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Afrikaaps: A celebratory protest against the racialised hegemony of 'pure' Afrikaans
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT Afrikaaps is a multi-media (Becker and Oliphant, 2014) protest theatre production that has been
performed locally and internationally between 2010 and 2015. Afrikaaps, also termed ‘Vernacular
Spectacular’, ...
Struggle for urban citizenship in South Africa: Agency and politics in the Enkanini upgrading project, Stellenbosch
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: As the world becomes increasingly urban and urban conditions carry promises of a better life, significant categories of urban residents inhabit urban centres in cumulative insurgent processes of gaining ...
Negotiating labour insecurity : a case study of temporary off-farm workers in the deciduous fruit sector in Ceres
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis develops a socio-economic profile of temporary off-farm workers and examines how they negotiate labour insecurity in a context of high unemployment and casualisation of work. This is realised ...
Caregivers, care work and the limits of healthcare : an ethnographic exploration into practices of community-based HIV prevention, treatment and care in a resource-limited setting in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In just over a decade the South African government's response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic has
gone from a position that could be described as adversarial to rolling out and sustaining the largest
antiretroviral ...
The training, role and challenges of female peacekeepers : experiences of peacekeepers from the Zambia Police Service and the Zambia Army
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Since the 1990s, there has been a shift from state security to human security, which gave rise to a more people-centred approach to security. Within this context, feminist scholars started to advocate for ...
The Adam Tas student association and the tension between Afrikaans identity and transformation at Stellenbosch University
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: After 1994, transformation interventions in all sectors of South African society were needed to adequately address socio-economic disparities caused by apartheid policies. The objective of equalising ...
Environmental conflict and its resolution : the case of invasive alien species management in Cape Town, South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In a country as biologically diverse as South Africa, it is of critical importance to
ensure that effective invasive alien species (IAS) management strategies are in place.
The underlying though crucial ...
The changing face of Woodstock : a study of inner-city gentrification
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-04)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The term ‘gentrification’ was first coined by sociologist Ruth Glass in 1964 as she studied the
inner-city neighbourhoods of London. She found that neighbourhoods experiencing urban decay
would be ...
Evaluating the implementation of employment equity in a pharmaceutical company : a case study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This qualitative single case study explored the implementation of employment equity in a
pharmaceutical company referred to as Medco and the factors that played a role in that
regard. A case study design ...
The challenges of curbing corruption in a democracy : the case of the Public Protector and Nkandla
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Corruption as a global phenomenon has remained a recurring subject in development and nationbuilding
discussions, particularly in Africa. Across the continent, there is a growing concern about
the ...