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Linking fiscal decentralization and local financial governance: a case of district level decentralization in the Amhara region, Ethiopia
(University of Western Cape, 2014)
The prime aim of this thesis is to examine the link between fiscal decentralization and local financial governance in fiscally empowered woreda administrations (districts) of the Amhara region in Ethiopia. Local financial ...
Career indecision amongst prospective university students
(2010)
Career indecision is one of the key aspects that professionals in career guidance counselling are interested in assessing. Career indecision, in the context of university students has been defined as the "inability to ...
Cooperation and competition: the case of the Western Cape wine cluster
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
A major challenge facing the South African wine industry has been the economic repositioning of the sector, which since 1994 has moved away from a highly regulated domestic environment. The increasing integration of the ...
Natural resources control trajectory : customary rights, coercive conservation and coal mining in the Yayo District, Southwest Ethiopia
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
The Yayo district in southwest Ethiopia is a biodiversity hotspot area historically
containing a rich diversity of wild coffea arabica cultivars and Afromontane forest
species of commercial and scientific value. Informed ...
An assessment of Casino gambling on black economic empowerment: Western Cape as a case
(2010)
The study has three objectives; firstly to assess the (manner of) implementation of black economic empowerment (BEE) principles by casino licence operators in the Western Cape, namely GrandWest, Casino Mykonos, and Caledon ...
Proposing a maturity assessment model based on the digital forensic readiness commonalities framework
(2013)
The purpose of the study described in this thesis was to investigate the structure required to implement and manage digital forensic readiness within an enterprise. A comparative analysis of different digital forensic ...
An assessment of public participation processes in the Local government level with specific reference to agricultural programmes in Ntcheu district, Malawi
(UWC, 2012)
Agriculture is the greatest source of economic development in Malawi. Due to decentralisation process the Ministry of Agriculture and Food security through the Department of Agriculture Extension Services sector established ...
Clustering and incubation in Africa’s small business development: some experiences and lessons
(University of Western Cape, 2012)
There is a general recognition and acceptance that small and medium enterprises
(SMEs) are important contributors to social and economic development. However, in
Africa which hosts many developing economies, SMEs must ...
Understanding resilience among non-government organisations in post-apartheid South Africa: a case study of Youth For Christ Cape Town
(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, ...