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Sanktioner och Sydafrikas mineraler
No full textInnehåll: Sydafrika och mineralerna -- Krom och ferrokrom -- Platinagruppens metaller (PGM) -- Mangan -- Kobolt -- Vanadin -- Titan (Rutil och substitut) -- Antimon -- Andalusit -- Krysolit asbest -- Industridiamanter -- Nickel -- Sillimant -- Vermikulit -- Zirkonium -- Gruvföretagens betydelse -- Anglo American -- Anglovaal -- Barlow Rand -- Gencor -- Gold Fields -- Iscor -- Lästips -- Nyttiga adresser -- Fakta om Sydafrika</p
Nordic organisations in independent Namibia : report from a conference in Sigtuna, 9-10 March, 1989
No full textThe political economy of Namibia : an annotated critical bibliography
No full textThis highly acclaimed bibliography contains more than 2,100 entries, of which over 1,000 are annotated, including books, articles, unpublished reports, conference papers, official publications and periodicals in English, German, Afrikaans and the Nordic languages. It also provides a guide to the major libraries, and research institutes. The first edition of The Political Economy of Namibia received the Conover-Porter award in 1986. Revised and updated edition.Contents: 1. General and introductory -- 2. Geography, water and energy -- 3. Pre-colonial Namibia -- 4. Under German rule, 1884-1915 -- 5. Under South African rule -- 6. The Namibian economy -- 7. The primary sectors -- 8. Workers and peasants under colonial rule -- 9. Women – 10. Education and culture -- 11. Health – 12. Namibia as an international issue -- 13. The struggle for national liberation -- 14. Bibliographies -- 15. Periodical publications -- 16. Theses -- 17. Conference papers -- 18. New titles, 1985-1989 -- 19. Addresses -- 20. Author index</p
Ecology and politics : environmental stress and security in Africa
No full textEnvironmental issues are all too often treated separately from politics and social change. This volume tries to redress the balance. Common to the essays is a search for the interrelationship between ecological stress and politics
SADCC beyond transportation : the challenge of industrial cooperation
No full textIn order to move to an offensive to combat underdevelopment, SADC has recognized the need to move into intra-regional trade and industrialization. This study is a rich analysis of the obstacles which have to be overcome, and the minimum of changes that the SADC countries must agree on to achieve balanced and coordinated development.Contents: 1. The Challenge of Industrial Cooperation -- 2. Obstacles to Industrial Cooperation -- 3. Tractors in Southern Africa: High Demands and Low Prospects -- 4. Why the Tractor Industry did not Develop -- 5. Building a Regional Industry </p
Uganda - en ny chans?
No full textEtt reportage från Uganda som ger en introduktion till landet och dess dramatiska öden. Ger en historisk överblick och berättar om politik och vardag. Rikt illustrerad med foton.Innehåll: Inledning -- Fakta om Uganda -- Årtal -- Förkortningar -- Kungarnas fall -- Ovänner med alla -- Mord på löpande band -- Två presidenters fall -- Från anarki till kaos -- Den kloke krigaren -- På väg mot demokrati -- Salt, socker och säkerhet -- 12 år och vuxen -- Livet återvänder -- Älska, men älska varsamt -- David och Ambrose -- Litteratur</p
Regional cooperation in Southern Africa : a post-apartheid perspective
No full textThe essays in this volume cover a wide range of topics, from regional cooperation in the field of information and the role of Non-Governmental Organizations, to shipping structures, industrial development and the regional policy of South Africa
Why poor children stay sick : the human ecology of child health and welfare in rural Malawi
No full textEvery year four and a half million children under five die in Asia, Latin America, and Africa from diarrhoea, caused by contaminated water. This is one of many reasons why improved drinking water is high on the agenda in many developments projects and plans. But what happens when better water is supplied? What is the impact upon child health? What experiences should be taken into account in the planning and implementation of schemed for better water supply for the African households? This case study of rural area in southern Malawi tries to give some answers