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Can the co-operative business model contribute to local economic development? A critical appraisal of three co-operatives in the City of Tshwane, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)The high unemployment and poverty rate in post-apartheid South Africa has necessitated the need to identify policies and programmes to provide economic and employment opportunities. This included a review of the practice ... -
Can the view of persons and society that is presupposed by Higgs's account of fundamental pedagogics be compatible with a concept of demographic education?
(University of the Western Cape, 1993)Yes, the view of persons and society that is presupposed.by Higgs's account of Fundamental Pedagogics can be compatible with a concept of democratic education. However, I shall argue that this is a charitable rather than ... -
Cancer of the cervix: A study to assess the status of the pap smear screening programme in Namibia
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)This mini-thesis assesses the Pap smear screening programme in Namibia in terms of coverage of the target group, reasons and frequencies of screenings, quality of specimens taken, early detection of lesions and follow - ... -
Cancer profile in an urban hospital of the Eastern Cape Province
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)The availability of information on profile and trends of cancer in South African populations is important for the development of appropriate cancer control strategies, as well as monitoring the efficacy of the existing ... -
Cannabidiol: A medicine, health supplement or foodstuff? Analysis of South African policies relating to the introduction of cannabidiol into the market
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)With the recent rise in the popularity of cannabidiol (CBD) around the world, there are many cultivators, manufacturers, and sellers of CBD on the market. It is sold in different dosage forms including oils, used to treat ... -
A capability analysis of education policies in quintile 1 schools in the Frances Baard district of the Northern Cape Province
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)This study examined the three education poverty alleviation policies in relation to learners’ capabilities and was grounded in the Capability Approach as a conceptual framework pioneered by the economist and philosopher, ... -
A capability analysis of performance in quintile-1 schools in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)Learner underperformance, especially in poor school communities has been an issue of contestation since 1994, and remains a major challenge in South Africa. Learner performance in this category of schools continues to ... -
A capability analysis of the working relationships between principals and chairpersons of school management committees in Lesotho
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)A larger number of schools in Lesotho are owned and controlled by churches whereas the government pays teachers’ salaries and provides school facilities through the national budget. It is through this partnership that the ... -
Capability sets of teachers with regards to the implementation of the curriculum and policy statement in a no-fee school community in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)Since the onset of democracy in 1994, education in South Africa has undergone many developments and changes due to curriculum innovations and interventions. For more than two decades, the government has been seeking to ... -
Capability theory, school dropout, exclusion and inclusion. The case of Youth Care School.
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)The study was prompted by the need to look at alternative options to mainstream education for learners who are too old for their grade, who have opted out of the education system but find themselves wanting to re-access ... -
Capacity building for the integration of environmental planning into land reform: an assessment of a national programme
(UWC, 2008)In 1994 the South African government embarked on a land reform programme to redistribute and return land to previously deprived and displaced communities and individuals. Concerns have, however, been raised about the impact ... -
The capacity building programme for youth at risk in the Western Cape: A community-based alternative for rehabilitation and reintegraton
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)There is a growing sense of apathy and lack of focus amongst the youth, which contributes to the threat of social integration. Constructive alternatives are therefore needed to curb gangsterism, drug abuse and other criminal ... -
Capacity development in a post-conflict context: An analysis of tangible infrastructural development in the Niger Delta of Nigeria
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)Within the discourse of community development, the expression 'capacity development' stands out. Its common usage has somehow rendered it almost insignificant given the fact that those who use it tend to think of it in ... -
The Cape Technikon: a study of its human resource management training and development policy and practices
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)This study investigates human resources management, training and development and their compliance with the skills development legislation and the link to the strategic goals of the Cape Technikon. The Cape Technikon is ... -
Cape Town City Libraries: 1952-1972
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)The purpose of the study is to investigate the history and development of the Cape Town City Libraries (CTCL) from 1952-1972 and examine the effect of apartheid legislation on establishing a public library system. The ... -
Cape-Helena: An exploration of nostalgia and identity through the Cape Town - St. Helena migration nexus
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)For an Island measuring merely 128 square kilometers, and in spite of its remote location in the mid-South Atlantic, St. Helena “punches way above its weight in history”, earning and occupy ... -
Cape-Helena: An exploration of nostalgia and identity through the Cape Town - St. Helena migration nexus
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)In the following two chapters I will attempt to offer a more systemic account of St. Helena immigration to South African between 1838 and 1948. To date, no such study has been undertaken, ... -
Capital structure and profitability of state-owned enterprises in Namibia
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Public enterprises require an optimal capital structure mix to fund long-term assets that will generate adequate resources to allow the public enterprises to remain financially sustainable over-time. The aim of this study ... -
Capitalism in moral perspective - an Islamic alternative
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)Our time has been called the age of economics; the social philosopher Edmund Burke first used this term to characterize the eighteenth century, which was his own century and also the century of Adam Smith, but this expression ... -
Carbon dot – polythionine nanocomposite sensor for the remediation of antibiotics in water
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Antibiotics are a necessary part of the world today where their main purpose is to counter bacteria and diseases. Antibiotics are used in many areas which include apiculture, domestic, livestock and medically. Since ...