The Impact of Informal Living Conditions on Water Quality in the Bloemfontein Municipality

Pretorius, E.; Villiers, G. Du T. De

doi:10.1080/03736245.2002.9713771

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“…In Bloemfontein, high-density suburbs such as Batho and Bochabela have blocked and broken sewerage pipes. The water quality is poor and in most informal settlements there is limited access to water (Pretorius & DeVilliers 2002 ). In a 2016 Community Survey, at least 52% of households have piped water inside the yard, 39% receive piped water inside the dwelling, 4% receive piped water on a community stand, 2% in a community tap, and the rest obtain water from elsewhere (Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs 2020 ).…”

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Investigating the prevention and mitigatory role of risk communication in the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of Bloemfontein, South Africa

Kunguma

Mokhele

Coetzee

2021

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The South African disaster response activities surpass risk reduction since the implementation of the Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002 (DMA) and the National Disaster Management Framework of 2005 (NDMF). Risk reduction, in particular risk communication, remained unexploited until the occurrence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The legislation and policy mandate a proactive approach for disaster management, requiring a focus on disaster risk reduction. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the significance of risk communication as a critical prevention and mitigatory strategy in disaster risk management, focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic. Key to risk communication success is ensuring adequate comprehension, accurate perception of the disseminated information, and compliance with regulations. Questions of trustworthiness, acceptability, effectiveness, and usefulness of messages and strategies communicated sought answers from the Bloemfontein population. Furthermore, the Agenda-setting Theory provided the grounding for the study. The study sample was picked in a stratified random sampling manner, using the confidence level and margin of error equation. A questionnaire survey was used to collect the data required to achieve the research objectives. Risk communication as a disaster risk reduction strategy implemented concurrently with imposed regulations was found to have played a vital role in mitigating the virus spread. However, the respondents were not aware of the local disaster management centre, which is supposed to be engaged in COVID-19 disaster management activities.

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Investigating the prevention and mitigatory role of risk communication in the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of Bloemfontein, South Africa

Kunguma

Mokhele

Coetzee

2021

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Decentralisation in the Ciskei: A Critique

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1990

South African J Economics

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1) THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR is an important source of economic growth and development in most countries. A sustained increase in manufacturing output and employment usually stimulates other sectors and thereby brings about an expansion of output and employment across an entire economy. But this process is not limited to one country or region only, and may have both positive and negative spillover effects on a range of economic activity in other regions as well. It seems fruitful, therefore, to focus on the manufacturing sector when discussing the economic development of Ciskei and its implications for the rest of the Southern African region. The paper itself consists of four sections. The first provides a brief overview of the development of the Ciskeian economy during the past 15 years. Sections 2 and 3 are concerned with the current subsidy scheme and the tax-free option, respectively, and attempt to assess their respective contributions to the process of industrial development in Ciskei. The last section gives a summary of the preceding arguments and also outlines some prospects for the future.

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The Impact of Informal Living Conditions on Water Quality in the Bloemfontein Municipality

Cited by 2 publications

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Investigating the prevention and mitigatory role of risk communication in the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of Bloemfontein, South Africa

Investigating the prevention and mitigatory role of risk communication in the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of Bloemfontein, South Africa

Decentralisation in the Ciskei: A Critique

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