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Towards representativeness in local government: A study of skills development and training in the City of Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
This research focused on affirmative action, equity in the workplace, skills development and training. It examined the manner in which policies and practices aimed at realising representativeness were implemented by the ...
Adverse welfare effects of regulations on small tobacco exporters: the case of Zimbabwe
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
Regulations to reduce the consumption of tobacco products have dual effects on economies. Economies that are net consumers of tobacco products experience welfare enhancing effects as a result of these regulations. However, ...
Looking beyond educational indicators: an analysis of differences in learner results of a standardised English language comprehension test administered in Katima Mulilo and Rundu educational regions of Namibia
(University of the Western Cape, 2003)
This thesis attempted to develop insight into why, contrary to expectation and predictions, learners in Rundu obtained better scores in a standardised English comprehension test than learners in Katima Mulilo, given that ...
Koloniale en post-koloniale onderwys in Suid-Afrika en die erkenning van diversiteit As teenvoeter vir diskriminerende praktyke in skole
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)
This thesis examines the way in which the recognition of diversity can be applied as a strategy
in South African education to erode the bitter legacy of colonial education.
The establishment of formal education, built ...
Respectable mothers, tough men and good daughters. producing persons in Manenberg township South Africa.
(University of Western Cape, 2004)
This ethnography explores the meanings ofpersonhood and agency in Manen¢berg, a
township located on the Cape Flats, in Cape Town South Africa. The township was a
site of relocation for people who were classified coloured ...
Implementing lifelong learning at a Technikon in South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2001)
The nature of lifelong learning in the context of a South African technikon is the
investigation focus of this mini-thesis. It argues for the adoption of a holistic and
humanistic conceptualization to lifelong learning ...
The status and value of physical education at primary schools in the Kuils River area with specific reference to curriculum 2005
(University of Western Cape, 2001)
The purpose of this project was to determine the status and value of physical education at
primary schools as well as the extent to which it is offered. It is also hoped that this study
will be useful in putting forward ...
The provision of holistic and .co-ordinated support in an education management and development centre in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2003)
The central aim of this study was to examine the Western Cape Education Department's restructuring process, which entails changing the centralised support service to a more decentralized one through the newly constituted ...
Body image: Society's secret obsession
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)
Women and their bodies are at the very center of a prevailing cultural obsession
regarding strict standards of body weight, shape, and image. The pressure to achieve
unattainable body-beautiful standards has given rise ...
Epistemological Obstacles in Coming to Understand the Limit Concept at Undergraduate Level: A Case of the National University of Lesotho
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the epistemological obstacles that mathematics students at undergraduate level encounter in coming to understand the limit concept. The role played by language and symbolism in ...