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Justice: Contractual or psychologically Embedded? Two approaches to the idea of Social Justice
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)I briefly restate the structure and essential elements of Rawls's theory of justice to facilitate an understanding of its basic narrative, before examining a few of the critiques of his approach to the question of social ... -
Livelihoods after land reform resettlement programme : a critical appraisal of the Nyahukwe resettled farmers, Rusape, Zimbabwe
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)Across the globe, land reform has become a key strategy for improving people’s livelihoods aimed at reducing poverty and increasing food security for resilient livelihoods. In sub-Saharan Africa, redistributive land reform ... -
Local solutions from local people : community participation in crime prevention in Khayelitsha
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)The involvement of local communities in crime prevention programmes emerged as an alternative strategy for fighting and preventing crime after the failure of the criminal justice system to control and deter criminal ... -
Migration and hospitality in Cape Town: A case of Zimbabwean migrants and refugees
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Many studies on migrants and refugees have been undertaken in South Africa, with an emphasis on issues that have a detrimental impact on migrants and refugees in the country, such as xenophobic events, low wages, food ... -
Migration as a climate change adaptation strategy in rural Zimbabwe: an analysis of the experiences of female climate migrants in Goromonzi district
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Climate change has induced a number of environmental issues that have affected people's lives beyond the scope of ecology; these effects have touched on the social, cultural and economic dimensions of life as well. In ... -
A mixed method assessment of the association between young mother’s education attainment and child malnutrition in rural Malawi
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Malnutrition is a big public health concern in Malawi. Almost 40% of under-five children in Malawi suffer from malnutrition. Children born to poor mothers with low education levels have higher chances of being malnourished. ... -
The national health insurance (nhi) and women: making the case for the socialisation of accessing health services a policy perspective
(University of the Western Cape, 2024)The National Health Insurance (NHI) bill [B 11 - 2019], which was approved for adoption by the National Assembly (NA) of South Africa’s parliament on June 12, 2023, is the subject of this study, which offers a policy ... -
Natural resources control trajectory : customary rights, coercive conservation and coal mining in the Yayo District, Southwest Ethiopia
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)The Yayo district in southwest Ethiopia is a biodiversity hotspot area historically containing a rich diversity of wild coffea arabica cultivars and Afromontane forest species of commercial and scientific value. Informed ... -
The nature and extent of participation by small scale farmers in the Development Aid from People to People Farmers' Club project in Mazowe District of Zimbabwe
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)The conventional top-down approach to development has been rendered unsustainable and is regarded as a poor strategy to achieving community empowerment and development. The past few decades have seen the promotion of ... -
Negotiating urban informality: narratives of politics and mobility in an informal settlement in Cape Town, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2024)Recent work on ‘urban informality’- forms of urbanisation such as the growth of settlements outside the confines of the state and its policies- have begun to emphasise the politics and everyday negotiations of those living ... -
Nutritional capabilities of young people not in employment, education or training (NEETs) in Langa, Western Cape, South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2021)The opportunities and challenges faced by young people who are not in any kind of employment, education or training (NEETs) are under-reported by scholars in the field of development. In this regard, what NEETs in South ... -
An outcome assessment of a developmental project : a case study of the Dotito-Muchenje irrigation project in Mount Darwin district, Mashonaland Central Province, Zimbabwe
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)The establishment of the Dotito-Muchenje irrigation project was an endeavour initiated by the Government of Zimbabwe, to empower local people. It was done to improve the livelihoods of the people. However, despite the ... -
Participation as a developmental strategy: a critical appraisal of women’s access to participation and experiences in local government structures in the Mazowe rural district council in Zimbabwe.
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Despite the adoption of participatory models which emphasize full and meaningful participation of vulnerable groups such as the youth, women and children, local governments are not immune to the high levels of inequality ... -
People’s understanding of TB in a setting of high HIV/TB prevalence: case studies in Gugulethu Township, Western Cape Province
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)Tuberculosis (TB) infection is present in many people but it is sometimes latent until one’s immune system is compromised. As such, it increasingly manifests in people, especially those whose immune system has been compromised ... -
Perceptions of risk for HIV amongst South African university students: the impact of the MTV film “Shuga”
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) epidemic continue to endanger the lives of many people in the world, particularly in developing countries like South Africa (UNAIDS, ... -
Perspectives of highly skilled migrants on return migration: A qualitative case study of Zimbabwean lecturers in the Western Cape of South Africa.
(University of Western Cape, 2020)Brain drain has been labelled as one of the greatest development challenges facing African countries as it challenges capacity building, retention of skilled workers and sustained growth. Over the past two decades, a large ... -
Political affiliation, collective agency and structural opportunities for lumley market women in Sierra Leone
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)This thesis examines the interaction between the political affiliations, collective agency and structural opportunities of market women in the Lumley Market, which is in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown (2019). Informal ... -
The political economy of social protection in Sub-Saharan Africa: Tracing the agenda in Zambia and Zimbabwe
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)This study traces the political economy of the social protection policy processes in the two country case studies of Zambia and Zimbabwe. It focuses on the role of global actors/external agencies (bilaterals, multilaterals ... -
Political parties and the protection of democratic rights of sexual minorities
(University of Western Cape, 2020)The protection of sexual minorities’ civil rights and freedoms is paramount in a democratic state considering that these rights are infringed upon on a daily basis through violent crimes such as corrective rape, murder ... -
The potential for complementarity between formal and informal social protection programmes in Kenya: A case study
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Expanding social protection coverage is imperative in low-resource contexts such as Kenya where poverty is widespread. Alongside efforts to increase state capacity, alternative strategies for the expansion of social ...