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The Fort Hare Institute of Social and Economic Research (FHISER) is a multi-disciplinary research institute located within the University’s Govan Mbeki Research and Development Centre.

Land, Livelihoods and
Rural Development

Urban Renewal and
Local Economic Development

Culture, Heritage and
Social Transformation

Youth, Gender and Reproductive Health

PUBLICATIONS

MONOGRAPHS & EDITED COLLECTIONS

FHISER periodically publishes research monographs and edited collections in focused of book length-studies. To ensure easy access to these products, they are available from free download from the FHISER website. Hard copies may be purchased from the Institute at R150.

RESEARCH REPORTS

The Research Report Series attempts to make new primary research which has been gathered for various
research commissioned projects on the Eastern Cape available to a wider audience. Only selected research reports will be made available for publication.

WORKING PAPERS

The Working Paper Series presents academically orientated conference papers and works-in-progress. This series attempts to provide wider access to papers presented at FHISER workshops and conference, which might later be published in journals and books.

MONOGRAPHS & EDITED COLLECTIONS

SOCIAL DYNAMICS
VOL 31 NO 1
Land Reform and
Rural Development
in South Africa’s
Eastern Cape

EXPLORING
URBAN RENEWAL:
Livelihoods, Social Capital
and Civil Society in Mdantsane

KRONOS
30 NOV 2004
Special Issue:
Eastern Cape

RHYTHMS OF THE YARDS
Urbanism, Gender, and Backyard Shack Upgrading in a South African City

FOOD SECURITY, LIVELIHOODS AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE EASTERN CAPE

LOOKING UP THE SOUNDS IN-BETWEEN
Public culture, history and heritage in the Eastern Cape

POWER AT THE MARGINS:
Fuel, fire and everyday life in Buffalo City

POST-APARTHEID SOCIAL CHANGE:
Working papers in Southern African anthropology and history

RESEARCH REPORTS

Land, Livelihoods and Rural Development

Urban Renewal and Local Economic Development

Culture, Heritage and Social Transformation

Wool Production and Livestock Farming in the Eastern Cape (2007)
An evaluation of wool production in Emalahleni and Mbashe Local Municipalities was undertaken for The Promotion of Rural Livelihoods Programme (RULIV/ GTZ). The main aims of the study were to assess the status quo of wool production in targeted sites. The special focus of the study was the income potential and sustainability of wool farming as well its contribution to livelihoods in the study area. Interventions by RULIV in the industry were also investigated for their achievements and sustainability.

Peer Education and HIV: A Study of Selected Educational Districts in the Eastern Cape (2005)
An HIV and Aids baseline study was completed for the Eastern Cape Department of Education, as funded by DFID with a complimentary budget from the Imbewu Project. The aim of the study was to establish which programmes and interventions have been adopted in schools in the Eastern Cape in relation to HIV/Aids and lifeskills programmes. It also investigated the ongoing strategies being pursued, as well as the most pressing challenges for educators, learners and management in relation to HIV/Aids in schools.

Poverty and Inequality in the Eastern Cape: Poverty Alleviation and Service Delivery (2005)
A study entitled Poverty and Inequality in the Eastern Cape: Poverty Alleviation and Service Delivery was completed in 2004 under the Rural Development Programme, with funding from the Andrew W Mellon Foundation Award (through the South African Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU) at the University of Cape Town).
This study assessed the relationships between the provision of basic services, wellbeing and poverty in the Eastern Cape. It also investigated the form and nature of social grant service provision in relation to the policies and institutions which aim to alleviate poverty. The experiences of individuals trying to access social grants and services and how such grants relate to wellbeing and poverty reduction were also studied.

Betterment and Land Restitution: The Case of Middledrift (2004)

Food Security and Household Maize Production in Willowvale (2004)

Restructuring Fort Hare: Changing Student Supply and Demand Dynamics (2004)

Youth at Risk in Buffalo City (2006)

Analysing Housing Demand
and Supply in the Eastern
Cape (2006)

Assessing the Low Income Rental Housing Market in East London (2005)

Ngangelizwe Quality of Life and Needs Assessment Survey (2004)

Market Survey for Knysna Middle-Income Housing
Project (2004)
The Market Survey on the Housing Situation in Knysna Project was undertaken for the Own Haven Association. The main objective of the market survey was to determine the demand for housing within Knysna. The research focused on people who work in Knysna, but live in outlying areas because they find housing or accommodation in the town unaffordable: a situation believed to be the result of the high demand for housing in the area occasioned especially by foreign buyers of property using currencies stronger than the Rand and therefore pushing up property prices.

Great Xhosa Cattle Killing Mass Graves, Edward Cemetery, King William's Town (2006)
In 2006, FHISER conducted research on behalf of the Amathole District Municipality to verify forensic findings of the mass graves coincidentally discovered in the upper section of the Edward Street Cemetery in King William's Town in the 1990s, which indicated that the graves were the Great Xhosa Cattle Killing Mass Graves of 1856-7.
This project included archival research, as well as interviews with leading authorities on the subject, most notably Professor Jeff Peires and both Dr Denver Webb and Dr Manton Hirst from the Amathole Museum. The graves have subsequently been been declared a heritage site.

Buffalo City Heritage Survey (2005)

Amathole Heritage Initiative: Heritage Sites in the Amathole District: Sites and Historical Significance (2005)

Heritage Resources in the Eastern Cape: Alternative Trends in Development (2005)

Rapid Assessment of Service Delivery and Socio-Economic Survey

Commissioned by the Eastern Cape provincial government. the Rapid Assessment of Service Delivery and Socio-Economic Survey offers a comprehensive overview and assessment of service delivery in the Eastern Cape in 2006. The report, which is aimed at assisting government in addressing services backlogs, was initiated and managed through the Office of the Premier in the Eastern Cape, with the assistance of the Eastern Cape Socio Economic Consultative Council (ECSECC) and supported through IPSP, DFID funding. Overview of service delivery and socio-economic trends

Sector Reports

Basic service delivery and local government

Changing migration patterns and basic service delivery in the Eastern Cape

Poverty, vulnerable groups and basic service delivery

Housing delivery and state subsidies

Providing water and sanitation

Primary health care and emergency services

Providing basic education

Crime, safety and security in transition

On and off the grid: Energy provision

Public transport and transport infrastructure

Social development (including social grants)

Mapping quality and access to basic services in the Eastern Cape

Diagnostics and recommendations

Second Buffalo City Municipality (BCM) Quality of Life Study

FHISER is currently completing the Second Buffalo City Municipality (BCM) Quality of Life Study , which involved the implementation of a municipal-wide household survey. The survey, which begun in February 2007, will supplement information gained from the first Buffalo City Municipality (BCM) Quality of Life Survey, which was successfully undertaken in 2001.

The results of the 2001 survey were effectively used in the 2002 IDP process and it is envisaged that this follow-up study will be equally valuable in the 2006/2007 IDP review. This second study will provide up-to-date and important insights into the changing circumstances in BCM, as perceived by the residents of the city, allowing city planners to measure the impact of their programmes.

The Quality of Life survey, which assesses perceptions of residents on varied issues such as service provision, employment opportunities, transport, disposable income, recreation, sense of belonging and day-to-day concerns, is seen as a monitoring and evaluation project, with the primary aim of providing a well-researched, accessible and accurate source of information. This information can be effectively used to market and attract investment to the city.

The results of the survey will be published in an Easy Reader format which will be available to interested parties.

WORKING PAPERS
The Eastern Cape: Historical Legacies and New Challenges Conference Opening Addres: COLIN BUNDY, Director, School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London
Working Paper 01 CULTIVATION TRENDS IN THE TRANSKEI & CISKEI : 1940-1996 Maura Andrew, Roddy Fox	Working Paper 02 PRICKLY PEAR IN THE EASTERN CAPE SINCE THE 1950S – PERSPECTIVES FROM INTERVIEWS William Beinart, Luvuyo Wotshela	Working Paper 03 REAPING THE WHIRLWIND OF CHANGE: EASTERN CAPE WHITE COMMERCIAL FARMERS' DISCOURSES OF DEMOCRACY Werner Böhmke, David Neves	Working Paper 04 CONSERVATION AND POPULATION DISPLACEMENT: A COMPARISON OF THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES UPON RESIDENTS IN MOZAMBIQUE AND SOUTH AFRICA Teresa K Connor
Working Paper 05 DISGRACE LAND: HISTORY AND FICTION IN FRONTIER COUNTRY Gareth Cornwell	Working Paper 06 INCREASED AGRICULTURAL CAPACITY AS A NON-WATER BENEFIT OF THE WORKING FOR WATER PROGRAMME IN THE EASTERN CAPE Lozelle du Plessis	Working Paper 07 THE INCREASING, AND DECREASING, IMPORTANCE OF AGNATIC KINSHIP FOR ACCESS TO LAND IN THE EASTERN CAPE: PATH-DEPENDENT SOCIAL CHANGE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR LAND TENURE REFORM Derick Fay	Working Paper 08 COASTAL ZONE DYNAMICS AND LOCAL POPULATIONS: A STUDY OF COASTAL CHANGE IN EASTERN PONDOLAND AND ITS IMPLICATIONS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL Fredrik Haag
Working Paper 09 RELYING ON JOBS INSTEAD OF THE ENVIRONMENT? PATTERNS OF LOCAL SECURITIES IN RURAL EASTERN CAPE - AN EXAMPLE FROM LUSIKISIKI DISTRICT Flora Hajdu	Working Paper 10 ECOTOURISM FOR SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT: A CASE OF TSOLWANA AND ADDO NATIONAL PARKS IN THE EASTERN CAPE Mrs T Kwinana	Working Paper 11 REDRESSING SCHOOL INEQUALITIES IN THE EASTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA Anthony Lemon	Working Paper 12 XHOSA CO-OPERATIVE AGRICULTURAL WORK GROUPS - ECONOMIC HINDRANCE OR DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY Patrick McAllister
Working Paper 13 CHARTER AIRLINE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS FOR NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN AREA – PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS Radu Mihailescu,	Working Paper 14 POLITICS OF DISPLAY: DIGGING DEEP ON EXHIBITING THE INDIGENOUS COLLECTIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE 'S NATIONAL HERITAGE AND CULTURAL STUDIES CENTRE Misiwe Madikane	Working Paper 15 ‘ *OH HURRY TO THE RIVER!': uMamlambo* IN THE EASTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA** Seán Morrow, Nwabisa Vokwana	Working Paper 16 A BRIEF SURVEY OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY XHOSA LITERATURE Jeff Opland
Working Paper 17 ‘THE NATIVES' EXTREMITY AND THE WHITE MEN'S OPPORTUNITY '?: RINDERPEST AND THE SUPPLY OF AFRICAN LABOUR FROM THE TRANSKEIAN TERRITORIES, 1897-8 Pule Phoofolo	Working Paper 18 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANNING IN THE MBASHE LOCAL MUNICIPAL AREA IN THE EASTERN CAPE : A CASE STUDY John Reynolds	Working Paper 19 LIVING IN BUFFALO CITY IN 2001: A BASELINE SURVEY OF QUALITY OF LIFE Robin Richards, Ellen Kamman, Lizette Meyer	Working Paper 20 LAND RESTITUTION IN SOUTH AFRICA Monty Roodt
Working Paper 21 HERMANUS MATROOS AKA NGXUKUMESHE: A LIFE ON THE BORDER Robert Ross	Working Paper 22 WHO SPEAKS FOR WHOM? THE PROBLEM OF REPRESENTING AND INTERPRETING THE LIVES OF ‘OTHERS' Rev Linda Schwartz	Working Paper 23 ART FOR THE MASSES? MEASURING THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL VALUE OF GRAHAMSTOWN NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL TO THE TOWN'S LOWER INCOME AND EDUCATION GROUPS JD Snowball, GG Antrobus	Working Paper 24 MEDIA CONSUMPTION AND IDENTITY FORMATION: THE CASE OF THE ‘HOMELAND' VIEWERS Larry Strelitz
Working Paper 25 THE CONTESTED “NATURE” OF COLONIAL LANDSCAPES: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON LIVESTOCK AND ENVIRONMENTS IN THE TRANSKEI Jacob Tropp	Working Paper 26 A DREAM DEFERRED: SOCIAL CITIZENSHIP AND SOCIAL SECURITY IN POST-APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA. A CASE STUDY OF MOUNT FRERE, EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE Jasmine M Waddell	Working Paper 27 FROM HUBERTA, THE COELACANTH AND SETTLER PASTS TO MANDELA, SOUTH END AND HINTSA'S WHIP: CONTAINING THE FRONTIER IN THE MUSEUMS OF THE EASTERN CAPE Leslie Witz	Working Paper 28 ARCHIVING WITHOUT A REPOSITORY - THE CURRENT NATURE AND STATUS OF THE EASTERN CAPE ARCHIVES IN BISHO/KING WILLIAM'S TOWN Luvuyo Wotshela
Working Paper 29 ASSESSING THE VALUE OF SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS THEORY TO THE STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN THE FORMER TRANSKEI Herman Timmermans	Working Paper 30 WINDS OF CHANGE: THE EASTERN CAPE IN WORLD HISTORY Clifton Crais	Working Paper 31	Working Paper 32 SETTING AN AGENDA FOR THE PRESERVATION; PROMOTION; DISSEMINATION AND PROTECTION OF INDIGENOUS MUSIC AND ORAL HISTORY IN THE EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE Alvin Petersen
Working Paper 33 Comrades, Cats and Country Boys: Youth Style, City Streets and the Politics of Home in East London's Townships, 1950-1998 Leslie Bank	Working Paper 34 FARMING CATTLE, CULTIVATING RELATIONSHIPS: CATTLE OWNERSHIP AND CULTURAL POLITICS IN PEDDIE DISTRICT , EASTERN CAPE Andrew Ainslie	Working Paper 35 *COETZEE'S DISGRACE* : BYRON IN ITALY AND THE EASTERN CAPE c. 1820** Kai Easton	Working Paper 36 MISSION IMPOSSIBLE? Noëleen Murray
Working Paper 37 EVALUATING THE PROGRESS OF COMMUNITY-BASED DEVELOPMENT IN THE KAT RIVER VALLEY , EASTERN CAPE , SOUTH AFRICA Peter Kyle, Tony Binns, Etienne Nel	Working Paper 38 INCOMPLETE HISTORIES: READING WRITING IN POSTCOLONIAL DIFFERENCE Premesh Lalu	Working Paper 39 CONTAINING THE CHIEFS: THE ANC AND TRADITIONAL LEADERS IN THE EASTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA Roger Southall, Zosa De Sas Kropiwnicki	Working Paper 40 `TSHISA, TSHISA' (BURN, BURN): RESISTANCE AGAINST TRIBAL AUTHORITIES IN XHALANGA, 1960 - 1963 Lungisile Ntsebeza
Working Paper 41 FORESTERS OF NEUTRAL GROUND? POETS AND THE ECOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE EASTERN CAPE Dan Wylie	Working Paper 42 ‘INTO THE WILDERNESS': THE 1929 COMMUNIST ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN IN THEMBULAND Allison Drew	Working Paper 43 THE EASTERN CAPE AND INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS IN THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY Elizabeth Elbourne	Working Paper 44 THE MAKING OF SOUTH END COMMUNITY MUSEUM, PORT ELIZABETH, EASTERN CAPE Palesa Kadi
Working Paper 45 RURAL RESTITUTION: THE PRODUCTION OF HISTORICAL TRUTH OUTSIDE THE ACADEMY Ashley Westaway	Working Paper 46 FROM TITLE TO ENTITLEMENT: THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES AT DWESA-CWEBE Robin Palmer	Working Paper 47 CHALLENGING LEGACIES: GENDER, VIOLENCE AND SLAVERY IN GRAAF-REINET (1830-1834) Ms Carla Tsampiras	Working Paper 48 COLLECTIVE MEMORY, MEDIATED ACTION AND LAND DISPOSSESSION IN THE EASTERN CAPE David Neves
Working Paper 49 WHOSE HISTORY AND MEMORY IS IT? REFLECTING ON REPRESENTATIONS OF NEW BRIGHTON'S PAST Gary Baine	Working Paper 50 MISSIONS AND AFRICAN CHRISTIANITY IN THE HISTORY OF THE EASTERN CAPE Natasha Erlank	Working Paper 51 GRASSLANDS ABLAZE: VEGETATION BURNING BY RURAL PEOPLE IN PONDOLAND, SOUTH AFRICA Thembela Kepe	Working Paper 52 WHICH STORIES DO WE TELL ? HERITAGE TOURISM IN THE EASTERN CAPE Jo-Anne Duggan
Working Paper 53 SUBSISTENCE GARDENING FOR FOOD SECURITY: A CASE STUDY OF THREE TOWNSHIPS IN GRAHAMSTOWN , EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE Simpiwe Seti	Working Paper 54	Working Paper 55	Working Paper 56 CONTESTING ISAAC BANGANI TABATA'S LIVES: NEW DIRECTIONS FOR POLITICAL HISTORY IN SOUTH AFRICA (EXTRACTS) Ciraj Rassool
Working Paper 57 GOVERNANCE IN EASTERN CAPE MUNICIPALITIES: FROM RHETORIC TO REALITY Glenn Hollands	Working Paper 58 FARM WORKERS AND LAND TENURE REFORM: THE CASE OF GAME FARMING IN HOPE FOUNTAIN IN THE EASTERN CAPE Kelly Luck	Working Paper 59	Working Paper 60 POVERTY, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION: ADDRESSING THE HISTORICAL LEGACIES AND NEW CHALLENGES FOR SOCIAL WELFARE IN THE EASTERN CAPE Margie Maistry

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