Of all South Africa's neighbors, none has suffered more severely from expropriation and
underdevelopment by white colonialism and supremacy than the Kingdom of Lesotho. In
reality, Lesotho is not South Africa's neighbor ...
The 20th century saw a movement from the Industrial Revolution to what we could call the Communication Revolution, and perhaps a newer revolution in the past 20 years, which we could characterise as the Information ...
This paper focuses on digitization in the African continent. It highlights the fact that some countries in Africa have both the “first” and “third” world characteristics in terms of development and access to information ...
"One may make one's own history", said Marx, "but not in the circumstances of one's own choosing". The argument in this paper is that, the production of particular versions of history may be inversely related to their ...
This paper will focus mainly on issues affecting access to knowledge in African countries and implications of international intellectual property agreements. It will show that the majority of these countries are struggling ...
The primary objective of the article is to assess the effect of censorship on collection development and librarianship as well as to ascertain future prospects in Swaziland. It is based on Swaziland legal documents. It is ...
Ready accesss to suppliers of basic food snacks and sources of daily
refreshment is part of the ' taken-for-granted' world of most White
workers in Johannesburg. Even for those employees whose labour
situates them in ...
Soweto, Alexandra and Sharpeville were symbols with great resonance in the global
arena of anti-apartheid struggles. Tembisa, Katlehong, Atteridgeville, Wattville - there
are too many to mention - all have had considerable ...
Managing data in active research projects is a challenging task. The innovative nature of research requires a flexible data infrastructure that is able to adapt to ad-hoc changes. How can this be reconciled with the necessity ...
Despite the unprecedented level of public concern with violent crime in the "new South Africa", surprisingly little effort has been made to explore the historical roots of urban gangsterism. Since their establishment, the ...
In the 1870s the Transvaal witnessed an intensification
of struggles over land and labour. This development was
particularly marked in its eastern districts and was partly
stimulated by the impact on the local and ...