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Magister Commercii - MCom / Amongst many challenges, South Africa is still struggling to address the problem of high levels of poverty in the country more than two decades after the apartheid regime has ended. The government has however remained resolute in its effort to alleviate poverty especially through the provision of social grants. The expansion of the social assistance scheme after the apartheid regime has played an important role in extending benefits to a wider population of South Africans particularly the poor and the vulnerable groups. The effects of social grants on poverty have been proven to be effective. This has been widely tested empirically using the monetary approach as a measurement of poverty. However, few academic works have studied this effect on multidimensional poverty. Moreover, existing studies have focused predominantly on single poverty dimensions. As a result, this study investigates whether social grants reduce multidimensional poverty in South Africa. This study uses the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) as a poverty measurement, which encompasses three dimensions of poverty. This dissertation found poverty to have declined over the years but it is still prevalent amongst households headed by blacks and females residing in the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo provinces with large household. The relationship between social grants and multidimensional poverty is tested empirically through a logistic regression using the National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) data for Wave 4, year 2014/15 to be specific. The empirical findings reveal that a R1 increase in income from social grants results in a 1% decrease in the odds of a household being multidimensional poor. As much as social grants reduce multidimensional poverty, they have been found to be statistically insignificant and thus less effective in the reduction of multidimensional poverty.

Philosophiae Doctor - PhD / Background: Many patients with stroke feel ill-prepared for discharge from stroke rehabilitation, despite having undergone extensive periods of therapy. From the available research, there is clear evidence that disease specific self-management interventions (SMI) are effective at changing targeted behavioural outcomes, and ultimately improve patient participation restrictions, using self-efficacy principles. A stroke SMI, originally developed by the Bridges Organization to address participation restriction in patients living with stroke in the United Kingdom (UK); was successfully adapted and contextualized for the New Zealand stroke population. A similar stroke SMI could have equal positive benefits for the South African stroke population but would need to be contextually relevant. Aim: This study aims to adapt and contextualize the original UK Bridges stroke SMI workbook for implementation with the South African stroke population. Method: The qualitative, exploratory study is conducted in five phases. Thirteen healthcare professionals (Phase 1) and 12 patients with stroke (Phase 2) are engaged with by the researcher using focus group discussions to understand their views on the implementation of self-management intervention in the local context; and one-on-one interviews with local South African patients living with stroke are conducted to explore their experiences (Phase 3) and build contextually relevant local vignettes. The adaptation and contextualization process of the Bridges stroke SMI workbook to the South African context occurs using the participant feedback and built vignettes from Phases 1 to 3. Consensus on the adaptation of the workbook is then reached through the use of an expert panel for peer-review (Phase 4), and a final focus group discussion with local healthcare professionals in the field of stroke rehabilitation (Phase 5) to produce the final South African Bridges stroke SMI workbook. Phase 1 and 5 participants were conveniently selected; while purposive sampling was applied for Phases 2 and 3. Throughout the various study phases, a thematic analysis procedure is employed by the researcher to analyse and interpret the themes identified through the qualitative data collected. A deductive approach was employed by the researcher for the focus group discussion data of Phase 1, 2, and 5; and an inductive approach to the data from the interviews in Phase 3. The trustworthiness criteria of credibility, transferability, dependability, and confirmability were applied.

<p><font face="Times New Roman"> <p align="left">This study focuses on the Performance Management System in the South African local government with specific emphasis on policy implementation.</p> </font></p>

ABSTRACT Durban's “Golden Mile” is the city’s most prominent tourist attraction and contributed ± R225 million towards much needed job creation and poverty alleviation in the region during the 2007 financial year, a trend which is set to increase dramatically during the FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) 2010 Soccer World Cup, which was awarded to the Republic of South Africa. The City of Durban will host eight World Cup matches, including a semi-final at the newly designed Moses Mabhiba World Cup 2010 Stadium. The high incidence of violent crimes committed against tourists, which is also reported on in the international media, has caused the concern that if tourists perceive the beachfront to be unsafe they will be hesitant to visit Durban again, while the likelihood also exists that they might discourage other potential visitors. This paper is an attempt to provide input to the discourse on the matter based on empirical research. Much of the research on crime and tourism is founded on economic models of criminal behaviour. The current study contributes to the expanding crime and tourism literature by providing facts and accurate statistics instead of anecdotal information on violent crime and tourism, more specifically with regard to the so-called “street robberies”. From the data collected and analysed, it will become evident that during 2006, 90% of the street robberies reported to Golden Mile hotel security was not documented in the form of a case docket with the SAPS. Through the use of qualitative data analysis techniques such as theming, coding and categorising, the study will also reveal that all the respondents who completed the open-ended questionnaire are of the opinion that preliminary crime scene investigation of street robberies committed against tourists on Durban’s Golden Mile was, for a variety of reasons, ineffective. Finally, based on the relevant literature as well as the findings of the study, a number of recommendations will be put forward.

Photographs of Iraqi prisoners’ abuse by American soldiers sent shockwaves throughout the world during the Iraq War (Wikipedia, 2003). This again raised the question of human rights and how these rights are balanced in diverse societies. This article intends to focus on the relationship between human rights and religious requirements in the day-to-day functioning of public schools.

Few countries have ever had the opportunity to rethink their architectural dogma as abruptly and radically as South Africa since the few years leading up to the democratic elections of 1994. With only a few exceptions, the pre-democratic South African architecture of the 20th century has always lacked a unique identity. But, coinciding with trends towards Critical-Regionalism and ‘green’ initiatives, the emergence of a new South Africa has inspired the profession as a whole to search for new directions.

Abstract Democracyrequires allmembers of the public to be afforded equal opportunities. South Africa is still a young democracy grappling to redress the imbalances of the past, which were not only about colour but also about gender and many other inequities. Prior to 1994, the South African public service systematically marginalised women across the colour spectrum. The introduction of the enabling legislation on affirmative action after1994 meant that women were classified as a category of the previously disadvantaged. Government departments have since then been expected to complywiththis legislation and advancewomenwho have the rightqualifications and experience tomanagerialpositions fromwhichtheywere previously excluded.The first part of this article examines the legislative framework and progress that has beenmade in the appointment of women to managerial positions in the South African public service. Statistics are used to quantify the progress that has beenmade.The second part of the article analyses obstacles that hamper the advancement of women.Lastly the article focuses on possible ways of addressing obstacles to the advancementofwomen.

<p><font face="Times New Roman"> <p align="left">This study focuses on the Performance Management System in the South African local government with specific emphasis on policy implementation.</p> </font></p>

The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Act 200 of 1993 which operated as the interim constitution of the Republic introduced a new legal order predicated on constitutionalism and constitutional supremacy. Within it was entrenched a justiciable Bill of Rights that guaranteed the enforcement and protection of the fundamental rights of the individuals of the state. Notionally and traditionally bills of rights have been conceived as a mechanism for the protection and enforcement of fundamental human rights against the state, the abuse of state authority and sate power. Such an application has been typified as the vertical application of the bill of rights . During the drafting process of the Interim Constitution, the Technical Committees commissioned by the Multi-Party Negotiating Process for that purpose were preoccupied with the question as to whether the South African Bill of Rights should apply in the private sphere between private persons acting inter se; such an application being typified as the horizontal application. The result was an ambiguous text. The question of whether the Bill of Rights was indeed capable of a horizontal application was intensely debated before the Constitutional Court of South Africa in Du Plessis And Others v De Klerk And Another 1996 (3) SA 850. And in an equally intense judgment the majority of the Court concluded that the Bill of Rights was not in general capable of a direct horizontal application. Although influenced by a strenuous textual analysis, there were other considerations too that influenced the Court's decision. One of the most important of these was that the operation of a bill of rights in the private sphere would be contrary to the notion of a constitutional state and that it would make the law vague and uncertain. However, the very same Constitutional Court a few months later in In Re: Certification of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, 1996 (10) BCLR 1253 (CC) certified that Section 8 (2) of Chapter 3 unequivocally provided for the horizontal application of the Bill of Rights. This dissertation examines the paradigms within which the Bill of Rights operates horizontally and analyzes the apprehensions expressed in Du Plessis v De Klerk within the context of these paradigms. / Thesis (LL.M.)-University of Natal, Durban, 1998.