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Relationships between conservators, community partners and urban conservation areas: a case study of nature reserves on the Cape Flats
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
Cape Town is a unique city. It has a global biodiversity hotspot, in the midst of an urban area. Historically, nature conservation practice excluded and marginalized certain groups of people based on their race and class. ...
Théâtres and mikilistes: Congolese films and Congolese diasporic identity in the post-Mobutu period (1998-2011)
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
Kleinplasie living open air museum: a biography of a site and the processes of history-making 1974 – 1994
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
In 1974 an Agricultural Museum Committee was established at the Worcester Museum which ultimately led to the development in 1981 of the Kleinplasie Open Air Farm Museum.This began a new phase in the museum’s history, one ...
Towards urban multilingualism: investigating the linguistic landscape of the public rail transport system in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
This study explores the linguistic landscape of Metrorail in the Western Cape, South
Africa. The Western Cape is a diverse, multicultural society with a history of
colonialism and imperialism. For this reason, the ...
Conservation and use-values of medicinal plants in rural eastern Zimbabwe: A study of selected medicinal plants
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
Medicinal plants remain a very important natural resource used as traditional medicines for health needs in many developing countries. In the current deepening economic and political crises in Zimbabwe a significant number ...
Determinants of migrant remittances: A case of the Ugandan community in Cape Town, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
This research aims at assessing the determinants of migrant remittances through a case study of the Ugandan Community in Cape Town. In order to objectively state the determinants of migrant remittances, the study focuses ...
Job satisfaction of research librarians in selected research libraries in the Western Cape
(University of Western Cape, 2012)
The study examines job satisfaction among research librarians in selected research libraries situated in the Western Cape region. Many studies worldwide have been done on job satisfaction in various subject fields including ...
'Weaving the past with threads of memory': narratives and commemorations of the colonial war in southern Namibia
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
This study seeks to contribute to the literature on the colonial war, genocide and memory studies in Namibia. I review the way in which communities in southern Namibia have developed practices in which to recall and re-enact ...
Political autobiography, nationalist history and national heritage: the case of Kenneth Kaunda and Zambia
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
The research for this thesis started off as a long academic essay that sought to review a 1970s biography of Kenneth Kaunda.1 In its original focus, the study aimed at evaluating the work on the narrations of Kenneth ...
The production of local art for a global cultural market in contemporary Mozambique
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
This thesis examines the production of commercial art in contemporary Mozambique. It explores the power relationship between local artists – painters and sculptors – and their patrons and brokers in the art market. This ...