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The breadbasket of Cape Town: Exploring the links between urban agriculture, land use and food security in the Philippi Horticultural Area (PHA)
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Hunger is more than just a feeling, it is the lack of access to safe nutritious food, which in turn may result in anger towards government, low performance, sadness and a limited will to survive. Urban agriculture has been ...
Historical development of Islamic libraries internationally and in South Africa: A case study of the Islamic Library in Gatesville
(University of the Western Cape, 2003)
The purpose of this study was to examine the historical development of Islamic libraries internationally and in South Africa and to examine the Islamic Library in Gatesville as a case study to understand in which way ...
Being / becoming the "Cape Town flower sellers" The botanical complex, flower selling and floricultures in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
This mini-thesis is concerned with histories of flower selling in Cape Town. Since the late 19th century, images and imaginings of the flower sellers in Adderley Street and to a lesser degree in other areas of the city ...
The ‘silent’ privatisation of urban public space in Cape Town, 1975 – 2004
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
South African cities were subjected to artificial, unnatural growth patterns brought about by apartheid planning that legitimated exclusionary practices in the city and which created and maintained racial, social and class ...
Night writing: The textual ideation of Andrew Jeptha
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
The publication A South African Boxer in Britain contains the unique
aesthetic of the Cape Town born boxer Andrew Jeptha, the first black fighter
to win a British welterweight title in 1907. The booklet was published in ...
Tourism and multilingualism in Cape Town: language practices and policy
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)
Language diversity continues to create a language barrier to international tourism. Tourists from non-English speaking countries face a language barrier in South Africa and this affects their experiences in the country. ...
A social semiotic analysis of mini-bus taxis as mobilescapes in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
Linguistic Landscape (LL) is a rapidly growing area of investigation that concerns itself with the attention to language, cultural objects and images displayed in public spaces. Prompted by caveats of the earlier traditional ...
Multilingual playground: An ethnographic early childhood development study of diverse learners at Philippi children’s centre, Cape Town
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Early Childhood Development (ECD) prioritizes the foundation for children aged 0-9 years old. This program focuses on the cognitive, physical, emotional, or holistic development of a child for the child to thrive and be a ...
The Provision of Library and Information Services to Gays and Lesbians in Cape Town’s Public Libraries
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)
The research project is based on the belief that Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgender (LGBT) people have specific information needs and interests that public libraries should cater for. The philosophical literature of ...
Reflexive Essay
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
His brown hands, tanned darker than they already were from hours of supervising men shoveling sand and mixing concrete on building sites, gripped the steering wheel. Hendrick Vermeulen drove down Voortrekker Road after a ...