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The extent of public participation in the formulation of the IDP: The case of Beaufort West.
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
This study analyses public participation in the formulation of the Integrated
Development Planning in the Beaufort West Municipality. The aim of the study
is to examine the nature and extent of public involvement in the ...
Intersectoral collaboration during policy formulation and early implementation: The case of the first 1,000 days initiative in the western cape province, South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Intersectoral collaboration for health is widely recognised as a critical component of interventions to address complex public health issues. However, there is limited research that has examined how intersectoral approaches ...
Antifungal and cytotoxic potential of green synthesized silver nanoparticles
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
The rate at which the population is ageing is much faster than in the past. An increase in age results in an increase in oral diseases. One of the most common types of oral diseases in the elderly are fungal infections ...
Political parties and the protection of democratic rights of sexual minorities
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
The protection of sexual minorities’ civil rights and freedoms is paramount in a democratic
state considering that these rights are infringed upon on a daily basis through violent crimes
such as corrective rape, murder ...
Phytochemical and biological studies of Helichrysum cymosum
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is well known as a group of systemic metabolic disorders with a considerable mortality rate around the world. Hyperglycemia is the main consequence of DM, which results from the shortage in insulin ...
Quantifying competition in two co-occurring southern African psammophiinae snakes: Psammophis crucifer and psammophylax r. Rhombeatus
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
Studies on snake competitive interactions have relatively been well documented globally, however, those examples tend to be dominated by non-African examples. Africa has a large and spectacular reptile diversity and yet ...
Optical and microarray silver-gold based sensors for the detection of e.coli 0157:h7 in seawater
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
Recently researchers reported that nanoparticles functionalised through chemical methods possess risks to the environment and to the human health since they use hazardous chemicals and produce toxic waste. The increasing ...
Access, barriers to participation and success amongst adult students in an undergraduate academic programme at a University in the Western Cape
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
The choice of topic for the research paper was influenced by my experiences of attending university as an adult student and contemporary policy developments. In its White Paper for Post School Education (2013) the Department ...
Investigating the effectiveness of urban agriculture in addressing the dynamics of food insecurity in Khayelitsha: A case study of Moya Wekhaya Peace Gardens
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
Food security is a challenge for most developing countries (Yahaya, 2018). In South Africa, poverty continues to be a stumbling block to food security for most of the population. Due to the socio-economic challenges plaguing ...
Coding of tsetse repellents by olfactory sensory neurons: towards the improvement and the development of novel tsetse repellents
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
Tsetse flies are the biological vectors of human and animal trypanosomiasis and hence representant medical and veterinary importance. The sense of smell plays a significant role in tsetse and its ecological interaction, ...