The historical legacy in South Africa of apartheid and the resulting discriminatory policies and power imbalances are critical to understanding how water is managed and allocated, and how people participate in designated water governance structures. The progressive post-apartheid National Water A...
Denby, K.
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Movik, S.
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Mehta, L.
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[The 'Trickle Down' of IWRM: a case study of local-level realities in the Inkomati Water Management Area, South Africa]
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The 'Trickle Down' of IWRM: a case study of local-level realities in the Inkomati Water Management Area, South Africa
South Africa is often regarded to be at the forefront of water reform, based on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) ideas. This paper explores how the idea of IWRM emerged in South Africa, its key debates and interpretations and how it has been translated. It maps out the history, main e...
Movik, S.
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Mehta, L.
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[Emergence, interpretations and translations of IWRM [Integrated Water Resources Management] in South Africa]
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Emergence, interpretations and translations of IWRM [Integrated Water Resources Management] in South Africa
In Tanzania like in other parts of the global South, in the name of 'development' and 'poverty eradication' vast tracts of land have been earmarked by the government to be developed by investors for different commercial agricultural projects, giving rise to the contested land grab phenomenon. In ...
Eeden, A. van
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Mehta, L.
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[Whose waters? large-scale agricultural development and water grabbing in the Wami-Ruvu River Basin, Tanzania]
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Whose waters? large-scale agricultural development and water grabbing in the Wami-Ruvu River Basin, Tanzania
Joint Venture schemes based on the floppy irrigation technology are being promoted in the post-Apartheid South Africa's Limpopo Province. Access to land and water resources in South Africa are largely viewed as a mechanism for re-dressing the Apartheid injustices. This research was part of a broa...
Mapedza, Everisto
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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Sithole, P.
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Bourblanc, M.
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[Joint venture schemes in Limpopo Province and their outcomes on smallholder farmers livelihoods]
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Joint venture schemes in Limpopo Province and their outcomes on smallholder farmers livelihoods
This article unravels the notions of justice in statutory water law in Sub-Saharan Africa in general and South Africa in particular. These laws, which allocate and regulate water resources, are licence (or permit) systems. Three forms of injustices are identified for small-scale water users who t...
Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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Schreiner, B.
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[Priority General Authorisations in rights-based water use authorisation in South Africa]
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Priority General Authorisations in rights-based water use authorisation in South Africa
Wastewater is increasingly regarded as a valuable resource, but to fully and safely exploit the potential, sound institutional arrangements governing its reuse are crucial. This article presents a case study of a self-managed irrigation scheme in Western Cape, South Africa, that uses treated effl...
Saldias, C.
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Speelman, S.
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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Huylenbroeck, G. van
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[Institutional arrangements for the use of treated effluent in irrigation, western Cape, South Africa]
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Institutional arrangements for the use of treated effluent in irrigation, western Cape, South Africa
The Decentralised Water reform process in Zimbabwe has largely been informed by the Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) process based on the 1992 Dublin Principles onWater. The attempt to reform one sector (water), under the IWRM rubric, when other key sectors are in disarray (agricultur...
Mapedza, Everisto
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Manzungu, Emmanuel
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Rosen, T.
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Ncube, P.
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[Decentralised water governance in Zimbabwe: disorder within order]
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Decentralised water governance in Zimbabwe: disorder within order
Tagutanazvo, E.
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Dzingirai, V.
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Mapedza, Everisto
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[Gender dynamics in water governance institutions: the case of Gwanda's Guyu-Chelesa Irrigation Scheme in Zimbabwe]
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Gender dynamics in water governance institutions: the case of Gwanda's Guyu-Chelesa Irrigation Scheme in Zimbabwe
This paper discusses four questions about the recent water law reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa, which strengthen permit systems. First, do permit systems continue to dispossess rural small-scale users, as intended by European colonizers who introduced principles of Roman law? Second, is it wrong to...
Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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Zaag, P. van der
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Manzungu, Emmanuel
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Tapela, B.
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[Roman water law in rural Africa: the unfinished business of colonial dispossession]
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Roman water law in rural Africa: the unfinished business of colonial dispossession
This article discusses ways in which the South African Government and grassroots organizations envisage and implement democracy achieved since 1994 in the eld of water resources management. The focus is on the democratic, political and economic freedom and equality in resource rights for poor bl...
Schreiner, B.
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Mohapi, N.
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[Washing away poverty: water, democracy and gendered poverty eradication in South Africa]
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Washing away poverty: water, democracy and gendered poverty eradication in South Africa