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Rural Area Suurbraak: Socio-Economic Survey, 1996
No full textThe principal aim of this study is to make available socio-economic characteristics of residents of Suurbraak to all interest groups concerned. The questionnaire consists of four sections. The first section relates to the socio-economic characteristics of all residents of each residential unit involved in the test sample and is presented in the first section of the report. In the second section of the questionnaire respondents report on land and home ownership, type of housing, number and nature of rooms and facilities in the residence, and room density. Section three contains questions on facilities and services in the community and on development priorities for the town. Section four deals with the utilisation of land and agricultural activities in Suurbraak
Vredendal: Socio-Economic Survey, 1997
No full textThe main purpose of this study is to make available socio-economic characteristics of residents of Vredendal North to all interest groups concerned. The questionnaire consists of three sections. The first section pertains to the socio-economic characteristics of all residents from each residential unit involved in the test sample and is presented in the first section of the report In the second section of the questionnaire respondents report on home ownership, type of housing, number and nature of rooms and facilities in the residence, and room density. Section three contains questions on facilities and services in the community and on development priorities for the town
Population Census, 1991
No full textThe 1991 Population Census was enumerated on a de facto basis, that is, according to the place where persons were located during the census. All persons who were present on Republic of South African territory during census night (i.e. at midnight between 7 and 8 March 1991) were therefore enumerated and included in the data. Visitors from abroad who were present in the RSA on holiday or business on the night of the census, as well as foreigners (and their families) who were studying or economically active, were enumerated and included in the figures. The Diplomatic and Consular Corps of foreign countries were not included. Crews and passengers of ships were also not enumerated, except those who were present at the harbours of the RSA on census night. Similarly, residents of the RSA who were absent from the night were not enumerated. Personnel of the South African Government stationed abroad and their families were, however, enumerated. Such persons were included in the Transvaal (Pretoria). The basis for the 1991 Census therefore differs from that which was used for previous censuses, in the respect that everybody who was present within the RSA boundaries was enumerated. In contrast, previous surveys attempted to enumerate RSA citizens as well as foreigners who were present within the RSA boundaries for more than three months. However, the comparability of the results were not materially affected, due to both the relatively small numbers which were at stake and the fact that the number of foreign visitors included more or less equalled the number of RSA residents which were excluded, since they were outside the borders of RSA
Population Census, 1985
No full textThe 1985 Population Census was enumerated on a de facto basis, that is, according to the place where persons were located during the census. All persons who were present on Republic of South African territory during census night were enumerated and included in the data. Visitors from abroad who were present in the RSA on holiday or business on the night of the census, as well as foreigners (and their families) who were studying or economically active, were enumerated but not included in the figures. Likewise, members of the Diplomatic and Consular Corps of foreign countries were not included. However, the South African personnel linked to the foreign missions including domestic workers were enumerated. Crews and passengers of ships were also not enumerated, unless they were normally resident in the Republic of South Africa. Residents of the RSA who were absent from the night were as far as possible enumerated on their return and included in the region where they normally resided. Personnel of the South African Government stationed abroad and their families were, however enuermated. Such persons were included in the Transvaal (Pretoria)
October Household Survey, 1997
No full textThe October Household Survey is an annual survey, based on a probability sample of a large number of households (ranging from 16 000 to 30 000), covering a range of development indicators, including the detailed official measurement of the unemployment rate according to standard definitions of the International Labour Organisations (ILO)
The Role and Function of Alcohol in Eersterust, 1981
No full textThis is an exploratory study to research the nature, development and relation of methylated spirits to the abuse of alcohol. The specific aims of the study were 1) to explore the socio-demographic characteristics and drinking patterns of drinkers of methylated spirits; 2) the possibility of the respondents regarding the drinking of methylated spirits as deviant, and 3) the possibility that psycho-social factors identified in South African research as contributing to alcohol abuse, particularly alcoholism, could influence the consumption of methylated spirits
Migration and Settlement in the Cape Metropolitan Area
No full textThe construction of spatial planning in the Cape Town metropolitan region is extremely advanced, and city planners and implementors have thought deeply about the spatial implications of current delivery and settlement trends. Within South Africa, Cape Town is probably the city structure which has most clearly recognized the importance of spatial planning for development, and has most productively devoted time and resources to working out approaches. The current study was placed in the context of this urban initiative to take control of spatial development and deliberately bring about the best possible outcome for all the people of the CMA. At the same time, Cape Town faced considerable challenges, which affected the good or bad outcomes of its urban undertaking. These challenges centred on (1) outside migration and its impact on the local economy, delivery needs and the spatial structure of the city; and (2) internal population movements, especially those associated with the informally housed population and the more settled poor. These trends had potential outcomes, which were difficult to predict accurately, and carry the threat of upsetting the delicate planning models, which were being introduced. Again, current delivery approaches for housing and infrastructure - which should represent the concretisation of planning approaches – were not always successful, and housing delivery for the disadvantaged sectors of the CMA population was falling further behind as informal occupation of land and informal housing continued to spread and proliferate (CMC, 1997a). Housing lists were not moving, and land invasions continued to take place. This study tried to address the uncertainty around inside and outside migration in relation to settlement, and to contribute to the refinement of the CMA’s spatial planning and implementation initiative
Attitudes of South Africans Regarding Provision for Old Age, 1986
No full textAn investigation into the attitudes of South Africans regarding provision for old age was undertaken by the Institute for Sociological and Demographic Research (ISODEM) of the Human Sciences Research Council. The research was conducted on behalf of the work committee of the sub-programme: Affordable Material Provision of the National Programme: Affordable Social Security. The investigation sought to find out how South Africans are providing for their old age, what their attitudes are towards making provision for income after retirement, and what attitudes are towards contributory pension funds in particular. The investigation by the HSRC was thus undertaken to examine the perceptions and the attitudes of South Africans of and concerning the way in which people should be provided for in old age. The findings would provide a basis for policy and decision-makers to plan and effect a new pension dispensation for the benefit of all South Africans and the pension industry in general. Specific aims of the investigation were: a) To assess the extent and types of provision that South Africans are making for old age; b) To understand the expectations that individuals have of the provision they make; c) To determine the most desirable combinations of provision in terms of individual's perceptions of who should provide for old people; d) To assess the attitudes of individuals' perceptions of the most desirable way of benefitting from pension contributions, and f) To assess their attitudes towards preservation and transferability of pension contributions. The findings would enable an evaluation of the climate surrounding the present system, identification of problems perceptibly relating to the system, and a determination of the heterogeneous needs of the various populations and the special needs of subcategories of persons of a pension system
IDASA Local Election Study, 1995
No full textThe 1995 Community elections were widely seen to be the closing chapter in South Africa’s transition to democracy. These elections would provide citizens with a direct and equal voice in government at the most basic level. They were also seen as the vehicle, which would restore to local government the legitimacy necessary to begin the process of reconstruction and development, as well as the authority to bring about law and order in areas where it had broken down.
Until these elections, local government in towns and metropolitan areas had been fragmented, based on racially determined, apartheid “group areas”. There were virtually no formal structures of local government in rural areas. Whites (except those in rural areas) elected fully democratic councils to govern themselves. Since 1983, Coloured and Indian citizens were able to vote for local councils with limited powers under the Tricameral parliamentary structures. Africans living in Black townships inside “white” South Africa were legally able to vote for councillors to the “Black Local Authorities”. Local government in the “Black Local Authorities” and the local Tricameral structures in Coloured and Indian communities were constantly challenged. Rent and service boycotts, election stay-aways and physical intimidation of councillors left these governments barren of leaders, bankrupt and illegitimate. For Africans in the “national states” or “self-governing territories”, local government was even in greater disarray, with some urban areas having nominal local councils, and most rural areas being governed by a mixture of traditional leaders, regional service councils or development corporations.
The Idasa survey would provide first systematic evidence about individual attitudes toward the local government system. The examination of the legitimacy of local government focused on four key areas: whether people felt local councils were in touch with public opinion; whether they felt able to influence local government; whether they trusted local councils to govern well; and whether they thought local councils were able to address the key problems effectively
Internal Poll : Rank Addressing Form, 1997
No full textThe purpose of this project was to measure the respondent's opinion towards the rank addressing form of the South African Police Service in the Gauteng Province