The Agricultural Economy of South-West Africa

Exploring the Roles of Agricultural Extension in Promoting Food Security in Kwazulu-Natal Province, South Africa

Household food security remains a challenge in South Africa. The national government instituted the Integrated Food Security Strategy (IFSS) programme which identifies household agricultural production as an important element of improving household-level food security. Agricultural extension is well positioned to help achieve this aim, but its current contribution is unknown. This study identif...

The political economy of food price policy in South Africa

This paper analyses the food price trends in South Africa during two periods of rapid food price inflation that occurred in the decade 2000–10 and unpacks the political reaction and policy responses to the food price crises in these two periods. Based on personal recollection of events during the past decade, interviews with former politicians and state officials, as well as a thorough investig...

South West Africa Cases: Preliminary Objections

ETHIOPIA and Liberia, in applications to the International Court of Justice, alleged that the Union of South Africa [South Africa] has violated Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations and the terms of a Mandate under which it has responsibility for administering the Territory of South West Africa. Specifically the petitioning states charge that South Africa, in administering the ter...

The Domestic Politics of Agricultural Trade Policymaking in South Africa

The Effect of South African Geopolitical Position in the Development of Cinema in South Africa

This paper will discuss about the role of the geopolitical location of South Africa in the development of movie and the cinema industry in this country. Despite of bringing ci-nema to South Africa by white Europeans, but the development of this phenomenon is mostly due to the geopolitical position of this country. It is interesting to know that ci-nema reached Africa in much the same time as it...