Browsing Magister Artium (Development Studies) - MA (DVS) by Author "Karriem, Abdulrazak"
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Adulthood, home-leaving and informal settlement: a study of the Marikana informal settlement in Philippi East, Cape Town
Batyi, Maphelo (University of the Western Cape, 2022)Home leaving is an important marker of the transition to adulthood for young adults. Moving out of the parental home and establishing individual residence is often interpreted as a sign of independence for young adults. ... -
Adulthood, home-leaving and informal settlement: A study of the Marikana informal settlement in Philippi East, Cape Town
Batyi, Maphelo (University of the Western Cape, 2022)Home leaving is an important marker of the transition to adulthood for young adults. Moving out of the parental home and establishing individual residence is often interpreted as a sign of independence for young adults. ... -
An appraisal of urban agriculture as a livelihood strategy for household food security : a case study of urban food gardens in Ward 51, Langa, Cape Town
Philander, Freda Rhona (University of the Western Cape, 2015)Food security is a development challenge in South Africa with 52% of the population being food insecure and 33% at risk of hunger. Inequalities and inefficient food distribution networks lead to inadequate access to ... -
Assessing beneficiary perceptions of the efficacy of RDP housing: A case study of housing projects in Nollothville, Northern Cape
Dunn, Charnelle Candice (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 ... -
Assessing the role of youth civic engagement in promoting social change : a critical investigation of ILISO in site C, Khayelitsha
Jere, Gweze John (University of the Western Cape, 2015)Youth Civic Engagement is not a new phenomenon in South Africa. Throughout the history of country, spanning from the early resistance to colonialism in 1652 to the formation of the African National Congress in 1912 and its ... -
Critical evaluation of the impact of urban agriculture on food security: Case study of urban food gardens in Kayamandi settlement in Stellenbosch, Western Cape
Salah, Abdikarim Ahmed (University of the Western Cape, 2019)This research investigates the impact of urban agriculture on food security through urban food garden projects in Kayamandi. Food insecurity is a major global challenge, 795 million people in the world suffer from hunger ... -
Exploring livelihood strategies employed by women street food vendors in Gaborone, Botswana.
Mogobe, Serati S. (University of Western Cape, 2020)The informal economy has continued to increase in developing countries, giving jobs and income to marginalised groups, the majority being women. The rise of the informal sector is perpetuated by exclusionary social policies ... -
Exploring the use of social networks in accessing housing: A focus on the back-yard dwellers of Hanover Park, Cape Town
Rustin, Giselle (University of the Western Cape, 2022)This study explored social capital and social networks within the affordable housing arena. Although Apartheid officially ended in 1994 with the first non-racial democratic elections, the current housing spatial planning ... -
Fear of crime, place and the moral order: A secondary analysis of gated communities
Riddles, Alton (University of Western Cape, 2019)This study will use secondary data analysis of academic articles to study the topic under question. Much has been written on fear of crime from a quantitative and to a lesser extent qualitative approach (Burgess and Doran ... -
The impact of drought on household food security : a case study of Northern Tanzania
Ndzelen, Maria Goretti Diane (University of the Western Cape, 2015)With changes in climatic conditions being increasingly noticed around the world in the past 2 decades, drought has been identified as one of the main causes of food insecurity. Given the inseparable nature of food security ... -
Impact of sport skills for life skills (ss4ls) on the development of capability sets of student athletes: A case study approach
Kock, Nicolas George (University of the Western Cape, 2023)In recent years, we have seen an increase in sport for development (SfD) research. However, a current integrated literature review on sport for development found that despite the vast majority of SfD projects being located ... -
Is land reform working? A critical evaluation of the Bergland Development Trust (BDT) land reform project in Porterville, Western Cape
Ficks, William Edward (University of the Western Cape, 2018)Land reform is currently high on the agenda of the current government. This is because many people believe that land reform is a valuable tool in addressing the land question and combating poverty in South Africa. It is ... -
Livelihoods after land reform resettlement programme : a critical appraisal of the Nyahukwe resettled farmers, Rusape, Zimbabwe
Mapiye, Marceline (University of the Western Cape, 2016)Across the globe, land reform has become a key strategy for improving people’s livelihoods aimed at reducing poverty and increasing food security for resilient livelihoods. In sub-Saharan Africa, redistributive land reform ... -
Migration as a climate change adaptation strategy in rural Zimbabwe: an analysis of the experiences of female climate migrants in Goromonzi district
Masuku, Michelle Paidamwoyo (University of the Western Cape, 2018)Climate change has induced a number of environmental issues that have affected people's lives beyond the scope of ecology; these effects have touched on the social, cultural and economic dimensions of life as well. In ... -
Social capital and climate change adaptation strategies : the case of smallholder farmers in the Central region of Ghana
Osei, Sampson (University of the Western Cape, 2016)Agriculture in Ghana is dominated by smallholder farmers who are faced with unpredictable rainfall and extreme weather events. Climate modelling forecasts that the rate at which precipitation will decrease in the country ... -
Urban agriculture a livelihood strategy for food security in the Cape Flats: A case study of community-based and home food gardens in Khayelitsha, Cape Town
Mfaku, Abongile (University of the Western Cape, 2019)Growing urban food insecurity has prompted many researchers, NGOs, international agencies and governments to advocate for urban agriculture as a livelihood strategy to improve the household food security of the urban poor. ... -
Urban contestations for housing: Reclaiming and deracialising Cape Town’s inner city
Kanchau, Clara (University of the Western Cape, 2022)On the last weekend of March 2017, members of the Reclaim the City movement occupied two vacant government buildings: The old Woodstock Hospital on Mountain Road, Woodstock and Helen Bowden Nurses Home, located just about ... -
Why variations in breastfeeding rates in rural and urban South Africa?: The case of Valencia and White River, Mpumalanga
Dlamini, Melisa (University of Western Cape, 2021)Breastfeeding plays a pivotal role in the baby's growth and development. Following the benefits of breastfeeding to both the mother and the child, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended that infants be exclusively ... -
Why we eat what we eat: Analysing the effects of gender on food choice amongst adults in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town.
Gangen, Nishaat (University of Western Cape, 2019)Multiple studies have explored aspects of food choice; however, few have used a gendered approach. Understanding issues relating to food from a gendered perspective has become crucial in terms of combating and preventing ...