DECEMBER 2015 GRADUATES (Thesis and Honours Research Project titles in italics) 

 

PhD graduates

 

Dr Gideon Nomdo  

At the crossroads of the identity (re)construction process: an analysis of ‘fateful moments’ in the lives of coloured students within an equity development programme at UCT

Supervisor: Dr Johann Graaff

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From Victims to Warriors: Collective Identity Generation at Cancer Assemblies in South Africa

Supervisor: Dr Johann Graaff and Dr Jacques de Wet

 

 

Research Master’s graduates

 

Nicole Daniels

The gendered experiences of women, men and couples who plan, have and narrate homebirths

Supervisor: Dr Elena Moore and Dr Rachelle Chadwick 

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Sam Telzak  

Shifting economic perceptions in South Africa: the impact of migration

Supervisor: Prof Jeremy Seekings

 

Coursework Master’s graduates

 

Charlton Esterhuizen

South African social theory: Steve Biko

Supervisor: Prof Xolela Mangcu

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Mighael Lombard

eThekwini’s changing occupational structure: A question of deindustrialisation and racial inequality

Supervisor: Prof Owen Crankshaw

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Jared Rossouw

“True, reliable and valid?” Data and community experience in the case of the janitorial service social audit

Supervisor: A/Prof Sophie Oldfield

 

Honours graduates

 

Kate Bassett

Perceptions of being Equipped: A Study of the Volunteer Wildfire Services

Supervisor: Dr Jonathan Grossman

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Marlyn Faure

Income Inequality as a Determinant of Health: The Case for Developing Countries  

Supervisor: Prof Nicoli Nattrass

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Emma Gelb

Accessing Nature: The Experiences of Rastafarians in Accessing Nature for the Harvesting of Medicinal Plants

Supervisor: Dr Frank Matose

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Caroline Kensett

Can Ethical Certification play a Developmental Role? A Study of Ethical Certification in the Wine Industry in the Western Cape

Supervisor: A/Prof David Lincoln

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Jessica Loizides  

Community-Based Tourism as a Development Strategy: A Case Study of Guga S’thebe Arts and Cultural Centre, Langa

Supervisor: Dr Jacques de Wet  

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Marietha Lugwe

Employee Motivation: What Motivates Generation Y in the Workplace?

Supervisor: Prof Ari Sitas

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Patricia Malila

An Exploration of Female-Headed Households in the Male Dominated Sector of Tobacco Production in Rural Malawi

Supervisor: Dr Frank Matose

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Rufaro Moyo

Shedding Light in Dark Spaces: An exploration of why the topic of Intimate Partner Violence in same-sex couples has been largely unexplored in South African academia and activism

Supervisor: Dr Amrita Pande

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Juliana Pita

Nature of Popular Protests in Africa: A Case Study of Uganda

Supervisor: Dr Ruchi Chaturvedi

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Maxine Sa Couto

Share Equity Schemes and Land Equity Schemes in the Development of the South African Wine Industry: New Beginnings as a Case Study

Supervisor: Dr Frank Matose

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Kgaugelo Sebidi

Extended Degree Students’ Academic Experiences: A Comparative Analysis of Two First Year Courses – SOC1006F and SOC1007S

Supervisor: Dr Shannon Moreira

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Kathryn Wooldridge

The Way in Which Women in the Non-Destructive Testing Industry in South Africa Experience Gender Roles, Attitudes and Discrimination  

Supervisor: A/Prof Rajen Govender