Journal articles: 'University of the Western Cape (UWC)'

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Maher, Frinde. "Cape Town, South Africa, 2003." Radical Teacher 101 (February 23, 2015): 40–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/rt.2015.194.

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Brown, Tom Mark. "A Path Dependency Approach to Governance Practices at a Public University of the Western Cape, South Africa." Journal of Public Administration and Governance 11, no. 1 (2021): 110. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/jpag.v11i1.18095.

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This paper investigates the governance practices embedded within governance structures at the disposal of students at a public tertiary education institution, and student unrest as a mechanism to sway decision-making and reform policy at the case study institution of higher learning. In particular, the study is guided by a qualitative research paradigm using a structured interview tool to gather primary data using the University of the Western Cape (UWC) situated in Cape Town, South Africa, as a bounded case study, against the backdrop of the 2015-2016 #FeesMustFall (FMF) protests. It is suggested in this paper that student unrest is not the main reason, but rather a symptom of the broader inadequacies of the current participatory mechanisms available in university governance structures in general, and at the UWC. Employing a Path Dependency Theoretical (PDT) Approach. The article concludes by analyzing the findings of the empirical research, by identifying several themes and sub-themes.

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Bidandi, Fred, Anthony Nforh Ambe, and Claudia Haking Mukong. "Insights and Current Debates on Community Engagement in Higher Education Institutions: Perspectives on the University of the Western Cape." SAGE Open 11, no. 2 (2021): 215824402110114. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21582440211011467.

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This study investigated the insights and current debates on community engagement in higher education institutions with specific reference to the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in South Africa. The article argues that although community engagement seems to present some challenges, it has become an integral part of higher education in South Africa and beyond. The article examines community engagement in higher education institutions and evaluates its contributions based on the research question. The article evaluates community engagement from the perspective of the UWC, community, and students. Data were collected through semi-structured with key informants. In total, 12 participants participated in the interviews. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. The results of the study show that community engagement is dependent on institutions’ relationships built between particular communities, which are easily lost if the people involved change. The results also show that community engagement has become a requisite for promotion and policy development. However, it reveals that issues of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) often take time affecting students and researchers. Moreover, the findings indicate that there is no standard procedure for community engagement as departments, individual lecturers, and students have unique and different interests.

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Jeggels, June Deanna, A. Traut, and F. Africa. "TRAINED NURSE PRECEPTORSâ€™ PERCEPTIONS OF A PRECEPTORSHIP TRAINING PROGRAMME OFFERED BY A UNIVERSITY IN THE WESTERN CAPE." Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery 16, no. 2 (2015): 16–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/2520-5293/29.

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The School of Nursing at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) and the Directorate of Nursing Services in the Western Cape Department of Health undertook a collaborative project to strengthen the clinical teaching skills of professional nurses in the province. A preceptorship training programme was developed by the school and professional nurses from public hospitals and higher education institutions attended the training. It was, however, unclear whether they perceived a change in clinical teaching skills following the training. The purpose of this research was to explore the trained nurse preceptorsâ€™ perceptions of the preceptorship training programme offered by UWC. The objectives were to compile a profile of the participants and to describe their perceived changes in knowledge, skills and attitudes as a result of the training. A qualitative approach was used to carry out an exploratory, descriptive and contextual study. An abstraction tool was used to compile profiles of the participants from records. Purposive sampling was used to select participants from tertiary, regional and district hospitals for three focus group discussions. The data showed that the 80 trained preceptors would be able to precept 1600 students in the province. Five themes emerged from the qualitative data, relating to the change in knowledge about clinical teaching; change in clinical teaching skills; change in attitude; self-awareness; and training challenges. It is recommended that the preceptorship training programme remains a collaborative project.

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Luckay, Melanie B. "The re-design of a fourth year Bachelor of Education programme using the Constructive Alignment Approach." Tuning Journal for Higher Education 6, no. 1 (2018): 143–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.18543/tjhe-6(1)-2018pp143-167.

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The focus of this article is on the re-design of a fourth year Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) programme at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). Due to the changes in teacher qualifications, as outlined in the 2015 Minimum Requirements for Teacher Education Qualification (MRTEQ) policy document, Higher Education Institutions were required to adapt their Initial Teaching Education (ITE) programmes to meet the requirements of the new policy document. This article describes the use of a backward mapping approach, in conjunction with the application of a constructive alignment framework, used by the education faculty at UWC to adjust the teaching and learning in the B.Ed programme to address the outcomes and standards required by the MRTEQ policy document. Given the type of student enrolled at UWC, the article provides a discussion on the challenges involved in developing a programme for students who might not have been adequately prepared for their tertiary studies due to the disadvantaged school contexts they come from. The article thus provides a reflective discussion on the challenges involved in the re-design process that used the pre-service teacher competencies expected at the end of the B.Ed programme at UWC, to develop the teaching and learning programme and assessment tasks for the fourth year B.Ed course.Received: 02 August 2018Accepted: 31 October 2018Published online: 29 November 2018

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Marneweck, Aja. "On the 10-year anniversary of the Barrydale Giant Puppet Parade South Africa: A conversation between parade creative directors Aja Marneweck and Sudonia Kouter." Applied Theatre Research 8, no. 1 (2020): 31–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/atr_00024_1.

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2020 marks the tenth anniversary of the Barrydale Giant Puppet Parade, a large-scale, experimental annual public puppetry event and performance in a small rural town in the Klein Karoo of South Africa. This multifaceted, collaborative puppet theatre-making process, which results annually in the creation of a parade and large-scale original performance, is co-organized by Net Vir Pret (a children’s school aftercare non-profit organisation based in the town of Barrydale) and the Laboratory of Kinetic Objects (LoKO) at the Centre for Humanities Research at the University of the Western Cape (CHR@UWC). The following conversation between the author (a Theatre Research Fellow at the CHR@UWC and creative director of the parade since 2014) and Sudonia Kouter (the Net vir Pret Aftercare manager and a key artistic contributor in the parade creative and directing teams) explores some of the experiences of meaning-making that arise in such a multi-layered and ambitious project.

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Stoltenkamp, Juliet, André Siebrits, and Valentino Heyde. "An Exploration of the Alignment of Learning Theories with eTools at the University of the Western Cape (UWC)." Archives of Current Research International 8, no. 1 (2017): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.9734/acri/2017/34133.

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Basardien, Fawzy, Chris Friedrich, and Michael Twum-Darko. "Evidence-Based Practices of Promoting Entrepreneurship Education in Higher Education Institutions in Africa." Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies 8, no. 5(J) (2016): 68–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.22610/jebs.v8i5(j).1432.

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This research applies the changing of cognitive mechanisms of University students through Entrepreneurship Education (EE). The study hypothesises that entrepreneurial orientation (achievement orientation, personal control, innovation and self-esteem) improves after completing the entrepreneurship module. The context of this research involves undergraduate commerce students from the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in South Africa. The study involves quantitative research using questionnaires through a longitudinal approach. The research design consists of a pre-test, post-test and post-test after the intervention. The impact of the training intervention was assessed over a 12 month period based on a randomised control design. This study indicates that entrepreneurial orientation was influenced through this Entrepreneurship module. The practical implications of this study emphasises the importance of training approaches that are based on empirical research. The uniqueness of this paper lies in the pedagogy used that allows the effectiveness of assessing a training program.

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Heleba, Siyambonga. "Mootness and the Approach to Costs Awards in Constitutional Litigation: A Review of Christian Roberts V Minister of Social Development Case No 32838/05 (2010) (TPD)." Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad 15, no. 5 (2017): 566. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1727-3781/2012/v15i5a2535.

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After nearly three years of waiting, the North Gauteng High Court (then the Pretoria High Court) finally handed down judgment in March 2010 in the case of Christian Roberts v Minister of Social Development.[1] The case was a constitutional challenge to section 10 of the Social Assistance Act 13 of 2004 and the relevant Regulations, which set the age for accessing an old age grant at 60 for women and 65 for men. After the hearing the High Court had reserved judgment. Pending judgment the government had amended the legislation in dispute so that the pensionable age for the purposes of accessing a social grant would be equalised over time. Despite the change in legislation, the High Court found against the applicants and punished them with a costs order. * Siyambonga Heleba. LLB (UWC), LLM (UU), Adv Cert (AAU) Dip (UJ). Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Johannesburg. Email: scheleba@uj.ac.za. This case note is based on a the paper presented at the Law Teachers Conference on 18 January 2011, at the University of Stellenbosch. The author is indebted to the two anonymous referees for their valuable comments on an earlier draft of this note. All mistakes are mine.[1] Christian Roberts v Minister of Social Development Unreported Case No 32838/05 (2010) (TPD). The author attended the two-day hearing of the case in September 2007, in his capacity as a researcher at the Community Law Centre, of the University of the Western Cape, and an amicus in the case.

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Haque, Amber. "Routes to Writing in Southern Africa." American Journal of Islam and Society 18, no. 2 (2001): 168–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v18i2.2028.

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Writing is certainly one of man's greatest inventions, and good writing is askill which elevates one's position in the society of the learned. The otherside of the coin is poor writing that leads to poor communication and oftenmiscommunication between the writer and the reader(s). Writing in theacademic world is all the more important, as it is the only means ofscholarly expression. The quality of good writing skills is a cause ofconcern for many teachers at various stages of education, especially at thetertiary level. This is perhaps more true of students whose native languageis not English, and for lecturers who have to teach such students.The book under review is a collection of essays written by lecturers andwriting specialists primarily at the University of Western Cape (UWC).It is divided into six major parts and fourteen chapters. The essays arewritten on various themes that provide guidelines for developing writingskiUs in the academic setting. The book is edited by Brenda Leibowitz,Director of the National Center for Curriculum Research and Developmentat the Department of Education, and Yasien Mohamed, a senior lecturer inthe Department of Foreign Languages at UWC.The editors have compiled this book with the aim of providing insight,reflection, and guidelines that would empower lecturers to teach theirsubject more effectively and especially to help students with the writingaspect of their university study. Mohamed, who wrote the introduction tothe book, comments that writing and its development should be viewed asa "humanistic" activity, which recognizes the natural and creative forms ofpersonal narrative writing, as opposed to a scientific approach, wherewriting is viewed as a product rather than a process. Actually, thisempathetic approach to writing development is evident lhroughout thebook.Part I of the book consists of one chapter only and deals with theimportance of writing and teaching in the academia, emphasizing the needfor lecturers to be evaluative of their own writing practices. Basing theadvice on many years of experience as a trainer of writing, the authorsuggests many useful writing strategies including the use of dialogicmaterials, mind mapping, free writing, and writer's support groups.Part II deals with diversity, culture, and writing, and consists of chapters ...

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Segbenya, Moses, George Kwaku Toku Oduro, Fred Peniana, and Kwesi Ghansah. "Proximity and choice of College of Distance Education (CoDE) of the University of Cape Coast for further studies." International Journal of Educational Management 33, no. 5 (2019): 1012–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijem-12-2017-0379.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the proximity of study centres to the students of College of Distance Education, University of Cape Coast (CoDE/UCC) and whether further studies of distance learners who were teachers and employees could lead to absenteeism in their workplaces. Design/methodology/approach A sequential explanatory strategy was used. A self-administered questionnaire and unstructured interviews as well as observation guides were employed to collect data from 2,077 students pursuing business and education programmes of CoDE in all study centres across Ghana. Data were analysed with descriptive statistics and pattern matching of content analysis. Findings The study found that few teachers and other workers pursuing the distance education do absent themselves from the workplace or classroom on Fridays preceding their face-to-face session because they embarked on their journey to the study centres on Friday morning. Some teachers also absented themselves from work on Mondays after face-to-face sessions for a lack of means of transport on Sunday after lessons. The absenteeism of these respondents directly and indirectly affected their employers, students and customers. Practical implications It was therefore recommended that management of CoDE/UCC should open more study centres in all the regions especially Western, Ashanti, Upper East, Northern and Upper West Regions to reduce number of hours spent by students to their study centres and consider introducing the business programmes at the existing district centres to reduce average distance covered by these students to commute from their places of work to their respective centres in the regional capitals. It was also recommended that online/electronic learning and audio versions (impersonal communication) of the study modules should be introduced so that students would not necessary have to travel to the study centre to participate in lectures/face-to-face sessions. Originality/value The findings of this study will help managers and administrators of both public and private distance educational providers. In addition to providing basis and areas for establishing study centres for geographical proximity, findings of the study should prove helpful for designing and delivering electronic and audio versions of distance education modules to reduce the level of absenteeism in workplace for the students.

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Conradie, Ernst M. "The University of Western Cape Project on Ecclesiology and Ethics." Ecumenical Review 67, no. 4 (2015): 514–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/erev.12185.

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Antia, Bassey E. "University multilingualism: a critical narrative from the University of the Western Cape, South Africa." Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 36, no. 6 (2014): 571–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2014.978870.

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LALU, PREMESH, and CAROHN CORNELL. "Staging Historical Argument: History I at the University of the Western Cape." South African Historical Journal 34, no. 1 (1996): 196–210. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02582479608671871.

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Sayed, Yusuf, Glenda Kruss, and Saleem Badat. "Students’ Experience of Postgraduate Supervision at the University of the Western Cape." Journal of Further and Higher Education 22, no. 3 (1998): 275–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0309877980220303.

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Maart, Ronel, and Karien Mostert-Wentzel. "The way forward with dental student communication at the University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa." African Journal of Health Professions Education 8, no. 1 (2016): 69. http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/ajhpe.2016.v8i1.571.

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Kalitanyi, Vivence, and Dick Jacobus (Kobus) Visser. "Social values as determinants of entrepreneurial intentions among university students in Cape Town – South Africa." Problems and Perspectives in Management 14, no. 3 (2016): 185–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.14(3-1).2016.05.

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An empirical study was conducted in Cape Town – South Africa – to determine whether social values (family, parents’ work and education) have an impact on entrepreneurship students in the universities of Cape Town, University of Stellenbosch, and University of the Western Cape, as well as Cape Peninsula University of Technology. The paper reviewed the literature about the role social values plays in the people’s lives. Respondents were the entrepreneurship university students. Data were collected in classrooms, and, in most cases, with the facilitation of both the lecturer and the researcher. Bivariate and multivariate tests of statistical significance were conducted, while Cronbach’s Alpha was used to measure the reliability of the research tool. Findings suggest that social values of the university students have an impact on their entrepreneurial intentions. The paper ends with recommendations to universities, entrepreneurship lecturers, parents, government and businesses, as well as civil society organizations. Keywords: social values, entrepreneurship intentions, university students, Cape Town. JEL Classification: Y4

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MINKLEY, GARY, and NICKY ROUSSEAU. "‘This Narrow Language’: People's History and the University: Reflections from the University of the Western Cape." South African Historical Journal 34, no. 1 (1996): 175–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02582479608671870.

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Hart, Genevieve, Lulama Makhubela, Mike Smith, Isabel Venter, and Melanie Walker. "Different Angles of Vision: teaching tales from the University of the Western Cape." Teaching in Higher Education 1, no. 2 (1996): 193–211. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1356251960010203.

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Kruger, Lara, Corné van Walbeek, and Nicole Vellios. "Waterpipe and Cigarette Smoking among University Students in the Western Cape, South Africa." American Journal of Health Behavior 40, no. 4 (2016): 416–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.5993/ajhb.40.4.3.

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WOLPE, HAROLD. "The Debate on University Transformation in South Africa: the case of the University of the Western Cape." Comparative Education 31, no. 2 (1995): 275–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03050069529155.

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Stander, Melanie, Lee Alan Wallis, and Wayne Patrick Smith. "Hospital Disaster Planning in the Western Cape, South Africa." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 26, no. 4 (2011): 283–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x11006571.

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AbstractIntroduction: The aim of this study was to describe the current state of disaster preparedness in hospitals in the public sector in the Western Cape, South Africa with the advent of the FIFA 2010 Soccer World Cup. The objectives included the completion of a self-reported assessment of readiness at all Western Cape public sector hospitals, to identify best practice and shortfalls in these facilities, as well as putting forward recommendations for improving disaster preparedness at these hospitals.Methods: The National Department of Health, as part of the planning for the FIFA 2010 World Cup, appointed an expert committee to coordinate improvements in disaster medicine throughout the country. This workgroup developed a Self Reported Hospital Assessment Questionnaire, which was sent to all hospitals across the country. Data only were collected from public hospitals in the Western Cape and entered onto a purpose-built database. Basic descriptive statistics were calculated. Ethical approval was obtained from the Health Sciences Faculty Research Committee of the University of Cape Town.Results: Twenty-seven of the 41 (68%) public hospitals provided completed data on disaster planning. The study was able to ascertain what infrastructure is available and what planning already has been implemented at these institutions.Recommendations: Most hospitals in the Western Cape have a disaster plan for their facility. Certain areas need more focus and attention; these include: (1) increasing collaborative partnerships; (2) improving HAZMAT response resources; (3) specific plans for vulnerable populations; (4) contingency plans for communication failure; (5) visitor, media and VIP dedicated areas and personnel; (6) evacuation and surge capacity plans; and (7) increased attention to training and disaster plan exercises.

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Barnes, Teresa. "Pregnancy and Bodies of Knowledge in a South African University." African Studies Review 56, no. 1 (2013): 1–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.3.

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Abstract:Based on a classroom encounter of the author, this article explores the gendered nature of African university space. It discusses a 2007–8 policy that banned pregnant adult students from living in the student residence halls at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town, South Africa. The policy was implemented despite protests from the university’s students and staff. The article argues that the more visibly reproductive a student’s body became, the more alien it was considered to be in spaces of knowledge production. This alienation was incongruous at a university widely considered as the most politically progressive in South Africa. It was rooted, however, in Western-oriented traditions of masculinist knowledge production in which there is no space for the female, let alone the pregnant, body in intellectual spaces; and in South African traditions of marginalization, exclusion, and “passing” in public space. Exploring ideas of “body language” and “bodies of knowledge,” the article concludes that there is a need for an interdisciplinary politics and epistemology of “seepage” in higher educational institutions that recognizes women’s minds and their bodies.

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Johnson, Glynnis, and Jaya Raju. "Knowledge and Skills Competencies for Humanities Librarians Supporting Postgraduate Students." Libri 68, no. 4 (2018): 331–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/libri-2018-0033.

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Abstract This paper reports on an aspect of a 2016 masters study which addresses the research question: what knowledge and skills do humanities librarians require to effectively provide support to postgraduate students in the digital age? The study adopted a qualitative approach using a multiple case study design, within a constructivist paradigm, to respond to the research question, with core competency theory used to provide theoretical support. Data were collected via semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions with purposively sampled librarians and postgraduate students from Stellenbosch University, the University of Cape Town and the University of the Western Cape, all of which are situated in the Western Cape of South Africa. A significant finding of the study is that a mixture of discipline-specific knowledge and skills, generic skills and personal attributes are required by humanities librarians to effectively support postgraduate students, especially in the current digital age. The study presents a knowledge and skills framework that could be used to ascertain humanities librarians’ current knowledge and skills as well as establish areas for further knowledge and skills acquisition.

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Bheekie, Angeni, Tracey-Ann Adonis, and Priscilla Daniels. "Contextualising undergraduate pharmacy training in service-learning at the University of the Western Cape." Education as Change 11, no. 3 (2007): 157–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16823200709487186.

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Stadler, Holly A. "Learning from "The Struggle"." Counseling Psychologist 23, no. 2 (1995): 315–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0011000095232007.

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This article describes the author's participation in a faculty exchange program between the University of Missouri and the University of the Western Cape in South Africa The discussion highlights the value of international experiences in a collectivist culture and lessons in courage.

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Amosun, S. L., R. Shabodien, M. Marais, and L. J. Nicholas. "AIDS and sexuality education in the physiotherapy curriculum." South African Journal of Physiotherapy 53, no. 2 (1997): 11–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajp.v53i2.1360.

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The need for physiotherapy in the multidisciplinary management of patients with AIDS is generally acknowledged. Physiotherapists should understand the disease, and develop appropriate attitudes towards individuals with AIDS. Data obtained from questionnaires completed at the University of the Western Cape by prospective physiotherapy students between 1991 and 1993, on knowledge of and attitudes about AIDS, were analysed. The same questionnaire was re-administered to a group of physiotherapy students completing their fourth-year of study. Although most of the students indicated accurate knowledge about AIDS, their attitudes were uncertain. Students expressed anxiety about contact with persons with AIDS. The findings suggest the need for the inclusion of AIDS education in the physiotherapy education curriculum at the University of the Western Cape.

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Byrne, Deirdre. "Disasters, disasters: Association of University English Teachers of South Africa Conference, University of the Western Cape, July 1996." Scrutiny2 2, no. 1 (1997): 54–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/18125449708565890.

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Petersen, Chad, and Kevin A. Johnston. "The Impact Facebook and Twitter has on the Cognitive Social Capital of University Students." Informing Science: The International Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline 18 (2015): 001–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/2160.

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The impact that Facebook and Twitter usage has on the creation and maintenance of university student’s cognitive social capital was investigated on students in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Facebook and Twitter were selected as part of the research context because both are popular online social network systems (SNSs), and few studies were found that investigated the impact that both Facebook and Twitter have on the cognitive social capital of South African university students. Data was collected from a survey questionnaire, which was successfully completed by over 100 students from all 5 universities within the Western Cape. The questionnaire was obtained from a previous study, allowing comparisons to be made. Analysis of the results however, did not show a strong relationship between the intensity of Facebook and Twitter usage, and the various forms of social capital. Facebook usage was found to correlate with student’s satisfaction with university life; which suggests that increasing the intensity of Facebook usage for students experiencing low satisfaction with university life might be beneficial.

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Dyers, Charlyn. "Xhosa students' attitudes towards Black South African languages at the University of the Western Cape." South African Journal of African Languages 19, no. 2 (1999): 73–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02572117.1999.10587384.

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Antia, Bassey, Tedros Weldemichael, and Charlyn Dyers. "Multilingual Assessment: Levelling the Cognition–Emotion Playing Field at the University of the Western Cape." Language Matters 52, no. 1 (2021): 50–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10228195.2020.1839539.

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Boshaff, Gary B. E. ""Barefoot” Sports Administrators: Laying the Foundation for Sports Development in South Africa." Journal of Sport Management 11, no. 1 (1997): 69–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jsm.11.1.69.

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The author provides a perspective on South African sport, in terms of the existing perceptions, challenges, and constraints with which its managers are confronted. The unique needs of the disadvantaged communities with regard to sport management are discussed in relation to the Empowerment Model of Friedman (1992), and placed within the critical theoretical framework. The certified course in sports administration, being administered under the auspices of The University of the Western Cape (together with The University of Cape Town, National Sports Council Western Cape, and World Teach/Score), serves as a case study for this paper. It is argued that in order to address the immediate sporting needs of communities, and also to prepare them for future development, the training of community members as lay sports administrators is imperative. The role of sport and sport development in community development is explored, with special emphasis on the conditions in economically depressed communities. The importance of empowering communities to become more self-reliant in terms of sport management, was emphasized. Finally, an evaluation of the course was provided, and major shortcomings and future challenges are discussed.

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Sanders, Mark. "The Space of the University: Time, and Time Again." Cambridge Journal of Postcolonial Literary Inquiry 6, no. 2 (2019): 257–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/pli.2018.53.

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AbstractScholarly analyses of the South African hashtag campus movements of 2015–2016, #RhodesMustFall and #FeesMustFall, have evaluated them in terms of their success in bringing about political change in a linear causal fashion. Through a reading of Thando Mgqolozana’s novel, Unimportance (2014), the history of the University of the Western Cape, as well as scholarly commentary on #RMF and #FMF, this article argues that an attention to the cyclicality of time as it unfolds within the space of the university is crucial for properly understanding the events of 2015–2016.

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Kalitanyi, Vivence, and Edwin Bbenkele. "Cultural values as determinants of entrepreneurial intentions among university students in Cape Town-South Africa." Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy 12, no. 4 (2018): 437–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jec-01-2017-0017.

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Purpose This paper aims to determine how cultural values (language and religion) impact on entrepreneurial intentions of students at the University of Cape Town, University of Stellenbosch University of the Western Cape and Cape Peninsula University of Technology. Design/methodology/approach This empirical study was conducted under mixed-methods approach, using survey-correlational strategy. Primary data were collected from a sample of 278 students. A questionnaire survey was used to collect data which were coded and analysed using SPSS version 22. Findings The empirical findings reveal that the cultural variable of language influences entrepreneurial intentions among university students, while the variable of language was not found as such and this is in accordance with the literature reviewed. Research limitations/implications This study only concerned entrepreneurship university students in Cape Town. Though these universities host students from all corners of the country, their views cannot be said to represent the opinions of all other entrepreneurship students in the whole country. Practical implications These findings should encourage the stakeholders (learners, parents and educators) to use and practice the language that present the facilities in understanding more about entrepreneurship, such as the availability of written information. Social implications The study can be a catalyst to some societies which do not encourage their children to speak foreign languages to become aware of the advantages those languages do offer. Originality/value This is a unique study of its kind in Cape Town universities and presents findings that allow to know more than previously known about the topic of entrepreneurial intentions.

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Roux, Shanleigh Dannica. "A multisemiotic analysis of ‘skinscapes’ of female students at three Western Cape universities." Multilingual Margins: A journal of multilingualism from the periphery 2, no. 2 (2018): 97. http://dx.doi.org/10.14426/mm.v2i2.77.

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This study examined the role of popular culture on identity expression in female university students. This research specifically focused on the practice of tattooing, which forms a part of popular culture. According to Storey, although popular culture is difficult to define, ‘[a]n obvious starting point in any attempt to define popular culture is to say that popular culture is simply culture that is widely favoured or well liked by many people’ (2015: 21). Popular culture was used as an analytical tool, which provided valuable insight into the tattooed female body. Tattooing refers to ‘the insertion of colored pigment into the dermal layer through a series of punctures of the skin in order to create a permanent marking’ (Tiggemann& Hopkins 2011: 245).This study aimed to advance our understanding of the practice of tattooing among female university students in the Western Cape. Furthermore, this study is located within the sub-discipline of linguistic landscaping, with specific focus on corporeal linguistic landscapes. Linguistic landscapes refer to the ‘[t]he language of public road signs, advertising billboards, street names, place names, commercial shop signs, and public signs on government buildings combines to form the linguistic landscape of a given territory, region, or urban agglomeration’ (Landry & Bourhis 1997: 25). Moving the field of linguistic landscaping forward, is the notion of corporeal landscapes, or skinscapes. According to Peck and Stroud the body is seen as ‘a collection of inscriptions in place’, with the implication that ‘landscapes can be carried on the skin’ in the same way that landscapes are carried on public signs (2015).This study was a departure

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Van der Bijl, Pieter. "Substances of abuse - demand for their determinations in the Western Cape." South African Journal of Psychiatry 10, no. 1 (2004): 4. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v10i1.117.

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Background. Drug abuse is as relevant today as ever. Management of such cases on a primary health care level may be challenging, particularly when laboratory facilities are unavailable. Furthermore, substance abuse and its sequelae place a significant burden on the already overstretched primary health care resources in the country, as well as on other ser- vices and society in general.Objectives. The current study surveyed the trends in demand for laboratory determination of amphetamines, opiates, methaqualone, cannabis, cocaine and ethanol for the period 1991 - 2002, in the Western Cape. The survey was conducted by extracting the relevant data from the records of the Pharmacology/Toxicology Laboratory of the University of Stellenbosch and Tygerberg Academic Hospital. This facility processes the largest number of specimens by a single laboratory in the Western Cape.Results. From the data obtained a seasonal pattern emerged for all substances except ethanol, with a trough appearing in early winter. Demand for ethanol analysis was fairly constant throughout the year, with a peak in the last quarter. Ethanol level was the most frequently requested analysis between 1991 and 1997. This concurs with its status as the main substance of abuse in South Africa and the rest of the world. There was an increased demand for analysis of ampheta- mines, opiates, methaqualone, cannabis and cocaine between 1991 and 2002. Generally dominating, next to ethanol, were requests for cannabis and methaqualone analysis. Interesting to note was the increase in demand for opiate analysis, following the trend observed in certain other regions of the world.Conclusion. The analysis trends observed in this study demon- strate global patterns of drug abuse emerging in the Western Cape. The medical and social effects of drug abuse impose a grave responsibility on policymakers to ensure that adequate funding is available for analytical laboratories. Only in such a way can these patients be correctly diagnosed and treated.

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Simuzingili, Tyson, and Seyi Ladele Amosun. "What Clinical Competencies do we expect from Physiotherapy Students at the University of the Western Cape." South African Journal of Physiotherapy 54, no. 4 (1998): 10–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajp.v54i4.583.

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The purpose of this study is to identify the clinical competencies that are expected of physiotherapy students at the University of the Western Cape. A list of ten categories of clinical competencies was first compiled from the literature and administered to 2 lecturers, 5 clinical supervisors and 10 final year students, to elicit their perspectives of expected clinical competencies. Based on the outcome of this, a list of eight categories of competencies was administered to 7 lecturers, 50 clinical supervisors and 31 final year students. Participants were requested to rank the competencies in order of what was considered to be essential. The analysis of 79 responses revealed similarities among lecturers, clinical supervisors and students in the ranking of three competencies, but disparities in the ranking of five competencies. Reasons for the disparities, and the impact of the disparities on students are discussed. Further research is recommended to identify the reasons for the disparities.

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Stroud, Christopher. "The Centre for Multilingualism and Diversities Research at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa." Multilingual Margins: A journal of multilingualism from the periphery 1, no. 1 (2018): 90. http://dx.doi.org/10.14426/mm.v1i1.25.

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There is an urgency in theorising howdiversity is negotiated, communicated,and disputed as a matter of everydayordinariness that is compounded by theclear linkages between diversity, transformation,voice, agency, poverty andhealth. The way in which difference iscategorised, semiotised and reconfiguredin multiple languages across quotidianencounters and in public and media forumsis a central dynamic in how povertyand disadvantage are distributed and reproducedacross social and racial categorisations.In the South African context,finding ways of productively harnessingdiversity in the building of a better societymust be a priority.

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van Bever Donker, Maurits. "Ethical injunctions: the University of the Western Cape in the face of the ‘here and now’." Social Dynamics 38, no. 1 (2012): 55–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02533952.2012.698948.

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James, Wilmot G. "Conference on economic development and racial domination, University of the Western Cape, 8‐10 October, 1984." Development Southern Africa 2, no. 1 (1985): 120–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03768358508439132.

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Clemens, J. D. "Preface." Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 100, no. 1-2 (2009): v—vi. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s175569100901620x.

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The Sixth Hutton Symposium on the Origin of Granites and Related Rocks was held on July 2–6, 2007 at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, founded on granite, nestled at the feet of towering mountains and fringed by the rolling winelands of the Western Cape. This Special Issue opens with Master’s historical account of how the Cape granites influenced 18th and early 19th century thinking on the origins of these rocks. The fascinating fact is that the granites of the Western Cape were apparently the first intrusive granites recognised outside Britain. The balance of the volume contains a collection of research papers derived from the meeting and illustrates some of the important directions in which granite research may be evolving. One of the characteristics of the papers and talks presented at the meeting was that there seemed to be some shift in interest, away from the crust as a source of granitic magmas and towards mantle rocks that have been metasomatised by subduction-zone fluids or melts. Nevertheless, the crust still holds pride of place as the cradle of granite genesis.

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M. Milani, Tommaso, Quentin Williams, and Christopher Stroud. "Space/place matters." Multilingual Margins: A journal of multilingualism from the periphery 4, no. 1 (2018): 2–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.14426/mm.v4i1.48.

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This special issue of Multilingual Margins on the theme of “Space/place matters” has its origin in a doctoral summer school organised in December 2016 by the Department of Linguistics and the Centre for Multilingualism and Diversities Research at the University of the Western Cape as part of a collaboration with the University of Oslo and three other South African universities – Stellenbosch University, University of Cape Town and University of the Witwatersrand – and financed by Research Council of Norway’s programme International Partnerships for Excellent Education, Research and Innovation (INTPART). Doctoral students based in Norway and South Africa attended the summer school, presented their research projects, and were encouraged to submit an article to Multilingual Margins. This was with a view to training budding scholars to deal with the peer-review process of academic publishing. This special issue is the material outcome of this process and includes three articles that have a common interest in unpicking the complex relationship between language and space/place.

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Collins, Kathleen. "REFLEXIVITY IN A UNIVERSITY PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH PROJECT IN TRANSITIONING SOUTH AFRICA." Southern African Journal of Social Work and Social Development 26, no. 1 (2017): 74–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/2415-5829/2180.

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This article reflexively describes the influence of bias on the interaction between facilitators and participants in a participatory research project at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. The bias uncovers racial power hierarchies in one small group which are represented in the wider context of the country in contradiction to the formally espoused democracy, in existence for nearly two decades. The author argues that biases of power are generally unrecognised in dialogue and promote the inequities which can be recognised in the legacy of apartheid. Identification of such biases is key to transforming society in South Africa.

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Jowah, Larry Enoch, and Tendency Beretu. "The employability of human resources management graduates from a selected university of technology in the Western Cape, South Africa." Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences 35, no. 4 (2019): 251–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jeas-10-2018-0115.

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to provide an insight into the need to provide an industry-relevant curricula to higher learning institutions, which addresses the needs of the industries so that unemployment is addressed.Design/methodology/approachThe researcher sought to look for a cause and consequence relationship, which resulted in the usage of a mixed-methods approach whereby both qualitative and quantitative research methods were used. Correspondingly, the study was conducted in two phases, literature analysis and experimental study, including field work.FindingsThe paper provides experiential visions about how institutions of higher learning can provide industry-relevant education. It proposes that for graduates to be employable, there should be synergy between what industries want and what the institutions of higher learning are providing, hence the need to redesign the curricula.Research limitations/implicationsThe research focused exclusively on Cape Peninsula University of Technology HR graduates from 2014 to 2017 instead of considering all graduates of HR in the workplaces in Cape Metropolis.Practical implicationsTertiary institutions as the custodians of knowledge will have to go out to the customers (recipients of their products) and inquire for relevant operational requirements.Social implicationsHR graduates will be properly empowered through proper industry-relevant curriculum which enables them to be employable or to create employment instead of waiting to be employed.Originality/valueThis paper fulfills a recognized need to study how the curriculum offered by universities contributes to the employability of human resources management graduates.

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Boyer, Patricia G., Lorna Holtman, Carole H. Murphy, and Beverley Thaver. "A partnership across the ocean between the University of the Western Cape and the University of Missouri-St. Louis: Facilitating a global research programme for doctoral students." Learning and Teaching 7, no. 2 (2014): 58–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/latiss.2014.070204.

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The downturn of the global economy requires universities worldwide to do more with fewer resources. These conditions have presented an opportunity for two universities, the University of the Western Cape and the University of Missouri-St. Louis, to collaborate on a research course offered to postgraduate students. The purpose of this article is to outline the overall administration, management and structure of an innovative research programme between two countries. The aim is also to share the experiences and challenges of this research partnership, to explain how the parties involved navigated policies, to demonstrate what expertise the two educational institutions gained from the collaboration and to recount the benefits received by students and faculty from working internationally.

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Amosun, Seyi L., and Nokuzola D. Dantile. "Are we graduating physiotherapists with the burnout syndrome: Evaluating physiotherapy education at the University of the Western Cape." South African Journal of Physiotherapy 52, no. 3 (1996): 69–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajp.v52i3.630.

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Burnout has been identified in physiotherapists. Based on the postulation that burnout actually begins during physiotherapy educational training, this study set out to determine if burnout exists among physiotherapy students at the University of the Western Cape. Using a modified version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory, 80.3% of the study sample(N=76) were found to have moderate to high levels of emotional exhaustion, while 14,5% indicated moderate to high levels of depersonalisation. However, 72.4% reported moderate to high levels of personal accomplishment. Some factors which contributed to burnout were also reported. It was concluded that burnout existed in the subjects involved in the study.

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Grobbelaar, Sara, Robert Tijssen, and Marjolijn Dijksterhuis. "University-driven inclusive innovations in the Western Cape of South Africa: Towards a research framework of innovation regimes." African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development 9, no. 1 (2016): 7–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20421338.2016.1225549.

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Abels, Melissa D., and Renette J. Blignaut. "Sexual-risk behaviour among sexually active first-year students at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa." African Journal of AIDS Research 10, no. 3 (2011): 255–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2011.626295.

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Nyangiwe, Simamkele, Tshegofatso Mgwambane, and Makhaya J. Malema. "Perceptions of Physical Activity among Students Living on and off Campus in a University in the Western Cape." Open Public Health Journal 13, no. 1 (2020): 705–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874944502013010705.

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Background: Universities are said to have a responsibility to offer holistic education and should, therefore, include ways to prevent risky behaviour such as sedentary living. University students are expected to make informed decisions about their future endeavours. About 23% of adults and 8% of adolescents globally do not meet the global recommendations on minimum Physical Activity (PA) for general health promotion of the World Health Organisation. Objective: The objectives of the current study were to explore factors that lead to participation and non-participation in PA among university students, as well as their preferred PA participation activities. Methods: The study used a qualitative ethnographic design to purposefully collect data from nine (9) participants by means of semi-structured one-on-one interviews. Open coding was applied when analysing the transcribed data through the ATLAS.ti software programme. Results: The findings reveal six themes: Factors that lead to Physical Activity (PA) participation; factors that lead to non-participation in PA; environmental convenience for PA participation; a definition of PA; PA participation preference and benefits of PA. Despite the known benefits of regular physical activity, research shows a significant decline in physical activity participation and an increase in sedentary behaviour in university students. Conclusion: Further studies are needed to interrogate PA and its related concepts to raise awareness of each concept. In conclusion, the study recognises that since lifestyle changes during the university period are sustained into adulthood, students tend to engage in risky behaviour such as alcohol and tobacco use, and physical inactivity, which may have long-term negative implications for their health and lead to poor perceptions about their body structure.

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Luwaya, Nolundi, Kelley Moult, Diane Jefthas, and Vitima Jere. "Nick Simpson and Vivienne Mentor-Lalu." South African Crime Quarterly, no. 63 (March 30, 2018): 53–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2413-3108/2018/v0n63a4706.

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Few Capetonians would argue against the claim that the City has been rocked by the current water crisis that many have dubbed the most severe in modern history. Discussions about water saving techniques, membership of the ‘Water Warriors’ club, dinner party comparisons of family daily usage figures, discussion of toilet habits (to flush or not to flush?) and frenzied buying to secure 25-litre water containers have become part of daily life for those of us faced by the imminent (but previously unconscionable) threat of our taps running dry. Even the ‘proudly oily’1 premier of the Western Cape has boasted that she only showers every three days to help beat back Day Zero. But the water crisis has not only raised important questions about residents’ rights to, and responsibility for, the water they use. It has also brought to the surface interesting issues about criminality and crime control, and our individual and collective relationship to water. Stories of violence and incivility at water collection points and in supermarkets have captured attention on social media, and city dwellers have hotly debated the threat of organised crime, laws against rebottling and reselling of municipal water, and the Western Cape government’s Water Disaster Plan, which gives the police and army responsibility for maintaining safety and order at water collection points. Of course, while questions of water saving, risk and safety feel quite new to many Capetonians, scholars, activists and policymakers (including criminologists) have been writing about these issues for much longer. The Centre for Law and Society approached two scholars/activists to discuss the water crisis and its impact on questions of vulnerability, risk and security. Nick Simpson, an environmental and human development consultant (and post-doctoral scholar at the University of Cape Town), discussed questions of criminology in the age of the Anthropocene, and Vivienne Mentor-Lalu, a researcher/facilitator for the Women and Democracy Initiative at the Dullah Omar Institute at the University of the Western Cape, spoke to us about the gendered impact of the drought. Nolundi Luwaya, Kelley Moult, Diane Jefthas and Vitima Jere contributed to this piece.

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