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Accumulation and differentiation: the dynamics of change in the large-scale commercial farming sector of South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
The general image of large-scale commercial farming in South Africa is one of technological dynamism and international competitiveness. However, such a generalisation obscures considerable differentiation in terms of size, ...
Cattle, commercialisation and land reform: dynamics of social reproduction and accumulation in Besters, KwaZulu-Natal
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
The thesis examines the processes of social differentiation amongst households living on farms transferred through South African land reform, and the degree to which the ‘commercialisation’ of the cattle economy accounts ...
Governing the intertidal subsistence fisheries in Mozambique: vulnerability, marginalization and policy mismatches case study of the district of Palma (The Province of Cabo Delgado)
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
Since the earlier 1970s the government of Mozambique has been carrying out legal, political, economic and institutional reforms which are culminating in the establishment of the current fisheries governance systems. An ...
Agrarian change and the fate of farmworkers : trajectories of strategic partnership and farm labour in Levubu Valley, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
This thesis examines the trajectories of agrarian change on community-owned commercial farms in the Levubu Valley in the northern part of Limpopo Province, South Africa. Levubu
is a locality where fertile land was developed ...
The livelihood impacts of commercialization in emerging small scale irrigation schemes in the Olifants catchment area of South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
This thesis examines livelihoods in the wake of agricultural commercialization under the Revitalization of Smallholder Irrigation Schemes (RESIS) Programme and similar revitalization initiatives within the Olifants River ...
The livelihood impacts of commercialization in emerging small-scale irrigation schemes in the Olifants catchment area of South Africa.
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
This thesis examines livelihoods in the wake of agricultural commercialization under the Revitalization of Smallholder Irrigation Schemes (RESIS) Programme and similar revitalization initiatives within the Olifants River ...
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 ...
Agricultural investments in the communal areas of the Eastern Cape: The impacts of joint ventures on livelihoods and land rights
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
A major and unresolved challenge facing South Africa’s post-apartheid government, is how best to overcome the historical injustices of land dispossession and the resultant poverty now found in the communal areas of the ...
Movement of Zimbabwean immigrants into, within and out of the farm labour market in Limpopo province South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
This thesis presents findings from ethnographic research conducted over a period of 17 months
in the Blouberg and Molemole local municipalities of Capricorn District in Limpopo province
with the aim of exploring mobility ...
A Comparative Study of Rural Water Governance in the Limpopo Basin
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
In this thesis I examine and explore whether and if Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) inspired water reforms respond to- and address the diverse realities of women and men in informal (and formal) rural economies ...