Macleantown: a study of a small South African community
- Authors: Irving, James
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Macleantown (South Africa) -- Social conditions Village communities -- South Africa South Africa -- Rural conditions South Africa -- Social conditions
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2590 , vital:20306
- Description: For some years the Institute of Social and Economic Research at Rhodes University has been engaged in an intensive study of the area of the Eastern Province of the Union of South Africa known to South Africans as the Border Region. By a singular chance an invitation from the East London Divisional Council to investigate the condition of a Border village arose when, in the course of a visit from its Secretary, sufficient data was shown concerning the conditions of village life in the region, to suggest that a special study should be made of rural problems on an intensive basis. In the first instance the enquiry directed to the Institute was administrative in the sense that difficulties were arising in the villages to warrant the establishment of sufficient authentic facts to point the way to methods of solving the immediate difficulties of the Council. While this object has not been overlooked, and it would have been less than courteous to have overlooked the demand that brought-the research into being, it has been thought necessary to widen the scope of the investigation to include materials that go beyond the administrative needs of the Council. The scope of the investigation has been widened to include an analysis of the village community as well as a co-ordinated body of brute fact. While "irreducible fact" is the basis on which the investigation rests, the attempt has been made to isolate meaning and significance of the data; it is in the latter field that deeper aspects of administrative decisions lie more often than in mountains of fact no matter how reliable. A community is an organised unit; there is no simple explanation of the way in which human social institutions work except by analysing the behaviour of people in their everyday activity. The manner in which the organisation works and be more or less efficient and there was prima facie evidence that the community of Macleantown was not organised to yield maximal efficiency. The causative factors involved in this drop in efficiency thus becomes one of the basic tasks , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Irving, James
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Macleantown (South Africa) -- Social conditions Village communities -- South Africa South Africa -- Rural conditions South Africa -- Social conditions
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2590 , vital:20306
- Description: For some years the Institute of Social and Economic Research at Rhodes University has been engaged in an intensive study of the area of the Eastern Province of the Union of South Africa known to South Africans as the Border Region. By a singular chance an invitation from the East London Divisional Council to investigate the condition of a Border village arose when, in the course of a visit from its Secretary, sufficient data was shown concerning the conditions of village life in the region, to suggest that a special study should be made of rural problems on an intensive basis. In the first instance the enquiry directed to the Institute was administrative in the sense that difficulties were arising in the villages to warrant the establishment of sufficient authentic facts to point the way to methods of solving the immediate difficulties of the Council. While this object has not been overlooked, and it would have been less than courteous to have overlooked the demand that brought-the research into being, it has been thought necessary to widen the scope of the investigation to include materials that go beyond the administrative needs of the Council. The scope of the investigation has been widened to include an analysis of the village community as well as a co-ordinated body of brute fact. While "irreducible fact" is the basis on which the investigation rests, the attempt has been made to isolate meaning and significance of the data; it is in the latter field that deeper aspects of administrative decisions lie more often than in mountains of fact no matter how reliable. A community is an organised unit; there is no simple explanation of the way in which human social institutions work except by analysing the behaviour of people in their everyday activity. The manner in which the organisation works and be more or less efficient and there was prima facie evidence that the community of Macleantown was not organised to yield maximal efficiency. The causative factors involved in this drop in efficiency thus becomes one of the basic tasks , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1959
Sinxunguphele: a survey of Black attitudes towards South Africa's third State of Emergency in the Eastern Cape
- Authors: De Villiers, Melissa
- Date: 1989
- Subjects: United Democratic Front (South Africa) Alexandria (Cape Province) Africans -- Government relations Freedom of movement Local government -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Nomzamo Student Guardian Association Nkwinti, Gugile Port Alfred Youth Congress Alexandria Youth Congress (Cape Province) Port Alfred Residents' Civic Association Port Alfred (South Africa) War and emergency legislation -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2025 , vital:20248 , ISBN 086810177X
- Description: On June 12, 1986, the South African government responded to a strong upsurge in popular resistance with an intensive security crackdown. It is estimated that between 25 000 and 40 000 so- called extra-parliamentary opponents were detained during the first twelve months of South Africa's third state of emergency. These detentions, plus a range of other repressive devices, were part of a determined campaign on the part of the state to reorientate the political process in favour of white domination. There can be little doubt that this third state of emergency, two years old in June 1988, has halted - albeit temporarily - the erosion of the state's authority. Extra-parliamentary opposition has been bruised. Yet Pretoria's purpose is not merely to secure the grudging compliance of a submissive and sullen black community. The government's longer-term aim is to create a climate in which selected "moderate" black groups can be persuaded to endorse a reformed version of the present, apartheid-based, constitution. This report is largely based on the findings of an attitudinal survey of township residents in two Eastern Cape towns which was conducted one year after the third emergency was declared. A considerable volume of information on repression in the Eastern Cape - and, particularly, social conflict emanating from the actions of officials of the state - has been gathered over the past three years by organisations of lawyers, church bodies, local communities, and support and monitoring groups such as the Black Sash. Much of this is in the form of signed statements by eye-witnesses, newspaper reports, and documentation from political trials. However, up to this point no empirical study of any scale of such conditions in the region has been undertaken. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1989
- Authors: De Villiers, Melissa
- Date: 1989
- Subjects: United Democratic Front (South Africa) Alexandria (Cape Province) Africans -- Government relations Freedom of movement Local government -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Nomzamo Student Guardian Association Nkwinti, Gugile Port Alfred Youth Congress Alexandria Youth Congress (Cape Province) Port Alfred Residents' Civic Association Port Alfred (South Africa) War and emergency legislation -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2025 , vital:20248 , ISBN 086810177X
- Description: On June 12, 1986, the South African government responded to a strong upsurge in popular resistance with an intensive security crackdown. It is estimated that between 25 000 and 40 000 so- called extra-parliamentary opponents were detained during the first twelve months of South Africa's third state of emergency. These detentions, plus a range of other repressive devices, were part of a determined campaign on the part of the state to reorientate the political process in favour of white domination. There can be little doubt that this third state of emergency, two years old in June 1988, has halted - albeit temporarily - the erosion of the state's authority. Extra-parliamentary opposition has been bruised. Yet Pretoria's purpose is not merely to secure the grudging compliance of a submissive and sullen black community. The government's longer-term aim is to create a climate in which selected "moderate" black groups can be persuaded to endorse a reformed version of the present, apartheid-based, constitution. This report is largely based on the findings of an attitudinal survey of township residents in two Eastern Cape towns which was conducted one year after the third emergency was declared. A considerable volume of information on repression in the Eastern Cape - and, particularly, social conflict emanating from the actions of officials of the state - has been gathered over the past three years by organisations of lawyers, church bodies, local communities, and support and monitoring groups such as the Black Sash. Much of this is in the form of signed statements by eye-witnesses, newspaper reports, and documentation from political trials. However, up to this point no empirical study of any scale of such conditions in the region has been undertaken. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1989
A cohort analysis of subjective wellbeing and ageing: heading towards a midlife crisis
- Otterbach, Steffen, Sousa-Poza, Alfonso, Moller, Valerie
- Authors: Otterbach, Steffen , Sousa-Poza, Alfonso , Moller, Valerie
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Aging -- Social aspects Gerontology
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/65401 , vital:28782 , ISBN 978086810641
- Description: In this paper, we analyse how different domains of subjective wellbeing evolve within seven years in three different cohorts born 10 years apart. On average, general life satisfaction – as well as satisfaction with leisure time, social contacts and friends, and family – declines substantially between the ages of 15 and 44, with the most significant decrease taking place at a young age (early 20s). Nevertheless, trajectories among the three cohorts differ markedly, indicating that, ceteris paribus, responses on subjective wellbeing differ greatly between cohorts born just a decade apart. The results further indicate that the two older cohorts assess family life and social contacts more favourably than the youngest cohort.
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- Date Issued: 2018
- Authors: Otterbach, Steffen , Sousa-Poza, Alfonso , Moller, Valerie
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Aging -- Social aspects Gerontology
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/65401 , vital:28782 , ISBN 978086810641
- Description: In this paper, we analyse how different domains of subjective wellbeing evolve within seven years in three different cohorts born 10 years apart. On average, general life satisfaction – as well as satisfaction with leisure time, social contacts and friends, and family – declines substantially between the ages of 15 and 44, with the most significant decrease taking place at a young age (early 20s). Nevertheless, trajectories among the three cohorts differ markedly, indicating that, ceteris paribus, responses on subjective wellbeing differ greatly between cohorts born just a decade apart. The results further indicate that the two older cohorts assess family life and social contacts more favourably than the youngest cohort.
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- Date Issued: 2018
Rhodes University Institute of Social and Economic Research, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
- Rhodes University, Institute of Social and Economic Research
- Authors: Rhodes University, Institute of Social and Economic Research
- Date: 1996
- Subjects: Rhodes University -- History Rhodes University. Institute of Social and Economic Research Economic development -- Research -- South Africa Social change -- Research -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Manuscript , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2508 , vital:20299
- Description: Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1996
- Authors: Rhodes University, Institute of Social and Economic Research
- Date: 1996
- Subjects: Rhodes University -- History Rhodes University. Institute of Social and Economic Research Economic development -- Research -- South Africa Social change -- Research -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Manuscript , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2508 , vital:20299
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- Date Issued: 1996
The nutritional status of pre-school children in the Amatola Basin
- Authors: Fincham, Robert John
- Date: 1982
- Subjects: Nutrition surveys -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Children, Black -- Nutrition -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Malnutrition -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Children -- South Africa -- Nutrition
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2194 , vital:20264 , ISBN 0868100978
- Description: This paper reports on a survey into the nutritional levels of young children living in a rural area of central Ciskei. The project was undertaken to advance two independent research initiatives, the one concentrating on nutritional levels of children in the Eastern Cape and Ciskei region, the second focussing on a comprehensive rural development programme in the Amatola Basin. Mr R.J. Fincham, the project leader and author of the paper, has during the last two years published two Working Papers reporting on comparable research projects in the Eastern Cape aimed at assessing health levels of young children. This programme has been undertaken with the close cooperation and help of the South African Department of Health. Sincere appreciation is due to Dr J.D. Krynauw, the Eastern Cape Regional Director, and nurses on his staff who undertook a large part of the fieldwork required by the project. The rural development programme is being executed by the Agricultural and Rural Development Research Institute of the University of Fort Hare in collaboration with residents of the Basin itself. Appreciation is also due to that Institute, to the clinic sisters of the Khomkulu clinic in the Amatola Basin, and to the mothers and other residents of the Basin who cooperated with the research team. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1982
- Authors: Fincham, Robert John
- Date: 1982
- Subjects: Nutrition surveys -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Children, Black -- Nutrition -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Malnutrition -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Children -- South Africa -- Nutrition
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2194 , vital:20264 , ISBN 0868100978
- Description: This paper reports on a survey into the nutritional levels of young children living in a rural area of central Ciskei. The project was undertaken to advance two independent research initiatives, the one concentrating on nutritional levels of children in the Eastern Cape and Ciskei region, the second focussing on a comprehensive rural development programme in the Amatola Basin. Mr R.J. Fincham, the project leader and author of the paper, has during the last two years published two Working Papers reporting on comparable research projects in the Eastern Cape aimed at assessing health levels of young children. This programme has been undertaken with the close cooperation and help of the South African Department of Health. Sincere appreciation is due to Dr J.D. Krynauw, the Eastern Cape Regional Director, and nurses on his staff who undertook a large part of the fieldwork required by the project. The rural development programme is being executed by the Agricultural and Rural Development Research Institute of the University of Fort Hare in collaboration with residents of the Basin itself. Appreciation is also due to that Institute, to the clinic sisters of the Khomkulu clinic in the Amatola Basin, and to the mothers and other residents of the Basin who cooperated with the research team. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1982
An economic framework for deciding whether to discontinue the East London municipal bus service
- Authors: Wallis, Joe
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Buses -- South Africa -- East London Urban transportation -- South Africa -- East London East London municipal bus service
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/1959 , vital:20242 , ISBN 0868101427
- Description: In a time of general economic stringency, it may seem opportune for local authorities to reassess their functions and to curtail those services which are failing to generate a satisfactory social return. In particular, the East London municipality should carefully consider whether it should continue a trading activity such as its bus service which has persistently failed to make a profit. The first part of this report will attempt to assess the losses incurred by the East London Municipal Bus Service (ELMBS) within the context of a general failure of municipal bus companies throughout the country to cover their costs due to various social obligations and the long term trends in White patronage. A theoretical framework for analysing the costs and benefits of continuing a loss-making service will also be discussed. The second part of the report will analyse the determinants of the cost and demand for bus services to provide a basis for recommending measures which may improve the financial performance of ELMBS. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1986
- Authors: Wallis, Joe
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Buses -- South Africa -- East London Urban transportation -- South Africa -- East London East London municipal bus service
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/1959 , vital:20242 , ISBN 0868101427
- Description: In a time of general economic stringency, it may seem opportune for local authorities to reassess their functions and to curtail those services which are failing to generate a satisfactory social return. In particular, the East London municipality should carefully consider whether it should continue a trading activity such as its bus service which has persistently failed to make a profit. The first part of this report will attempt to assess the losses incurred by the East London Municipal Bus Service (ELMBS) within the context of a general failure of municipal bus companies throughout the country to cover their costs due to various social obligations and the long term trends in White patronage. A theoretical framework for analysing the costs and benefits of continuing a loss-making service will also be discussed. The second part of the report will analyse the determinants of the cost and demand for bus services to provide a basis for recommending measures which may improve the financial performance of ELMBS. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1986
"We are all friends here": the social dynamics of a development project
- Authors: Ainslie, Andrew
- Date: 1994
- Subjects: St Mark's Mission (South Africa) St Mark's Community Project Rural development -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Community development -- South Africa Cooperative marketing of agricultural produce -- South Africa Women in community development -- South Africa Women in cooperative societies -- South Africa Sex role in the work environment -- South Africa World Vision International Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- Rural conditions
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/1663 , vital:20214 , ISBN 0868102660
- Description: In 1978, a Rev. John Galela, then a minister at St.Mark's, launched a project which included pig-farming and the growing of vegetables for human consumption and to feed the pigs. With a grant from the South African Council of Churches (SACC), a pump was installed on the banks of the river and vegetables were grown under irrigation on 2,4 ha of land. This pilot project did not affect the leasing arrangements mentioned above. The project apparently enjoyed the approval and support of the local community, until the chief, Chief M.D. Feketha (an influential member of the Ciskeian cabinet at this time), came to hear of it and forbade the people of Newlands, who fall under his "tribal" jurisdiction, to participate in the project. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1994
- Authors: Ainslie, Andrew
- Date: 1994
- Subjects: St Mark's Mission (South Africa) St Mark's Community Project Rural development -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Community development -- South Africa Cooperative marketing of agricultural produce -- South Africa Women in community development -- South Africa Women in cooperative societies -- South Africa Sex role in the work environment -- South Africa World Vision International Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- Rural conditions
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/1663 , vital:20214 , ISBN 0868102660
- Description: In 1978, a Rev. John Galela, then a minister at St.Mark's, launched a project which included pig-farming and the growing of vegetables for human consumption and to feed the pigs. With a grant from the South African Council of Churches (SACC), a pump was installed on the banks of the river and vegetables were grown under irrigation on 2,4 ha of land. This pilot project did not affect the leasing arrangements mentioned above. The project apparently enjoyed the approval and support of the local community, until the chief, Chief M.D. Feketha (an influential member of the Ciskeian cabinet at this time), came to hear of it and forbade the people of Newlands, who fall under his "tribal" jurisdiction, to participate in the project. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1994
Labour after globalisation: old and new sources of power
- Authors: Webster, Edward
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: Globalization Labor market Labor and globalization Labor and economy Labor economics Labor supply -- Effect of automation on
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/3093 , vital:20368 , ISBN 9780868104867
- Description: In this paper I focus on building a conceptual framework for an understanding of the changing dynamics of labour and workers’ sources of power. I begin by identifying worker action that draws on traditional sources of structural and associational power. I then show how the emergence of new forms of labour action is drawing on both old and new sources of power. New global forms of worker power are examined, and I conclude by suggesting that the missing dimension in the three sources of power identified – structural, associational and societal – is institutional power. If these new initiatives are to be sustainable they will need to include one of labour’s traditional sources of power, institutional power. These four-fold sources of power provide the basis for a strategy of union renewal in the age of globalisation.
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- Date Issued: 2015
- Authors: Webster, Edward
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: Globalization Labor market Labor and globalization Labor and economy Labor economics Labor supply -- Effect of automation on
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/3093 , vital:20368 , ISBN 9780868104867
- Description: In this paper I focus on building a conceptual framework for an understanding of the changing dynamics of labour and workers’ sources of power. I begin by identifying worker action that draws on traditional sources of structural and associational power. I then show how the emergence of new forms of labour action is drawing on both old and new sources of power. New global forms of worker power are examined, and I conclude by suggesting that the missing dimension in the three sources of power identified – structural, associational and societal – is institutional power. If these new initiatives are to be sustainable they will need to include one of labour’s traditional sources of power, institutional power. These four-fold sources of power provide the basis for a strategy of union renewal in the age of globalisation.
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- Date Issued: 2015
Failure and opportunity: small business in Grahamstown
- Authors: Wallis, Joe
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Commerce Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Economic conditions
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/1948 , vital:20241 , ISBN 0868101397
- Description: In recent years there has been a growing appreciation of the contribution small business can make to economic development. This contribution is mainly derived from its responsiveness to change. The flexibility of small business thus enables it to respond to the changes in demand, technology and relative costs which occur in the economic development of many countries. Moreover, small business is often able to serve those areas and communities where markets are too small to support production on the scale undertaken by large enterprises. On the other hand, small business does exhibit a high rate of failure in most economies. The small business sector in Grahamstown is no exception and this paper initially addresses the problem of small business failure in the local economy. Section One discusses the role and significance of the small business sector in Grahamstown and examines the causes and consequences of the high rate of business failure recently experienced in this area. Section Two, presents case studies of three small businesses which have recently failed in Grahamstown. Despite their vulnerability and limited resources, small businesses are often the prime initiators of new industries and new markets. As new small firms start up they test out new products and techniques without committing large amounts of resources. Consequently, if they fail, they do not cause widespread disruption. They may therefore indicate possible opportunities for expanding production in particular sectors or areas of the economy. Section Three examines how a particular enterprise, Impact Management Services, may demonstrate the opportunity which local firms have to exploit Grahamstown's comparative advantage in the education sector by engaging in software development. The paper concludes by presenting some of the policy implications which seem to arise from the study. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1986
- Authors: Wallis, Joe
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Commerce Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Economic conditions
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/1948 , vital:20241 , ISBN 0868101397
- Description: In recent years there has been a growing appreciation of the contribution small business can make to economic development. This contribution is mainly derived from its responsiveness to change. The flexibility of small business thus enables it to respond to the changes in demand, technology and relative costs which occur in the economic development of many countries. Moreover, small business is often able to serve those areas and communities where markets are too small to support production on the scale undertaken by large enterprises. On the other hand, small business does exhibit a high rate of failure in most economies. The small business sector in Grahamstown is no exception and this paper initially addresses the problem of small business failure in the local economy. Section One discusses the role and significance of the small business sector in Grahamstown and examines the causes and consequences of the high rate of business failure recently experienced in this area. Section Two, presents case studies of three small businesses which have recently failed in Grahamstown. Despite their vulnerability and limited resources, small businesses are often the prime initiators of new industries and new markets. As new small firms start up they test out new products and techniques without committing large amounts of resources. Consequently, if they fail, they do not cause widespread disruption. They may therefore indicate possible opportunities for expanding production in particular sectors or areas of the economy. Section Three examines how a particular enterprise, Impact Management Services, may demonstrate the opportunity which local firms have to exploit Grahamstown's comparative advantage in the education sector by engaging in software development. The paper concludes by presenting some of the policy implications which seem to arise from the study. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1986
Across developmental state and social compacting: the peculiar case of South Africa
- Authors: Fine, Ben
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Economic development -- South Africa South Africa -- Economic conditions National Development Plan -- South Africa South Africa -- Social policy Economic development -- Political aspects -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/3082 , vital:20367 , ISBN 9780868106090
- Description: This paper is concerned with the shifting fortunes of the Developmental State Paradigm (DSP) and the Social Compacting Paradigm (SCP) and, with some reference to South Africa, how they do or do not have continuing presence and relevance. For each, there is a dual trajectory in terms of an evolving intellectual content, on the one hand, and an evolving set of global and national circumstances on the other. I show that both paradigms have increasingly diverged from the material realities that they are intended to confront. This is primarily because of the neglect of financialisation as the key characteristic of the past thirty years, which itself underpins neo-liberalism. Whilst, in the post-war boom, both developmentalism and neo-corporatism offered some purchase on material realities and the prospects for policymaking, this has been eroded or, more exactly, transformed by financialisation. Unless the latter is satisfactorily addressed, neither development nor compacting can be expected to succeed, or be progressive, in any meaningful sense.
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- Date Issued: 2016
- Authors: Fine, Ben
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Economic development -- South Africa South Africa -- Economic conditions National Development Plan -- South Africa South Africa -- Social policy Economic development -- Political aspects -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/3082 , vital:20367 , ISBN 9780868106090
- Description: This paper is concerned with the shifting fortunes of the Developmental State Paradigm (DSP) and the Social Compacting Paradigm (SCP) and, with some reference to South Africa, how they do or do not have continuing presence and relevance. For each, there is a dual trajectory in terms of an evolving intellectual content, on the one hand, and an evolving set of global and national circumstances on the other. I show that both paradigms have increasingly diverged from the material realities that they are intended to confront. This is primarily because of the neglect of financialisation as the key characteristic of the past thirty years, which itself underpins neo-liberalism. Whilst, in the post-war boom, both developmentalism and neo-corporatism offered some purchase on material realities and the prospects for policymaking, this has been eroded or, more exactly, transformed by financialisation. Unless the latter is satisfactorily addressed, neither development nor compacting can be expected to succeed, or be progressive, in any meaningful sense.
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- Date Issued: 2016
Farmers' strategies and their implications for land reform in the Orange Free State
- Authors: Beinart, William
- Date: 1994
- Subjects: Agriculture -- Orange Free State Land reform -- South Africa -- Orange Free State Land tenure -- Orange Free State
- Language: English
- Type: text , Manuscript
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2813 , vital:20328
- Description: It is possible to conjure a wide variety of future agricultural scenarios in South Africa. But new policies should be developed only with close attention to what exists and what is feasible. Analysis of the potential for land reform should remain sensitive to local ecological and economic conditions and to the current strategies of both farmers and dispossessed. Rural life for many people remains insecure. Farmworkers are particularly vulnerable at present and might become more so in a phase of rapid reform and uncertainty. Although the most carefully planned strategy of reform might be undermined by the sheer demand for land or informal reoccupations, the aims of restitution, justice and redistribution should be tempered by the equally difficult demands of production. Drawing on material from a local research project in the Orange Free State (OFS), done jointly with Colin Murray, this article concentrates on three issues: patterns of land ownership; farming strategies; and land availability. The position of farmworkers and those who have recently moved off farms, as well as the potential for new patterns of occupation will be addressed in subsequent project papers (Murray, 1993). , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1994
- Authors: Beinart, William
- Date: 1994
- Subjects: Agriculture -- Orange Free State Land reform -- South Africa -- Orange Free State Land tenure -- Orange Free State
- Language: English
- Type: text , Manuscript
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2813 , vital:20328
- Description: It is possible to conjure a wide variety of future agricultural scenarios in South Africa. But new policies should be developed only with close attention to what exists and what is feasible. Analysis of the potential for land reform should remain sensitive to local ecological and economic conditions and to the current strategies of both farmers and dispossessed. Rural life for many people remains insecure. Farmworkers are particularly vulnerable at present and might become more so in a phase of rapid reform and uncertainty. Although the most carefully planned strategy of reform might be undermined by the sheer demand for land or informal reoccupations, the aims of restitution, justice and redistribution should be tempered by the equally difficult demands of production. Drawing on material from a local research project in the Orange Free State (OFS), done jointly with Colin Murray, this article concentrates on three issues: patterns of land ownership; farming strategies; and land availability. The position of farmworkers and those who have recently moved off farms, as well as the potential for new patterns of occupation will be addressed in subsequent project papers (Murray, 1993). , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1994
Youth in rural Transkei: the demise of "traditional" youth associations and the development of new forms of association and activity, 1975-1993
- McAllister, Patrick A, Dumisani, Deliwe
- Authors: McAllister, Patrick A , Dumisani, Deliwe
- Date: 1994
- Subjects: Rural poor -- South Africa -- Transkei Rural youth -- South Africa -- Transkei Youth -- South Africa -- Transkei -- Societies, etc Youth -- Social aspects -- South Africa -- Transkei Transkei (South Africa) -- Social conditions
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2068 , vital:20252 , ISBN 0868102687
- Description: In the rural Xhosa-speaking parts of South Africa there is a strong tradition of youth associations or youth organisations. With a few notable exceptions, these have been neglected in the sociological and historical literature. Our understanding of rural areas, their relationship with other parts of the country, and of rural change, have suffered in consequence. The youth are at the forefront of the urban/rural interface, and at the forefront of rural change. In his analysis of the indlavini youth organisation that existed in Pondoland in the 1950s, Beinart (1991) illustrates how a study of this element of society is important for an understanding of issues such as the nature of migrant labour and worker consciousness, as well as for social change in rural areas, the politics of generation and gender, and rural protest. Our aim in this study has been to document the decline of the 'traditional' youth associations in the Shixini administrative area of Willowvale district, Transkei. By 'traditional' we mean the youth organisations as they existed in the 1960s and early 1970s, though there is evidence to suggest that there had been considerable continuity in this respect from much earlier - at least from the 1930s and 1940s (Mayer and Mayer 1972). We suggest reasons for this decline, as well as some of the consequences, and examine some of the new, alternative youth activities which have replaced the older ones. This allows us to make some comment about the changing role of youth in rural areas like Shixini, and to suggest some of the policy implications of this. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1994
- Authors: McAllister, Patrick A , Dumisani, Deliwe
- Date: 1994
- Subjects: Rural poor -- South Africa -- Transkei Rural youth -- South Africa -- Transkei Youth -- South Africa -- Transkei -- Societies, etc Youth -- Social aspects -- South Africa -- Transkei Transkei (South Africa) -- Social conditions
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2068 , vital:20252 , ISBN 0868102687
- Description: In the rural Xhosa-speaking parts of South Africa there is a strong tradition of youth associations or youth organisations. With a few notable exceptions, these have been neglected in the sociological and historical literature. Our understanding of rural areas, their relationship with other parts of the country, and of rural change, have suffered in consequence. The youth are at the forefront of the urban/rural interface, and at the forefront of rural change. In his analysis of the indlavini youth organisation that existed in Pondoland in the 1950s, Beinart (1991) illustrates how a study of this element of society is important for an understanding of issues such as the nature of migrant labour and worker consciousness, as well as for social change in rural areas, the politics of generation and gender, and rural protest. Our aim in this study has been to document the decline of the 'traditional' youth associations in the Shixini administrative area of Willowvale district, Transkei. By 'traditional' we mean the youth organisations as they existed in the 1960s and early 1970s, though there is evidence to suggest that there had been considerable continuity in this respect from much earlier - at least from the 1930s and 1940s (Mayer and Mayer 1972). We suggest reasons for this decline, as well as some of the consequences, and examine some of the new, alternative youth activities which have replaced the older ones. This allows us to make some comment about the changing role of youth in rural areas like Shixini, and to suggest some of the policy implications of this. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1994
Fest-Quest '89: a survey of visitors to the 1989 Standard Bank Arts Festival
- Authors: Davies, William J
- Date: 1990
- Subjects: Standard Bank National Arts Festival Art festivals -- South Africa Performing arts -- South Africa Art and society -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/1730 , vital:20220 , ISBN 0868101990
- Description: The Standard Bank National Arts Festival is an annual event which invades the City of Grahamstown in early July. Over the years, it has become an important national cultural showcase of theatre, dance, music, and fine art. It also attracts a wide variety of handicraft and hone industry vendors, which together with other peripheral activities, transforms the City into a bustling place imbued with a festive atmosphere. Apart from its cultural significance, the Festival means a great deal to the local economy because it attracts visitors from all over the country who spend several million rand whilst they are in Grahamstown. The Development Studies Unit at Rhodes University and the 1820 Foundation have monitored the nature and extent of the festival's impact on Grahamstown since 1987. Information is collected by means of a voluntary questionnaire (the Fest-Quest) which provides a useful resource for the Festival organisers as well as insights into the relative economic importance of the occasion. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1990
- Authors: Davies, William J
- Date: 1990
- Subjects: Standard Bank National Arts Festival Art festivals -- South Africa Performing arts -- South Africa Art and society -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/1730 , vital:20220 , ISBN 0868101990
- Description: The Standard Bank National Arts Festival is an annual event which invades the City of Grahamstown in early July. Over the years, it has become an important national cultural showcase of theatre, dance, music, and fine art. It also attracts a wide variety of handicraft and hone industry vendors, which together with other peripheral activities, transforms the City into a bustling place imbued with a festive atmosphere. Apart from its cultural significance, the Festival means a great deal to the local economy because it attracts visitors from all over the country who spend several million rand whilst they are in Grahamstown. The Development Studies Unit at Rhodes University and the 1820 Foundation have monitored the nature and extent of the festival's impact on Grahamstown since 1987. Information is collected by means of a voluntary questionnaire (the Fest-Quest) which provides a useful resource for the Festival organisers as well as insights into the relative economic importance of the occasion. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1990
Some development issues in Ciskei
- Bekker, S B, Black, Philip A, Rouz, A D
- Authors: Bekker, S B , Black, Philip A , Rouz, A D
- Date: 1982
- Subjects: Ciskei (South Africa) -- Economic conditions Ciskei (South Africa) -- Economic policy Ciskei (South Africa) -- Population
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2249 , vital:20269 , ISBN 0868100986
- Description: The territory known as Ciskei - an independent national state - and its de facto residents, known as Ciskeians, are the administrative, organisational and financial responsibility of the Ciskei government. As such, this government plans strategies aimed at promoting development for Ciskeians in its territory. Very broadly, 'development' is understood to mean the improvement of the life chances and living conditions of Ciskeians, and of poorer Ciskeians in particular (Ward, 1980). The Ciskei government, by its very nature, thus sees itself as intimately involved in the creation and implementation of a development strategy focussed on its territory. This paper has three interrelated aims. First, a demographic and socio-economic profile of Ciskei will be presented. This will be attempted by using such generally accepted indicators as trends in population, gross national product, unemployment rates, and per capita income. In addition, three types of classification will be introduced to sharpen this profile. Ciskeian resident communities will be grouped together, on the basis of their location and access to productive activities, into (i) urban communities, (ii) rural villages, and (iii) closer settlements. In the second place, cash- -earning workers will be grouped together, on the basis of their places of residence and of work, into (i) Ciskeian workers, (ii) frontier commuters (Riekert, 1979), and (iii) migrants. Finally, a distinction will be drawn between the income accruing to resident Ciskeian households (i) which is earned within Ciskei itself, and (ii) which is earned outside Ciskei. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1982
- Authors: Bekker, S B , Black, Philip A , Rouz, A D
- Date: 1982
- Subjects: Ciskei (South Africa) -- Economic conditions Ciskei (South Africa) -- Economic policy Ciskei (South Africa) -- Population
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2249 , vital:20269 , ISBN 0868100986
- Description: The territory known as Ciskei - an independent national state - and its de facto residents, known as Ciskeians, are the administrative, organisational and financial responsibility of the Ciskei government. As such, this government plans strategies aimed at promoting development for Ciskeians in its territory. Very broadly, 'development' is understood to mean the improvement of the life chances and living conditions of Ciskeians, and of poorer Ciskeians in particular (Ward, 1980). The Ciskei government, by its very nature, thus sees itself as intimately involved in the creation and implementation of a development strategy focussed on its territory. This paper has three interrelated aims. First, a demographic and socio-economic profile of Ciskei will be presented. This will be attempted by using such generally accepted indicators as trends in population, gross national product, unemployment rates, and per capita income. In addition, three types of classification will be introduced to sharpen this profile. Ciskeian resident communities will be grouped together, on the basis of their location and access to productive activities, into (i) urban communities, (ii) rural villages, and (iii) closer settlements. In the second place, cash- -earning workers will be grouped together, on the basis of their places of residence and of work, into (i) Ciskeian workers, (ii) frontier commuters (Riekert, 1979), and (iii) migrants. Finally, a distinction will be drawn between the income accruing to resident Ciskeian households (i) which is earned within Ciskei itself, and (ii) which is earned outside Ciskei. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1982
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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- Date Issued: 1983
- 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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- Date Issued: 1983
Schooling inequality, higher education and the labour market: evidence from a graduate tracer study in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Rogan, Michael, Reynolds, John
- Authors: Rogan, Michael , Reynolds, John
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: Educational equalization -- South Africa Education, Higher -- South Africa College graduates -- Employment -- South Africa College majors -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/3104 , vital:20369 , ISBN 9780868106045
- Description: This study attempts to link schooling, demographic, socio-economic and academic factors to firstchoice degree completion and labour market outcomes. More specifically, this study investigates those factors that are most directly associated with whether the degrees that university graduates obtain reflect their first qualification choices, and also examines the effects of those factors and degree types on labour market outcomes. The remainder of the paper is structured as follows. The next section reviews the literature on the transition from schooling to higher education in South Africa with a particular focus on programme choice, followed by the recent literature on graduate employment and unemployment, and the broad findings of the graduate tracer studies which have been conducted in South Africa to date. Section three describes the graduate tracer study design and the analysis upon which the empirical section of the paper is based. In section four, the results of the descriptive statistics and a multivariate analysis are presented in two parts. Finally, section five discusses the results and reflects on the implications for higher education in South Africa.
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- Date Issued: 2015
- Authors: Rogan, Michael , Reynolds, John
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: Educational equalization -- South Africa Education, Higher -- South Africa College graduates -- Employment -- South Africa College majors -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/3104 , vital:20369 , ISBN 9780868106045
- Description: This study attempts to link schooling, demographic, socio-economic and academic factors to firstchoice degree completion and labour market outcomes. More specifically, this study investigates those factors that are most directly associated with whether the degrees that university graduates obtain reflect their first qualification choices, and also examines the effects of those factors and degree types on labour market outcomes. The remainder of the paper is structured as follows. The next section reviews the literature on the transition from schooling to higher education in South Africa with a particular focus on programme choice, followed by the recent literature on graduate employment and unemployment, and the broad findings of the graduate tracer studies which have been conducted in South Africa to date. Section three describes the graduate tracer study design and the analysis upon which the empirical section of the paper is based. In section four, the results of the descriptive statistics and a multivariate analysis are presented in two parts. Finally, section five discusses the results and reflects on the implications for higher education in South Africa.
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- Date Issued: 2015
Black non-urban employment prospects in the Albany and Bathurst districts of the Eastern Cape
- Authors: Davies, William J
- Date: 1989
- Subjects: Jojoba products Albany (South Africa) -- Population Bathurst (South Africa) -- Population Albany (South Africa) -- Population Agricultural laborers Africans -- Employment Africans -- South Africa Farms -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2315 , vital:20275 , ISBN 086810180X
- Description: The Development Studies Unit (DSU) seeks to identify and promote strategies and mechanisms for creating jobs in the Eastern Cape. In general, this approach seeks to alleviate the effects of endemic poverty amongst Black communities in the region and to facilitate their economic empowerment. Securing these goals is considered to be vitally important in the development process; which, in turn, consists of finding appropriate ways and means to create opportunities for impoverished communities to take control of their own destinies and to establish themselves as an economic force in the region. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1989
- Authors: Davies, William J
- Date: 1989
- Subjects: Jojoba products Albany (South Africa) -- Population Bathurst (South Africa) -- Population Albany (South Africa) -- Population Agricultural laborers Africans -- Employment Africans -- South Africa Farms -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2315 , vital:20275 , ISBN 086810180X
- Description: The Development Studies Unit (DSU) seeks to identify and promote strategies and mechanisms for creating jobs in the Eastern Cape. In general, this approach seeks to alleviate the effects of endemic poverty amongst Black communities in the region and to facilitate their economic empowerment. Securing these goals is considered to be vitally important in the development process; which, in turn, consists of finding appropriate ways and means to create opportunities for impoverished communities to take control of their own destinies and to establish themselves as an economic force in the region. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1989
Some socio-economic aspects of African entrepreneurship: with particular reference to the Transkei and Ciskei
- Authors: Hart, Gillian Patricia
- Date: 1972
- Subjects: Businessmen -- South Africa Business enterprises -- South Africa Entrepreneurship Business enterprises, Black -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2487 , vital:20297
- Description: This work encompasses an inquiry into the role of the entrepreneur in economic development, and a report of interviews with eighty African businessmen in the Transkei, Ciskei and some urban locations. South Africa provides a particularly interesting field for the study of African enterprise insofar as it is possible to examine the evolution of entrepreneurship in two fundamentally different environments - namely rural reserves and large urban areas. Furthermore, there has been a substantial increase in the number of African entrepreneurs during this century. The study achieves added significance in view of the wide racial income differentials which are an endemic feature of South African socio-economic existence; moreover, there is a great deal of evidence to suggest that, despite the high real growth rates during recent years, the racial income gap is widening.’ A corollary to this is the worsening of the relative - though not necessarily the absolute - economic position of the Black population. Hence: "the fundamental question for South Africa's economic future revolves around the income relationship between the Whites and the African segment of the non-White group." , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1972
- Authors: Hart, Gillian Patricia
- Date: 1972
- Subjects: Businessmen -- South Africa Business enterprises -- South Africa Entrepreneurship Business enterprises, Black -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2487 , vital:20297
- Description: This work encompasses an inquiry into the role of the entrepreneur in economic development, and a report of interviews with eighty African businessmen in the Transkei, Ciskei and some urban locations. South Africa provides a particularly interesting field for the study of African enterprise insofar as it is possible to examine the evolution of entrepreneurship in two fundamentally different environments - namely rural reserves and large urban areas. Furthermore, there has been a substantial increase in the number of African entrepreneurs during this century. The study achieves added significance in view of the wide racial income differentials which are an endemic feature of South African socio-economic existence; moreover, there is a great deal of evidence to suggest that, despite the high real growth rates during recent years, the racial income gap is widening.’ A corollary to this is the worsening of the relative - though not necessarily the absolute - economic position of the Black population. Hence: "the fundamental question for South Africa's economic future revolves around the income relationship between the Whites and the African segment of the non-White group." , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1972
Participatory research for community development: an annotated bibliography
- Authors: Van Vlaenderen, Hilda
- Date: 1992
- Subjects: Participant observation -- Bibliography Participant observation Community development -- Bibliography
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/1920 , vital:20239 , ISBN 0868102377
- Description: This Working Paper reports on the results conducted into the nature and extent of the embryonic venture capital industry in South Africa. It represents part of an on-going research programme dealing with Black economic development undertaken by the Development Studies Unit (DSU) at Rhodes University. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1992
- Authors: Van Vlaenderen, Hilda
- Date: 1992
- Subjects: Participant observation -- Bibliography Participant observation Community development -- Bibliography
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/1920 , vital:20239 , ISBN 0868102377
- Description: This Working Paper reports on the results conducted into the nature and extent of the embryonic venture capital industry in South Africa. It represents part of an on-going research programme dealing with Black economic development undertaken by the Development Studies Unit (DSU) at Rhodes University. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1992
Lumko Xhosa self-instruction course
- Riordan, J, Mathiso, M, Davey, A S, Bantele, S V, Mahlasela, B, Lanham, L W, Lumko Missiological Institute
- Authors: Riordan, J , Mathiso, M , Davey, A S , Bantele, S V , Mahlasela, B , Lanham, L W , Lumko Missiological Institute
- Date: 1969
- Subjects: Xhosa language -- Self-instruction Xhosa language -- Study and teaching
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2736 , vital:20321 , ISBN 094998017X
- Description: This course, while primarily designed for use with tapes, has been re-programmed for use as a self-instruction manual suitable for use without tapes or an instructor. However, the student is advised to use tapes, at least with the pronunciation lessons. This language course builds up step by step in a systematic fashion. Each step is clearly presented with the aid of diagrams where useful and adequate practice material is provided. These practice d rills are so constructed that every item elicits a creative response from the learner, who can then check his response against the master response given on the right-hand column, which can be gradually revealed with the use of the sliding mask. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1969
- Authors: Riordan, J , Mathiso, M , Davey, A S , Bantele, S V , Mahlasela, B , Lanham, L W , Lumko Missiological Institute
- Date: 1969
- Subjects: Xhosa language -- Self-instruction Xhosa language -- Study and teaching
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2736 , vital:20321 , ISBN 094998017X
- Description: This course, while primarily designed for use with tapes, has been re-programmed for use as a self-instruction manual suitable for use without tapes or an instructor. However, the student is advised to use tapes, at least with the pronunciation lessons. This language course builds up step by step in a systematic fashion. Each step is clearly presented with the aid of diagrams where useful and adequate practice material is provided. These practice d rills are so constructed that every item elicits a creative response from the learner, who can then check his response against the master response given on the right-hand column, which can be gradually revealed with the use of the sliding mask. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1969