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The contribution of divorce to parental self-efficacy and perception of parenting among divorced parents: A qualitative study
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)Divorce and self-efficacy are areas that have been studied quite widely and extensively in recent decades. Going through a divorce has an effect on how parents actually parent their children, which in turn has an effect ... -
The Contribution of Higher Education to Regional Socioeconomic Development : The University of Buea, Cameroon, as a Growth Pole
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)This research investigates how higher education institutions contribute to regional development, using the University of Buea in the Fako region as a case study. Policy documents reviewed and interviews with major stakeholders ... -
The contribution of renewable energy technologies to sustainable community development in Rusitu Valley, Zimbabwe
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)This exploratory study is based on the case of the Rusitu Valley, a low income rural community in Zimbabwe. Data was collected using largely qualitative methods and quantitative methods were used to obtain supportive ... -
The contribution of student activities to citizenship education: a study of engagement at a South African research university
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)This study seeks to determine to what extent undergraduate students in a research university in South Africa are involved in activities that contribute to citizenship education. The research design involves a case study ... -
Control in infinitives in Sesotho
(University of the Western Cape, 1991)The purpose of this study is to investigate how subject PRO of the infinitive in Sesotho is assigned an antecedent The general framework which is assumed is the Government Binding theory of generative grammar, in particular ... -
Controlling Cape Town’s poor through water management devices: the case of Saxonsea, Atlantis
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)This study examined the impact of the City’s water management strategies, specifically the water management devices, on selected households in Saxonsea. The impact of cost recovery policies on poor households was interrogated ... -
The convergence and divergence of International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)In this minithesis, I demonstrate that International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law are two distinct but related fields of law. First, the examination deals with the instance that the aim of both ... -
Conversations about values in education in South Africa 2000 to 2005: A theoretical investigation
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)The 'conversations' under investigation have all been initiated by the National Department of Education (DoE) and are identified in this thesis as the following: the Values Report (2000); Opening Pathways (2002), the ... -
Cooperation and competition: the case of the Western Cape wine cluster
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)A major challenge facing the South African wine industry has been the economic repositioning of the sector, which since 1994 has moved away from a highly regulated domestic environment. The increasing integration of the ... -
Cooperative data muling using a team of unmanned aerial vehicles
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have recently o ered signi cant technological achievements. The advancement in related applications predicts an extended need for automated data muling by UAVs, to explore high risk places, ... -
Cooperative enterprises as a solution to rural poverty and unemployment case studies of the Heiveld cooperative at Nieuwoudtville in the Northern Cape and Die Berg Vrugteverwerking at Piketberg in the Western Cape Province
(UWC, 2009)Historically, the poor have always been socially, politically and economically marginalized in society. The South African Government’s Cooperative Act 2005 presents a promising step in the right direction towards addressing ... -
Cooperative government in South Africa : examining enforcement mechanisms for municipalities to comply with South Africa’s water regulatory framework
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)There is overwhelming evidence that South Africa’s rivers are heavily polluted, a situation which is attributable to a large degree to poorly functioning and inefficiently managed waste water treatment works in municipalities. ... -
Cooperative learning for Interracial Interaction: An action research study
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)South Africans are challenged daily by the legacy of apartheid. The racial divisions of the past continue to haunt South Africans, nine years into its democracy. This mini-thesis reports on an action research project that ... -
A coordinated response to bullying of and among children with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities within the context of the child protection system
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)This study responded to the identified need for research to develop a guideline for a coordinated Child Protection Service (CPS) response to protect children with mild to moderate Intellectual Disabilities (IDs) from ... -
Coordination polymers as heterogeneous catalysts for oxidation reactions
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)This study describes the synthesis and characterisation of coordination polymers complexes of Cu(II) and VO(IV) with two polymeric ligands N,Nʹ -1,2-phenylene bis(5-methylenesalicylidenamine)(L1) and N,Nʹ -1,4-butylene ... -
Coping with violence: institutional and student responses at the University of the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)This thesis is based on research conducted at the University of the Western Cape, a previously ‘coloured’ university with its beginnings rooted in the political tensions in South Africa. The university is geographically ... -
Coping with Weather in Cape Town: use, adaptation & challenges in an informal settlement
(2013)The concern that weather variability and climate change has raised nowadays puts every society or community on the alert. This is arguably the most persistent environmental threat to global stability in vulnerable communities ... -
Coronary artery disease risk factors among fire-fighters in the Western Cape Province
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)The work demands involved in fire-fighting place significant stress on the cardiovascular system. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of on-duty death among fire fighters and is a major cause of morbidity. This ... -
Corporal punishment of children in Nigerian homes
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Corporate capacity, special purpose vehicles, and traditional securitisation in South African company Law
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)The ideals of shareholder and creditor protection are affected by legislation pertaining to the validity of a company’s transactions. Until legislative reforms introduced in the twentieth century, a company’s capacity ...