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An analysis of emerging relationships in water provision: an analysis of emerging relationships in water provision in South Africa.
(1999)
South Africa has one of the highest levels of inequality in the world, and the government has attempted to redress extensive material, social and political deprivation. It has been confronted by the tension between the ...
Coping with food poverty in cities : the case of urban agriculture in Glen Norah Township in Harare.
(2013)
Urban agriculture is a common and permanent phenomenon across most African cities. The
general trend in urban agriculture is that it is more pronounced among the poor urban
households. Poor households often spend more ...
Youth diversion for first time offenders : a view from primary caregivers and family members.
(2012)
In recent years, youth offending has become the subject of widespread public interest and
over the past few decades, various child reform movements have taken place. Child justice
reform efforts focus on children’s ...
Inner city informal traders as key social agents in governing security : an exploration of policing arrangements in Warwick Triangle.
(2014)
This dissertation explores the way in which ordinary citizens in Durban take responsibility for security. The study focused on an organisation, Traders Against Crime (TAC) that was formed in 1996 by informal traders in ...
‘Unshared vision’ : decentralisation in Zimbabwe, a special reference to the Harare City Council.
(2016)
Decentralisation in most African countries is fraught with problems and failures. A few countries in Africa experienced some successes in their pursuit of decentralisation. Several studies on democratic decentralisation ...
Investigating the effectiveness of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) programmes in schools : a case of Ntuzuma G-section in Durban.
(2014)
South Africa has a growing number of orphans and other children made vulnerable by the scourge of HIV and AIDS. Like many other countries in Africa and globally, the fight against this pandemic has been ongoing. Not only ...
Fear of crime, social cohesion and home security systems in post-apartheid South Africa : a case study of ward 33, Durban.
(2013)
This study investigates the causes of fear of crime amongst residents of Ward 33 in KwaZulu-Natal, and
the impact of this fear on their behaviour; the relationship between social cohesion and fear of crime; how
residents ...
Factors influencing intimate partner violence among women in Clermont : an exploratory study.
(2017)
Like many other countries in the world, South Africa still grapples with women’s subordination in society, which leaves them vulnerable to various forms of abuse. Available literature suggests that while policy and legislative ...
Experiences of students facing financial difficulties to access higher Education in the case of the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
(2018)
Students from disadvantaged backgrounds experience difficulties when making a transition from
their backgrounds into a challenging and diverse multi-cultural education institutions
environment. Due to their disadvantaged ...
Developing an implementation model to address food shortages in Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe.
(2019)
Matabeleland South Province has since 1980 to date been experiencing acute food shortages. Currently, it is the province with the highest number of food insecure people. The study recommends a bottom up approach, that is ...