UWC Electronic Thesis and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Using stable isotopes and hydrochemistry to quantify end-member source dynamics in the Berg River of the Franschhoek and Paarl Valley
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)The Berg River is a main source of freshwater in South Africa's Franschhoek-Paarl valley for domestic use, industry, and agriculture, but climate change or variability and poor management threaten its quality and quantity. ... -
Chrononormativity: An Exploration of Queerness, Time and Aestheticism in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray and Virginia Woolf’s Orlando
(University of the Western Cape, 2024)This thesis will explore the extent to which Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) addresses chrononormative issues in the Victorian period, using literary scholar Josh Mcloughlin’s “Queer Time in Woolf and ... -
An analysis of official language policies and their relationship to everyday language use in multilingual bank settings in the Free State province
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)This study intended to provide an analysis of the language use in the multilingual setting of banks in the Free State Province. The study further determined the status of African languages in the banking sector in relation ... -
Comparing face-to-face and technology-based training to evaluate its perceived effectiveness in improving employee performance
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)For several decades, the ideal and preferred traditional training delivery in organisations mainly comprised in-person, face-to-face training, and engagement. The twenty-first century introduced the Fourth Industrial ... -
Feeding inequality: access to equal education, feeder zones and former ‘model c’ schools
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)South Africa’s basic education system remains deeply unequal, fuelled in part by the inequitable access of black and poor children to good public schools that are overwhelmingly concentrated in more affluent ‘whiter areas’. ... -
Personal identity, consciousness and a self-concept
(University of the Western Cape, 2024)With a universally agreed upon perspective towards personal identity yet to be discovered, philosophers continue investigating the metaphysical question of what it means for a person to be one and the same person over ... -
Harreخ at: A novella and reflective essay
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Background: On the 9th of August 1961, an especially cold, rainy day, the five girls were standing outside of their mother, Rhoda’s, bedroom door, waiting patiently for their first brother to arrive, since Rhoda’s belly ... -
Examining government’s approach to housing: an analysis of Villiersdorp in the Theewaterskloof municipality
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)South Africa has not been able to deal with its past in a socially just restorative way. This plays out sharply in questions of housing and “homelessness” against a history of oppression through settler colonialism, the ... -
An analysis of the legal framework on gender discrimination and women’s rights to property in Nigeria: a case study of the Igala people
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Although Nigeria is a signatory to several international, regional, and homegrown legal instruments seeking to promote the rights of women, like; the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against ... -
The perceived influence of digitalisation and digital transformation of the human capital function on employees’ engagement levels and intention to quit within a large retail corporation in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2024)This study was motivated by the need for enquiry into the perception of employees operating within a fast-paced retail environment and having to navigate the complexity of a digitalised Human Capital Function. Employees ... -
Promoter liability and protection of third party rights in terms of pre-incorporation contracts under South Africa’s companies act 2008
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Protecting the interests of a promoter, third-party, and a company in pre-incorporation contracts can be a complex issue as it involves legal considerations and potential conflicts of interest. The challenge arises because, ... -
A study to determine which human resource management practices add the most value for small, medium, and micro enterprises (smmes) in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Small, medium, and micro enterprises (SMMEs) are a significant source of employment and important drivers of economic growth. South Africa has alarmingly high unemployment and poverty rates, and it is thus vital to encourage ... -
Special economic zones as gateway for sustainable foreign direct investments in Kenya: towards a special regime in labour regulation
(University of the Western Cape, 2024)The role of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in promoting foreign direct investment (FDI) cannot be gainsaid. In particular, developing and least developed countries have been keen on attracting FDIs through SEZs as a way of ... -
Rethinking international investment agreements in the face of covid-19: need for the incorporation of a force majeure clause?
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Covid-19 was first detected in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, and since its detection the pandemic had a disastrous effect on human health and well-being globally, with far-reaching implications for international investments ... -
Factors affecting the adoption of drone delivery technology in the logistics industry
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Logistics organisations may struggle to implement commercial drone delivery as part of an innovative drive to improve the efficiency of last-mile logistics in South Africa. The inability of the local logistics industry to ... -
Regulating small cross border traders as a solution to increase intra African trade: implications of the African continental free trade area
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Background: In January 2012, fifty-four African countries agreed to establish the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) during the 18th Ordinary session of the assembly of heads of state and government of the African ... -
Women’s right to access family planning, information and services during humanitarian emergencies: a case of cyclone idai in chipinge and chimanimani districts of Zimbabwe
(University of the Western Cape, 2024)Women’s access to family planning information and services during humanitarian emergencies is a key component in the advancement of gender equality, women’s empowerment and social development. The exercise of women’s ... -
The role of self-efficacy, perceived social support and the risk perception on entrepreneurial intent on nascent entrepreneurs
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Entrepreneurship is important for new business creation and is a means to generating employment and increase the dynamism of any economy. This study was aimed at understanding how to unlock entrepreneurial capabilities to ... -
An Assessment of South Africa’s Intergovernmental Relations System as a Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic
(University of the Western Cape, 2024)South Africa was among the numerous nations impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The health systems in every nation were overhauled because of this pandemic, which claimed countless lives. The pandemic in South Africa, ... -
Socioeconomic development of human well-being at grassroot institutions with special reference to Maitland Garden Village
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Maitland Garden Village is a little hamlet in the City of Cape Town that was originally developed as an area for soldier housing during World War 1. Thereafter, it was established in the 1920s by the Coloured Housing Council ...