Hanging on a wire: A historical and socio-eco- nomic study of Paulshoek village in the communal area of Leliefontein, Namaqualand
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2003
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Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape
Abstract
Namaqualand is often considered an
anomaly in South African social
science research because of its
distinct cultural, social and environmental
conditions. No doubt, Namaqualand has
many extremes: a sparse population, a
harsh arid environment and a political
history dominated by the perverse
apartheid system which classified the
majority of Namaqualanders as ‘coloured’
and confined them to small communal
‘reserves’. Few contemporary studies have
penetrated the complex history of land use,
settlement and social economy of these
communal areas of the Northern Cape.
This report presents a case study centred
on the village of Paulshoek in one such
communal area (Leliefontein) in
Namaqualand. It documents the history of
the village and presents findings of socioeconomic
research covering village
demographics, health indicators, a
household livelihoods analysis and the
function of social networks inside the
village and beyond its boundaries.
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Paulshoek village, Leliefontein, Namaqualand, Southern Africa, Cape Khoekhoen
Citation
Rohde, R. et al. (2003). Hanging on a wire: A historical and socio-eco- nomic study of Paulshoek village in the communal area of Leliefontein, Namaqualand. Research Report 17. Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape