Browsing Masters Degrees (Development Studies) by Title
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Intimate partner violence as an obstacle to safer sex practice in South Africa.
(2003)Intimate partner violence is one of the major forms of violence against women, and it contributes to the inability of women to practice safer sex. This study uses a triangulation method to explore the relationship between ... -
Investigating factors which influence parental school choice in post-apartheid South Africa : a case study of Umlazi Township.
(2013)While race played a dominant role in determining how South Africans accessed quality education during apartheid this study reveals that in post-apartheid South Africa, particularly in racially homogenous communities, class ... -
Investigating the implementation of the expanded public works programme in the Ethekwini Municipality, KZN.
(2019)Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) is a cross cutting programme that is implemented by all the spheres of the government including private enterprises. It is a programme which draws a massive number of the unemployed ... -
Investigating the relationship between income and subjective well-being in South Africa.
(2013)Conventional approaches to the analysis of human well-being use money-metric measures such as income or consumption. However, they are heavily criticised for relying on a limited understanding of well-being. In recent ... -
An investigation into educator perceptions of the implementation of the rationalization and redeployment policy in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa : the Port Shepstone/Harding district as a case study.
(2005)Much has been said about rationalization and redeployment in socio-economic and political circles in South Africa, with many of the associated problems inherited from the apartheid government. These problems included, but ... -
An investigation into solid waste management: a case study of the New England landfill site in Pietermaritzburg, Kwazulu-Natal South Africa.
(2018)This research study examines the impact of solid waste management systems in a residential area through a case study of the New England Landfill in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. The theoretical framework is based on the ... -
An investigation of cultural influences on fertility behaviour among university students at Howard College, UKZN-Durban.
(2012)Questions have been raised regarding factors influencing fertility in South Africa, particularly within the different population groups. Various studies have focused on fertility in South Africa and other developing ... -
An investigation of factors contributing to dropping out of school in KwaZulu-Natal : policy implications for poverty alleviation.
(2003)Contrary to many efforts by the new South African government in its commitment to widen ... -
An investigation of learner-centered education in a large class developing country setting: evidence from Lilongwe, Malawi.
(2018)The study investigated the implementation of Learner-Centred Education (LCE) in a larger class defined as having more than sixty learners. LCE requires learning to be participatory, active, reflective, and thought provoking. ... -
An investigation of problems associated with water projects in the rural areas that lead to unsustainability of water services : a case study the of Umfundweni area, in the Eastern Cape.
(2003)This thesis examines the problems facing many of the rural water projects, especially in terms of their planning and implementation . There is a strong belief that water services in the rural areas are often not sustainable, ... -
An investigation of the Children's Bill Working Group's networking and advocacy around the Children's Bill between 2003-2004.
(2006)This study reviewed how networks, entrepreneurs and narratives were intertwined in keeping a policy process moving and preventing it from stagnating. By applying Roe's narrative analysis theory (as developed in Narrative ... -
An investigation of the current perceptions of the UIF policy for domestic workers.
(2004)The study aims to investigate the current perceptions of the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIP) for domestic workers in a township called KwaNdengezi, a Durban Metro area, Pretoria section. The study used qualitative research ... -
Is nutritional priority given to pregnant women? : a case study of intra-household food allocation among the rural poor in the Inchanga area, South Africa.
(2009)The premise of this case study research is that nutritional requirements increase when women fall pregnant and that obtaining adequate nutrition is of particular importance for the maternal environment and fetal growth on ... -
Is the African traditional institution (chieftiancy) [sic] compatible with contemporary democracy ? : a case study of Bochum in Limpopo Province of South Africa.
(2005)The issue of democratisation and development in Africa is among the most explored and debated field by African and non African scholars. Since the beginning of post African state in the 1960' s, scholars have outlined ... -
Issues arising from the implementation of language policy in historically disadvantaged schools in greater Pietermaritzburg : a policy analysis.
(2001)This project sets out to outline the problems that are encountered by teachers in most black schools in South Africa, with regard to the language of instruction. In an attempt to cope with these problems teachers exercise ... -
Job creation for the empowerment and development of rural women : the role of the Working for Water Programme in Umlaas catchment area, KwaZulu-Natal.
(2003)The study focuses on job creation for the empowerment and development of women and assessed the role of State projects in the Umlaas Catchment area of the Working for Water Project in Kwazulu-Natal. The concepts of gender, ... -
Key drivers & effects of corruption in rural areas: a case study of Jozini local municipality.
(2018)Corruption in post-apartheid South Africa continues to remain a critical challenge and obstacle to rural development. Each and every day in rural South Africa, myriad public officials are reported to have been implicated ... -
Knowledge, attitudes, risk perception and condom use among married men and women in Ntuzuma and Kwadumisa, KwaZulu-Natal.
(2003)One of the greatest and unresolved challenges that faces mankind today is HIV/AIDS and the effects that it has on people as well as society as a whole. South Africa is one of the countries worst affected by HIV/AIDS, with ... -
Kwazulu Natal's institutional environment : its impact on development imperatives.
(1995)The study of development in the 1960s and early 1970s was characterised by major struggles between competing ideological positions . Writings were dominated by attempts at getting the ideologies right , hence the proliferation ...