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Examining the economic impact of industrial action activities in South Africa, 2003-2014
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)Workers' right to strike is embedded in the South African Constitution and this right generally reflects a sign of fairness. Strike activities form a vital part of collective bargaining and the supremacy liaison between ... -
Examining the labour market outcome of volunteer workers
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)As democracy cracked the gloom of Apartheid, South Africa has experienced economic transformations; however, unemployment is still an Achilles heel that cripples the labour market. This study examined the labour market ... -
Examining the relationship between socioeconomic status and obesity. A case study of Khayelitsha in the Western Cape province of South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)Background: Obesity in South Africa is a critical public health issue. Previously considered a problem of the affluent, obesity is now reported among all populations in South Africa regardless of age, race, gender or ... -
Examining the skills gap to effectively manage e-logistics in supply chain management
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)The South African economy faces several obstacles, including political unpredictability that may deter investment, a high unemployment rate, inflation, crime, a trade imbalance, and a volatile exchange rate. However, one ... -
Examining the South African labour market outcomes during the coronavirus pandemic of 2019
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)The South African labour market is distinguished by dismally significant levels of unemployment and even higher levels of youth unemployment. The COVID-19 pandemic imposes the risk of adding further pressure on South ... -
Exchange rate misalignment and international trade competitiveness : A cointegration analysis for South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)Issues pertaining to the misalignment of exchange rate have become central in the analysis of open economy macroeconomics for developing countries. This is at least due to two reasons: first persistent overvaluation of ... -
Exchange rate pass-through to domestic prices in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)This mini-thesis examines the speed and magnitude of exchange rate pass-through to domestic prices in South Africa. The shift from fixed exchange rate regimes to a system of floating exchange rates by many countries after ... -
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 ... -
Expanding the understanding of positive organisational practices in positively deviant organisations: An online desk research review
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)Positive organisational practices are actions performed by employees within the workplace that enhance worker and organisational wellness. In identifying positively deviant organisations, specific positive practices ... -
The expected effects of the National School Nutrition Programme: Evidence from a case study in Cape Town, Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)School feeding programmes have become a worldwide poverty reduction strategy that are designed to enhance human capital, i.e. nutrition and education. In South Africa, the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) began ... -
Experience of work-life balance by female traffic inspectors within the Western Cape provincial traffic: Metro region
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Twenty-first century organisations have become more conscious of implementing work-life balance practices due to the fusion of females into the labour market, the existence of double career couples with children and equality ... -
Experiences and Perceptions of Learner Migrants of Commuting to and from School: A case study of Learners at two Schools in Cape Town, 2013-2015
(The University of the Western Cape, 2017)Since the deracialisation of schools in the 1990s, a large number of South African children travel on a daily basis to schools that are relatively far from their homes, a phenomenon which some scholars term “learner ... -
The experiences of homophobia for lesbians who live in Cape Town townships
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)Democratic South Africa was based on a constitution that is meant to have democratic values that promote human dignity and non-discrimination. Such democratic values were put in place to ensure that the human rights ... -
Explaining the determinants of contractual inefficiencies: the case of water provision in Saltillo, Mexico
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)Public-private partnerships to provide services are a relatively new policy initiative in Mexico, and have shown contrasting results. This research has endeavored to analyze the possible determinants behind the failure, ... -
An exploration into the challenges teachers face in implementing HIV/AIDS initiatives and programmes in primary schools: a case study of two primary schools in Nyanga Township
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)Twenty years into democracy and South Africa like many of the world‟s nations still faces manifold challenges in dealing with HIV/AIDS. This disease affects millions of people in various forms; socially, economically and ... -
An exploration into the understanding of Leadership Ethos and Critical Success Factors in public management: The case of the Department of Trade and Industry, South Africa and the Ministry of National Economy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)This dissertation assumes an explorative and descriptive approach rather than a comparative approach. It aims at offering the concept of Leadership Ethos (LE) and its inherent Critical Success Factors (CSFs) as a paradigm ... -
An exploration of the dynamics and nature of poverty: The case of Khayelitsha, 2010 – 2018
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)This mini-thesis explores the various competing understandings of poverty in a local South African setting using Khayelitsha as a case study. The study will then examine which conceptual frameworks are used to examine ... -
Exploration of the underlying causes of high waiting times at a community health centre in Cape Town, South Africa
(The University of the Western Cape, 2017)At public sector health facilities in Cape Town, South Africa, patients experience very high waiting times, with a medium waiting time of 3 hours which prevailed at the study facility being common. So the question arose ... -
An exploratory case study in a rural municipality in the western cape: Local government skills development
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)Local governments worldwide are invariably faced with challenges of human capacity constraints, corruption, lack of operating transparency and accountability, dysfunctional ward committees, poor public participation, ... -
An exploratory case study in a rural municipality in the Western Cape: Local Government skills development
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)Local governments worldwide are invariably faced with challenges of human capacity constraints, corruption, lack of operating transparency and accountability, dysfunctional ward committees, poor public participation, ...