"It takes a whole village to raise a child": youth development in Grahamstown
- Authors: Van Hees, Charlotte
- Date: 2000
- Subjects: Households -- South Africa -- Grahamstown Income -- South Africa -- Grahamstown Non-governmental organizations -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Non-governmental organizations -- South Africa -- Grahamstown Schools -- South Africa -- Grahamstown Youth -- Employment -- South Africa Youth -- South Africa -- Grahamstown Youth -- South Africa -- Social conditions Youth -- South Africa -- Societies, etc. Youth, Black -- Employment -- South Africa Youth, Black -- South Africa -- Social conditions Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Economic conditions Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Social conditions
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2431 , vital:20290 , ISBN 0868103691
- Description: This research report is an edited version of a thesis written by Charlotte van Hees for a Master’s degree in organisational anthropology. The degree was awarded by the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands in May 2000. The fieldwork for her thesis was carried out in the first half of 1999 when Charlotte joined the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) project team investigating development opportunities for local youth. For a town of its size Grahamstown has an exceptionally large number of development organisations and community initiatives. In short, it is the ideal setting for an organisational anthropologist. Over a six-month period Charlotte met with members of local organisations to compile a directory or, as she prefers to call it, a ‘social map’. The social map, published as ISER Research Report No. 3, sets out the manner in which local organisations are linked in their activities and services. Report No. 3 should be read in conjunction with this report. In her thesis Charlotte analyses the ideal characteristics of youth organisations and matches local examples to the ideal. On a ladder of perfection, an organisation run by youth for youth optimises youth development. Youth will benefit most if organisations join forces to offer comprehensive and coordinated services. Charlotte observed that although Grahamstown boasts a large number of organisations serving the youth, their services tend to be fragmented or overlapping. As a young outsider, Charlotte van Hees has the advantage of ‘seeing’ the local maze of organisations from a fresh vantage point. Her sizing up of the local situation has benefited from her considerable experience of youth work in the Netherlands. Apart from theoretical insights the report offers practical guidelines to enhance the success of local initiatives for youth. One recommendation, which youth volunteers might wish to adopt as their project, is to continuously update the social map. South Africa is a country experiencing rapid social change. Charlotte’s analysis is based on time- bound observations and a particular constellation of organisations. There have been major changes in the local government system since the study was written up which will inevitably affect the operations of organisations serving the youth. However, the basic lessons to be learnt from her analysis will remain valid in future and continue to serve as useful pointers for scholars and practitioners. Charlotte revisited Grahamstown briefly in April 2000 to present results to local organisations which had participated in the social mapping research. The workshop participants asked the ISER to make Charlotte’s analysis more widely available to stimulate debate and action among local youth and their organisations. It is in response to this wish that ISER has published this report. Thanks go to ISER’s publication officer, Nova de Villiers, for undertaking to edit Charlotte’s thesis for this publication. Anjanette Haller assisted with typing. Readers will appreciate their handiwork. This report is dedicated to the youth of Grahamstown. It is hoped it will revitalise their enthusiasm for personal development, and shape fresh ideas and action to make Grahamstown a better place to grow up in. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 2000
- Authors: Van Hees, Charlotte
- Date: 2000
- Subjects: Households -- South Africa -- Grahamstown Income -- South Africa -- Grahamstown Non-governmental organizations -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Non-governmental organizations -- South Africa -- Grahamstown Schools -- South Africa -- Grahamstown Youth -- Employment -- South Africa Youth -- South Africa -- Grahamstown Youth -- South Africa -- Social conditions Youth -- South Africa -- Societies, etc. Youth, Black -- Employment -- South Africa Youth, Black -- South Africa -- Social conditions Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Economic conditions Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Social conditions
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2431 , vital:20290 , ISBN 0868103691
- Description: This research report is an edited version of a thesis written by Charlotte van Hees for a Master’s degree in organisational anthropology. The degree was awarded by the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands in May 2000. The fieldwork for her thesis was carried out in the first half of 1999 when Charlotte joined the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) project team investigating development opportunities for local youth. For a town of its size Grahamstown has an exceptionally large number of development organisations and community initiatives. In short, it is the ideal setting for an organisational anthropologist. Over a six-month period Charlotte met with members of local organisations to compile a directory or, as she prefers to call it, a ‘social map’. The social map, published as ISER Research Report No. 3, sets out the manner in which local organisations are linked in their activities and services. Report No. 3 should be read in conjunction with this report. In her thesis Charlotte analyses the ideal characteristics of youth organisations and matches local examples to the ideal. On a ladder of perfection, an organisation run by youth for youth optimises youth development. Youth will benefit most if organisations join forces to offer comprehensive and coordinated services. Charlotte observed that although Grahamstown boasts a large number of organisations serving the youth, their services tend to be fragmented or overlapping. As a young outsider, Charlotte van Hees has the advantage of ‘seeing’ the local maze of organisations from a fresh vantage point. Her sizing up of the local situation has benefited from her considerable experience of youth work in the Netherlands. Apart from theoretical insights the report offers practical guidelines to enhance the success of local initiatives for youth. One recommendation, which youth volunteers might wish to adopt as their project, is to continuously update the social map. South Africa is a country experiencing rapid social change. Charlotte’s analysis is based on time- bound observations and a particular constellation of organisations. There have been major changes in the local government system since the study was written up which will inevitably affect the operations of organisations serving the youth. However, the basic lessons to be learnt from her analysis will remain valid in future and continue to serve as useful pointers for scholars and practitioners. Charlotte revisited Grahamstown briefly in April 2000 to present results to local organisations which had participated in the social mapping research. The workshop participants asked the ISER to make Charlotte’s analysis more widely available to stimulate debate and action among local youth and their organisations. It is in response to this wish that ISER has published this report. Thanks go to ISER’s publication officer, Nova de Villiers, for undertaking to edit Charlotte’s thesis for this publication. Anjanette Haller assisted with typing. Readers will appreciate their handiwork. This report is dedicated to the youth of Grahamstown. It is hoped it will revitalise their enthusiasm for personal development, and shape fresh ideas and action to make Grahamstown a better place to grow up in. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 2000
"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
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
A demographic and socio-economic profile of Region D
- Black, Philip A, McCartan, Patrick John, Clayton, P M
- Authors: Black, Philip A , McCartan, Patrick John , Clayton, P M
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- Population -- Statistics Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- Economic conditions -- Statistics Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- Social conditions -- Statistics
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2053 , vital:20251 , ISBN 0868101486
- Description: Region D is one of the eight so-called development regions created in terms of a regional development strategy mapped out by the South African government in a White Paper of 1982. The region essentially consists of the Eastern Cape Province, the Border corridor, and the nominally 'independent' homelands of Ciskei and Transkei (southern part) stretching from Uniondale in the west, to Middelburg in the north and Umtata in the east. There is clearly a need to develop a data base for this region especially as it has been afforded priority status in terms of the new regional development policy. The purpose of this Working Paper is therefore to provide a statistical profile of Region D, distinguishing where possible between various sub-regions within Region D and between Region D and the rest of South Africa. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1986
- Authors: Black, Philip A , McCartan, Patrick John , Clayton, P M
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- Population -- Statistics Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- Economic conditions -- Statistics Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- Social conditions -- Statistics
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2053 , vital:20251 , ISBN 0868101486
- Description: Region D is one of the eight so-called development regions created in terms of a regional development strategy mapped out by the South African government in a White Paper of 1982. The region essentially consists of the Eastern Cape Province, the Border corridor, and the nominally 'independent' homelands of Ciskei and Transkei (southern part) stretching from Uniondale in the west, to Middelburg in the north and Umtata in the east. There is clearly a need to develop a data base for this region especially as it has been afforded priority status in terms of the new regional development policy. The purpose of this Working Paper is therefore to provide a statistical profile of Region D, distinguishing where possible between various sub-regions within Region D and between Region D and the rest of South Africa. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1986
A household survey into the nutritional status of rural black pre-school children in the Dias Divisional Council area, Eastern Cape
- 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/10962/2183 , vital:20263 , ISBN 0868100927
- Description: This paper reports on an extended research project undertaken during the last two years. Mr R.J. Fincham, the project leader and author of the paper, published a Working Paper during 1981 which presented preliminary results of survey data collected in the Albany Magisterial District of the Eastern Cape. Subsequently, the scope of the project was broadened to include the whole Dias Divisional Council area of jurisdiction, and research methods were refined as a result of the first survey. The project was undertaken under the auspices of the Institute of Social and Economic Research of Rhodes University. Close cooperation with the Port Elizabeth Regional Office of the Department of Health was maintained throughout, and the involvement of the Regional Director, Dr J.D. Krynauw, as well as nurses on his staff, were available. , 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/10962/2183 , vital:20263 , ISBN 0868100927
- Description: This paper reports on an extended research project undertaken during the last two years. Mr R.J. Fincham, the project leader and author of the paper, published a Working Paper during 1981 which presented preliminary results of survey data collected in the Albany Magisterial District of the Eastern Cape. Subsequently, the scope of the project was broadened to include the whole Dias Divisional Council area of jurisdiction, and research methods were refined as a result of the first survey. The project was undertaken under the auspices of the Institute of Social and Economic Research of Rhodes University. Close cooperation with the Port Elizabeth Regional Office of the Department of Health was maintained throughout, and the involvement of the Regional Director, Dr J.D. Krynauw, as well as nurses on his staff, were available. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1982
A question of inclusivity: how did average incomes change over the first fifteen years of democracy?
- Authors: Visagie, Justin
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: Income -- South Africa Economic development -- South Africa Income distribution -- South Africa South Africa -- Economic conditions
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/3071 , vital:20366 , ISBN 9780868106052
- Description: This paper attempts to assess the extent of inclusivity in post-apartheid income growth by focusing on one intuitive part of the income distribution: the actual middle (or middle-income strata). If South African macro and social policy explicitly aims to be ‘inclusive’, it is important to know how the average [median] South African income level changed over the first fifteen years of democracy. Common summary measures of economic progress such as GDP per capita may mask the standard of living experienced by the majority of the population in any particular period. Tracking the progress in the middle strata of South Africa’s income distribution provides a fresh perspective on the nature of economic progress in the country. This is against a worrying backdrop of rising income inequality post-1994 (Van der Berg and Louw, 2004; Hoogeveen and Özler, 2006; Leibbrandt et al, 2010). The paper is structured as follows. Section 2 motivates for the importance of focussing on the actual middle of the income distribution and highlights the emphasis on reducing income inequality within South African macroeconomic and social policy. Issues of comparability in the data and the choice of definition for the middle are discussed in section 3. Section 4 presents descriptive statistics relating to changes in incomes, and ends with a brief analysis of non-income measures of progress. The final section summarises the main findings and concludes.
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- Date Issued: 2015
A question of inclusivity: how did average incomes change over the first fifteen years of democracy?
- Authors: Visagie, Justin
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: Income -- South Africa Economic development -- South Africa Income distribution -- South Africa South Africa -- Economic conditions
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/3071 , vital:20366 , ISBN 9780868106052
- Description: This paper attempts to assess the extent of inclusivity in post-apartheid income growth by focusing on one intuitive part of the income distribution: the actual middle (or middle-income strata). If South African macro and social policy explicitly aims to be ‘inclusive’, it is important to know how the average [median] South African income level changed over the first fifteen years of democracy. Common summary measures of economic progress such as GDP per capita may mask the standard of living experienced by the majority of the population in any particular period. Tracking the progress in the middle strata of South Africa’s income distribution provides a fresh perspective on the nature of economic progress in the country. This is against a worrying backdrop of rising income inequality post-1994 (Van der Berg and Louw, 2004; Hoogeveen and Özler, 2006; Leibbrandt et al, 2010). The paper is structured as follows. Section 2 motivates for the importance of focussing on the actual middle of the income distribution and highlights the emphasis on reducing income inequality within South African macroeconomic and social policy. Issues of comparability in the data and the choice of definition for the middle are discussed in section 3. Section 4 presents descriptive statistics relating to changes in incomes, and ends with a brief analysis of non-income measures of progress. The final section summarises the main findings and concludes.
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- Date Issued: 2015
A review of issues related to planning and development in Grahamstown: annotated bibliography
- Authors: Taylor, Beverley J
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Community development -- South Africa Regional planning -- South Africa -- Grahamstown -- Bibliography Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Economic policy -- Bibliography Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Economic conditions -- Bibliography
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/1774 , vital:20224 , ISBN 0868101540
- Description: Towards the end of 1984 the Development Studies Unit (DSU) in the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) at Rhodes University identified a need to undertake an investigation into the status of overall physical and socio-economic planning and development in Grahamstown. The initial intention of such an investigation was to identify, analyse and assess existing research related to the development of Grahamstown in order to provide a benchmark that could reduce the incidence of duplication and overlap in future research projects and to provide a point of departure for the design of more specific and action-oriented research and the formulation of feasible strategies for future development in the City. During the course of comprehensive background investigation and discussions with a wide range of local interest groups, it became clear that the proposed review of issues related to planning and development in Grahamstown would be far more extensive than originally anticipated. In addition, 1985 turned out to be an eventful year and the DSU actively encouraged research by other agencies and individuals into related issues which were deemed to be an integral part of the proposed review. For these reasons, it was decided to publish the preliminary research results in a series of Development Studies Working Papers to provide a focus of attention for particular aspects of the work. This was felt to be in accordance with the intent of the ISER Development Studies Working Paper Series which is to publish the basic results of research undertaken in order to facilitate and encourage its further development into more substantial publications. This has resulted in a series of Working Papers to be published under the general title of "A Review of Issues Related to Planning and Development in Grahamstown". This Working Paper is the fourth in the series and consists of an annotated bibliography of publications dealing with the process of planning and development in Grahamstown. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1987
- Authors: Taylor, Beverley J
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Community development -- South Africa Regional planning -- South Africa -- Grahamstown -- Bibliography Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Economic policy -- Bibliography Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Economic conditions -- Bibliography
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/1774 , vital:20224 , ISBN 0868101540
- Description: Towards the end of 1984 the Development Studies Unit (DSU) in the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) at Rhodes University identified a need to undertake an investigation into the status of overall physical and socio-economic planning and development in Grahamstown. The initial intention of such an investigation was to identify, analyse and assess existing research related to the development of Grahamstown in order to provide a benchmark that could reduce the incidence of duplication and overlap in future research projects and to provide a point of departure for the design of more specific and action-oriented research and the formulation of feasible strategies for future development in the City. During the course of comprehensive background investigation and discussions with a wide range of local interest groups, it became clear that the proposed review of issues related to planning and development in Grahamstown would be far more extensive than originally anticipated. In addition, 1985 turned out to be an eventful year and the DSU actively encouraged research by other agencies and individuals into related issues which were deemed to be an integral part of the proposed review. For these reasons, it was decided to publish the preliminary research results in a series of Development Studies Working Papers to provide a focus of attention for particular aspects of the work. This was felt to be in accordance with the intent of the ISER Development Studies Working Paper Series which is to publish the basic results of research undertaken in order to facilitate and encourage its further development into more substantial publications. This has resulted in a series of Working Papers to be published under the general title of "A Review of Issues Related to Planning and Development in Grahamstown". This Working Paper is the fourth in the series and consists of an annotated bibliography of publications dealing with the process of planning and development in Grahamstown. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1987
A review of issues related to planning and development in Grahamstown: growth and development in Grahamstown
- Authors: Taylor, Beverley J
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Housing -- South Africa -- Grahamstown City planning -- South Africa -- Grahamstown -- Public opinion Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Economic conditions Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Social conditions
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/1763 , vital:20223 , ISBN 0868101419
- Description: Towards the end of 1984 the Development Studies Unit (DSU) in the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) at Rhodes University identified a need to undertake an investigation into the status of overall physical and socioeconomic planning and development in Grahamstown. The initial intention of such an investigation was to identify, analyse and assess existing research related to the development of Grahamstown in order to provide a benchmark that could reduce the incidence of duplication and overlap in future research projects and to provide a point of departure for the design of more specific and action-oriented research and the formulation of feasible strategies for future development in the City. During the course of comprehensive background investigation and discussions with a wide range of local interest groups, it became clear that the proposed review of issues related to planning and development in Grahamstown would be far more extensive than originally anticipated. In addition, 1985 turned out to be an eventful year and the DSU actively encouraged research by other agencies and individuals into related issues which were deemed to be an integral part of the proposed review. For these reasons, it was decided to publish the preliminary research results in a series of Development Studies Working Papers to provide a focus of attention for particular aspects of the work. This was felt to be in accordance with the intent of the ISER Development Studies Working Paper Series which is to publish the basic results of research undertaken in order to facilitate and encourage its further development into more substantial publications. This has resulted in a Series of Working Papers to be published during 1986 under the general title of "A Review of Issues Related to Planning and Development in Grahamstown". This Working Paper is the third in the Series and deals with attitudes and perceptions regarding growth and development in Grahamstown. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1986
- Authors: Taylor, Beverley J
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Housing -- South Africa -- Grahamstown City planning -- South Africa -- Grahamstown -- Public opinion Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Economic conditions Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Social conditions
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/1763 , vital:20223 , ISBN 0868101419
- Description: Towards the end of 1984 the Development Studies Unit (DSU) in the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) at Rhodes University identified a need to undertake an investigation into the status of overall physical and socioeconomic planning and development in Grahamstown. The initial intention of such an investigation was to identify, analyse and assess existing research related to the development of Grahamstown in order to provide a benchmark that could reduce the incidence of duplication and overlap in future research projects and to provide a point of departure for the design of more specific and action-oriented research and the formulation of feasible strategies for future development in the City. During the course of comprehensive background investigation and discussions with a wide range of local interest groups, it became clear that the proposed review of issues related to planning and development in Grahamstown would be far more extensive than originally anticipated. In addition, 1985 turned out to be an eventful year and the DSU actively encouraged research by other agencies and individuals into related issues which were deemed to be an integral part of the proposed review. For these reasons, it was decided to publish the preliminary research results in a series of Development Studies Working Papers to provide a focus of attention for particular aspects of the work. This was felt to be in accordance with the intent of the ISER Development Studies Working Paper Series which is to publish the basic results of research undertaken in order to facilitate and encourage its further development into more substantial publications. This has resulted in a Series of Working Papers to be published during 1986 under the general title of "A Review of Issues Related to Planning and Development in Grahamstown". This Working Paper is the third in the Series and deals with attitudes and perceptions regarding growth and development in Grahamstown. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1986
A socio-economic survey of the Amatola Basin: interim report
- Bekker, S B, de Wet, Christopher J, Manona, Cecil W
- Authors: Bekker, S B , de Wet, Christopher J , Manona, Cecil W
- Date: 1981
- Subjects: Ciskei (South Africa) -- Rural conditions Agriculture -- South Africa -- Ciskei Middledrift (South Africa) Fingo (African people) Hlubi (African people) Agriculture -- South Africa -- Ciskei Amatola River Watershed (South Africa) -- Economic conditions Amatola River Watershed (South Africa) -- Social conditions
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2282 , vital:20272 , ISBN 0868100730
- Description: Early in 1981, Professor S. Bekker of Rhodes University was invited to attend a meeting of the Amatola Basin Steering Committee of the Agricultural and Rural Development Research Institute (ARDRI) at the University of Fort Hare. At this meeting, Professor Bekker was invited to undertake a socio-economic survey of the Amatola Basin. The Board of the Institute of Social and Economic Research at Rhodes University gave Professor Bekker permission in February 1981 to undertake the research project on condition that it was conducted in the fashion this Institute usually requires. It was subsequently agreed that the survey, known as 'Amatola Basin VII: Socio-economic survey', was to establish the basic demographic, kinship, consumption and employment patterns of the residents of the Amatola Basin. Practices and traditions related to dry land agriculture would also be identified , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1981
- Authors: Bekker, S B , de Wet, Christopher J , Manona, Cecil W
- Date: 1981
- Subjects: Ciskei (South Africa) -- Rural conditions Agriculture -- South Africa -- Ciskei Middledrift (South Africa) Fingo (African people) Hlubi (African people) Agriculture -- South Africa -- Ciskei Amatola River Watershed (South Africa) -- Economic conditions Amatola River Watershed (South Africa) -- Social conditions
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2282 , vital:20272 , ISBN 0868100730
- Description: Early in 1981, Professor S. Bekker of Rhodes University was invited to attend a meeting of the Amatola Basin Steering Committee of the Agricultural and Rural Development Research Institute (ARDRI) at the University of Fort Hare. At this meeting, Professor Bekker was invited to undertake a socio-economic survey of the Amatola Basin. The Board of the Institute of Social and Economic Research at Rhodes University gave Professor Bekker permission in February 1981 to undertake the research project on condition that it was conducted in the fashion this Institute usually requires. It was subsequently agreed that the survey, known as 'Amatola Basin VII: Socio-economic survey', was to establish the basic demographic, kinship, consumption and employment patterns of the residents of the Amatola Basin. Practices and traditions related to dry land agriculture would also be identified , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1981
A study of Bantu retail traders in certain areas of the Eastern Cape
- Authors: Savage, Richard Brougham
- Date: 1966
- Subjects: Black people -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2758 , vital:20323
- Description: In this study, consideration has been given only to the Bantu in retail trade in the Bantu areas (which are predominantly rural) and in the smaller urban complexes outside these areas. Retail trade m the rural Bantu areas of the Eastern Cape has until recent years been the near-monopoly of the Whites, who still retain the bulk of this business. White traders provide the channel through which most goods are imported' into these areas and it is through them that a large part of all local produce is exported'. They act as 'middlemen', buying local produce for resale on the local domestic market. They are an important source of credit and their trading stations are important social centres in the normal run of events of the local communities. White traders have always offered other services apart from merely supplying material needs. They act as postmasters and there are frequent calls for their advice, and in cases of illness and birth, for their motor cars. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1966
- Authors: Savage, Richard Brougham
- Date: 1966
- Subjects: Black people -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2758 , vital:20323
- Description: In this study, consideration has been given only to the Bantu in retail trade in the Bantu areas (which are predominantly rural) and in the smaller urban complexes outside these areas. Retail trade m the rural Bantu areas of the Eastern Cape has until recent years been the near-monopoly of the Whites, who still retain the bulk of this business. White traders provide the channel through which most goods are imported' into these areas and it is through them that a large part of all local produce is exported'. They act as 'middlemen', buying local produce for resale on the local domestic market. They are an important source of credit and their trading stations are important social centres in the normal run of events of the local communities. White traders have always offered other services apart from merely supplying material needs. They act as postmasters and there are frequent calls for their advice, and in cases of illness and birth, for their motor cars. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1966
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
Administrasierade: enkele knelpunte in die lewering van gesondheidsdienste
- Authors: Marais, Sandra
- Date: 1984
- Subjects: Clinics -- South Africa Public health -- South Africa Medical care -- South Africa Health services administration -- South Africa
- Language: Afrikaans
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2205 , vital:20265 , ISBN 0868101133
- Description: Hierdie Studie het die volgende oogmerke ten doel: (l) Die identifisering van die verdeling van outoriteit tussen verskillende- gesondheidsinstellings en die uitvoerende magte vir hierdie instellings - Munisipalitiete en Administrasierade in die besonder. (2) Identifisering van die finansiele opset en ooreenkoms tussen bogenoemde instellings en plaaslike owerhede vir die lewering van gesondheidsdienste. (3) Gepaardgaande met bogenoemde, die identifisering van spesifiek waarvoor instellings en plaaslike owerhede verantwoordelikheid dra ten opsigte van die lewering van gesondheidsdienste. (4) Identifisering van kwessies wat mag ontstaan as gevolg van die gedeeltelike oordrag van dienste van die een plaaslike owerheid na ’n ander. So ’n situasie van gedeeltelike oordrag van dienste nood- saak skakeling en kooperasie om doeltreffende lewering van dienste te verseker. Hiermee saam is inligting ook ingewin oor moontlike wrywingspunte soos geartikuleer deur amptenare van beide Munisipaliteite asook Administrasierade. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1984
- Authors: Marais, Sandra
- Date: 1984
- Subjects: Clinics -- South Africa Public health -- South Africa Medical care -- South Africa Health services administration -- South Africa
- Language: Afrikaans
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2205 , vital:20265 , ISBN 0868101133
- Description: Hierdie Studie het die volgende oogmerke ten doel: (l) Die identifisering van die verdeling van outoriteit tussen verskillende- gesondheidsinstellings en die uitvoerende magte vir hierdie instellings - Munisipalitiete en Administrasierade in die besonder. (2) Identifisering van die finansiele opset en ooreenkoms tussen bogenoemde instellings en plaaslike owerhede vir die lewering van gesondheidsdienste. (3) Gepaardgaande met bogenoemde, die identifisering van spesifiek waarvoor instellings en plaaslike owerhede verantwoordelikheid dra ten opsigte van die lewering van gesondheidsdienste. (4) Identifisering van kwessies wat mag ontstaan as gevolg van die gedeeltelike oordrag van dienste van die een plaaslike owerheid na ’n ander. So ’n situasie van gedeeltelike oordrag van dienste nood- saak skakeling en kooperasie om doeltreffende lewering van dienste te verseker. Hiermee saam is inligting ook ingewin oor moontlike wrywingspunte soos geartikuleer deur amptenare van beide Munisipaliteite asook Administrasierade. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1984
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
An analysis of the manufacturing sector in the Port Elizabeth/Uitenhage (PEU) metropolitan area
- Authors: Wallis, Joe
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Port Elizabeth (South Africa) -- Economic conditions Industries -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth Industries -- South Africa -- Uitenhage Uitenhage (South Africa) -- Economic conditions
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/1981 , vital:20244 , ISBN 086810146X
- Description: To assess the impact of the recent national trends in output, investment, employment and exports on the PEU economy, it is necessary to analyse the industrial structure and, in particular, the degree of interlinkage which exists within the area's industrial system. An input-output table is a useful tool for this type of analysis since it depicts, on a highly disaggregated basis, the flow of goods within, out of and into an economy. The results of the most recent input-output study of manufacturing industry in PEU are reported by Renders (1980). , 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: Port Elizabeth (South Africa) -- Economic conditions Industries -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth Industries -- South Africa -- Uitenhage Uitenhage (South Africa) -- Economic conditions
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/1981 , vital:20244 , ISBN 086810146X
- Description: To assess the impact of the recent national trends in output, investment, employment and exports on the PEU economy, it is necessary to analyse the industrial structure and, in particular, the degree of interlinkage which exists within the area's industrial system. An input-output table is a useful tool for this type of analysis since it depicts, on a highly disaggregated basis, the flow of goods within, out of and into an economy. The results of the most recent input-output study of manufacturing industry in PEU are reported by Renders (1980). , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1986
An analysis of the structure and growth in the manufacturing section in Region D
- Authors: Wallis, Joe
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- Economic conditions Region D (South africa) Industries -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/1970 , vital:20243 , ISBN 0868101435
- Description: There can be little doubt that the manufacturing sector has an important role to play in the process of economic growth and development. The impact of growth in output and employment in this sector is likely to spread through an economy as it creates opportunities for the expansion of output and employment in other non-primary branches of the economy such as the retail and wholesale trade, transport, communication and tourism, the financial and insurance sector and the social, community and government sectors. This Working Paper analyses the structure and growth of manufacturing industry in Region D of the Southern African economy. , 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: Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- Economic conditions Region D (South africa) Industries -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/1970 , vital:20243 , ISBN 0868101435
- Description: There can be little doubt that the manufacturing sector has an important role to play in the process of economic growth and development. The impact of growth in output and employment in this sector is likely to spread through an economy as it creates opportunities for the expansion of output and employment in other non-primary branches of the economy such as the retail and wholesale trade, transport, communication and tourism, the financial and insurance sector and the social, community and government sectors. This Working Paper analyses the structure and growth of manufacturing industry in Region D of the Southern African economy. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1986
An assessment of the nutritional status of young black school children in the Albany Magisterial District, Eastern Cape
- Authors: Fincham, Robert John
- Date: 1981
- Subjects: Schools -- South Africa -- Grahamstown Africans -- Nutrition Nutrition surveys -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Malnutrition -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Children -- South Africa -- Nutrition
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2172 , vital:20262 , ISBN 0868100773
- Description: This working paper covers a survey conducted between 16 and 30 January 1980 of 3 171 black Sub A and Sub B pupils 8 years old or younger, at schools in both the rural and urban areas of the Albany Magisterial District, Eastern Cape. The survey, under the auspices of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), Rhodes University, was carried out as a result of a request from Dr J. D. Krynauw, Regional Director of Health Services in the Eastern Cape, to assess levels of nutrition of black children. Newspaper reports (see Appendix 1) of low levels of nutrition and high infant mortality rates among young black children in the Eastern Cape appeared to suggest a chronic nutritional situation, a situation not perceived as such by the Department of Health. A comprehensive pilot study was instituted on written request from Dr Krynauw in late October 1979. A report of the pilot study findings was presented in May 1980 to the Department of Health (Fincham, 1980). The present paper elaborates on that report and also includes analyses of data not presented before. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1981
- Authors: Fincham, Robert John
- Date: 1981
- Subjects: Schools -- South Africa -- Grahamstown Africans -- Nutrition Nutrition surveys -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Malnutrition -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Children -- South Africa -- Nutrition
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2172 , vital:20262 , ISBN 0868100773
- Description: This working paper covers a survey conducted between 16 and 30 January 1980 of 3 171 black Sub A and Sub B pupils 8 years old or younger, at schools in both the rural and urban areas of the Albany Magisterial District, Eastern Cape. The survey, under the auspices of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), Rhodes University, was carried out as a result of a request from Dr J. D. Krynauw, Regional Director of Health Services in the Eastern Cape, to assess levels of nutrition of black children. Newspaper reports (see Appendix 1) of low levels of nutrition and high infant mortality rates among young black children in the Eastern Cape appeared to suggest a chronic nutritional situation, a situation not perceived as such by the Department of Health. A comprehensive pilot study was instituted on written request from Dr Krynauw in late October 1979. A report of the pilot study findings was presented in May 1980 to the Department of Health (Fincham, 1980). The present paper elaborates on that report and also includes analyses of data not presented before. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1981
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
An examination of the finances of the Cape Midlands Administration Board, 1973-79
- Authors: Humphries, Richard G
- Date: 1982
- Subjects: Cape Midlands Administration Board Cities and towns -- South Africa Local government -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Finance, Public -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2161 , vital:20261 , ISBN 0868100935
- Description: While the Bantu Affairs Administration Board Act was passed by Parliament in 1971, it was not until July 1973 that responsibility for the execution of state policy towards blacks resident in urban areas was removed from the Eastern Cape municipalities and vested in the newly created Cape Midlands Administration Board. The Board's boundaries were announced in December 1972 after the recommendations of the Bantu Affairs Administration Boards Implementation Advisory Committee and were to consist of the magisterial districts of Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage, Kirkwood, Somerset East, Cradock, Bedford, Adelaide, Fort Beaufort, Stockenstrom, Victoria East, Albany, Bathurst, and Alexandria. The head office was based in Port Elizabeth. These boundaries remained unaltered until the amalgamation of the three administration boards in the greater Eastern Cape, Border and Karoo areas in 1979. Although the administration boards were to be primarily concerned with the administration of urban areas, they were also given responsibility for the administration of other aspects of policy towards blacks living in rural areas. Thus the Cape Midlands Administration Board estimated in 1973 that 327 601 persons were resident in the 20 urban areas within its jurisdiction while 163 312 blacks lived in the rural non-prescribed areas. This was a total of 490 913 persons. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1982
- Authors: Humphries, Richard G
- Date: 1982
- Subjects: Cape Midlands Administration Board Cities and towns -- South Africa Local government -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Finance, Public -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2161 , vital:20261 , ISBN 0868100935
- Description: While the Bantu Affairs Administration Board Act was passed by Parliament in 1971, it was not until July 1973 that responsibility for the execution of state policy towards blacks resident in urban areas was removed from the Eastern Cape municipalities and vested in the newly created Cape Midlands Administration Board. The Board's boundaries were announced in December 1972 after the recommendations of the Bantu Affairs Administration Boards Implementation Advisory Committee and were to consist of the magisterial districts of Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage, Kirkwood, Somerset East, Cradock, Bedford, Adelaide, Fort Beaufort, Stockenstrom, Victoria East, Albany, Bathurst, and Alexandria. The head office was based in Port Elizabeth. These boundaries remained unaltered until the amalgamation of the three administration boards in the greater Eastern Cape, Border and Karoo areas in 1979. Although the administration boards were to be primarily concerned with the administration of urban areas, they were also given responsibility for the administration of other aspects of policy towards blacks living in rural areas. Thus the Cape Midlands Administration Board estimated in 1973 that 327 601 persons were resident in the 20 urban areas within its jurisdiction while 163 312 blacks lived in the rural non-prescribed areas. This was a total of 490 913 persons. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1982
Black entrepreneural experience and practice in Port Elizabeth
- Authors: Davies, William J
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Africans -- Commerce Port Elizabeth (South Africa) -- Commerce
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2292 , vital:20273 , ISBN 086810163X
- Description: Black business development in South Africa has been restricted by discriminatory legislation, regulation and custom for many years. Black entrepreneurs have been deliberately and systematically excluded from access to economic opportunities which might have facilitated their participation in moulding the national economy. This situation stemmed from a widely-held White view that Blacks should not have a permanent stake in non- "homeland" South African towns and that the interests of White business should be protected (Hart, 1972). Given these circumstances, Black business has not developed and diversified with the growth of capitalism in South Africa. In fact, capitalism's predominant interest in the Black population has been as labour units, not as partners in economic ventures. Those Blacks in business who have grown, and have established relatively successful business ventures, have done so despite the obstacles devised by the system. The successful Black businessman, therefore, reflects a particular brand of entrepreneurship characterised by determination, tenacity and a capacity to adapt over and above that which is usually required for survival in a competitive environment. The nature and scale of businesses to which Blacks were allowed access was limited to those which provide the daily domestic necessities of urban Black communities; ie, mainly convenience retailing (Davies, 1972). Black businessmen were also denied the right to acquire land in urban areas and such businesses as were allowed had to be conducted from rented premises. Thus, Black experience of crucial elements of entrepreneural development (such as locational choice, market selection and capital formation through property ownership) has been minimal, and so conditional that the aspirations of all but the most determined businessmen have been severely inhibited. Even the most competent Black entrepreneur has not been able to stray very far from the mould of "trader", which has become the stereotype of Black business. Hence, most business ventures in urban Black townships are associated with convenience retailing and service activities, mainly of modest proportions and not necessarily a reflection of the individual's business choice. The underdeveloped status of Black entrepreneurship in South Africa is thus due entirely to their exclusion from opportunities to gain experience, to take risks and to compete. The view of Blacks as not having an interest in, or an aptitude for, business is little more than a transparent rationalisation for institutionalised racism. The apparent lack of competitiveness amongst Blacks is the result of a complex set of inequities imposed over decades of "relative deprivation in terms of upbringing, nutritional standards, education and training, medical services, entrepreneural and professional opportunities, and horizontal and vertical mobility" (Leatt et al, 1986). It is against this background that the situation of Black business in Port Elizabeth must be seen. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1987
- Authors: Davies, William J
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Africans -- Commerce Port Elizabeth (South Africa) -- Commerce
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2292 , vital:20273 , ISBN 086810163X
- Description: Black business development in South Africa has been restricted by discriminatory legislation, regulation and custom for many years. Black entrepreneurs have been deliberately and systematically excluded from access to economic opportunities which might have facilitated their participation in moulding the national economy. This situation stemmed from a widely-held White view that Blacks should not have a permanent stake in non- "homeland" South African towns and that the interests of White business should be protected (Hart, 1972). Given these circumstances, Black business has not developed and diversified with the growth of capitalism in South Africa. In fact, capitalism's predominant interest in the Black population has been as labour units, not as partners in economic ventures. Those Blacks in business who have grown, and have established relatively successful business ventures, have done so despite the obstacles devised by the system. The successful Black businessman, therefore, reflects a particular brand of entrepreneurship characterised by determination, tenacity and a capacity to adapt over and above that which is usually required for survival in a competitive environment. The nature and scale of businesses to which Blacks were allowed access was limited to those which provide the daily domestic necessities of urban Black communities; ie, mainly convenience retailing (Davies, 1972). Black businessmen were also denied the right to acquire land in urban areas and such businesses as were allowed had to be conducted from rented premises. Thus, Black experience of crucial elements of entrepreneural development (such as locational choice, market selection and capital formation through property ownership) has been minimal, and so conditional that the aspirations of all but the most determined businessmen have been severely inhibited. Even the most competent Black entrepreneur has not been able to stray very far from the mould of "trader", which has become the stereotype of Black business. Hence, most business ventures in urban Black townships are associated with convenience retailing and service activities, mainly of modest proportions and not necessarily a reflection of the individual's business choice. The underdeveloped status of Black entrepreneurship in South Africa is thus due entirely to their exclusion from opportunities to gain experience, to take risks and to compete. The view of Blacks as not having an interest in, or an aptitude for, business is little more than a transparent rationalisation for institutionalised racism. The apparent lack of competitiveness amongst Blacks is the result of a complex set of inequities imposed over decades of "relative deprivation in terms of upbringing, nutritional standards, education and training, medical services, entrepreneural and professional opportunities, and horizontal and vertical mobility" (Leatt et al, 1986). It is against this background that the situation of Black business in Port Elizabeth must be seen. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1987
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