Rock art regionalism and identity: case studies from Trans-Pecos Texas and Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

A San rock-art site in northeastern South Africa includes several intriguing features, including rubbed patches of pigment and a red line painted on top of a quartz vein. This article interrogates the relationships between hunter-gatherer beliefs, materiality and rock paintings, and suggests that San painters and viewers engaged with the unique Mpumalangan site for specific ritualistic purposes.

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ICT in Rural Areas in South Africa: Various Case Studies

10.28945/2680 ◽

2003 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

ME Herselman

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Case Studies ◽

Rural Schools ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Quality Education ◽

Web Portal ◽

Mpumalanga Province ◽

Ict Implementation

The primary aim of this study is to indicate what has been done about ICT implementation in rural areas in South Africa by investigating various case studies like the SchoolNet programme in Mpumalanga Province and a possible web portal for rural schools. Rural schools and some communities currently lack access to quality education and resources that their urban counterparts consider basic.

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The Rock Art of Bongani Mountain Lodge and Its Environs, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa: An Introduction to Problems of Southern African Rock-Art Regions

The South African Archaeological Bulletin ◽

10.2307/3889103 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 57 (175) ◽

pp. 15 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Jamie Hampson ◽

William Challis ◽

Geoffrey Blundell ◽

Conraad De Rosner

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Rock Art ◽

Mpumalanga Province

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Rock Art Regions in Theory and in Practice: A Comparative Case Study from Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

Rock Art and Regional Identity ◽

10.4324/9781315420738-10 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 84-113

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Rock Art ◽

Comparative Case Study ◽

Mpumalanga Province

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The Role of Archives on the Incorporation of the Former Kangwane Homeland to Mpumalanga Province

Africanus Journal of Development Studies ◽

10.25159/0304-615x/3069 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 47 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Nkholedzeni Sidney Netshakhuma

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Qualitative Methodology ◽

Management Policy ◽

Records Management ◽

Record Keeping ◽

Mpumalanga Province ◽

Specific Objective ◽

National Archives ◽

And Control

This study was conceptualised in order to assess the strategies used to incorporate the homeland of KaNgwane into Mpumalanga province after the cessation of apartheid in 1994. The specific objective of the study was to investigate the compliance of records and archives with the National Archives and Records Service of South Africa Act (Act No 43 of 1996), during the incorporation of the homeland of KaNgwane into Mpumalanga. The study adopted a qualitative methodology through document analysis, interviews and observations. The key findings revealed that the archives of the former homeland of Kangwane were not aligned with the requirements of the National Archives and Records Service of South Africa Act (Act No.43 of 1996.) Institutions seem to lack experience when it comes to the challenges of storing records and implementing arrangement and control systems. The frequent lack of a records management policy and few to no staff with record-keeping and archival backgrounds was also a concern. A shortage of space to store records safely was also one of the major issues that the study uncovered. There appears to be no concerted effort to retain important historical records. Many records are stored in several different locations in government buildings. I conclude that archives play an essential role to the nation as the institutional memory.

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