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Government, Big Capital and The People(s): A fishy tale of power, influence and development in Hout Bay Harbour
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
The achievement of sustainable development requires the balanced interaction between
three components: the economy, environment, and society. Finding this balance in practice
requires a critical examination of the beliefs, ...
An investigation of the integration of foreign migrants into South African community: A case of Zimbabweans living in Luyoloville and New Rest in Gugulethu, Cape Town.
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
According to migrant research in South Africa, after the advent of democracy in South Africa, in 1994, the country has received an influx of foreign migrants, more especially from the African continent. However, much focus ...
Language, migration and identity: Exploring the trajectories and linguistic identities of some African migrants in Cape Town, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
This study is an exploration of the different trajectories of a selected number of African migrants into and around South Africa, focusing on the effects of these different trajectories on their language use patterns and ...
Evaluating the special sexual offences courts in Cape Town and Wynberg through professional perspectives
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
This is an evaluative research study which was undertaken to establish whether the legal
reforms, through the establishment of the Special Sexual Offences Courts, have been
effective in reducing secondary traumatisation. ...
In the best interest of the child: Food choices and body mass index of adult and children living in urban peripheral townships in Cape Town
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
The increase in overweight and obesity worldwide is described as a global health epidemic. A great proportion of this epidemic is now found in low- and middle-income countries with higher levels of prevalence, particularly ...
The relationship between adolescents' subjective well-being and career aspirations amongst adolescents residing in low socioeconomic status communities in Cape Town: The mediating role of social support
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Adolescence is a critical developmental stage wherein adolescents face various challenges which potentially impact on the development of their future orientation, the setting of and working towards goals, and ultimately ...
Voortrekker Road palimpsest: A study in social, spatial and temporal flux in the city
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
With its Afrikaner Nationalist past and its current status as an Afropolitan hub,
Voortrekker Road simultaneously constitutes a place of separation and transgression,
resulting in a quotidian tableau of urban life that ...
Assessing the relationship between food security, the child support grant and child care arrangements
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Food insecurity exists when people lack access to sufficient quantities of safe and nutritious food which encourages normal growth and development. Given South Africa’s high poverty and unemployment levels, food insecurity ...
Frameworks of representation: A design history of the District Six Museum in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
Since 1994, the District Six Museum, in constructing histories of forced removals from District Six,
Cape Town, commenced as a post-apartheid memory project which evolved into a memorial museum.
Design has been a central ...
Townships to CBD: The project of ten informal traders in the formal economy of Cape Town, Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
The Quarterly Labour Force survey by Statistics South Africa (2019) portrays a very bleak future for the South African economy and labour force. The unemployment rate is 27.6% and youth unemployment stands at 55.2%. The ...