African middle class elite
- Authors: Nyquist, Thomas E
- Date: 1983
- Subjects: Black people -- South Africa -- Grahamstown Grahamstown (South Africa) -- History Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Social conditions Social classes -- South Africa -- Grahamstown Black people -- South Africa -- Social conditions Black people -- South Africa -- Grahamstown -- Social conditions Grahamstown African Rugby Union Middle class -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2780 , vital:20325 , ISBN 0868100412
- Description: In this time of crucial change for all of Southern Africa - as the former colonies of Portugal struggle to become viable states, as Rhodesia totters on the brink of political change, and as South Africa girds itself for an uncertain future - the question is: “What of the potential African leaders in South Africa?” We hear of the Bantustans and their thrust forward, but what of those Africans of ability living in the urban areas whose counterparts have provided much of the leadership in other African countries? Who are they? What are their circumstances? What are they thinking? And what are they doing? The goal of this study is to suggest tentative answers through the careful and detailed study of a specific community and its potential leaders, the upper stratum. Such answers can only be approximate, of course. Community circumstances differ. Moreover, the explosive events in Soweto and elsewhere in South Africa during 1976 have altered reality, and our study was carried out during 1966-7 and 1975. The locus of research has been Grahamstown and, most particularly, the African community attached to it (see Maps 1 and 2). Situated in the eastern region of the Cape Province, Grahamstown is a city of regional importance, best known as the centre of the first large English settlement1. Arguments about its suitability for research of this nature are detailed in Appendix A, but from the researcher’s perspective its African population of 35 000+ gives it more than local significance while still being small enough to allow a thorough study. In addition, the community’s depth of contact with Europeans going back to the 1830’s, and the general importance of Grahamstown as an educational centre, imply a more sophisticated population than its size might otherwise indicate. Further, the community's nearness to the African Bantustan of the Ciskei, one of nine such “homelands” for Africans, and to the African university at Fort Hare, add to its significance. The primary group under study has been the upper stratum of the African community, as defined by the Africans themselves. From the research has evolved a series of propositions. They relate, first, to the composition of the African upper stratum and the role of its members in their own community, and, second, to the way in which their marginal position within South Africa contributes to particular attitudes and social behaviour often detrimental to the achievement of a better community. (For a discussion of the research techniques used, see Appendix B.) , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Authors: Nyquist, Thomas E
- Date: 1983
- Subjects: Black people -- South Africa -- Grahamstown Grahamstown (South Africa) -- History Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Social conditions Social classes -- South Africa -- Grahamstown Black people -- South Africa -- Social conditions Black people -- South Africa -- Grahamstown -- Social conditions Grahamstown African Rugby Union Middle class -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2780 , vital:20325 , ISBN 0868100412
- Description: In this time of crucial change for all of Southern Africa - as the former colonies of Portugal struggle to become viable states, as Rhodesia totters on the brink of political change, and as South Africa girds itself for an uncertain future - the question is: “What of the potential African leaders in South Africa?” We hear of the Bantustans and their thrust forward, but what of those Africans of ability living in the urban areas whose counterparts have provided much of the leadership in other African countries? Who are they? What are their circumstances? What are they thinking? And what are they doing? The goal of this study is to suggest tentative answers through the careful and detailed study of a specific community and its potential leaders, the upper stratum. Such answers can only be approximate, of course. Community circumstances differ. Moreover, the explosive events in Soweto and elsewhere in South Africa during 1976 have altered reality, and our study was carried out during 1966-7 and 1975. The locus of research has been Grahamstown and, most particularly, the African community attached to it (see Maps 1 and 2). Situated in the eastern region of the Cape Province, Grahamstown is a city of regional importance, best known as the centre of the first large English settlement1. Arguments about its suitability for research of this nature are detailed in Appendix A, but from the researcher’s perspective its African population of 35 000+ gives it more than local significance while still being small enough to allow a thorough study. In addition, the community’s depth of contact with Europeans going back to the 1830’s, and the general importance of Grahamstown as an educational centre, imply a more sophisticated population than its size might otherwise indicate. Further, the community's nearness to the African Bantustan of the Ciskei, one of nine such “homelands” for Africans, and to the African university at Fort Hare, add to its significance. The primary group under study has been the upper stratum of the African community, as defined by the Africans themselves. From the research has evolved a series of propositions. They relate, first, to the composition of the African upper stratum and the role of its members in their own community, and, second, to the way in which their marginal position within South Africa contributes to particular attitudes and social behaviour often detrimental to the achievement of a better community. (For a discussion of the research techniques used, see Appendix B.) , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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Rag message 1983
- Authors: Henderson, Derek Scott
- Date: 1983
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7452 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018329
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- Authors: Henderson, Derek Scott
- Date: 1983
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7452 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018329
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Rhodes University 1983 Graduation Ceremonies Address
- Authors: Henderson, Derek Scott
- Date: 1983
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7451 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018328
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- Authors: Henderson, Derek Scott
- Date: 1983
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7451 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018328
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Rural communities in transition: a study of the socio-economic and agricultural implications of agricultural betterment and development
- de Wet, Christopher J, McAllister, Patrick A
- Authors: de Wet, Christopher J , McAllister, Patrick A
- Date: 1983
- Subjects: Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- South Africa -- Ciskei -- Case studies Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- South Africa -- Transkei -- Case studies Agricultural development projects -- South Africa -- Homelands -- Case studies Homelands (South Africa) -- Rural conditions -- Case studies Villages -- South Africa -- Homelands -- Case studies
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/1831 , vital:20231 , ISBN 086810101x
- Description: This comparative study, undertaken in the anthropological tradition of long-term field research, highlights the impact of agricultural "betterment" schemes in two rural communities - Chatha in Keiskammahoek district, Ciskei and Shixini in Willowvale district, Transkei. The authors provide a wealth of historical, sociological and ecological detail to describe and assess the implications of the continuation of the present official "betterment" strategy. This is done by comparing conditions in Chatha, where the strategy was implemented in the 1960s, with those in Shixini, where it was being implemented during fieldwork. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Authors: de Wet, Christopher J , McAllister, Patrick A
- Date: 1983
- Subjects: Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- South Africa -- Ciskei -- Case studies Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- South Africa -- Transkei -- Case studies Agricultural development projects -- South Africa -- Homelands -- Case studies Homelands (South Africa) -- Rural conditions -- Case studies Villages -- South Africa -- Homelands -- Case studies
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/1831 , vital:20231 , ISBN 086810101x
- Description: This comparative study, undertaken in the anthropological tradition of long-term field research, highlights the impact of agricultural "betterment" schemes in two rural communities - Chatha in Keiskammahoek district, Ciskei and Shixini in Willowvale district, Transkei. The authors provide a wealth of historical, sociological and ecological detail to describe and assess the implications of the continuation of the present official "betterment" strategy. This is done by comparing conditions in Chatha, where the strategy was implemented in the 1960s, with those in Shixini, where it was being implemented during fieldwork. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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Speech for function to welcome new director of 1820 Monument to Grahamstown
- Authors: Henderson, Derek Scott
- Date: 1983
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7462 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018339
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- Authors: Henderson, Derek Scott
- Date: 1983
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7462 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018339
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The demand for skilled labour in the Border, Ciskei, Southern Transkei regional economy
- Authors: McCartan, P J
- Date: 1983
- Subjects: Working class -- South Africa Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Economic conditions Good hope plan Border (Eastern Cape, South Africa) Ciskei (South Africa) -- Economic conditions Transkei (South Africa) -- Economic conditions
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2112 , vital:20256 , ISBN 0868100587
- Description: The aim of the study is to broadly assess the demand for skilled and semi-skilled labour in the existing industries in that part of Region D of the Good Hope Plan comprising the Border corridor, the Ciskei and southern Transkei (hereafter referred to as the survey region). This survey region was chosen as the target area, since firstly, all of Region D's growth points are located within it and, secondly, technical training facilities in the survey region are recognised as being inadequate. This study does not aim to specify the type of technical training institution that should be established in the survey region; rather it analyses the demand-side of the regional labour market in order to identify the nature and extent of the perceived need for skilled labour. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Authors: McCartan, P J
- Date: 1983
- Subjects: Working class -- South Africa Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Economic conditions Good hope plan Border (Eastern Cape, South Africa) Ciskei (South Africa) -- Economic conditions Transkei (South Africa) -- Economic conditions
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2112 , vital:20256 , ISBN 0868100587
- Description: The aim of the study is to broadly assess the demand for skilled and semi-skilled labour in the existing industries in that part of Region D of the Good Hope Plan comprising the Border corridor, the Ciskei and southern Transkei (hereafter referred to as the survey region). This survey region was chosen as the target area, since firstly, all of Region D's growth points are located within it and, secondly, technical training facilities in the survey region are recognised as being inadequate. This study does not aim to specify the type of technical training institution that should be established in the survey region; rather it analyses the demand-side of the regional labour market in order to identify the nature and extent of the perceived need for skilled labour. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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Tsweletswele: problems and prospects for development in a peri-urban closer settlement in Ciskei
- Bekker, S B, Fincham, Robert J, Manona, Cecil W, Whisson, Michael G
- Authors: Bekker, S B , Fincham, Robert J , Manona, Cecil W , Whisson, Michael G
- Date: 1983
- Subjects: Ciskei (South Africa) -- Economic conditions Ciskei (South Africa) -- Economic policy Tsweletswele (Ciskei, South Africa) Nutrition -- South Africa -- Ciskei Public health -- South Africa -- Ciskei Working class -- South Africa Africans -- Nutrition Agriculture -- South Africa -- Ciskei
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2260 , vital:20270 , ISBN 0868100552
- Description: In Ciskei, the development of urban housing and local authority structures has not been able to keep up with this immigration. As a result, a number of communities have sprung up in the tribal Authority areas close to this conurbation of some half a million people. These communities are neither urban nor rural, and comprise people with rural farmworker backgrounds who obtain their main source of income from employment in urban areas. In contradistinction to their true rural cousins, the breadwinners in these communities do not need to become migrants living and working far from home. Rather, they work during the week in an urban location close to home, and return on weekends to their families and children. This volume reports on one such community. The settlement of Tsweletswele is new, situated in a Tribal area, and within thirty kilometres of East London. Its residents who came from farms in the region work in East London. Their level of living is low, their access to state services minimal, and their tenure in the settlement uncertain. This report aims quite simply to establish what strategies these people choose to survive in their settlement. Subsequently, a set of recommendations are made which are aimed at improving the levels of living in the community, the delivery of essential services, and the tenure arrangements in the settlement , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Authors: Bekker, S B , Fincham, Robert J , Manona, Cecil W , Whisson, Michael G
- Date: 1983
- Subjects: Ciskei (South Africa) -- Economic conditions Ciskei (South Africa) -- Economic policy Tsweletswele (Ciskei, South Africa) Nutrition -- South Africa -- Ciskei Public health -- South Africa -- Ciskei Working class -- South Africa Africans -- Nutrition Agriculture -- South Africa -- Ciskei
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2260 , vital:20270 , ISBN 0868100552
- Description: In Ciskei, the development of urban housing and local authority structures has not been able to keep up with this immigration. As a result, a number of communities have sprung up in the tribal Authority areas close to this conurbation of some half a million people. These communities are neither urban nor rural, and comprise people with rural farmworker backgrounds who obtain their main source of income from employment in urban areas. In contradistinction to their true rural cousins, the breadwinners in these communities do not need to become migrants living and working far from home. Rather, they work during the week in an urban location close to home, and return on weekends to their families and children. This volume reports on one such community. The settlement of Tsweletswele is new, situated in a Tribal area, and within thirty kilometres of East London. Its residents who came from farms in the region work in East London. Their level of living is low, their access to state services minimal, and their tenure in the settlement uncertain. This report aims quite simply to establish what strategies these people choose to survive in their settlement. Subsequently, a set of recommendations are made which are aimed at improving the levels of living in the community, the delivery of essential services, and the tenure arrangements in the settlement , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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Vice-Chancellor's report for SABC, December 1983
- Authors: Henderson, Derek Scott
- Date: 1983
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7461 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018338
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- Authors: Henderson, Derek Scott
- Date: 1983
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7461 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018338
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