Browsing Masters Degrees (Development Studies) by Title
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The nature of informal clothing manufacturing in a residential area : the case of Chatsworth.
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Negotiating healing : the professionalisation of traditional healers in KwaZulu-Natal between 1985 and 2003.
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NEPAD, narrative and African integration.
(2009)The untenable inequalities and suffering experienced by Africans blatantly exposes that a lot more than simple developmental ‘lag’, lack of economic ‘growth’, ‘governance’, or a shaky ‘investment climate’ inhibits Africa’s ... -
NGO's, donors and human development : a case study from Mozambique.
(2008)During 1990s, the 'renaissance' of civil society in the Third World and the birth of thousands ofNGOs provoked a debate about their critical role, linked to the end of the Cold War and the 'triumph' of the Westernized, ... -
NGOs and development in the third world : assessing NGO policy orientation in Angola's post-conflict reconstruction and development process.
(2008)This study explores the role of NGOs in Angola's post-conflict reconstruction and development process. The study was motivated by a perception obtained from a preliminary literature acquaintance and events that pointed to ... -
NGOs and social development : an assessment of the participants' perceptions of the effects of World Changers Academy's life skills education program, eThekwini Municipality.
(2009)In South Africa, young people are faced with many challenges such as HIV/AIDS, unemployment, poverty, and access to secure education and skills. In that context, NGOs involved in youth development, through their social ... -
Not just for the kicks! Football for development : stakeholder perceptions of the WhizzKids United football programme in Durban, South Africa.
(2010)The study attempts to assess the capacity of football development programmes to help bring about development at the individual and societal levels. It is concerned with understanding the needs of underprivileged communities ... -
Notions of place and identity formation amongst recent graduates in South Africa: a case study of Umlazi Township.
(2018)The study sought to explore notions of place and identity formation amongst recent graduates in South Africa. It focused on the meaning graduates ascribed to places and why it is important for identity formation. Primarily, ... -
Now they know we are real : skills development and women in the informal economy.
(2000)The following dissertation examines skills development for women at the poorer ends of the informal economy through a study of members of the Self-Employed Women's Union (SEWU) who were trained in blockmaking in 1996. Since ... -
Nutrition in the era of highly active anti-retroviral therapy : a case of people living with HIV/AIDS in Tsholotsho, Zimbabwe.
(2014)For the past two decades HIV/AIDS has received global attention in developing and developed countries. The findings of HIV/AIDS indicate that the pandemic remains the greatest threat to a better life globally. In Zimbabwe ... -
Older people's perceptions of health services and their health seeking behaviour in the era of HIV/AIDs : a case study of the eThekwini Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2008)In sub-Saharan Africa - the region with some of the world's highest levels of HIV prevalence - AIDS has reached pandemic proportions. At present, the highest rates of infection are in the region where the main route of ... -
Orientations to development : a comparative analysis in Natal and KwaZulu.
(1990)In the last four decades social scientists have been preoccupied with the process of modernisation and development. Theorists who emphasised a normative perspective distinguished between value systems relating to individuals ... -
Participation and accountability in integrated development planning : the case of eThekwini Municipality's small businesses related local economic development in the eThekwini Municipality.
(2010)After decades of optimistic theories of development, increasing global poverty and inequities remain at troublingly high levels. By the close of the twentieth century the development enterprise was accused of having ... -
Participatory approaches and decision-making in the Msunduzi municipal council's local agenda 21 working committee.
(2002)The study stemmed from the observation that the Msunduzi Municipal Council has adopted the principles of Agenda 21. The aim was to examine participatory approaches employed by the Local Agenda 21 Working Committee. The ... -
Perception of the built environment and its impact on the process of rehabilitation from addiction : a proposed life-recovery facility for Durban, South Africa.
(2014)In an increasingly urbanized modern context, physically and mentally damaging addictive behaviours are endangering the emotional and moral stability of society. Cognitive Behavioural therapies and operant conditioning ... -
Perceptions of beneficiaries regarding the usefulness of social grants in the case of the uMsunduzi Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal.
(2018)This study explored social grants beneficiaries’ perceptions of the usefulness of social security nets in alleviating poverty and addressing social inequality in uMsunduzi Municipality. It analysed the cost of social ... -
Perceptions on cremation amongst the Zulu people.
(2011)South Africa is going through a difficult time due to HIV/AIDS pandemic (amongst other things) which has caused countless deaths leading to major concern about municipal burial sites since such land is limited. There is ... -
Perspectives and experiences of female traders in securing a livelihood in the Warwick Market, Durban.
(2018)Informal trading serves as a survivalist strategy used by women across South Africa to sustain their livelihoods. Informal trading has grown at a fast rate due to the lack of employment opportunities in both the private ... -
Physical rehabilitation and its influence on built form through game mechanics : a proposed children's physical rehabilitation centre for the city of Durban.
(2014)With the evolution of social behaviours in a modern peri- urban environment, a pattern has emerged that has begun to dislocate physically disabled children of Durban from society. Physical rehabilitation clinics and ...