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Understanding the experiences of women in senior management positions in the financial services industry in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)Within the past two decades, gender equity has been a major issue in the workplace. Legislation has since been implemented to redress inequalities of the past, which have allowed women to move away from their traditional ... -
Understanding the factors that influence the adoption of Big Data at a government department in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Big Data, henceforth (BD), enables governments to produce and accumulate huge amounts of structured and unstructured data through their everyday activities. Due to the types of data produced and the volume, velocity and ... -
Understanding the human dimensions of ecosystems approach to fisheries management: The case of fish workers in the hake sector in Saldanha Bay
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)This study outlines human dimensions in the hake sector in South Africa in terms of hake fish workers. The hake fish workers condition of employment, security of employment, social security issues, remunerations and their ... -
Understanding the influence of community support on academic readiness and academic success of undergraduate students at a selected university in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)There are several complex changes and challenges that Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) worldwide face, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Students faced challenges and obstacles, worked under pressure, and failed to achieve ... -
Understanding the internal dynamics and organisation of Spaza shop operators
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)This thesis presents a study of spaza shop businesses in the Delft South township, Cape Town, South Africa. The major goal is to establish whether the advent of foreign run spaza businesses is due to a particular ... -
Understanding the practice of career guidance in the Palestinian community inside Israel: Concepts and challenges
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)The practice of career guidance in the Palestinian community inside Israel is a relatively recent phenomenon which became prominent after the emergence of approximately 30 career guidance centres across the country. The ... -
Understanding the role of e-skills in the utilisation of electronic small business development support services
(2013)The Internet is now facilitating the provision of an increasing number of services. Thus, technology has become a more integrated part of people‟s daily routine. Some of these technologies include electronic communicat ... -
Understanding the wellness needs of academic employees at a higher education institution in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)Higher education institutions (HEIs) worldwide are faced with complex changes and challenges. Employees at these institutions are also faced with even greater demands and obstacles. Academics often work under pressure and ... -
Understanding white Privilege: Perspectives from South Africa’s Western Cape Province
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)It has been 25 years since the demise of apartheid and yet white dominance still persists. With many significant changes visible as a result of the fall of apartheid, the country sadly remains racially divided. The black ... -
Unemployed youth in Bishop Lavis, Cape Town: Aspirations and capabilities
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)This study took place in Bishop Lavis, a small community in Cape Town on the Cape Flats, Republic of South Africa. Stratified random sampling was used to select ten unemployed youths that resided in the area. The problem ... -
Unlocking human agency through youth development programmes: An exploratory study of a selected NGO working in youth development on the Cape Flats
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)This study explored how human agency could be unlocked through youth development programmes using a case study of a selected NGO working in youth development on the Cape Flats in the Western Cape Province in South Africa. ... -
Urban agriculture a livelihood strategy for food security in the Cape Flats: A case study of community-based and home food gardens in Khayelitsha, Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)Growing urban food insecurity has prompted many researchers, NGOs, international agencies and governments to advocate for urban agriculture as a livelihood strategy to improve the household food security of the urban poor. ... -
Urban contestations for housing: Reclaiming and deracialising Cape Town’s inner city
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)On the last weekend of March 2017, members of the Reclaim the City movement occupied two vacant government buildings: The old Woodstock Hospital on Mountain Road, Woodstock and Helen Bowden Nurses Home, located just about ... -
Urban Housing Policy in Zimbabwe and its Institutional Structures: Reflecting on the Housing Challenge in Harare, 1980-2020.
(2021)This thesis is a contextual analysis and reflection of the urban housing policy making process in post-independence Zimbabwe, buttressed by empirical research. The focus of the thesis is on understanding the nature and ... -
Urban land tenure, tenancy and water and sanitation services delivery in South Africa
The aim of the study was to develop a clear understanding of the relationship between land tenure, tenancy and water and sanitation services development planning and delivery in the context of rapid urbanisation in ... -
US foreign policy toward Southern Africa - 1975 to 1990: the case of the Namibian Independence struggle
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)This study, in contrast to contemporary held views relating to the US policy premises, aimed to look at the inherent disabilities and inconsistencies of the policies of successive Washington administrations. More so, it ... -
The use of computers among secondary school educators in the Western Cape Central Metropole
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)The use of computers in the classroom could allow both educators and learners to achieve new capabilities. There are underlying factors, however, that are obstructing the adoption rate of computer use for instructional ... -
The use of information and communication technology by emerging commercial farmers in their development in the Western Cape, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Although many researchers have shown JCT can enable development it remains a great challenge to understand the link between ICT4D projects and the development of emerging commercial agriculture. There is a need to realize ... -
The use of social media as a means of improving the quantity and quality of the pass rate in computer programming at FET colleges in the
(2013)The aim of this research was to investigate the use of social media (SM) in improving the quantity and quality of passes in computer programming in South Africa’s Further Education and Training (FET) colleges. The study ... -
The use of South Africa's nature areas in the promotion of tourism and economic development
(University of Western Cape, 2001)South Africa has developed an extensive network of parks, nature reserves and conservation areas, the stated purpose of which is to both promote and protect nature and, particularly in the case of state-owned resources, to ...