Integrating indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) in improving rural accessibility and mobility (in support of the comprehensive rural development programme in South Africa)

dc.contributor.authorNhemachena, Charles
dc.contributor.authorChakwizira, James
dc.contributor.authorDube, Sipho
dc.contributor.authorMaponya, Goodhope
dc.contributor.authorRashopola, Remina
dc.contributor.authorMayindi, Daphney Hellen
dc.contributor.otherSouthern African Transport Conference (30th : 2011 : Pretoria, South Africa)
dc.contributor.otherTransportation Research Board of the National Academies (TRB)
dc.contributor.otherMinister of Transport, South Africa
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-26T12:25:28Z
dc.date.available2011-09-26T12:25:28Z
dc.date.issued2011-07
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dc.description.abstractPaper presented at the 30th Annual Southern African Transport Conference 11-14 July 2011 "Africa on the Move", CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study discusses opportunities and challenges for integrating local knowledge in improving rural accessibility and mobility, within the context of supporting the Comprehensive Rural Development Programme (CRDP) initiatives in South Africa. One of the major challenges besetting rural areas of South Africa and the CRDP sites is the lack of and need for a critical mass of infrastructure and services that can link communities to one another. This will aid the process of transforming rural spaces, places, people and cultures. The research for this study therefore sought to explore alternative and innovative ways through which local knowledge could contribute towards reversing impediments and existing problems in rural areas. The study is based on a broader Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) audit conducted by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform across the country. The study approach was participatory, involving extensive discussions with stakeholders. This included visits to project areas, robust application of internal and external peer-review mechanism and document analysis. The researchers conducted an audit to unpack existing local knowledge systems that could be improved and integrated to address access and mobility issues in rural areas. The ultimate aim of the exercise was to establish a platform and expand pathways to improve the socioeconomic growth and development application levers for use by rural communities in the CRDP pilot sites. The results show that a number of local knowledge systems are available in rural areas, however, these have been neglected as they are considered primitive and inferior. We recommend that scoping and interrogating existing local knowledge systems is an essential pillar to promote local economic development. Finding practical ways of improving the development value add of local knowledge is critical in designing, implementing, commercialising and sustaining appropriate community technologies to respond to the rural development agenda in South Africa. This paper posits that the local knowledge systems can be improved to support integrated infrastructure interventions and strategies for implementing affordable access and mobility interventions. We believe that using local knowledge to support local infrastructure interventions will assist the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform to meet part of its mandate within the broader ambit of rural development initiatives and service delivery.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipCD sponsored by TRANSNETen_US
dc.format.extent8 pagesen_US
dc.format.mediumPDFen_US
dc.identifier.citationNhemachena, C, Chakwizira, J, Dube,S, Maponya,G, Rashopola, R & Mayindi, D 2011, 'Integrating indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) in improving rural accessibility and mobility (in support of the comprehensive rural development programme in South Africa)', Paper presented to the 30th Annual Southern African Transport Conference, South Africa, 11-14 July. pp. 77-84en_US
dc.identifier.isbn9781920017514
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/17301
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDocument Transformation Technologiesen_US
dc.relation.ispartofSATC 2011
dc.rightsUniversity of Pretoriaen_US
dc.subjectMobilityen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous knowledge systems (IKS)en_US
dc.subjectRural areasen_US
dc.subjectAccessibilityen_US
dc.subjectInterventionsen_US
dc.subjectComprehensive Rural Development Programmeen_US
dc.subject.lcshTransportation
dc.subject.lcshTransportation -- Africaen
dc.subject.lcshTransportation -- Southern Africa
dc.titleIntegrating indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) in improving rural accessibility and mobility (in support of the comprehensive rural development programme in South Africa)en_US
dc.typePresentationen_US

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