UFH Geography and Environmental Science

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Redefining Local Communities Identity, Aspirations and Interest in Protected Area Management: A Study of the Double Drift Game Reserve

(University of Fort Hare, 2002-12) John, Odindi Odhiambo

The protectionism approach often adopted by protected area management systems has compounded the problems of poverty, dis-empowerment and population pressure in the neighborhood communities. Consequently there has been growing dissent to this mode of conservation from the underdeveloped rural communities, who have often paid high price for protection of the given resources, this problem has been further exacerbated by local communities exclusion from decision making process, resource sharing and appropriation of economic accruals from protected areas

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The Implications of Political Floor Crossing on Development at Municipal Level: The Case of Stellenbosch Municipality

(University of Fort Hare, 2004-04) Kamuti, Tariro

The South African Parliament in 2002, passed legislation allowing political floor crossing that was applicable at the local government level. The major result was a shift in the balance of power in several local municipalities with some political parties losing their majority control. The study aims to examine the effects of political floor crossing on local development. The study is guided by the theory of urban politics that enhances explanations of urban centres, using Stellenbosch Municipality as a case study. The study uses the realist single-case intensive research approach. The study shows that political decision-making within council has a bearing on the developmental focus of the municipality. The newly declared majority party alliance in Stellenbosch is already bringing about a new perspective and focus on development at the local level.

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Domestication of Artemisia Afra (African Wormwood) and Ropagation by Leafy Stem Cuttings

(University of Fort Hare, 2002-02) Ketelo, Charles Nceba

Artemisia afra (African wormwood) is used traditionally as medicinal plant to cure fever, coughs, colds and headache by indigenous people. The objectives of this study were two-fold. Firstly, to determine how local rural people feel about the domestication of Mhlonyane for the extraction of essential oil. This was done by means of a questionnaire survey, where 80 respondents were selected at random at Melani village in the Nkonkobe District of the Eastern Cape. Secondly, preliminary trials were conducted at the University of Fort Hare on the vegetative propagation of Artemisia afra using leafy stem cuttings rooted under an intermittent mist spray using different lndolebutyric acid (IBA) treatments and different rooting media. Also, tested were the growth retardant paclobutrazol (PBZ) and some fertilizer treatments for growing on the rooted cuttings in pots.