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Local economic development, agriculture and livelihoods
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
A total of 25 million South Africans are living in poverty, the majority of them in rural areas (SPII, 2007) added to this, the percentage of people living in poverty in rural areas more than doubles those living in the ...
The representation of children and childhood in the Children's Amendment Act (41 of 2007)
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
Until fairly recently studies of children as actively engaged in the production of meaning making in their social lives has been overlooked, ignored or received marginal attention within the contemporary social sciences ...
The role of the public library in realizing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): A case study of Groenheuwel Public Library
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is a tool through which the present government in South Africa wants to implement transformation in regard with raising the standard of living of the people in all spheres of life. ...
"War in the home'' marriage and mediation among the Gurage in Ethiopia
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
Ethiopian ethnic groups exhibit highly autochthonous cultural norms and values that are
embedded in their traditional beliefs, systems, and religions. This study shows how, at the grassroots level, the Gurage ethnic group ...
Analysing the spontaneous speech of children with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a global problem that affects various communities. FASD denotes a pattern of abnormalities intermittently seen in children born to women who consume huge quantities of alcohol ...
An investigation of the integration of foreign migrants into South African community: A case of Zimbabweans living in Luyoloville and New Rest in Gugulethu, Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
According to migrant research in South Africa, after the advent of democracy in South Africa, in 1994, the country has received an influx of foreign migrants, more especially from the African continent. However, much focus ...
Shadows, faces and echoes of an African war: The Rhodesian bush war through the eyes of Chas Lotter – soldier poet
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Poetry that is rooted in that most extreme of human experiences, war, continues to grip the public imagination. When the poetry under scrutiny comes from the "losing side" in a colonial war of liberation, important moral ...
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 ...
Lady Liberty
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Problematising the construct of 'definitions' within academic literacy: An analysis of students' knowledge of definitions in isiXhosa and English language textbooks at the University of the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Instructional verbs (such as analyse, summarise, apply, evaluate) have been referred to as performatives and have become the object of initiatives around developing and assessing students' academic literacy competencies. ...