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Current manifestation of trauma experienced during forced removals under apartheid: interviews with a former “VLAKTE” inhabitant
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
Much has been researched in South Africa about the trauma of losing one’s home, one’s community and rebuilding one’s life in a new environment. Several books have been published tracking the lives of the forcibly removed ...
Globalisation and higher education branding at three Western Cape universities in South Africa: A multi-semiotic analysis
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
This study investigates how the three selected Western Cape Province (WCP) institutions of higher education position their brand imageries and awareness in a localised global way. It explores the branding discourses and ...
Relationships between conservators, community partners and urban conservation areas: a case study of nature reserves on the Cape Flats
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
Cape Town is a unique city. It has a global biodiversity hotspot, in the midst of an urban area. Historically, nature conservation practice excluded and marginalized certain groups of people based on their race and class. ...
Théâtres and mikilistes: Congolese films and Congolese diasporic identity in the post-Mobutu period (1998-2011)
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
Analyzing university language policies in South Africa: Critical discourse and policy analysis frameworks
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
At the dawn of democracy, Higher Education in South Africa was in dire need of change. One of the essential initiatives in response to transformation in Higher Education was the mandate from the Ministry of Education for ...
Living memory in a forgotten war zone: the uKwangali district of Kavango and the Namibian liberation struggle, 1966-1989
(2008)
Ukwangali district is located in the western part of the Kavango region approximately 70 kilometers west of the regional town Rundu. This thesis explores and documents the local political dimensions which prevailed in the ...
Attitudes and beliefs around HIV and AIDS stigma: the impact of the film "The sky in her eyes"
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
This research explored cultural perceptions of HIV & AIDS with students at the University of the Western Cape and attempted to understand how these perceptions of the disease reinforce stigma and stigmatising attitudes ...
Bearing one’s cross: a critical analysis of Mary Grey’s view on atonement
(2008)
The aim of this research project was to seek a reinterpretation of the Christian motif of 'bearing one's cross'. This motif has been widely criticized by feminist theologians as an instrument that exacerbates the oppression ...
Memory and documentation in exhibition-making: a case study of the Protea village exhibition, a history of paradise 1829 - 2002
(2008)
This mini-thesis seeks to interrogate the interplay between memory and documentation in the process of exhibition-making by a looking at the preparation for and mounting of the exhibition, Museum. This will be achieved by ...
A South African retrospective study of children’s exposure to domestic violence as a predisposing factor for revictimization in adulthood
(University of Western Cape, 2013)
Domestic violence has reached epidemic proportions worldwide. Every year, 275 million
children globally are exposed to domestic violence. Witnessing domestic violence during
childhood has been linked to various risks ...