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Local government as an enabler of local economic development: A case study of the Bulawayo city council
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Local economic development approaches are increasingly being adopted in Africa to address spatial and territorial inequalities in development. Local economic development prioritises grassroots, bottom-up, regional ...
The institutional challenges facing city of Windhoek in the Provision of water and sanitation services: a case study of The Havana informal settlement
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
This study examined the institutional challenges facing the City of Windhoek in the
provision of water supply and sanitation in the Havana Informal Settlement. Like most cities
in developing countries, Namibia is faced ...
An assessment of the performance management system for senior managers at Chris Hani district municipality
(2021)
This study examines the implementation of the Performance Management System
(PMS) in local government, with specific reference to municipalities in the Chris Hani
District in the Eastern Cape. The research is premised ...
Critical evaluation of the contractor development programme in the Western Cape department of transport and public works: Skills development, training and youth placement, 2015 – 2018
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Emerging contractors play a significant role in the employment and skills development landscape as they are the employers of unskilled and semi-skilled labour in the construction industry (Western Cape Department of Transport ...
The role of civil society organisations in exercising the right to food in the Western Cape Province
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
This study was about the role of civil society organisations in promoting the right to have
access to food for households and communities living in the Western Cape Province of South
Africa. The aim was to understand how ...
An assessment of the impact the Disaster Management Act had in the education sector of South Africa during a pandemic: A case study of Northlink College in Cape Town (2020 – 2022)
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
This study assesses the impact of the Disaster Management Act, Act 57 of 2002 of the Covid-19
Pandemic on the education sector in South Africa, with specific reference to the Protea Northlink
College, Cape Town. The study ...
An exploration of the dynamics and nature of poverty: The case of Khayelitsha, 2010 – 2018
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
This mini-thesis explores the various competing understandings of poverty in a local South
African setting using Khayelitsha as a case study. The study will then examine which
conceptual frameworks are used to examine ...
Citizenship, transport and the working poor and unemployed in Khayelitsha since 2010
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
The largely peaceful, negotiated transition to a political democracy in South Africa was heralded
internationally as a modern day miracle. However, the new democratic government also
committed itself to equal citizenship, ...
Exploring cross-border security issues at selected Southern African Development Community (SADC) borders and borderlands: Beitbridge and Kosi Bay
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Cross-border migration within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region is regarded as a cross-border security issue that has often ignited anti-immigration sentiments in countries like South Africa. In ...
Transformation in secondary education: A case of a technical high school in the Western Cape Province
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)
This study was about the provision of secondary education to learners in a rural agricultural community in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. It was about how the curriculum and the learning environment were made ...