M.Phil. / The study identifies the needs and interests of the community in Mamelodi Extension 5 with regard to sport and recreation facilities. There is a need to determine the role of sport in society to fulfil the sport-related needs and to find out how these needs can be addressed by the social facilitation of sport. The study offers an understanding of aspects of sport and recreation in the area. A review was done of relevant literature dealing with sport and recreation. The sources used to gather information embodied books, magazines, articles, newspapers, media reports, government reports and information from the internet. Stratified random sampling was used to collect data from the residents of Mamelodi East Extension 5. A questionnaire served as the main data collection tool. It was piloted on thirty (30) residents who did not serve in the final sample of respondents. This assisted to gauge the validity of the questionnaire. The empirical study was done with three hundred (300) questionnaires that were filled in by the respondents to get their views relating to sport and recreation. Face-to-face interviews were used to collect data, which were analysed using SPSS spreadsheets. The study found that sport and recreation facilities were scarce in the area, that only few facilities were available but mostly ill equipped and that most residents did not participate in sport and recreation. The main recommendation was that management of clubs and institutions that deal with sport and recreation be involved in encouraging and assisting residents to use the facilities in their localities. / Prof. C. Singh

The design that is substantiated by this discourse is a Construction Centre in Mamelodi Township. The objective is to provide training and skills for those individuals who are unemployed and exhibit talent and skills in arts and other crafts related works. It will provide technical skills to people who want to improve their informal housing. But due to their background, need financial support and opportunity in order to acquire these skills. The centre will also provide research and development facilities in low cost housing and alternative materials in the construction industry. Funding for this project will come from the University of Pretoria (the client), the Department of Science and Technology, and other private organizations interested or involved in construction. The common aim is to contribute to the new Government policy on housing delivery ‘Breaking New Ground, 2004’ which advocates quality of housing rather than quantity as in previous schemes of the Reconstruction Development Programme (RDP). The project’s purpose is to re-direct professional efforts towards the needs of the poor in informal settlements in urban areas. The objective of the centre is not only to educate and train students in the applied arts, crafts and construction field but also to provide them with skills to make a feasible living of it. It also aims to market them by establishing small-medium enterprises. In this way, successful students can have some source of income to finish subsidy housing units or improve their informal housing. Thus, the aim is bridging the idea of art and architecture with the more practical economic business education and improving the built environment. The works produced by students would be marketed and sold by them on the site and in various local enterprises outposts. The training and research development will be provided by renowned and respected artists and craftsmen in order to pass on cultural skills to a younger generation. Professionals, students from University of Pretoria and allied institutions will provide technical and academic research. The research will be on new technology and methods of improving informal housing and low cost housing. Technical assistance will also be provided by former students who return to the centre to teach whilst supporting the idea of giving back to the community what they have been taught. The design is aimed at integrating African applied arts, crafts and local building techniques with Western construction technology, within the urbanized context of Mamelodi. Exhibitions, flea market activities, art and construction workshops as well as performances for children and adults are among the envisaged for the Centre. These would eventually serve to increase public awareness on applied arts, crafts and new building technologies in construction industry within local community. Additionally, the Centre will contribute to the upliftment of the poor and disadvantaged communities through involving them in the construction of the centre itself and assuming that the training facilities in arts, crafts and construction skills provided at the centre can be used by them for use in constructing subsidised houses. It will also help community members in formalising the existing informal construction industries (for example, Zozos and welding workshops) to small-medium construction enterprises in the community. The construction industry will have another source of skilled labour from the graduates of the Centre. / Dissertation (MArch(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Architecture / unrestricted

The historical record of humankind has been punctuated by epochs of great calamity and catastrophes. These have been through natural disasters or man-made causes, and these occurrences have in most cases led to innovations and discoveries to thwart the impending consequences. The most devastating has been the prevalence of diseases, which have decimated communities. In Europe, such scourges like bubonic plague, tuberculosis and many others led to communities adopting myriad survival strategies in response to these threats. This cyclical trend is currently being experienced around the globe and more especially in the developing countries, vis-à-vis the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The impact of HIV/AIDS on communities is leading to fundamental changes in the socio-economic fabric, and consequently to diverse livelihood strategies being adopted by both the victims and their dependants. The social effects of the loss of a breadwinner or head of the household result in an increase of orphans, child-headed households and dependants. The resultant livelihood strategies adopted from this scenario stretch from legal to illegal activities, and the latter being more pronounced in an urban context. The epidemic has also had other social implications in terms of the service delivery capacity of governments and other developmental role-players in alleviating the poverty exacerbated by this disease. The non-availability of a vaccine, skewed national health policies and the high price levels of existing short-term medications further worsen the problem of at least making the affected population become economically active and expand their livelihoods. HIV/AIDS cuts across the socio-economic status divide of any community and thus cannot only be associated or ascribed to the poor segment of a given population. The livelihood strategies of the affluent differ widely from the low-income group –more especially given the fact that the former have fiscal livelihood portfolios in place for risk aversion. For the poor segment of the community, the livelihood strategies continuum would entail basic activities to entitlements provided by the state in its social policy framework. This study will explore the livelihood strategy dynamics of an urban context; with a special emphasis on the HIV/AIDS support groups and community-based organizations in Mamelodi Township. / Mr. H. Mushonga

M.Comm. / The study aims to give a better understanding of the relationship between service delivery and local economic development through the examination of local economic development theories and by evaluating their historical development and evolution in the world, Africa and South Africa. The study also determines, through assessment of available information, whether or not some of the areas in Mamelodi are receiving services from the municipality or local government to sustain local economic development. The theories underpinning LED were examined in this study, and all indicate that there exists a strong relationship between LED and service delivery. From the early stages of LED, areas with inadequate service delivery failed to attract businesses that are instrumental to LED. Central place theory maintains different growth prospects of central and peripheral regions. Attraction theory indicates that communities initiate policies and strategies that will make their areas more attractive. There is a need for the adequate provision of infrastructure to sustain LED, as indicated by the growth and regional theory. Economic base theory maintains that the success of the local economy is determined by the demand of its produced goods, services and products by areas outside its local economic boundaries. Location theory emphasises the importance of minimum cost due to the state of the industrial site in the local area. LED has been developed in different countries to address various economic problems. After the great depression, there was a high rate of unemployment and LED was used as an instrument to create jobs for the local communities in some countries. The study indicates that in some countries like Latin America where LED was implemented, economic problems such as unemployment in the municipal level were addressed. South Africa also had the objective of addressing unemployment in the municipal areas when LED was introduced. However, municipalities have to draft the integrated development plans to indicate how they can tackle such problems. Mamelodi has a number of projects implemented as a way of promoting LED. Jobs were created and areas improved economically. The CTMM has also provided some funding to ensure that the infrastructure in Mamelodi is adequate to support LED. However, much still needs to be done as the area has a number of challenges in terms of housing, water supply, and other related infrastructure for LED. Service delivery has an important role to play in the sustainability of LED. The history of LED has shown that countries that did not provide services in their municipalities failed to succeed in LED as compared to those with adequate service delivery. Financial incentives are other factors that play a major role in the sustainability of LED. Businesses need to be supported financially to create jobs and retain existing jobs.

M. Comm. / Entrepreneurship has a significant economic contribution in terms of employment, job creation and wealth creation that can be attributed to entrepreneurial enterprises (Bell, Callaghan, Demick & Scharf 2004:1). Entrepreneurial activity in any economy often takes place in the small- micro- and medium enterprise (SMME) business sector (Rwigema & Venter 2004:315). However, in the establishment of SMMEs, entrepreneurs encounter or perceive barriers that hinder the establishment, sustenance and growth of these important vehicles that are vital to the development of both society and the economy (Kunene 2008). The focus of this research study is therefore to identify barriers and perceived barriers to entrepreneurship. The study is exploratory and specifically attempts to identify and understand the barriers perceived and experienced by entrepreneurs in the township of Mamelodi in establishing, sustaining and growing enterprises.

M.A. / The aim of this study was to examine how the members of Agape came to construct themselves as a healing community. An ecosystemic epistemology and social constructionism were used as a lens by which to view the events unfolding at Agape Healing Community and to illuminate how meanings, expressed through language and ritual, are negotiated and shared. Discourse analysis was used as an analytical tool to infer meaning from the participants’ speaking and to locate these discourses in the fabric that constitutes South African society.

Promoting household food security for many poor people globally and more so in Sub-Saharan Africa continues to be a challenge today. Ever rising poverty levels, an influx in the prevalence of the HIV/ AIDS pandemic, reduced rainfall accompanied by changing climatic patterns, environmental bankruptcy, the complexities associated with urbanization, globalisation as well as technology shift in the agricultural sector and capitalistic market economies all play a role in the food security debate. This research has highlighted some of the factors that influence the food economy and related these to the household food security of poor informal settlement dwellers. Achieving household food security for poor urban households requires an integrated approach in terms of poverty eradication as well as deliberate efforts with regards to food production and distribution within a framework of ecological integrity, with an aim of empowering the poor and ensuring that their household food security is guaranteed. / Development Studies / Thesis (M.A. (Development Studies))

Promoting household food security for many poor people globally and more so in Sub-Saharan Africa continues to be a challenge today. Ever rising poverty levels, an influx in the prevalence of the HIV/ AIDS pandemic, reduced rainfall accompanied by changing climatic patterns, environmental bankruptcy, the complexities associated with urbanization, globalisation as well as technology shift in the agricultural sector and capitalistic market economies all play a role in the food security debate. This research has highlighted some of the factors that influence the food economy and related these to the household food security of poor informal settlement dwellers. Achieving household food security for poor urban households requires an integrated approach in terms of poverty eradication as well as deliberate efforts with regards to food production and distribution within a framework of ecological integrity, with an aim of empowering the poor and ensuring that their household food security is guaranteed. / Development Studies / Thesis (M.A. (Development Studies))