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1. I am duly authorised and herewith grant the publisher unlimited rights to publish the work in any format and/or medium, whether for gain or any other purpose.
2. I understand that to provide open access, the publisher use a business model in which expenses is covered in part by charging a publication fee to authors. This journal has a Publication Fee of ZAR267.00 [excluding VAT] per A4 output page in PDF format for the first 8 pages. Thereafter we charge R533.00 [excluding VAT] per page exceeding 8 pages for accepted articles for accepted manuscripts. Read more on Publication Fees.
3. I confirm, as the corresponding author that I will organise such payment should the article be accepted for publication. I understand that this responsibility may not be delegated to any other party without the written permission of either the publisher or the Editor-in-chief. The article will not be published until such full payment is received.
4. I have ensured that my submission conforms to the journal’s various Editorial Policies and meets the journal’s Editorial Criteria.
5. I have checked and adhered to the journal’s website for instructions to authors regarding the specific formatting requirements for submissions.
6. I declare that my submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration
7. I understand that the entire manuscript must be neatly prepared and spell checked.
8. I have checked that the Reference list is in the correct format of the journal.
9. I have ensured that all references mentioned in the Reference list must be cited in the text, and vice versa.
10. I verify that permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources (including Web).
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12. I have checked that all figure captions are included.
13. I have checked that all tables are present (including title, description, footnotes)
14. The abstract range is between 150 and 250 words

15. I have included the cover page on the first page of my manuscript, and it contains:

    • Article title: Provide a short title of 50 characters or less.
    • Significance of work: Briefly state the significance of the work being reported on.
    • Full author details: Title(s), Full name(s), Position(s), Affiliation(s) and contact details (postal address, email, telephone and cellular number) of each author.
    • Corresponding author: Identify to whom all correspondence should be addressed to.
    • Authors’ contributions: Briefly summarise the nature of the contribution made by each of the authors listed, along the lines of the following:  J.K. (University of Pretoria) was the project leader, L.M.N. (University of KwaZulu-Natal) and A.B. (University of Stellenbosch) were responsible for experimental and project design. L.M.N. performed most of the experiments. P.R. made conceptual contributions and S.T. (University of Cape Town), U.V. (University of Cape Town) and C.D. (University of Cape Town) performed some of the experiments. S.M. (Cape Peninsula University of Technology) and V.C. (Cape Peninsula University of Technology) prepared the samples and calculations were performed by C.S., J.K. (Cape Peninsula University of Technology) and U.V. wrote the manuscript.
    • Possible reviewers: Authors are encouraged to provide the names and full contact details (including email) of two or three potential referees to evaluate the work (referees should not be people with whom the researcher has recently collaborated or published).
    • Summary: Lastly, a list containing the number of words, pages, tables, figures and/or other supplementary material should accompany the submission.

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