Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study was approved by the CAES Research Ethics Review Committee at the University of South Africa (UNISA) on 10/02/2015 with Ref #: 2015/02/004, name of applicant: Mr GH Shoddo, student #:53342852. Decision: Ethics Approval, Supervisor: Prof Teshome Soromessa Aurgessa, Qualification: Postgraduate degree.
Consent for publication: “Not applicable”.
Availability of data and materials: All data generated or analyzed during this study are included in this published article (see literature cited).
Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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