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The 2010 Fifa world cup: Perceptions of its sports and development legacy potential

Author: Mills, Lucy Caroline Date: 2010 Sport mega-events are a contemporary phenomenon which embody and unify global processes in an increasingly globalised world. Whilst the sport industry has grown exponentially as a result of global market forces envisaging extensive economic ... Read more
Addressing unemployment in the Western Cape, South Africa one community at a time : a case study of a public-private-civil society partnership

Author: Kok, Catherine Date: 2007 Includes bibliographical references (leaves 101-107). Read more
Change & continuity in the value-priorities of school-leavers in Rundu (Namibia): a comparative study of hybridization and its development implications

Author: Field, Michael Date: 2017 In Southern Africa, burgeoning intercultural contact results in the emergence of (bicultural) sociocultural contexts which emphasize African traditional and Western industrial values to different degrees. In transitioning between these contexts, ... Read more
Characterization of polyphenols in leaves of four desiccation tolerant plant families

Author: Dzobo, Kevin Date: 2005 Polyphenols in plants are known to act as antioxidants, antimicrobials, antifungal, photoreceptors, visual attractors and as light screens. In this study polyphenols in angiosperms found in southern Africa and called resurrection (desiccation ... Read more
Child refugee rights in Cape Town: the right to access education

Author: Sithole, Mabel D Date: 2012 Child refugee rights are a pertinent issue in the Republic of South Africa. South Africa's progressive Constitution (1996) stipulates the right of all children to access education without discrimination. This research project used a rights ... Read more
A critical study of the use of an evaluation model designed to measure the outcomes and impact of development interventions

Author: Phillips, Tracey Date: 2013 This study investigates a naturalistic evaluation model’s ability to assess the outcomes and impact of development interventions in a rigorous manner. The study was undertaken by means of a meta-evaluation of five evaluation projects conducted ... Read more
Disjunctions and convergences: a study of stakeholders' perceptions of public participation in service delivery in Cape Town's Blikkiesdorp

Author: Maharaj, Shakira Date: 2012 This study aimed to investigate the disjunctions and convergences between key stakeholder groups' perceptions of a public participatory relationship between The City of Cape Town Municipality and the Blikkiesdorp community. The key instruments ... Read more
Evaluating the role of 'critical consciousness' in a rural South African development intervention : implications for structural approaches to HIV prevention

Author: Hatcher, Abigail M Date: 2006 Traditional, information-giving approaches to HIV prevention have failed to curb the rapidly expanding HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa. Scholars and practitioners have looked to new interventions for HIV which centre upon structural changes, ... Read more
Fiscal and institutional factors and taxpayer culture as explanations for the 2018 VAT increase in South Africa

Author: Pearson, Kirsten Susan Date: 2022 The 2018 Value Added Tax (VAT) rate increase in South Africa is a significant event in that it was the first time since the advent of democracy in South Africa (1994) that the VAT rate had been raised. Located within the discipline of fiscal ... Read more
From victims to warriors: collective identity construction at cancer movement assemblies in South Africa

Author: Prinsloo, Erna Louisa Date: 2015 Interest in this topic was awakened by the rapid growth of Relay For Life in South Africa and its striking ability to bond people during mass cancer gatherings. Questions were raised about the generation of collective identities during these ... Read more
Gauging perceptions of participation in participatory development : a South African case : the mud schools eradication project at Klapmuts Primary School in the Western Cape

Author: Street, Mavourneen Date: 2010 People-centred development places a great deal of emphasis on the participation of the "beneficiaries" (or what I call targets) in the process of their development. The language of participatory development is often used in development ... Read more
Gauging the horizontality of community philanthropy organizations: The development and validity testing of an instrument

Author: Wilkinson-Maposa, Susan Date: 2016 This thesis sets out to develop an instrument to gauge the behaviour of a community philanthropy organization (CPO) and then to test its validity. Using both quantitative and qualitative methods, the Horizontality Gauge (HG) offers a process ... Read more
Health and religion : a study of health-seeking behaviour in Kayamandi, Western Cape in the context of "medical pluralism"

Author: Gwele, Malibongwe P Date: 2005 This small-scale study explores the concept of medical pluralism by looking at the health-seeking strategies of a selected group of residents in Stellenbosch's Kayamandi township. The study addresses the following three primary research ... Read more
Identity and worldview issues in rural development : a case study : reintegration of ex-street children into communities in rural Transkei

Author: De Wet, Jacques Date: 1992 This study explores the complex problem of socio-cultural change and continuity in Africa; the basic human drives for physical survival and identity; and how the danger of self-alienation and anomie might be overcome. Worldview Analysis and ... Read more
An investigation into the state of music education in the learning area arts and culture in primary schools of the Western Cape metropole

Author: Rijsdijk, Anthea Susan Chawner Date: 2003 This dissertation investigates the state of music in the learning area Arts and Culture in Curriculum 2005 in the Primary schools of the Western Cape Metropole. It attempts to identify the problems experienced by the general class teacher in ... Read more
Micro-credit for development : testing the claims with a group of women borrowers from Cape Town's Khayelitsha township

Author: Mbithi, Jane Mueni Date: 2012 Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references. Read more
Negotiating identities in post-apartheid South Africa : black African managers' experiences in an English-speaking university

Author: Ngazimbi, Xolani Sharon Date: 2006 This is a study about the subjective experiences of black African managers working in an English-speaking university in post-apartheid South Africa We investigated the adaptation strategies they employ as they navigate borders and boundaries ... Read more
Not naming race : some medical students' perceptions and experiences of 'race' and racism at the Health Sciences faculty of the University of Cape Town

Author: Erasmus, Zimitri ; De Wet, Jacques Date: Dec 2011 This report will be of value to those studying and researching transformation in higher education in post-apartheid South Africa. Over the past few years the Faculty of Health Sciences at UCT embarked upon a series of transformation processes. ... Read more c b n a
Recovery as Human Development: An assessment of the Streetscapes community-based rehabilitation programme

Author: Bissolati, Chadley Date: 2022 This study explores the experiences of previously homeless substance abusers who are part of Streetscapes, a community-based rehabilitation programme based in Cape Town, South Africa. The study aims to propose a different way of viewing ... Read more
Socially constructed meanings of Impucuko in a comparative historical analysis

Author: Sigenu, Zimingonaphakade Date: 2022 Sociological analysis of African societies has tended to rely on Western concepts and theories while neglecting indigenous conceptualisations and explanations of social phenomena. Guided by social constructionism and hermeneutics, this thesis ... Read more

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