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The contribution of renewable energy technologies to sustainable community development in Rusitu Valley, Zimbabwe
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
This exploratory study is based on the case of the Rusitu Valley, a low income rural
community in Zimbabwe. Data was collected using largely qualitative methods and
quantitative methods were used to obtain supportive ...
Geological and geophysical evaluation of the Thebe field, Block XX, offshore Western Australia
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)
The North West Shelf of Australia is a prolific gas province. The Thebe Gas Field is situated
within the northern central Exmouth Plateau in the Northern Carnarvon Basin. The Exmouth
Plateau is a submerged continental ...
Face-work and identities in a discussion about xenophobia
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
International students arriving at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) from other African countries find themselves in a position of having to negotiate their identities and positions with their South African counterparts. ...
The changing faces of the klopse: performing the rainbow nation during the Cape Town carnival
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)
This thesis explores the embodied aesthetics of performance in the making of belonging in post-apartheid South Africa, through an investigation of the klopse, also known as Cape Minstrel and the ‘Coons’, which are part of ...
An assessment of the perceptions of parental practices which place children at-risk for abuse and neglect
(2012)
Parental practices play a vital role in children lives. The manner in which parents interact with their children, can promotes and support the physical, emotional, social and intellectual development of a child from infancy ...
Dunoon, iKasi lami (my township): young people and the performance of belonging in a South African township
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)
This study focuses on young people and how they etch a sense of belonging in the
cosmopolitan city of Cape Town, in multicultural, post-apartheid South Africa. The study mainly focuses on a group of performers known as ...
An assessment of the perceptions of parental practices which place children at-risk for abuse and neglect
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
The aim of the study was to assess the perceptions of parental practices, which could place children at risk for abuse and neglect. This study used the quantitative method with a cross-sectional comparative design to examine ...
Local governance and disaster risk management in Mozambique
(2008)
The objective of the study was to find out whether the decentralisation of responsibulities for social economics development facilitated the management of disaster risk during the 2007 floods in Mozambique. the specific ...
Gendered positions in a church youth group: a discourse analysis
(2012)
This research is a discourse analysis of a Christian ‗coloured‘ youth group, from the area of Mitchell‘s Plain, Cape Town. The aim of the analysis is to explore the ways in which the interlocutors construct their identities ...
Barriers to voluntary counseling and testing of individuals in selected areas of the gurage zone, Ethiopia
(2008)
Despite wide acceptance of Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) as a crucial entry point for the prevention, treatment, care and support of HIV-infected persons; the prevalence of testing in Ethiopia remains very low. ...