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Information and communication technologies for development: Reshaping poverty in South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
The aim of this thesis is to examine the association between information and
communication technologies (ICTs) and poverty reduction in South Africa. ICTs
have been argued to be a means to improve household livelihoods ...
Food provision challenges facing early childhood development centres in two Cape Town townships
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
Early childhood has been identified as a critical period for providing nutritional intervention, with nutritional adequacy during the first 1000 days having long term implications for human development. South Africa’s ...
International migration and social welfare policies: Assessing the effect of government grants on the livelihoods of migrants in Cape Town, South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
South Africa is paradoxically an interesting case study. On the one hand, it is characterised by widespread and persistent poverty and extra-ordinary levels of unemployment. On the other hand, South Africa is quintessentially ...
Examining the link between economic development and the enforcement of socio-economic rights in Africa: A case study of South Africa and Nigeria
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
This year marks 57 years since Organisation of African Unity (OAU) was formed on 25 May 1963 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This year also marks 18 years since the African Union (AU) was formed on 9 July 2002 in Durban, South ...
Hungry for knowledge, hungry for bread: Realising the right to food of students in South African tertiary institutions
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Many of the disadvantaged groups which are impacted by a high burden of poverty and are thereby food insecure in South Africa, have over the years received attention from the government, resulting in many interventionist ...
Exploring experiences of homeless young women at a shelter in Cape Town
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Homelessness in South Africa is an ever growing problem and it is difficult to determine the exact number of homeless people due to the fact that they live in different areas, such as under bridges, parks, abandoned buildings ...
Investigating the relationship between financial inclusion and poverty in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
The literature on financial inclusion and poverty connections has received considerable attention recently. There exist a scarcity of local studies examining the relationship between financial inclusion (FI) and poverty. ...
Investigating the relationship between financial inclusion and poverty in South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
The literature on financial inclusion and poverty connections has received considerable attention recently. There exist a scarcity of local studies examining the relationship between financial inclusion (FI) and poverty. ...
Extension of social security to the informal hospitality industry workers in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
The hospitality industry is one of the largest economic sectors in the world.1 As a result, it is one of the top employment contributors, with its Travel and Tourism sector accounting for an estimated 10.3% of global GDP, ...
A time dimensional extension to standard poverty analyses in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
Most poverty studies ignore the dimension of time and are merely concerned if an individual
meets certain money-metric or non-income welfare (e.g., access to services and asset
ownership) criteria. They fail to recognise ...