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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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
An investigation of community perceptions of the socioeconomic factors that hinder the empowerment of women in Belhar
(2008)
The aim of this study is to examine the community’s perceptions of the factors that hamper the empowerment of women in post apartheid South Africa, particularly, women in Belhar community in the Western Cape. Of special ...
Business process outsourcing: A new development initiative for South Africa
(2008)
South African Economic Development strategy has in the previous 15 years, and even leading back as far as the late 1950s, followed the bias of conventional modernisation theory which traditionally equates economic development, ...
An assessment of the socio-economic impact of HIV/AIDS on agricultural production in Ethiopia: The case of Ada’a district in Eastern Showa province in Ethiopia
(2008)
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) which is caused by the Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is not only an epidemiological problem but also one of the developmental challenges in developing countries. The epidemic ...
Finding new coping mechanisms: the impact of HIV and AIDS on women's access to land in Mozambique
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)
In this full thesis, I explore the impact that HIV and AIDS pandemic is having in the livelihood strategies of rural women in Mozambique. My intention in this work is to highlight the navigation of Mozambican women through ...
Adolescents' knowledge, attitudes and behaviour regarding HIV/AIDS in Valhalla Park: an exploratory study
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)
In South Africa there is still a substantial amount of prejudice towards people living with Aids (PLA). Initially, Aids was seen as a 'gay' disease, then a 'black' disease. People thus tended to avoid high-risk groups ...