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We cannot carry our own poverty: Native Affairs, welfare reform and the development of an 'inclusive' social pension system in South Africa, 1936 - 1959
(The University of the Western Cape, 2017)
“We cannot carry our own poverty”: Native Affairs, welfare
reform and the development of an ‘inclusive’ social pension
system in South Africa, 1936 – 1959
An ‘inclusive’ system of state social pensions was introduced ...
The 1945 General Strike in Northern Nigeria and its Role in Anti-Colonial Nationalism
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
This thesis follows the course of the Nigerian general strike of 1945 in the Northern provinces, a previously under-researched region. It examines some of the many ways in which the strike has been understood in the academy, ...
Records management for an intelligent university: The case of the University of the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Universities face complex changes such as mergers; new competitors; socio-economic; political and
technological changes. In order to survive and preserve competitive advantage, the university has to
adapt to such changes. ...
An assessment of recent ethical discourses on globalization: comparing the critique of Joseph Stiglitz on global capital with ecumenical globalization debates on the Accra declaration
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)
This research will investigate how globalization developed its own ethical discourse, based on perceived benefits and failures; also how it could be transformed within the global economic sphere, based on critique and ...
The viability of the South African National Development Plan and Amartya Sen's theory of ethical development
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
"Development" has emerged as a key word indicating the level of participation in and integration into the global economy of previously "under-developed" or marginalized countries, especially from the so-called "Third World". ...
Using the first language to improve Arabic-speaking students' speaking skills in English as a second language
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
For several decades since the advent of Communicative Language Teaching and the Direct
Method, using the first language (L1) in second-language (L2) teaching has been out of
favour. However, arguments for using the L1as ...
Cinematic and photographic aesthetics in the novels of J.M. Coetzee
(The University of the Western Cape, 2017)
This thesis will examine the extensive cinematic and photographic visuality inscribed in the
fictions of J. M. Coetzee. Coetzee's prose is inflected by a complex intermediality that
references media aesthetics, practices, ...
What lies beneath tutors' feedback? Examining the role of feedback in developing 'knowers' in English studies
(The University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Feedback plays an important role in student learning and development in higher
education. However, for various reasons, it is often not as effective as it should be. Many studies
have attempted to ‘solve’ the feedback ...
Visklippie and other Cape Town stories
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Visklippie and other Cape Town stories is a collection of short stories, inspired by my
experiences having grown up in the 1960s and 1970s in Cape Town. This is a fictional work
that, however, uses memory and oral history ...
What lies
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
His brown hands, tanned darker than they already were from hours of supervising men
shoveling sand and mixing concrete on building sites, gripped the steering wheel. Hendrick
Vermeulen drove down Voortrekker Road after ...