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"Land, Chiefs, Mining, explores aspects of the experience of the Batswana in the thornveld and bushveld regions of the North-West Province, shedding light on defining issues, moments and individuals in this lesser known region of South Africa. Some of the focuses are: an important Tswana kgosi (chief), Moiloa 11 of the Bahurutshe ; responses to and participation in the South African War and its aftermath, 1899-1907; land acquisition ; economic and political conditions in the reserves ; resistance to Mangope's Bophuthatswana; the impact of game parks and the Sun City resort; rural resistance and the liberation struggle; and African reaction to the platinum mining revolution."--Publisher: http://witspress.co.za/catalogue/land-chiefs-mining

This article provides an econometric estimate of labour market discrimination in the North West province of South Africa. Using data obtained from the October 1995 Household Survey, it was found that in 1995 statistically significant gender discrimination exists against women in North West's labour market. The male discriminatory wage advantage of 127 per cent and the female discriminatory disadvantage of 195 per cent were ascribed to the overrewarding and underrewarding of some personal characteristics of males and females, respectively. Productivity differentials of 40 per cent in favour of females and a premium paid to women measuring 71 per cent also exist. Discrimination explains 50 per cent of the wage gap between genders, while productivity differentials and the premium account for 13 and 37 per cent respectively. The study supports 'affirmative action' and suggests policies that aim to alter the occupational distributions, and these may need to target educational decisions made prior to labour market entry. (Dev South Afr/DÜI)

Several studies have recently revealed intimate linkages between political boundaries and contemporary tourism forms. This study draws on both the stakeholder theory and sustainability thinking to harness potential trans-boundary tourism resources straddling the Botswana-North West Province border of South Africa, and to synthesize the deeply divided resource base and potential stakeholders. It is argued that the boundary places actual and imaginary constraints on the potentially appealing cultural and historical heritage, and deepens the centre-periphery, rural-urban and global-local divides. Rethinking the increasingly complex nature of boundaries and cultural heritage can enrich the eco-cultural provision based on a fuller understanding of opportunities for trans-boundary rural tourism. Given the few trans-boundary tourism accounts that have explored the integrated concept of humans in nature, this study seeks to emphasize the need for this concept. What has been hypothesized is confirmed. Some findings are that cross-border communities are culturally affiliated to nature - highlighting the integrated human-ecological systems on which the potential cross-border tourism would depend; and they demonstrate inclinations to conserve and effectively harness global-local relationships by exposing Indigenous Knowledge Systems to western epistemological traditions and through visiting friends and relatives trips which represent the study location's major source of tourism.

Several studies have recently revealed intimate linkages between political boundaries and contemporary tourism forms. This study draws on both the stakeholder theory and sustainability thinking to harness potential trans-boundary tourism resources straddling the Botswana-North West Province border of South Africa, and to synthesize the deeply divided resource base and potential stakeholders. It is argued that the boundary places actual and imaginary constraints on the potentially appealing cultural and historical heritage, and deepens the centre-periphery, rural-urban and global-local divides. Rethinking the increasingly complex nature of boundaries and cultural heritage can enrich the eco-cultural provision based on a fuller understanding of opportunities for trans-boundary rural tourism. Given the few trans-boundary tourism accounts that have explored the integrated concept of humans in nature, this study seeks to emphasize the need for this concept. What has been hypothesized is confirmed. Some findings are that cross-border communities are culturally affiliated to nature - highlighting the integrated human-ecological systems on which the potential cross-border tourism would depend; and they demonstrate inclinations to conserve and effectively harness global-local relationships by exposing Indigenous Knowledge Systems to western epistemological traditions and through visiting friends and relatives trips which represent the study location's major source of tourism.

In 2007 the residents of the town of Sannieshof in North West Province declared a dispute with the Tswaing Local Municipality on the grounds that the state of local service delivery left much to be desired. The ratepayers then formed the Sannieshof Inwoners Belastingbetalers Unie (SIBU) which literally took over the functions of local government of the town, functioning as a local government within a local government. This article provides a historical narrative of the conflict between SIBU and Tswaing Local Municipality, a dispute which was taken as far as the provincial High Court. Then follows an outline of conditions in Sannieshof and the townships of Agisanang and Phelindaba. Attention is given to the perceptions of local residents on the prevalent conditions, specifically in respect of water supply and sanitation service delivery. In the third section there are some theoretical perspectives on political culture, socialisation and happiness. A debate is provided on how these phenomena manifest under existing conditions in Sannieshof, and more particularly, in its adjacent townships of Agisanang and Phelindaba. ; https://doi.org/10.4102/td.v6i1.123