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Die stam van die gemeenskap: An exploration of hypertension and herbal treatment amongst the elderly in Nuwerus
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)Hypertension is estimated to a ect 20 million people in South Africa, with lifestyle factors predisposing certain individuals to this condition disease (Hughes et al., 2013). The prevalence rate of hypertension is higher ... -
Die wond sê dit aan my: die morele wêreldbeskouing van die |xam as eko-morele fenomenologie
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)Despite the loss of speakers of |xam, one of the 28 Khoisan languages once spoken across Southern Africa, a part of the heritage of these speakers can be found in predominantly two archives: that of Wilhelm H. I. Bleek and ... -
Digital storytelling and the production of the personal in Lwandle, Cape Town
(University of Western Cape, 2019)Digital storytelling is a workshop-based practice, originally developed by the Californiabased nonprofit StoryCenter, in which people create short, first-person digital video narratives based on stories from their own ... -
Digitizing photographic collections with special reference to the University of the Western Cape - Robben island museum Mayibuye photograpidc archive
(University of the Western Cape, 2000)Under the previous apartheid system in South Africa, the history of black South Africans and the history of South Africa's liberation struggle, were marginalised and ignored. Information dealing with resistance to the ... -
Digitizing photographic collections with special reference to the University of the Western Cape-Robben Island Museum Mayibuye photographic archive
(University of the Western Cape, 2000)Under the previous apartheid system in South Africa, the history of black South Africans and the history of South Africa's liberation struggle, were marginalised and ignored. Information dealing with resistance to the ... -
A discourse analysis of a personal narrative told by an adolescent boy in a Cape Town children's home.
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)Storytelling serves many purposes. People often tell stories as a coping mechanism, as a way of self-representation, and as a means for self-reflection. Through stories, narrators construct identities and gain perspective ... -
A discourse analysis of code-switching practices among Angolan migrants in Cape Town, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)In this thesis, I explore the code-switching practices of long-term Angolans migrants in Cape Town when they interact with those who have been here for a much shorter period. In my Honours research essay, I revealed a ... -
A discourse analysis of narratives of identities and integration at the University of the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)In the thesis, I endeavour to create a platform on which to construct an understanding of 'integration' in a multilingual and multicultural setting, post-apartheid. I have selected UWC as the research site as it is an ... -
Discourse analysis of narratives of Malay heritage in gentrified Bo-Kaap, Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)Bo-Kaap (BK) is a neighbourhood in Cape Town which has long been home to a predominantly Muslim community with deep ties to the area’s colonial and slave history. In recent years, BK has become a hotbed for developers ... -
A discourse analysis of selected truth and reconciliation commission testimonies: appraisal and genre
(University of Western Cape, 2007)This thesis is a discourse analysis of five testimonies from South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The aim of the analysis is to explore the ways in which the testifiers perform their identities, construe ... -
The discursive construction of Kenyan ethnicities in online political talk
(UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE, 2019)Multi-paradigmatically qualitative, and largely in the fashion of the critical theory, this study seeks to explore how a selection of Kenyans construct, manipulate and negotiate ethnic categories in a discussion of ... -
Diversity and cultural pluralism with regard to globalization and the universality of the message of Islam: A study on the fundamentals of discourse in a diverse and multiplex world
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Globalization refers to the process of changing the world into a monolithic system for all who live in it and integrating peoples' economic, social, and intellectual activities regardless of religion, culture, nationality, ... -
Divine intervention? Understanding the role of Christian religious belief systems in intervention programmes for men who abuse their intimate partners
(University of Western Cape, 2021)South Africans live in one of the most religious yet most violent societies the world over, with gender-based violence (GBV) against women in intimate relationships flagged as a national priority. Traditionally, and ... -
Does the Emperor have any clothes? The diffusion of Japanese Manufacturing Techniques to Enterprises in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 1997)The objective of this research is to investigate the factors at plant level which impact on the diffusion of Japanese Manufacturing Techniques to enterprises in developing countries generally, and South Africa specifically. ... -
Doing friendship: storytelling and playfulness in casual conversational discourse
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)This study explores the linguistic construction of interpersonal relationships, specifically friendship. Although we have no control over which families we are born into, we can choose who can be our friend and unlike ... -
'Doing' diabetes: a focus on local experience, medical knowledge systems and herbal management of Type 2 Diabetes among individuals in Genadendal, Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)In South Africa 3.5 million people (estimated 6% of the total population) are diagnosed and living with diabetes. The majority of the diagnosed group suffer from Type 2 diabetes respectively. Described as a metabolic ... -
Drag kings in Cape Town: space and the performance of gendered subjectivities
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)The last few decades have seen the development of a large body of scholarly work on drag queens and performances of femininity by men (see Barrett 1995, 1999). However, performances of masculinity by women have largely ... -
Driekopseiland and the 'rain's magic power': history and landscape in a new interpretation of a Northern Cape rock engraving
(University of Westen Cape, 2002)The rock engraving site of Driekopseiland, west of Kimberley in the Northern Cape is distinctively situated on glaciated basement rock in the bed of the Riet River, and has a wealth of over 3500 engravings, preponderantly ... -
Drought, urban resilience and urban food security in kaKhoza, Manzini, Swaziland
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)Food security is the ability to secure an adequate daily supply of food that is affordable, hygienic and nutritious and it has become a chronic development problem in most urban areas of the global South. This thesis ... -
Dunoon, iKasi lami (my township): young people and the performance of belonging in a South African township
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)This study focuses on young people and how they etch a sense of belonging in the cosmopolitan city of Cape Town, in multicultural, post-apartheid South Africa. The study mainly focuses on a group of performers known as ...