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Trade promotion vs the environment: Inevitable conflict
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)This study unveiled the trade-environment debate which has been revolving in the World Trade Organization for quite a long time now. While economic integration and trade liberalization offer the promise of growth and ... -
Traditional African conflict prevention and transformation methods : case studies of Sukwa, Ngoni, Chewa and Yao tribes in Malawi.
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)This study sought to investigate if there are common cultural elements for preventing and transforming violent conflict in selected patrilineal and matrilineal tribes in Malawi, as well as selected societies from other ... -
Traditional health practitioners: a 'call' for legislative reform in South Africa between 1891 and 2004
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)This thesis aimed to explore the various legislative provisions that have affected traditional health practice in South Africa. The discussion is limited to the period dating from 1891 to 2004. The relevance of this period ... -
Traditional justice and states' obligations for serious crimes under international law: an African perspective
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Traditional leaders in South Africa: Yesterday, today and tomorrow
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)Traditional leaders were occupying communal political positions sanctified by cultural mores and values who enjoy the legitimacy of particular communities to direct their affairs. Their basis of legitimacy is tradition, ... -
The traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Act, 2003, and its subsequent provincial legislation: a critical review of attempts at integrating traditional leadership into the new democracy in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)The subject of this research paper is the analysis of the recent national and provincial legislation on traditional leadership. Within the new constitutional dispensation the legislature had to retain traditional leadership ... -
Traditional leadership in South Africa: a critical evaluation of the constitutional recognition of customary law and traditional leadership
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)The main objectives of this study were to identify the role that customary law and traditional leadership can play, without compromising their current positions or future recognition through legislation, in creating a ... -
Traditional, complementary and alternative medicine in Botswana: patients’ attitudes, knowledge and use
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to determine use, knowledge and attitudes towards traditional, complementary and alternative medicine (TCAM) in Botswana among people who visit public health facilities. PRIMARY ... -
Training and development in South African local government :the case of the Helderberg municipality.
(University of the Western Cape, 2003)Training and development is an important issue in South African Local Government. These are related concepts. However, more emphasis is placed on training in this research report. Several authors argued that the majority ... -
Training and localisation policy: a case study of Swaziland
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)The aim of the study was to investigate why it was deemed necessary to train and localise the public and private sectors by the Swaziland government. The efforts began shortly before Swaziland attained independence in 1968. ... -
Training implementation evaluation of the updated 2019 integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) guideline using the CIPP model
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness strategy, launched in the 1990’s by the World Health Organization and the United Nation’s Children Fund uses a clinical guideline to promote evidence-based assessment and ... -
A training programme for nurses on the management of preoperative anxiety and information needs of patients in Ashanti region, Ghana
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Studies reveal that preoperative information hastens recovery, reduces postoperative complications and improves patients’ satisfaction. It is expedient to explore the preoperative information needs of patients as assumptions ... -
Trajectory from government-managed to farmer-managed smallholder irrigation and its effects on productivity, operation and maintenance: An analysis of Mamina Smallholder Irrigation Scheme in Zimbabwe
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)Government's decision to devolve irrigation management to farmers was partly influenced by international policy imperatives, which were propounded mainly by institutions associated with the Consultative Group for ... -
Transactional sex among female university students: A case study of University of the Western Cape, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)The study uses a qualitative, narrative inquiry approach to understand the motivation for engaging in transactional sex and the challenges faced in such relationships. The target population of the study is female students ... -
Transcending disadvantage: life-histories of learners at a township school in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)This is a study of the discourses of empowerment and disempowerment that emerge from the critical discourse analysis (CDA) of life-histories written by two classes of Grade 11 high school learners in a township school in ... -
Transcription regulation and candidate diagnostic markers of esophageal cancer
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)Esophageal cancer (EC) ranks among the ten most frequent cancers worldwide. Mortality rates associated with EC are very similar to the incidence rates due to the relatively late stage of diagnosis and the poor efficacy of ... -
Transcriptional regulatory networks in the mouse hippocampus
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)Neurological diseases are socially disabling and often mortal. To efficiently combat these diseases, a deep understanding of involved cellular processes, gene functions and anatomy is required. However, differential ... -
A transcriptome analysis of apple (Malus x domestica Borkh.) cv ‘golden delicious’ fruit during fruit growth and development
(2013)The growth and development of apple (Malus x domestica Borkh.) fruit occurs over a period of about 150 days after anthesis to full ripeness. During this period morphological and physiological changes occur defining fruit ... -
Transfer and liquidation: A critical analysis of the transfer of shares during the process of liquidation and an analysis of Sections 8(2)(b), 15(6) and schedule 5 of the Companies Act 71 of 2008
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)In corporate law, the transfer of shares plays an important role and until the case of Smuts v Booyens; Markplaas (Edms) Bpk v Booyens 2001 (4) SA [SCA] courts were not always clear on the meaning of ‘transfer’. What ... -
Transfer of business or part thereof in Germany and South Africa- a comparison of $ 613a of the German civil code (bgb) and section 197 of the labour relations act (lra)
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)The title of this mini-thesis is "Transfer of Business or part thereof in South Africa and Germany- a Comparison of $ 613a of the German Civil Code (BGB)I and Section 197 of the Labour Relations Act (LRA) 2". One reason ...