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Understanding adult education: Case-studies of three University-based adult education certificate programmes.
(University of the Western Cape, 2000)By the mid 1980s the Nationalist Party had sought to salvage almost four decades of apartheid policies that were based on white supremacy. In this regard it engaged in dual strategies of repression and reform. The state's ... -
Understanding adult education: Case-studies of three university-based adult education certificate programs.
(University of the Western Cape, 2000)By the mid-1980s, the Nationalist Party had sought to salvage almost four decades of apartheid policies that were based on white supremacy. In this regard, it engaged in dual strategies of repression and reform. The ... -
Understanding and measuring public service motivation among social workers in contemporary South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)Public service motivation refers to individuals’ with a predisposition to perform public service for largely altruistic motives in public institutions. The purpose of this study was to investigate what public service ... -
Understanding and predicting preventive health behaviour in mothers of preschool children
(University of the Western Cape, 1986)This study was undertaken to examine the preventive dental and medical attendance behaviour of mothers of young children. The 'Theory of Reasoned Action' used to predict intention to visit the dentist and the doctor, ... -
Understanding attitudes and perceptions of nurses and medical doctors on providing intimate partner violence screening at Katutura Hospital, Namibia
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)This qualitative, explorative study aimed to explore the attitudes and perceptions of nurses and medical doctors at frontline services units of the Katutura Intermediate Hospital in Windhoek, Namibia, in providing intimate ... -
Understanding effective primary school management: A Qualitative Study of Selected Schools in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 1998)The SA Schools Act (1996, p. 2) acknowledges that the past system of education was based on segregation and racial inequality. Prior to 1994, at the national level, the Department of National Education (DNE) was responsible ... -
Understanding HELLP Syndrome in the South African context: a feminist study
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)This thesis is about HELLP Syndrome (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelet count in pregnancy): a devastating maternal hypertensive complication that results in multi-system changes that can rapidly deteriorate ... -
Understanding how and why informal migrants remit: A case study of undocumented Zimbabwean workers in Cape Town, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)A large number of people have found themselves in South Africa as economic refugees due to the economic decline that has been experienced in Zimbabwe over the years. A significant number are undocumented and therefore face ... -
Understanding how vulnerable women engage the state through participation: Advocating for sex workers’ rights in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)In recent years, the unequal distribution of citizens’ rights and benefits for women in the sex work industry has become a major political and social issue in South Africa. This mini-thesis argues that women in this ... -
Understanding implementation of quality improvement initiatives for maternal and newborn health: Exploring maternal and perinatal death audit
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Poor quality of health services contributes to high maternal and perinatal mortality, particularly in regions with the greatest burden of deaths, such as sub-Saharan Africa. Maternal and perinatal death surveillance and ... -
Understanding kinship care of children in Africa: a family environment or an alternative care option?
(University of Western Cape, 2013)In Africa generally, orphaned and vulnerable children are traditionally cared for by their relatives or close family friends; this is an abiding practice even in contemporary times. This was historically considered to be ... -
Understanding mangrove dynamics in range edge populations in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Mangrove distribution along the East African region occurs from Somalia to South Africa, including Madagascar and other islands. It comprises approximately 10 species, including Avicennia marina (Forsk.) Vierh, Bruguiera ... -
Understanding nursing students’ experiences of online learning at a university in South Africa during the Covid-19 pandemic
(University of Western Cape, 2021)Digital integration is evident in many countries and across all sectors. The need for integration of Information and Communications Technology with higher education was almost inevitable because of the effect of the ... -
The understanding of health promotion among youth attending secondary schools in rural settings
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)Background: Several chronic health conditions that previously manifested in adulthood are now increasingly being identified in young people. Various health risk behaviours established during youth results in chronic diseases ... -
An understanding of HIV and AIDS discourses of teachers in Cape Town, South Africa, and its' relevance for HIV prevention in schools
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)This study investigates the content and nature of the HIV and AIDS "discourses" of teachers, which I have identified as a knowledge gap in the existing HIV and AIDS education literature that, presumably, is informing ... -
Understanding organisational culture: validating an organisational culture assessment tool
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)For decades, social science scholars have sought one, all-encompassing framework with which to describe and measure organisational culture. Recently, this search led one particular government institution to create its own ... -
Understanding regionalisation and preferential relations in world trade law and policy: a perspective from the East African Community (EAC).
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)The rapid growth in the number of regional trade agreements (RTAs) has led to concern about the weakening of the multilateral trading system. This thesis examines the spread of such agreement and the extent to which they ... -
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, ... -
Understanding spatial patterns of dispersal and deposition of fine sediment and adsorbed phosphates in the Wiesdrift Wetland on the Nuwejaars River, Cape Agulhas
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)River catchments in agricultural areas are strongly influenced by runoff from cultivated or grazed fields, and nutrient loading of these fields can result in large quantities of nitrates and phosphates being transported ... -
Understanding Striga occurrence and risk under changing climatic conditions across different agroecological farming systems at local and regional scales122
(University of Western Cape, 2020)The invasion by Striga in most cereal crop fields in Africa has posed an acute threat to food security and socioeconomic integrity. Consequently, numerous technological and research developments have been made to minimize ...