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A study of the Socio-Economic Integration of Highly-Skilled Nigerian Migrants in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Migration is an important topic, not only for researchers in South Africa, but also for policymakers
and the media. It is an issue at the top of the national and international agenda. In the debate on
migration and the ...
Long-range transport clusters, fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and soot concentrations of air masses in Cape Town, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Ambient air pollution is the biggest environmental threat to human health. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), ambient air pollution kills millions of people worldwide every year. Airborne particulate matter ...
Of flowers and tears
(University of Western Cape, 2018)
The collection of ten short stories, Of Flowers and Tears, aims to capture the events that have shaped my life, impacted on my community. It hopefully gives a voice to topics such as mental trauma, sibling strife, abortion, ...
Madeirans in Cape Town: Immigration documentation, marriage and settlement, 1900s to the 1970s
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
This thesis traces the immigration of Madeirans to Cape Town and their settlement from the 1900s to the 1970s. It focuses on how exclusionary legislation from 1902 affected Madeiran entry, how they managed to circumvent ...
Discretion among street level bureaucrats: A case study of nurses in a public hospital in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
There are often noted gaps and tensions arise between official government policies and
what is implemented on the ground. The two theories that consistently argue
antagonistically about the policy processes are the ...
A phenomenological discourse analysis of harassed female 'skinscapes' in select public spaces in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Street harassment refers to the unsolicited verbal remarks and nonverbal gestures that women
are subjected to by men when moving through (public) spaces. The dominant discourse sees
this phenomenon as firstly a gendered ...
Challenges of public participation in the implementation of portable toilets in South Africa: A case study of Makhaza area in Cape Town, Western Cape Province (2011-2015)
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
This research critically sought to conduct a study, to find out whether there was public participation prior to the installation of portable flush toilets (porta potties) in Makhaza Area, Khayelitsha, during 2011-2015. A ...
The effect of occupational related low back pain on functional activities among male manual workers in a construction company in cape town, South Africa.
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
Construction manual workers are at a high risk of suffering from occupational related low back
pain because of high-risk activities involved and the nomadic nature of the workforce. Low back
pain and its associated ...
Multilingualism in late-modern Cape Town : a focus on Popular Spaces of Hip-Hop and Tshisa-Nyama
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
In highly mobile societies, the voice and agency of speakers will differ across contexts depending on the linking of forms and functions. This thesis is thus about the complexities introduced to the notion of (form-function ...
An investigation into the professional status of public librarians in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
The assumption in the international literature of librarianship is that public
librarianship is a "profession" with a social mission to serve the cultural, informational
and educational needs of the general public. ...