Masters Degrees (Community Development)
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Examining career development approaches to address youth unemployment in Ixopo, KZN: community-informed perspectives.
(2019)Youth unemployment in South Africa has significantly increased in the last few years. While youth unemployment rates have increased across all racial groups and geographical areas in the country, the black youth from rural ... -
Identifying causes of substance use disorder and finding systems of reintegrating patients from Newlands Park Rehabilitation Centre.
(2019)In South Africa, individuals with substance use disorder (SUD) have very limited options in accessing rehabilitation centres and those who have access face a great challenge of maintaining sobriety post rehabilitation, ... -
Health and socioeconomic analysis of waste picking activities in Durban.
(2019)The main aim of this study was to unpack the health and socio-economic status of waste picking activities in Mayville, Cato Manor and Westville in Durban. It analysed the quality of life of waste pickers, their awareness ... -
Addressing xenophobic violence in UMlazi suburb: perceptions of a migrant family.
(2018)Xenophobic violence is a recurring phenomenon in South Africa, due to the numbers of asylum seekers, immigrants and refugees entering the country. As some black South Africans, believe that African immigrants compete with ... -
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 ... -
An investigation into housing delivery in Cato Manor’s formal and informal settlements.
(2018)It is argued that service delivery of housing can have either positive or negative implications on people’s personal and social livelihoods. Therefore, informed by the Urban Resilience Theory, this study investigates the ... -
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 ... -
Exploring cultural barriers to the transfer of HIV prevention knowledge from the older to the younger generation in South Africa.
(2016)HIV and AIDS risk behaviour remains a critical health concern for younger generation in South Africa. Sexual debut is the key factor in the vulnerability of younger generation to HIV infection. A study conducted in South ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Community-based co-operatives in Inanda, Ntuzuma and KwaMashu (INK) community (eThekwini Municipality) as an alternative form of economic development : lessons from the Kenyan co-operatives models.
(2013)Enabling a community with the community based co-operatives for poverty alleviation is a need which has to be given urgent attention. This study examines how community based co-operatives can be an alternative form of ... -
An exploration of the survival strategies of the poor in the Makause community in Primrose (Germiston), Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality.
(2013)Poverty remains a global challenge, particularly in developing countries like South Africa, where there is an increase in the total number of people affected by urban poverty. Despite economic growth and numerous poverty ... -
The role of food gardens in providing sustainable livelihoods in the Msunduzi Municipality.
(2012)This work examines the notion of food security, how people see and define food security, how institutions and organizational efforts seek to assist people in food security ventures, and whether such ventures can be turned ... -
An analysis of the importance of formal education as migrants' livelihood strategy : a case study of Congolese graduates in Durban.
(2013)The survival of the majority of refugees in their host countries is characterised by poverty resulting from different sets of vulnerabilities. Formal education/training appears to offer the only opportunity for refugees ... -
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 ... -
Student entrepreneurship an inquiry into the challenges faced by University of KwaZulu-Natal graduates.
(2012)The number of unemployed young university graduates in South Africa is annually on the rise. This is due to a combination of factors which include a lack of the right skills, work experience, type of qualification, low ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The incorporation of indigenous healers in the fight against HIV/AIDS : an exploratory case study of the collaboration between Izangomas and the formal health system operating through the Valley Trust.
(2002)The purpose of this study was to get a better sense of what collaborative efforts between the allopathic and indigenous health systems to address HIV/ AIDS look like 'on the ground' with the hope that revealed successes ...
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