Oloyede, OlojideNandoo, KarinInstitute for Social Development2014-03-062024-11-052013/04/102013/04/102014-03-062024-11-052012https://hdl.handle.net/10566/17396Magister Artium - MAThis study explored the livelihood activities in female-headed households in Vrygrond, Cape Town. The objective of this study was to identify and analyse livelihood strategies adopted by female-headed households. The Capability Approach was used as a theoretical framework of the study. This approach drew on the idea that resources and abilities enable people to achieve a range of valued ways of being and doing.enLivelihoodsSustainabilitySustainable livelihoodsCapabilitiesEmpowermentFemaleheaded householdHousehold relationsInter-generational transmissionLocial capitalAssetsPovertyVulnerabilityCopyright: University of the Western Cape