Changement politique et recomposition des périphéries Elisabeth PEYROUX, 2004, Paris, Karthala; Johannesburg, IFAS ISBN : 2-84586-486-8 Coll. Hommes et sociétés; Collection directed by Jean Copans [Book in French]   In 1990, Namibia became independent and broke away from the apartheid regime inherited from the South African colonial administration. Based on a new evaluation of urban […]

Municipal Planning and Perspectives and Responses. This working paper analyses the treatment of HIV and AIDS-related issues in Integrated Development Plans (IDPs), the new municipal process and document for local development. Its main finding is that, while the multi-varied impacts of the pandemic are often mentioned in the analytical part of IDPs, the corresponding responses […]

A Study on Social Changes and Health Risks Among Young Adults. Premarital fertility is defined as fertility before the first marriage. The perceptions and attitudes towards premarital fertility reveal social mutations in parental control over adolescent sexuality and in moral standards. Nevertheless, there is an economic rationale behind the premarital sexual behavior. Women think they […]

In this issue, the members of the Khoesan Archives programme focus on “For or against Neolithic of Southern Africa? Background and Stakes of a Debate on the History of People’s Settlement and Production Modes”, while Nicolas Péjout focusses on “South African Contribution to Models of e-Government”.  

Towards a new engagement with Africa Chris ALDEN & Guy MARTIN (editors), 2003, Pretoria, Protea ISBN: 1-86919-002-5 Protea series of publications on French Social Sciences   The interaction of France and South Africa in Africa has a problematic history. This needs to be reviewed as the two states attempt tp shed the policies of the […]

A Handbook for Development Operators and Local Managers Sylvain PERRET & Marie-Rose MERCOIRET (editors), 2003, Pretoria, Protea; Johannesburg, IFAS; Montpellier, CIRAD ISBN Protea: 1-919825-92-4 ISBN CIRAD: 2-87614-505-7 Protea series of publications on French Social Sciences   Rural people are increasingly expected to become the main participants of their own development. However, they seldom have the […]

Identités et territoires en Afrique du Sud et en Inde Philippe GERVAIS-LAMBONY, Frédéric LANDY et Sophie OLDFIELD (éds), 2003, Nanterre, Géotropiques; Paris, Karthala; Johannesburg, IFAS ISBN : 2-84586-430-2 Coll. Hommes et sociétés; Collection directed by Jean Copans [Book in French]   Processes linked to today’s globalisation phase have resulted in identity repositioning on every scale. […]

Causes and Responses from the Region. The present food crisis in Southern Africa, with its many correlated aspects among which the impact of HIV-aids appears particularly compelling and is proving to be, as it unfolds, one of the most serious challenges, if not the most fundamental one the sub-region has been confronted with over a […]

Healing Rituals in the Democratic South Africa What has been described as a human and geographical “schizophrenia” impels the researchers to take more interest in local events. The concept of healing appears to be especially pertinent in the context of the construction of a new national collective. Good physical health and good political health are […]

Doctrines, pratiques, évaluations Jean-Yves MARTIN (Dir.), 2002, Paris, IRD ISBN: 2-7099-1502-2 [Book in French]   The environemental crisis currently experienced by the world marks the limits of science and of technological progress and calls into question our knowledge and certainties. The crisis is accompanied at the global level by an aggravation of the inequalities between […]