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How economic are the farming units of Leliefontein, Namaqualand?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: FionaM. Archer --- Department of Botany, Republic of South Africa M.T. Hoffman --- Department of Botany, Republic of South Africa J.E. Danckwerts --- Department of Agriculture (Eastern Cape Region), Republic of South AfricaNomadic pastoralism has been practised in Leliefontein for centuries. In 1984, the area was formally divided into 47 so‐called ‘economic units’ on the assumption that this agricultural approach would (a) promote development in the region and (b) introduce conservation management... -
Fifteen years of annual Cape Parrot Poicephalus robustus censuses: current population trends and conservation contributions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Colleen T Downs --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa Morgan Pfeiffer --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa Lorinda A Hart --- School of Life Sciences, South AfricaThe Cape Parrot Poicephalus robustus is endemic to South Africa and numbers have reportedly declined since the early 1900s. It is a forest specialist and food nomadic, moving between patches depending on fruit availability. This makes it difficult to estimate... -
Monitoring an isolated population of Cape Parrots Poicephalus robustus in the Limpopo province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Kate F Carstens --- , South Africa Kirsten Wimberger --- , South Africa Rowan Martin --- , United Kingdom David Letsoalo --- , South Africa Craig T Symes --- , South AfricaCape Parrots Poicephalus robustus inhabit forest patches in South Africa with <1 800 individuals remain in the wild. A small, genetically isolated population occurs in the northern part of its range in the Limpopo province. There, annual counts indicated ∼100... -
The ‘Airlift Program’ and the Making of a ‘Glocal’ Citizen: Exploring the Nomadic Subject in Philip Ochieng’s Biography, The 5th Columnist: A Legendary Journalist (2015) by Liz Gitonga-Wanjohi
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Christopher Odhiambo Joseph --- Moi University, KenyaThe story of Kenyans who travelled to study in the United States of America, in what is known as the airlifts program and, its resultant implications on the project of the nation building, is well known. So much has been...