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• Youth development in Grahamstown: a social map: a guide to organisations catering for youth development

  Van Hees, Charlotte (Rhodes University, Institute of Social and Economic Research, 2000)

  Grahamstown is a town in the Eastern Cape with a population of approximately 110 000 of which the vast majority live in the former black township, known as Grahamstown East. Unemployment, poor housing, a high crime rate and a lack of primary facilities like toilets, electricity and water are daily facts for a large number of the inhabitants of Grahamstown East. Every day government departments, non-government organisations (NGOs) and volunteers work to improve the lives of the people. Youth merit special attention, after all “youth make the future”. The spectrum of organisations catering for youth development is broad: from local schools providing basic education to organisations like the Grahamstown Foundation trying to involve youth in national art projects. They all have one thing in common. They are all aiming to give youth a grip on their lives, to give them a future by empowering them. But what do we actually know about the youth? Where do they come from? What are their expectations and aspirations in life? What kind of leisure activities do they have? What kind of organisations do they use to get ahead in life? And what do we actually know about these organisations? How do they form their policy and activities? Which role does the government play and which role is left for the non-governmental organisations? In what ways do they work together? How do youth participate in the policy making of these organisations? The Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) of Rhodes University is working together with the Centre for Policy and Management of the University of Utrecht (The Netherlands) to find answers to these questions. A sample survey was conducted in May 1999 to compile baseline information on youth from Grahamstown East in terms of social characteristics, motivations for personal and collective development, and expectations for the future. From January until July 1999 the project team has visited organisations in Grahamstown focusing on (youth) development to identify existing youth programmes and to see how these programmes are incorporated in the town’s context. This social map is a product of this research. The research defines youth as young people living in Grahamstown East in the age category of 14 to 25 years old. This social map however also includes organisations catering for younger children, by displaying the pre-schools and organisations like Child and Family Welfare Society that focus on children up to the age of 13. The National Youth Commission defines youth development in “Youth Policy 2000” (1997) as a process whereby young men and women are able to improve their skills, talents and abilities to extend their intellectual, physical and emotional capabilities to express themselves and to live full lives. This definition is used in this research.
• Directory of welfare, religious and service organisations, social and sporting clubs and other societies and councils in Grahamstown

  Henderson, Thelma M (Rhodes University, Institute of Social and Economic Research, 1980)

  This initial attempt to compile a register of the various and numerous organisations in Grahamstown has been undertaken by the Albany branch of the National Council of Women. It has been my pleasure as president to research and edit this work. 1 must stress that this is neither complete nor all-embracing, but it was decided to publish now in order that the information which has presently been assembled be reasonably up to date. Where details concerning a particular society or group are scant a space has been left for interested readers to insert independently any additional information they are able to secure. Should the general public wish this to be an annual publication the NCW will be prepared to undertake the work. With this in mind I shall be most grateful to receive the details of any groups which have been inadvertently omitted as well as changed information regarding those groups which have been included. I hope that Grahamstonians will enjoy perusing this list of so many different kinds of involvement. It would be interesting to know whether we hold some kind of record in this regard. We are a small community, but most interests are represented and there is something for practically everyone. It is hoped that newcomers to the city will make use of this directory to make contact with the sporting club, service group or social association that best suits their interests and inclinations.
• "Rape and cable theft on the increase": interrogating Grocott's Mail coverage of rape through participatory action research

  McLean, Nicolene Cindy (Rhodes UniversityFaculty of Humanities, Journalism & Media Studies, 2010)

  This study investigates Grocott’s Mail’s rape reporting through a participatory action research process. It draws on feminist cultural studies, sociology of news, and normative theories of the media to inform the research project. The participatory action research process explored three areas with the journalists at Grocott’s Mail: their understanding of the community they serve and their own professional identity as a community of practice, roles of the media in society which inform reporting, and rape as a social issue and problem. Through this process the study found that the pervasiveness of rape in the Grahamstown community, the complexities around rape reporting which include the significant legal challenges, the personal impact rape cases have on journalists, and the journalistic roles and approaches employed in rape reporting all influence how the paper covers rape. In analysing these matters the study found that the primary factor inhibiting a successful strategy for managing rape reporting was that Grocott’s Mail does not place gender-based violence on their news agenda as an issue requiring attention in order to develop the community they serve.