Perspective, City of Benin, Nigeria.
28 – 30 October 2021
11. International Conference on Food Studies: Making Sense from Taste: Quality, Context, Community, Aarhus University, Copenhagen, Denmark (more).
IFHE Beginning in 1982…
The 2019 theme, “Creativity and Innovation in Home Economics for Sustainable Development”, highlights our profession’s contribution to a sustainable future. Sustainable development begins at home. Home Economicsas a field concentrates on households as building blocks of societies and aims at improving the quality of life for individuals, families and their communities.
It respects households as an environment, where individuals are educated to reach their potential, understand their local and global interdependence,and positively contribute to communities.Home Economics encompasses a diversity of disciplines and assuch stands for the integrated approach needed to achieve sustainability which is higlighted by the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
The achievement of these Goals will require knowledge in many areas that are covered by Home Economics experts such as: food,nutrition and health, housing, textiles, consumer behaviour, household technology, education and community services.
Increased Home Economics knowledge paves the road towards achieving many of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. It is a strength ofour profession that it draws on the expertise of both, researchers and practioners, to contribute to
•Gender Equality.Home Economics invests in gender equality at household level. Here is the nurturing ground for behaviour and values which, once acknowledged among household members, can be confidently pursued beyond.
•Good Health and Wellbeing.Health problems deprive affectedhouseholds of resources households and impede development. Home Economics focusses on health ecudation and research, especially for vulnerable groups.
• Clean Water and Sanitation.Water may be perceived as a local good, but our field also educates and advocates on the global implications local household activities and consumption have.
•Responsible Consumption and Production.Home Economics is concerned with how individual behaviour, priorities and choices shape our future living at household level, in local communities and on our globally interdependent planet.
For a description of Home Economics contribution to six major Sustainable Development Goals please refer to www.ifhe.org
59th Session of the Commission for Social Development – CSocD59
World Home Economics Day
2023
21 March is World Home Economics Day! - Click for more . . .
This year’s theme is “Waste Literacy” and how home economics contributes to education for sustainable development. Learn more about this long-established IFHE public relations event and download our new mini-posters here: https://www.ifhe.org/events/world-home-economics-day
Reflecting on World Home Economics Day
21st March
Age friendly homes and communities- Click for more...
Populations around the world are rapidly ageing and this demographic transition will impact on almost all aspects of society. Home Economics research and education address individual households, institutional homes, and communities as the environment where older people can age safely. It promotes healthy ageing in an environment that meets physical demands, is free from poverty, allows for personal development and where the elderly can contribute to their communities while retaining autonomy. Home Economists focus on accessible and supportive living environments for older people with varying needs and capacities and also include the “elderly of tomorrow”.
The WHED theme 2021 is aligned to the WHO declared Decade of Healthy Ageing 2020-2030.
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WIL Indaba: University of Zululand: 18 - 20 September 2024
We are pleased to invite you to the inaugural WIL Indaba, hosted by the University of Zululand's Departments of Recreation and Tourism, alongside the Department of Consumer Science. This significant event will take place from September 18th to 20th, 2024, and will bring together academics, industry leaders, government representatives, civil society, and students to explore the intricacies of Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) and to develop a cohesive WIL framework.
The WIL Indaba addresses the ongoing misalignment between academia and industry. This essential dialogue aims to align industry expectations with academic instruction and ensure that funding for WIL initiatives is utilized effectively and diligently.
Virtual attendance option Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/99790399812
Agenda Overview:
- Day 1: Focus on Curriculum – Africanization, Artificial Intelligence (AI), University-Industry Collaborative Engagements
- Day 2: Focus on WIL Guidelines and Practice Framework
- Day 3: Student Indaba, Focus on the Student Voice
We look forward to your participation and the opportunity to engage with you directly. Please feel free to contact Ms Anele Sibisi at: sibisia@unizulu.ac.za
22nd ARAHE Biennial International Congress
The 22nd ARAHE Biennial International Congress will be held on 7-10 August 2025 * Manila, Philippines
For more information, please visit the website: https://www.pathescu.org/
2024 Nutrition congress
Please see the Save the Date attached for the 2024 Nutrition Congress.
The congress will be held 2-4 October 2024 at the Elangeni Hotel, Durban.
The call for abstracts is open until 18 March 2024 on the congress website www.nutritioncongress.co.za
Research & Publications