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The availability, applicability and utility of information systems engineering standards in South African higher education
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Higher education institutions in South Africa have invested heavily in information technology and information systems, with variable outcomes. Organisations in other sectors, such as engineering, the defence industry, ...
Do money managers outperform their respective benchmark? Evidence from South African Unit Trust industry
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
Motivated by the growing attraction of the mutual fund industries across the world, this research seeks to explore the economic benefits contributed by the South African equity unit trust managers over the period from 1 ...
Evaluating the impact of social grants and the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) on poverty reduction in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Given that poverty has remained one of the biggest challenges facing South Africa, an in-depth understanding of the poverty reduction measures implemented by government is necessary. It is important to understand the ...
The geochemistry, geochronology and petrogenetic characteristics of two granitic suites on the eastern margin of the Namaqua Sector, Namaqua-Natal Mobile Belt, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
The group of granites on the eastern margin of the Mesoproterozoic Namaqua sector of the polydeformed and highly metamorphosed Namaqua-Natal Province of southern Africa is known as the Keimoes Suite. The suite includes ...
Biography in and of an archive : the Shelagh Gastrow Collection and South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2012)
This study is about the recent political history of South Africa. It examined the crucial period of late apartheid, through the political transition into democracy. The study was conducted through the lenses of Shelagh ...
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 1996 Constitution and the Tax Administration Act 28 of 2011 : balancing efficient and effective tax administration with taxpayers' rights
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Taxation is fundamental for development in South Africa (SA), a developing country with an emerging economy in which taxation is essential to capacitate the government so that it can fulfil its mandate under the Constitution ...
Crafting a meso practice course using elements of authentic learning for undergraduate social work students in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Many teaching and learning practices in higher education, including social work education in
South Africa, tend to be characterised by a transmission mode of instruction, whereby
knowledge moves from the expert educator ...
A national survey of mercury levels in South Africa's water management areas
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
This study forms part of a broader project co-funded by the Water Research Commission (WRC), and CSIR Parliamentary Grant (PG) and Strategic Research Panel (SRP) research grants, aimed at surveying selected water resources ...
Integration in South Africa: a study of changes in the community health system
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
In the thesis, I analyse a facilitated pilot project of integration of health care services at the community-level. The importance of the thesis is justified by three reasons: firstly integration and the creation of a ...