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The promotion of skills retention – a case study of the city of Cape Town's skills development strategy
(2009)
The lack of skills and capacity has been cited as one of the key reasons for
organisations failing to recruit staff, with 81% of companies in South Africa
experiencing recruitment challenges. More specifically, the problem ...
A bioinformatics approach to the study of the transcriptional regulation of AMPA glutamate receptors (GRIAs) and genes whose expression are co-regulated with GRIAs
(2009)
It was postulated that each gene has three main sets of transcriptional elements: one which is gene-specific, one which is family-specific, and a third which is tissue-specific.The starting hypothesis for this project had ...
The impact of tax policy on foreign investment flows to capital-scarce economies
(2009)
Developing countries all over the world are competing for greater shares of foreign
investment flows in a world where capital has become much more mobile. Also
changes to tax policies have been implemented to make the ...
The lake Chilwa fishing household strategies in response to water level changes: migration, conflicts and co-management
(2009)
In this thesis, I examine household strategies in response to water level
fluctuations of Lake Chilwa. I also analyse the frequency and patterns of
migration of fishers, conflicts due to migration of fishers and ...
What causes election-related conflict within democracies :a case study of Lesotho
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)
This research sought to understand the nature of election-related conflict and what needs to be done to arrest the eruption of such conflict in Lesotho. It sought the opinions of selectively respondents who have been ...
Perceptions of history and policy in the Cape Agulhas Area: could history influence policy on small-scale fishing?
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)
The principle aim of this study was to gain insights into the perceptions of the people living in the Cape Agulhas Area of South Africa on the issues of small-scale fishing and the historical claims to fishing rights of ...
A measure of the investment climate in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)
Investor confidence is a concept many investors are constantly trying to gauge. In practice however these concepts are usually not easy to measure. This study attempts to capture the total sum of investor perception in ...
An investigation into how elderly persons perceive elder abuse.
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)
The international concern about human rights, gender equality, domestic violence and the increase in the aging populations has brought elder abuse into the public focus. Elder abuse is a complex, multi-faceted health, ...
Devolution and democratisation: policy processes and community-based natural resource management in Southern Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)
By presenting case studies from the village of Mahenye in Zimbabwe and the five villages of the Okavango Community Trust in Botswana, the study looks beyond the objectives, discourse and contests of policy and undertakes ...
Effecacy of sport management processes and structures in Khayelitsha
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)
The research seeks to investigate processes and structures presently in Khayelitsha so as to ascertain whether they are operating, in such a manner that sporting people and government can rely on them to strike the balance ...