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Faul, Andre Karel. "Biodiversity enhancement in Cape Flats urban habitats." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2823.
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Thesis (MSc (Conservation Ecology and Entomology))--University of Stellenbosc, 2005.Biodiversity is under enormous pressure from an increasing human population. Urbanisation, agriculture, and mining are just some of the factors responsible for the continuous degradation of the natural environment. Of these, urbanisation is one of the leading factors of diversity loss. To address this problem, it is necessary to understand the relationship between biodiversity and urban areas, as well as the relationship between society and biodiversity. This study focuses on these relationships and suggest ways in which urban biodiversity can be maximised without compromising on development. In order to create an urban environment that successfully supports maximised biodiversity, new methods and ideas must be developed to promote the protection of urban ecosystems. The Cape Floristic Region in South Africa is a good example of an area that requires immediate action in order to prevent enormous losses in biodiversity. Data have shown drastic decreases in natural vegetation cover in this area, and with its close to 9000 species, of which approximately 60% occurs nowhere else in the world. This state of affairs should be regarded as a serious crisis. This study consists of three main parts, the first being a literature review on the current relationships between the urban environment, society, and biodiversity. The second and third parts report on two empirical investigations on the campus of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Stellenbosch in the City of Cape Town. The first of these investigates the possibility of using spirituality connected to nature as a promotional tool for conservation through rehabilitation or restoration of damaged urban vegetation habitats. For this purpose students’ and staff members’ opinions of the urban nature at the campus were tested. In the second investigation the options of restoring biodiversity to the campus was considered by exploring the best options available for rehabilitation while taking the current biodiversity status on and around the premises into account. This was carried out through three smaller projects that included the physical reintroduction of plant species, vegetation analysis, and bird identification and attraction. The response of employees and students at the Faculty of Health Sciences was found to be in favour of restoring vegetation and animal life to the campus. This is supported by a belief that their attitude towards their work would improve with improved natural surroundings. Initial rehabilitation attempts highlighted the complexity of rehabilitation practices by bringing forward challenges and problems experienced with the reintroduction of plant species. Despite these problems, increased plant diversity in experimental areas showed the possibility of successfully completing the project. Biodiversity analysis showed that methods of controlling vegetation used by the university are doing more harm than good, as it results in indigenous vegetation being displaced by exotic vegetation. This study introduces a number of questions regarding the relationship between urbanisation and biodiversity and to what extent the two should be linked. Hopefully it is a step in the direction towards marrying the urban and natural environment, and to create a sustainable urban environment where society no longer sees nature as something outside the city boundaries.
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Friedling, Louise J. "Dental modification practices on the Cape Flats in the Western Cape." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26627.
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The people living on the Cape Flats in the Western Cape have been practicing dental modification for a number of years. A systematic survey of eight adjoining areas in the Northern suburbs was done to investigate the prevalence, motivation and possible historical time depth of this practice. The survey was conducted by means of a questionnaire. A total of 2167 individuals participated in this study of which 41 % had modified their teeth. More males (44.8%) than females (37.9%) were involved in this practice. Residential area and pay class had an impact on dental modification practices as the incidence increased within lower income areas. Six styles of modification were identified, of these; the removal of the upper four incisors (style 400) was often the style of choice (93. 7%). There were four stated reasons (peer pressure, fashion, gangsterism and medical/other) for dental modification of which peer pressure (in males) and fashion (in females) were the most popular. Dentists did most of the extractions. Three quarters of the entire study sample had family members with dental modifications. More than half (69.8%) of individuals with modifications wore dentures. Not only coloured people were modifying their teeth, some study subjects who had self-classified themselves as black or white also practiced it.
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Sitoyi, Zandisile Mawethu. "Teacher and learner experiences of violence in a cape flats school, Western Cape." University of the Western Cape, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7957.
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Magister Educationis - MEdThis study aimed to ascertain in what ways violence and crime influence the teaching and learning programme in schools in a disadvantaged community. The context is a primary school in an informal settlement in Samora Machel, Philippi, in the Cape Flats, where violence is endemic. The study shows that violence does not occur in school playgrounds and areas around the school only; classrooms are becoming common sites for violence. This study sought to establish teacher and learner experiences of violence at school, and the role of school management and parents in dealing with it, with a specific focus on school policies on discipline and how violence affects teaching and learning. The investigation also included learner behaviour during recess.
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Hitchcock, Stephen. "Cape (of no) Flats : a new landscape of experience." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24375.
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Kilian, Kay-Leigh. "What environmental variables limit Typha expansion in Cape Flats wetlands?" Bachelor's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26384.
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The explosive expansion of Typha capensis into the wetlands of the Cape Flats has resulted in decreased species diversity and habitat value. Several initiatives to control this expansion have had varied success and management of wetlands dominated by T. capensis remains a challenge. For effective rehabilitation, one needs to understand what the problem is and its origin before any action can be taken. This study aims to determine whether there are any factors that limit the expansion of T. capensis that may be used in rehabilitation efforts, with the hypothesis being that the distribution of T. capensis is determined primarily by hydrology, salinity and nutrients such that wetlands with T. capensis or specific T. capensis stands will have stable hydrological regimes, moist soils, low salinities and high nutrients. Six wetlands in Rondevlei with varying dominance of T. capensis, ranging from not having any to being dominated by the plant, were examined. Wetlands were classified into types depending on their dominance of T. capensis, with Typha dominant, Mixed and No Typha wetland types. In each wetland soil cores were taken to represent the main vegetation types, focusing on T. capensis, Ficinia nodosa and Isolepis rubicunda. These three species comprise the dominant species of the three vegetation types that were measured, with T. capensis forming its own group and then rush-like and mat-like vegetation types respectively. Environmental variables like hydrology were observed by field visits at the end of summer and in winter/spring, and the soils were analyzed in the laboratory for salinity, pH and nutrients.
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Pearse, Noel. "The coping patterns of the unemployed on the Cape Flats." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14060.
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Bibliography: leaves 224-256.For the purpose of this study, two criteria were utilised to identify a person as being unemployed: someone who is part of the economically active population by virtue of his or her age; but does not fully participate in the formal economic sector. It could be argued that such a definition of unemployment is far too broad, and would include the entire informal economy. But, firstly, this is a psychological study, and so it could be argued that a recognition criterion is appropriate. That is, psychologically speaking, if an individual perceives him or herself to be unemployed, but does not meet all the economic criteria to be defined as such, the case merits exploration, since his or her self-identification with the unemployed could lead to the same psychological response as that of the economically defined unemployed person. Consequently, more economically precise definitions, though informative, are not vital for this study. Secondly, as will be explained later, this study is exploratory in nature, examining the coping patterns of the unemployed. A broader definition would provide a larger research domain which could then include more unusual experiences of unemployment. These unusual cases may provide insights into how less effective copers could learn to cope more effectively with unemployment. This is the rationale for including some individuals who are involved in the informal economy. Someone employed on a regular, virtually full-time basis in the informal economy is more employed than unemployed and it would be difficult to justify his or her inclusion in an unemployed sample. On the other hand, those individuals who are active in the informal economy on an irregular, part-time basis, or on a small scale, and use this activity as a means of trying to cope with unemployment, could be included in such a sample. On the basis of regularity of payment by "employer", number of hours worked per day, and number of days worked per week, cut-off points were established to determine who in the informal economy would be included in this study. A series of questions were asked at the start of an interview, to establish that a prospective interviewee met certain criteria before being included in the sample.
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Dos, Reis Karen Marion. "The influence of gangsterism on the morale of educators on the Cape Flats, Western Cape." Thesis, [S.l. : s.n.], 2007. http://dk.cput.ac.za/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1042&context=td_cput.
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Govender, Kamal. "The effect of development on seasonal wetlands on the Cape Flats, Western Cape, South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14638.
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 101-113).Seven decades ago, the pre-eminent limnologist, Miss Edith Stephens described the Cape Flats as "a paradise for the aquatic biologist". At that time the area was characterised by numerous temporary or seasonal wetlands that filled and dried in concert with the seasons. Since Miss Stephen's observations, the number of seasonal wetlands on the Cape Flats has dwindled alarmingly and very few remain. This dissertation attempts to account for this and provide guidance for the management of the remaining seasonal wetlands. The dissertation shows how development (characterised by the urban and agricultural land-use) has radically altered the nature of seasonal wetlands and that Typha capensis can be used as an indicator of the ecological value or integrity of these wetlands. Two case studies have been selected to test this premise. The various interrelationships between vegetation, hydrology, nutrients, land-use and ecological value are explored and the proliferation of wetland communities of Typha capensis is shown to be an indicator of negative impacts on seasonal wetlands. The literature review indicates that the proliferation of Typha capensis signifies a decline in habitat diversity and biodiversity (species richness). Typha capensis has been shown to be influenced by streamflow and nutrient input (the plant thrives in shallow areas, permanently inundated with nutrient-rich waters). Therefore, changes to the total area occupied by Typha capensis can be used to illustrate how development has affected the hydrology, habitat diversity, biodiversity and ecological value of seasonal wetlands. The primary source of information was aerial photography, of varying scales, dated from the early 1940s to 2000 and acquired from the Department of Land Affairs: Land Surveys and Mapping. Identifying, mapping and interpreting land-use changes and changes to Typha capensis formed the basis of the research. Water chemistry information, obtained from the Scientific Services Department of the City of Cape Town, and an extensive literature review supplemented the photographic information. Zeekoevlei / Rondevlei wetland and the Khayelitsha wetlands are used as case studies. Together they have been affected by a significant range of impacts generated by different manifestations of development including Wastewater Treatment Works, high-income residential areas, catchment hardening, manipulation of drainage patterns, informal settlement, informal grazing, agricultural runoff and horticultural market gardens. The pattern of land-use change within the selected wetlands' catchments (Lotus River catchment and Kuils River catchment), the impacts of the observed land-use changes, and the impacts to Zeekoevlei / Rondevlei and the Khayelitsha wetlands with respect to seasonality, Typha capensis and ecological value are presented and discussed in detail. In general, urban areas have increased over time to dominate the two catchments. Agricultural areas were consolidated into a few areas while the areas of open space diminished rapidly. Surface and stormwater runoff from "hardened" catchments, irrigation of farmland, and treated effluent from Wastewater Treatment Works all drastically increased, In addition, the concomitant influx of nutrients (nitrates, nitrites and phosphorus) polluted the rivers and wetlands, making them eutrophic and promoting the proliferation of large stands of Typha capensis. The impact of these changes was the loss of seasonality, habitat diversity and biodiversity. Specific recommendations are made for the long term management of Zeekoevlei, Rondevlei and the Khayelitsha wetlands. The proposed management strategy is based on selected management objectives i.e. what is the wetland being managed for? It might not be possible to fully rehabilitate them to a pristine state but management as recreational areas, conservation areas and even educational areas is possible. Key points of the recommended management plans include: * maintaining the winter drawdowns at Zeekoevlei / Rondevlei; * implementation of a dredging and Typha clearing programme; * strategically placed reed beds to purify inflow; * a fire programme for the Khayelitsha wetlands; and * instating an environmental awareness course at the Khayelitsha wetlands. The importance of an Integrated Catchment Management Plan is emphasised. Catchments should be managed as a whole, recognising the relationships between planning, land-use and water resources.
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Adelana, Segun Michael Adegboyega. "Groundwater resource evaluation and protection in the Cape Flats, South Africa." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2010. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_5620_1298543516.
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The analysis of geologic, hydrologic and hydrogeologic data interpreted to give the characteristics of the Cape Flats aquifer showed the quality of groundwater from the aquifer is suitable for development as a water resource. The conceptual model of the Cape Flats sand shows an unconfined sandy aquifer, grading into semi-confined conditions in some places where thick lenses of clay and peat exists. Recharge rates through the saturated zone of the Cape Flats aquifer have been determined by water table fluctuation (WTF), rainfall-recharge relationship, soil water balance and chloride mass balance methods (CMB). Recharge rates using the WTF vary considerably between wet and dry years and between locations, with a range of 17.3% to 47.5%. Values obtained from empirical rainfall-recharge equation (method 2) agree with those of the WTF. Recharge estimates from the water balance model are comparatively lower but are within the range calculated using empirical method 2 (i.e. 87 &ndash
194 mm or 4 &ndash
21% of MAP). These recharge rates also agree with estimates from the series of other methods applied to sites located in the north-western coast of Western Cape and are comparable to recharge rates obtained elsewhere in the world.
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Herschell, Emily. "The Cape Flats Urban Park : guidelines for multifunctional open space planning." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8745.
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Bibliography: leaves 110-120.Over time, the lack of coherent thought concerning the potential roles of urban open spaces has resulted in the necessity of urban management to become vigilant with regard to the collective aspects of city life. Urban open spaces are especially significant in this regard. In giving attention to the scale, continuity, distribution and status of public open space in Cape Town and indeed, in all South African urban centres, developing the role of public spaces in the lives of the urban poor is especially crucial. This study examines the concept of the ability of multifunctional urban open space in playing the role of a socio-economic developmental tool. In this endeavour, two fundamental approaches are used. The first investigates the significance of open space and examines the history of open space and park development. Cases of successful park developments are presented so as to identify central conceptual ideas and certain key success factors. The second uses a local park proposal, the Cape Flats Urban Park, as an instrument with which to explore the concept. This involves integrating the notions of natural process needs and human needs so as to inform use. Accordingly, a natural systems analysis discovers the particular ecological needs of the area through factors of opportunity and constraint and a potential park user analysis discovers the characteristics and needs of human users, in order to discern what role the urban park could play in enabling socio-economic development and improving quality of life. Consequently, resultant guidelines for planning successful multifunctional open spaces are summarised, and further considerations and guiding principles for multifunctional open space planning are presented. These insights are applied and determine broad distributional tendencies, which may assist towards the creation of a successful plan for the Cape Flats Urban Park and other open spaces. The procedure in which these investigations were followed through was primarily through an extensive literature survey, supplemented by personal observation, map surveys and informal interviews. The findings of this study endorse the proposal for a multifunctional Cape Flats Urban Park, as this park could play conservation, resource preservation, flood control, productive, economic, ceremonial, cultural, educational, health improving, recreational and community-building roles. As such, urban open spaces have the potential to become multifaceted resources, with both intangible and tangible benefits for nature and for people, all of which can improve the quality of life for city dwellers, by improving the quality of the environment in which they live.
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Aza-Gnandji, Cocou Davis Ruben. "Salinity of irrigation water in the Philippi farming area of the cape flats, Cape Town, South Africa." University of the Western Cape, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/2921.
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Magister Scientiae - MScThis research investigated the nature, source and the spatial variation of the salinity of the water used for irrigation in the urban farming area of Philippi, which lies in the Cape Flats region of the Cape Town Metropolitan Area, South Africa. The irrigation water is mainly drawn from the Cape Flats aquifer, and pumped into ponds for eventual crop irrigation. Water samples were collected in summer and in winter from fifteen selected sites using standard water sampling procedures. Each site consisted of one borehole and one pond. The samples were routinely analyzed for salinity levels, and concentrations of major and minor ions. From the same boreholes and ponds, water was sampled in summer for isotope analysis to assess effects of evaporation on the water quality and salinity. Descriptive statistics were used to display the variation in range of specific ions in order to compare them with the recommended ranges. Geographical Information Systems analysis described the spatial distribution of the salinity across the study area, and hydrogeochemical analysis characterized the various waters and detected similarities between the water samples in the study area and other waters found in the Cape Flats region. In addition, the US salinity diagram classification of irrigation water developed by Richards (1954) was used to assess the current suitability of groundwater and pond water samples collected during the entire sampling period for irrigation activities. The research indicated that the concentrations of some ions such as chloride, nitrate, potassium and sodium exceeded in places in the study area, the target range values set by the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF, 1996) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (Ayers and Westcot, 1985). It revealed that borehole and pond water were mostly brackish across the area regarding their total dissolved salts content, and fresh water was only found in the middle part of the study area. The research found that sea water does not intrude into the aquifer of the study area, and the accumulation of salts in groundwater and soil in the study area is mainly due to the agricultural activities and partially due to the natural movement of water through the geological formation of the Cape Flats region. The conceptual model of the occurrence of the salinization process supported these findings. From this investigation it is understood that the groundwater and pond water in the study area were generally suitable for irrigation purposes but they have to be used with caution as the vegetables are classified as sensitive and moderately sensitive to salt according to DWAF Irrigation water guidelines (1996). The quality of these waters was mainly affected by the land use activities.
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Bangani, Zandile. "‘Taking hold’ of mobile phone stories in a Cape Flats reading club." University of the Western Cape, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6931.
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Magister Artium - MAThis ethnographically-orientated intervention explored how members of a Cape Flats reading club “took hold” (Street, 2009) of digital literacy in their engagement with online fictional stories accessed by a mobile phone. The Masifunde reading club takes place inside the premises of a church located in one of the most impoverished and resource-constrained communities on the outskirts of Cape Town. The club is connected to a bigger sets of clubs under the Nal’ibali reading-for-enjoyment campaign seeking to create nurturing spaces for learning by introducing children to literacy through story-telling. I wanted to diversify and increase the literacy material available by introducing mobile phones to the club. This research paper is theoretically grounded in the New Literacy Studies (NLS) framework which argues that the social turn and digital turn to literacy have transformed literacy. I adopted an ethnographic approach to literacy in order to understand how mobile reading is ‘taken hold’ of within an already established activities of the club which are conceptualized using Goffman’s (1983) “interaction order”. Goffman’s (1983) “interaction order” was used to map the established print-based interaction order and then to examine the practices of reading online fiction and the materiality of the mobile phone as taken hold of within this interaction order. The notion of ‘taking hold’ of was further extended to reveal the ways in which mobile stories were resemiotized in the shared practices of the club members. The introduction of mobile phones is viewed within Prinsloo’s (2005) “placed resources” concept that pays attention to the specificity of the context in how the phone was taken hold of. What is more, through Goffman’s (1956) back stage and front stage concept, I was able to trace using Ker’s (2005) “text-chain” concept, how interactions in the back region WhatsApp group chat moved across space-time to the front stage interactions in the Saturday club event. This revealed the ways in which the uses and valuing of the phone changed across these spaces, with the phone being naturalised in the back stage, but being treated as a difficult object in the front stage sessions by the volunteers, while the children took up the phones in easy ways consistent with the existing interaction order and therefore as placed resources. The study reveals that triumphalist claims about uptake of digital technologies in resource-poor contexts and dismal internet connectivity need to be treated with caution.
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Ismail, Reedwaan. "Development of a normative model for cultural tourism on the Cape Flats." Thesis, [S.l. : s.n.], 2008. http://dk.cput.ac.za/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1016&context=td_cput.
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Cosford, Quintin. "Early identification of learning disability in children of the Cape Flats area." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17076.
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Bibliography: pages 287-309.There is a need for time-efficient screening assessment, preliminary to diagnostic evaluation, in order to identify learning disability children attending schools in the Cape Flats area. This practical issue needs to be addressed despite the controversy that rages concerning the theoretical aspects of learning disability, its problematic measurement issues and the confusion of research findings in the field. Three main issues are implicated when addressing this problem: (i) the theoretical controversy pertaining to the concept of learning disability. (ii) the theoretical issues concerning measurement and test theory related to the screening and prediction of learning disability. (iii) the practical issue of the validity and accuracy of a rating scale (in this research the Pupil Rating Scale) in relation to a standardized test used as a control (in this research the Aptitude Test for School Beginners). A literature survey indicated that the controversy pertaining to the field of learning disability is largely attributable to the lack of precise definition of the concept which affects research methodology and the interpretation of results. Using a psychological-educational definition of learning disability and attempting to avoid the methodological shortcomings of previous research, the present study adopted a longitudinal predictive approach to screening pupils of the Cape Flats area. These pupils all attended schools for the population group, designated Coloured (mixed blood) in South Africa.
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Mauck, Benjamin Alan. "The capacity of the Cape Flats aquifer and its role in water sensitive urban design in Cape Town." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27293.
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There is growing concern that South Africa's urban centres are becoming increasingly vulnerable to water scarcity due to stressed surface water resources, rapid urbanisation, climate change and increasing demand for water. Furthermore, South Africa is a water-stressed country with much of its surface water resources already allocated to meet current demands. Therefore, in order to meet the future urban water supply requirements, countries like South Africa will need to consider alternative forms of water management that focus on moving towards sustainability in urban water management. WSUD is one such approach that aims to prioritise the value of all urban water resources through reuse and conservation strategies, and the diversification of supply sources. This study investigates the capacity of the Cape Flats Aquifer (CFA), assessing the feasibility of implementing Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) as a strategy for flood prevention and supplementing urban water supply. The implementation of MAR on the CFA aims to facilitate the transition towards sustainable urban water management through the application Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) principles. The fully-integrated MIKE SHE model was used to simulated the hydrological and hydrogeological processes of the CFA in Cape Town at a regional-scale. Using the results of the regional-scale model, four sites were selected for more detailed scenario modelling at a local-scale. Several MAR scenarios were simulated to evaluate the aquifer's response to artificial recharge and abstraction under MAR conditions. The first objective was to evaluate the feasibility of summer abstractions as a flood mitigation strategy at two sites on the Cape Flats prone to winter groundwater flooding, viz. Sweet Home and Graveyard Pond informal settlements. The second objective of the study was to assess the storage potential and feasibility of MAR at two sites in the south of the Cape Flats, at Philippi and Mitchells Plain. In addition, the migration of solute pollutants from the injected or infiltrated stormwater was simulated and climate change simulations were also undertaken to account for potential fluctuations in rainfall and temperature under climate change conditions. The results indicated that flood mitigation on the Cape Flats was possible and was likely to be most feasible at the Graveyard Pond site. The flood mitigation scenarios did indicate a potential risk to local groundwater dependent ecosystems, particularly at the Sweet Home site. Yet, it was shown that a reduction in local groundwater levels may have ecological benefits as many of the naturally occurring wetlands on the Cape Flats are seasonal, where distinct saturated and unsaturated conditions are required. Furthermore, MAR was shown to improve the yield of wellfields at Philippi and Mitchells Plain through the artificial recharge of stormwater while also reducing the risk of seawater intrusion. MAR was shown to provide a valuable means of increasing groundwater storage, improving the supply potential of the CFA for water supply while aiding the prevention or mitigation of the seasonal flooding that occurs on the Cape Flats. Furthermore, the case was made that MAR is an important strategy to assist the City of Cape Town in achieving its WSUD objectives. MAR and groundwater considerations, in general, are essential for the successful implementation of WSUD, without which, there is an increased risk of overlooking or degrading urban groundwater resources. The findings of this study resulted in a number of recommendation to urban water resources managers, planners and policy makers. First, MAR is an important means for Cape Town to move towards becoming a truly water sensitive city. This study indicated that the CFA should be incorporated as an additional source of water supply for Cape Town especially considering the recent drought conditions and due to its ability for the seasonal storage of water, this would improve the city's resilience to climate change. Furthermore, it was recommended that the application of MAR on the CFA could also be used to reduce groundwater related flooding on the Cape Flats. Second, it was emphasised that urban planning, using WSUD principles is essential for the protection of the resource potential of the CFA. Finally, for the implementation of WSUD and MAR to be successful, there needs to be appropriate policy development alongside the implementation of these strategies to ensure they are achieving their initial objectives and are not causing detriment to the aquifer.
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Matthews, Waseem. "Multimodality and negotiation of Cape Flats identity in selected Daily Voice front pages." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2009. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_4688_1315294286.
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This thesis explores the social semiotic relationship of visual and verbal signs of the Daily Voice tabloid as a way to show how the social context influences meaning of the signs used in its multimodal frontpages. The Daily Voice tabloid largely uses Kaapse English/ Afrikaans as spoken by Coloureds on the Cape Flats on its frontpages rather than standard English or standard Afrikaans associated with White people. The study assumes that the meaning constructed by and through the verbal and visual signs on the Daily Voice frontpages is interdependent on the relationship the multimodal texts have with the largely Cape Flats readership. This study maintains the importance of the idea of the localisation of meaning in socio-cultural specific contexts throughout. I conclude that Kress and Van Leeuwen&rsquo
s (1996/2006) design could be extended beyond Westernised contexts and that marginalised discourses such as those unique to the Cape Flats are not static, but indeed dynamic. I also extend the appraisal theory by Martin and White (2005) to marginalised bilingual discourse and establish that Appraisal theory can be used to not only evaluate verbal discourse but also that visual discourse needs to be considered as a tool within the appraisal framework. I also conclude by suggesting a monolectal view of Kaapse English/Afrikaans discourse. That is, the meaning potential of Kaapse English/Afrikaans by Cape Flats speakers would be lost if perceived or analysed as emanating from two languages, (White) English and (White) Afrikaans. Therefore the conclusion is that the Daily Voice uses Kaapse English/Afrikaans as is used in Cape Flats socio-cultural contexts to construct meaning-making options across its frontpages.
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Finn, Peter Alexander. "Interlanguage, language shift and phonological change in the development of Cape Flats English." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.403059.
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Malan, Karen Cecile. "Oral narratives of personal experience : a developmental sociolinguistic study of Cape Flats children." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3606.
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Brown, Justin. "Focusing and diffusion in 'Cape Flats English': a sociophonetic study of three vowels." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12078.
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This research contributes to the wider fields of sociophonetics and the social dialectology of English in South Africa. The study looks at three vowel sets; GOOSE, BATH and KIT taken from Wells (1982). The study was designed to identify and attempt to explain potential differences in pronunciation amongst speakers in an English-speaking community living in Cape Town and classified as 'Coloured' during apartheid. The community in question has used English as their first language for several generations and has enjoyed some of the economic advantages attached to this while at the same time being the victims (historically) of discrimination and marginalization. The study looks at the speech of twenty speakers. Using the methods of variationist sociolinguistics, it aims to investigate what correlations can be drawn between these speakers. It examines whether the speech of the informants can be correlated along lines of social class, education, personal background and occupation. In addition, the study looks (albeit briefly) at issues of language usage and social identity with regard to these twenty speakers.
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Davids, Bianca. "Somewhere there's a silver lining : women's experiences of infertility on the Cape Flats." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14705.
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 286-297).In the communities of the Cape Flats, it is expected that all women will bear children and become mothers. Motherhood serves as a social and cultural indicator of femininity and enables women to access social and economic networks that knit them into community. The social and cultural valorization of motherhood in these communities has informed the powerful stigmatization of infertility (or the involuntary nonconformance to motherhood). The stigma associated with infertility affects women in particular, because the inability to bear children is commonly perceived to be a woman's problem. This study explores the cultural constructions of infertility. It examines in particular, the diverse cultural meanings and the stigma associated with infertility. The examination of these cultural meanings challenges the notion that infertility should only be examined in the biomedical realm. My research was conducted over a seven month period with six infertile women and with women who have borne children from different areas on the Cape Flats. The infertile women were the primary informants. Other informants included the mothers with whom the focus group was conducted and specialist informants who were healthcare professionals. The participants were recruited through the primary health care clinic in Manenberg, the network of community newspapers, The Daily Voice and through my own social network. Qualitative research methods were used. The study also used participatory research methods involved because the participants played an active role in the construction of the research process and interview schedules. The primary information used was obtained from in-depth interviews and journals kept by the infertile women. For comparative purposes, a focus group was conducted with a group of mothers. The study illustrates that on the Cape Flats, infertility is constructed as a major cultural and social problem for women. The stigma attached to infertility draws its power from the social and cultural meanings associated with inability of infertile women to live up to the expectation that every adult woman will become a mother. The effects of the social stigma of infertility are especially profound. As I show, bio-medicine does offer some solution, but only to the few who can afford it.
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Field, Sean. "The power of exclusion : moving memories from Windermere to the Cape Flats 1920s - 1990s." Thesis, University of Essex, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.337834.
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Harraway, Trevor John. "Chemical characterisation of landfill leachate and its potential mobility through the Cape Flats sand." Thesis, University of Cape Town, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26218.
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Giljam, Rhys. "The effect of the Cape Flats Aquifer on the water quality of False Bay." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6476.
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Bibliography: leaves 71-79.The aim of this project was to investigate the effect that the Cape Flats Aquifer, situated on the north shore of False Bay, is having on the water quality of the bay. Following increased development on the Cape Flats, the risk of the aquifer becoming contaminated has increased as it is situated below the informal settlement of Khayelitsha (where there is poor sanitation) and the Philippi agricultural area (where fertilisers are widely used).
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Mehlomakulu, Mandla. "The Influence of urban development on the water chemistry of the Cape Flats aquifer." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10832.
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Includes bibliographical references.Large quantities of water are available in the Cape Flats sandy aquifer in the Western Cape. Local industrial, agricultural, domestic and urban development activities are known to be potential polluters of this water through infiltration of wastewater, because of the unconfined nature of the aquifer. In order to determine the potential of the water in the aquifer, fifteen water samples from the Cape Flats were analysed and geochemically assessed prior to their qualify being evaluated in terms of future use in domestic, irrigation and industrial activities.
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Harding, William R. "The ecology of some urban-impacted coastal vleis on the Cape Flats near Cape Town, with special reference to phytoplankton periodicity." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8492.
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Bibliography: leaves 191-196.This thesis stemmed initially from the author's desire to investigate the phytoplankton assemblages of the freshwater vleis of the Cape Peninsula. This aspect of the limnology of the Cape Flats vleis has received only scant attention by other researchers (over 40 years ago), and no comprehensive studies of their seasonal phytoplankton periodicities had been attempted. The paucity of information regarding the phytoplankton of the winter-rainfall, Mediterranean-climatic systems of the Cape Peninsula was found to not only be limited to South Africa. The literature survey undertaken for this study (Chapter 1) revealed•a general lack of information for shallow, nutrient-enriched, coastal systems, with virtually no data available for coastal systems in winter-rainfall regions. The thesis includes a description not only of the phytoplankton, but also of the limnology of each vlei as they are currently understood; this information is synthesized in Chapters 2 and 3 and collates all the available information accumulated by the Cape Town City Council (CCC) since it commenced monitoring of both vleis almost a decade ago. These chapters also contain details of the available bibliography for each system and form the first compilation of the available data for these waters. The inclusion of these chapters enabled comparisons to be made between the water chemistry regimes during the current study with those prevailing during earlier years. During the course of the study the author came across other pertinent aspects of each vlei which necessitated sub-investigations. The details of these are also included in the limnological chapters.
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Beeton, Hilary Jane. "Nature and meaning of occupation for young men with tetraplegia living on the Cape Flats." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26578.
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In this qualitative study, in-depth interviews with three young men with tetraplegia, who have resumed living in their pre-injury environments on the Cape Flats, were used to uncover the meanings they attach to their everyday occupations. The aim of the study was to gain a deeper understanding of the nature and meaning of their occupations. Themes which emerged from an inductive analysis of the data: "It's a boring life", "Feeling trapped" and "Struggling to find a way", indicated that the most prevalent experience of occupation, was its limited and monotonous repertoire. Contextual barriers served to restrict opportunities for meaningful occupation. However, tentative meaning making through occupational strategies was evident. Occupations supporting meaningful relationships were highly valued in the absence of physical capacity. The contribution of occupation to re-defining self identity following a major life disruption, was discovered in relation to the themes. The findings have implications for clinical practice aimed at enabling occupation and for policy development.
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MacMaster, Llewellyn L. M. "In search of a family : the challenge of gangsterism to faith communities on the Cape Flats." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/3986.
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Thesis (DTh (Practical Theology and Missiology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Gangsterism, as described in this study, is a serious problem. It has deep historical roots in Cape town has developed into a kind of ‘resident evil’ that rears its ugly head time and again, despite several efforts by state organs to crush it. The study was not attempted as a thorough and in-depth research on gangs as such. The main research question was: How do faith communities, in particular Christian churches, respond to the challenges of gangsterism on the Cape Flats. The research gives an overview of gangsterism as a global phenomenon and how it specifically manifests and presents itself within the context of the Cape Flats of Cape Town. The discussion of gangsterism deliberately wanted to dispel the notion that there are quick-fix solutions to gangsterism. People of faith should guard against superficial analyses and over-simplification of social issues, including gangsterism, poverty and unemployment. With this in mind, the research has traced the historical origins of gangsterism in Cape Town, highlighting various socio-political, economic as well as cultural and personal factors that contributed to the formation and establishment of street gangs. It was also noted how some of these factors still exist in postapartheid South Africa and continue to provide fertile ground for gangsterism to continually raise its ugly head in communities on the Cape Flats. It was important to note that many gangs have evolved from ordinary street gangs to sophisticated, high-profile crime syndicates that have built strongholds in poor communities. This furthermore underlines the fact that there are not quick-fix solutions to gangsterism as if it is only a few youngsters causing trouble that should be sorted out [Chapter 2]. Faith communities on the Cape Flats have come a long way themselves. These communities have shown an incredible resilience in the face of many challenges as a result of socio-political factors. It is therefore important to discuss some of the elements that contributed to this resilience as the research explores the nature of the ecclesiology that has developed over a period of time. What transpired is that the ecclesiology under discussion is dynamic, not static in nature. The type of ecclesiology on the Cape Flats may be called a social-systemic ministry of inter-contextual presence. It is responsive to the social context, and is kept alive by the context with a huge emphasis on orthopraxy rather than orthodoxy. The situation on the Cape Flats requires a missional ecclesiology as faith communities are challenged to continuously involve themselves in the mission dei. While reaching out to the world, faith communities are also called iv upon to be open, practicing hospitality as they welcome gangsters and ex-gangsters into their spaces of worship [Chapter 3]. The next question to explore is: What kind of pastoral care is needed when faith communities on the Cape Flats have to deal with the challenge of gangsterism and other social phenomena like poverty, unemployment and substance-abuse? In order to answer this question, it was necessary to trace back the development of pastoral care and counseling over many centuries. Learning from these historical developments, a communal-contextual paradigm for pastoral care was chosen as a base theory. This choice indicates a move away from individual care with a focus on the human “self” to a hermeneutics of systemic, public care and compassionate presence. Some of the elements of this kind of care is discussed which include contextuality, as well as the eco-systemic, hermeneutical, anthropological, relational and public nature of pastoral care. It is also important that pastoral care operates and is practiced inter-disciplinary in order to provide the best possible help to care-seekers. The final question that is posed is: How different is the care that faith communities provide from the care of any other welfare agency or non-governmental organization (NGO)? In order to link an eco-systemic and social hermeneutic paradigm to the theology of presence of God within communal and contextual systems, a pneumatological approach to theory formation in pastoral care is proposed. Pastoral care has to offer more than behavioural and social sciences, because we believe that the salvation and grace it offers are good news to people. Pastoral care offers not only comfort and consolation, but also transformation (change and growth) and the fostering of a mature faith and spirituality by means of Scripture, prayer and the sacraments within the communion sanctorum, the familia dei.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Gangsterisme, soos dit in hierdie studie beskryf word, is ‘n ernstige probleem. Dit het diep historiese wortels in Kaapstad, wat met die verloop van tyd ontwikkel het in ‘n tipe ‘plaaslike euwel’ wat gereeld kop uitsteek, ten spyte van talle pogings deur staatsorganisasies om dit uit te roei. Die studie is nie aangepak met die doel om ‘n deeglike en in diepte navorsing te wees op bendes as sodanig nie. Die hoof navorsingsvraag was: Hoe reageer geloofsgemeenskappe, meer spesifiek Christelike kerke, op die uitdagings van gangsterisme op die Kaapse Vlakte? ‘n Oorsig word gegee van gangsterisme as ‘n wêreldwye verskynsel en hoe dit spesifiek manifesteer en voorkom in die konteks van die Kaapse Vlakte van Kaapstad. Die bespreking van gangsterisme stel ten doel om die idee te verwerp dat eenvoudige oplossings te vinde is vir gangsterisme. Gelowige mense moet waak teen oppervlakkige ontledings en oorvereenvoudiging van sosiale aangeleenthede, insluitend gangsterisme, armoede en werkloosheid. Gedagtig hieraan, het die navorsing die historiese oorsprong van gangsterisme in Kaapstad nagetrek, met klem op die verskeie sosio-politiese, ekonomiese sowel as die kulturele en persoonlike faktore wat bygedra het tot die vorming en vestiging van straatbendes. Melding was ook gemaak van die feit dat sommige van hierdie faktore steeds bestaan in post-apartheid Suid-Afrika en voortgaan om ‘n geskikte milieu te skep vir gangsterisme om voortdurend kop uit te steek in gemeenskappe op die Kaapse Vlakte. Dit was belangrik om te vermeld dat bendes ontwikkel het van gewone straatbendes na gesofistikeerde, hoë profiel misdaadsindikate wat hulle ingegrawe het in arm gemeenskappe. Dit bevestig verder dat daar geen eenvoudige oplossings is vir gangsterisme, asof dit slegs ‘n paar jongelinge is wat kwaad aanvang en uitgesorteer behoort te word. Geloofsgemeenskappe op die Kaapse Vlakte het self ook ‘n lang pad gestap. Hierdie gemeenskappe het ‘n ongelooflike weerstand getoon in die aangesig van menigte uitdagings as gevolg van sosio-politiese faktore. Gevolglik is dit belangrik om sommige van die elemente te bespreek wat bygedra het tot hierdie weerstand in die lig van die bespreking van die aard van die ekklesiologie soos dit met die verloop van tyd ontwikkel het. Dit het geblyk dat die ekklesiologie onder bespreking dinamies en nie staties van aard is. Die ekklesiologie van die Kaapse Vlakte kan na verwys word as ‘n sosiaal-sistemiese bediening van inter-kontekstuele teenwoordigheid. Dit reageer op die sosiale konteks, en word aan die gang gehou deur die konteks, met meer klem op ortopraksie eerder as op ortodoksie. Die situasie op die Kaapse Vlakte vereis ‘n missionale ekklesiologie soos geloofsgemeenskappe voortdurend uitgedaag vi word om hulle te betrek in die mission dei. Wyl hulle uitreik na die wêreld, word geloofsgemeenskappe ook opgeroep om toeganklik en gasvry te wees teenoor bendelede en gewese bendelede deur hulle in hul midde in plekke van aanbidding te verwelkom. Die volgende vraag om te ondersoek is die vraag na die tipe pastorale sorg wat nodig is wanneer geloofsgemeenskappe op die Kaapse Vlakte te doene het met die uitdagings van gangsterisme en ander sosiale verskynsels soos armoede, werkloosheid en dwelmmisbruik. Om hierdie vraag te kan beantwoord, was dit nodig om die ontwikkeling van pastorale sorg en berading oor die eeue na te speur. Gegrond op hierdie historiese ontwikkelinge, is besluit op ‘n gemeenskaplik-kontekstuele paradigma as basis teorie vir pastorale sorg. Hierdie keuse dui op ‘n wegbreek van individuele versorging met die fokus op die menslike ‘self’ na ‘n hermeneutiek van sistemiese, publieke sorg en medelye teenwoordigheid. Sommige van die elemente van hierdie tipe sorg word bespreek, wat kontekstualiteit insluit, sowel as die eko—sistemiese, hermeneutiese, antropologiese, relasionele en publieke aard van pastorale sorg. Dit is verder ook belangrik om kennis te neem dat pastorale sorg interdissiplinêr werksaam is en uitgevoer word om die bes moontlike sorg te bied aan diegene wat om sorg aanklop. Die laaste vraag wat gestel word: Hoe verskil die sorg wat deur geloofsgemeenskappe voorsien word van die sorg van enige ander welsynsorganisasie of nie-regeringsorganisasie (NRO)? Om ‘n eko-sistemiese en sosiaal hermeneutiese paradigma te verbind met die teologie van teenwoordigheid van God binne gemeenskaplike en kontekstuele sisteme word ‘n pneumatologiese benadering tot teorie vorming in pastorale sorg voorgestel. Pastorale sorg het meer om te bied as die gedrags- en sosiale wetenskappe, want ons glo dat die verlossing en genade wat dit bied goeie nuus is vir mense. Pastorale sorg bied nie net bemoediging en vertroosting nie, maar ook transformasie (verandering en groei) en die kweking van ‘n volwasse geloof en spiritualiteit deur middel van Skrif, gebed en die sakramente binne die communion sanctorum, die familia dei.
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Haricombe, Erin. "Transport and fate of chemical and microbial tracers at University of Western Cape (UWC) campus site, Cape Flats aquifer of South Africa." University of the Western Cape, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5233.
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>Magister Scientiae - MScExtreme weather events in combination with geographical changes in groundwater utilization, groundwater availability, aquifer recharge, and ultimately changes in the quality of water resources, are expected in the future. As a consequence of changing weather patterns and urbanization the demand for groundwater is likely to increase in certain areas. We know that most waterborne pathogenic health epidemics are associated with contamination of farm water and wastewater. There is however limited understanding of the nature and extent of chemical, physical and biological processes that control the fate and transport of the microorganisms in primary and secondary aquifers. In this thesis, transport results are reported, where E. coli and PDR1 were selected as the biological tracers transported through a primary aquifer at the University of the Western Cape. In conjunction with the microbes salt and Rhodamine (chemical tracers) were injected to compare their fate and transport mechanism in the primary aquifer medium. A series of controlled Darcy experiments under laboratory and field conditions were conducted. Each provided a different data and information. The results from laboratory studies were used to improve design of the field studies. In both cases, the data collected provided information on fate and transport of microbes in groundwater. The field design phase of the experiment was an up-scaling of the laboratory phase of this project. The amount of chemical tracers injected into the aquifer was increased in proportion to the size of the research site. Tracer tests using chemical and microbial tracers were conducted simultaneously. Results of laboratory tests demonstrate a 5 times slower transport of microbes, compared to tests with salts during the laboratory phase. The salts at field scale show a breakthrough occurring after 2 days whereas the microbes –did not break through during the 28 days of the observation period. A new borehole was drilled closer to the pumping borehole to eliminate distance or travel time, but this had no effect on field results for the microbes.
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Rhode, Jolene. "Tienermeisies se betrokkenheid by dwelmmisbruik : 'n gender perspektief." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2907.
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Thesis (MEdPsych (Educational Psychology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die Kaapse Vlakte, die konteks vir die studie, word onder andere gekenmerk deur sy lae sosio-ekonomiese status, hoë werkloosheid, bende-aktiwiteite, gesinsgeweld, gebroke gesinstrukture en dwelmafhanklikheid. Tienerdogters wat in gemeenskappe op die Kaapse Vlakte opgroei, word daagliks aan hierdie hindernisse blootgestel, wat hulle meer vatbaar maak vir die misbruik van dwelmmiddels. Die doel van die studie was om tienermeisies in ’n benadeelde gemeenskap wat dwelmmiddels gebruik, se perspektiewe met betrekking tot dwelmmisbruik te ondersoek. Die studie het ’n genderperspektief aangeneem, met ander woorde dit het vroue as subjekte sentraal geplaas en hulle probleem met dwelmmisbruik ondersoek. Min navorsing oor dwelmmisbruik fokus op vroue, ten spyte van ’n veronderstelling dat misbruik onder vroue ernstige gevolge vir die samelewing inhou. Aangesien ek gepoog het om hierdie tienermeisies se behoeftes aan ondersteuning en moontlike maniere waarop hierdie behoeftes aangespreek kan word, te verstaan en te beskryf, het ek van ’n kwalitatiewe navorsingsontwerp gebruik gemaak en die studie vanuit ’n interprevistiese paradigma benader. Data is met behulp van onderhoude, persoonlike refleksies en observasies bekom. Die navorsingsbevindinge het getoon dat die tienerdogters se huislike omstandighede deur enkelouerskap en afwesige vaderskap vererger word, dat daar ’n gebrek aan kommunikasie tuis is en dat hulle behoeftes aan liefde en emosionele sekuriteit uitspreek. Die tienerdogters voer aan dat hulle dwelms gebruik om van hul probleme tuis te ontvlug. In hierdie studie oor tienerdogters se redes vir en perspektiewe ten opsigte van dwelmmisbruik, toon data dat hulle duidelike behoeftes aan ondersteuning het - tuis sowel as in die samelewing waarin hulle leef.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Cape Flats is characterized by low socio-economic status, high unemployment, gang activities, crime, domestic violence, broken family structures and drug dependency. As a teenage girl, living in communities on the Cape Flats, there is often the possibility of being vulnerable to the misuse of drugs. The aim of this study was to investigate the perceptions of teenage girls using drugs in a disadvantaged community. The study adopted a gendered perspective that places women as subjects central to the problem of drug abuse. Little research focuses on women using drugs despite the consequences it poses for society. The study attempts to understand and describe teenage girls’ need for support as well as ways in which their needs can be addressed. A qualitative interpretivist research design was used to gain insight into and understanding of the participants’ perspectives. The data were collected by means of interviews, reflective diaries and observations. The research findings indicate that single parenting and absent fathers worsen the teenage girls’ home circumstances, that there is a lack of communication at home and that they express a need for love and emotional security. Furthermore, teenage girls use drugs to escape from the problems they face at home. The results suggest a need for adequate and appropriate support in the home environment as well as in society.
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Rodkin, Hayley Amanda. "Of flowers and tears." University of Western Cape, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6645.
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Magister Artium - MAThe collection of ten short stories, Of Flowers and Tears, aims to capture the events that have shaped my life, impacted on my community. It hopefully gives a voice to topics such as mental trauma, sibling strife, abortion, drug use and abuse, suicide, as well as political and social activism. Whilst none of the topics are new, the collection could potentially add to a growing genre of short story fiction by local authors which examine issues relating to trauma, loss, violence and the acknowledgement of identities. As South Africans, we carry many metaphoric scars (including psychological, socio-economic, sexual) as well as literal ones, which act as testimonies to our violent and frequently traumatic past and present. Even though most of the material used in my collection forms part of my personal memory bank and will be interpreted in a wholly fictional way, I propose that such a collection speaks to pertinent, present and pervasive realities.
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Gedert, Jennifer. "Calling ecology of micro frogs (Microbatrachella capensis): a case study using acoustic spatial capture recapture." Master's thesis, Faculty of Science, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32638.
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Amphibians worldwide are declining, increasing the demand for monitoring populations of many threatened amphibians, including the South African Critically Endangered micro frog (Microbatrachella capensis). I attempted to improve ongoing monitoring efforts by determining the calling ecology of the micro frog population on the Cape Flats. I used acoustic spatial capture recapture to calculate call density and identify the main factors that determine periods of maximum frog calls. Increased calling behaviour was found early in the season and in response to rainfall. In addition, micro frogs were found to call more at night than during the day. This suggests that future monitoring of this species should occur at night, after rain, and early in the winter breeding season. From the call density estimates, I calculated the size of the micro frog population on the Cape Flats to be about 200 adult frogs when an equal sex ratio of adult males and females is assumed. Future monitoring and conservation efforts should take into consideration this baseline population estimate and keep track of any demographic trends in the population.
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Manavhela, Ramudzuli Fijiant. "In-situ measurements of radon concentrations in soil gas at a site on the Cape Flats." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2007. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_2407_1242371669.
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Van, Heerden Michelle. "Testing the waters: exploring genres in two English classes at a multilingual Cape Flats primary school." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2008. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_2137_1243240686.
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The purpose of this study is to gain an understanding of current writing practices in the intermediate phase at a multilingual primary school on the Cape Flats and then to explore the possible benefits of a genre-based approach in this context. The study focused on the development of learners' writing skills in two Grade Six English classes. The aims of this study are to understand the writing curriculum plan and as practiced by two teachers with different levels of exposure to current approaches to the teaching of writing and different class profiles.
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Hall, Deborah Jane. "The ecology and control of typha capensis in the wetlands of the Cape flats, South Africa." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8493.
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Includes bibliographies.Typha capensis is indigenous to the Cape, but is thought to be threatening Cape Flats wetlands through invasion and encroachment. This thesis establishes the extent of such encroachment and investigates aspects of the phenology, life-history, growth, production and decomposition of the species in a Cape Flats wetland. The process of invasion by indigenous species rather than by alien species is discussed and the view that wetlands are threatened by mismanagement rather than by encroachment per se is examined. Finally, control methods particularly suited to local environmental and economic conditions are evaluated. T. capensis was shown to be typical of invasive plant species and is spreading in some wetlands. Encroachment is usually associated with the stabilisation of seasonal water-level fluctuations and under these conditions stands were spreading at 1.5m month. Demographic methods used to measure growth, production and decomposition made it possible to quantify leaf fragmentation and shoot collapse, processes that are generally ignored during decomposition studies. Results showed that the structure of Typha stands is related to flood regime, and that flood regime has an important effect on production, litter formation and decomposition.
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Walker, Jeanette. "A sustainability assessment method for greenfields, low cost, cement block housing developments on the Cape Flats." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16840.
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Bibliography: pages 107-112.This dissertation describes the development and pilot application of a sustainability assessment method for greenfields, low cost, cement block housing developments on the Cape Flats. The aim of this assessment method is to provide a means for assessing the sustainability of these low cost housing developments. The sustainability assessment method was developed within the theoretical parameters of sustainable development and sustainable construction. Literature relating to sustainable development, sustainable construction, green building and low cost housing was reviewed for this dissertation. Thirty-two persons involved in low cost housing were consulted during this study. Seven greenfields low cost housing projects on the Cape Flats were investigated. The sustainability assessment method was applied to two case studies in order to assess the sustainability of these two projects and to establish whether the method is a workable assessment tool. The sustainability assessment method includes three categories, namely technical, biophysical and socio-economic factors of sustainability. Technical factors are focused on the most in this study followed by biophysical and then socio-economic factors. Technical sustainability has been neglected in the sector of low cost housing, and is of pivotal importance in terms of achieving the overall sustainability of these housing projects. Technical factors of sustainability, such as external coating, ceilings and mortar mix, performed poorly in the assessment. Certain factors relating to biophysical sustainability, especially the efficient use of water and energy, were weak. A socio-economic factor in need of attention is the education and training of beneficiaries of houses around sustainable living practices. Recommendations are made regarding improving the sustainability of greenfields, low cost housing projects on the Cape Flats. It was concluded in this study that the sustainability assessment method is a feasible assessment tool which should be further tested and refined in the field.
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Amanda, Bourne. "Masibambane-lets stick together' : contentions on the role of urban vegetable gardens in the Cape Flats." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3638.
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Achmat, Asma. "Professional health care workers' experiences of care at two Community Day Clinics on the Cape Flats." University of the Western Cape, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4896.
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Magister Artium (Social Work) - MA(SW)Primary Health Care (PHC) is the cornerstone of health care globally, nationally and locally and, therefore, should be regarded as the foundation of health care provision. In South Africa, Community Day Clinics (CDCs) are part of the bouquet of services that is being offered at a PHC level. There are various factors that generate inconsistency in the provision of care to people accessing these CDCs. The purpose of this study was to identify and explore how these factors impact on the care practices that health care professional’s provide. Research suggests that the majority of health care workers are women, who play a double role as carers in their professional and private lives. Therefore, the political ethics of care, a feminist theoretical approach, was utilized to understand care practices in these health settings. The aim of the study was to develop an in-depth understanding of the care practices of health care workers at two CDC facilities on the Cape Flats. A qualitative research methodology was used to explore and identify the phenomenon under study. The research project followed an explorative and descriptive research design, as the researcher sought to understand the care practices of health care workers and how their values and ethics further influenced care practices at these two CDC settings. The data was gathered using semi-structured one-on-one interviews, and later analysed using qualitative thematic analysis. The research findings were grouped in terms of the values entrenched in the political ethics ofcare, which are attentiveness, responsibility, competence, responsiveness and trust. The research findings identified various aspects that, either negatively or positively, impact on these values. Finally, recommendations were made to management, as well as care workers. These recommendations were in terms of implementing care services that are attentive to service-users and care-workers; providing a service that takes into consideration the value of responsibility; the provision of competent services; and finally creating trusting relationships within the CDC.
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Schippers, Deidree Dianne. "Unlocking human agency through youth development programmes: An exploratory study of a selected NGO working in youth development on the Cape Flats." University of the Western Cape, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6961.
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Magister Artium (Development Studies) - MA(DVS)This study explored how human agency could be unlocked through youth development programmes using a case study of a selected NGO working in youth development on the Cape Flats in the Western Cape Province in South Africa. The aim of the study was to explore whether the selected youth development organisation encourages and unlocks young people’s aspirations and agency in its program design. The objectives of the study were, firstly, to determine if the organisation provided the students with opportunities and spaces in which the young people could exercise their agency in the development process in order to pursue their goals and aspirations. Secondly, to identify challenges that could inhibit the students from exercising their agency; and lastly, to arrive at recommendations on how the challenges could be overcome or prevented. The argument in this study was that youth development organisations should empower and help to develop the youth in such a way that they could realise their full potential in order to make a positive and constructive contribution to their communities and the South African economy. Human development interventions, the kind that is instrumental to youth development, stresses the importance of helping people to expand on their existing capabilities and strengthening human values such as democracy and agency (Conradie & Robeyns, 2013). As such, the Capability Approach as pioneered by Amartya Sen (1988), was used as the theoretical framework because individuals, specifically young people’s well-being, is often dependent on the extent to which they have the aspirations, freedom and capabilities (in other words the opportunities) to live the lives which they value (Robeyns, 2005). Human agency is thus necessary to translate aspirations, freedom and capabilities into actions that could assist individuals to achieve their desired states of well-being. The six dimensions of agency that the study focused on were reflective judgement, motivation, goal pursuit, autonomy, relatedness and competence as conceptualised by Conradie (2013). The study was located in a qualitative research paradigm and used a case study design. The research participants consisted of two groups. The first group were the two programme managers of the selected organisation. The second group was 40 Grade 10 learners who participated in the youth development programme offered by the selected organisation at a high school on the Cape Flats. The research instruments used included a biographical information sheet, a self-reflective questionnaire and a focus group discussion for the student participants, and individual interviews conducted with the programme’s two staff members. The quantitative data consisted of the students’ biographical information and were analysed through Excel software. Content analysis was used to analyse the qualitative data through a three-stage open coding process. The importance of the findings of the study was that the youth development organisation added value to the students’ development by assisting them to identify their aspirations and unlock their agency role. The findings also showed that being part of a community characterised by poor households, alcohol and drug abuse, violence and crime, and disadvantaged public schooling; the students’ chances to succeed against those odds were slim. Based on the findings, recommendations were proposed for the Department of Social Development, youth development organisations, post-school institutions, families and communities, and young people, on how the different role players could engage collaboratively in order to empower and assist the youth to realise their full potential; and in so doing, enable them to make a constructive contribution to South Africa at large.
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Wilson, Daniel T. "Grass invasion in urban lowland fynbos fragments on the Cape Flats : does nutrient addition play a role?" Bachelor's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25608.
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Invasion by exotic grasses is a major threat to natural ecosystems in many parts of the world. On the Cape Flats in Cape Town, grasses were observed to be invading lowland fynbos fragments which are a high priority for conservation. The observation in other parts of the world that nutrient additions from deposition of airborne pollutants were responsible for increased dominance of grass in natural ecosystems led us to test whether this was the case on the Cape flats. Phytometers were used to gauge the favourability for growth of soils from urban sites compared to those from rural control sites. An attempt was also made to demonstrate the negative effects of grass invasion on seedling establishment and diversity of native species by removal of grass cover and addition of smoke water. Phytometer results were inconclusive, but soil from city sites generally had higher total N than control sites for comparable amounts of organic matter, suggesting that N addition may be occurring. Total seedling emergence was significantly increased by removal of grass cover (p<0.001) and smoke water addition (p<0.05). The implications of our results for conservation of urban fynbos fragments are discussed and further, more detailed investigation of this topic is recommended.
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Ongolo, Thomas O. "The role of the disability grant in the lives of visually disabled adults on the Cape Flats." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12140.
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Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 71-76).
Wide spectrums of studies have been conducted around social assistance, producing a range of evidence that shows how it impacts on beneficiaries. The question remains as to the effectiveness of cash transfers like the disability grant in minimising poverty for disabled adults and their families. There is a great interest in understanding what determines the different ways of grant usage amongst beneficiaries and how it contributes to claiming their social rights. This study explores the role of the disability grant; poverty and disability-related costs; disability grant expenditure as well as household decision-making on expenses. Methodology: The study uses a qualitative descriptive research design, which explores and documents the lived experiences of visually disabled adults on the Cape Flats who are the recipients of disability grants. Methods of data gathering were individual interviews and focus group sessions. Data analysis looked at themes, concepts and ideas linked to research questions, but allowing the analysis to generate emerging codes as well. Findings: The study was able to determine the role of the disability grant in the lives of visually disabled beneficiaries on the Cape Flats. The research found that most participants were knowledgeable and aware of what the grant is to be used for and whom it targets.
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Basson, Johan. "Adaptive Healing: Exploring therapeutic architecture and the integration of addiction rehabilitation into the Cape Flats, Mitchells Plain." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13017.
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Includes bibliographical references.This dissertation explores therapeutic architecture and the integration of addiction rehabilitation into the Cape Flats, Mitchells Plain area. This project ultimately introduces the concept of an integrated community rehabilitation and wellness centre in one of the most notorious, unhealthy urban environments in the Western Cape, Mitchells Plain. This will demonstrate that a healing environment can be achieved in any context, urban or rural. A rehabilitation centre that engages with its surrounding community, fostering various levels of controlled interaction between patient and public. An integrated facility that gives back to its community through shared facilities. This investigation also unpacks the existing rehabilitation ecology and the gradual transition process in the formulation of a new hybrid system that combines the various stages of rehabilitation within a centralised facility. The project aims to deinstitutionalize the existing rehabilitation programme through the ‘simulation of a real life’ concept, where the facility will incorporate familiar elements, such as the house, neighbourhood and downtown to replicate the variety of environments in our everyday lives. The design uses ‘nature as therapy through architecture’ with the implementation of various concepts, which includes a raised therapeutic platform and a perimeter planter, serving as an urban filter that defuses the harsh urban context of Mitchells Plain. This project also explores the role of Architectural technology in therapy and ultimately introduces the concept of a highly localised adaptive façade system that allows for individual patient control and to filter the interactive visual relationship between patient and public. Our modern healing facilities have been designed to house apparatus for healing but not to be healing instruments in themselves. Architecture should be considered just as significant as the treatments that it houses.
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Swarts, Brigitte Stephanie. "The inevitability of us :exploring the risk and protective factors relating to the use and / or rejection of methamphetamine amongst youth in Manenberg." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2009. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_6991_1298285933.
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This study presents a discursive journey with regard to the risk and protective factors confronting individuals who engage in methamphetamine use within the Manenberg area. Given that this journey requires a cautious and sensitive approach to the meaning making of the lived experiences of the six (6) individual users (the informant base)
the study adopted an analysis process that would allow for a guided &ldquo
tour&rdquo
of these experiences. In doing so, the study made use of the grounded theory method that allowed for this guided &ldquo
tour&rdquo
to be fully anchored in the collected data. External to this data, and once the data emerged as engageable themes, the study introduced, relevantly so, Bronfenbrenner&rsquo
s social-ecological model of human development, so to multiply and deepen the meanings embedded within the data. The merging of this external frame, provided by Bronfenbrenner&rsquo
s model, and the rich data provided by the six (6) informants, uncovered critical themes in understanding the risk and protective factors at play within Manenberg. These themes relate to the historical identity of Manenberg, given the history of Apartheid, the role of the local community and its perceived tolerance of the practice of drug use, which is further echoed in the identity of the family and its limited ability to support drug users in the face of ever-growing poverty. The themes also uncovered the bipolarity in the practice of drug trade and gangsterism as serving a subsistence function, at one level, and an exploitative function at another. Furthermore, the study solidified traditional views that the peer collective is, indeed, a critical actor on the stage of drug use and that the individual (as an actor) continues to be confronted by a script of poverty and disillusionment. This script, as will be illustrated, is also active in preconceived notions of gender stratification.
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Mfaku, Abongile. "Urban agriculture a livelihood strategy for food security in the Cape Flats: A case study of community-based and home food gardens in Khayelitsha, Cape Town." University of the Western Cape, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7032.
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Magister Artium (Development Studies) - MA(DVS)Growing urban food insecurity has prompted many researchers, NGOs, international agencies and governments to advocate for urban agriculture as a livelihood strategy to improve the household food security of the urban poor. Urban agriculture is an instrument for ensuring greater food security and a livelihood strategy for urban households. In South Africa increased attention on urban agriculture is triggered by current trends of urbanization, economic instability, high unemployment rates among the urban poor, and high food prices. Unemployment and urban food insecurity are high in low-income areas. In the Cape Flats, households with no or little disposable income, are food insecure and vulnerable to food insecurity. Income and wage employment are the main determinants of food security in urban areas. However, urban agriculture projects by two NGOs assist communities to be resourceful. Abalimi Bezekhaya, an NGO assists individuals and communities to start and maintain their own community gardens while Soil for Life promotes home food gardens. Abalimi Bezekhaya and Soil for Life seek to address the urban challenge by promoting self-sustained agriculture for food security and livelihoods. There has, however, been little empirical evidence suggesting that urban agriculture projects improve the food security and livelihoods of participants. This study assessed the potential of urban agriculture to address food security, examined the ways in which agriculture is used as a livelihood strategy for household food security, determined other livelihood strategies and coping mechanisms assumed by gardeners to become food secure, and demonstrates the contribution of NGOs in promoting agriculture in poor urban areas. Furthermore, this study addressed the following research questions: do community and household gardens provide a way of improving food and nutrition security and in what way are these impacts observable within participating households. The research followed a mixed-method methodology. The literature is mapped out using international and local papers and empirical evidence collected on the subject. This study used the sustainable livelihoods approach as the theoretical lens through which to analyse the ways in which urban agriculture can be used as a viable livelihood strategy by urban gardeners. It also classified the constraints and opportunities, assets accessible, policies and institutions that exist, livelihood strategies and outcomes of the urban gardeners. The findings of the study reveal that community and home gardens contribute moderately to livelihoods and food security in Khayelitsha. The results also reveal that 85% of the gardeners were either moderately or severely food insecure. Furthermore, 76.67% of gardeners purchased their food from supermarkets and local shops. Urban agriculture therefore plays a supplementary role in addressing household food security in Khayelitsha. The potential of community and home gardens to contribute to urban household food security and livelihoods is limited access to land and government assistance. There is a need for the City of Cape Town and the Department of Agriculture to assist and strengthen the practice of community and home gardens in Khayelitsha.
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Dumbrell, Kathy. "Athlone in the early twentieth century - a precursor to working class housing on the Cape Flats, 1900-1930." Bachelor's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5607.
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Bibliography: leaves 56-58.The initial work for this project was a photographic survey of the existing wood and iron buildings in Athlone. I was at the time a volunteer in the Urban Conservation Unit of the Cape Town City Council (hereafter UCU). My task was to docment the existing wood-and-iron buidlings in order to aid later development control decision-making. to a large extent, it was the results of the fieldwork, which both uncovered a need for further research and directed later archival and textual research.
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Gxokwe, Siyamthanda. "Conceptualization of urban hydrogeology within the context of water sensitive urban design: case study of Cape Flats Aquifer." University of the Western Cape, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5912.
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Magister Scientiae - MSc (Environ & Water Science)Urban hydrogeology can be used to facilitate a decision-making process regarding the implementation of water sensitive urban design (WSUD) to manage water systems of periurban cities. This thesis was aimed at providing explanation of how that approach can be applied in Cape Town using Cape Flats Aquifer as a case study. To achieve this main objective, three specific objectives were set, namely, objective 1 which focused on estimating aquifer parameters using Theis analytical flow solution, in order to identify areas for implementation of managed aquifer recharge (MAR) suggested by WSUD principles; Objective 2 focused on conceptualizing groundwater flow system of Cape Flats Aquifer using the Finite Difference Method (FDM), in order to predict aquifer behaviour under stresses caused by the implementation of WSUD; Objective 3 focused on assessing gw-sw interaction using Principal Aquifer Setting, environmental isotope, and hydrochemical analysis, in-order to identify where and when groundwater surface water interaction is occurring, and thus informing the prevention strategies of the negative effluence of such exchanges on WSUD. The analysis of data collected through pumping test approach which were conducted in March, October 2015 and June 2016, showed that average transmissivity ranged from 15.08m2/d to 2525.59m2/d, with Phillipi Borehole (BG00153) having the highest and Westridge borehole 1 (G32961) having the lowest transmissivity values based on Theis solution by Aqua test analysis. Theis solution by excel spreadsheet analysis showed that average transmissivity ranged from 11.30m2/d to 387.10m2/d with Phill (BG00153) having the highest transmissivity and Bellville 2 (BG46052) having the lowest transmissivity. Storativity values ranged from 10-3 to 10-1 with Phillipi borehole (BG00153) having the highest storativity and Lenteguer borehole 1(BG00139) having the lowest values from both analysis. Average transmissivity visual maps showed that highest transmissivity values within the Cape Flats Aquifer can be obtained around the Phillipi area towards the southern part of the aquifer. Storativity maps also showed that the greatest storativity values can be obtained around Phillipi and Lenteguer area. These findings reveal that MAR would be feasible to implement around the Phillipi and Lenteguer area, where aquifer storage and discharge rates are higher.
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Syren, Christian J. "Living in fear : the experiences of parents of political activists in "coloured" Cape Flats townships, 1985-1988 : a social-psychological study." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16632.
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Bibliography: pages 212-218.The present is a social-psychological study which describes and analyses the experiences of parents of political activists in "coloured" Cape Flats townships against the background of the socio-political upheaval in South Africa during the 1985/86 rebellion and thereafter. An ethnographic research method was used due to its suitability in terms of accessing the phenomena under study, and due to the theoretical problems associated with the use of traditional social psychological models in the South African context; it was argued that it is necessary to articulate the micro- and macro levels of social phenomena at the point of their intersection to do social psychology in an oppressive context. Outlines of the 1985/86 rebellion, which emphasized the role of youth and students, and of the methods of operation of the South African Police, from a historical perspective, were given as a backdrop against which the analyses of the empirical data were presented. The concrete experiences of the parents with respect to various forms of political repression were described and situated as specific stressors in their everyday lives; police presence, visits and searches of their homes, having a child 'on the run', detention without trial of their children, and the prevalent fear of being informed upon. While the particularly stressful aspects of these experiences were highlighted, they were moreover found to have had significant consequences in terms of contributing to the development of the parents' politicization and engagement in the political activities of their own children. These experiences were furthermore found to have precipitated the parents' own gradual involvement in support and other activities offered by progressive organizations, which reinforced the development of an outlook of resistance towards the state. Although the security forces' engineering of a climate of fear in the townships was portrayed as initially being a pervasive aspect of daily life and a powerful deterrent to parental involvement, it later, on the basis of commonality of experiences of victimization and persecution, forged communality of spirit and unity in resistance. The parents' experiences were first and foremost found to be characterized by fundamental emotional intra-personal conflict, and the need for further research of the psychological sequelae of political persecution and repression was stressed. The thesis was concluded by a comparison of some central findings which related to international as well as local research.
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Eksteen, Lameez. "Relationships between conservators, community partners and urban conservation areas: a case study of nature reserves on the Cape flats." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2012. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_7216_1381844726.
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Cape Town is a unique city. It has a global biodiversity hotspot, in the midst of an urban area. Historically, nature conservation practice excluded and marginalized certain groups of people based on their race and class. This has led to peoples&lsquo
disconnection from nature. Rapid biodiversity loss is a major concern for conservators. In the last three decades, there has been a paradigm shift in conservation practice in certain parts of the world. The Cape Flats Nature programme based in Cape Town followed suit and aimed to stimulate a bottom-up participatory approach to conservation and replace the traditional top-down management strategy. The programme was tasked to reconcile the challenges of complex and conflicting relationships between urban poverty, unequal access to resources and biodiversity conservation. This study was aimed at investigating the relationships between conservation management, community partners and urban conservation areas. These relationships are vital for the progression of new conservation practice in places where people live and work. In addition, the transformative aspects of conservation in relation to social inclusion and the shift in conservation approaches was investigated. The study was conducted at five of Cape Town&lsquo
s nature reserves, Edith Stephens Wetland Park, Macassar Dunes, Harmony Flats, Wolfgat and Witzands Aquifer Nature Reserves. Data collection included in depth interviews with key informants from various conservation organizations, the Cape Flats Nature Programme team, the managers of the selected reserves and community partners. Others included observational methods and analysis of secondary data. It was found that relationships between conservators and local communities are not easily created and maintained but relationships regardless of its depth are equally beneficial to communities and the conservators. Balancing social needs with conservation needs is a struggle for conservators but many successes came in cases where this balance was realized. In addition, the transformation of conservators&lsquo
identity has changed community perceptions of conservation practice holistically. Although, many informants feel that transformation continues to remain unequal.
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Fildes, J. "Constraints to small firm growth and the role of business advice in townships on the Cape Flats, South Africa." Thesis, Open University, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.503483.
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Arendse, Lesle Anne. "Visual Storytelling in the Cape Flats Gang Biopics Noem My Skollie (2016) and Ellen: Die Storie van Ellen Pakkies (2018)." University of the Western Cape, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/8168.
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Magister Artium - MAThis M.A. mini-thesis seeks to open up the post-apartheid South African biopic as a topic for serious historical scrutiny. While book-length written biographies published in the post-apartheid (and apartheid periods) are the subjects of a now quite extensive historiographical literature, biography on film – including in the form of filmic dramas – has been hitherto entirely ignored. Social history or marginalised lives and not political lives of struggle against apartheid have been the predominant subgenre within this emerging field: with sixteen biopics having been produced in the 2010s. But the field is dominated by white men. This thesis showcases the story-telling gifts of one young coloured film-maker through a meticulously detailed analysis of “visual story-telling” and “visual language” used in his two award-winning gang biopics, Noem My Skollie (2016) and Ellen. Die Stories van Ellen Pakkies (2018). Read in the context of the extended processes of production of these two films in which the central protagonists played a shaping background role, the thesis explores and compares the linear chronological, four-chapter, narrative structure of Noem My Skollie with the architecture of “the parallel narrative” used in the deeply disturbing Ellen. Die Storie van Ellen Pakkies (2018) The thesis is a celebration of the film-making talent of Daryne Joshua.
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Arendse, Leslé Ann. "Visual Storytelling in the Cape Flats Gang Biopics Noem My Skollie (2016) and Ellen: Die Storie van Ellen Pakkies (2018)." University of the Western Cape, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/8171.
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Masters of ArtThis M.A. mini-thesis seeks to open up the post-apartheid South African biopic as a topic for serious historical scrutiny. While book-length written biographies published in the post-apartheid (and apartheid periods) are the subjects of a now quite extensive historiographical literature, biography on film – including in the form of filmic dramas – has been hitherto entirely ignored. Social history or marginalised lives and not political lives of struggle against apartheid have been the predominant subgenre within this emerging field: with sixteen biopics having been produced in the 2010s. But the field is dominated by white men. This thesis showcases the story-telling gifts of one young coloured film-maker through a meticulously detailed analysis of “visual story-telling” and “visual language” used in his two award-winning gang biopics, Noem My Skollie (2016) and Ellen. Die Stories van Ellen Pakkies (2018). Read in the context of the extended processes of production of these two films in which the central protagonists played a shaping background role, the thesis explores and compares the linear chronological, four-chapter, narrative structure of Noem My Skollie with the architecture of “the parallel narrative” used in the deeply disturbing Ellen. Die Storie van Ellen Pakkies (2018) The thesis is a celebration of the film-making talent of Daryne Joshua.