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The implementation of the 1997 white paper for social welfare with specific reference to children in conflict with the law: a case study of the mangaung one stop child justice centre
(2010)
Whilst policy formulation has been extensively studied and theorised in the literature, far less attention has been paid until fairly recently to the issue of policy implementation. For a long time it was more or less ...
Household food security and the anthropometric status of children under five: evidence from the Kenya integrated household budget survey (2005/2006)
(2013)
Kenya has continued to record decreasing child mortality rates in recent years, with
available data showing that the under-five mortality rate was 85 per 1000 live births in
2010, down from 117 in 1997 (World Bank, 2012). ...
Career indecision amongst undergraduate university students at an academic institution in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
One of the most important decisions adolescents are confronted with in the transitioning period from high school to tertiary institutions, is making career decisions. Young adults and adolescents may experience high levels ...
The levels of career maturity amongst final year undergraduate students, within a department, at a higher education institution, in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
Tertiary education is becoming increasingly costly for many students. According to Pieterse (2005), young people can barely afford to make mistakes in their career decisions, as this could cost them too much in time and ...
Youth wage subsidy as a possible solution to youth unemployment in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)
South Africa is characterised by its high and persistent level of unemployment, in particular
among the youth. The high youth unemployment is attributed to various reasons, ranging
from their lack of work experience, ...
Assessing the role of youth civic engagement in promoting social change : a critical investigation of ILISO in site C, Khayelitsha
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
Youth Civic Engagement is not a new phenomenon in South Africa. Throughout the history of country, spanning from the early resistance to colonialism in 1652 to the formation of the African National Congress in 1912 and its ...
The role of management support and shared understanding of 20 keys for continuous improvement: an employee perspective
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
This study aimed to assess employee’s responses with regard to the implementation of a new workplace improvement programme. The purpose of this research was to focus on the understanding that could be gained about employee’s ...
Enterprise Architecture (EA) as a governance tool to reduce application duplication study of a duplication: a case South African Provincial Government
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
The aim of this study is to investigate why the implementation of Enterprise Architecture (EA)in the Provincial Government of the Western Cape (PGWC)adopted in 2006,failed to be ineffective to address application duplication.
Social protection policy in promoting human development outcomes: the cash transfer programme for orphans and vulnerable children in Kiambu, Kenya
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
Cash transfers, integral in social protection, have increasingly been viewed as a viable measure of promoting human development outcomes in low and middle income countries in the face of persistent poverty exacerbated by ...
The impact of drought on household food security : a case study of Northern Tanzania
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
With changes in climatic conditions being increasingly noticed around the world in the past 2 decades, drought has been identified as one of the main causes of food insecurity. Given the inseparable nature of food security ...