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Affordability of medicines for patients with diabetes attending University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH),Enugu
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)This study determined the affordability of medicines for diabetic patients attending the diabetic clinic of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu. The Study was a cross-sectional time-delimited, descriptive ... -
The affordances of mobile learning for an undergraduate nursing programme: A design-based study
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)The global use of mobile devices, and their connectivity capacity, integrated with the affordances of social media networks, provides a resource-rich platform for innovative student-directed learning experiences. Technology ... -
Africa's contribution to the humanitarian approach of nuclear weapons disarmament : Pelindaba Treaty
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)This thesis attempts to assess the role Africa has played to further the humanitarian approach to nuclear weapons disarmament. Particular focus is on the Pelindaba Treaty and whether it has been able to strengthen the call ... -
The African Charter on democracy, elections and governance: A normative framework for analysing electoral democracy in Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)This paper gave an insight into the novelties as well as the deficiencies of the provisions related to democratic elections and their implementation framework. It examined the potential effectiveness or otherwise of a ... -
The African charter on the rights and welfare of the child
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)So far little is known about the first comprehensive regional children's rights charter, the 1990 OA1J African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child.' Th" Charter has been mentioned occasionally by documents and ... -
The African child and the hidden curriculum at Blythswood Institute: Three snapshots
(University of Western Cape, 2021)This mini-thesis seeks to understand how the colonial and apartheid state imagined the African child in South Africa through education policies and their associated hidden curriculum. It asks what educational project was ... -
The african commission on human and peoples' rights and the promotion and protection of prisoners, rights an analysis
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)There is an estimated one million prisoners in Africa and most of them are detained in overcrowded prisons and conditions that well below internationally accepted standards.'These prisons hold both sentenced prisoners ... -
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Right: A test of African notions of human rights and justice
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Right (the Court) is the most recent of the three regional Human Rights Bodies. Envisioned by the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Right, its structures was not planned until ... -
The African court on human and peoples’ rights: a test of African notions of human rights and justice
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Right (the Court) is the most recent of the three regional Human Rights Bodies. Envisioned by the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Right, its structures was not planned until ... -
African female migrants and housing acquisition in South Africa: A comparison between 2001 and 2011 Population Census
(University of Western Cape, 2021)African female migrants make up a large portion of the population in general and in South Africa in particular. This includes both the documented and the undocumented female migrants. Nonetheless, they are confronted with ... -
African military intervention in African conflicts: an analysis of military intervention in Rwanda, the DRC and Lesotho
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)The dissertation examines three military interventions in Sub-Saharan Africa which took place in the mid and late 1990s in Rwanda, the DRC and Lesotho. These interventions took place despite high expectations of international ... -
African perspectives on the land question: The Native Laws Commission 1883
(University of the Western Cape, 1995)Both Am-Xhosa and the European farmers, being pastoralists "the search for land and grass was (their) first principle", notes Walker (1928). When they met, they differed fundamentally on the "vital matter oflandholding" ... -
African Renaissance in health education: developing an integrative programme of Unani-Tibb training for health care professionals in Southern Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)The present healthcare system in South Africa suffers from a number of serious deficiencies. Whilst orthodox bio-medicine is well established in most first world countries, its total introduction and implementation into ... -
African traditional culture and modernity in Zakes Mda’s the heart of redness
(2005)In my thesis entitled ‘African Tradition and Modernity in Zakes Mda’s The Heart of Redness’, I analyze the way Western modernity and African traditions interact in Mda’s novel. I suggest that both modernity and tradition ... -
The Afrikaans of the Cape Muslims 1815 to 1915
(University of the Western Cape, 1991)This study looks at the Afrikaans of the Cape Muslim Community from 1815 to 1915. In the process of this examination various aspects of this variety of Afrikaans are focussed upon. The basic objective, however, is to ... -
‘Ag sjeim, siestog, sorry’: Tracing shame’s affect through performance in post-apartheid South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2021)In this study I investigate what performance as a medium can contribute to our understanding of shame's affect. Given the difficulty of defining and concretising affect according to set parameters and outcomes, critical ... -
Age standardised incidence rates and age specific morbidity rates for intra-oral squamous cell carcinoma in blacks on the Witwatersrand.
(University of the Western Cape, 1983)The South African population is made up of Blacks, Whites, Coloureds and Asians. Since each population group is distinct in its culture and habits and have widely differing life styles and socioeconomic levels an ideal ... -
Agenda 2030: A South African perspective on the sustainable development goals
(University of Western Cape, 2020)Environmental degradation and the impacts on sustained life for all on Earth has become a global concern. Climate change illustrates one of the Anthropocene affects on continued life for both human and non-humans. The ... -
Aggression as a form of power with the incarceration of youth
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)This thesis examined the use of aggression by youth in Pollsmoor Prison during incarceration. Though the incarceration of children and youth is a problem internationally, it is particularly problematic in South Africa where ... -
Aggression-related alcohol expectancies and exposure to community alcohol-related agression among students at the University of the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)The relationship between alcohol consumption and alcohol-related violence has been firmly established in a wide array of studies concerning various forms of violence including intimate partner violence, domestic violence ...