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Mobile technology adoption for improved maternal healthcare in Sudan
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Mobile health applications are becoming increasingly prominent worldwide as it is known for delivering effective interventions in healthcare. Moreover, mobile health technologies are vital in achieving SDG 3 (Good Health ... -
Modelling the effect of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial mindset, skill and intentions: Empiraical evidence from undergraduates in Nigeria
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)Entrepreneurial firms, entrepreneurial capital, entrepreneurial ecosystem and entrepreneurial economy are a few terminologies that have emerged since the resurgence of entrepreneurship, arising from the 1990's entrepreneurial ... -
The moderating effect of microfinance on the financial constraints to SMME growth in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) play a significant role in an economy. Thus, governments all over the world concentrate on the development of the small business sector to endorse economic growth. SMMEs are a ... -
"A molecular investigation of the prevalence of suspected periodontopathogens and their association with preterm birth"
(2010)More than 20 million infants in the world (15.5 % of all births) are born with low birth weight. Ninety-five % of them are in developing countries. Oral colonization of Gramnegative anaerobes has been implicated as a risk ... -
Monetary policy transmission mechanism in Botswana: how does the Central Bank policy rate affect the economy?
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)The transmission mechanism of monetary policy has generated a substantial amount of interest in economic research in many countries, with most studies focusing on how a change in monetary policy stance, usually defined as ... -
Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) at the Western Cape Education Department (WCED): Investigating staff readiness
(University of Western Cape, 2021)The absence of coordinated Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) in the South African public administration from 1994 to 2005 highlighted the gap in standardised national evaluation system where the National Evaluation Policy ... -
The monitoring and evaluation framework for the broad based black economic empowerment policy in South Africa and lessons of experience for Namibia
(2009)The Namibian Government has recently embarked on the formulation of an empowerment strategy similar to South Africa’s Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) policy - the Transformation of Economic and Social Empowerment ... -
Monitoring good governance in South African local government and its implications for institutional development and service delivery. A case study of the sub-councills and councillor support department.
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)The empowering of local governments in South Africa as engines of national development has been plagued with problems and imbalance related to the ethic and the functioning of the local government machinery itself. The ... -
Movement of Zimbabwean immigrants into, within and out of the farm labour market in Limpopo province South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)This thesis presents findings from ethnographic research conducted over a period of 17 months in the Blouberg and Molemole local municipalities of Capricorn District in Limpopo province with the aim of exploring mobility ... -
Movement of Zimbabwean immigrants into, within and out of the farm labour market in Limpopo province of South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)This thesis presents findings from ethnographic research conducted over a period of 17 months in the Blouberg and Molemole local municipalities of Capricorn District in Limpopo province with the aim of exploring mobility ... -
A multidimensional analysis of poverty in South Africa since the transition (1996-2007) using the fuzzy sets approach.
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)With the transition to a democratic society, one of the challenges to emerge was to provide economic freedoms for all – that is, freedom from isolation, freedom from powerlessness, freedom from hunger, and freedom from ... -
A multilevel analysis of learner and school contextual factors associated with educational quality
(2013)The South African schools act, (number 5, 1996), asserts that all learners have a right to access both basic and quality education without discrimination of any sort. Since the implementation of the Millennium Development ... -
Municipal budget oversight by multiple principals: A case study of the Western Cape province
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)The transformation of local government in South Africa has established a complex model of multiple principals exercising municipal budget oversight on municipal managers. However, earlier research has not sufficiently ... -
My City or Their City? A case study of the Imizamo Yethu taxi industry and the MyCiti bus services in Hout Bay
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)South Africa has a growing economy with about 19 million of people going to work and looking for work every day (Ahmed 2004). The majority of people in South Africa use public transport in order to get to work. According ... -
'N doelwitbestuursmodel vir werkverrigtingbevordering op plaaslike owerheidsvlak
(Universiteit van Wes-Kaapland, 1990)Plaaslike owerheidsaangeleenthede in Suid-Afrika het in die algemeen deurlopend heelwat aandag vanaf owerheidsweë geniet (cf. die talle verslae en bevindings van komitees van ondersoek na aangeleenthede rakende plaaslike ... -
‘n Doelwitbestuursmodel vir werkverrigtingbevordering op plaaslike owerheidsvlak
(University of Western Cape, 2000)Plaaslike owerheidsaangeleenthede in Suid-Afrika het in die algemeen deurlopend heelwat aandag vanaf owerheidsweë geniet (cf. die talle verslae en bevindings van komitees van ondersoek na aangeleenthede rakende plaaslike ... -
Namibia’s Land Redistribution Programme: A Case Study of Steinhausen (Okarukambe) Constituency in Omaheke Region
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)As a means to assuage historical land inequities, resultant socio-economic disparities and poverty alleviation, the Namibian Government undertook to reform the land sector. Guided by the Constitution and the Resolutions ... -
Namibia’s land redistribution programme: A case study of Steinhausen (Okarukambe) constituency in Omaheke region
(University of Western Cape, 2020)As a means to assuage historical land inequities, resultant socio-economic disparities and poverty alleviation, the Namibian Government undertook to reform the land sector. Guided by the Constitution and the Resolutions ... -
The National Center for Health Leadership Competency Model: Its applicability to the South African context
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)Equitable access to quality health care is an essential element and a fundamental right for human development in any country. The South African health system prior to 1994 can be construed as one characterised with inequality ... -
The national health insurance (nhi) and women: making the case for the socialisation of accessing health services a policy perspective
(University of the Western Cape, 2024)The National Health Insurance (NHI) bill [B 11 - 2019], which was approved for adoption by the National Assembly (NA) of South Africa’s parliament on June 12, 2023, is the subject of this study, which offers a policy ...