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Women entrepreneurship development in South Africa : Towards transformative innovation
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY: Women entrepreneurs represent a largely untapped resource for social and economic growth, yet the gender gap in entrepreneurship persists to date. Arguably, women hold a strong connection to their social ... -
Wealth mobility, familial ties and migration : evidence from the Cape of Good Hope panel
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : Mobility estimation is a means of quantifying how likely an individual is to improve their socio-economic status. Research concerning mobility has recently seen an upswing, mainly as a result of the rise ... -
Vehicle ownership for South Africa : developing a forecasting model and assessing household vehicle ownership
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This study provides details on the findings of an analysis of data on the South African vehicle population and data from the National Household Travel Survey conducted in 2013; an analysis to forecast ... -
Value-added tax : a critical analysis of input tax in respect of share issue costs
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY: The issue of shares is one of the main sources of finance used to start up or expand a business. Costs are incurred to facilitate the issue of shares in both the listed and private market. Value-added tax ... -
A systems perspective of basic education in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : South Africa has one of the highest measures of economic inequality and one of the worst performing basic education systems in the world. The majority of learners from poorer communities are attending ... -
A study of ethical fashion consumption
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The disastrous impacts of the fashion industry on the natural environment and society have come to light in recent years. As a result, some consumers expressly seek out fashion produced with environmental ... -
Stakeholder engagement in sustainable urban water management in the Accra Metropolis, Ghana
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Over the last two decades, the Accra metropolis has experienced rapid population, urbanisation and economic growth that threatened the sustainable management of water and sanitation systems to deliver ... -
A simulation model of an Ebola epidemic to investigate the effectiveness of intervention strategies
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : A significant increase in the number of lives lost and material damages were seen in the past decade caused by natural and man-made disasters. The complex and dynamic environment of a disaster response ... -
Short-term wind speed prediction using various forecasting methods
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : There is a significant challenge in finding ways to enhance energy security and decrease greenhouse gas emissions emanating from the consumption of non-renewable resources for energy. The release of ... -
The role of cooperatives on community development : the case of the Motloulela Farming Cooperative
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Most rural communities in South Africa struggle with poverty, unemployment and social collapse. To address these difficulties, many residents work collectively in cooperatives, united in the belief that ... -
Roads infrastructure funding and financing for Namibia : a case study of the national road network
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Namibia established a second-generation road fund with the aim of implementing a user-pays system by ensuring that road users pay for their consumption of road services. The national road network covers ... -
Relationships between training and firm performance for early industrializing economy : case of Tanzanian firms
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Industrialization is among the recent key economic moves for most African countries to maximize productivity and create sustainable jobs. With respect to that, countries design policies to strategically ... -
The relationship between authentic leadership, psychological empowerment, work engagement and team effectiveness
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The purpose of the present study is to determine the relationships between authentic leadership, psychological empowerment, employee work engagement and team effectiveness. An explanatory structural model ... -
Public-private partnerships as a delivery option for public schools in the Western Cape
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The Western Cape is currently experiencing a population explosion alongside rapid urbanisation. This places pressure on the provincial departments involved in the provision of public education infrastructure ... -
Psychological contract breach and the routes to counter-productive work behaviour amongst academics
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The high prevalence of counter-productive work behaviour among academics in institutions of higher learning in South Africa is widely reported. As such, studying its antecedents is critical. Knowledge ... -
Provincial Dietary Intake Study (PDIS) : energy and macronutrient intakes of children in a representative/random sample of 1–<10-year-old children in two economically active and urbanized provinces in South Africa
(2020-03)The double burden of malnutrition is still prevalent in South Africa, hence the importance of a dietary survey to identify risks of under- and over-nutrition. A multistage stratified cluster random sampling design was ... -
Projected naive bayes
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Naïve Bayes is a well-known statistical model that is recognised by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) as being among the top ten data mining algorithms. It performs classification ... -
Predicting a surgical site hospital acquired infection : a case study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : In this study a logistic regression model for a private healthcare group, was used to determine the predicted number of Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) of an operative procedure at a healthcare facility. ... -
Performance evaluation of agricultural coperatives in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The role of cooperatives and agricultural cooperatives in an economy is widely recognised as being a catalyst for inclusive growth and development. Despite the role played by cooperatives, their performance ... -
mSCOA : challenges of intergovernmental relations within cooperative government : a case study of Langeberg Municipality in the Western Cape
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Local government in South Africa faces many challenges since it was established as an independent sphere of government in 1996. This study investigates the challenges of intergovernmental relations within ...
