Research Output - Research on Socio-Economic Policy (RESEP)

This project is a collaboration between Stellenbosch University, Theewaterskloof municipality and Western Cape Department of Human Settlements. The aim is to use upward and downward…

August 11, 2021 By: Marisa von Fintel, Natalie van Reenen (US), Brenda Mothibe (Theewaterskloof), Lenine Felix (Rooidakke), Francis Felix (Rooidakke) PDF

Benchmarking oral reading fluency in the early grades in Nguni languages

To prevent children from falling behind in the developmental sequence of reading, a shared vision of what reading success looks like is required. This paper provides the first benchmarks for early grade oral reading fluency that are necessary (albeit not sufficient) to read for meaning in three Nguni languages – isiZulu, isiXhosa and Siswati – belonging to the Southern Bantu family of African languages.

July 18, 2021 By: Cally Ardington, Gabrielle Wills, Elizabeth Pretorius, Nompumelelo Mohohlwane, and Alicia Menendeze PDF

Stellenbosch Working Papers

Working Papers

A ‘Free’ Labour Force: The Labour Mobility of Emancipated Slaves at the Cape Colony, 1833-1891

Education and skills for the economy and links to labour markets in South Africa – Presentation made by RESEP to the National Planning Commission

Highlights from Facing Forward: Schooling for Learning in Africa

Giving and racial outgroup-preferences

Coerced indigenous labour and effort in pastoral agriculture: Lessons learnt from the nineteenth century Cape frontier

A discussion of key issues in South Africa’s basic education sector during the COVID-19 pandemic

Climate, Weather and Development: Research in Sub-Saharan Africa

Out of control: Mending the broken feedback loops of water and electricity expenses at schools

Labor Markets and Institutions in Postemancipation South Africa

A century later: Lessons from the Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918

Modelling COVID-19’s spread, severity and ICU capacity in South Africa

Perseverance, Passion and Poverty: Examining the association between grit and reading achievement in high-poverty schools

Overview of Funda Wande and Bala Wande RCTs in EC and LP and collaborations with RESEP

The Big-Fish-Little-Pond Effect in mathematics in South Africa and its moderating factors

Generosity and Gift Giving as Sources of Motivation for Health WorkersGenerosity and Gift Giving as Sources of Motivation for Health Workers

Does Class Size Matter in South African Secondary Schools? It Depends

Long-term effects of childhood exposure to war on domestic violence: Evidence from the Nigerian Civil War

Challenges faced by individuals who have initiated TB treatment in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces: a mixed method approach

Roots and wings: Improved quality in subsidised housing

Benchmarking oral reading fluency in the early grades in Nguni languages

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