Browsing by Subject "Western Cape"
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Access to and use of information and communication technology by students at the University of the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)This study investigated access to and use of Information and Communication Technology by students at the University of the Western Cape. It examined how the issues of access and use play out at the microlevel of a historically ... -
Access, barriers to participation and success among adult students at a Technical, Vocational, Education and Training (TVET) College in the Western Cape, South Africa: Keeping the dream alive
(University of Western Cape, 2019)The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) in the White Paper for Post-School Education and Training outlines access, participation and barriers as critical issues in post-school education (DHET, 2013). The ... -
Access, barriers to participation and success among mature students at a University in the Western Cape
(University of Western Cape, 2021)This research study is informed by the White Paper for Post-School Education and Training (2013) in which the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) sets out its focus and priorities concerning higher education ... -
Access, participation and barriers to adult learning at a TVET College in the Western Cape
(University of Western Cape, 2021)This paper focuses on an investigation into adult students, experiences related to access, barriers to participation and success at a TVET college in the Western Cape. Through recognition of prior learning (RPL) many adult ... -
The adequacy of support for community service practitioners at health care facilities in two sub-structures in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)Introduction: Community service Practitioner's (CSPs), Regulation 425 graduates are placed for a period of 12 months in the public sector designated health facilities where they may encounter possible challenges. The study ... -
Administration of the adjusted Rorschach comrehensive system to learners in a previously disadvantaged school in the western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)The study focuses on the administration procedure of Adjusted Rorschach Comprehensive System (ARCS) to learners from a previously disadvantaged school in the Western Cape. ARCS is the Rorschach administration procedure ... -
Affirmative action policies and strategies impacting on management positions in the provincial administration: Western Cape - 1995 to 1999: a critical assessment
(University of the Western Cape, 2000)The South African society is in a period of transformation that constantly challenges economic, social, and even psychological paradigms. Affirmative Action forms an integral part of the process of redistribution and ... -
Analysing ICT Investment by Micro-enterprises in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)Micro-enterprises solve many socio-economic issues facing developing nations because of their large contribution to economic development and progress. Micro-enterprises have been influenced by the continued globalisation, ... -
An analysis of livelihood of landfill waste pickers in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)Due to high levels of unemployment many people in South Africa have sought work in the informal sector of the country's economy. The activities of landfill waste pickers therefore came about because of this. Landfill waste ... -
An analysis of the affirmative action policies and strategies of Oostenberg Municipality
(University of Western Cape, 1999)Local authorities in the Western Cape have all initiated affirmative action policies to address past discrimination and ethnic inequalities, however ineffectual they may have been up to now. The debate arises; what kind ... -
An analysis of the effectiveness of microfinance: A case study in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)The aim of this study is to determine the extent to which the UN/OSCAL (United Nations Office of the Special Coordinator for Africa and the Least Development Countries) model of microfinance is being applied in the South ... -
An analysis of the implementation of DSAC’s club development programmes: case studies of selected community football clubs in Kwazulu-Natal and the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Scholars such as Seippel and Belbo (2021), Robertson, Eime and Westerbeek (2018) and Sotiriadou and Wicker (2013) regard community sports clubs as a panacea for the challenges associated with building social capital, social ... -
An analysis of the implementation of the National Sport and Recreation Plan in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)It is widely accepted that sport has the potential to serve as a tool for development as well as a catalyst for social and personal change. The National Department of Sport and Recreation (SRSA) has recognized the role ... -
An analysis of the representation of females in professional positions at the University of the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)It is often contended that many barriers deter women from reaching the academic ladder in terms of hierarchy. Publication records are important in promotion criterion to become Professors, it is therefore imperative that ... -
Analysis of three wetland medicinal plants: Centella asiatica, Cyperus longus and Typha capensis found in the Western Cape Province of South Africa.
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)South Africa is recognised worldwide for its rich diversity of plants, many of which have been used in ethno-medicine. However, the use of wetland plant species in ethno-medicine required further investigations. This ... -
An analysis of university policy responses in the Western Cape to government policy on the recognition of prior learning
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)The South African government plays a direct and active role in facilitation the development of a skilled workforce. The effective mobilisation, development and utilisation of South Africa's human resource capacity are ... -
The Application of Dual-medium and parallel-medium models of bi-lingual education at two primary schools in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)This study is an investigation of the application of dual-medium and parallel-medium models of bilingual schooling as implemented at two historically disadvantaged primary schools in the Western Cape. The author assumes ... -
Applying a lagrangian trajectory model to investigate and describe the distribution of drifting ecklonia maxima within the benguela upwelling system
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Macroalgal morphological variation is determined to a large extent by a combination of environmental factors, with wave exposure and temperature perhaps the main influences, as they are key environmental properties to which ... -
Assessing organisational culture in a private hospital in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)Organisational culture has been one of the most studied and theorised concepts in organisational development. New ways of working, globalisation, increased competition and change in technology have created a greater need ... -
Assessing the relationship between food security, the child support grant and child care arrangements
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)Food insecurity exists when people lack access to sufficient quantities of safe and nutritious food which encourages normal growth and development. Given South Africa’s high poverty and unemployment levels, food insecurity ...