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Article History

Received: 30 March 2026

Accepted: 18 June 2026

First Online: 9 July 2026

Declarations

Ethics approval and consent to participate: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The study was approved by the General/Human Research Ethics Committee (GHREC) of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Science, University of the Free State (Reference: UFS-HSD2023/1768). All participants were informed about the study’s purpose and their role. Participation was voluntary, and all participants provided written informed consent prior to taking part in the study.

Consent for publication: Not applicable.

Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.