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Government intervention to alleviate poverty in South Africa, with a specific focus on poverty in the Eastern Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
When the new democratic government in South Africa came to power in 1994, it inherited a legacy of inequality, unemployment and poverty. Mindful of this triple challenge the government’s first socioeconomic policy framework, ...
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
(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 ...
Employment policies and practice in the public service: The case for affirmative action
(University of Western Cape, 1998)
South Africa IS apartheid legacy of racial and class inequalities demands drastic and purposeful
intervention. This is necessary because, blacks and women have, for decades, been discriminated against
on the basis of ...
Graduate unemployment in South Africa: extent, nature and causes
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
The South African economy faces a challenging socio-economic problem of high and
persistent unemployment since the transition. Looking at the unemployment problem in greater perspective, numerous studies found that it is ...
A microeconomic analysis of household saving: a specific focus on the lower income categories and prospects of formalising informal saving in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
The paper is a microeconomic analysis of household saving that specifically looks at whether informal saving should be formalised, the costs and benefits to formalising, what has been done and how this may be improved. A ...
Critical evaluation of possible policy options to reduce unemployment in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Since the advent of democracy, one of the most serious economic problems facing the South African economy is the persistently high unemployment. Although employment has been increasing in general since the economic transition, ...
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, ...
Investigating socio-spatial trajectories of class formation: Accumulation from below and above on 'New Qwa Qwa farms' from the mid-1980s to 2016
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
This thesis investigates socio-spatial trajectories of class formation and processes of accumulation from below and above on redistributed farmland, the ‘New Qwaqwa Farms’ in the Eastern Free State province of South Africa, ...
Investigating socio-spatial trajectories of class formation: Accumulation from below and above on 'New Qwa Qwa farms' from the mid-1980s to 2016
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
This thesis investigates socio-spatial trajectories of class formation and processes of
accumulation from below and above on redistributed farmland, the ‘New Qwaqwa
Farms’ in the Eastern Free State province of South ...
Analysing ICT Investment by Micro-enterprises in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Micro-enterprises solve many socio-economic issues facing developing nations because of their large contribution to economic development and progress. Micro-enterprises have been influenced by the continued globalisation, ...