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Gender equality and happiness among South African women
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Have South African women's lives become happier since the transition to
democracy? If they are, could this be linked to gender equality? This is the
central question of this study. This study explored a group of ...
Promoting health citizenship and multilingualism in the health insurance industry
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
The thesis explores the role of semiotic structuring of health information in relation to language,
multimodality and health literacy and the affordances for agentive participation among consumers of
two leading South ...
The Qur’ānic Sufi Hermeneutics of Shaykh Muṣṭafā’ al-‘Alāwī: A critical study of his Lubāb al- ‘Ilm Fī Sūrah al-Najm
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
The main focus of this dissertation is a critical study of the Arabic text, titled:
Lubāb al ‘Ilm Fī Sūrah al-Najm (The Kernel of Knowledge in the Chapter of
the Star) by Shaykh Ahmad bin Muṣṭafā’ al-‘Alāwī.
Due to the ...
Visualizing the body: Photographic clues and the cultural fluidity of Mbopo institution, 1914-2014
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
The mbopo institution, popularly known as the “fattening room” is a cultural rite of passage for
young virgins, who are being prepared for marriage among the Ibibio/Efik people of southern
Nigeria. It is a complex cultural ...
The impact of climate change and climate variability on coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
This thesis investigates the influence of climate change and climatic variability on wetland ecosystems (coastal and inland wetlands) on the Agulhas coastal plain. Firstly, this research examines coastal wetland ecosystem ...
A functional terminological analysis of a “Multilingual parliamentary/ Political terminology list” of the Department of Arts and Culture
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
South Africa’s National Language Policy Framework was formulated in 2003. The framework
was designed to create an enabling environment for the development of instruments and
initiatives intended to promote multilingualism ...
Life beyond protests: An ethnographic study of what it means to be an informal settlement resident in Kanana/Gugulethu, Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
This study explores the lives of Kanana residents, an informal settlement in Gugulethu
Township on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa. It pays particular attention to their
everyday lives to dispel negative and ...
“I am a queen”: (Re)fashioning African female identities in everyday storytelling
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
This study aims to add to the rich body of work which explores our understanding of identity
performances in narratives. It explores how a close knit group of five female friends use
narrative structure and strategies ...
Exploring semiotic remediation in performances of stand-up comedians in post- apartheid South Africa and post-colonial Nigeria
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
This research has been conducted by focusing on the trajectories of semiotic ensembles from
various contexts that stand-up comedians exploited for aesthetic and communicative
purposes. I apply the social semiotic theory ...
Unusual waterscapes and precarious rural livelihoods: Occurrence, utilisation and conservation of springs in the Save Catchment, Zimbabwe
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Springs are an important natural resource in many rural spaces which, if utilised sustainably,
can be an important source of livelihoods for rural communities. In Zimbabwe, the social
aspects of springs and their waterscapes ...