Browsing by Subject "South Africa"
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The Afterlife of Aid: An Ethnographic Study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(2021-03-15)Global health community-based interventions are habitually time-limited. Given their temporal nature, it is imperative to understand how these interventions impact, affect and shape people’s lives once these programs come ... -
Cultivating Contention: An Historical Inquiry into Agrarian Reform, Rural Oppression and Farm Attacks in the Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(2016-08-31)One of the most shocking post-apartheid developments for South Africa’s farming community has been the drastic increase in violent crime directed against white farmers – a phenomenon commonly known as farm attacks. ... -
Memories of the Border War: An Interpretive Analysis of White South African Defence Force Veteran Perspectives, 1966-1989
(2012-08-28)Through their stories, South African Defence Force (SADF) veterans of the Border War participate in the historical revival of South Africa’s involvement in the Angolan conflict, 1966-1989. Their engagement in the Border ... -
Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Finance in South Africa: Implications for private sector-led development
(2010-12-17)Efficient financing for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is important so that SMEs can grow and be sustainable. This thesis applies a qualitative approach informed by the concept of private sector-led development (PSD) ... -
Transgressive Fathering in J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace
(2022-08-22)This thesis examines David Lurie’s transgressive thoughts and behaviours in J.M. Coetzee’s Disgrace (1999) and draws conclusions about their function. Using Michel Foucault’s definition of transgression – which classifies ... -
Undefeated Ambition in an Unsympathetic Empire: the Kat River Settlement in the Cape Colony, 1853-1872
(2016-09-12)The Kat River Settlement, established in South Africa’s eastern Cape in 1829, became a place where Khoesan Christians built an independent outpost of respectable colonial society. The Settlement lost official and missionary ... -
Working with men to prevent and address violence against women: South African perspectives
(2014-08-22)With one of the highest prevalence rates in the world, violence against women is a critical issue in South Africa. Though efforts to respond to violence against women have traditionally focused on women’s behaviour, rights ...