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Article History

Received: 3 January 2025

Accepted: 8 August 2025

First Online: 21 August 2025

Declarations

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: To adhere to the rules and regulations of the institution, the study formally informed the participants and requested them to fill and sign a popia-approved standardized written consent form with an information sheet about the study before answering and responding to the questionnaires. Consent forms and the information Sheet from the General Human Ethics Committee of the University of the Free State (UFS) were given to the participants to read before participating in the study. The information sheet informed the participants that the work will be published and their information will be anonymised in the publications. Pseudonyms will be used instead of real names in all publications. Furthermore, the researcher assured the participants that the information provided would be kept confidential as per agreement with the participants, and to maintain anonymity all the time, the respondents’ names would remain anonymous throughout the study, even in the study outputs. For the participants who could not read or write, the researcher and research assistants assisted in filling out the questionnaire. The completed questionnaires are kept safe and secure to avoid any information leakage. The study obtained ethical clearance from the GHEC of the UFS clearance number (UFS-HSD2024/0582). The two authors are giving consent for this study to be published.

: The authors declare no competing interests.