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The cutting edge: Khoe-San rock-markings at the Gestoptefontein-Driekuil engraving complex, North West Province, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
The study is about the rock engravings on the wonderstone hills just outside Ottosdal, North West province, about 70km northwest of Klerksdorp. Wonderstone is remarkable rock that is smooth, shiny and very easy to mark. ...
An investigation into how school governing bodies can assist with the performance of underperforming and dysfunctional schools in less advantaged urban communities in the Western Cape
(2012)
After 15 years in the democratic dispensation of South Africa, having access, equity and redress in educational provision have not yet been achieved. Instead, the reality speaks of underperformance (schools with a less ...
Exploring 'assemblages': A multispecies ethnography of the relationship between plants and people in the gardens and mountains of Klawer in the Matzikama municipal region, South Africa.
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
The theme of this thesis is to illustrate a perspective of learning with plants and not simply about them. I posit a move towards a kind of 'plantthropology' (Myers, 2016). In Anthropology from the 1960's onwards there has ...
The invention of moffie life in Cape Town, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
This dissertation is an ethnography of the figure of the moffie as a performance of same sex
desire amongst gender non-conforming men, as it is celebrated in the 'coloured' ('coloured' is
a constructed racial category, ...
Narratives in postgraduate studies: Stories of six master’s students who have experienced supervision-related challenges at a South African university
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Postgraduate research throughput and problems associated with appropriate supervision are a key
focus area for many higher education institutions around the world (Lessing & Schulze, 2012;
Amehoe, 2014; Botha, 2016). ...
Cultural and Social Factors Impacting on the Programme to Prevent-Mother-To-Child-Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV in Namibia: a Case Study of the Kavango Region
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
This study focuses on socio-cultural issues, which affect Kavango women's decision to participate in the PMTCT programme. It investigates the treatment methods used by HIV-positive pregnant women for themselves and their ...
Integration in South Africa: a study of changes in the community health system
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
In the thesis, I analyse a facilitated pilot project of integration of health care services at the community-level. The importance of the thesis is justified by three reasons: firstly integration and the creation of a ...
Class, land and poverty: a study of the class dynamics of land dispossession and land restitution in Dysselsdorp
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
This study aimed to contribute towards understanding how the dynamics of class formation and differentiation impact on and are in turn impacted upon by land restitution processes. It was conducted against the backdrop of ...
The social practices of cultivation and gathering of medicinal plants in Ebenhaezer, Matzikama, Western Cape, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
This study aims to investigate the extent to which the increasing demand for medicinal plant and the resulting pressure on local cultivators to meet the demand impact upon cultivation and gathering practices of such plants. ...
An investigation of the integration of foreign migrants into South African community: A case of Zimbabweans living in Luyoloville and New Rest in Gugulethu, Cape Town.
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
According to migrant research in South Africa, after the advent of democracy in South Africa, in 1994, the country has received an influx of foreign migrants, more especially from the African continent. However, much focus ...