De Wet Schutte

University of the Western Cape | uwc · Center for Student Support Services (CSSS)

This paper questions the value of the existing statistics that reflect the number of people on the official waiting lists for housing and argues that current lists reflects a hypothetical and not a real need for houses. This argument is based upon the lack of a uniform method and definition applied when housing needs are determined. The author's re...

A collection of basic theoretical concepts and definitions relevant to community development praxis.

One page (Both sides) of explanation of basic concepts often used in Research Methodology literature.

Globally, there has been increasing interest in the study of caregiving. Female caregiver predictors or mediators and a multidimensional female caregiver burden (FCG burden) model that incorporates environmental hygiene factors such as toilet hygiene and kitchen are lacking, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. This study evaluates car...

One of the main reasons proposed for the widespread community protests in South Africa has been ineffective service delivery by local municipalities. The growing frustration of citizens has led to violent unrest, damage to infrastructure, service payment boycotts and litigation. Official reports have highlighted weaknesses including flawed governan...

It is common practice to apply the widely accepted traditional five phases of the project management life cycle, namely (i) initiation, (ii) planning, (iii) execution, (iv) monitor and control, (v) closure, to community development projects (Donato, 2021; Eby, 2018). Though, some authors reduced the phases to four by combining phases four and five...

Introduction Our decisions are only as good as the information on which it is based. Therefore, the challenge for any community development practitioner, local authority, or charity organisation is to identify the "correct" development project(s) that would truly resonate with the people in the target community. In the absence of this community's v...

The danger of social engineering in community development practice.

1. GENERAL PROBLEMS WITH DESIGNING A QUESTIONNAIRE • How do I start with a research project? • How do I know whether I have asked sufficient questions? • How do I know whether my questionnaire will be on target? • Where does my study of available literature fit in? Where does my hypothesis fit in? • How do I start noting the results? When planning...

Community development lacks a proper theory. This paper postulates that the reason for this intolerable state being that community development has been hijacked by charity organizations and politicians with ‘do good’ intentions, simply because it lacks proper scientific theory that offers some element of prediction in the outcome. Current developme...

While the world waits in anticipation for a vaccine against the Covid-19 virus, controlling the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic is all about managing the movement of people. The lockdown principle introduced in many countries aims to keep people in their respective communities, which also means the closure of many formal to the informal local econo...

Introduction: Studies on female caregiver burden and its determinants in relation to physical environment and social support in low-income and middle-income countries are limited. This study evaluates the relationship between caregiving physical environment, social support and well-being of female caregivers and care recipients in Cape Town, South...

Community development is probably one of the most used and abused words in the vocabulary of politicians, development consultants and day-today talk among those involved in shaping the future in under developed and developing countries. Success stories are few and there is simply little or no guarantee that the outcome of a community development pr...

Informal caregivers play an important role in the well-being of dependent members in a household. Yet, literature on female caregiver burden in low-income and middle-income countries is scanty. This study examines the socio-demographic and socio-economic determinants of female caregiver burden in Cape Town, South Africa. The cross-sectional study i...

This paper explores the faultlines in community development thinking. It argues that most community development projects are still merely social engineering projects that are deemed to fail. The article uses the complexity theoretical paradigm to postulate that the Basic Needs community development theory avoids the underlying popular social engine...

Paradigm switch in reducing work related accidents

Is there really a positive relation between safety legislation and occupational health? Most authors agree with safety being a managerial issue that should be mainstreamed into the management of a company. Though this statement could not be faulted, it is argued that continuously refined and often so complex legislation designed to cover every poss...

Abstract: This paper is based on a thesis literature section of a doctoral research undertaken in Sengwe and Makuleke communities in Zimbabwe and South Africa respectively. The study was done from 2010 to 2012. The two communities are integral to a transfrontier/transboundary conservation initiative known as the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park. Th...

Community development is probably one of the most used and abused words in the vocabulary of politicians, development consultants and day-today talk among those involved in shaping the future in under developed and developing countries. Success stories are few and there is simply little or no guarantee that the outcome of a community development pr...

The Management of a Faculty of Applied Sciences in a South African university of technology is keen on the Faculty offering degrees rather than the current system of diploma qualifications. But different programmes have different structures and purposes which may make them more or less suitable as degree qualifications. All the current programmes a...

In this paper the issue of unintended consequences is addressed from the tradition of a scientific research perspective within the postmodern paradigm and Gleick's (1988) chaos theory point of departure, and take the view that based upon scientific logic, there cannot be such a thing as an unintended consequence. The paper suggests that Weber's ass...

Die bemarking van konynvleis in ander lande het 'n verskuiwing ondergaan, van die verkoop van heel konynkarkasse tot die later ontwikkeling van die verkoop van konynvleis in porsies as 'n geriefsverpakking. Ander bemarkingsvraagstukke met betrekking tot konynvleis, byvoorbeeld of daar 'n mark daarvoor is, is nie ondersoek nie. In hierdie studie is...

If development, and specifically development in the health sector, had followed the principles of the typical input-output model for rendering health services to the poor, it would have been easy. Still, the few success stories in health service delivery to under and developing coun-tries are few and they seldom give clear blueprints of best practi...

The presentation highlights some historical moments in the history of the liberation of South Africa and the role of the youth therein. It refers to the nine strategic focus areas found in the National Youth Policy, but questions the seemingly “politically motivated” age category of youth being considered as 15 to 34 years of age. Thousands of chil...

Why is it that housing issues are so high up on the agenda of politicians in South Africa, but not when we consult the people when measuring their needs? In doing community needs analyses with the Priority Index (P-Index) technique in more than 56 communities over the past 13 years, housing seldom showed the highest priority in the needs of the res...

The expectations, perceptions and purchasing behaviour of consumers of game meat were Researched by a survey method using a structured, self-administered questionnaire. The sample consisted of 300 South African consumers and included 100 white, 100 coloured and 100 black consumers. It is evident that South African consumers perceive game meat diffe...

The purchasing and marketing of game meat by supermarkets and butcheries in the Western Cape Province of South Africa was researched by the survey method. Two supermarket groups in South Africa indicated that they do market game meat, and springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) was the species that most supermarkets sold. Both supermarket groups indicat...

The perceptions and consumption of game meat by overseas tourists visiting the Western Cape, South Africa, was researched by means of the survey procedure using a structured, self-administered questionnaire. The research group consisted of sixty tourists, most of whom were German and Belgian. All respondents indicated that they know game meat and h...