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L'intervista indaga le evoluzioni del mondo della rilevazione demoscopica in un Paese come l'Italia che, negli ultimi anni, ha visto emergere nuovi soggetti politici ed in cui i social network stanno assumendo un valore sempre maggiore. Partendo dalla presunta "morte del sondaggio" e arrivando ad analizzare i nuovi metodi di rilevazione demoscopica offerti dalla rete, Paolo Natale spiega come e perché il sondaggio stesso resta, all'interno del dibattito politico, uno strumento di studio molto rilevante, seppur perfettibile. L'intervista tratta e contestualizza anche gli errori recenti commessi dai sondaggi.The interview analyses the role and efficacy of the political survey in an environment that is facing conspicuous changes, in particular with reference to the role of the social media. Starting from the hypothesis of the death of the survey and discussing new methods to test political opinion and electoral behavior, Natale explains why the survey is still a valuable method and tool to analysis the citizens' preferences. The interview discusses also some recent failures in forecasting the electoral results.

An important study of the revival of the Natal Indian Congress in 1971 to the first democratic elections in 1994. In fascinating detail, Ashwin Desai and Goolam Vahed bring the inner workings of the NIC to life against the canvas of major political developments in South Africa during the 1970s and 1980s.

The 1980s and 1990s marked the beginning of the end of Apartheid in South Africa but before the first fully democratic election in 1994, the KwaZulu-Natal region was being torn apart by a low level civil war. This conflict was not the black majority fighting against white minority, but part of so-called black on black violence. One side was the African National Congress (ANC) and the United Democratic Front (UDF) and on the other was Inkatha, secretly backed by the Apartheid state. Originally a Zulu nationalist liberation movement aligned with the ANC, Inkatha separated with the ANC over issues of ideology and politics. Instead, Inkatha secretly began working with the Apartheid government and engaging in violence against the ANC and their successor the UDF. This thesis seeks to understand Inkatha's role in the violence in KwaZulu-Natal by looking at what motivated Inkatha's supporters to engage in violence. The main motivators examined in this thesis can be understood in the three categories of propaganda, coercion, and opportunistic and survival based violence. By utilizing interviews, newspapers, testimony, and more this thesis seeks to explore the experience of both those who were affected and perpetrated the violence to answer this question. Finally, this thesis will follow the story of the Caprivi operatives, a group of Inkatha supporters trained by the Apartheid state to engage in violence and murder against the ANC and their allies during the transition period. By following the stories of these men and particularly their leader, Daluxolo Luthuli, this thesis will illustrate how the same motives explored above affect their decisions to engage in violence.

Preliminary Material -- Introduction: -- A Theory and Methodology for the Study of Elites -- Historical Contexts and Political Elite Formation in Kwazulu and Natal -- Social Characteristics of an Emerging Political Elite -- Political, Organisational and Institutional Background of an Emerging Political Elite -- Intra-Party Dynamics and Political Elite Circulation -- Inter-Party Dynamics, Coalition Politics and Cross Party Elite Bonding -- The Development of Institutional Capacity -- Conclusion: The Political Elite of Kwazulu-Natal -- References -- Index.

O presente trabalho tem como objetivo apresentar as primeiras informações obtidas no projeto de extensão intitulado "Territórios criativos: a dimensão econômica dos Pontos de Cultura de Natal", desenvolvido por professores e alunos do Curso de Produção Cutural do IFRN. Neste trabalho priorizaremos as principais atividades desenvolvidas pelos dez pontos que foram sensibilizados e aderiram ao projeto, para pensar na sua sustentabilidade para além do repasse de verba do Programa Cultura Viva. Em uma análise inicial, percebermos que em Natal os pontos atuam de forma desarticulada não sendo possível visualizarmos nesse momento uma rede de economia solidária entre eles.

The research investigated challenges faced by small businesses in registering companies in rural KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. uMzinyathi District Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal was used as a case study, representing the rural context of the province investigated. A sample of ten small businesses within the uMzinyathi Small Business Forum which represents all local municipalities of the district, together with stakeholders such as the Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA), the Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs (EDTEA), the Small Business Unit staff members and a consultant who deals with the registration of companies were selected, using purposive sampling to collect data. The key findings of the study indicated that small businesses in rural areas are affected by many challenges which differ from their urban counterparts. These include socio-economic conditions, lack of small business support institutions and local government related challenges as a result of their being in rural areas. The research findings were critical for establishing effective service delivery interventions that could improve small business development and enhance the participation of small businesses in local initiatives within rural areas.

This article examines how Zanzibari women in KwaZulu-Natal are negotiating their identities within the context of local and global realities. In South Africa, while the post-apartheid period gave birth to non-racial democracy, South Africa is haunted by high unemployment, widespread poverty and poor service delivery. Globally, this period has witnessed increased conflict since the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers in New York and the subsequent War on Terror which has led some to suggest that the irreconcilable fault lines of religion and culture have ushered in a clash of civilisations. This article examines the identities of Zanzibari women in the context of these rapidly changing local, national and international conditions. It also speaks to the local context of apartheid race engineering as the Zanzibari experience underscores the contingent nature of race as a category of identity. The article argues that while religion is important in the lives of the women, their identities are shaped by the complex interplay between religion, politics, class, race, language, community, and geography. An analysis based solely on religious laws and "race" deflects from a nuanced one that takes into account social and economic conditions when it comes to historicising identity

Governments and institutions in Africa are increasingly turning to ICT-based solutions in order to improve the education performance of their students. Specifically, the promise of eLearning to improve and to better facilitate learning has spurred innovation towards provision of eLearning resources on mobile devices such as tablets. Tablets hold enormous potential in delivery of eLearning due to their portability and provision for multiple uses. This study aimed at understanding the efficacy of tablet-based digital content on teachers and learners and consequently, to offer recommendations for sustainable, scalable eLearning models. This report presents key findings from an eLearning research pilot conducted in 12 schools at KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The results indicate that an eLearning intervention could have an impact on the learners' subject-specific skills, that teachers and learners gained digital literacy in their use of the eLearning intervention, that learners gained confidence in using the eLearning intervention and integrated various digital resources in their learning over time, that learners were sharing content more over time, that the majority of the teachers felt comfortable integrating the digital content in their teaching over time. The findings in this report would help educational leaders, content developers, technological providers and the Department of Education to make sound decisions in relation to developing and implementing eLearning interventions, especially in South African schools. Based on the findings of the eLearning research pilot, this report also presents recommendations based on pedagogy, eLearning, training, support and facilitation, implementation, hardware, partnerships and provides possible considerations for tablets in educational rollouts.

Os frutos cítricos apresentam prolongado período pós-colheita, no entanto, devido à perda de água, após colhidos, perdem a firmeza e ficam com pouco brilho na casca. Face ao exposto, objetivou-se neste trabalho determinar os efeitos dos revestimentos na conservação pós-colheita da laranja 'Natal CNPMF 112' com utilização de extratos de própolis aquoso e alcoólico e a cera de carnaúba em condição refrigerada. Frutos da laranjeira 'Natal CNPMF 112', enxertada em limoeiro 'Cravo', foram tratados com cera de carnaúba (100%) e extratos de própolis alcoólico e aquoso (30%). O delineamento experimental foi inteiramente casualizado, com arranjo em parcelas subdivididas, sendo as parcelas constituídas pelos revestimentos mais a testemunha (água destilada), e as subparcelas pelo período de armazenamento (0, 10, 20 e 30 dias) a 12 ºC ± 2, com exceção para perda de massa, a qual foi avaliada a intervalos de três dias (0 a 30 dias). Avaliaram-se: perda de massa dos frutos, massa média dos frutos, sólidos solúveis, acidez titulável, ácido ascórbico, índice de maturação, pH e índice tecnológico. Conforme os resultados, observou-se que o extrato alcoólico de própolis promoveu menor perda de massa do fruto, bom índice de maturação e acidez equilibrada. As demais características não foram afetadas pelos revestimentos utilizados na conservação pós-colheita da laranja 'Natal CNPMF 112' refrigerada. Portanto, recomenda-se o extrato alcoólico de própolis para a conservação da laranja 'Natal CNPMF 112'.

Post-apartheid Kwazulu-Natal is in the midst of ecological and social crises related to land ownership, resource control, minerals extraction, environmental degradation and biodiversity loss. The environs of the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi National Park are a violent environment, where the immediate violence of an anti-poaching 'war' waged over fears of Rhinoceros extinction, is counter-posed to the slow violence permeating the lives of marginal rural residents affected by the externalities of coal mining. A range of struggles are waged against these challenges, but a hegemonic 'Biodiversity Economy' intervention has arisen, attended by projects aimed at territorializing conservation space and multiple-win scenarios. Based on four years of intermittent research in the area, this article critiques the territorialization of conservation, project outcomes, and commercialization efforts within the Umfozi Biodiversity Economy Node (UBEN). I contend that a biodiversity economy nodal approach extends neoliberal conservation strategies, and functions as a spatial aggregator to reterritorialize conservation land use over space and time. However, the findings suggest that, despite years of energy and investment there have only been limited individual successes in the UBEN, and a range of frustrations, compounded by COVID-19 complications. The analysis also highlights further costs and externalities of the initiative: as the UBEN exacerbates underlying tensions in Kwazulu-Natal's uneven conservation geography, and it aligns with problematic and often unrepresentative traditional authority structures and related accumulation networks. It is also complicit with the production of sacrificial spaces at the conservation-extraction nexus.In this context, I argue the UBEN is pyrrhic; that is, an outcome or goal strived for/achieved at too little reward and too high a cost. The article extends political-ecological critique of neoliberal conservation and the green economy to incorporate the framing and implementation of biodiversity economy nodal approaches – and their uneven and pyrrhic effects – in contested, crisis-ridden conservation contexts.

In order to overcome the electricity demand in the country and in its effort to reduce the greenhouse gas emission and climate change, South African (SA) government is encouraging research in the field of renewable energy (RE). Higher educational institutions in each province are involve in different renewable energy projects found by provincial governments and private companies. This paper presents an evaluation of RE potential sources in the province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). It is found that KZN province has a RE potential exploitable of about 45 GW divided into 53.63 % of global normal irradiance (GHI), 23.28 % of direct normal irradiance (DNI), 13.52 % of wind energy, 9.51 % of geothermal and 0.06 % of biomass energy that can be converted into electricity, ocean energy and hydropower excluded. With the results exposed in this article, further investigations can be done to determine the net electrical energy that can be produced from those sources for design of RE systems and energy harvesting as well as the appropriate areas to install RE systems.

The reception of Elaine Scarry's landmark text, The Body in Pain, focuses in part on exploring how pain might be understood as beneficial or therapeutic. Childbirth is often cited as the paradigmatic instance of this kind of beneficial pain. This essay examines conceptualisations of labour pain in biomedical, natural childbirth and reproductive justice movements that explore the limits of Scarry's description of pain as 'unshareable.' Political struggles over pain in childbirth centre on the legibility of pain in labour. Feminist and natural childbirth activists have developed an understanding of pain at birth as central to maternal subjectivity, where pain is a biopolitical force and its management a means of self-transformation. The essay considers how the visibility and expressivity of labour pain could contribute to what Imogen Tyler and Lisa Baraitser (2013) term a new 'natal politics' that addresses concerns for reproductive justice and the disproportionate injury and death experienced by black birth givers.