. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 106 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. Figure 21 Poor planning and the lack of a drainage system resulted in flood damage in the 'development area' after rain fell in Pella in November 1985. (SAM 278c. 175) productive in the support of the population of South Africa (Barnard et al 1972: 70-71). The key difference, however, clearly recognized by the farmers at Pella, was that whereas the 'White' farmers in Bushmanland were being compensated for reducing stock (Cloete 1971), they were having to do it
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 106 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. Figure 21 Poor planning and the lack of a drainage system resulted in flood damage in the 'development area' after rain fell in Pella in November 1985. (SAM 278c. 175) productive in the support of the population of South Africa (Barnard et al 1972: 70-71). The key difference, however, clearly recognized by the farmers at Pella, was that whereas the 'White' farmers in Bushmanland were being compensated for reducing stock (Cloete 1971), they were having to do it under what could be called 'voluntary compulsion', and this naturally led to considerable opposition on their part. As a result of the missionaries' covert but effective policy of retarding the transfer of Pella to the Administration of Coloured Affairs to the limit of the available avenues open for this, the replanning of Pella by the Administration was also restricted before 1974, although there were two visits of inspection by officials from the Regional Office in Upington in 1972 and 1973. Much of the planning was therefore done only after 1974, including surveying of the village and the available agricultural resources, and the final plan was eventually presented in mid-1976. In the interim period certain essential developments were carried out with the approval of the Members of the Advisory Board. Given the interests of the Members almost all of these were connected with farming, and this naturally caused some resentment among the villagers who had not been informed of the long-term character of the Development Programme, a feeling that was increased by the apparent lack of any direction in the developments themselves. For example, the road from Pella village to the hamlet of Annakop was fenced on both sides with only two sets of gates in a distance of twenty kilometres, cutting through two of the grazing areas established by Bishop Simon and disrupting the grazing patte
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