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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"South Africa Western Cape"”.
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To sell or not to sell? An analysis of the Tafelberg sale in the light of the right to adequate housing in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
In 2015, the Western Cape Provincial government (‘WCPG') decided to sell the Tafelberg estate, an old school building located at Seapoint, a suburb of Cape Town. The property was no longer used and the WCPG wanted to generate additional financial means for the construction of an administrative …
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Outdoor recreation : a case study of the Upper Berg River basin
In this thesis I have developed a general concept of outdoor recreation in river basins, and where possible, have applied this study to the Upper Berg River Basin. The formulation of a physical plan for the development of the outdoor recreation areas, is beyond the· scope of this thesis. The …
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Healing the land : monitoring transformation and agricultural sustainability on a Western Cape land reform project
… agriculture-based land reform programme in South Africa. The legacies of colonial and apartheid-era racial injustices have severely constrained access to land for agricultural production. Moreover, the impact of commercial agriculture on nature and society, warrants that alternative …
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An investigation into the clinical practicum experience of als paramedic students and their preparedness for professional practice
… Care, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2016.
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Conflict transformation education : a strategy to resolve schools and community violence in the Factreton area, Western Cape
… Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2024.
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A survey of the computer enhanced services of the Outreach Project of UWC developed for grade 12 mathematic learners and a critical appraisal of the MICSEC2000 program.
The Outreach Project of the University of the Western Cape has since 1982 through various computer supported services been assisting grade 12 mathematics learners and educators at previously disadvantaged Western Cape high schools. This thesis described and appraised the MICSES2000 program of the …
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Socio-economic aspects of the sustainable harvesting of buchu (Agathosma Betulina) with particular emphasis on the Elandskloof community
… on the sustainable harvesting of buchu in the Western Cape of South Africa. Some of the factors that will be explored include poverty, natural resource tenure, legislation, and local practices with regard to the harvesting of buchu. In order to achieve the objectives of the study, which include …
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The promotion of moral development: a case study of teachers' perceptions and practices in a rural, primary school in the Western Cape
This research was undertaken to explore teachers' perceptions and practices as mediators of morals and values. Schools have an important role to play in developing future citizens as moral beings. This is variously named citizenship education, character education, moral education, and values …
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Care, caring and coping: attitudes of children orphaned by HIV/AIDS and their caregivers towards schooling in a South African Township
… orphaned children in Mbekweni, a township in the Western Province, in South Africa. The study explored the relationship between the attitudes of orphaned learners and their caregivers towards education and schooling itself, uncovering the struggles and the strengths of caregivers and orphaned …
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Physical inactivity among high school learners in Belhar - a public health concern
For many decades, the World Health Organisation had highlighted the growing importance of chronic non-communicable diseases in developed and developing countries, with an increase in lifestyle-related diseases. Physical inactivity has been identified as one of the risk factors, in addition to other …
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Reviewing farm worker equity schemes: a case study of Saamwerk wine farm in the Overberg region, Western Cape
This research investigated experiences of the Saamwerk equity scheme as a framework to analyze the ways in which the scheme has achieved the objectives of land reform. It reviewed the role of this scheme in relation to the experiences and perceptions of beneficiaries about the extent to which this …
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Throughput of UWC students who did at least one semester of third-year statistics
… a degree) of graduates at the University of the Western Cape. Differences between students who finished their studies in the prescribed time of three years and those who took longer than the prescribed time was highlighted.
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Impacts of the invasive reed Arundo donax on biodiversity at the community-ecosystem level
… riparian ecosystems. Arundo is also invasive in South Africa, though less is known about its ecology, biology, and impacts. Since California and the Western Cape of South AFrica have similar Mediterranean-type climates, we could assume that the impacts of Arundo on ecosystems in California are …
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An investigation into the patterns of child sexual abuse and victim-perpetrator relationships among survivors of child sexual abuse at a university
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent, pattern and forms of child sexual abuse amongst university students; to investigate the degree of sexual coercion; to examine victim-perpetrator relationships; to determine the extent to which students are bothered by the event at the time of …
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Decolonising and Africanising the Further Education And Training (FET) history curriculum in South Africa (Grades 10-12): integration of heritage sites and institutions of memory in the Western and Eastern Cape
… have progressively played a critical role in South African socio-political life since 1994. As an example, heritage institutions have played a major role in re-centring histories that were pushed to the periphery within the decolonisation discourse in post-Apartheid South Africa. Heritage has …
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The influence of workaholism and burnout on the intention to quite amongst academic employees at a selected university n the Western Cape
… worldwide have to contend with a changing landscape due to the massification of education, additional pressure being placed on academia with respect to research outputs, teaching a transforming student base, along with political and social pressures. In South Africa, in particular, there has …
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Information literacy of incoming undergraduate Arts students at the University of the Western Cape: assessment of competencies and proficiencies
… Arts students at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) come from South African historically disadvantaged black schools. Because of enormous varying secondary school experiences and competencies as well as a lack of exposure to school and public libraries, students are deprived of the …
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An exploration of risks and resources related to parental burnout among parents of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and behaviours that challenge in Atlantis, Western Cape, South Africa
… & Roskam, 2018). Against the backdrop of South Africa's history and remaining socio-economic challenges, it is likely for parents of persons with IDD and CB to develop parental burnout, considering the high parental stress that they endure. I conducted a scoping review using the Joanna …