THE POTENTIAL FOR LAND EXCHANGE IN COMMUNAL AREAS TO SUPPORT THE ADOPTION OF RAINWATER HARVESTING PRACTICES FOR CROP PRODUCTION: A CASE STUDY OF THABA NCHU, FREE STATE PROVINCE

2012 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. 119-128
Author(s):  
M. N. Baiphethi ◽  
G. Kundhlande ◽  
M. F. Viljoen ◽  
S. Manona
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Rainwater Harvesting ◽  
Free State ◽  
Free State Province ◽  
Communal Areas ◽  
Land Exchange

scholarly journals Mentorship Programmes within the Small and Medium Sized Contractor Development Programme: A Case Study of the Free State Province, South Africa

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (12) ◽  
pp. 712-722
Author(s):  
Godfrey Mofokeng
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
South African ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Development Programme ◽  
Free State ◽  
African Government ◽  
Free State Province ◽  
Construction Firms

The South African government has been implementing various small and medium sized contractor development programmes in an effort to redress the legacy created by apartheid government. The programmes fulfil such an objective through awarding construction projects to the historically disadvantaged Black contractors to enable them develop competent skills, build viable construction firms, create jobs and redistribute wealth. A mentorship programme was put in place to assist the contractors with technical, managerial, contractual and business impediments they might be encountered in the project execution and in running the construction business. The main aim of the paper was to conduct an evaluation of the contractor development mentorship programme in South Africa using the Free State Province as a case study. Questionnaires were distributed to 120 small and medium contractors in the Free State Province, and a review of literature was undertaken. Financial factors were found to be amongst the leading causes of contractors’ failures. It was also established that educational qualification and experience in the construction industry have an effect in a contractor’s failure or success. A lot of contractors revealed that they were not exposed to the Contractor Development Programmes like in other provinces hence 74% did not participate in any contractor development programmes and only 26% did participate. The paper concluded with recommendations on how mentorship within the contractor development programme can be improved.

scholarly journals Spatiotemporal Variation of Frost within Growing Periods

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mokhele Edmond Moeletsi ◽  
Mphethe Isaac Tongwane
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Careful Consideration ◽  
Spatiotemporal Variation ◽  
Free State ◽  
Daily Minimum Temperature ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Variability ◽  
Free State Province ◽  
Frost Risk ◽  
The Third ◽  
Weather Stations

Frost is one of the devastating agroclimatological hazards affecting crop production in the Free State Province of South Africa. In this study, frost (0°C threshold) probabilities within different growing periods starting from the first dekad of October to the third dekad of February for a 100-day, 120-day, and 140-day crop were determined. The data used in the investigation was daily minimum temperature obtained from 55 weather stations located in and around the Free State Province with data from 1950 to 2010. The results show high spatial and temporal variability of frost within the different growing periods. The western, central, northern, and northwestern parts of the province have the longest planting window for all the growing lengths from mid-October to mid-January. The eastern, northeastern, southern, and southeastern parts of Free State have the highest frost risk with shortened planting window mostly from the first dekad of November to the second dekad of December. Thus, careful consideration of frost incidences is important for successful crop production in this area.

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