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Townships to CBD: The project of ten informal traders in the formal economy of Cape Town, Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
The Quarterly Labour Force survey by Statistics South Africa (2019) portrays a very bleak future for the South African economy and labour force. The unemployment rate is 27.6% and youth unemployment stands at 55.2%. The ...
Social and cultural relevance of aspects of Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS), meteorological literacy and meteorological science conceptions
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
This research study examines those aspects of Indigenous Knowledge (IK) that could be socially and culturally relevant in the Western Cape Province, South Africa, for teaching meteorological science concepts in a grade 9 ...
An investigation into barriers to participation in adult learning among refugees: The case of the Somalis in the Northern Suburbs of Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
This study seeks to investigate barriers to participation in adult learning among Somali refugees in Cape Town. It draws on scholarship around various conceptual frameworks on migration perspectives, and barriers to ...
Discourse analysis of narratives of Malay heritage in gentrified Bo-Kaap, Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
Bo-Kaap (BK) is a neighbourhood in Cape Town which has long been home to a predominantly Muslim community with deep ties to the area’s colonial and slave history. In recent years, BK has become a hotbed for developers ...
The effectiveness of using pictograms and text on medication labels at primary healthcare facilities in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
Medication labels are often the only information available to patients after obtaining medication 3 from the pharmacy or other healthcare practitioners. Inappropriately designed medicine labelling 4 contributes to poor ...
In the Best Interest of the Child: Food Choices and Body Mass Index of Adult and Children Living in Urban Peripheral Townships in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
The increase in overweight and obesity worldwide is described as a global health epidemic. A great proportion of this epidemic is now found in low- and middle-income countries with higher levels of prevalence, particularly ...
Perceptions of healthcare professionals and stroke patients regarding self-management.
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability in the world. Stroke patients often place significant cost on the health care systems, due to long periods of care. Health care professionals play a key role in ...
Examining the challenges of raising a family as a refugee parent in South Africa: A case study of Somali refugees in Cape Town
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
This research foregrounds the experiences of raising a family as a refugee parent in Cape Town, using a case study of Somali refugee parents. Global reports have shown that international migrants make up 3.5% of the world’s ...
Frameworks of representation: A design History of the district six museum in Cape Town
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
Since 1994, the District Six Museum, in constructing histories of forced removals from District Six, Cape Town, commenced as a post-apartheid memory project which evolved into a memorial museum. Design has been a central ...
Visual technologies and the shaping of public memory of disappeared persons in Cape Town (1960-1990)
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
The starting point of this thesis is the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
(TRC) and the Missing Person’s Task Team (MPTT), two instruments of the post-apartheid
government, both of which have directly ...