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Reconciling poverty reduction and biodiversity conservation: The case of expanded public works progeamme (EPWP) in Hluleka and Mkambati Nature Reserves, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
This study aimed at analysing the South African government's attempt at reconciling poverty reduction and biodiversity conservation in the context of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP). The study analyses this, ...
Post settlement challenges for land reform beneficiaries: three case studies from Limpopo Province
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
This thesis presented a study of post-settlement experiences of land reform beneficiaries, with a focus on three case studies from Limpopo Province. Since 1994, the South African government has implemented a land reform ...
Opportunities for and constraints on crop production within Zimbabwe's fast-track resettlement programme: a case study of fair Range Estate, Chiredzi District, South Eastern Zimbabwe
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
The government of Zimbabwe started implementing its fast track resettlement programme in July 2000, the objective being to accelerate both land acquisition and land redistribution. This programme witnessed a massive movement ...
Surviving in a Socio-Economic Crisis: Strategies of Low Income Urban Households in Dzivaresekwa: Zimbabwe
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)
For close to a decade, Zimbabwe has experienced a protracted socio-economic crisis. Although it is affecting both rural and urban areas, major forms of formal safety nets by the Government and Non-Governmental Organisations ...
Policy agenda-setting and the use of analytical agenda-setting models for school sport and physical education in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
This study focused on policy agenda-setting models for school sport and physical education in South Africa. The primary objective was to assess and propose options for improved agenda-setting by focussing on the use of ...
An Agrarian History of the Mwenezi District, Zimbabwe, 1980-2004
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
The thesis examines continuity and change in the agrarian history of the Mwenezi District, southern Zimbabwe since 1980. It analyses agrarian reforms, agrarian practices and development initiatives in the district and ...
Livelihoods and HIV /AIDS: a case study of Nhamoinesu Village, Zaka District, Zimbabwe
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
The Human Immune Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) isa pandemic that has worsened the plight of vulnerable communities and environments in Africa. It is estimated that 40,3 million adults and ...
Devolution and democratisation: policy processes and community-based natural resource management in Southern Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)
By presenting case studies from the village of Mahenye in Zimbabwe and the five villages of the Okavango Community Trust in Botswana, the study looks beyond the objectives, discourse and contests of policy and undertakes ...
Land dispossession and options for restitution and development: a case study of the Moletele Land Claim in Hoedspruit, Limpopo Province
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)
The study adopted qualitative research methods because the issues to be researched are complex social matters. The approach was three-pronged. Firstly, a desktop assessment of the claim was done. Secondly, semi-structured ...
Smallholder farmers response to changes in the farming environment in Gokwe-Kabiyuni, Zimbabwe
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
Following Bryceson's article, 'De-agrarianisation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Acknowledging the Inevitable', and other related writings in the volume Farewell to Farms, rural development has become a contested academic and ...