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Bureaucracy, law and power - water allocation for productive use: Policy and implementation, a case study of black emerging farmers in the Breede Gour i t z Water Management Area in theWestern Cape,South Africa, 2005-2017
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
This study examines the problems of implementing water allocation policy in the context of the
local state bureaucracy as well as the specific experiences of local black emerging farmers in the
Breede Gouritz Water ...
Investigating the Relationship between Financial Inclusion and Financial Health in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
South Africa is ranked, by any measure, among the most unequal countries in the world. Despite
having a relatively well-developed financial system, historic patterns of economic
concentration continue to feed into the ...
A comparison of South Africa’s colonial education system with other African countries
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Past historical events are crucial for understanding economies and answering imperative questions such as why economic inequalities persist, why certain countries experience economic growth or lag behind, and how societies ...
Testing the weak-form of the efficient market hypothesis on the Johannesburg stock exchange after the global financial crisis
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
The efficient market hypothesis (EMH) is a controversial theory in Finance.
Advocates of the EMH argue that it provides a basis for understanding financial
markets while critics suggest that the hypothesis is unreasonable ...
Investigating financial inclusion in rural households: A South African case
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
People residing in rural areas generally struggle with many socio-economic problems, such as transport, health access, employment opportunities, poverty, inequality, access to essential services and facilities (e.g., piped ...
An investigation into the usefulness and empirical application of project planning and control techniques to small building contracting
(University of the Western Cape, 1985)
As gevolg van dte huldlge stram ekonomiese omstandlghede in suid-Afrlka is dlt noodsaakrik dat die bou-aannemers, veral die klelneres, deeglik moet besin oor die doeltreffendheld van hur bedrywlghede. Die bestuursfunksles, ...
Examining the labour market outcome of volunteer workers
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
As democracy cracked the gloom of Apartheid, South Africa has experienced economic
transformations; however, unemployment is still an Achilles heel that cripples the labour
market. This study examined the labour market ...
The applicability of the quantity theory of money in a multicurrency economy: Lessons from Zimbabwe 2009-2019
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
One of the first economic theories to ever study the effects of money on price levels is the
Quantity Theory of Money (QTM). Both traditionally and empirically, the tenets of this study
have been studied in mono currency ...
Exploring the influence of students’ Grade 12 Accounting knowledge on their academic success in a B. Com Accounting degree at a university in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Studies conducted nationally found that students with Matric Accounting
knowledge performed significantly better than students without it in universitylevel
Accounting modules (Baard, Steenkamp and Kidd 2010; Papageorgiou
2017; ...
The lack of adequate housing in the Western Cape and its impact on the environment: A theoretical analysis
(University of the Western Cape, 1998)
The debate, about the role of the State, involves both normative and ethical judgements. Thus, what should the state do and not do? How can the desired ends be attained most efficiently? What distribution of income and ...