Royal Bafokeng Research

Publications

Democracy and traditional authority: The transformation of village level governance in the Royal Bafokeng Nation
Authors:
Sarah Cannon
Holiness Thebyane
Dr. Sue Cook
Published: December, 2010

The intended purpose of this project was to understand the relationship between the Rustenburg Local Municipality (RLM) and the Royal Bafokeng Nation (RBN) as seen through the eyes of the Bafokeng people as well as members of both administrations. We focused on three specific villages: Robega, Lefaragathle and Luka.

Key Focus Areas: History and Heritage, Public & Community Utilities
Baseline Socio-economic Survey 2005: statistical profiles of Bafokeng life
Authors: J. Andrew Harris
Published: October, 2005

This report was contracted by Mr. Matome Modipa, Managing Director of the Royal Bafokeng Economic Board in July of 2005. The approximately 500 households that were randomly sampled for this survey provide insight into demographic, eco- nomic, human and social capital, and opinion and well-being factors shaping the lives of Bafokeng today. The interviews took place in late August and early September of 2005. A team of 16 Bafokeng youth conducted the interviews, supported by Holiness Thebyane as the field coordinator, and 4 data entry assistants.

Key Focus Areas: Economic Development, Education and Skills Developments, Environmental Management, Food Security, Health and Social Development, Public & Community Utilities, Safety and Security
Chiefs, Kings, Corporatization, and Democracy: A South African Case Study
Authors: Dr. Sue Cook
Published: August, 2005

The debate raging on the topic of democracy and democratization in Africa is as contentious as it is important. Questions of authority versus power, citizens versus subjects, and individual versus communal rights inform a range of positions held on the issue not only by scholars, but also by policymakers, community activists, and the international donor community. The debate is particularly vexed with regard to the appropriate role of traditional leaders - chiefs and kings - in democratizing Africa.

Key Focus Areas: Education and Skills Developments
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Resources

The Business of Being Bafokeng: the Corporatization of a Tribal Authority in South Africa
Authors: Dr. Sue Cook
Published: August, 2008

As I put the finishing touches on this essay, a World Cup soccer match was being played in the Royal Bafokeng Stadium, a short distance from my office. As helicopters circled, vuvuzelas blared, and crowds of foreign visitors swarmed around the village of Phokeng, the tensions between an ever more commercially successful “ethnic corporation” (Cook 2005) and a struggling community of previously disadvantaged people, had never been more stark.

Key Focus Areas: Economic Development, History and Heritage
Language Policies and the Erasure of Multilingualism in South Africa
Authors:
Dr. Sue Cook
Michel Lafon, Vic Webb (eds.)
Published: March, 2008
Key Focus Areas: Economic Development, History and Heritage
Bridging migration, HIV/AIDS and violence among women in Rustenburg, South Africa - a preliminary report
Authors:
Chitra Akileswaran
Molebogeng Miyene
Holiness Thebyane
Dr. Sue Cook
Dr. Mark Lurie
Published: October, 2005

Given the ways in which South African migrant women are rapidly affecting and affected by the economic and health issues of the RBN, this study aimed to investigate the following phenomena: 1) the forces and experiences shaping female mobility in this particular mining area, 2) female migrants’ perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors towards and within the environments in which they live, 3) patterns of high risk sexual encounters within migrant women’s sexual networks and 4) female migrants’ experiences with violence, both within and outside intimate partner relationships.

Key Focus Areas: Health and Social Development
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