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Service delivery in local government: Schulzenda township in Mpumalanga Province
(University of the Western Cape, 2003)
This study examines service delivery such as housing, water, electricity, roads and garbage removal in local government with specific reference to Schulzendal township. The main objective of the study is to investigate the ...
Crafting a livelihood: local-level trade in mats and baskets in Pondoland, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)
This study explored the dynamics of local-level trade in plant-based mats and baskets in Khanyayo village, Eastern Cape. These dynamics include social aspects of harvesting, resource tenure and trade. It also includes ...
Performance management in developmental local government: a search for an effective and workable approach
(University of the Western Cape, 2003)
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Idealised land markets and real needs: the experience of landless people seeking land in the Northern and Western Cape through the market-based land reform programme
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)
This thesis interrogates the claim that resource-poor, rural land seekers can acquire land through the land market which constitutes the central mechanism of land redistribution in South Africa's market-based land reform ...
The role of provincial government support in the development of black-owned small tourism businesses in the city of Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
Since 1994, tourism has become one of the most benefited industries among the overall of the South African economy. However, the industry is still far from being an example of transformations. The tourism industry in South ...
Towards a more comprehensive framework to estimating the indirect costs of HIV/AIDS in South Africa.
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)
This study proposed a modification of the traditional cost-of-illness approach. It considered additional indirect cost parameters that yield a comprehensive cost structure for human capital at a micro level. Although ...
The implementation of skills-development legislation in the Western Cape: a study of the Naval Dockyard Simon's Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
This study investigated the extent to which skills development is implemented within the naval dockyard Simon's Town within the context of the NSDS and the various forms of legislation. In March 2001 the Department of ...
An investigation of the barriers that impede the career advancement of women in management
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
The aim of this study was to investigate the barriers that impede the career advancement of women at an auditing firm in the Western Cape. These include internal and external barriers. More specifically, the study aimed ...
A comparative study of NGOs in China and South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
This study focused on the similar and different roles that the non-government organization sector plays in the China and South Africa together with the challenges they face.
The challenge of sustainable land-based local economic development in poor communities of South Africa: The case of Groblersdal, Northern Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)
This research investigated whether local economic development interventions necessarily improve the livelihoods of poor communities. More specifically, the goal of this thesis was to explore some of the reasons why land-based ...