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2D irregular strip packing at Kohler signs
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Kohler Signs (PTY) Ltd is a sign production company located in Cape Town, South Africa. They manufacture and install signs for the City of Cape Town and private companies as well as manufacture advertisement ... -
An analysis of the role of impact assessment legislation in facilitating sustainable development : a case study of Tanzania
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Please refer to full text for abstract. -
An analysis of the sustainability of the United States Government (USG) aid-funded non-governmental organisations (NGOS) in the Namibian health sector
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study researched the sustainability of USG aid-funded local NGOs in the Namibian health sector. The first objective of the study was to analyse the continuity of NGO operations and the likely ... -
An approach to human development in rural Western Cape with specific reference to farm workers
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Using the conceptual framework of the human development approach as proposed by Amartya Sen, this dissertation attempts to measure the absolute and relative development status of Western Cape farm ... -
Artikel 9C van die inkomstebelastingwet met spesiale verwysing na aktiewe en passiewe inkomste
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1998-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the Fifth Interim Report of the Katz Commission recommendations were made on a number of fundamental tax issues, including the distinction between the source and residence principle. The Commission ... -
Aspects of the economics of water management in urban settings in South Africa, with a focus on Cape Town
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Concerns about the sufficiency of freshwater supplies and the impact of water shortages have placed sustainable water management on the global agenda. This is particularly relevant in South Africa, a ... -
Assessing the validity of the Structure, Conduct and Performance paradigm as theoretical framework for the application of competition policy in the long-term insurance sector of South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the recent past the industrialised world bore witness to staggering growth in the secondary and tertiary sectors of the economy. In the face of this growth process economic theory had to confront ... -
The assessment and improvement of the health status of vulnerable and low income individuals in South Africa: an analysis using quantitative and experimental methods
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : More than two decades after the end of apartheid, inequalities in health across socioeconomic subgroups are still a pervasive and persistent trend. South Africa also faces a high burden of disease which ... -
An assessment of malaria prevention, diagnosis and treatment services in Uganda
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: Government, donor partners, and the private sector invest large amounts of financial resources annually in malaria prevention and care. Despite substantial spending on malaria prevention programmes by ... -
Balance sheet policies and financial stability : central banking reimagined
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Balance sheet policies have become the primary policy lever of several central banks in the wake of the international financial crisis. However, with inflated central bank balance sheets, and global ... -
Bamboo shoots : Asian migration, trade and business networks in South Africa
(Bureau for Economic Research, 2018)Interconnected business and trade routes, or “bamboo networks” have long been recognised as engines of growth in Asia. However, as Asian migration expands to Africa, what are their impact? This paper examines the links ... -
Bargaining competition and vertical mergers
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: Vertically related markets and vertical mergers are complex systems that comprise a number of distinct features. The modelling of such complex systems involves several modelling choices that affect the ... -
Barriers to private housing development in townships in the Western Cape
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Since 1994, the focus of the South African government on subsidy housing has resulted in 2.3 million housing units being built. But despite this achievement, the official housing backlog figure in 2010 ... -
The Bass diffusion model for communication technology globally and the economic factors that influence it
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Globally over the period 1995 to 2015 there has been an increase in the everyday use of mobile phones and the associated technologies that come with it, but this has led to a digital divide in skill and ... -
Behoeftes en waardes van kleurlingvroue ten opsigte van behuisingsomstandighede
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1980)AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: As gevolg van die geweldige behuisingstekort onder Kleurlinge in Wes-Kaapland en 'n toenemende ontplooing van Staatsprogramme ten opsigte van die beskikbaarstelling van behuising vir minder gegoede ... -
Belastingoorwegings om in gedagte te hou by samesmeltings en oornames van Suid-Afrikaanse maatskappye
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: TAX CONSIDERATIONS OF MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS During the past few years the South African business environment experienced a considerable increase in corporate mergers and acquisitions. At a corporate ... -
Beplanning van die verstedeliking van die Kleurlinggroep in Wes-Kaapland met spesiale verwysing na die Weskus
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1976)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Please see full text -
Black living standards in South Africa before democracy : new evidence from height
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2018)Very little income or wage data were systematically recorded about the living standards of South Africa’s black majority during much of the 20th century. We used four data sets to provide an alternative measure of living ... -
Black – and not offended
(ASSAf, 2020-07-10)This Commentary is a response to a Commentary published in the May/June 2020 issue: Nattrass N. Why are black South African students less likely to consider studying biological sciences? S Afr J Sci. 2020;116(5/6), Art. ... -
Cape Colony marriage in perspective
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Despite the importance of studying marriage patterns for a better understanding of colonial life, the subject has received little attention from a purely economic perspective. In his seminal work, European ...
