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Socio-economic effects of the migration policy on foreigners in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)South Africa amongst other African nations has since 1994 been one of the major migrant-receiving countries attracting people from other parts of the world. A majority of them coming from other African countries have stirred ... -
South Africa’s land reform programme: A case study of the relocation of the Stockenström community to Friemersheim in the Western Cape during the apartheid era
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)This research places in context a proposed case study of land and property rights of a dispossessed Stockenström (Eastern Cape) community forcibly removed to Friemersheim (Western Cape) during the apartheid era, between ... -
South Africa’s land reform trajectory: A case study analysis of the pro-active land acquisition strategy within the Western Cape
(University of Western Cape, 2021)The South African Constitution is built on the premise of social justice, with the intend to “heal the divisions” of the past (RSA Government,1994). The property rights clause (section 25 of the Constitution) in specific ... -
Spaces of participation: A critical analysis of participation in housing projects in Whittlesea, Eastern Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)This study focused on people-centred housing development in a small town. Housing development projects have largely been implemented using top-down approaches. The literature suggests that ‘top-down’ housing development ... -
The state and political struggle: strategies of repression and resistance in the greater Cape Town area from 1985 to 1989
(University of Western Cape, 2000)In the period 1985 to 1989 both the state and the liberation movements sought to implement strategies of repression and resistance inside South Africa. These unfolded in the different regions of the country in unique ways. ... -
The state of land reform in Namibia
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Thirty-one years post-independence, the wealth in Namibia is still unequal and racially segregated as the colonial period left it. Land distribution plays a vital factor in maintaining these racial lines as most land ... -
Street children and accessing universal basic education: A case study of Enugu State, Nigeria.
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)The phenomenon of street children presents a global challenge as it continues to increase and affects almost every nation. Nigeria is no exception, with an ever-increasing population of street children, with many of them ... -
Strengthening the social contract between government and social grant recipients: a case study of the older person's grant and the child support grant in the Cape Winelands and Overberg districts
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Since the birth of democracy in 1994, the South African government has struggled to substantially address the social and economic inequality as well as widespread poverty produced by the apartheid system. Social assistance, ... -
Student food security and the role of food aid programs at the University of the Western Cape.
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)Background: Food insecurity is a phenomenon affecting many developed countries, among them susceptible to food insecurity are tertiary students. Food insecurity affects the livelihoods of students and is a global problem. ... -
Supporting the gastronomic use of underutilised species to promote social and ecological resilience: motivations and challenges in the Cape Town area
(University of Western Cape, 2020)It is well established that the modern global food system is highly unsustainable, distorted by industrialisation and corporate consolidation, with negative repercussions on the environment and biodiversity as well as ... -
Sustainability of the Zambian microfinance industry: A case study of credit management services
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)This thesis is both a qualitative and quantitative study, investigating the sustainability of Credit Management Services Limited (CMS) within the broader context of the Zambian micro finance industry. Micro finance is ... -
Sustainable irrigation agriculture for food security and poverty reduction among smallholder farmers in Northern Nigeria
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)Nigeria, like many African countries is caught up in the uncertainty of the effectiveness of agricultural intervention in achieving food security, poverty reduction and improved quality of life. This ambiguity is more ... -
The synergy between gender relations, child labour and disability in the post-war Acholi sub-region of Northern Uganda
(University of Western Cape, 2020)After a war of nearly two decades in the Acholi sub-region of northern Uganda many families and communities were physically, socially, economically and psychologically devastated. A myriad of other concomitant effects ... -
Tax assignment to local governments -The Case for Fiscal Decentralization in Peru
(University of Western Cape, 2004)A country's decentralization process can be one of the pillars of democratic participation, local and regional accountability, sub-national empowerment, and under certain conditions, economic growth. Fiscal decentralization, ... -
The role of informal social security arrangements in providing social protection: A case study of women self-help groups in Kabras Location, Kakamega County (Kenya)
This study investigates the contribution of Women Self Help Groups (WSHG) to social protection at the level of the household in rural settings in Kabras location, Kakamega County, Kenya. It is premised on evidence that ... -
The role of the informal economy in Libya's development: A case study of the informal food sector in Misrata
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)In society, development had hitherto been mainly defined in relation to the pursuit and sustenance of balanced economic growth. Since the new millennium however, the essence of development has increasingly shifted beyond ... -
The use of information and communication technology by emerging commercial farmers in their development in the Western Cape, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Although many researchers have shown ICT can enable development it remains a great challenge to understand the link between JCT4D projects and the development of emerging commercial agriculture. There is a need to realise ... -
Towards Bridging the 'Gender Digital Divide' in Uganda: A Study of University to Work Transition Patterns among ICT graduates
(The University of the Western Cape, 2018)This dissertation examines the gender digital divide in the Information and Communication Technology industry in Uganda by analysing admission and graduation dynamics among men and women in ICT degree programs at Makerere ... -
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 ... -
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 ...