Rural development in South Africa: a case-study of the Amatola Basin in the Ciskei

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Title:	Rural development in South Africa: a case-study of the Amatola Basin in the Ciskei
Authors:	De Wet, C.J. Bekker, S.B.
Year:	1985
Issue:	30
Pages:	165
Language:	English
Series:	Occasional paper
City of publisher:	Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Publisher:	Shuter & Shooter in association with Institute of Social and Economic Research, Rhodes University
ISBN:	0869858483
Geographic terms:	Ciskei South Africa
Subject:	rural development
Abstract:	This monograph considers the circumstances of a rural Ciskei community in South Africa - the Amatola Basin area - and the prospects for their improvement. The setting of the study is given in a chapter on the physical location of the Amatola Basin, its infrastructure and the socioeconomic status of its inhabitants. The development of this setting is then placed in historical context in a chapter tracing the history of the Amatola Basin community from its establishment in the 1850s. Four thematic studies follow, considering the areas of education, local government, cultivation, and the state of health and delivery of health services. The implementation of the ARDRI (Agricultural and Rural Development Research Institute) development project and its impact upon the above aspects of life in the Amatola Basin are then analysed.