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Marine environmental education for a sustainable exploitation of marine resources. The case of Abalone poaching in the Hermanus area.
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)
The coastal zone is a highly complex and highly productive environment in which
components are intimately linked and interdependent on each other.
Furthermore, human pressure and poaching remains an enormous problem
within ...
Competition policy and its effects on growth in South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2000)
This paper aims to critically evaluate the New Competition Act of South Africa and further
suggests that this form of government policy tends to harm the economy more than the
benefits it reciprocates.
The first chapter ...
Challenges of policing in the new millennium: a case of Nyanga SAPS
(University of the Western Cape, 2000)
The Beginning of the paradigm shift in policing in the South African Police was first seen in 1993 when the concept of Community Policing was first introduced. The South African Police Service that was formed through the ...
A bioinformatics approach to the study of the transcriptional regulation of AMPA glutamate receptors (GRIAs) and genes whose expression are co-regulated with GRIAs
(2009)
It was postulated that each gene has three main sets of transcriptional elements: one which is gene-specific, one which is family-specific, and a third which is tissue-specific.The starting hypothesis for this project had ...
The lake Chilwa fishing household strategies in response to water level changes: migration, conflicts and co-management
(2009)
In this thesis, I examine household strategies in response to water level
fluctuations of Lake Chilwa. I also analyse the frequency and patterns of
migration of fishers, conflicts due to migration of fishers and ...
Governance and financial sustainability of NGO's in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)
This study focused on governance and financial sustainability of NGO's in South Africa. The primary objective of the study was to evaluate existing governance and financial arrangements of NGO's, CBO's and CSO's with the ...
The paradox of decentralization in Namibia
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
It was the purpose of this study to demonstrate that the government of Namibia has been seeking to adopt structures and procedures that will contribute to the realization of general national development. Decentralization ...
The Problem of Sustainable Development: The case of the Saldanha Bay community mussel farming project
(University of the Western Cape, 2003)
Existing literature offers various definitions of sustainable
development, yet very few efforts have thus far been made to move
specific communities to such a state of development. Popularised by
the Brundland report, ...
How does the National Housing Policy of South Africa promote economic justice?
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)
Lack of adequate housing is a key feature of poverty in South Africa. After the first democratic election in 1994, Government has faced the challenge of reconstruction and development, particularly with regard to improving ...
Transformation of the social welfare service in the Western Cape: Geriatric day care as an/alternative to institutional care in Mitchell's Plain
(University of the Western Cape, 2001)
This Research Report focuses on the services delivered to the aged in our society. In particular, it looks at two State-subsidised old age homes in Mitchell's Plain on the Cape Flats that accommodate about 350 people. The ...