In September 2000 the Institute of Southern African Studies, Maseru, and the Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria, conducted a national survey of public opinion on developmental issues in Lesotho. The inte…

This paper presents a brief introduction to the tenants of the Banjul Charter, procedures and areas of divergence. It examines the rationale behind keeping the proceedings of relevant bodies confidential. It cr…

The six essays address urban life, housing and community participation is southern Africa – Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa and Zambia – from gender perspectives. The papers reveal concerns about unequal re…

Using gender, generation and social justice as tools for analysing research data, the twelve papers in this study illustrate how men and women experiences life constraints, opportunities and needs within urban …

There is little research easily available on how gender relates to urbanisation and housing in Africa. This is a compilation of documentary sources in Southern Africa, and elsewhere, covering subject areas such…

There is little research easily available on how gender relates to urbanisation and housing in Africa. This is a compilation of documentary sources in Southern Africa, and elsewhere, covering subject areas such…

The colonisation process of Lesotho by Britain was phased over a period of over forty years from the early 1840s when Britain disannexed Lesotho from the Cape Colony and assumed direct responsiblity. These volu…

In the King’s Knights, Prof. L.B.B.J. Machobane, Minister of Education for Lesotho from 1987 to 1992, examines the governance of the Lesotho military regime from 1986-1993. His point of departure and issue in q…

Within one generation the lives and living conditions of people in Southern Africa have undergone rapid transformation through urbanisation. Gender Research on Urbanisation, Planning, Housing and Everyday Life …

A rare study originating in Africa, on the gender impact of housing privatisation in Zambia; and on the impact of privatisation on social class and the overall constitution of the housing stock. It considers qu…

The stories in this collection are set in West Africa. They differ widely in content and form, ranging from the shocking to the amusing, from romantic comedy, to comedy of intrigue, to the exploration of the co…

This play depicts a neo-colonial regime that expropriates the wealth of the country into private bank accounts in Europe, with the blatant cooperation of western commercial interests. The drama is at once perso…