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Idioms of accumulation : socio-economic development in an African freehold farming area in Rhodesia.
(1975)No abstract available. -
A study of zoning and development controls with application to flat development in Berea North, Durban.
(1978)This dissertation deals, firstly, with the nature of zoning and development controls, and their relationship to the planning process. From this broad overview the emphasis changes to deal more specifically with how ... -
Costs in townships: a case study of Phoenix.
(1979)The aim of the dissertation is to examine the costs in township housing and to identify some major issues and concepts by means of a case study for consideration by planners. The study is divided into three main sections. The ... -
A social and economic geography of Umzinto North.
(1981)An attempt is made in this dissertation to ascertain current land use structure and to analyse the development potential of Umzinto North. A comprehensive socio-economic and land use survey was undertaken to establish ... -
Betterment planning in South Africa.
(1982)Betterment Planning is the major form of rural development planning which has been implemented in the Reserve areas of South Africa. The first Bettemnent schemes were begun after 1939. Whilst Betterment Planning has undergone ... -
Rural poverty : subsistence or dependency.
(1984)The Republic of Transkei, the first of the "Independent" National States has financed a number of research projects which have attempted to establish a data base on which a Five Year Development Plan can be grounded. A ... -
Planning with South African labour statistics : the politics of ignorance.
(1984)No abstract available. -
Black education in South Africa : the case of the Qadi Tribal Area, Inanda Reserve, Kwa Zulu.
(1984)This thesis is concerned with formal education for black South Africans. Central to the argument is an appreciation of how formal educational systems tend to foster specific ideologies and reproduce particular social ... -
The urban informal sector in South Africa : what options for development? : a case study of KwaMashu, Natal.
(1985)In the past few years there has been a dramatic increase in research on the informal sector in South Africa. Motivating this research, besides academic curiosity, is growing concern over poverty and unemployment amongst ... -
Working for nothing : gender and industrial decentralisation in Isithebe.
(1986)"One of the central tenets of critical approaches to social science is that we should not only understand society theory), but use such understanding as a basis for a programme of action (practice) to change society, ... -
An approach to spatial planning in Southern Africa with particular reference to Transkei's north-east region.
(1986)The aim of this research was to investigate how spatial planning could contribute to development in the peripheral regions of Southern Africa. It was undertaken at a time when conventional regional planning was under ... -
Garbage picking as a strategy for survival : a case study of a sub- sector of the informal sector.
(1987)In the past few years there has been a dramatic increase in research dealing with the informal sector in South Africa. This research is often motivated by academic curiosity as well as a growing concern over poverty and ... -
An interpretation of political violence in Lamont and KwaMashu.
(1987)The field of political violence is introduced with an overview of anti-State political violence in South Africa between 1 January 1977 and 21 July 1985. Incidents of political violence in that period were classified into ... -
Historic hospitals in Natal.
(1988)The object of this research is to investigate in detail the origin and growth of Natal Hospitals - their design and function. The 19th Century saw the birth of the Republic of Natalia, and with it the establishment of towns ... -
The public library as a community service in a developing society : case study of Botswana.
(1988)This study evaluates the purpose and role of the public library in national development in Botswana. Particular attention is focused on the public library as a community resource as well as its sensitivity in meeting the ... -
The political economy of urban and regional planning in South Africa, 1900 to 1988 : towards theory to guide progressive practice.
(1989)The dissertation has three major objectives. The first is to examine the relation between the nature and trajectory of urban and regional planning in South Africa, and developments within the, South African political economy ... -
A bibliography of South African short stories in English with socio-political themes between 1960 and June 1987.
(1989)This bibliography aims to record socio-political short stories and novellas, written in English by authors born in South Africa or accepted as South African, published in South Africa or overseas in new monograph ... -
Orientations to development : a comparative analysis in Natal and KwaZulu.
(1990)In the last four decades social scientists have been preoccupied with the process of modernisation and development. Theorists who emphasised a normative perspective distinguished between value systems relating to individuals ... -
The role of non-formal education in development : a perceptual analysis of the KTT's interventions.
(1990)The total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of sub-Saharan Africa1in 1987 totalled about $135 billion, roughly the equivalent of Belgium with its population of 10 million (World Bank, 1989). Africa's deepening crisis is ...