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Factors leading to frequent readmission to Valkenberg Hospital for patients suffering from severe mental illnesses
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
This thesis aimed to explore systematic health service problems that are related to frequent readmission of persons suffering from severe mental illnesses to Valkenberg Hospital. Reduction of acute and chronic beds in the ...
An explorative study of child and youth care workers experiences of "lifespace therapeutic care"
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)
The goal of this research was to explore and describe child and youth care workers lived experiences of life space therapeutic care in a residential setting. Life space refers to the daily living environment, context and ...
Lesbians and the right to equality: Perceptions of people in a local Western Cape community
(University of the Western Cape, 2001)
When lesbians, as women divert from social norms and reject the compulsory heterosexual norm, they are either punished through legal systems for transgressing patriarchial structures or not recognised at all. As women, ...
The use of treated effluent for agricultural irrigation in the Bottelary River area: Effluent quality, farmers perception and potential extent
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
The Bottelary River area is located in a Mediterranean climate region, where the agricultural sector plays an important role. During the dry summer season, there is not enough precipitation to meet the agricultural irrigation ...
Social welfare policies and child poverty in South Africa: a microsimulation model on the child support grant
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
The study assessed the extent of child poverty in South Africa using five different policy scenarios, and modelled the impact on poverty and inequalities of people living in households with children using the Foster-Gree ...
Learnerships and transformation in the insurance industry
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
This case study explored the lessons arising from the implementation of the Insurance Preparedness Project. This was a pilot project funded by the Insurance Sector Education and Training Authority as part of a strategy for ...
An exploration of care-giving resources available for chronically poor female-headed Ceres households
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
This thesis explored the resources available for care-giving in chronically poor female-headed households. It investigated the relationship between resources as enabling in the practice of care and the choices that women ...
Community adult education: empowering women, leadership and social action
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
This thesis explored the relationship between community adult education and social action. The study investigated how LEAD (Leadership Education for Action and Development), a non-governmental organisation based in the ...
An examination of the extent to which South Africa is meeting its legal obligations with regard to the protection of undocumented foreign migrant children
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
This thesis examined the extent to which South Africa has domesticated the international provisions protecting foreign migrant children. The thesis further investigated procedural gaps and makes recommendations in respect ...
Microbial quality and safety of ostrich meat
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
The aim of this study was to determine the quality of slaughtered ostrich meat and to evaluate the ostrich slaughter process, to determine whether ostrich meat are contaminated by the in-house slaughtering practices and ...