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West Africans in Cape Town: Immigration and struggles over documentation, 1994-2016
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
International migration has been a growing phenomenon in the West African community from the late 1960s as the colonial period came to an end and most West African countries gained their independence. During this period ...
The Relationship between quality of life, education, and poverty & inequality in South Africa: the capability approach as an alternative analytical framework
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
In this thesis I present – from the perspective of the capability approach and within the context of South Africa – a conceptual analysis of the relationship between quality of life, education, poverty and inequality. The ...
Power relations in landscape photographs by David Goldblatt and Santu Mofokeng
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
How far can landscape photographic images allow us to interrogate the extent to which collective socio-political, cultural and economic aspirations of marginalised South Africans have, or have not, been achieved since the ...
Cultural production and the struggle for authenticity : a Study of the Rastafarian student organization at the University of the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
This thesis explores the precarious nature of authenticity as it manifested itself in the activities of H.I.M. Society, the Rastafarian student organization at the University of the Western Cape. Ethnographic research was ...
Fashion, performance and the politics of belonging among Muslim women in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)
This thesis explores how the hijab fashion market has emerged in Cape Town and
how Capetonian Muslim women are appropriating hijab fashion as a means of
redefining themselves as Muslim South Africans instead of ‘Cape ...
South African crime fiction and the narration of the post-apartheid
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)
In this dissertation, I consider how South African crime fiction, which draws on a long international literary history, engages with the conventions and boundaries of the genre, and how it has adapted to the specific ...
Community-based social healing approaches in South Africa: a case study of the Institute for Healing of Memories
(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 ...
Xenophobia and the media: an investigation into the textual representation of black ‘foreigners’ in the daily sun, a South Africa tabloid (February 2008 - December 2008)
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
This mini-thesis is a discourse analysis of the representations of black ‘foreigners’ in the media with reference to xenophobia. In this specific context, the study investigates and analyses the textual representations of ...
Use of social media tools by library staff at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa and the National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe.
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
Academic libraries in the economically developed countries have taken the lead in adopting and appropriating various social media platforms to enhance services offered to their patrons. However, there are many unanswered ...
A comparative study of the psychological well-being of single and married mothers who work shifts in a call centre environment
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
South Africa is recognised as having world-class status in the call centre arena and this industry has grown exponentially in the last two decades, as has the number of women entering the workforce, including married and ...