The role of the informal trade in medicinal plants in sustaining livelihoods: a case study of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, Eastern Cape

2014 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-82
Author(s):  
D.F.S. Ah Goo ◽  
A.H. de Wit
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Informal Trade ◽  
Nelson Mandela

scholarly journals Shielding Rural Migrants from Unemployment-Induced Poverty: The Informal Prickly Pear Market

2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (1-3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gavin Fraser
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Prickly Pear ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Rural Migrants ◽  
Nelson Mandela ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Sustainable Livelihoods Framework ◽  
Livelihoods Framework

ABSTRACT This study highlighted the role that an informal market plays in shielding unemployed rural migrants in urban areas from unemployment-induced poverty using the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (NMBM) informal Prickly Pear Market as a case study. The purpose of this study was to show how earnings from self-employment or informal employment can be effective in reducing poverty. The Sustainable Livelihoods Framework was used as the theoretical basis for unpacking the household socioeconomic factors that influenced the informal prickly pear marketers’ decision to engage in the market. The study found that despite the prickly pear’s short-term availability, the income was channelled towards school supplies and sustained households during the month in addition to social grants, especially after the grant income had finished. The study aimed to revive interest in the Opuntia ficus-indica species, as one of the ways by which poverty can be reduced in the Eastern Cape.

Case Studies of School-Level Governance Dynamics in the Eastern Cape

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Levy Brian ◽  
Lawule Shumane
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
School Level ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Educational Mission ◽  
Entry Points ◽  
School Governing Bodies ◽  
Level Performance ◽  
Over Time

This chapter explores some micro-level governance and political economy determinants of performance over time in four schools in low-income communities in the Butterworth district of the Eastern Cape. Using process tracing methodologies, the chapter explores the interactions over time between school-level leadership, the bureaucracy, school governing bodies, and the broader community—and how they impact school-level performance. There was no evidence of effective support by the bureaucracy for the educational mission of the schools. But there was striking evidence in three of the four case study schools of the role of participatory governance by SGBs, communities, and parents as a partial institutional substitute, offsetting to some extent the weaknesses of hierarchy. The findings offer encouragement that non-hierarchical entry points for improving educational outcomes indeed have some potential to achieve gains.

scholarly journals Contribution of Business Entities in the Fight against COVID-19 in South Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 584-596
Author(s):  
Samkelo Bala ◽  
Simon M. Kang’ethe
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Disadvantaged Communities ◽  
Case Study Design ◽  
Complementary Role ◽  
The Government ◽  
Business Entities

Abstract Unequivocally, South Africa, amid an environment of paucity of resources and ever-increasing cases of coronavirus, faces an arduous challenge of fighting the scourge of coronavirus. This has necessitated the need to assess the role of business entities as complementary stakeholders. This article applied qualitative paradigm and case-study design that allowed an investigation of 13 postgraduate participants to explore the contribution of business entities against coronavirus in South Africa. The article established gaps embedded in the contribution made by business entities against COVID-19; weaker support by Eastern Cape business entities against COVID-19; and business entities donating personal protective equipment to communities and food to the disadvantaged communities. This article recommends that business entities increase their complementary role to the government by increasing their contribution to needy communities.

scholarly journals Local wisdom in the preservation and diversification of medicinal plant use (A case study of the Lawu mountainside community on the island of Java, Indonesia)

2021 ◽  
Vol 905 (1) ◽  
pp. 012025
Author(s):  
A Wibowo ◽  
A Setyawati ◽  
G Masyithoh ◽  
E S Rahayu
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Plant Use ◽  
Natural Beauty ◽  
The Social

Abstract The Lawu mountainside community uses local wisdom in its preservation of medicinal plants. The goal of this research is to describe the role of local wisdom in preserving and diversifying the use of medicinal plants. The research uses a qualitative method with an explorative approach to explore local wisdom and the optimization of medicinal plants. The research results show that the Lawu mountainside community, who use a wealth of local wisdom in the preservation and optimization of the diversification of medicinal plant use, supported by the potential of natural beauty, have managed to preserve and transfer this local wisdom to the younger generation and create a tourism site to attract visitors. This has had implications on economic and social cultural aspects. In the economic aspect, it has led to a development in the local economy, while in the social cultural aspect, it has brought about an internalization of ecological values in management of the natural environment.

Beyond the development impasse: the role of local economic development and community self-reliance in rural South Africa

1999 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 389-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Binns ◽  
Etienne Nel
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Self Reliance ◽  
Western Development ◽  
Successive Generations ◽  
Rural South Africa

The failure of successive generations of imported, Western development strategies and projects to deliver meaningful reductions in poverty and achieve basic needs in Africa, has provoked a deep questioning of Western concepts and methodologies of development. Non-governmental organisations and development practitioners are increasingly focusing their attention on strategies which build upon local knowledge, skills and resources. The concepts of ‘self- reliance’ and local economic development are examined in the context of development challenges which face Africa. This is followed by a detailed case study of local economic development in the rural Mpofu District of the former Ciskei Homeland, which was incorporated into the Eastern Cape province of South Africa with the demise of apartheid in 1994.

Brown hyaena population explosion: rapid population growth in a small, fenced system

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca J. Welch ◽  
Daniel M. Parker
Keyword(s):  
Population Growth ◽  
Population Increase ◽  
Natural State ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
The Past ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Capture Recapture ◽  
Careful Management

Context In the past 200 years, many carnivores have experienced a widespread decline in numbers and range reductions. Conservation interventions include the use of small, fenced reserves that have potential restoration benefits for conservation. Over the past 25 years, the Eastern Cape province of South Africa has seen the establishment of many small (≤440 km2) game reserves, and the reintroduction of the larger, indigenous wildlife that had been extirpated by the early 20th century, including brown hyaenas (Hyaena brunnea). These game reserves have restored the environment to a more natural state but little information exists concerning the benefits and implications of introducing elusive animals that are seldom seen after reintroduction. Fenced reserves have the potential to provide surplus animals that can be relocated for restoration purposes (where applicable) or serve as a buffer to the extinction of naturally occurring populations, but careful management is required to monitor populations appropriately, so as to avoid the costs of rapid population increase. Aims The reintroduction of brown hyaenas to the Eastern Cape has provided a case study to assess the role of small reserves and their potential to contribute to conservation, by determining the persistence and population growth of brown hyaenas in a small, enclosed reserve. Methods Estimates of brown hyaena density were calculated using a capture–recapture approach from individually identifiable images captured during a 3-month camera trapping survey. Key results After a single decade, the brown hyaena population increased by at least 367%, from six individuals to a minimum of 28 individuals. These results suggest that this brown hyaena population has the highest density ever recorded for the species in southern Africa. Conclusions and Implications Because brown hyaena populations were high relative to natural unfenced populations, high fences may provide two utilities for their conservation. Fenced reserves may provide surplus animals to support reintroductions and provide protected populations to buffer the risk of species extinction.

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