- Title
- The decision-making process in a rural community in Lesotho
- Creator
- Perry, J G, 1942-
- ThesisAdvisor
- Mayer, Philip
- Subject
- Decision making -- Lesotho Sotho (African people) -- Social life and customs Local government -- Lesotho Land tenure -- Lesotho Thatched roofs -- Lesotho Grasses -- Lesotho Law -- Lesotho Courts -- Lesotho Community power -- Lesotho Civic leaders -- Lesotho Community life -- Lesotho Lesotho -- Social conditions Lesotho -- Rural conditions Lesotho -- Politics and government
- Date
- 1978
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Doctoral
- Type
- PhD
- Identifier
- vital:2111
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007635
- Description
- From Introduction: Lesotho is a small, mountainous country entirely surrounded by South Africa. The stark nature of its terrain and topography present harsh options to its inhabitants. Much of the country is mountainous, better suited to the keeping of stock than to agriculture. The lowlands, where the soils are more amenable to the plough, are scarred and cut by dongas. The soil is overworked and overcrowded and Lesotho does not grow enough to feed its people who depend on migrancy as a viable alternative to the limited resources of their own land. They stream from the country to seek wage employment in South Africa, for Lesotho has minimal industrial development and cannot provide jobs for her people. The civil service absorbs some of the educated elite, as does teaching, but the majority must sell their sweat in South Africa's service.
- Format
- 501 leaves, pdf
- Publisher
- Rhodes University, Faculty of Humanities, Anthropology
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Perry, J. G., 1942-
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