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Backyard Poultry Farming as a Survival Strategy for Women in Urban Areas: A Case Study of Norton Town in Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe
(University of Western Cape, 2018)
Early in this millennium, Zimbabwe faced economic collapses which led to a decline of formal
sector employment and an increase in urban agriculture. Urban agriculture provides income and
a food supply to poor, middle and ...
The effectiveness of School Health Services delivery related to the Care and Support for Teaching and Learning (CSTL) and Integrated School Health Policy (ISHP) in the Western Cape’s formerly disadvantaged schools
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Provision of effective school health services is fundamental to learners’ health and learning. It is obvious that ineffective or absent school health services would ultimately jeopardize the health of learners, core school ...
Care givers' perceptions about the purpose, uses and adequacies of the child support grant in Mfuleni Western Cape, South Africa: Implications for social policy
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
This study investigates caregiver’s perceptions of the purposes, uses and adequacies of the
Child Support Grant (CSG) in Mfuleni (Cape Town, South Africa). Moreover, the research
was underpinned by the following research ...
The expected effects of the National School Nutrition Programme: Evidence from a case study in Cape Town, Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
School feeding programmes have become a worldwide poverty reduction strategy that are designed to enhance human capital, i.e. nutrition and education. In South Africa, the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) began ...
The role of the informal economy in Libya's development: A case study of the informal food sector in Misrata
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
In society, development had hitherto been mainly defined in relation to the pursuit and
sustenance of balanced economic growth. Since the new millennium however, the essence of
development has increasingly shifted beyond ...
South Africa’s land reform programme: A case study of the relocation of the Stockenström community to Friemersheim in the Western Cape during the apartheid era
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
This research places in context a proposed case study of land and property rights of a dispossessed Stockenström (Eastern Cape) community forcibly removed to Friemersheim (Western Cape) during the apartheid era, between ...
Justice: Contractual or psychologically Embedded? Two approaches to the idea of Social Justice
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
I briefly restate the structure and essential elements of Rawls's theory of justice to
facilitate an understanding of its basic narrative, before examining a few of the
critiques of his approach to the question of social ...
The role of informal social security arrangements in providing social protection: A case study of women self-help groups in Kabras Location, Kakamega County (Kenya)
This study investigates the contribution of Women Self Help Groups (WSHG) to social protection
at the level of the household in rural settings in Kabras location, Kakamega County, Kenya. It is
premised on evidence that ...
Investigating the push and pull factors of international migration in South Africa; the case of Cameroonian and Congolese migrants in cape town.
International migration is growing steadily and has become an inevitable phenomenon
mostly peculiar to the African continent that is characterised by economic, social
and political challenges. The study investigated the ...
An instance of xenophobia: an investigation into the violence against Somali traders in Khayelitsha
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
South Africa has been praised by many as having the most democratic constitution in the world which safeguards the rights of all who live within the borders of the nation. Ironically this has not been so with migrants, ...