Browsing Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences by Author "Africa, Cherrel"
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Assessing the use of 'new media' as a communication tool by the ANC,DA and EFF in the run up to South Africa's 2019 provincial and national elections.
Matika, Simone (University of the Western Cape, 2021)In May 2019, South Africa held its sixth democratic national and provincial elections. 48 political parties participated in this general election compared to the 19 that participated in 2014. Thus, the 2019 elections ... -
Campaigning in Party Strongholds: A case of Imizamo Yethu, Hout Bay.
Dyantyi, Mandisa (University of the Western Cape, 2015)The ability to campaign freely in the run-up to elections is seen as a critical part of democracy. This study seeks to establish whether South African political parties can campaign freely in township areas, without fear ... -
The negotiated nation: Evaluation of nation building in the post-apartheid South Africa
Moya, Hazel Nasiphi (University of Western Cape, 2021)The demise of apartheid presented South Africa with an opportunity to rebuild itself from its painful racist past to become a home to all those who live in it. This was done through a process of nation-building, which took ... -
Race, class and law in post-Apartheid South Africa: A Marxist critique of Black Economic Empowerment
Hoskins, Jonathan Mark (University of Western Cape, 2020)With the advent of democracy, the ANC government was faced with the problem of addressing abject poverty, persistent unemployment and rank economic inequality that beset black South Africans under apartheid. To address ... -
The Role of Faith-Based Organizations (FBOS) in Reducing Crime and Violence in Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Communities: A Case Study of the Community of Bishop Lavis.
Thomas, Angelique (The University of the Western Cape, 2017)Out of a personal conviction that having been surrounded by crime and violence for many years was abnormal, this study was born out of a desire for the researcher to understand whether alternative solutions were available ... -
Strengthening the social contract between government and social grant recipients: a case study of the older person's grant and the child support grant in the Cape Winelands and Overberg districts
Moses, Meshay Lee (University of the Western Cape, 2023)Since the birth of democracy in 1994, the South African government has struggled to substantially address the social and economic inequality as well as widespread poverty produced by the apartheid system. Social assistance, ... -
Understanding resilience among non-government organisations in post-apartheid South Africa: a case study of Youth For Christ Cape Town
Van Rooyen, Garth (University of the Western Cape, 2015)Many Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in South Africa are currently under pressure or threat of closure. Although there have been advances in civil society-state relations after the transition from apartheid to democracy, ... -
Vote-switching in South Africa: exploring the motivations of voters who switched from the ACDP and COPE to the DA in the 2011 local government election
Moses, Meshay Lee (University of the Western Cape, 2014)This study explores the motivations of voters who chose to switch their vote or support from the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) and the Congress of the People (COPE) to another opposition, the Democratic Alliance ...