Leiden [etc.] : African Studies Centre [etc.] (FNSP report, no. 42), p. 46, 1992. This is a research outline for a study aimed at finding out the effect of climatic seasonality on food consumption... Show moreLeiden [etc.] : African Studies Centre [etc.] (FNSP report, no. 42), p. 46, 1992. This is a research outline for a study aimed at finding out the effect of climatic seasonality on food consumption patterns and the nutritional status of the vulnerable members of smallholder rural households in Nakuru District, Rift Valley Province, Kenya, with special attention being paid to children between 18 and 36 months, lactating mothers, and elderly persons who are above 60 years. For the farming communities in Nakuru, the period of lowest food stocks is the lean season, when the food from the previous harvest is nearly depleted. This period also corresponds with the period of heavy physical work. This may lead to a loss of weight of household members, especially women and children. The study will be carried out between January 1992 and May 1993 and will involve the regular measurement of food consumption by individuals and by the whole household. This will be done by using the 24-hour recall method on a monthly basis, three-day weighed records as well as the three-day household record method. Other monthly measurements will include anthropometry, and the assessment of health and activity patterns. A copy of the full data collection schedule is attached at the end of the report. Show less
Certains éléments des forces de sécurité sud-africaines ont mis en exploitation les ressources naturelles au profit de leurs stratégies de déstabilisation politique et d'enrichissement. Ils ont... Show moreCertains éléments des forces de sécurité sud-africaines ont mis en exploitation les ressources naturelles au profit de leurs stratégies de déstabilisation politique et d'enrichissement. Ils ont ainsi réussi à établir des réseaux très développés de contrebande de produits naturels de valeur (ivoire, gemmes, cornes de rhinocéros, drogue), servant à financer les aides militaires livrées par l'Afrique du Sud aux mouvements contra-révolutionnaires en Afrique australe et sont parvenus à infiltrer en profondeur le WWF International. Désormais bien implantées au Parc Kruger, ces mêmes forces anti-insurrectionnelles participent à des actions politiques au sein même de l'Afrique du Sud et pourraient éventuellement constituer dans ces réserves de véritables zones militarisées. Notes, réf., rés. en français et en anglais (p. 165). (Publié en anglais dans: Journal of Southern African Studies, vol. 20, no. 1 (1994), p. 53-69, sous le titre: Of elephants and men: politics and nature conservation in South Africa.) Show less
Sum.: For 40 years (1950-1990) the South African Communist Party (SACP) was banned by a government that represented international communism as the source of all political evil. The conditions of... Show moreSum.: For 40 years (1950-1990) the South African Communist Party (SACP) was banned by a government that represented international communism as the source of all political evil. The conditions of exile go some way towards explaining the SACP's continuing attachment to Marxist-Leninist orthodoxy. As the Communist Party of the Soviet Union collapsed, followed by the USSR itself, the SACP did not renounce its faith in Marxism-Leninism. Its reaction was simply to admit the failings of socialism in Eastern Europe and then continue much as before. The practical consequences of the quasi-Stalinist regime which the SACP introduced in ANC camps in Angola, especially, were unknown to people back home in South Africa. The fact that the SACP was such a militant foe of apartheid, but did not have a record in government to defend, has contributed to its popularity among black South Africans today. It is arguably the only communist party in the world whose popularity is on the increase. Show less
