Browsing by Author "Zembe, Yanga"
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Access to land and productive resources among female farmers in Stellenbosch: Implications for women’s empowerment and household food
Ngwexana, Tulile (University of the Western Cape, 2018)Women play an important role in food security. Growing, processing, purchasing, preparing and serving food to their families is a common and distinctive relationship they have to food in most societies in the world. They ... -
Care givers' perceptions about the purpose, uses and adequacies of the child support grant in Mfuleni Western Cape, South Africa: Implications for social policy
Mazikwana, Thuliswa Julia (University of Western Cape, 2020)This study investigates caregiver’s perceptions of the purposes, uses and adequacies of the Child Support Grant (CSG) in Mfuleni (Cape Town, South Africa). Moreover, the research was underpinned by the following research ... -
Caregivers perception about the purposes, uses and adequacies of the child support grant in Mfuleni Western Cape, South Africa: Implications for social policy
Mazikwana, Thuliswa Julia (University of the Western Cape, 2020)This study investigates caregiver’s perceptions of the purposes, uses and adequacies of the Child Support Grant (CSG) in Mfuleni (Cape Town, South Africa). Moreover, the research was underpinned by the following research ... -
Community participation in the recruitment of community health workers: a case study of the three community health worker programmes in South Africa
Zembe, Yanga (University of the Western Cape, 2009)This research investigates the nature and extent of community participation and involvement in the recruitment and selection processes for Community Health Workers (CHWs), primarily through detailed case studies of three ... -
A conceptual clarification of the definition of resilience: An African perspective in Gugulethu Township, Cape Town.
Gelese, Patricia (University of Western Cape, 2020)There is a huge gap in literature on resilience especially that which reflects African perspective. This can be seen from many definitions of resilience that are informed by research done in the American and Eurocentric ... -
Economic and social survival strategies of migrants in Southern Africa: a case study of Ghanaian migrants in Johannesburg, South Africa
Okyere, Dorcas (University of the Western Cape, 2018)The international migrant stock has continued to grow at a fast pace increasing from 222 million in 2010 to 244 million in 2015. Reasons for migration are diverse and include conflicts, poverty and natural tragedies. ... -
Investigating the role of Meals on Wheels Community Services (MOWCS) on food security among older persons in Brooklyn
Nkurunziza, Magnifique (University of the Western Cape, 2019)Food insecurity remains a global challenge despite efforts to combat it in all its forms. Africa has the highest prevalence of food insecurity worsened by a deepened poverty affecting mostly children, women and the elderly. ... -
The role of informal social security arrangements in providing social protection: A case study of women self-help groups in Kabras Location, Kakamega County (Kenya)
Oware, Phoene MesaThis study investigates the contribution of Women Self Help Groups (WSHG) to social protection at the level of the household in rural settings in Kabras location, Kakamega County, Kenya. It is premised on evidence that ...