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Opting for silence: A history of the history of the Golden Arrow Bus Services drivers’ strike of 1992
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
The primary purpose of this research is to examine the production of history and oral history related to Golden Arrow Bus Services in Cape Town, with specific reference to the silences regarding the bus drivers’ strike in ...
Contestations, connections and negotiations: the role of networks in service delivery protests in Gugulethu, Cape town
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
This study revealed the key role that social, historical, economic and political networks play in initiating and maintaining service delivery protests. While networks help in communicating service delivery problems among ...
Can the co-operative business model contribute to local economic development? A critical appraisal of three co-operatives in the City of Tshwane, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
The high unemployment and poverty rate in post-apartheid South Africa has necessitated the need to identify policies and programmes to provide economic and employment opportunities. This included a review of the practice ...
Successful land reform? A critical analysis of the Harmony Trust Land Reform Project, Koue Bokkeveld, Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
Land reform can be an effective vehicle for addressing poverty and landlessness, especially in rural areas where these are prevailing conditions. For land reform to succeed, the land must be used in ways that contributes ...
Mobilising savings for poverty alleviation in Kinshasa, Dr Congo: a case study of “Kobuakisa Karte practice’’
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
This study explores the informal saving institutions, with a particular focus on the Kobuakisa Carte practice, which is an informal financial institution that mobilizes savings for poverty reduction among low-income people ...
Rural livelihood and youth employment: Case study of local enterprises & skills development programme in Elmina Municipality of the central region of Ghana
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
This research, which principally focuses on local enterprise and skill development programme (LESDEP) in Ghana, aims at assessing the contributions LESDEP has made towards reducing youth unemployment in the Elmina Municipality ...