{"id":5471,"date":"2020-11-10T12:06:46","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T10:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/?p=5471"},"modified":"2026-05-29T12:27:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:27:46","slug":"lesedi-22-november-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/uncategorized\/lesedi-22-november-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesedi #22 &#8211; November 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"707\" height=\"1000\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2020-Lesedi22-cover1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2020-Lesedi22-cover1.jpg 707w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2020-Lesedi22-cover1-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mce_95\"><em>Lesedi. Field notes <\/em>#22<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Lesedi<\/em>, the online journal of IFAS-Research, is launching a new special issue of a 100 pages on&nbsp;<strong>the actors of&nbsp;freshwater management in Southern Africa<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Lesedi #22<\/em>: Water actors in Southern Africa. Field surveys, interdisciplinarity and social issues).&nbsp;It contains 10 articles written by senior researchers, post-doctoral researchers and Ph.D. students, presenting ongoing research, new fieldworks and collaborative projects in Southern Africa, including South Africa, Malawi, Botswana and Mozambique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This special issue, was coordinated by <strong>Nicolas Verhaeghe <\/strong>(Paris Nanterre University \u2013 Mosa\u00efques laboratory \u2013 UMR LAVUE 7218 CNRS<em>)<\/em> and <strong>Paul-Malo Winsback<\/strong> (Laboratoire des sciences sociales du politique&nbsp;<em>(LaSSP) \u2013 Sciences Po Toulouse, Lille 2 University of Health and Law):<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;In this issue of&nbsp;<em>Lesedi<\/em>, which reflects on the agents of freshwater governance in Southern Africa, water resources are the subject of rich interactions on account of the great social, institutional, geographic as well as climatic diversity of the subcontinent. While it is marked by a highly variable raininess, the region shares a situation of water stress, i.e. a general tendency to freshwater scarcity (Msangi 2014) . Faced with these&nbsp;<em>a priori&nbsp;<\/em>natural conditions, the political response of the countries of the region is paradoxically caught between what appears to be good regional co-operation as regards water governance, and the persistent difficulties experienced by the populations in accessing water (Swatuk 2017).&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Damien Jourdain and Magalie&nbsp;Bourblanc&nbsp;(GovInn, CIRAD-University of Pretoria) offer a foreword to this issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/LESEDI-N22_10.2020.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of LESEDI-N22_10.2020.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-f724260c-b6e4-4b70-9658-beb398a9dd60\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/LESEDI-N22_10.2020.pdf\">LESEDI-N22_10.2020<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/LESEDI-N22_10.2020.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-f724260c-b6e4-4b70-9658-beb398a9dd60\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Table of contents<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mce_51\"><strong>Water Governance Actors in Southern Africa\/  <\/strong><em>Les acteurs de l\u2019eau en Afrique australe<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Coordinated by Nicolas Verhaeghe and Paul-Malo Winsback <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">05| Avant-propos<br>Gouverner la ressource en eau en Afrique australe \u2013<em>Magalie Bourblanc &amp; Damien Jourdain<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">07| Introduction<br>Water Governance Actors in Southern Africa<br>Field Surveys, Between Interdisciplinarity and Contemporary Issues \u2013<em>Nicolas Verhaeghe &amp; Paul-Malo Winsback<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">11| Introduction<br>Les acteurs de l\u2019eau en Afrique australe<br>Enqu\u00eates de terrain, entre interdisciplinarit\u00e9 et enjeux contemporains \u2013<em>Nicolas Verhaeghe &amp; Paul-Malo Winsback<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">15| Realising the Human Right to Water in Malawi<br>Power balance and women\u2019s participation in Water User Associations \u2013<em>Ngcimezile Mbano-Mweso<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">27| Water Governance and Household Water Security in Botswana<br>The case of Ngamiland Distric<em>t \u2013 Krasposy Kujinga, Gagoitseope Mmopelwa, Cornelis Vanderpost, &amp; Wellington R. 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Masamba<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">40| <em>\u201cThey are the gatekeepers!\u201d                                                            <\/em>Ethnography of a Meeting of the Regional Government for Water Affairs in Southern Africa \u2013<em>Paul-Malo Winsback<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">51 |<em>\u00ab They are the gatekeepers! \u00bb<\/em>                                                        Ethnographie d\u2019une rencontre du gouvernement r\u00e9gional de l\u2019eau d&#8217;Afrique australe \u2013<em>Paul-Malo Winsback<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">62| The Building of the Massingir Dam in Southern Mozambique The relocation process and its consequences, 1975-1983 \u2013<em>Paulo Jos\u00e9<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">71| Accessing the Water of the Sabie River in the Heart of a Protected Area:<br>A Fragile Balance Between Guaranteeing Residents\u2019 Rights and Limiting their Movements \u2013<em>Nicolas Verhaeghe<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">85| Acc\u00e9der \u00e0 l\u2019eau de la&nbsp;<em>Sabie river&nbsp;<\/em>au c\u0153ur d\u2019une aire prot\u00e9g\u00e9e<br>Un fragile \u00e9quilibre entre garantie des droits des riverains et limitation de leurs mouvements \u2013<em>Nicolas Verhaeghe<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><br><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lesedi. Field notes #22 Lesedi, the online journal of IFAS-Research, is launching a new special issue of a 100 pages on&nbsp;the actors of&nbsp;freshwater management in Southern Africa&nbsp;(Lesedi #22: Water actors in Southern Africa. 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