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Identifying the potential barriers and facilitators that can contribute to the level of antiretroviral treatment adherence among people living with HIV and AIDS in the rural district of Chongwe, Zambia
(2010)According to the Demographic and Health Survey in Zambia the national HIV prevalence among population aged 15-49 years was 14%. In 2002 the Government of Zambia introduced Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) in two of the largest ... -
Identifying the problems and needs of beginner teachers in senior secondary schools in the Western Cape townships
(University of the Western Cape, 1999)The research study identifies the problems and needs of beginner teachers in senior secondary schools in the Western Cape townships. It identifies the kind of support that was received immediately before and after starting ... -
Identifying the prospects of job creation along the value chain of plastic recycling
(2021)South Africa is faced with a triple threat of poor economic growth, poverty and unemployment. Concurrently, the production of waste is increasing predominantly among urban areas. If catered for, the informal recycling ... -
Identifying the social and environmental factors that shape the achievement levels of grade 12 learners from two rural schools in the Oshikoto region of Namibia
(University of Western Cape, 2013)The primary purpose of this study was to understand how certain factors could contribute to the low achievement levels of Grade 12 learners from two selected rural schools. For the purpose of this research these two schools ... -
The identities and practices of faculty managers in a higher education institution in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)This study addressed the identities and practices of faculty managers (FM) in a higher education institution (HEI) in South Africa. There is limited research on faculty managers in South African HEIs, specifically in ... -
The identity construction and negotiation of 1.5 generation Congolese migrant youth in Cape Town, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape,, 2018)Globalization has evidently led to an increase in the flow of immigrants across the world, a fact that has and continues to play a significant role in the development of studies on immigration, immigration patterns and ... -
Identity construction through English second language learning : a case study of French speaking students at the University of the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)The purpose of this case study was to investigate how the Francophone students from Congo, Gabon and Cameroon negotiated competence and identities in English (L2) in and outside the classroom. The study also aimed at ... -
Ideological Constructions of Childhood
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)The theoretical conceptualisation of children and childhood in the social sciences has traditionally been aligned to developmentalism and Socialisation theory. It is essentially this theoretical orientation that has spawned ... -
Ideologies and discourses underpinning paradigms of small-scale farmer development: a critical analysis of state and non-governmental extension support programmes in uPhongolo, KwaZulu-Natal
(2013)As a means to reduce poverty particularly in rural areas, the South African government has placed great emphasis on the development of small-scale farmers into becoming commercial farmers. Central to this effort is the ... -
Ideology and the training of history at colleges of education in South teachers Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 1990)This dissertation is an attempt at locating the connections that there exist between ideolog and education. To this end I have looked at the training of History teachers at Colleges of Education under the Department of ... -
Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing : a paradigm shift from a regulatory issue to a transnational organised crime
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)The importance of the fisheries sector to world sustenance is extensive, ranging from being a source of employment and protein for subsistence farmers, particularly in developing countries, to providing social and economic ... -
The Illusion of the Rainbow Nation: The Unconstitutionality of Racial Classification?
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)In societies emerging from segregation or division based on the biological factors of race and/ or colour, the centrality (or lack thereof) of race and colour within those legal systems plays a critical role in the progression ... -
The image of South Africa among visiting Chinese tourists: Implications for destination positioning and marketing strategy
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)The image of a destination is built by a variety of influences, only some of which can be directly or indirectly attributed to the actions of destination marketing companies. This study proposes to identify, analyze and ... -
Imagining and imaging the city – Ivan Vladislavić and the postcolonial metropolis
(University of Western Cape, 2011)This thesis undertakes an analysis of how six published works by the South African writer Ivan Vladislavić form the perspective of writing the city – Johannesburg – into being. Beginning from the basis that Vladislavić’s ... -
Imagining multilingual spaces through scripted 'codeswitching' in multilingual performance: a case study of '7de Laan'
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)This thesis examines how multilingual spaces in South Africa are imagined and reconstructed through the use of scripted codeswitching in 7de Laan. It explores how the socio-political discourses and other ideologies from ... -
Imagining the real-magical realism as a post-colonial strategy for narration of the self in Zakes Mda's Ways of dying and the Madonna of Excelsior
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)The thesis examines the role of magical realism as a postcolonial trope in Ways of Dying and The Madonna of Excelsior. It begins by stating that the author uses magical realism as an alternative strategy for self narration ... -
Imagining what it means to be ''human'' through the fiction of J.M. Coetzee's Life & Times of Michael K and Cormac McCarthy's The Road
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Through a literary analysis of two contemporary novels, J.M. Coetzee's Life & Times of Michael K (1983) and Cormac McCarthy's The Road (2006), in which a common concern seems to be an exploration of what it means to be ... -
Imam ' Abdullah Haron life , ideas and impact
(University of the Western Cape, 1986)This study focuses upon Imam ' Abdullah Haron, who is an impertant Muslim religious personality in South Africa who had died in detention in 1969 . He made sincere efforts in bringing about social reforms in his community ... -
Immediate versus delayed surgical management of septic mandibular fractures
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)Aim: The aim of the study was to compare immediate and delayed surgical management of septic mandibular fractures. Introduction: Infected mandible fractures can be treated via diverse protocols. Two recognized protocols ... -
Immigration and social cohesion: Examining lived experiences and relations between locals and immigrants in Philippi, South Africa (2008-2017)
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)It is essential that local authorities are aware of community needs and the required levels of service delivery in each geographic area in South Africa in order to facilitate quality of life for citizens. The focus of the ...