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Spaza Hip hop in the townships of Khayelitsha
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Since the arrival of hip-hop in Cape Town and indeed South Africa in the 1980s, a diverse
and vibrant range of hip-hop sub-genres has developed in Cape Town. Scholarship, however,
have approached hip-hop mainly through ...
Creativity in spaces of learning: experimentations in two schools
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
The questions concerning how creativity can enhance the culture of learning in schools, especially amongst the previously marginalized groups, are not simple and straightforward. In South Africa, the general questions often ...
A microsociological analysis of social support to women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
This study explored the social support provided by family of women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer. The aim was to present an account of social support that is solicited by and given to women diagnosed with early ...
Cultural production and the struggle for authenticity : a Study of the Rastafarian student organization at the University of the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
This thesis explores the precarious nature of authenticity as it manifested itself in the activities of H.I.M. Society, the Rastafarian student organization at the University of the Western Cape. Ethnographic research was ...
Fashion, performance and the politics of belonging among Muslim women in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)
This thesis explores how the hijab fashion market has emerged in Cape Town and
how Capetonian Muslim women are appropriating hijab fashion as a means of
redefining themselves as Muslim South Africans instead of ‘Cape ...
Xenophobia and the media: an investigation into the textual representation of black ‘foreigners’ in the daily sun, a South Africa tabloid (February 2008 - December 2008)
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
This mini-thesis is a discourse analysis of the representations of black ‘foreigners’ in the media with reference to xenophobia. In this specific context, the study investigates and analyses the textual representations of ...
Narratives in postgraduate studies: Stories of six master’s students who have experienced supervision-related challenges at a South African university
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Postgraduate research throughput and problems associated with appropriate supervision are a key
focus area for many higher education institutions around the world (Lessing & Schulze, 2012;
Amehoe, 2014; Botha, 2016). ...
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 ...
The social practices of cultivation and gathering of medicinal plants in Ebenhaezer, Matzikama, Western Cape, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
This study aims to investigate the extent to which the increasing demand for medicinal plant and the resulting pressure on local cultivators to meet the demand impact upon cultivation and gathering practices of such plants. ...
An investigation of the integration of foreign migrants into South African community: A case of Zimbabweans living in Luyoloville and New Rest in Gugulethu, Cape Town.
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
According to migrant research in South Africa, after the advent of democracy in South Africa, in 1994, the country has received an influx of foreign migrants, more especially from the African continent. However, much focus ...