• The precarious non-poor in Post-Apartheid South Africa : striving for prosperity in Cape Town and Newcastle 

  Peens, Michelle (2020-01)

  It is widely acknowledged that poverty has declined globally over the last few years. In fact, this idea has become so ingrained in our society that it is almost taken for granted and assumed as an incontestable fact. ...
• The small enterprise section of the economy : a study of the role of social capital in the success of women entrepreneurs in Harare, Zimbabwe 

  Mutsindikwa, Canisio (2019-12)

  This study to meant to determine the extent to which the Zimbabwean women in the small-scale business sector depended on their social capital to make it. The primary question of the study was: What is the significance of ...
• Gender, land reform and welfare outcomes : a case study of Chiredzi District, Zimbabwe 

  Tekwa, Newman (2020-02)

  This thesis explores questions of gender equality in social welfare theory; methodologies; approaches and policymaking in the Global South in the context of land reforms. This stems from the realisation that gender ...
• An evaluation of food parcel interventions by Societas Socialis (SOS) Children's Villages in the context of HIV and AIDS : a case study of Ennerdale informal settlement in Johannesburg, South Africa 

  Hlabangana, Vincent (2020-10)

  This study investigated and evaluated the success and impact of the foodstuff package intervention that is offered by SOS Children’s Villages to households affected by HIV and AIDS. The study population comprised households ...
• The wider vision of social policy : an analysis of the transformative role of the Fast Track Land Reform Programme in Zvimba District (Zimbabwe) 

  Tom, Tom (2020-04-20)

  The thesis focuses on the social policy dimension of Zimbabwe’s Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP). Interrogating land reform in the context of Transformative Social Policy (TSP) is a critical lacuna in Zimbabwe’s ...
• Situation analysis of perceptions on comprehensiveness of rape prevention interventions by implementing agencies in Addis Ababa 

  Difabachew Setegn Hailegeorgis (2019-02)

  The victimization of women and children represents one of the public health problems deserving urgent attention in Ethiopia, making the prevention of rape in all its forms a matter of vital importance. The purpose of the ...
• Exploring how internal saving and lending (ISAL) services assist households affected by HIV and AIDS to sustain livelihoods : case of households in a rural area of Zimbabwe 

  Hamadziripi, Alfred (2019-12-15)

  The study was an exploration of how internal savings and lending (ISAL) influenced the way in which persons affected by HIV and AIDS earned and spent income. The researcher engaged with the life stories of participants ...
• The transformative role of the Fast Track Land Reform Programme as a social policy instrument : a case study of Goromonzi District (Zimbabwe) 

  Chipenda, Clement (2018-11)

  The fast track land reform programme which was implemented in Zimbabwe from 2000 has been a subject of much antagonistic and polemical debates which have polarised academia for over a decade. The FTLRP was criticised for ...
• Possibility of a Novel Caliber of Leadership in the 21st Century: A Post-colonial Perspective 

  Mthembu, Ntokozo (Open Journal for Sociological Studies, 2019-12-14)

  The dawn of 1990s, social change in South Africa has provided a series of opportunities such as to redress the past narrow cultural perspective in all related structures such as private and government institutions including ...
• Social protection policy-making in Kenya : a study of the dynamics of policy transfer 

  Ouma, Marion Atieno (2019-04)

  Power, and how it is exercised within social relations is pivotal in explaining policy change. Hence, this dissertation explores policy change in Kenya by examining the transfer and subsequent adoption of social protection ...
• The design and implementation policy of the National Health Insurance Scheme in Oyo State, Nigeria 

  Omoruan, Augustine Idowu (2018-11)

  Given the general poor state of health care and the devastating effect of user fee, the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was instituted as a health financing policy with the main purpose to ensure universal access ...
• Afrocentric Science Education Approach in a Transformed Curriculum in Post-Apartheid 

  Mthembu, Ntokozo (OPEN JOURNAL FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH (OJER), 2019-10-03)

  The post-apartheid era in South Africa was intended to be a period in which to redress past injustices in almost all social spheres, including education, particularly in terms of curriculum transformation to include Af ...
• The role of socioeconomic factors in the succesful completion of matric education among young mothers in the Soutpansberg East circuit, Limpopo Province, South Africa 

  Hatuugari, Livingstone (2019-08)

  This dissertation was carried out to try to describe the role of socio-economic factors in the successful completion of schooling up to matriculation level (matric), among young mothers in the Soutpansberg East Circuit in ...
• Udaba lokwethulwa kohlaka lwezifundo zabantu bendabuko [Afrikology] ezikhungweni zemfundo ephakeme eNingizimu Afrika 

  Mthembu, Ntokozo (2019-07-16)

  Leli phepha lizodinginga udaba olumayelana nokubaluleka kanye nokwethulwa kohlaka lokufunda ngabantu bendabuko eAfrika [Afrikology] ezikhungweni zemfundo ephakeme eNingizimu Afrika njengesu lokuxazulula futhi nokuvala igebe ...
• Imperial Violence Against Black African Family: The (South) African Experience - Afrophobia/ Xenophobia? 

  Mthembu, Ntokozo (2019-09-17)

  This seminar will dissect the rationale behind the ceaseless attack/s on the Black African community in Africa especially in South Africa and recently Nigeria. The Afrocentric perspective will be utilised in trying to ...
• Books and babies: Pregnancy and young parents in schools (Book review). 

  Agboola, Caroline (HSRC Press, 2013)

  Books and Babies: Pregnancy and Young Parents in Schools is part of a series of books by HSRC Press on parenthood. However, where the two previous publications focused on fatherhood (Morrell & Richter 2006; Swartz & Bhana ...
• 'Why do they need to punish you more?': Women's lives after imprisonment. 

  Agboola, Caroline (Taylor & Francis, 2017-06-22)
• Memories of the 'inside': Conditions in South African women's prisons. 

  Agboola, Caroline (Institute for Security Studies and University of Cape Town, 2016)

  The inadequate conditions of South Africa’s correctional facilities are well known. Health care, sanitation, food provision, access to education and reading materials, and, in particular, overcrowding are considerable ...
• Consensual Same-Sex Sexual Relationships in South African Female Prisons 

  Agboola, Caroline (IFE Centre for Psychological Studies (ICPS), 2015)

  Although consensual same-sex sexual relationships in female prisons have been a topic of scholarly discourse, it has received little attention in African countries, and South Africa is no exception. Consensual same-sex ...
• Intersectionality and crime: Reflections from female ex-inmates in South Africa. 

  Agboola, Caroline; Rabe, Marlize (CRIMSA, 2018)

  Intersectionality was used as a lens in this article to analyse the recounted experiences of 20 former female inmates (prisoners) of correctional centres (prisons) in South Africa. It was found that if stratification ...

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