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The use of information and communication technology by emerging commercial farmers in their development in the Western Cape, South Africa.
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Although many researchers have shown ICT can enable development it remains a great challenge to understand the link between JCT4D projects and the development of emerging commercial agriculture. There is a need to realise ... -
Assessing beneficiary perceptions of the efficacy of RDP housing: A case study of housing projects in Nollothville, Northern Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)The Reconstruction Development Programme (RDP) housing program was instituted to provide South Africans with quality housing that meet their basic needs. For people, fortunate enough to receive RDP houses, numerous complaints ... -
Work-Care Satisfaction and capabilities: Examining Single mother's Satisfaction with juggling paid work and childcare in Gugulethu, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Capabilities as espoused by Sen are the realizable opportunities that are open to an individual that enable her to be or do that which she finds reasonably valuable. This study assessed the work-care arrangement capabilities ... -
African perspectives on the land question: The Native Laws Commission 1883
(University of the Western Cape, 1995)Both Am-Xhosa and the European farmers, being pastoralists "the search for land and grass was (their) first principle", notes Walker (1928). When they met, they differed fundamentally on the "vital matter oflandholding" ... -
Diminishing or perpetuating inequality? Exploring the terms and conditions of Development Bank of Southern Africa infrastructure loans to Theewaterskloof Municipality: A case study
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)The South African government has earmarked infrastructure development as a key driver of the economy. The infrastructure sectors of energy, water and transport have received large Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) ... -
Demographic aspects of urbanization in Africa: a re-assessment of recent patterns
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)In recent years, urban growth has been one of the major challenges in Africa. The increasing size and unwieldiness of towns and cities are a result of an on-going rapid urbanisation. The process of this rapid urbanisation ... -
Understanding how and why informal migrants remit: A case study of undocumented Zimbabwean workers in Cape Town, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)A large number of people have found themselves in South Africa as economic refugees due to the economic decline that has been experienced in Zimbabwe over the years. A significant number are undocumented and therefore face ... -
Backyard Poultry Farming as a Survival Strategy for Women in Urban Areas: A Case Study of Norton Town in Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe
(University of Western Cape, 2018)Early in this millennium, Zimbabwe faced economic collapses which led to a decline of formal sector employment and an increase in urban agriculture. Urban agriculture provides income and a food supply to poor, middle and ... -
Justice: Contractual or psychologically Embedded? Two approaches to the idea of Social Justice
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)I briefly restate the structure and essential elements of Rawls's theory of justice to facilitate an understanding of its basic narrative, before examining a few of the critiques of his approach to the question of social ... -
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)
This 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 ... -
Investigating the push and pull factors of international migration in South Africa; the case of Cameroonian and Congolese migrants in cape town.
International migration is growing steadily and has become an inevitable phenomenon mostly peculiar to the African continent that is characterised by economic, social and political challenges. The study investigated the ... -
Expanding Entrepreneurial Capabilities Through Business Incubators: A Case Study Of The iDea Hub Nigeria
Entrepreneurship has long been offered as the panacea for poor economic growth and high rate of unemployment. Business incubation is considered an effective means for enhancing entrepreneurial actitivities while engendering ... -
Social capital and community-led management of rural water schemes: Evidence from Mulundu Community Managed Water Scheme in Luapula Province of Zambia
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)The main objective of this study was to assess the contribution of social capital to community-led management of water schemes - using the Mulundu Community Managed Water Scheme in Luapula Province of Zambia - with the ... -
An investigation of the role of social capital in the determination of participation in high risk informal financial services
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)Bourdieu's Social Capital (Fine 1999) has been dubbed as the buzz word within the social sciences (Fine, 2007). The Theory of Social Capital is one of the micro theories that has dominated the development world since the ... -
An instance of xenophobia: an investigation into the violence against Somali traders in Khayelitsha
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)South Africa has been praised by many as having the most democratic constitution in the world which safeguards the rights of all who live within the borders of the nation. Ironically this has not been so with migrants, ... -
The role of the informal economy in Libya's development: A case study of the informal food sector in Misrata
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)In society, development had hitherto been mainly defined in relation to the pursuit and sustenance of balanced economic growth. Since the new millennium however, the essence of development has increasingly shifted beyond ... -
Child poverty in South Africa: contributions of a participatory child poverty assessment project to improving understandings and measurement
(The University of the Western Cape, 2018)Involving children in studies about complex social issues like poverty is not common practice. While child poverty is a subjective matter, most studies rely on adult opinions to conceptualize and measure it. This study ... -
Towards Bridging the 'Gender Digital Divide' in Uganda: A Study of University to Work Transition Patterns among ICT graduates
(The University of the Western Cape, 2018)This dissertation examines the gender digital divide in the Information and Communication Technology industry in Uganda by analysing admission and graduation dynamics among men and women in ICT degree programs at Makerere ... -
An instance of xenophobia: An investigation into the violence against somali traders in Khayelitsha
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)South Africa has been praised by many as having the most democratic constitution in the world which safeguards the rights of all who live within the borders of the nation. Ironically this has not been so with migrants, ... -
The countercyclical nature of remittances: A case study of the 2009 global financial crisis in Cameroon, Cape Verde, Nigeria and Senegal
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)Remittances inflows have gradually become one of the major sources of external financial inflows to developing countries. As a result, research abounds on the developmental effects of remittances in the home countries ...
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