Browsing by Author "Lees, Marion Keim"
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An analysis of the implementation of the National Sport and Recreation Plan in the Western Cape
Bouah, Lyndon (University of the Western Cape, 2016)It is widely accepted that sport has the potential to serve as a tool for development as well as a catalyst for social and personal change. The National Department of Sport and Recreation (SRSA) has recognized the role ... -
Combining sport and mediation skills for community healing. A multiple case study of two post-conflict communities in South Africa and Zimbabwe
Chikwanda, Clever (University of the Western Cape, 2014)This paper argues that post conflict communities need capacity to effectively deal with violent conflicts. This study therefore examines avenues through which sport can be used as a catalyst for mediation programmes in ... -
Community service in Uganda as an alternative to imprisonment: a case study of Masaka and Mukono districts
Birungi, Charles (University of the Western Cape, 2005)Community service as an alternative to imprisonment at its inception was taken up very strongly by the judiciary as part of the reform of the criminal justice system in Uganda. The successful enactment of the Community ... -
Community-based social healing approaches in South Africa: a case study of the Institute for Healing of Memories
Mwaura, Mercy Wangui (University of the Western Cape, 2011)In this study, the researcher aim is to examine the approach to social healing used by the Institute for Healing of Memories (IHOM). The focus is to explore how the approach has been employed within the community to enhance ... -
Evaluation of a youth empowerment programme for youth-at-risk: a case study of the chrysalis academy in Cape Town, South Africa
Dreke, Dayana (2009)This thesis seeks to answer the research question, if and how youth-oriented empowerment trainings like the one of the Chrysalis Academy are able to contribute positively to the social integration of ‘youth-at-risk’. The ... -
An evaluation of empowering volunteers for capacity-building: a case study of Women for Peace, Nobantu Centre, Mfuleni, Western Cape
Burrows, Michelle Isabel (University of the Western Cape, 2007)This thesis explored the empowerment needs of volunteer members of Women for Peace at the Nobantu Centre, Mfuleni in the Western Cape. The volunteer members, the majority of whom are women, come from a previously disadvantaged ... -
An exploration and evaluation of mechanisms on the role of sport in post-conflict racial reconciliation and integration : the post-apartheid South African context
Asihel, Solomon Ghebremedhin (University of the Western Cape, 2016)Sport has both uniting and dividing features, often manifesting contradictory outcomes in terms of conflict or co-operation. Sport is a social construct and its role and function depends largely on what society makes of ... -
The role of physical education in South African primary schools
Hendricks, Paul Charles (University of the Western Cape, 2004)This thesis argued that Physical Education is marginalised in the South African primary school education sector. Through this marginalisation, Physical Education has been reduced from having full subject status, to being ... -
The social constructions of HIV/AIDS stigma in one community in Cape Town, South Africa
Kayonga, Yvette (2010)Due to tremendous stigma attached to HIV/AIDS, revelation of HIV positive sero-status of an individual has become a significant risk in communities of South Africa (Kalichman el al., 2003;Deacon et al., 2004; Kalichman et ... -
Sport for development and peace in communities: A case study of the ‘sport for peace and social transformation programme’ in Uasin Gishu, Kenya
Mariga, Erick (University of the Western Cape, 2021)This study examined the role of Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) in peacebuilding, focussing particularly on the case of the Kenya Community Sports Foundation’s (KESOFO) Sport for Peace and Social Transformation (SPST) ... -
Sporting lives and "development" agendas : a critical analysis of sport and "development" nexus in the context of farm workers of the Western Cape
Kaur, Tarminder (University of the Western Cape, 2016)This thesis is about the sporting lives of people who work and/or live at the commercial grape and wine farms of the Western Cape. Collectively referred to as farm workers, they are identified by the Western Cape Provincial ... -
Traditional African conflict prevention and transformation methods : case studies of Sukwa, Ngoni, Chewa and Yao tribes in Malawi.
Msukwa, Chimwemwe A. P. S. (University of the Western Cape, 2012)This study sought to investigate if there are common cultural elements for preventing and transforming violent conflict in selected patrilineal and matrilineal tribes in Malawi, as well as selected societies from other ...