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Ndlovu, Sithembiso Mnqobi Sthandwa. "Men's experiences and perceptions of HIV testing services in Gugulethu Township, Cape Town." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24912.
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South Africa continues to have the highest number of people living with HIV/AIDS in the world. HIV testing remains vital in the prevention and management efforts of the pandemic. Despite the efforts by the government, and local and international organizations to prevent the spread of HIV in men, HIV testing uptake in men continues to remain significantly low in the sub-Saharan Africa, including South Africa. Several factors, including experiences and perceptions of HIV testing services contribute to a low uptake and men's willingness to use HIV testing services in South Africa. This mini-dissertation explores men's experiences and perceptions of HIV testing services from a qualitative perspective. This mini-dissertation is divided in the following three parts. A research protocol (Part A) focuses on understanding men's experiences and perceptions of HIV testing in Gugulethu Township, Cape Town. A literature review (Part B) identifies literature on HIV testing in South Africa, gender norms and their impact on HIV testing uptake, men's perceptions of HIV testing, confidentiality issues, perceived benefits of HIV testing, and gaps in current literature. Lastly, a qualitative journal "ready" manuscript (Part C) focuses on men's experiences and perceptions of HIV testing services in Gugulethu Township, Cape Town. Desirably, this mini-dissertation will inform health interventions that are specific to men's health needs while also aiming to focus on health policies that are inclusive of men. This study will in part address the core issues men encounter when testing for HIV in Gugulethu Township.
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Gelese, Patricia. "A conceptual clarification of the definition of resilience: An African perspective in Gugulethu Township, Cape Town." University of Western Cape, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7830.
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Magister Artium (Development Studies) - MA(DVS)There is a huge gap in literature on resilience especially that which reflects African perspective. This can be seen from many definitions of resilience that are informed by research done in the American and Eurocentric context. This gap in literature calls for more resilience research to be done in different areas filled with adversities in South Africa and Africa at large. This will help to understand the mechanisms that young people in these contexts of adversities need to adapt well and have positive outcomes despite their context of development that is filled with adverse situations. Thus, the broad objective of this study is to understand conceptual clarification of resilience in African perspective, with intent to close the gap in literature, especially where Afrocentric definition of resilience is concerned, mainly in Gugulethu Township, Cape Town, is understood. Qualitative research methods were used in order to unearth the understanding of the phenomenon.
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Kalule, Diplock Samuel. "Integration, exclusion, or something in between? A study of Zimbabwean migrants in Gugulethu, Cape Town." University of the Western Cape, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6116.
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Magister Artium - MA (Anthropology/Sociology)According to migrant research in South Africa, after the advent of democracy in South Africa, in 1994, the country has received an influx of foreign migrants, more especially from the African continent. However, much focus has been on the negative outcomes of the host community and its relationship with immigrants. Recent immigration research labelled South Africa as a xenophobic nation, and much emphasis on xenophobia was in Black South African townships. Although townships in South Africa are widely known for their hostile attitudes towards African nationals, in recent years, townships like Gugulethu have become homes for many African immigrants. This study investigates the integration of foreign migrants into the South African community: a case of Zimbabweans living in Gugulethu, Cape Town. Qualitative research methods' adopting an in-depth interpretation of the findings was used to answer the research question posed by this study. The research question posed by this study is, in the absence of a strategic plan to integrate African foreign nationals into South Africa society, how do African migrants living in Gugulethu use their social capital to integrate themselves into the local community, which is widely regarded as xenophobic? Qualitative data was collected through in-depth interviews and observations and data was analysed according to the research questions by making codes and themes. In addition, the number of study participants was 30 people; 25 Zimbabwean immigrants and for comparative purposes 2 Ugandan immigrants and 3 local South Africans were also included. Both convenience and snowballing sampling techniques were used. The study found that despite the challenges faced by migrants in their host community, these migrants used their social capital in the form of social networks to integrate themselves into the host community.
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Chiwarawara, Kenny. "Contestations, connections and negotiations: the role of networks in service delivery protests in Gugulethu, Cape town." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/3886.
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Magister Artium (Development Studies) - MA(DVS)This study revealed the key role that social, historical, economic and political networks play in initiating and maintaining service delivery protests. While networks help in communicating service delivery problems among protestors and in mobilizing, protests that ensue are a means of communicating anger at the municipal authorities’ actions and or inactions. Using a reference to a hostage situation that occurred, I argued that there is a progression and intensification of protest tactics especially after ‘peaceful and legal’ means of engagement fail. Also, my research findings show that networks used for protest purposes can be used for other purposes. In light of this, I suggested that a better understanding, by protestors, of networks at their disposal and how they can use such networks for other community building projects is needed. Additionally, such an understanding by protestors may prove helpful for protestors to better organize and utilize their network resource and stage more effective but peaceful protests. Municipalities may use this information (networks) to communicate and connect with the communities they serve in a better way. In sum, the study further found that networks are important before the protest, during the protest and after the protest
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Coombs, Julie-Anne. "The impact of stressful life events on antiretroviral treatment adherence and viral load amongst adults in Gugulethu, Cape Town." Master's thesis, Faculty of Health Sciences, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32554.
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Optimal antiretroviral treatment (ART) adherence is critical in achieving virologic suppression. Most people living with HIV (PLWH) experience HIV-related challenges which may be compounded by the experience of stressful life events (SLE) with adverse effects on their ART adherence and therefore affecting viral suppression. The highest concentration of people living with HIV (PLWH) is in low-and-middle income countries (LMIC) which are challenged with high rates of poverty and unemployment. Limited published data is available on the impact of the stressful life events experienced by PLWH in LMIC on ART adherence and viral load. A secondary analysis was conducted using data collected in a randomised control trial (RCT) which investigated the impact of a real-time electronic adherence monitoring device (EAMD) on ART adherence in ART-naïve individuals to assess the impact of SLE on ART adherence and viral load. Part A of this dissertation includes the study proposal/ protocol as approved by the Departmental Research Committee and the Human Research Committee at the University of Cape Town. Part B details the literature review which examined all published studies which report on stressful life events in PLWH, with ART adherence or a viral load as an outcome. The review included published literature from 2008 to 2019. Part C includes the publish-ready manuscript which details the statistical analysis, results and interpretation of the secondary analysis of impact of SLEs on ART adherence and viral load among 200 individuals living with HIV. Part D, appendices were included as supporting documentation necessary for the conduct of this research and as required for the completion of this dissertation. The American Psychological Association (APA) 6th Edition referencing style was used for Part A and B. The Vancouver referencing style was used for Part C as per the instructions for authors by the Aids and Behaviour journal guidelines.
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Lavirotte, Lucy. "Loss and damage from droughts: material and non-material impacts of water scarcity on women farmers in Gugulethu, Cape Town." Master's thesis, Faculty of Science, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/31602.
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Climate change is causing loss and damage (L&D) to those who are unable to adapt to its impacts. Coming from a growing recognition that adaptation to climate change has limits, the concept of L&D is a relative new-comer to the international agenda on climate change. To reduce L&D and compensate for it, the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC) first needs to understand what these residual impacts of climate change are. However, the literature on lived-experiences of L&D is limited, especially on non-material L&D which is more difficult to measure. Using Warner et al. (2013) definition of L&D, this study first assesses what material and non-material losses and damages from the Cape Town drought have been on a group of urban-poor women farmers. Then, this research uses a barriers and enablers to adaptation framework to understand how to reduce these losses and damages. This qualitative case-study investigates women farmers’ lived-experiences of L&D during the 2015-2017 drought in Gugulethu, a low-income settlement in Cape Town, to feed into broader debates on ways to reduce L&D in global south cities. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six women farmers from the Umthunzi Farming Community and five other actors involved in urban agriculture in Gugulethu. The findings suggest that women farmers in this context are already experiencing L&D, with psychological, physical and social implications which appear to be particularly pertinent to their group. All participants had to reduce or stop farming which led to L&D on their urban agriculture benefits as well as L&D on their institutional trust towards the City of Cape Town. Most of these L&D were non-material. Some of the barriers to adapt and reduce L&D were a lack of external support (from the city and NGOs), a lack of financial capacity to adopt coping measures and a lack of knowledge on the possible coping measures and external support options. Enablers to reduce L&D from the drought were access to support from the Western Cape Department of Agriculture (DoA), higher levels of education, a diversity of livelihoods and a strong network with other farmers. In conclusion it emerged that external support from government departments and NGOs to urban-poor women farmers is important for adapting to the possibility of future droughts. The vulnerability of these women farmers in low-income areas need to be addressed at their roots. These emerging conceptual openings emphasise the importance of exploring lived-experiences of L&D to better reduce the risk of L&D in vulnerable communities. Further research is necessary on compensation for unavoidable L&D, which is beyond the limits of this research.
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Gaqa, Mzulungile. "Life beyond protests: An ethnographic study of what it means to be an informal settlement resident in Kanana/Gugulethu, Cape Town." University of the Western Cape, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6668.
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Magister Artium - MAThis study explores the lives of Kanana residents, an informal settlement in Gugulethu Township on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa. It pays particular attention to their everyday lives to dispel negative and simplistic representations of informal settlement residents when they collectively take part in protests. Although there are extensive reasons for the protests in the informal settlements, the media and the South African government have reduced these protests to portraying them as demands for “service delivery”, and furthermore as criminally induced protests. I point out that this problem is partly due to scholarly work that does not engage these misleading representations and illustrate the lives of shack residents in the ordinary, when they are not protesting. Thus the focus of this thesis is life beyond protests. I argue that the lives of shack residents who participate in the protests are complex. As opposed to negative and simplistic representations, this thesis illustrates that one needs to be immersed in the lives of shack residents so as to understand them as identifiable human beings who make meaning of their lives. I explore their lives in the shack settlement further and argue that these human beings live their ordinary harmonious lives centred on the practice of greeting. To highlight the complexity of life of protesting informal settlement residents this thesis makes a point that there exist unsettling realities in the shack settlement; unsettling realities that make residents feel to be less of human beings. Kanana residents, therefore, draw from these perpetual unsettling realities to organise and protest. This thesis is based on ethnographic research, which was conducted between September 2015 and February 2016. During fieldwork, I observed and interacted in informal conversations with Kanana residents. With the main co-producers of this work, I carried out their life histories and further in-depth interviews.
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Kalule, Diplock Samuel. "An investigation of the integration of foreign migrants into South African community: A case of Zimbabweans living in Luyoloville and New Rest in Gugulethu, Cape Town." University of the Western Cape, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5530.
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Magister Artium - MAAccording to migrant research in South Africa, after the advent of democracy in South Africa, in 1994, the country has received an influx of foreign migrants, more especially from the African continent. However, much focus has been on the negative outcomes of the host community and its relationship with immigrants. Recent immigration research labelled South Africa as a xenophobic nation, and much emphasis on xenophobia was in Black South African townships. Although townships in South Africa are widely known for their hostile attitudes towards African nationals, in recent years, townships like Gugulethu have become homes for many African immigrants. This study investigates the integration of foreign migrants into the South African community: a case of Zimbabweans living in Gugulethu, Cape Town. Qualitative research methods' adopting an in-depth interpretation of the findings was used to answer the research question posed by this study. The research question posed by this study is, in the absence of a strategic plan to integrate African foreign nationals into South Africa society, how do African migrants living in Gugulethu use their social capital to integrate themselves into the local community, which is widely regarded as xenophobic? Qualitative data was collected through in-depth interviews and observations and data was analysed according to the research questions by making codes and themes. In addition, the number of study participants was 30 people; 25 Zimbabwean immigrants and for comparative purposes 2 Ugandan immigrants and 3 local South Africans were also included. Both convenience and snowballing sampling techniques were used. The study found that despite the challenges faced by migrants in their host community, these migrants used their social capital in the form of social networks to integrate themselves into the host community.
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Christovao, Xavier Felizardo. "A survey on the influence of crime on a sub-economic suburb in the Cape Metropole." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1651.
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Thesis (Mtech (Public Management))-- Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2011This study examines the influence of crime on the residents of Gugulethu, a previously disadvantaged urban community in the Cape Metropole. The research is particularly focused on the growing crime rate, which is perceived to adversely affect community development.Qualitative and quantitative research methods were employed in this study and two techniques of data collection were adhered to namely, self-administered questionnaires and person-to-person interviews. The target population of the survey were the residents of Gugulethu.The study found that the Gugulethu area suffers from problems associated with high levels of crime, high unemployment and lack of physical infrastructure. Violent crimes such as robbery, rape and assault are commonplace, occurring during daytime as well as at night. The range of criminal activity is comprehensive though. The study found that crime impacted negatively on citizens’ social and economic well-being in that economic opportunities were limited and economic investment curtailed. The situation is similar to that experienced with other deprived areas in the Cape Metropole, including parts of Mitchells Plain as well as Khayelitsha. Gugulethu is a smaller, more established urban area than Khayelitsha.The study forwards several recommendations relating to interventions which should be taken to ensure a secure environment for local residents, potential developers and investors, thus facilitating continued and much needed development in the area. Among the recommendations put forward are the upgrading of local infrastructure, the establishment of a healthy relationship between the community and the police,including the development of such initiatives as effectual Community Policing Forums (CPFs) and community development safety centres.
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Ramafikeng, Likenkeng Adelinah. "An exploration of the experiences and business related aspirations of youth running their own informal hair salon businesses in Gugulethu, Cape Town." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20613.
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Youth are able to respond to their needs for an income through entrepreneurship. However, some who operate informal businesses face challenges that may hinder the progress of their businesses and ultimately their income generation. In the light of this, there are support initiatives by the government and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) for small businesses to address some of the challenges they may meet. The question remains whether young people have knowledge of these initiatives and whether they benefit from them. The current study explored the experiences as well as business aspirations of young people running their own informal businesses in Gugulethu. There were fifteen (15) salon owners who participated. These participants were identified using purposive and snowball sampling. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data as part of a qualitative, explorative approach. The findings revealed that participants face a number of challenges during the start-up and the running stage of their salons. These challenges differed in nature; but there was a common challenge of the lack of financial support by the government. Those that had no financial problems were those who received financial and emotional support from family and friends. Even though young people were faced with these challenges, they came up with strategies to deal with each identified challenge. These showed how determined these hairdressers were to see their businesses succeed and grow. There are indeed policies, programmes and organizations aimed at ensuring the smooth running of informal businesses. Despite this, most young people were not aware of any association, programmes or service that they as hairdressers could benefit from. The findings also revealed that in spite of their struggles, young hairdressers aspired to expand their businesses, but to do this they required both financial and emotional support.
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Bockarie, Abioseh Maddie. "Work-care satisfaction and capabilities: Examining single mother's satisfaction with juggling paid work and childcare in Gugulethu, South Africa." University of the Western Cape, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6358.
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Magister Artium (Development Studies) - MA (DVS)Capabilities as espoused by Sen are the realizable opportunities that are open to an individual that enable her to be or do that which she finds reasonably valuable. This study assessed the work-care arrangement capabilities that single mothers in Gugulethu have at their disposal to undertake a juggling arrangement schedule that they find satisfying (fulfilling). In this study, single mothers were asked to affiliate themselves to one of three work-care arrangement groups namely, work-centered, child-centered and flexible. Then, the study empirically examined if there is a significant difference in respondents' work-care satisfaction within these three groups. It accomplished this by using the Kruskal-Wallis Test. The study then went on to identify the work-care arrangement capabilities of 7 single mothers who were undertaking juggling arrangement schedules that were not of their preference or choice. They were interviewed in this study to ascertain whether they had viable opportunities/ capabilities to undertake their preferred juggling arrangement schedule, which they believed would bring them much personal fulfilment/satisfaction.
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Mubangizi, Lilian. "Examining the association between future pregnancy intentions, contraceptive use and repeat pregnancies among women living with HIV in Cape Town, South Africa." Master's thesis, Faculty of Health Sciences, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32825.
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Background: Given the rapid expansion of antiretroviral therapy (ART) services in South Africa, there is growing recognition of the importance of fertility intentions, contraceptive use and childbearing among women living with HIV (WLHIV). With the integration of family planning services in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) services, understanding fertility intentions and contraceptive use is crucial in evaluating such programs. We investigated the relationship between future fertility intentions, contraceptive use and repeat pregnancies among WLHIV in Cape Town, South Africa. Methodology: We analyzed data from the MCH-ART study conducted at the Gugulethu Midwife Obstetric Unit (MOU) in Cape Town, South Africa, which followed women initiating ART during pregnancy through 36-60 months postpartum. Self-report data were collected using standardized questionnaires at repeated study visits. Data on repeat pregnancies were abstracted from the Western Cape Provincial Data Centre. Associations between maternal characteristics and repeat pregnancies were examined using Cox proportional hazards models. Results: Overall, 109 incident repeat pregnancies were recorded among the 471 women included in this analysis. The median time at risk per individual was 4.27 years. The rate of repeat pregnancies was 5.72 per 100 person-years (PY). This rate was significantly lower among women aged 35-45 years (2.11/100PY) compared to women aged 18-24 years [7.56/100 PY; adjusted hazard ratio (aHR), 0.26: 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.09, 0.81). A total of 333 women contributed data on future fertility intentions and contraceptive use at 12 months postpartum, with 9% reporting that they wanted another child in the future, and 82% reporting current contraceptive use; 16% (n=54) reported not wanting another child but no contraceptive use. The rate of repeat pregnancies was 3 folds higher among women who reported wanting a child in the future (12.59/100 PY) compared to women who did not want 5 a child in the future (4.31/100 PY; aHR, 3.46: 95% CI, 1.83, 6.50). Contraceptive use at 12 months postpartum was not associated with repeat pregnancies. Women who did not want a child and used contraceptives had a 45% decreased hazard of repeat pregnancies compared to women who did not want a child and did not use contraceptives (aHR 0.55: 95% CI [0.32, 0.94]. Conclusion: Among women initiating ART during pregnancy, a repeat pregnancy incidence rate of 5.72/100 PY was observed through 36-60 months postpartum, with the incidence lower among older women. At 12 months postpartum, a notable proportion of women reported not wanting another child but no contraceptive use. Wanting a child in the future was associated with a higher rate of repeat pregnancy, but contraceptive use at 12 months postpartum was not associated with repeat pregnancies. These results highlight the importance of understanding factors associated with the dissonance between fertility intentions and contraceptive use and childbearing to ensure delivery of quality integrated reproductive health services in the PMTCT framework.
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Mayekiso, Andile. "'Ukuba yindoda kwelixesha' ('To be a man in these times'): Fatherhood, marginality and forms of life among young men in Gugulethu, Cape Town." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24447.
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My thesis examines how young, marginalised men in Gugulethu, a poor township in Cape Town, formulate their conceptions of fatherhood and fathering, and understand their roles and involvement with their children. Far from being a simple biological function, the nature of fatherhood among these young men is shaped by social, economic, political and historical conditions and by the moral standards that surround their daily existence. The men who are the focus of this study were selected on the basis of findings from an earlier study of infants born to HIV+ women. That study demonstrated the erratic nature of fatherhood in the picture of infant life. I traced some of the fathers of those infants, and developed a snowball sample. The young men in this study live a life of social displacement and alienation. They do not have access to gainful employment; many have been imprisoned; all use drugs; few are in stable relationships; few have independent households despite having fathered children. I show in the thesis that while the relationships I describe are unique in many ways, core cultural tropes, such as the significance of children, the role of marriage, the social place of initiation, among others, play through them, albeit in ways that undermine their potential. Despite a rhetoric which exhorts men to 'be responsible', most of the challenges that confront young African men today can be traced to legacies of colonialism, urbanisation, and apartheid which destroyed clans and families' ability to retain both the specific practices and the meaning and function of traditional practices and the material means by which families could be maintained. I note in particular the absence of father figures in these young men's lives. These findings lead me to explore the role of men in attachment. While many men have been able to create positive self-identities and roles, those with whom I worked have struggled to attain socially sanctioned ideals of masculinity, work, parenting and partnering. They inhabit forms of masculinity that rest on danger, even as they desire social approval. Drawing from Raewyn Connell's idea of hegemonic masculinity, I show how these masculinities are not predetermined but constructed within a specific social and historical context.
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Kamkuemah, Monika. "Prevalence and incidence of renal dysfunction in patients initiating Antiretroviral Therapy at a Primary Health Care Centre in Gugulethu, Cape Town : a cohort study." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11002.
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Includes bibliographical references.Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) is used worldwide for the treatment of HIV-1 infection. Tenofovir has been found to be associated with declines in renal function and chronic kidney disease in HIV-infected patients. There are limited data on how soon after antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation any loss of renal function can be detected. We studied a cohort of HIV-infected adults initiating TDF-containing ART regimens at the Hannan Crusaid Antiretroviral Treatment Centre in Gugulethu. The centre provides ART to the residents of the Gugulethu and Nyanga districts situated on the outskirts of Cape Town. We described the prevalence and incidence of renal dysfunction in this cohort, the patterns of change in their renal function in the first 12 months on therapy and factors associated with renal dysfunction. We also examined the diagnostic value of early serum creatinine tests in identifying incident renal dysfunction after 12 months.
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Mpambani, Lukhanyo. "An evaluation of the child support grant policy as administered by the Western Cape provincial Department of Social Development in its Gugulethu office." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1673.
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Dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree
Master of Technology: Public Management
in the Faculty of Business
at the Cape Peninsula University of TechnologyThis research study sought to find out about the efficacy of the Child Support Grant Policy [CSGP] to the intended beneficiaries – namely, children at the Gugulethu Office in the Provincial Government of the Western Cape (PGWC). An attempt was made to establish whether there is any correlation between the administration of the CSG and poverty alleviation, which the latter seeks to address to a certain extent. The study was therefore undertaken to understand the perceptions of beneficiaries of the CSG, community members and officials at Gugulethu Department of Social Development offices. Furthermore, the study examined the major challenges that serve as obstacles to individuals who try to access the CSG, and sought to offer recommendations as to how these challenges may be surmounted and resolved by the Department of Social Development, which oversees the implementation of the CSG. The study was both interpretive (qualitative) and positivistic (quantitative) in nature, Data was collected through the use of in-depth interviews and structured questionnaires. The findings of the study reveal that the Programme meets intended beneficiaries that is the poor children, though it does not all the children receive the grant. The results of the study have also indicated that the CSG is consistent with the South African government‟s core objectives of creating a better life for all. It was therefore established in the study that the CSG is managing to create better livelihoods for the children and their maternal families as the grant is seen as a source of livelihood. However, it was also revealed in the study that the provisioning of grant has also led to increased teenage pregnancies though there is no clear association between the two. Furthermore, the findings have indicated that there is need to perform capacity building with the Gugulethu Department of Social Development employees as it has been highlighted that most of them are not competent to administer the grant. In addition, it has be found out that there is need to ensure that the grant application forms are written in a language that the applicants can comprehend.
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Muswala, Kapalu. "An exploratory study of the challenges and opportunities that early childhood development centre principles experience in providing services to children in Gugulethu Township, Cape Town." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6821.
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This research project, entitled 'An exploratory study of the challenges and opportunities that early childhood development centre principals experience in providing services to children in Gugulethu Township, Cape Town? adopted a qualitative research design using a semistructured interview schedule for face-to-face interviews with participants. It comprised of 20 participants, all female aged between 44 and 74 years, who had worked as principals in a registered ECD centre for three years and above. The sample was arrived at using a purposive sampling method. The study revealed that principals are faced with a number of challenges. Key among them are burglary;; poor communication coupled with inadequate subsidies often paid late by the Department of Social Development;; poor salaries and infrastructure;; lack of fundraising skills and trained teachers;; and inadequate funds, food, educational equipment, blankets and mattresses for children. To address these challenges, principals receive support from the government, namely, the provincial Departments of Social Development and Education, and the City of Cape Town, in the form of subsidies. In addition, they receive various forms of support from the private sector, non-governmental organisations, ECD centres, parents and their communities. The study proposed a set of recommendations to the government (national, provincial and the City of Cape Town), private sector, non-government organisations, the Gugulethu community and principals with an aim to provide support to address the challenges that principals faced. Among the main recommendations were for the national government to take a proactive and bold decision to improve the conditions of service for ECD principals as a matter of urgency as they play a crucial role in building the learning foundation for children. It was also recommended that the private sector should develop sustainable partnerships with ECD centres in Gugulethu. They could, for instance, contribute to the establishment of a community fund to support the operation of ECD centres. In addition, the study recommends that NGOs should support ECD principals to lobby and advocate not only for improved conditions of service but also increased government funding to the ECD sector. Furthermore, the research study unearthed some issues which need answers. It is recommended that further research be conducted to explore the practicality of government employing principals and teachers in the ECD sector. Collective capacity is essential in solving some of the challenges experienced by principals when providing services to children in Gugulethu. It is recommended that the community, working in collaboration with the government, NGOs and the private sector, should be involved in improving ECD centres. For example, parents who do not work could volunteer during the week to assist with the maintenance of ECD centre grounds and buildings while those who work could do the same over the weekends. For principals, it was recommended that, with the support of NGOs and other stakeholders, they should lobby and advocate strongly for improved working conditions and for inclusion in decision making at local, provincial and national government levels.
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Joseph, Hilary. "Does township tourism contribute to government's strategic goals for the tourism sector? : a case study of bed and breakfast entrepreneurs in Gugulethu and Langa, Cape Town." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14944.
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The purpose of the study was to address the question: Does Township Tourism contribute to the South African government's strategic goals for the tourism sector? A qualitative case study was done in the two Cape Town townships, Gugulethu and Langa to identify and interview a number of Township Tourism Entrepreneurs (TTEs). Selected works of C.M. Rogerson are used as a framework to compare these TTEs, to those studied in a number of other townships in South Africa. Rogerson described TTEs as having identified an economic opportunity and categorised them as Opportunistic Entrepreneurs, who share numerous qualities with white Lifestyle Entrepreneurs, such as being approximately 50 years old, predominantly females, who use their own funding to start accommodation businesses in picturesque rural towns, as a second career or income generator. The study has 5 TTEs in the sample, which is a convenient sample drawn from Cape Town Tourism ' s membership list of 14 members who are operating accommodation businesses in these areas. In-depth interviews were conducted with five TTEs, a senior staff member from the City of Cape Town Tourism Department, another from the Provincial Destination Marketing Organization and one tour operator. Informal discussions were held with staff at the Tourism visitors centres in Langa and Gugulethu and other tourism stakeholders prior to doing the interviews. The study also drew on multiple data sources, including policy documents. The study explored the TTEs' motivations for starting their accommodation businesses, and looked at how they conform to the entrepreneurial characteristics and categorisation given by Rogerson and the Global Entrepreneur Monitor Report, i.e. Survivalist/Opportunistic/Lifestyle Entrepreneurs. The study explores how this categorisation aligns TTEs with the vision and goals for the sector that policymakers and government have set, and whether this enables them to access the appropriate support. The findings suggest that TTEs should not all be assumed to have business growth as a primary goal, and that a number could be categorised as Lifestyle Entrepreneurs rather than Opportunistic Entrepreneurs, albeit in an urban township setting. This study also suggests that township Lifestyle Entrepreneurs have a key function in the tourism sector and consideration should be given to place them in a form of clustering with opportunistic high growth entrepreneurs. This would enhance this sector's contribution to the ambitious goals set for tourism as a transformation, job creation, and poverty alleviation tool.
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Gcaza, Siphokazi. "The impact of inadequate provision of mobility devices on the lives of physically disabled children in Tembalethu special school in the township of Gugulethu, Cape Town." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2976.
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In this qualitative study a case study approach was used out to explore and describe the perceptions of children with mobility impairments in Tembalethu Special School related to the effects of inadequate provision of assistive devices on their lives.
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Joseph, H. "Does township tourism contribute to governments strategic goals for the tourism sector? A case study of Bed amd Breakfast entrepreneurs in Gugulethu and Langa, Cape Town." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3879.
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Nglazi, Mweete D. "The prevalence and determinants of emotional, physical and sexual violence from a partner among HIV-positive individuals attending HIV care in greater Gugulethu area of Cape Town, South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10756.
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 68-79).South Africa has high levels of both HIV/AIDS and intimate partner violence (IPV) among women. Research on the links between HIV/AIDS and IPV show that women who experience IPV are nearly two times more likely to be HIV-positive compared to women who do not. While there is increasing evidence on HIV-positive status disclosure-related IPV, studies are unclear on whether IPV is higher among HIV-positive women.
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Seyuba, Mesele M. "Assessing responses and interventions to orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS: A case study of the experiences of HIV/AIDS orphans and vulnerable children in Gugulethu, Cape Town." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11771.
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This study examines how children who are exposed to the impact of HIV/AIDS in their immediate families are affected; what their experiences are and what coping strategies they employ on a day to day basis. Such children are referred to as HIV/AIDS orphans and vulnerable children (OVC). Furthermore, the study examines the response proposals of key role players, such as government departments, civil society organisations and the affected communities, in dealing with the challenges faced by HIV/AIDS OVCs.
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Xapile, Nobis Bridget Zethu. "The faith based organization response to HIV/AIDS : a case study of the JL Zwane Memorial Church in Guguletu, Cape Town." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50488.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2005.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: It is very common to talk about or refer to people as “People Living with HIV/AIDS” but never “A Church with Aids”. Responding to HIV/AIDS has earned the JL Zwane Memorial Church this name or rather this label. Members of the congregation, many of them young, were dying and remaining silent, not doing anything, would have meant contributing to the disaster that had struck. Something drastic had to be done to respond to the pandemic or else the whole community would have perished. This was not easy as it meant risking losing those already in the church. To many people, HIV/AIDS was seen as a punishment from God to those who have sinned. For this reason many did not want to have anything to do with People Living with HIV/AIDS. The whole response is driven by the needs of the community i.e. those infected and those affected. This means listening to people tell their stories and then respond accordingly. Listening is the key in the response as the whole response revolves around people and their experiences.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die kerk, of geloofsgebaseerde organisasies , is dikwels die eerste om te weet dat iemand MIV positief is. Dit is ook die eerste persoon of organisasie wat deur die geïnfekteerde in vertroue geneem word. Die Kerk, as organisasie, kan dus 'n deurslaggewende rol vervul in die voorkoming, maar ook by die versorging van diegene wat MIV positief is of aan Vigsverwante siektes ly. Hierdie studie beskryf, in die vorm van 'n gevallestudie, die rol wat die Presbiteriaanse Kerk in Guguleto in die voorkoming van MIV/Vigs vervul. Die gevallestudie bespreek die probleem; die ontleding van die probleem en die uiteindelike program(me) wat daargestel is. Riglyne vir die betrokkenheid van Kerke (en geloofsgebasserde organisasies) word uitgespel en voorstelle vir verdere studie word gemaak.
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Staniland, John Luke Seneviratne. "Tale of two townships : race, class and the changing contours of collective action in the Cape Town townships of Guguletu and Bonteheuwel, 1976-2006." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/6420.
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This thesis examines the emergence and evolution of ‘progressive activism and organisation’ between 1976 and 2006 in the African township of Guguletu and the coloured township of Bonteheuwel within the City of Cape Town. In doing so it compares both how activism has changed over time (including as a result of democratisation) and how it differed between and within these two communities. Whilst at heart an empirical study of activism it seeks to move beyond the specificities of the cases studied to also draw broader conclusions about the nature and causes of collective action and organisation. Drawing on both social movement and class theory it aims to shed some light on the fundamental question of the relationship between structure and agency - why do people act and what defines the form of action they take? It combines a quantitative study of the changing relationship between race, class and state policy with qualitative studies of activism in Guguletu and Bonteheuwel. These two studies cover in detail: the development and unfolding of the riots of 1976; the great boycott season of 1979/80 which saw large numbers of Africans and coloureds across Cape Town drawn into school, bus and consumer boycotts; the development of activism between 1980 and 1985, including the impact of the United Democratic Front; the township unrest of 1985-7; the transition period between 1988 and 1994; and post-apartheid activism in the two communities. It draws on theories of class which recognise the importance of peoples’ positions within the state’s distributional networks (citizenship), experiences and expectations of social mobility and the impact of historical experience of class formation on expectation (moral economy). In doing this it shows how differences in race, education, age and labour market position all interacted to pattern activism in the case studies. Struggles in Cape Town throughout the period 1976-2006 were not dualistic conflict between classes, races or between the oppressed and forces of global capital, nor were they mechanistic responses to the opening and closing of political space. They were complex coalitions of competing and collaborating class forces which were defined by the underlying nature of the city’s political economy and which emerged in interaction with changing opportunities for action.
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Jung, Manfred. "Theological reflections on the spread of Islam and attitudes in churches : a case study on three black townships in Cape Town." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50506.
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Kneip, Katharina. "A Novel Approach to Youth Crime Prevention: Mindfulness Meditation Classes in South African Townships." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-409489.
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Children growing up in poor areas with high crime rates are shown to easily get involved in violent actions and criminal gangs. In South Africa, despite considerable efforts to reduce youth delinquency, youth crime rates are still disturbingly high – specifically, in the townships of the Cape Flats. This paper points out an important aspect previously unaddressed by most youth crime prevention: the subconscious roots of youth crime. What if we could develop youth crime prevention programs that manage to impact the subconscious behavioral patterns of youth in high crime areas? This paper proposes a promising and cost-effective approach that has great potential to affect multipe causes of crime: mindfulness meditation. Built upon newest findings in Neuroscience, this paper suggests that mindfulness meditation classes are associated with a reduction in aggressive behavior, a risk factor for youth crime, and an increase in self-efficacy, a protective factor. The impact of mindfulness classes at a high school in Khayelitsha, a poor and violent-stricken township of Cape Town, is analyzed. Self-reported aggression and self-efficacy are measured via a psychometric survey questionnaire created from two well-tested and validated scales. Regression analyses of 384 survey answers provided mixed results. Whilst novice meditators were not associated with higher self-efficacy and lower aggression, long-term meditators performed better in several dimensions of self-efficacy and aggression, yet no significant relationship was found. Further research specifically needs to investigate the moderating effect of age (a proxy for psychological development) on meditation. This study aims to bridge the gap between the outdated paradigms of youth crime prevention and ancient wisdom via ground-breaking new evidence from the field of Neuroscience. This study furthermore hopes to point policy makers toward developing new, integrative and sustainable approaches to youth crime prevention – approaches that give back agency to our youth.Anders Westholm har inget med betygssättningen att göra annat än i rent formellt hänseende (examinator). Det är han som rapporterar in och skriver under men i sak är det seminarieledaren som har beslutet i sin hand. Statsvetenskapliga institutet har som princip att skilja på handledning och examination vilket innebär att handledaren inte får vara seminarieledare. Seminarieledare och personen som satt betygget var i det här fallet Sven Oskarsson: Sven.Oskarsson@statsvet.uu.se