Browsing by Subject "Public policy"
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An assessment of the drafting of the 2005 Ovambanderu constitution: ‘process and institutional capacity’
(UWC, 2008)This research report sets up a model of policy development at Traditional Authority level in Namibia that is then used in examining the Ovambanderu constitutional case. Reference to the Generic Model, as used by de Coning ... -
Contractual discretionary powers and the essentialia of price and rental in the South African law of sale and lease – a jurisprudential and comparative analysis
(2013)This thesis concerns the tension that exists between the principles of certainty and freedom of contract (which includes the notion of contractual discretionary powers) and how this tension impacts on the requirement that ... -
The dynamics of urbanisation in Kampala, Uganda: Towards a possible alternative policy framework
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)The purpose of the study is to investigate the dynamics explaining Kampala's urbanisation, with a view of analysing their implications for an alternative urban policy framework for this city. This study was motivated by ... -
Employment demand, employability and the supply-side machinery : the case of the children of the liberation struggle of Namibia
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)Over the past four years, growing volumes of media literature centre staged the Namibian economy with the dilemma of the ‘Children of the Liberation Struggle of Namibia’ (CoLSoN) in their resilient protest for employment. ... -
An examination of policy implementation of water and sanitation services in the city of Cape Town: a case study of the informal settlements in the Khayelitsha area
(2010)The focus of the study is on the implementation of public policies through provision of basic services such as water and sanitation in the City of Cape Town. The case study of the research is the informal settlements of ... -
An exploration into the understanding of Leadership Ethos and Critical Success Factors in public management: The case of the Department of Trade and Industry, South Africa and the Ministry of National Economy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)This dissertation assumes an explorative and descriptive approach rather than a comparative approach. It aims at offering the concept of Leadership Ethos (LE) and its inherent Critical Success Factors (CSFs) as a paradigm ... -
The implementation of the 1997 white paper for social welfare with specific reference to children in conflict with the law: a case study of the mangaung one stop child justice centre
(2010)Whilst policy formulation has been extensively studied and theorised in the literature, far less attention has been paid until fairly recently to the issue of policy implementation. For a long time it was more or less ... -
Implementation of the National Skills Development Strategy (NSDS) with special reference to the Department of Correctional Services
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)Youth unemployment has become a national crisis in South Africa. The South African government has put policies in place to combat this challenge. Among the policies that have been implemented to address the problem of ... -
The monitoring and evaluation framework for the broad based black economic empowerment policy in South Africa and lessons of experience for Namibia
(2009)The Namibian Government has recently embarked on the formulation of an empowerment strategy similar to South Africa’s Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) policy - the Transformation of Economic and Social Empowerment ... -
Policy agenda-setting and the use of analytical agenda-setting models for school sport and physical education in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)This study focused on policy agenda-setting models for school sport and physical education in South Africa. The primary objective was to assess and propose options for improved agenda-setting by focussing on the use of ... -
Policy perspectives and an analysis of evaluation methods for selected EC-financed projects
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)This research proposed to look at quality standards of evaluations in economic and financial respect undertaken on behalf of the European Commission in order to assess the performance of its development assistance in a ... -
A revised role of good faith in the law of contract and employment contracts
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)Good faith is an open ended concept which refers to fair and honest dealings. The function of this concept is to give expression to the community’s sense of what is fair, just and reasonable. The concept of good faith has ... -
The role of policy management units with particular reference to the PMU in the South African Parliament
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)This study seeks to understand and examine the role of public policy units with a specific focus on the South African National Parliament Policy Management Unit (PMU). The problem being investigated is that of a lack of ... -
The transformation of sport in South Africa: A case study of the Western Province cricket assocation
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)It is my intention to research the transformation of sport 10 WPCA with particular reference to the role sport can play as catalyst to reconstruction and development, national reconciliation, ...