Wits History Workshop Papers
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Item Towards a class compromise in South Africa's "double transition": bargained liberalization and the consolidation of democracy(University of the Witwatersrand. History Workshop., 1999-09-18) Webster, Edward; Adler, GlennSouth Africa's 1994 settlement ensured the survival of one of the world's most unequal capitalist systems. Liberals liked that it was based on the international economic order. All that changed was the inclusion of a few Blacks in the economic power of the White corporate elite. Change came though a conservative pact. What is needed is a class compromise which allows for engaging in the global economy but limits economic liberalisation, i.e. bargained (limited) liberalization not complete economic liberalization.Item Contesting the transition from apartheid to democracy in the workplace(University of the Witwatersrand. History Workshop., 1999-09-18) Von Holdt, KarlThis paper explores the contestation between Highveld Steel and NUMSA over the transition from the apartheid workplace regime during 1993-1995. NUMSA wanted a radical democratisation of the workplace and the company; enhancing worker control and skills. Management wanted to retain control and disempower the workers.Item A critical evaluation of large scale development projects and programmes in South Africa(University of the Witwatersrand. History Workshop., 1999-09-18) Thwala, Wellington D.; McCutcheon, R.T.South Arica needs employment-intensive infrastructure programmes in order to create jobs. Local needs and communities ideas must be taken into account. Quality and cost effectiveness should not be compromised. The supervisors should be technically and organisationally competent. Sustainable finance and a reliable political will to see the projects though are essential.Item Secrecy and violence in rural Tsolo(University of the Witwatersrand. History Workshop., 1999-09-18) Peires, Jeffrey BThis paper gives the history violence in the Tsolo District of the Eastern Cape. Emphasis is on that which occurred between 1993 and 1999. Starting as an Anti-stocktheft movement, Mafelandawonye, the violence degenerated into action for revenge, opportunistic killings of "inconvenient" people and the victimization of people through guilt by association. A culture of silence, secrecy and fear made resolving the situation difficult.Item Continuities and changes: a survey of Soweto in the late 1990s, focusing on key demographic indicators and physical living conditions.(University of the Witwatersrand. History Workshop., 1999-09-18) Morris, AlanThis paper is the findings of a household survey of Soweto conducted by Wits Sociology Department in January 1997. It surveys the population size, age profile, employment rates, education, income, dwelling sizes and population density of the people living there.Item "We must now go back to our history": continuity and change in Mamone, Northern Province(University of the Witwatersrand. History Workshop., 1999-09-18) Oomen, BarbaraThis paper considers how current law and administration can deal with local and traditional authorities. It describes how the traditional authority of Mamone, in Limpopo, has seen considerable change over the years and. how external forces and internal dynamics affect the traditional authority. The problem of trying to impose one system on very diverse traditional authorities is also raised.Item White visions, Black experience: rethinking (urban) developement in South Africa(University of the Witwatersrand. History Workshop., 1999-09-18) Mangcu, XolelaThis paper aims to present a critique of the Eurocentrism , globalism and economism of South African urban development and propose an alternative approach to the South African city. Progressive planning is about listening to what people want and need and giving them voice to express those needs.Item Land tenure in South Africa's communal areas: a case study of the Arabie-Olifants Scheme(University of the Witwatersrand. History Workshop., 1999-09-18) Lahiff, EdwardThis paper looks at the evolution of the land tenure system, and the prospects for reform in a Black communal area. It is based on a case study of the Arabie-Olifants Irrigation Scheme in the former homeland of Lebowa (in Limpopo Province)Item From dispossession to disappointment: neo- liberalism and South African land reform policy(University of the Witwatersrand. History Workshop., 1999-09-18) Kariuki, Samuel; Van der Walt, LucienLand ownership in South Africa is inequitable and characterised by exploitative social relations. The land policy process represents the triumph of the dominant powerful groups, mainly the landowning classes. The concerns of ordinary rural people have been marginalised. The paper examines the processes that lead to the ANC's land reform policy.Item History, histories and historians in land reform: an insider's account.(University of the Witwatersrand. History Workshop., 1999-09-18) Hassan, AsmaThose engaged in the South African Land Reform policy have invoked South Africa's contested history. Different histories impact policy formation and implementation. Historians have been employed by Governmental and non-governmental organisations involved in the Land Reform Programme. The paper offers personal impressions of the use and abuse of history and historians in the Land Reform Programme