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An outcome assessment of a developmental project : a case study of the Dotito-Muchenje irrigation project in Mount Darwin district, Mashonaland Central Province, Zimbabwe
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
The establishment of the Dotito-Muchenje irrigation project was an endeavour initiated by the Government of Zimbabwe, to empower local people. It was done to improve the livelihoods of the people. However, despite the ...
Social movements and planning institutions in urban transformation : housing in metropolitan Harare, Zimbabwe (2000-2015)
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
This thesis examines the interaction between social movements and planning institutions in the delivery of low-income housing in metropolitan Harare. Post-2000, the problem of housing in Zimbabwe has been characterised by ...
An instance of xenophobia: An investigation into the violence against somali traders in Khayelitsha
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
South Africa has been praised by many as having the most democratic constitution in the world
which safeguards the rights of all who live within the borders of the nation. Ironically this has
not been so with migrants, ...
The countercyclical nature of remittances: A case study of the 2009 global financial crisis in Cameroon, Cape Verde, Nigeria and Senegal
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Remittances inflows have gradually become one of the major sources of external financial
inflows to developing countries. As a result, research abounds on the developmental effects
of remittances in the home countries ...
Justice: Contractual or psychologically Embedded? Two approaches to the idea of Social Justice
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
I briefly restate the structure and essential elements of Rawls's theory of justice to
facilitate an understanding of its basic narrative, before examining a few of the
critiques of his approach to the question of social ...
An instance of xenophobia: an investigation into the violence against Somali traders in Khayelitsha
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
South Africa has been praised by many as having the most democratic constitution in the world which safeguards the rights of all who live within the borders of the nation. Ironically this has not been so with migrants, ...
Social capital and community-led management of rural water schemes: Evidence from Mulundu Community Managed Water Scheme in Luapula Province of Zambia
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
The main objective of this study was to assess the contribution of social capital to community-led
management of water schemes - using the Mulundu Community Managed Water Scheme in
Luapula Province of Zambia - with the ...
An investigation of the role of social capital in the determination of participation in high risk informal financial services
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Bourdieu's Social Capital (Fine 1999) has been dubbed as the buzz word within the social
sciences (Fine, 2007). The Theory of Social Capital is one of the micro theories that has
dominated the development world since the ...
Assessing beneficiary perceptions of the efficacy of RDP housing: A case study of housing projects in Nollothville, Northern Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
The Reconstruction Development Programme (RDP) housing program was instituted to provide
South Africans with quality housing that meet their basic needs. For people, fortunate enough to
receive RDP houses, numerous complaints ...