During the 1950s the informal settlements of Cato Manor housed a population of approximately 150 000 people. Following the promulgation of the Group Areas Act in 1955, the entire population was resettled to formal townships on the metropolitan fringe. Despite being one of the most accessible areas in the Durban metropolitan region, only five kms from the city centre, this 2000 ha site remained ...

Abstract Background and purpose: Paederus associated dermatitis has always been considered as a health problem in the northern of Iran. Since until now, the traditional method and some corticosteroids have been used in the treatment of Paederus dermatitis (PD) and no comprehensive studies have been carried out on the new method of treatment. Therefore, this study was aimed to compare the anti-i...

The Central Red Army fought for 54 days in Luzhou, transitioning to more than 80 townships and towns three counties, Gulin, Xuyong, Hejiang. It also held important meetings, leaving behind rich red resources precious spiritual wealth. In the era of rural revitalization, making good use of, protecting, developing Long March cultural is great benefit promoting economic social development Luzhou.

One day in 1991, I took a dusty, bumpy jeep ride between two multi-ethnic townships in the hilly border country between Sichuan and Yunnan. With me in the jeep was an official of the Nationalities Commission, the Chinese government agency of the in charge of minority affairs. Since we had just been visiting an area where four different ethnic groups lived together, he struck up a conversation a...

Recent years have witnessed the revival of organised mass opposition to Apartheid. Fighting in the townships, labour unrest, classroom revolts, rent strikes, consumer boycotts, worker stayaways and guerilla warfare all these have become familiar features of South Africa's political landscape since 1976. From the inception of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in 1983, though, radical black oppos...

Despite strong evidence of its critical role in facilitating digital inclusion, social support – the emotional, instrumental and informational aid received from networks to assist an individual’s use technologies remains unexplored area research low-resourced South African communities. By drawing on ‘Typology support’ framework, this paper presents rich insights into intricacies underlying moti...