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Legal issues concerning mine closure and social responsibility on the West Rand

Van Eeden, Elize S; Liefferink, M; Durand, J F (2009)

Mining and, especially, gold and uranium mining have played a major role in the economy, history, and demography of South Africa. The contribution of the mines to the economy of South Africa over the past century has ...
Municipal governance and environmental crises: threats and thoughts

Nealer, Eric J (Vaal Triangle Faculty of Northwest University in South Africa, 2009)

Local government in South Africa (SA) has come a long way from the period when there were over 1200 racially segregated municipalities. From more than 800 municipalities after 1996, they have been merged to currently 284 ...
Passionate competitors: the foundation of competitive ballroom dancing in South Africa (1920s-1930s)

Green, A (2009)

By the turn of the nineteenth century ballroom dancing had become a popular social pastime in Europe, North-America and South Africa. The years leading up to the First World War saw a number of South African social ...
The role of science in deepening democracy: the case for water in post-Apartheid South Africa

Turton, A (2009)

South Africa is a water constrained country with a complex history of resource capture and human rights abuses. Science, as practiced by the national science councils, could play a significant role in deepening our ...
Slow-onset disaster and sustainable livelihoods: the Vaal River in the vicinity of Parys

Van Riet, G; Tempelhoff, J W N (Vaal Triangle Faculty of Northwest University in South Africa, 2009)

This article is based on data gathered during a research project commissioned by the Fezile Dabi District Municipality in the northern part of South Africa’s Free State Province. The research team (which included the ...
Some southern African entry points into global history

Parsons, N (2009)

So-called Global History has taken off in the Unites States to liberate undergraduates from Big Power parochialism, and has been the topic of a major conference held in London in May this year. The key element of Global ...